Schleich's list of forgotten gone species, with possiblity to come back? ;)

Hello everyone,
I think today is a good day to start a new topic of which I had very much fun creating it.

Every Year we have a speculation thread for our wishes and predictions for the next year until we get our offical public first announcement.
There we always talk about animals, which we wish Schleich brings out, especially ones which haven’t been made by them already in the past.

So I decided to create one, for animals/breeds/species we have already seen in past.
This topic is only made for history information and entertainment it's not an prepration tread for 2026. (That's way too early)

To make it not so difficult I settled in tried to make some easy rules.
1) everything discontinued before 2019 will included, everything after will be excluded. I think a five interval is a good thing for a start, this also an interesting perspective.
2) only one single item per group/breed, the last discontinued date is the one we look for
3) Included are animals from Wildlife, Farmworld, Horseclub Magazin, Cats 1:8, Sea animals begin 1:32, dogs 1:12, some special releases, but there are some exceptions ( for exemple the North Atlantic Right Whale, I didn’t include because there is a new one coming out soon)
4) Excluded are releases from the edeka line, the eldrador creatures and bayala. No unreleased items like the special Bashkir Curly Mare from 2022 are included. No prehistoric animals. (Maybe one other day or someone else takes up the idea and opportunity)

I tried to buildt it up like an award ceremony. The last figure will be the animal/breed/speecies which is longest gone since discontinuation.
So now too the awards. ^^

Place 20, Year 2019 (gone for five years): shared by
+snowy owl, wildlife (I Know of Hedwig from the Harry Potter line)
+ octupus, wildlife
+tiger shark, wildlife
+Lewitzer Pony, Horseclub Magazin Line
+Allgäuer Cattle, special edition
+ eagle owl, wildlife
+European mouflon, wildlife pack
+Mountain goat, wildlife pack
+black mamba, wildlife
+rattlesnake, wildlife
+boa constrictor, wildlife
+pelican, wildlife
+Arctic fox, wildlife
+sloth bear, wildlife
+giant pangolin, wildlife

Place 19, Year 2018 (gone for six years):
+african black rhino, wildlife

Place 18, Year 2017 (gone for seven years): shared by
+seahorse, wildlife
+ moray eel, ocean pack
+coral fish (Butterflyfish, Clownfish and Surgeonfish), ocean pack
+ Spotted wobbegong, ocean pack
+guitar fish, wildlife
+manta ray, wildlife
+mini shetland ponies, Horseclub
+Saint Bernard, dogs
+pot-bellied Pigs, Farmworld
+seagull, Wildlife

Place 17, Year 2016 (gone for eight years): shared by
+sawfish, wildlife
+blue shark, wildlife
+Bashkir Curly Horse, Horseclub
+ peacock, Farmworld
+ dwarf goats, farmworld
+shropshire sheep, farmworld
+wild rabbit, forest/wildlife
+ puffins, wildlife
+squirrel monkeys, wildlife
+gibbons, wildlife
+black panther/ black leopard, wildlife
+gerbils, wildlife accessories
+fruit bat, wildlife
+sea lion, wildlife

Place 16, Year 2015 (gone for nine years): shared by
+ fell ponies, Horseclub
+camargue, Horseclub
+great (german) dane, dogs
+boxer, dogs
+budgy, pets
+dwarf lop rabbit, pets
+fleckvieh cattle, farmworld
+peregrine falcon, forest/wildlife
+white hare, forest/wildlife
+pogona lizard, wildlife
+griffon vulture, wildlife
+african penguin, wildlife
+chipmunk, forest/wildlife

Place 15, year 2013 (gone for 11 years) shared by:
+pygmy rabbit, pets
+poitou donkey, farmworld
+four-toed Hedgehog, wildlife
+wolverine, forest/wildlife
+bactrian camel, wildlife

Place 14, year 2012 (gone for 12 years) shared by:
+whale shark, sea animals 1:32
+ Marbacher warm blood, special edition
+Mixed breed dogs, farmworld
+grey goose, farmworld
+swabian-hall pigs, farmworld
+ porcupine, from Arelan
+yak, wildlife
+gnus, wildlfe
+Kudu antilopes, wildlife

Place 13, year 2011 (gone for 13 years) shared by:
+humpback whale, sea animals 1:32
+grey whale, sea animals 1:32

Place 12, year 2010 (gone for 14 years) shared by:
+ Przewalski's Horse, horseclub/ Farmworld
+ hare, forest/wildlife
+deer, forest/wildlife

Place 11, year 2009 (gone for 15 years):
+Charolais cattle, farmworld

Wow, so many amazing animals now we get to the top 10.

Place 10, year 2008 (gone for 16 years):
+ spotted eagle ray, Sea animals small
+minke whale, Sea animals 1:32
+west highland terrier, dogs 1:12
+ferrets, pets
+boer goats, farmworld

Place 9, year 2007 (gone for 17 years) shared by:
+blue Marlin, Sea animals small
+fox terrier, dogs 1:12
+Musk ox, wildlife

Place 8 year 2006 (gone for 18 years) shared by:
+Airdale terrier, dogs 1:12
+Jackal, wildlife

Place 7 year 2005 (gone for 19 years):
+European bison, forest/wildlife

Place 6 year 2004 (gone for 20 years) shared by:
+ commen raven, forest/wildlife
+tawny owl, forest/wildlife
+marmot, forest/wildlife
+gavial crocodile, wildlife
+baboons, wildlife
+bat, wildlife

Place 5 year 2003 (gone for 21 years) shared by:
+Burmese cat, cats 1:8
+Birman cat, cats 1:8
+Persian cat, cats 1:8
+Norwegian Forest cat, cats 1:8
+whiteback vulture, Birds of Prey
+common bussard, Birds of Prey
+osprey, Birds of Prey
+golden eagle, Birds of Prey
+ pheasant, forest/wildlife
+brown bears, wildlife

Place 4 year 2002 (gone for 22 years) shared by:
+sea elephant, sea animals 1:32
+beluga, sea animals 1:32
+longhaired Dachshund, dogs 1:12
+Münsterländer, dogs 1:12
+Rottweiler, dogs 1:12
+German wirehaired pointer, dogs 1:12
+condor, Birds of Prey
+European grouse, forest/wildlife
+marten, forest/wildlife

We reached the pedestal, which animal/breed/species will be on the top?

Place 3 year 21(gone for 21 years) shared by:
+British blue cat, cats 1:8
+doberman, dogs 1:12
+Irish setter, dogs 1:12
+Shorthaired Dachshund, dogs 1:12
+ Chamois, forest/wildlife

Place 2 year 1999 (gone for 25 Years)
+Newfoundland, dogs 1:12

And the crown/the oscar/douze points goes to….
Place 1 year 1997 (gone for 27 years):
+Basset Hound, dogs 1:12

Can you believe that 27 years, thats more than a quarter century.
If I missed anything feel free to leave a comment. :)
What are your top picks or favorites for a return in the future?

You forgot the roe deer. 2009 was the last i believe. No other brand has one, except Bullyland. I wait so long...


Wisent and musk ox should came back, as you named.

Tupolew Tu-154 wrote:

You forgot the roe deer. 2009 was the last i believe. No other brand has one, except Bullyland. I wait so long...


Wisent and musk ox should came back, as you named.

Thank you for your answer,

You are right it's time we get some more animals like these suggested by you back

If I could chose ten which should return :
For Wildlife: (no specific order)
bactrain camel
Yak
gavial crocodile
deer
sea elephant
beluga
pheasant
Chamois
condor
porcupine

For Farmworld: (no specific order)
Basset Hound
carmargue
peacock
Przewalski's Horse
Persian cat
Irish setter
poitou donkey
Charolais cattle
Rottweiler
grey goose

Dont forget the butterfly fishes

widukind wrote:

Dont forget the butterfly fishes

You're right those I didn't really thought of they were very lovely.

But it would be great if Schleich made such a line with tropical fish again. Thanks to some famous animated movie franchise sea animals gained real popularity over the years. They could gain if presented and marketed right a real big seller in their lineup. ->You could also get a larger target group, like kids, adults and Fish enthusiasts.

Would be another great topic on it's own what lines from schleich, which are gone would you wish to come back? (I'm not opening a new topic [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] for now)

Outside the animal line, I really enjoyed their christmas figures pack, 30600, would love to see a come back. Nowadys this pack is very expensive, I am always tempted to to buy one eventually but my wallet has an other mind.

But the way you could build worlds with your own imagination was one of the points were schleich got me as an collector. The same playmobil had in the good old days until they started with Marchandise.

And i want back the knights and native americans. ^^

Sorry, I can't make a list with those rules but some retired species I would love to see newer versions are:

Wildlife:
African penguin
Andean condor
Baboon
Bearded dragon
Blue wildebeest
Black rhinoceros
Brown pelican
Buzzard
Chipmunk
Common raven
european bison
Four-toed hedgehog
Fruit bat
Gavial crocodile
Gibbon
Golden eagle
Greater Kudu
Gull
Marten
Mountain hare
Musk ox
Osprey
Pheasant
Roe deer
Striped skunk
Squirrel monkey
Tawny owl
Western capercaillie
White-backed vulture
Wolverine
Yak

Sea life:
Blue marlin
Guitarfish
Sawfish
Spotted wobbegong

I might show other series lists later.

Roger wrote:

Sorry, I can't make a list with those rules but some retired species I would love to see newer versions are:

Wildlife:
African penguin
Andean condor
Baboon
Bearded dragon
Blue wildebeest
Black rhinoceros
Brown pelican
Buzzard
Chipmunk
Common raven
european bison
Four-toed hedgehog
Fruit bat
Gavial crocodile
Gibbon
Golden eagle
Greater Kudu
Gull
Marten
Mountain hare
Musk ox
Osprey
Pheasant
Roe deer
Striped skunk
Squirrel monkey
Tawny owl
Western capercaillie
White-backed vulture
Wolverine
Yak

Sea life:
Blue marlin
Guitarfish
Sawfish
Spotted wobbegong

I might show other series lists later.

Great List Roger, so many amazing species who would definetly need a comeback in the future.

Species SCHLEICH should bring back
Wildebeest
Eurasian bison
Porcupine
Jackal
Baboons
Pangolin
Yak and calf

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Species SCHLEICH should bring back
Wildebeest
Eurasian bison
Porcupine
Jackal
Baboons
Pangolin
Yak and calf

Great Ideas for returness :)

Maybe we should open an poll for us in the forum, I really miss the time when schleich had an offical for their user voted animals like the sloth, okapi and Connemara pony. Those were great times :)