Which Okapi????

there are very many brands of Okapi out or coming out this year...I have the Schleich, Papo and Safari (blah--too shiny and plastic ooking) ones. The Schleich is too big to scale. I like the Papo one. However, what do people think of other brands' okapi--inlcuding those with calves. thanks :)

I don`t have the one from Safari
Could it be an idea with pictures of them all? Then everybody can see what we are talking about

Here are the ones from Bullyland :
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Perhaps nit the winners in the beauty contest

good idea susanne about posting pics. I can post what I can but can others also post what they have?

I had the luck of seeing the new CollectA okapi and calf. The size looks great, legs are less thick than the Papo one and is not shiny as I can remember. The calf is cute but not fantastic, I guess. :)
Maybe I am able to have permission to photograph them next time I go to the shop and take my Papo with me to take some pictures. : with the CollectAs)
I think my favourite is still the Papo one even it was not possible to make a perfect comparison. BTW, the CollectA ahs huge horns!

SeanieP wrote:

good idea susanne about posting pics. I can post what I can but can others also post what they have?

Yes, yes, Wonderful

Perhaps if Sue & Lesley see this, they have some real old models
And Kiki, and Willy, and....

WOW! Do they have Collecta-okapis in a shop near you, Roger ?

Personally... I love WW Safari Ltd. okapi the most. But it´s too big for "regular" animal collection... on the second place is Papo. Realy great model and stripes look real...
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PAPO

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WILD REPUBLIC / KM

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SAFARI LTD.

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SCHLEICH

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SAFARI LTD. / WILDLIFE WONDERS COLLECTION

thanks Martin for the photos...what brand is the 2nd and last replica?

Great pictures, Martin. Gosh, you have many okapis

Please, please, will you put brand names on them ?
Perhaps I am not the only one who don`t know them all

SeanieP wrote:

thanks Martin for the photos...what brand is the 2nd and last replica?

The last one is the Wildlife Wonders Okapi,new from 2011.

SUSANNE wrote:

Great pictures, Martin. Gosh, you have many okapis

Please, please, will you put brand names on them ?
Perhaps I am not the only one who don`t know them all

Done

SUSANNE wrote:

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WOW! Do they have Collecta-okapis in a shop near you, Roger ?

Yes, they have the samples of 2012 January releases. Unfortunately they will only sell the figures in April! I want a lot of them, the river hog, gnu, giraffe, etc.
Well, April is not terrible to someone that saw for the first time the 2010 new figures in November 2011!

here is the CollectA new okapis

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here are my okapis (K&M, Britains Ltd and Colorata)

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all are smaller than Schleich, Papo and so on.

Wow ! Those Collecta okapis look lovely ! Thankyou Seany !

Andreas, your okapis are great, esp the one from colorata is fabulous

I don't know what the size difference is between the CollectA okapi and the Papo. Hope you can find out Roger
The Papo seems to be the right scale for your diorama Shawn and the Safari Okapi is ok too (the small version), just needs a repaint.

Andreas, the Colorata goes very nicely with the Britains! :)

Roger wrote:

Andreas, the Colorata goes very nicely with the Britains! :)

Thank you very much, and they are also in a better size for me.

I've recently got the Safari WW okapi - simply the best in my mind! for a smaller scale - Papo is a very good choice. :)

widukind wrote:

here are my okapis (K&M, Britains Ltd and Colorata)

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all are smaller than Schleich, Papo and so on.

What a flashback whenever I see the Britains brands..that was what I grew up with as a young kid--they were the best. I wished I kept them.

Thanks for photos Martin

Gabe wrote:

I've recently got the Safari WW okapi - simply the best in my mind! for a smaller scale - Papo is a very good choice. :)

I agree... WW is the best one :)

SeanieP wrote:

What a flashback whenever I see the Britains brands..that was what I grew up with as a young kid--they were the best. I wished I kept them.

Thanks for photos Martin

It's funny, I played with the STARLUX when I was young... They were the best

I guess apples you eat at 20 years old have always a better taste than apples we used to eat at 40 years old

Like with my Reislers

But even then I can see that Starlux are marvellous

Ahahah, I still don't have 40 years old but I will taste a apple and tell you. I haven't played with animal plastic toys but I love the 3 brands, Britains, Reisler and Starlux... and Veb Plaho... and Hausser Elastolin... and...
But my choice is Britains because I still don't know the taste of a Starlux! I like my 2 Reislers but they are a little crazy!

SUSANNE wrote:

Like with my Reislers

But even then I can see that Starlux are marvellous

Yes Susanne I love the REISLER

The REISLER Bactrian camel is still my favourite camel