Schleich 2012

Filoraffe wrote:

Hello to everybody! I'm new and I come from Italy!
I really like animal replicas, and I hope for some new giraffes, gemsboks, okapis and gerenuks! :)
I can't wait til January to see the new animals!!! I'm so excited!

hi there... we are expecting the same animals but...

well... finally something I like! I was really exciting about new elephants and they look really good to me. Asian elephants looks really similar to older ones but they were my fav. anyway so... :) Specially the calf of asians is really nice. The pose, details... i like him on this picture.
Africans are little bit different in my opinion ...anyway bull is muuuuuch better than the older one. Calf is also really nice. So... I have something from Schleich I´m happy about next year :) And ofcourse alpakas are amazing! I like them :)

Yippie new pictures,thank you Magda!! These Alpacas are just fantastic,I can't wait to buy them.The Stork is also very nice because he's so realistic!!!Well,the Elephants...The Asian ones are pretty good but the Africans are horibble,especially the calf!! A highlight for me in 2012 will be the Bearded Dragon,I just love this species. :) The Mongrel Dogs are better than I'd exspected them,I like this blond fellow.

ALPACAS!!!!
I have been attacked twice by an Alpaca, so I'm not a big fan of these animals :p
But it's really cool that Schleich will introduce them

very " fashion" the human figures...! and very girlish too... .

If the other brands have the quality of schleich figures...schleich would be in bankruptcy. ( i mean the quality of resin or plastic, the painting etc... not figures , originality, positions of figures...)

Oh, those dogs are very big disappointment They have made them so weird looking.
But alpacas are pretty cool!

We have also this boy...

Whaaaaat??
What the hell happened to Schleich?

hi thanks for the pics not keen on any of them to be honest except the bearded dragon,well at least my wallet will be happy for the next year

Have these been shown, - sorry if I missed it

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I think they are SO funny
For the first time we see some people who really look like hard working pesants

Look at the lady`s clogs
They are on the absolute top of my wishlist

Bongo wrote:

...The only explanition is, ... they have now much cheaper sculptors and the animals aren't look anymore so detailed as before....

That's an interesting thought, by the way. But I think that sculptors don't play the most important role here, marketologists are leading the game. Sculptors always strive for realism and details, not for cuteness, right?

Those animals are really nice, and I was surprised to see alpacas. The elephants are really well done as well. I prefer new species and remakes over extensions to families, unless they really need a new baby or female.

Hi everyone.
A little dissappointed, the elephant don't look too good, the hair on the baby Asian is good, however I'll have to see them in person. The birds an the two multicoloured alpacas look very nice, overall I am unhappy this year, if you compare CollectA's new figures like eland, okapis, red river hog, schleich just doesn't compare, the figures don't look good, but I'll have to see them in January!

The new humans looks better than the older ones. More detailed.
The farmers looks cool. And i like the discus boy. :)

I think the stork not bad at all, it likes well in Alsace ....
Understand the crazy monkey
(Alsace region of France) or live on the stork's nest perched on the house and bell tower.
alpacas it looks great I love them.

The dragon is nice and I like, and the skunk!

Elephants?? nothing new the only one who stands out is the male Asian maybe??
the pelican I can not make it to his guele is blue?

I would like to say, thank you so much Schleich for your new release. With this kind of line-up that you will be having for the year 2012? You are giving me a good reason how to be a thrifty somehow.

Kiryuha wrote:

Bongo wrote:

...The only explanition is, ... they have now much cheaper sculptors and the animals aren't look anymore so detailed as before....

That's an interesting thought, by the way. But I think that sculptors don't play the most important role here, marketologists are leading the game. Sculptors always strive for realism and details, not for cuteness, right?

They just get monthly pay for the job with marketing set the directions. I don't know whether they do have a creative department.

Again, i can't say how much i am dis-appointed in Schleich for the coming year!
What the hell happend over there???
The models are not only dis-appointing, but the sculpting and moulds to!
Soooo much difference in compare with only last year only!
The alpaca's get a 7 on a scale of 10 for me, the skunk seems ok, but the elephants are indeed very much like the old ones, and very much out of proportion to, real bullshit for the coming year Schleich!!!
The pelican is not original in position, the white stork has something about it to, the proportions seem not to be good either...
I hope you read this Schleich!!!!!

I like the Asian elephants and the stork, but not sure about the rest.

I like the girl with the rabbit and the farmers to!

I like the new people, but why has Schleich retired the girl with the apple (wich was just for a few months in the collection) and then add a new girl, but now with a carrot? Doesn't Schleich like apples or something?

Nasusa wrote:

I like the new people, but why has Schleich retired the girl with the apple (wich was just for a few months in the collection) and then add a new girl, but now with a carrot? Doesn't Schleich like apples or something?

Probably....

I do not like the new 2012 Schleich animals. They seem to be very toyish to me (all of them). as for the horses- well, I'm disappointed greatly.
The Camargue horses seem to be similar to the Haflinger and Hanoverian mares (in poses),and the Icelandic horses, on which I had great expectations- they are just awful, esp the stallion with a very small head.

Nasusa wrote:

I like the new people, but why has Schleich retired the girl with the apple (wich was just for a few months in the collection) and then add a new girl, but now with a carrot? Doesn't Schleich like apples or something?

Next year they will introduce girl with cherries and then bananas and then potato and possibilities are almost endless