Ursus arctos : The COLLECTA, SCHLEICH, PAPO and SAFARI Brown bears meeting

A few days ago I put my hands on the COLLECTA new Brown bear. As I already said, this odd model is also very attractive and deliciously made.

I guess it is a good reason to organize a meeting between a few Modern brown bears.

My COLLECTA invited the 2004 SCHLEICH Grizzly, the 2005 PAPO Pyrenean Bear and the 2005 SAFARI Ltd Grizzly.

But first, pics of my new COLLECTA  

Many phantastic bears

Very nice comparison photos Kiki! Thank You for that!!!
My fav are Lineol, Papo and Schleich
New collecta has nice face and details but I will probably never get use to his strange silhuette and micro head
But he has nice coloration and fur texture and good eyes, I like it Congratulations for Your newcomer

ana wrote:

New collecta has nice face and details but I will probably never get use to his strange silhuette and micro head
But he has nice coloration and fur texture and good eyes, I like it

I have almost the same opinion, congrats Christophe

...I very like your post Kiki! (I,ve made some copies!)

Thank you Anna, Robert and Sergey  

ana wrote:

Very nice comparison photos Kiki! Thank You for that!!!
My fav are Lineol, Papo and Schleich
New collecta has nice face and details but I will probably never get use to his strange silhuette and micro head    
But he has nice coloration and fur texture and good eyes, I like it Congratulations for Your newcomer

skysthelimit wrote:

I have almost the same opinion, congrats Christophe  

Actually my favorite are the PAPO and COLLECTA. The SCHLEICH have a too big head as usual and the SAFARI Ltd need to encounter a good painter   .
The LINEOL is out of this competition of course  
Having them four in hands, I don't think the COLLECTA is oddest than the SCHLEICH or SAFARI Ltd, I'm sure you would get use to it because I thought like you first  


And now it's time for MOJÖ or BULLYLAND to make this one  

...and one more... the candidate for Willy!

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Kikimalou wrote:

Thank you Anna, Robert and Sergey

ana wrote:

My fav are Lineol, Papo and Schleich

skysthelimit wrote:

I have almost the same opinion, congrats Christophe

Actually my favorite are the PAPO and COLLECTA.

I wrote ALMOST the same opinion as Anna, because I don't like Schleich's

skysthelimit wrote:

I wrote ALMOST the same opinion as Anna, because I don't like Schleich's

So I almost agree with you !

As long as we agree, ALMOST is just a word - easy to ignore

WONDERFUL comparison, Christophe !!!! (o)):

Thankyou very much, - and for the comparisons to pictures of living bears, too
It shows how different they can look dependant on age, time of the year, gender etc...

Kiki, thank You for the photos of real bears to show how different they can be. That's true, even one bear can look differently in Spring and in Autumn
I already knew the photo which was probably reference for CollectA. And I still think the head of the real bear is bigger and neck shorter as well as the hump is smaller but I appreciate the nicely sculpted head and good paws :) Oh well, I haven't seen he figure personally and I guess it may be much nicer in reality. :)

About Schleich, yes perhaps this one is also quite odd, head is bigger than it should be indeed (Maybe CollectA and Schleich bears could exchange their heads??? ) We will see the new one soon, hopefully better than Schleich 2012 polar bear

So, my favorites are Papo (wow I love the photo of "real Papo" that You found, wonderful) and Lineol now :) I also like my Tipple Topple cutie

The Papo one is so pretty! I kinda want it now *_*

Even though there's something slightly odd about the Schleich, I quite like it. More than the others, it somehow fits the mental stereotype I have for a Grizzly specifically. (I think that's part of what Schleich does well: they fit stereotypes, even when those stereotypes don't fit reality.)

My favorite is definitely the Lineol, but putting that aside...I probably like the Papo the most, then the Schleich and CollectA. From there, it's a bit of a drop to the Safari. It is so poorly painted and I confess I have a personal preference against the fish in the mouth. It's really disappointing because I feel like Safari ought to have an amazing Grizzly sculpt.

Kikimalou wrote:

And now it's time for MOJÖ or BULLYLAND to make this one

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Ha! too funny. Definitely Bullyland-style.

Great review Christophe are the legs of the Collecta quite far apart?

HKHollinstone wrote:

Great review Christophe are the legs of the Collecta quite far apart?

Not as far as a PAPO i will make some pics...

...And what do you think Christophe about first (2007-2009) Procon-CollectA bear (grizzly) models? I think new CollectA bears are more better!

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Sergey wrote:

...And what do you think Christophe about first (2007-2009) Procon-CollectA bear (grizzly) models? I think new CollectA bears are more better!

I don't have this bear and never saw one for real but I must say the new COLLECTA brown bear is more and more precious for me, maybe not my 2012 favorite but at least the best surprise for 2012.

Thank you Christophe (o)):
comparisons for these beautiful
and his images always fantstiques!
Thank you to the others for their different point of view!
For my part I have no favorite all its qualities and blemish but collected a inabituelle a pose and make good on my bookshelves and photo!

For me, I will prefer Papo & Collecta. For schleich, I have to admit the head is a too big. But is cute!!

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My bear had only black dots as eyes, and a squint... I was very upset when I've received her   I've repaired her eyes a bit but still looks weird...

Some one should make a Model of the Pizzly the Grizzly and Polar bear Hybrid

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The topic I'm needing! Curiously the brown bear of my collection is the SOL90, of course not because it is the best but only because I was curious about the brand and decided to choose this one.
I'm geting used with the CollectA, I and my niece rejected the Safari because of the fish, anyway I think the salmon thing is very interesting and the Schleich was always in doubt. I like it, that's a good figure for a grizzly in my opinion, the expression is good, the hump looks correctly pronounced and the painting interesting. I never liked the Papo, the face has a sweet expression and that is all for me. I want to remember that there is a lot of diversity among Ursus arctos, grizzlies are very different from European subspecies and Papo is a Pyrenees bear, not a grizzly. It turns also hard to make a choice. I think the CollectA is also not a grizzly. I'll wait for next generation of Schleich grizzlies, I hope it is not smiling and with unexpressive body and strange texture of the 2012 polar bear. If it is as good as previous with a somewhat smaller head, it would be enough for me. I also hope the adultes are in proportion and in different poses.
Thanks for great work again, Christophe!

scot(t) wrote:

Even though there's something slightly odd about the Schleich, I quite like it. More than the others, it somehow fits the mental stereotype I have for a Grizzly specifically. (I think that's part of what Schleich does well: they fit stereotypes, even when those stereotypes don't fit reality.)

Scott,, Stereotype, that's it! Why I never thought in that word before while describing Schleich style?
That's perfect!!

1. CollectA
2. Papo
3. Safari
4. Schleich....................

Vondan wrote:

Some one should make a Model of the Pizzly the Grizzly and Polar bear Hybrid

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A Grolar bear would be awesome Hybrid animals need more love.