PICTURES of Schleich models made in different COUNTRIES

[quote="sortepletter"]There are some horses (and probably other animals as well...) in my collection that were made in different countries
Camargue
Germany/Portugal
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Very interesting variations! I especially like the Portugal Camargue mare :)

A really, really great line-up of horses

Thankyou VERY much  

Fantastic contribution, Simone!

Great comparisons Sortepletter

Eagle owl Made in Germany and China respectively
One will fly away but I decided to share it once differences are evident.

I got the Giant turtle 14304 today but it looks different from the one i already had.

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I noticed that in photos as well (I don't have either in my collection... yet). I'm sure our variant-collector can tell you about those!  

One made in China, one made in Germany. I suppose there you have the reason for them to look different :)

That's definitely a contributing factor, but there are some variants made in the same country. But in this case, it's probably the main reason.

 

That is incredible ! It looks like they used the wrong size paint-spray  

Thankyou for sharing.

SUSANNE wrote:

That is incredible ! It looks like they used the wrong size paint-spray  

Thankyou for sharing, - perhaps you will be so kind to show them in the link Carola mentions, too ?

Which one do you see more often, Susanne? I almost always see the lighter one, but every now and then the darker one pops up. I'm thinking because they're made in different countries it's more common for one to appear in a certain country (what I mean by that is it's rare that I see a Made in Germany figure here in US - it might be different in other countries...)  .

I just noticed this too - both are different batches - German-made one is batch 1, where the Chinese one is batch 4. That's probably something else that has to do with variants.  

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my different turtles :)

left = made in china
right = made in germany

Cute turtles

sortepletter wrote:

There are some horses (and probably other animals as well...) in my collection that were made in different countries
Germany/Tunisia
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I've never seen a Tunisia made Schleich before! It must be very rare.   

It's not very rare. You only must find it. But someone tell me that all figures who are made in Germany are painted in Tunisia. In the next years Schleich also want produce in Moldavia.

Schleich_Figures_4U wrote:

Which one do you see more often, Susanne? I almost always see the lighter one, but every now and then the darker one pops up. I'm thinking because they're made in different countries it's more common for one to appear in a certain country (what I mean by that is it's rare that I see a Made in Germany figure here in US - it might be different in other countries...)  .

I have never seen the Chinese one before, - and it doesn't look like the one in the catalogues I have  

Schleich_Figures_4U wrote:

I just noticed this too - both are different batches - German-made one is batch 1, where the Chinese one is batch 4. That's probably something else that has to do with variants.  

A very wide-spread belief, but the numbers do not refer to batches, - they refer to the part of the mould, if the mold is made for two or more of the same model at a time  
Then, if there is a quality problem, the manufacturer can quickly find out where in the mould to look for the fault.
It is very common in moulding.
For instance Bullyland also has these numbers. Some time ago we saw a small video from Bullyland. Here we saw how they moulded two polar bears at a time, in order to speed up production.  

But, yes, of course they are from different batches, as they are made on different continents

Thanks for sharing, thats interesting    

GREAT turtles, Sartje  

arafan wrote:

It's not very rare. You only must find it. But someone tell me that all figures who are made in Germany are painted in Tunisia. In the next years Schleich also want produce in Moldavia.

Yes, the last 2 - 3 years lots of Schleich has been made in Tunesia  
I didn't know they were only painted there  

Here the pinto which has lots and lots of variations, but the Tunesia-made on to the left has a much more "quiet" pattern  

From left to right : Tunesian, Germany and China :
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Funny, I knew about the painting but not about the making!  Great models, Susanne! I really like the painting on the Tunisian one. I think it's the most realistic. :) 

Interesting, Susanne! I was always told it was which batch it came from.   Thanks!

Wow, Susanne, your Pintos are great! Very cool they are so different I like best the German.

I wonder about what Bryan said, German made are painted in Tunisia? Then why the Made in Germany is looking so different from the Tunisian one?  

Oh well, better add this, as I got a Tunisian Shire Mare (from Bojan  )

From left: China, Germany, Tunisia  
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Such lovely girls