Brand Identification topic

Joliezac wrote:

I saw these pop up on eBay. They are listed as Safari Ltd, but I can't seem to find these on TAW... They say 1996 on the bottom in the picture but not Safari.

Does anyone recognize these? Link HERE

I wouldn't be surprised if it is a Safari figure. We have listed on TAW a floating Jellyfish from 1995 though, it is 8 inches high. We know we miss information about a good number of early Incredible Creatures releases so, likely it is one of them.

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What's the elephant in the banner?

Thanks

Virtem wrote:

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What's the elephant in the banner?

Thanks

It is a : 3D elephant Sculpted and Printed by elephas_maximus and painted by Anna Dobrowolska, the author of the banner.

I got this recently in a trade with Paige.On TAW its listed as a Kids Treehouse Cougar/Puma but the model I have is spotted so not sure if its a custom or otherwise.It has Treehouse marked underneath.
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It is hard to tell Taylor, I wouldn't be surprised to know it is a factory version due to the simplicity of those spots but, why spots in a puma? They're spotted at very young age but that's a popularly forgotten detail.

Thanks Roger,it would be nice if it was a factory version and as you say Pumas are only spotted when young.

I think these black spots are not from factory.

jarda wrote:

I think these black spots are not from factory.

I think the same

These jellyfish intrigued me and I got them off eBay. Now that I have them in hand, I don't think they are Safari figures. They don't say "Safari" anywhere on them, just "made in China", "TM", and a date, 1996.

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I've never heard of this company but I suspect the purple jellyfish matches this one on TAW. Not sure about the blue one, I assume also from this company.

Here are mine:

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Those are Toy Major (TM) brand. Nice jellies though. I will have to look for some myself.

If they're marked TM they're Toy Major. Toy Major is somewhat like AAA but their figures are usually less realistic than AAA or Safari. Toy Major is a global manufacturer as AAA. It means that you can find Toy Major production being sold by other brands. Safari in their early years sold AAA figures so it is not completely impossible that they sold Toy Major, however, I'm convinced those are Toy Major. If you didn't pay the price of a rare figure, I think you did a good purchase, I find these models very interesting despite their collectability interest being lower than if it was an retired Incredible Creatures model.
I will add them on TAW when I have the chance.

MansoBoricua wrote:

Stripedhyena wrote:

I bought these figures quite a few years ago (they came in an old cardboard box exposed as a composition and tied to the back of the box -clearly handmade- along with several Hausser Elastolin animals and one or two Britains). They are plastic, have all the character of Hausser, the paint is matte and the scale would be 1:32. They have always seemed a mystery to me because I have never seen them again. Someone told me that they were a prototype that Hausser never brought to the market...
If anyone knows anything, it would be appreciated...
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*Box detail...
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Very nice wildebeest on the top! Which type of plastic is it made of? Is it PVC, hard plastic or Clairet-like plastic?

Any news?

Stripedhyena wrote:

From Argentina two figures that seem to be from the same collection (I can't tell if they are vintage or not), both in hard rubber and same painting style. The capybara is similar in size to Safari Ltd one.
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Any news?

jarda wrote:

Please can anybody help to identify this wolverine figure? It has regular Schleich-like size, maybe companion to action figures set...

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Any news?

Stripedhyena wrote:

Unknown honey badger...🧐
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Any news?

I have these two prehistoric animal figures, they're made of a slightly softened pvc and they clearly belong to the same series. I know they match the traditionally called Chinasaurs but they are marked with bold letters, animal name and even the C€ logo.
They're marked Dimetrodon and Edmontosaurus although the future owner tells it is an Iguanodon.

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Only marked with Italy - any ideas?

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From Italy: Nardi or Fontanini ?

Wolf im Schafspelz?

Roger wrote:

Wolf im Schafspelz?

Wäre eine Möglichkeit!

75senta75 wrote:

Roger wrote:

Wolf im Schafspelz?

Wäre eine Möglichkeit!

Roger wrote:

75senta75 wrote:

Roger wrote:

Wolf im Schafspelz?

Wäre eine Möglichkeit!

75senta75 wrote:

From Italy: Nardi or Fontanini ?

Maybe

Hello,
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I think your sheep is made by Fontanini.
See my Fontanini sheeps and how they are marked with "ITALY".
Here you can find more pictures of Fontanini animals.
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Benno.
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Hello,
does anybody recognize this dogs and know the producer of this dogs?
The dogs are not marked anywhere.
Benno.
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