PAPO hyena

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Roger wrote:

I'd like to see the Safari hyena with the Papo. Does anyone could show me a photo or tell me where to find it?

There you go Roger (If you can't see the pix you need to create an account in LG)

Papo and Safari hyenas side by side
Papo and Safari hyenas side by side (2)

Harriet, I think Schleich's lying lioness looks more like a puma than a lioness..

Yes, Schleich's lying lioness looks a little puma'ish. I think the sculptors should look more at photos(of the animal they are making) and try to make the figures as realistic as possible!

Kikimalou wrote:

Roger wrote:

Kiki, has an experient collector, do you know my ugly lion?

Yes I know very well that lion... It's the avatar of a collector from Portugal

I was reading at the same time a tread about Schleich zebra paintings and I forgot to say that this is a very heavy hard plastic from Hing Shung... but is too bad!

baltimore zoo wrote:

The Papo Lion"King of the Jungle" is by far the best and most realistic male lion so far made by any toy company. As I said before, my male lions all look even better now that I painted their manes different shades of dark brown/brownish black.

Pics please

baltimore zoo wrote:

The Papo Lion"King of the Jungle" is by far the best and most realistic male lion so far made by any toy company. As I said before, my male lions all look even better now that I painted their manes different shades of dark brown/brownish black.

Not at the Papo scale but this one is IMHO very fine and realistic too

The 2009 KITAN CLUB lion from Japan

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Gabe wrote:

Roger wrote:

I'd like to see the Safari hyena with the Papo. Does anyone could show me a photo or tell me where to find it?

There you go Roger (If you can't see the pix you need to create an account in LG)

Papo and Safari hyenas side by side
Papo and Safari hyenas side by side (2)

OooH! you're very fast! I have to thank to all of you. You are very helpful and I'm very happy! So many hyenas!!!
Kiki this lion is beautifull!
Poor hyenas still in this forum have to compete with lions!

Hi Gabe

After seeing your Papo lion. I think I should buy another one to keep. the one I own the paint job is not as good as your.

ken yeo wrote:

Hi Gabe

After seeing your Papo lion. I think I should buy another one to keep. the one I own the paint job is not as good as your.

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Yes, I like that japanese company lion, needs a darker mane, and it's pretty small, but very nice!
Would like to see it as big as the Papo male lion!

Gabe wrote:

Harriet, I think Schleich's lying lioness looks more like a puma than a lioness..

Yes, I think you're right, so I'll definitely wait for Papo to do one then

HKHollinstone wrote:

Gabe wrote:

Harriet, I think Schleich's lying lioness looks more like a puma than a lioness..

Yes, I think you're right, so I'll definitely wait for Papo to do one then

I agreed that!

Gabe wrote:

Here are the new members of my African Savannah:

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woooo hoooo welcome to the club Gabe :) two looks better :)

Like I have said before(til I'm blue in the face) do a "Pride set", with a group of lions(basically the previous Papo lions, just in different positions ex: resting/head up/looking etc.). Playmobil does a nice set(I don't collect Playmobil because not as detail and realistic looking), however they do make some nice other sets as well(African water hole, zoo etc.). Papo should look at some of their sets and make them Papo style!

Gabe wrote:

Here are the new members of my African Savannah:

The hyenas look wonderful and very natural in your savanna, Gabe!
And Schleich lion should be afraid of them - they're almost as big as him :)

Kikimalou wrote:

...As far as I'm concerned, I will wait about the new Safari lion, it seems not so bad.

Hm, do you think so? To me the new Safari lion seems too cartoonish at the preview picture.

Kiryuha wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

...As far as I'm concerned, I will wait about the new Safari lion, it seems not so bad.

Hm, do you think so? To me the new Safari lion seems too cartoonish at the preview picture.

yeah... Safari lion is not that good

Kiryuha wrote:

Gabe wrote:

Here are the new members of my African Savannah:

The hyenas look wonderful and very natural in your savanna, Gabe!
And Schleich lion should be afraid of them - they're almost as big as him :)

In the second part of this video you'll see a big female matriarch hyena, a lioness and lion. Nice to see that spotted hyenas are ugliers than Papo one and still has a size diference with lions!
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Ugly or not, I love lions and hyenas equally!
The movie 'Lion King' depicted hyenas as evil - this is not true.
Lions look "majestic," I agree, but both animals do the same thing: eat to survive and get rid of competition.

Kiryuha wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

...As far as I'm concerned, I will wait about the new Safari lion, it seems not so bad.

Hm, do you think so? To me the new Safari lion seems too cartoonish at the preview picture.

Well Kyril, I only see the small pic on the preview catalog and it looks not worse than Papo.
I've got aproblem with modern male lions, I still don't find the one who will break my heart.
To be honest, the only modern lion I love very much are the two Papo lionness. Evreything is so fine with her that it is hard to find a male who can stand with her.
In 2010, I have a hope with the CollectA, because it looks more "savage" and feline in the catalogue but I changed my mind when I saw pics of a real one here.
I will probably buy the CollectA lionness because I need more of them.
About Safari Ltd, every model I bought from the last two years were better than the pics and a lot of models convinced me more than the Schleichs. The same for the scale, Safari and Papo are sometimes at the same scale.
I don't want to collect too much lions and I only want a clan among the modern models, if the Safari is not good, I will buy the Papo then.
But, where there is hope, there is life

All Safari ltd had to do was make a smaller more detailed version the Wildlife Wonders lion!

baltimore zoo wrote:

All Safari ltd had to do was make a smaller more detailed version the Wildlife Wonders lion!

You are right Baltimore

Thanks Kikimalou! They also should make smaller versions of the Siberian tiger, African elephant, hippo, gorilla and orang! Basically to the Papo scale of their lions, tigers, except hippo should be slightly bigger than their figure as well as the gorilla should be just a little bigger too(than previous one).

Kikimalou wrote:

... I've got aproblem with modern male lions, I still don't find the one who will break my heart.

Same here, Kiki! There are some very fine lionesses on the market, but all of the lions just miss it.