Dinamização, collection "almost" completed!!! and comparison pictures with Britains - updated 18th June 2014

I've found some monochromatic little figures from a Portuguese brand called Dinamização.
They belong to a Zoo series of 17 figures and I hope to complete the set. :bounce:
They are marked MOD DEP76, maybe they are from 1976? Sculptings are very nice and figures are somewhat in relative scale like it happens with modern brands. Though, much smaller.
The material feels like Marx figures but the finishing is not very good, there are little plastic "scales" in all figures.
Some comparison pictures below. :)

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Whole group with elephant, hippo, okapi, oryx, lioness and lion lying
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Papo and Dinamização Okapis

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Britains and Dinamização Hippopotami

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Britains Sable antelope and Dinamização Oryx

Wow, You discover new old brand Croc!!! Congratulations! These animals have lovely shapes, especially oryx What a find, wow You have really something rare I think
Thank You for sharing, it's great to learn about new brand again!

Okapi and Oryx look very nice, congrats

NEW, OLD BRAND

They are ever so charming, I LOVE them
The lions are also very fine !

Thanks Ana, Robert and Susanne!
I am glad you've found it interesting! Figures are really nice and it is an unknown brand, even in Portugal. They made a lot of plastic toys and among them this set of animals. So, it is surely rare as long as I can't find them among the most gigantic collections of some of our friends.

Woooooowwwwwwww!! Thank you Roger, a very very interesting information

The oryx looks very good, you know the species of the other 15 animals??????

Thank you and congratulation Rogério, it is a great find and I'm very happy you have absolutely unknown animals and brand   

I hope you will learn and tell us more  

widukind wrote:

Woooooowwwwwwww!! Thank you Roger, a very very interesting information

The oryx looks very good, you know the species of the other 15 animals??????

Kikimalou wrote:

Thank you and congratulation Rogério, it is a great find and I'm very happy you have absolutely unknown animals and brand (o)):

I hope you will learn and tell us more

Thanks Andreas and Christophe! I have found this picture on an great blog called Show Toys So you can see all complete set and all species.


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Thank you Roger

Some remind me British vintage brands, something of a mix between TIMPO, T&B, BRITAINS

The zebra, oryx and tapir seem very interesting models.

Yes, I also think zebra, oryx and tapir looks lovely. And I like very much pelican and tortoise very much too Thank You for sharing Roger, that's very very interesting

Thank you again Roger What a very nice tapir

Congratulations on finding these wonderful interesting and rare figures! I especially love the Oryx. The Zebra and Giraffe look nice too. I like the Zebra's pose.it's amazing how many different companies made animals- i'm learning all the time of companies i never heard of before. Thank you for sharing. I hope you find the rest of the series for your collection.

If they made a "Zoo", i wonder if they made a "Farm", with sheep?

Mastiffcat wrote:

Congratulations on finding these wonderful interesting and rare figures! I especially love the Oryx. The Zebra and Giraffe look nice too. I like the Zebra's pose.it's amazing how many different companies made animals- i'm learning all the time of companies i never heard of before. Thank you for sharing. I hope you find the rest of the series for your collection.

If they made a "Zoo", i wonder if they made a "Farm", with sheep?

Of course I asked it to the seller. He didn't know it. Also, I am checking on Portuguese online auctions and searching on Portuguese toys blogs but the only animals I've found from this brand belong to this Zoo set. As always I search anything for my collection, I always remember that there is someone very special, from California, that don't know how many sheep have because fall asleep some minutes after starting to count them.

Congratulations Roger, great finds! they're interesting models.

HKHollinstone wrote:

Congratulations Roger, great finds!     they're interesting models.

Thanks Harriet!

Six more Dinamização joined my collection!
Here comparison pictures with best known Britains and some comments.

This is the only gorilla I know in that pose and I find it a very inspired one. Wonderful isn't it? :)
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Gorillas, Britains left Dinamização right

Here we see that Dinamização uses the same logic as modern brands regarding scale but not in an average 1:18 but in 1:32 average instead. It explains why large animals as giraffes and elephants are so small in that brand.
It is a very delicate sculpt of a male giraffe, unfortunately picture doesn't give it justice.
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Giraffes, Dinamização left, Britains right

Again, we can see the unique design of these Portuguese figures, Dina' tapir has a conformation completely different from all other tapir figures we know. Although tall, it is a very decent sculpt, even number of toes is correct.

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Tapirs, Dinamização left, Britains right

With your help, it was possible to confirm that this is a giant panda. It shows how ambitious and talented was Dina' sculptor once it is not easy to make a monochromatic standing panda look like a panda and not like any other bear.
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Giant pandas, Dinamização left, Britains right

Again a very identifiable bear, color also helps, although we can see easily what it is, it is the less interesting figure in my point of view.
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Polar bears, Britains left, Dinamização right

Here it looks clear to me that Dina sea lion is a more detailed and interesting figure than the respectable and reputated Britains.
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Sea lions, Dinamização left, Britains right

I am really happy my Portuguese Dinamização collection is growing and it is a honour to share with you these wonderful figures from Portuguese toy industry!

Wonderful figurines again      

widukind wrote:

Wonderful figurines again      

Thank you, Andreas! :)

Great figurines and very good photos!

75senta75 wrote:

Great figurines and very good photos!

Thanks Yvette!

Great comparisons ! You also have an impressive Britains-collection   
Strange, that Dinamização is not more well known   

Roger, thank you for bringing your Dinamização collection to STS. A company I have never heard of before and they made interesting animal figures. Also thanks for comparing with Britains animals as this provides a neat way to illustrate scale.

Many thanks Susanne and Chris, I am glad it is useful!
Susanne, Dinamização was only sold in Portugal and they had a lot of games and toys sold in boxes. Also these animals were all in a single box and they were the only animals of the brand as far as I know. Dinamização is not a very well known brand even in Portugal but I agree, figures are nice, actually more accurate than some known vintage figures. Of course I am not refering to Britains once they have my favorite sculpts of all plastic vintage figures I know!

Have a gazelle and a small seal too? Today they arrived me (pics later after my zoo news), can you share please a pic how they are marked?

Andreas, i won't be at home next days. But if i'm not wrong they are marked DEP... 76. As far as i know there aren't gazelle or seal, though, orix and sea lion are sold like that. What is marked om yours?