Elefants, bearded dragon, hedgehog and stork :-)

At last my new Schleich arrived
As always, some are nice, some are...hmmmm, and some I love at first sight !
The nest with eagle-chicks belong to the first, but we have already seen them

So let me start with one that I certainly have to get used to..the stork .
Here he is with his older friends. Perhaps he is more accurate, but I think he is not quite as charming
Well, I will probably get used to him
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What may take a LONG time to get used to, is the way he is made, - light, thin material, almost like the cheapest ones from the supermarket
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The little white hedgehog is SO cute
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The species is quite common many places in Africa, strange that there are not mlore models of this lovely little critter
Hmmm, - but the plant, - isn`t is a South American Aloe ?
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Here he is with his new friends
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Now I had the elder Hoggie in my hand, I just HAD to make a picture of these
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Here the little, new ... hmm, ti is called a "Bartagame" in German. Is it a bearded lizzard in English ?
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It is SO long time since Schleich made a reptile, here he is with the good, old iguana
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And now the elefants
They look horrible in the catalogue, but I fell in love with them immediately when I had them in my hand
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The female, Indian elefant is lovely

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And look at this little cutie
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The male African elefan looks very much like the old one, I think.
Nothing wrong with that, og course
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I LOVE the female
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Enough for now, thanks for looking

Congratulations,Susanne!
I really enjoyed looking at your wonderful photos with these little descriptions.
It's Bearded Dragon in English because of his dragon-like looking.
I'm not sure if I like him,he looks very different as the one on the previous photo. I'll probably buy the CollectA one which has additionally an interesting colour. :)
Thanks for those fabulous photos,Susanne.

Thankyou very much Vivien

It is a joy to share pictures with people like you - and others just as kind, of course

I changed the name of the dragon in the heading, so people know what I am talking about

Congratulations Susanne !! I have seen the new elephants yesterday in a shop and they are really really nice !! And all the others too !!

I love the elephants! I am SO so so tempted, but they're not the right scale for me
I agree 100% about the stork, as you know Susanne I love the old one next to the 2012 on the right, he looks lovely, I hope I can get him some day

Thanks for the report, Susanne, and congrats! I also fell in love with the elephants (especially the Asian ones).
I will not buy that cheap stork...

Congratulation!!! Wonderful animals, today i get also the african hedgehog and the bearded dragon (Bartagame) on my birthday from my little princess!!!

Thankyou, friends

Congratulations, Andreas, your little princess is always such a darling

Susanne, thanks for showing the figures with so nice pictures! :) I hope you also enjoy sharing them with people like me. You know I must be selective in my choices and I have a different way of seeing the figures. Of course the elephants are beautiful, even classics are and even older ones are too. There's no ugly elephants! The previous generation was getting old and almost textureless and they changed them a little, but they continue looking very toyish with huge heads and thick legs! It makes them even more cute, I know, but not my taste.
I'd loved the detail about the hedgehog, I have no idea but this is funny!
I want to get the stork only because it is a stork. I don't know really why Schleich is decreasing the quality of their products once this is the strongest point of the brand!
I'm also eager to see in shops Schleich new figures as I am with other brands, and Schleich is arriving very soon!
Congratulations!

I thought Everyone hated the new 2012 now it seems everyone loves them once they see them in the stores, like I thought, all the new animals of 2012 seem ugly, but they are great, today I bought the New Skunk and Gorilla, and they are awsome!

Great new additions, Susanne... :)

zoomaster1994 wrote:

I thought Everyone hated the new 2012 now it seems everyone loves them once they see them in the stores, like I thought, all the new animals of 2012 seem ugly, but they are great, today I bought the New Skunk and Gorilla, and they are awsome!

Yes, the gorilla is stunning! I'll buy it!

Gabe wrote:

zoomaster1994 wrote:

I thought Everyone hated the new 2012 now it seems everyone loves them once they see them in the stores, like I thought, all the new animals of 2012 seem ugly, but they are great, today I bought the New Skunk and Gorilla, and they are awsome!

Yes, the gorilla is stunning! I'll buy it!

I am not too sure, - they all look kind of boored
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But surely some nice detail

I was quite disapointed about the skunk. I never ever saw such slobby paintwork by Schleich before
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Sorery about the horrible green background. That was the only way I could get details in the photoes black models.

My skunk is great Its just a little bit, but look at the collor, its good right?

Great photos Susanne. I am definitely getting the CollectA Bearded Dragon this one is just odd looking to me. I have had real ones and the Collecta one is very nice. The elephants are nice too. I will probably have to see them in person to make my decisions for sure.

zoomaster1994 wrote:

My skunk is great Its just a little bit, but look at the collor, its good right?

Yes, he is very cute

Is yours made in Germany ?
This one is from China, - not that they can`t make nice stuff ( Sometimes I like them best) , but the seller has never sent me anything but German made models before

dlfrogman wrote:

Great photos Susanne. I am definitely getting the CollectA Bearded Dragon this one is just odd looking to me. I have had real ones and the Collecta one is very nice. The elephants are nice too. I will probably have to see them in person to make my decisions for sure.

Thanks, Rusty, - yes, you are SO right !
It is almost impossible to know what they are REALLY like from a photo .

Thanks again for the pictures, unfortunately the sknunk is not only terribly painted, it has very strange legs and a massive body. Schleich is able to make good things, why hasn't they painted as they did with the last badger?
This skunk is the worst striped skunk I know! People ends buying all figures, they are Schleich and that's all, eyes are nice the remaining doesn't matter. And they will continue making these kind of things! I shouldn't give my honest opinions because sometimes people makes confusion between Schleich and theirselves. But that's my way. But this is a topic about your new additions and not a space to judge figures. So, congratulations again for your figures! :)
Let me know if I can help you to find a skunk decently painted!

SUSANNE wrote:

zoomaster1994 wrote:

My skunk is great Its just a little bit, but look at the collor, its good right?

Yes, he is very cute

Is yours made in Germany ?
This one is from China, - not that they can`t make nice stuff ( Sometimes I like them best) , but the seller has never sent me anything but German made models before

Mine is made in Germany and he has a very good paintwork. :)
It seems that there are sometimes huge differences between "made in china" and "made in Germany" figures.

That is the most frustrating thing about having to buy online is you don' t know what it looks like till it arrives. I have no problem sending stuff back if I am not happy with it though

dlfrogman wrote:

That is the most frustrating thing about having to buy online is you don' t know what it looks like till it arrives. I have no problem sending stuff back if I am not happy with it though

I might do that, or at least complain...the cost of sending it back would be the same as buying two new ones

SUSANNE wrote:

dlfrogman wrote:

That is the most frustrating thing about having to buy online is you don' t know what it looks like till it arrives. I have no problem sending stuff back if I am not happy with it though

I might do that, or at least complain...the cost of sending it back would be the same as buying two new ones

Well sometimes even just sending a photo will convince them to send a new one and they usually let you keep the old one. That is what happened with my Safari Badger I just got

Mine are all made in China (the first year that all Schleich figurines I purchased are Made in China ), and frankly they don't look bad at all.

Still can't get that bearded dragon here

I absolutely need the gorilla family since I have the retired baby gorilla all alone !! He needs a family, don't you agree ?

And I have only ordered online once because I was disappointed when I received my figurines. Now, I choose the best ones directly in shops.

Arnaud wrote:

And I have only ordered online once because I was disappointed when I received my figurines. Now, I choose the best ones directly in shops.

Ohh, I wished I could do that

Look, these I just packed out of the plastic bags from the factury

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