| Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. | |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-10-01 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:54 pm | |
| Spielzeugguenstig is one of my favorite net shops. The prices are good, and they have the four old, major brands. But recently they changed their shipping policy to a flat rate of 13,50 E to Denmark, no matter how much you buy. So I was in a terrible dilemma, as I saw how thir stock of the new Safari models on my wishlist, was shrinking rapidly ! From Papo there is only the polar bears, and none from Bullyland. Buying only a couple of models there is simply silly Well. Eventually they will be available again, I thought, and was browsing a bit around. And the I saw them : *CollectA insects * for 2,50 Euros ! TGF charges 4,00 - 5,70 E !! And here coms the late night logic of a crazy collector : If I got those, I would have saved the shipping I compleatly forgot that I had decided they are too expensive, even if I would love to have them But, hurraaay !!! I got the new deer, dogs and Percheron from Safari, and the polar bears from Papo ! ( And a couple more from my wishlist ) - at a very great price And four CollectA insects I LOVE them Westi proudly presents four new cribly-crawlies [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Mexican redknee tarantula : [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The beautyful, beautyful Rhinoceros Beatle : [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I LOVE this Golden-ringed dragon fly !!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Never could resits a praying mantis [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]If anybody has the others, I would love to see pictures |
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Ana
Country/State : Utrecht/NL Age : 37 Joined : 2010-04-02 Posts : 11003
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:12 pm | |
| Very nice animals Susanne Insects world is little bit like alien world for me Rhinoceros beatle is fascinating, it resemble rhino indeed I remember one BBC documentary where sir Attenborough was showing this kind of beatle, he had rhino beatle in his hand and huge white rhino stand just behind him and he was touching his head (of course in the zoo, not wild one), what a lovely scene was that _________________ Anna Horse and Bird studio - Horse sculptures My model horse collection
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-31 Posts : 45638
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Sat Feb 09, 2013 12:20 am | |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-21 Posts : 35787
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Sat Feb 09, 2013 1:08 am | |
| Susanne, I think the decision of collecting CollectA insects is very good. From all insect figures I had the chance of seeing personally, those are the ones that give me more eagerness of collecting them. I think they are enough good as replicas and also very manageable. They are not many, the brand present some diversity and the line is continuing with new releases. All good things when we collect a series. They are large for insects but insects are always large as toys when compared with other figures. I think they have a perfect size for shelves. It would be great to see your collection growing. More, the logic is very good, mainly when they are only 2,50 Euros, less than half the price here. |
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bojan
Country/State : slovenia Age : 47 Joined : 2012-01-05 Posts : 1023
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:24 pm | |
| Very cheap and very nice big bugs! (You also have some good shipping costs, they charge almost double your price to my country) _________________ Bojan
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∴Worlds∴in∴Miniature∴
Country/State : Switzerland Age : 43 Joined : 2013-01-20 Posts : 294
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:04 am | |
| Very nice additions! (o)): (o)): Congratulations!! (Except spiders aren't insects but arachnids ) _________________ My collection gallery!
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-21 Posts : 35787
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:12 am | |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-10-01 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:26 am | |
| HA ! HA ! They got you there, didn`t they ? So you didn`t know that frogs are insects Of course they are ! In Denmark all frogs ( and the local breed of penguins as well) are insects |
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∴Worlds∴in∴Miniature∴
Country/State : Switzerland Age : 43 Joined : 2013-01-20 Posts : 294
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:39 am | |
| _________________ My collection gallery!
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Kikimalou Admin
Country/State : Lille, FRANCE Age : 60 Joined : 2010-04-02 Posts : 21147
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:13 am | |
| Very nice and cheap pets Susanne |
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Wildheart
Country/State : Bucharest,Romania Age : 27 Joined : 2010-04-30 Posts : 2203
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:56 pm | |
| I love reading your posts Susanne! :) I was wondering, why are CollectA models so expensive in other countries. I think they are the only brand that is sold with a price scaled to match the economy of Romania. They are amusingly cheap here. I saw some Collectas on ebay for 10-15$ while they are only 2-5$ here[the small ones]. Schleich on the other hand has raised their prices and lost an incredible amount of clients :-P _________________ Mihnea
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-10-01 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:16 pm | |
| - Wildheart wrote:
- I love reading your posts Susanne! :) I was wondering, why are CollectA models so expensive in other countries. I think they are the only brand that is sold with a price scaled to match the economy of Romania. They are amusingly cheap here. I saw some Collectas on ebay for 10-15$ while they are only 2-5$ here[the small ones].
Schleich on the other hand has raised their prices and lost an incredible amount of clients :-P Wow! That is great to hear !!!! Perhaps we should have you as our special CollectA -supplyer ? Somebody makes a h... of a lot of money on CollectAs here |
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Wildheart
Country/State : Bucharest,Romania Age : 27 Joined : 2010-04-30 Posts : 2203
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:37 pm | |
| I would gladly help anyone interested in the older models, cause many of the 2012 ones haven.t arrived yet. Just sent me a pm if you need anything :) _________________ Mihnea
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aandmkw
Country/State : Gardendale, TX Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-04 Posts : 2338
| Subject: Re: Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work. Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:19 am | |
| Great big additions Susanne. Congratulations on them. They are really nice. |
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