The new Maia & Borges water birds

Thank you for pointing that out. I've found it here in Germany:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

______________
Yvette

75senta75 wrote:

Thank you for pointing that out. I've found it here in Germany:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

______________
Yvette

Thanks for the link! That's a very interesting place to waste some money! I have a little hope of finding them here.

75senta75 wrote:

Thank you for pointing that out. I've found it here in Germany:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

______________
Yvette

Is this bad translation or almost 40 Euros for shipping?

Steve170 wrote:

75senta75 wrote:

Thank you for pointing that out. I've found it here in Germany:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

______________
Yvette

Is this bad translation or almost 40 Euros for shipping?

I think it's only 8 to 18 euros

figurenfundgrube.de

only 3,60 shipping worldwide !

75senta75 wrote:

Thank you for pointing that out. I've found it here in Germany:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

______________
Yvette

"...und bringt teilweise "neue" Tierfiguren heraus, die mit den alten Schleich Formen hergestellt werden. Diese Figuren haben eine neue Bemalung erhalten."

If I understand this German text well, M+B uses the old Schleich molds (and new painting) to produce "new" figures under M+B name? I am not Schleich expert, so please can You - more experienced collectors - confirm if these water fowl birds have their counterparts in any older Schleich figures?

No, they do not !
And several of the whales and sharks are not Schleich moulds either, - or the dogs.
Actually M&B has a looooong range of comic figures which is their main line of products

Susanne is right, Schleich used original M&B moulds and introduced them in their range. Mainly those from sea life. What happens is that we know better Schleich brand and think in these replicas as originally from Schleich when they are really from Maia & Borges.
Figures like the dogs, penguin, otters, puffin and these new birds were never used by Schleich.

A good example is the tropical fishes, they were originally produced by M&B and then introduced in Schleich range with different painting.
Curiously this year Schleich descontinued the remaining original M&B moulds from their range and we see a completly new line of birds from the Portuguese brand.
I hope it means that M&B is trying to see how their animal lines work in the market again. I wish all luck to these brand and congratulate it for introducing such an interesting series with some unusual species. If that line goes well maybe the brand will surprise us in near future?
I think that serious Schleich collectors will have an uncomplete collection if M&B figures are not present in their collections. Not only because their moulds were an important part of some Schleich series as well as M&B sculptors contributed largely to the Schleich design we appreciated some years ago.

WOW

Thankyou for all this WONDERFUL information, Roger, I am very exited to know this !!!!
I knew, of cours, that the cooperation between M&B and Schelich goes a long way back, but not that Schleich borrowed the moulds from M & B .
It makes good sence, though ! Why would Schleich make a completely new range of 6 models, and then scrab it after only 2 years? Moulds are enormously expensive

Ohhh, yes, I hope and pray that M&B will get enormously successful !

Quote :

...und bringt teilweise "neue" Tierfiguren
heraus, die mit den alten Schleich Formen hergestellt werden. Diese
Figuren haben eine neue Bemalung erhalten."

I have ask the seller: These words refers to the series of see animals, such photos as Susanne has already shown very nicely.

Today my M&Bs are coming in, see the photos:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

M&B swan on the left side and Schleich on the right-hand side.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Schleich on the left and M&B on the right-hand side.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Schleich on the left, M&B on the right.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Schleich mallard duck and M&B (last row, right side).

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

_________
Yvette

Roger, I think, you are absolutly right!

_________
Yvette

Big congratulations Yvette and many thanks for the link!!

Most of this birds are absolutly must haves for me for the next month.

WOW! Yvette, they are fantastic

I can`t wait to get them

I have been babbeling about water fowl whenever we were talking about new models, - and here they are

Beautyful, wonderful pictures ! Comparisons and all , thankyou, thankyou

Now I will hurry back and look more at your pictures

At the risk of repeating myself, wow! They're beautiful, and I can't get over how rare it is to see any kind of non-mallard duck model...

I SO much hope that the GM of M & B sees this

Please, please there are SO many wonderful, exotic, strange and interesting waterfowl

THanks for all the photos Yvette!!

Great photos! I am particularly smitten by the Swan. Thank you Yvette!

Yvett, that's exactly what I wanted to see. M&B in comparison with Schleich figures. Now we have a much better idea of what they are. :) Thanks!
I'm very happy that they decided to introduce a line that mixes some common species with some unusual species. That's a good strategy.
Susanne, you are very welcome and I think that you has an enthusiast of this brand you will feel happy with some more hot news that I suspect we will receive very soon.
I hope every members will enjoy the news.
By the way, don't forget that the 6 M&B tropical fishes are in the market again.

What is it ? What is it ?

Come on, Roger, - pleeeeeeeease

Beautiful, wonderful, lovely!!! Congratulations Yvette
Wow, each of these birds is definitely on my wish list and again wow for red throated diver and for the other diver as well :)
M&B, what a great company

Roger wrote:

Susanne is right, Schleich used original M&B moulds and introduced them in their range.
I think that serious Schleich collectors will have an uncomplete collection if M&B figures are not present in their collections. Not only because their moulds were an important part of some Schleich series as well as M&B sculptors contributed largely to the Schleich design we appreciated some years ago.

Roger, I think the new M + B animal figurines are generally excellent. However, Schleich and M + B are separate and distinct. Six sealife figurines were cross-licensed by Schleich, have Schleich numbers and are recognized as part of the Schleich sub-cosmos. Of course they have "shared" many molds, but that has been done many times by many different sets of manufacturing firms.

That being said, I think the new M + B animal figurines are better in design and execution than most of what Schleich has on shelves now. Maybe we can convince Schleich to "borrow" some of M + B's design department... ?!!

schleich61 wrote:

That being said, I think the new M + B animal figurines are better in design and execution than most of what Schleich has on shelves now. Maybe we can convince Schleich to "borrow" some of M + B's design department... ?!!

What a brilliant idea

My kind maillady brought the birds today, and they are every bit as lovely as Yvettes pictures show, I LOVE them
- even the tags are nice

SUSANNE wrote:

schleich61 wrote:

That being said, I think the new M + B animal figurines are better in design and execution than most of what Schleich has on shelves now. Maybe we can convince Schleich to "borrow" some of M + B's design department... ?!!

What a brilliant idea

My kind maillady brought the birds today, and they are every bit as lovely as Yvettes pictures show, I LOVE them
- even the tags are nice

Susanne, I don't mind to see them again although Yvett already gave us great pictures. We find always something new!
Congratulations and it looks I'll receive them in near future.

@ Phil, what I call design in this kind of figures is not the ability of making a figure as it looks in real but the ability of making it atractive without distorting the idea of a realistic figure in the most common conception of general customers.
Schleich was very good in that point. I'll wait my M&B to judge better. :)
Actually I'm very happy seeing another brand making animal figures, with respectable quality, giving us some unusual species like the divers for example. A company with a huge story and of course I'm a little prouder because it is Portuguese.

Thankyou, Roger, I am still trying to take pictures, buuuh, there must be something wrong with...the camera

Here is a scan of the nice tag they have.
I was trying to find the Danish names for them...hmmm, perhaps M&B should find somebody who checks the spelling in the future
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou, Roger, I am still trying to take pictures, buuuh, there must be something wrong with...the camera

Here is a scan of the nice tag they have.
I was trying to find the Danish names for them...hmmm, perhaps M&B should find somebody who checks the spelling in the future
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I hope that is the beginning of a long serie.