Show us Yours: Rhinos! (Aug 2012)

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Here is my large flocked black rhinocéros. I bought it back in 1996. Weirdly, the manufacturer put the smallest horn on the front...

You are right, the horns are strange

That's a very curious figure indeed! It is usual to see some features mixed on rhinos, wrong lips on African or even two horns on Indian rhinos but that is the first time I see this kind. Obviously these figures were not made to be accurate what is surely not an excuse. Let's think it is a kind of extinct rhino we still don't know.

Playland (no) sumatran rhino

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Yesterday I bought at a local store the Papo's black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). I has been watching it for some months, and what finally pushed me to buy it is seeing a comparison thread between various brands black rhinos, resulting in Papo being the best one for my taste.

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Until now my only rhino whas the Safari's sumatran. Here is a good comparison size between the African giant and the smallest of all the rhino species:
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Pardofelis wrote:

Yesterday I bought at a local store the Papo's black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). I has been watching it for some months, and what finally pushed me to buy it is seeing a comparison thread between various brands black rhinos, resulting in Papo being the best one for my taste.

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Until now my only rhino whas the Safari's sumatran. Here is a good comparison size between the African giant and the smallest of all the rhino species:
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That is a nice figure but I went with the Safari version (should be waiting for me when I get home today). But looking at your pic, this Papo one is great. Actually I went with Safari for all the rhinos, although I might replace the white rhino with the 2019 CollectA one when it comes out...maybe.

My black rhino is also the Papo figure although I also own the Bullyland that is very nice! In that scale I still have the Lineol black rhinoceros. I think Blaine is well served with the Safari army. They are all great, especially the Indian rhino.

Nice rhinos

Often Papo makes exceptionally wonderful models, and this one is a very good example

Thankyou for the beautyful comparison picture ! It is really useful

Colorta

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Well, I am forced to share mine now :
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That is a beautyful and interesting flock there, Rtas

I think I won't be able to resist that CollectA rhino for very long

Waw! you have the great white! Could you shoot it with your Papo black one please for size comparison?

Thanks Susanne and Caracal !
Susanne, as I told Spacelab earlier in the evening, you will soon be able to see a lot of pictures like this one since I am photographing my whole collection

Caracal, unfortunately I have not Papo black rhino, only the Schleich family you can see on my picture.
Schleich black rhino is perfect next to CollectA white one and I think Papo and Schleich black rhinos are roughly the same size. I can take a picture with the CollectA white one and Schleich's male tomorrow if you want (?)

I really recommend both of you the white one. On my picture, you can see once more that CollectA is above the other brands. Even though Schleich's Indian and black rhinos are awesome, they are just splendid toys. CollectA's replica is a true miniature rhino that looks "alive".

Beautiful rhinos, actually I have 3 of them and don't want any more. Very good models!.

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..well, I already have this Safari ltd white rhino but the (little) problem for me is that it is smaller than my Papo black one, although whites are generaly bigger. White rhino are less present than blacks ones in replica world and the few they were, did not enjoy me a lot until I shoot a real white in the zoo of Lille (low picture), that makes me realise the Safari ltd one was not too toony and stocky, and that makes me buy it in the shop of the Bruxelle museum a few days after!

But if this CollectA white is as big as the Papo black one or bigger, I shall order it in spite of its so log horn! :)

Of course it is bigger ! Here it is with the Schleich black rhino which is roughly the same size as Papo's :
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There, the size difference is perfect. Not approximately accurate, PERFECT ! (Pardofelis would enjoy )

RtasVadumee wrote:

There, the size difference is perfect. Not approximately accurate, PERFECT !

Oh yes!

Again, sorry for the quality of this pic, the light is not good in the morning and I took it very quickly just for this topic

Thank you Rtas for these useful pictures which coveinced me to order the CollectA white!

Your second pic is amazing presenting the 2 species so close in wilderness and in very useful standings to compare!

Unfortunately, this second pic is not from me

Also, I wanted to ask you, do you know any shop that sells CollectA in France ?

This day is a perfect day !!!

I learned something new

It is the first time I understood that the white and black rhinos are SO differnet, except for the nose !

Thankyou very much for those pictures, Rtas

SUSANNE wrote:

It is the first time I understood that the white and black rhinos are SO differnet, except for the nose !

Still, with this picture, my wife sees just a bigger rhino.. like most people I guess. But who cares? IT'S SO DIFFERENT!!