Schleich 2011 Fighter Elephant

Barricade wrote:

... this Elephant is meant to be a Fantasy animal - it is a lot larger and does spot
a meaner look than a *real Earth* Elephant. You could rather compare it with the
Olyphants from the Lord of the Rings than with an existing real Elephant.

I must admit that the poor "Olifants" also crossed my mind when I saw this elefant

Roger wrote:

Thanks Anna! That's the reason I'm always saying that making animals in scale is not the same as making cars or boats in scale. I work with average sizes while most part work with record sizes. When I think in a man in scale I use something about 1,75-1,80 m and not 2,70 m, that is the record, I guess!

But 2 adult zebra's are not even 3 meters, and the record is 3,75 meters, so far of the record...
The longest man was an Englishman called Robert Pershing, he meassured 2,72, the same as Robert Wadlow, which died on the age of 40 in 1940, because he had bloodpoisening from a blister on his foot.
The longest man living now is Leonid Stadnik from the Ukrain with 2,57m, but he doesn't want to be in the recordbooks, so officially it is Sultan Kosen with 2,46m from Turkey.
He will follow up the Chinese Bao Xishun with 2,36m...

Thanks Willy for your valuable knowledge, so you must agree that is better use average sizes for the scales of animal replicas.

Saw the Fighter Elephant set today at Toys R Us, and I must say, the elephant may be Schleich's best ever! The size is comparable to Safari ltd.'s WW Asian elephant!
Very nice figure. Schleich should make elephants similar to that in size and detail for their regular wildlife line!!!!!

I have bought one for my father who collects some schleichs that he likes. It is a very beautiful figure, but also expencive, maybe because of its quality. The normal wildlife line would not be so expencive, no childeren can aford it then.

Zwartvoet wrote:

I have bought one for my father who collects some schleichs that he likes. It is a very beautiful figure, but also expencive, maybe because of its quality. The normal wildlife line would not be so expencive, no childeren can aford it then.

I think you are right there.
Perhaps it is also too heavy for smaller children

I wonder how much they are going to sell of this series, - IMHO the warriors look awfully booring, but then of course I have not seen them "real".
Considering the indians they made, I think they could have made a MUCH more interesting job there

Toys R Us had it on sale reg $39.99 for $31.99. I still did not buy it. But I did buy a panda and giraffe.

-KRistie

Izzy wrote:

Toys R Us had it on sale reg $39.99 for $31.99. I still did not buy it. But I did buy a panda and giraffe.

-KRistie

Gosh, that was a very reasonable price
Half price of the 40 Euros that they charge here

Arrrrh, are you going to show us some wonderful photoes again of your new gems

:) Of course! I finally got photos of the polar bear as well. So stay tuned!

-KRistie

what polar bear?the new one?

alexmotoc wrote:

what polar bear?the new one?

Another new one!
See here

, , , ...she fools me !

I can just hear the elephant's rider now; ' YEW! PHEASANT! Get me a smoothie or I shall smite you, then I will have you flattened into a pancake by Tiny here. *pats elephant and makes oogly boogly noises* GET TO WORK. "

Looking Gorgeous!
I've ordered this item and its attachment online. I need to wait about ten days to receive them since they were shipped from U.S.
Look forward to open the package.

Though, the size of it seems a bit bigger.
I think it's really greatly detailed.

Yes, it is a fantastic model

Take a look here https://sts-forum.forumieren.de/t3319-schleich-2011-fighter-elephant

Harry wrote:

Looking Gorgeous!
I've ordered this item and its attachment online. I need to wait about ten days to receive them since they were shipped from U.S.
Look forward to open the package.

The shipping cost should be quite costly!!

I personally like the bucking horse the cross country horse and the kittens under the rug!

SUSANNE wrote:

Yes, it is a fantastic model

Take a look here https://sts-forum.forumieren.de/t3319-schleich-2011-fighter-elephant

Thanks Susanne. I've red that topic in the first day when I registered in STS.
By the way, my fighter elephant is on the way.

pipi6 wrote:

I personally like the bucking horse the cross country horse and the kittens under the rug!

I’m sorry, pipi6. I don't know which figures you are referring to. Maybe you can point out the brand, the item number. :) :)

Harry wrote:

pipi6 wrote:

I personally like the bucking horse the cross country horse and the kittens under the rug!

I’m sorry, pipi6. I don't know which figures you are referring to. Maybe you can point out the brand, the item number. :) :)

They are schleich in the farm life collection

ken yeo wrote:

Harry wrote:

Looking Gorgeous!
I've ordered this item and its attachment online. I need to wait about ten days to receive them since they were shipped from U.S.
Look forward to open the package.

The shipping cost should be quite costly!!

I have emailed the agency of Schleich in China. I was told that the hero series of Schleich will not be introduced to China. What a pity!
I like this figures so much.

My absolute favorite is the Schleich Badger! It's a wonderful figure!
My second favorite for 2011 is the Schleich Greater Kudu,I pesonally think that it is the best Kudu on the market.
And last but not least:CollectA St.Bernard.

And of course many more beauties like the Schleich Texas Longhorns,the Papo Young Lioness,the CollectA Snow Leopards,......

By the way,I like your avatar Harry! :)

The Schleich procupine!

Wildheart wrote:

The Schleich procupine!

From Schleich??? Do you mean the one from AAA? Correct me if I'm wrong.