ELC figueres, - and AAA

This morning I got my first ELC figueres. I had no idea what ELC is, but I could not resist these :

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They have been played with, and it shows, but I am very pleased with esp the tadpoles :)

There was also two ELC foxes in the bid

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SUSANNE wrote:

This morning I got my first ELC figueres. I had no idea what ELC is, but I could not resist these :

They have been played with, and it shows, but I am very pleased with esp the tadpoles :)

There was also two ELC foxes in the bid

ELC = Early Learning Centre

Thanks, Torben.

Actually I should have made my question mor clear, sorry !
Are they made for schools or a museum, or is it just a name ?
They don`t say where they are made...
They look a lot like AAA

SUSANNE wrote:

Thanks, Torben.

Actually I should have made my question mor clear, sorry !
Are they made for schools or a museum, or is it just a name ?
They don`t say where they are made...
They look a lot like AAA

Susanne,

how i know is Early Learning Centre a toy company with many stores in UK. I think like Toys ´R´us. Maybe our british members can say more about these stores. They sell a lot of different brands like Playmobil, Schleich, and hundreds other. But they have a own product line, i believe made in China, marked with ELC. They sell AAA too, but AAA and ELC are different brands.

If you are interested in AAA look here:

AAA Animals

Torben

P.S. If you wonder about my Danish first name, my parents were in my childhood often there on business travel.

Ohhh, it is very Danish, but I thought it was German, too.
It comes from the old nordic god`s name : Thor

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohhh, it is very Danish, but I thought it was German, too.
It comes from the old nordic god`s name : Thor

I know, i´m a god.

Admin wrote:

I know, i´m a god.

Please, plese don`t throw lighning at us if you get angry

SUSANNE wrote:

Admin wrote:

I know, i´m a god.

Please, plese don`t throw lighning at us if you get angry

Don´t worry. Most times i´m quite friendly.

Congratulations Susanne! They're lovely

ELC-these models were made in china for this chain of shops here in the UK.However many of these models are now discontinued and the range they have now using ELC is very small and many are the same as AAA.The shops are now stocking schleich as well.

taos wrote:

ELC-these models were made in china for this chain of shops here in the UK.However many of these models are now discontinued and the range they have now using ELC is very small and many are the same as AAA.The shops are now stocking schleich as well.

Hi Taylor,

thank you very much for this information.

Torben

Thankyou, Taos ( And Thorbein, more )

It is much nicer to have the Figueres if I know a little about their background

Congratulations. Great new additions for you. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice, congratulations on the additions.

The only AAA models that ELC now sells are in box sets.
There is a farm set, a lioness and cubs, Tigress with cubs and an Elephant with 3 calves in my local store.

I have been told that they no longer sell ELC animal models or that they are no longer being made. They do sell Dragons, Knights etc but the ELC shops in Wales no longer have separate animals, only old stock.

The Early Learning Centre does sell other brands. Schleich is their newest line of models to be offered in store.

The frogs were part of a "Life Cycle" set that they use to sell. As far as I know, they no longer sell that set although they do have the Dinosaur life cycle sets.

Thank you, Susanne for referring this thread to me!
I've been so puzzled by the absurd variety of quality in "ELC" models: from my favorites to the ridiculous Fugly Brothers. It helps to know that the best quality figures are actually made by AAA but branded "ELC."

(Shouldn't this thread be moved to the AAA group?)

:) :)

Beautiful tadpoles.....nice additions

Mastiffcat wrote:

Thank you, Susanne for referring this thread to me!
I've been so puzzled by the absurd variety of quality in "ELC" models: from my favorites to the ridiculous Fugly Brothers. It helps to know that the best quality figures are actually made by AAA but branded "ELC."

(Shouldn't this thread be moved to the AAA group?)

You are wellcome, - it was one of the big questions I had when I joined the forum

I don`t know if it should be moved. Where would it be most natural to search for it ?

SUSANNE wrote:

You are wellcome, - it was one of the big questions I had when I joined the forum

I don`t know if it should be moved. Where would it be most natural to search for it ?

gosh, i don't know. my search feature never seems to work, so i just wander around until i stumble across things. :)

oh, and i love your frogs and tadpoles. Amphebians are so amazing, and little tadpoles are so cute!!

Nice animals!!! Congratulation!!!

Only my few cts to this matter...
I discovered through time that the ELC models are exactly the same as the AAA models, and i am pretty sure, that they were made by the same company, only just another name printed under them for the English stores...