Variant in Papo Figures

In the horsey string we were talking about variants in the Papo-range.
There must be many, as I already have some in my small collection, so hopefully others can/will contribute also :-)

Most of these I have shown before, but never mind, here are mine :

The beagle, Item no 51026. The one with brown ears is marked 2004, the one with black ears 2008
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The Exmore pony item no 51002, marked 2003.
In the first catalogue 2004 it was dark, but from 2005 – 6 it is brown in the catalogue.
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The fjord 51006. Marked 2003.
One of them is moulded in the yellow/cream colour. The other is moulded in a milky plastic and painted !
From the catalogues it is hard to see when this change happened, but it has the same colour in the ´4 and ´5 issues whereas it is mor brightly coloured in the ´06 one.
The painted one to the right.
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The Appaloosa 51038 came in 2005 (Marked 2004), In 2005 – 8 it had the yellowish head. In 2009 the new colour.
In 201o the model was replaced by the present Appaloosas
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By mistake I got two of the little lion cubs 50022. The one with the “spalshy” paint is probably the oldest.
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And then the ducks :-)
I like ducks, and I saw in Torben`s site, that there were two models of the duck 51017 – one with grass and one without.
The one without is in 2004 – 2008 cartalogues.
From 2009 it has “grass” under the feet.
At MPV they were so kind as to send me one more with grass, but with the old painting.

According to the catalogues there are more variants than these three.

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The kittens 54003. One of the kittens became black this year.
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The old wolf 53004, maked 2003.
In the 2004-catalogue it is whitish.
In the 2005 -7 it is grey and beige.
In the 2008-9 it is grey and white

Stangely enough I have only been able to find the wite one, even if one is slightly darker , and the seller`s picture showed the dark variant .
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Thanks for looking, do you have any ?

I have a black and a white rearing horse. I´m not sure about the item number... For me they are variants, but I know that some of you don´t consider them in this way if the item number is different.

I´m sorry about the photo, they are now in boxes so it´s not easy to take new pics!

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They are beautyful, Sylvia

I think it is fine to include ones with same mould even if the item no is different

Perhaps these were the best ones that Papo originally made, - they were made from 2004 ( year of cataloge where they came first) till 2010 !!

The white one has item no 51008, the black one item no 51009.

Ups, I forgot the baby rhino

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The grey one fits the first rhino, the browner one goes with the new, wonderful model , - in colour, at least

SUSANNE wrote:

Ups, I forgot the baby rhino

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The grey one fits the first rhino, the browner one goes with the new, wonderful model , - in colour, at least

the new one look nicer!!

Wow Susanne you have so many variations! Thanks for posting the pictures Susanne and Sylvia!!

Thankyou, Harriet

ken yeo wrote:

the new one look nicer!!

Yes, better colour and shading also.
But , as I think I wrote before, - it is hard to let go of the old Schleich-habits and not go for the variants with merry howls of joy

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Great minds working together

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English thoroughbred 51007

A forum of genius!!!

Ooh, I hadn't seen that darker (airbrushed-looking) TB mare before! Mine is (or was) the more common streaky brushpainted type.
Don't remember mine having tricolor eyes either...

I LOVE that Thoroughbred!!!!!!

-Kristie

Roger wrote:

A forum of genius!!!

Sumo wrote:

Ooh, I hadn't seen that darker (airbrushed-looking) TB mare before! Mine is (or was) the more common streaky brushpainted type.
Don't remember mine having tricolor eyes either...

It seems from the catalogues that the later versions have the blaze etc, - I hope to find one

Izzy wrote:

I LOVE that Thoroughbred!!!!!!

-Kristie

Me too

Roger wrote:

A forum of genius!!!

I bought that thoroughbred in a national trust shop in Boscastle (cornwall) while on holiday. I was completely mad on horses back then and was so excited to find it

In 2010 Papo made a new painting for the velociraptor

I did not know this, MPV was kind enough to write "New painting" under the picture

New painting to the left.

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Aren`t they cute ?
PS, - they can open and close the mouth

You were lucky to get the old version! I have the new one, they are really nice!!

HKHollinstone wrote:

You were lucky to get the old version! I have the new one, they are really nice!!

Yes, I was very lucky, - and it was sheer luck, I thought it was the only one

Susanne, you are a real velociraptor, I'm not saying that you are prehistoric! Not even that you are as cute as your figures, but you are a very fast hunter and you know clearly what to prey! :)
Nice seeing from you the history of Papo, repaintings, variations, descontinued figures, we were for a long time only seing Schleich, Schleich and sometimes also Schleich! I love to see it!

Roger wrote:

Susanne, you are a real velociraptor, I'm not saying that you are prehistoric! Not even that you are as cute as your figures, but you are a very fast hunter and you know clearly what to prey! :)
Nice seeing from you the history of Papo, repaintings, variations, descontinued figures, we were for a long time only seing Schleich, Schleich and sometimes also Schleich! I love to see it!

Thankyou, Roger

It is so much fun to be able to chase such a relatively new brand
And with help from Roogle and Hoogle and a Portuguese Croc it makes it even more fun

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Aaaarhhhh !!! Wonderful

There it was
The hyena with not so black face

Yes, Kiki! We were waiting this photo in this topic! Thanks!

Still think the hyena needs an over all better paint job. I will have to paint mine to my liking!

You already have a whole bunch of Papo variations Susanne, really great!
Although, it makes me crazy sometimes, as there is even more to collect...