Papo puma / cougar / mountain lion

Just love the modelling and the pose on this figure. Model number is 50046 and it was first issued in 2008.

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Papo Puma 50046 1 by Chris*4, on Flickr

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Papo Puma 50046 2 by Chris*4, on Flickr

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Papo Puma 50046 3 by Chris*4, on Flickr

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Papo Puma 50046 4 by Chris*4, on Flickr

Enjoy

Chris

That's a great figure although many people don't like it. It is one of my first Papo additions and I enjoy the small head although in a first glance it also looked a little small for me. You know, modern toys are almost always made with large heads and sometimes is hard to get correctly some proportions. What I like most in that figure is that it is a puma while the Schleich one is a domestic cat!
Thanks for showing, Chris! :)

Thanks for sharing Chris! Hes on my wishlist

...I like this model. I,ve bought two at once!

I really like him and your pictures are wonderful! :)

-Kristie

I think this is a beautifully sculpted figure and your pictures are great, Chris. Thank you for sharing them.

I confess when I first saw this figure in person, I was startled by how small it is. (However if one can't learn to live with a deal of variations in the scale of these figures, then there is pretty much nothing but disappointment ahead. So I got over it.)

It would be interesting to do a more detailed comparison between the Papo and the Safari. (I agree with Roger that the Schleich Puma is not one of their better efforts, but the Safari figure seems strong to me. Harriet's repainted version is wonderful.)

(p.s. Chris, I love the shots of the VW models on your flickr page. I owned two VW buses (not concurrently) between the ages of 16 and 24.)

Very good pics of a very good model, Chris, thank you .

I'm a PAPO puma lover too, like Roger I dislike too big head animals and I especially love the pose of this one. I wish PAPO would make a Jaguar as good as this one

Thankyou for these great close-ups, Chris

Funny, - I never really noticed this little beauty
Now comparing him to your pictures, I can see that mine is not nearly as nicely painted, esp in the face.
Amazing how much the paintwork means, - like we see in the repaint from Harriet

Welll....then perhaps I have one more papo variant to look for now

WOW! it is so detailed, i thought the first photo was real!

Roger wrote:

That's a great figure although many people don't like it. It is one of my first Papo additions and I enjoy the small head although in a first glance it also looked a little small for me. You know, modern toys are almost always made with large heads and sometimes is hard to get correctly some proportions. What I like most in that figure is that it is a puma while the Schleich one is a domestic cat!
Thanks for showing, Chris! :)

Hi Roger, like you I love this one!

animalluvr6 wrote:

Thanks for sharing Chris! Hes on my wishlist

You are welcome Kelsey. I hope you find one soon.

Sergey wrote:

...I like this model. I,ve bought two at once!

Well Sergey if you like a model very much then owning two the best way to go!

Kristie wrote:

I really like him and your pictures are wonderful! :)

-Kristie

Thank you Kristie.

scot(t) wrote:

I think this is a beautifully sculpted figure and your pictures are great, Chris. Thank you for sharing them.

I confess when I first saw this figure in person, I was startled by how small it is. (However if one can't learn to live with a deal of variations in the scale of these figures, then there is pretty much nothing but disappointment ahead. So I got over it.)

It would be interesting to do a more detailed comparison between the Papo and the Safari. (I agree with Roger that the Schleich Puma is not one of their better efforts, but the Safari figure seems strong to me. Harriet's repainted version is wonderful.)

Scott, I prefer models to be in relative scale such as Britains. However, like yourself if there is an animal figure that sets my heart pounding then I buy it whatever size it is! BTW that Harriet repaint is truly awesome!

scot(t) wrote:

(p.s. Chris, I love the shots of the VW models on your flickr page. I owned two VW buses (not concurrently) between the ages of 16 and 24.)

Thanks for viewing these images Scott. My wife and I owned a T2 camper until the mid 1990's. She actually owned it long before I met her.

Kikimalou wrote:

Very good pics of a very good model, Chris, thank you .

I'm a PAPO puma lover too, like Roger I dislike too big head animals and I especially love the pose of this one. I wish PAPO would make a Jaguar as good as this one

I agree Christophe some of the modern companies accentuate head sizes and leg thickness as well.

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou for these great close-ups, Chris

Funny, - I never really noticed this little beauty
Now comparing him to your pictures, I can see that mine is not nearly as nicely painted, esp in the face.
Amazing how much the paintwork means, - like we see in the repaint from Harriet

Welll....then perhaps I have one more papo variant to look for now

Susanne, after being taken by the pose of this model I was spell bound by the intricate painting. Luckily I had a few to chose from but I think all the versions I saw were equal.

Taylcoel wrote:

WOW! it is so detailed, i thought the first photo was real!

Thank you Coel - glad you liked the images.

Many thanks everyone for all your wonderful comments.

Chris

Nice puma!! Congratulations!!

Congratulations,Chris. Wonderful photos.
I could never decide if I should get the Papo or the Safari one...

Vivien wrote:

Congratulations,Chris. Wonderful photos.
I could never decide if I should get the Papo or the Safari one...

That's a hard decision, Vivien! I think it is more a question of taste!
Mojo in their FB 2013 preview list of releases is promising a puma for 2013! Considering how nice is the lynx maybe it will worth to wait!

Christophe has in his website this little Colorata atacking Schleich Dinoman!
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widukind wrote:

Nice puma!! Congratulations!!

Thank you Andreas.

Vivien wrote:

Congratulations,Chris. Wonderful photos.
I could never decide if I should get the Papo or the Safari one...

Vivien, usually in this dilemma I end up buying both!

Glad you like the images.

Chris

Chris Sweetman wrote:

Vivien wrote:

Congratulations,Chris. Wonderful photos.
I could never decide if I should get the Papo or the Safari one...

Vivien, usually in this dilemma I end up buying both!

Glad you like the images.

Chris

That could be another possibility

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Vivien wrote:

Congratulations,Chris. Wonderful photos.
I could never decide if I should get the Papo or the Safari one...

That's a hard decision, Vivien! I think it is more a question of taste!
Mojo in their FB 2013 preview list of releases is promising a puma for 2013! Considering how nice is the lynx maybe it will worth to wait!

Roger,I completely forgot that Mojo will launch a puma in 2013 Thanks for reminding me I'll probably end up buying all three models.

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Roger wrote:

Vivien wrote:

Congratulations,Chris. Wonderful photos.
I could never decide if I should get the Papo or the Safari one...

That's a hard decision, Vivien! I think it is more a question of taste!
Mojo in their FB 2013 preview list of releases is promising a puma for 2013! Considering how nice is the lynx maybe it will worth to wait!

Roger,I completely forgot that Mojo will launch a puma in 2013 Thanks for reminding me I'll probably end up buying all three models.

Me too, probably I'll get the Safari mountain lion and Mojo cougar to join to my Papo puma!

Congratulations,Chris! I like your 3rd photo. I am a Papo Puma lover too! despite of being small. But the details is one of the best.

With Chris's fantastic pictures of the Papo Puma and Harriet's wonderful before and after pictures of her repainted Safari on her blog, there isn't a need for any more photos. But I thought a side-by-side comparison picture of the two might be useful to some. This is just intended to be a very (very) modest contribution.

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The Papo is quite a bit smaller -- not only smaller than the Safari, but also smaller than the other big cats by Papo. Looking at the picture, I'm noticing that the color of the Papo is quite nice and I prefer it to the Safari in that respect. They are both excellent figures and I for one am extremely happy to have both.

If indeed Mojo will be releasing a Puma next year, that is wonderful news. I love these creatures. (I grew up calling them 'Cougars', I don't know why I use 'puma' now.)

That's a great contribution for the topic, Scott! Thanks! :)

thanks Roger! I originally had planned on posting a picture I took of the Noah's Pals Kinkajous overpowering the little Papo Puma, but decided that would not be quite as helpful.

scot(t) wrote:

thanks Roger! I originally had planned on posting a picture I took of the Noah's Pals Kinkajous overpowering the little Papo Puma, but decided that would not be quite as helpful.

The mighty kinkajous! Why not to post it?

Roger wrote:

scot(t) wrote:

thanks Roger! I originally had planned on posting a picture I took of the Noah's Pals Kinkajous overpowering the little Papo Puma, but decided that would not be quite as helpful.

The mighty kinkajous! Why not to post it?

"The Mighty Kinkajous!" indeed.
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Ahahah! ... and you didn't wanted to post that picture? These kinkajous have the tipical evil looking of Noah's figures!
They are cute indeed but no problem at all once kinkajous are cute anyway. I hope someday add these creatures to my collection, thanks for the funny picture!