Show Us Your Formicivores (Anteaters, pangolins, armadillos, echidnas, etc.)

Thankyou very much, Philipp  

WOW! That AAA - pangolin is on my wishlist...even if it is very sad for the original model  

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou very much, Philipp  

WOW! That AAA - pangolin is on my wishlist...even if it is very sad for the original model  

The Big one is on my wishlist too. Check this:
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Wow, I love that composition pangolin! Thanks for the photo Phil!

Tim, great group!

Susanne, thank you SO much for the picture of the all the anteaters! That is great. I know I'm supposed to like the Safari, but I just like the Papo and Schleich more. I don't know why people are hard on the Schleich. I think it's a great model.

scot(t) wrote:

Susanne, thank you SO much for the picture of the all the anteaters! That is great. I know I'm supposed to like the Safari, but I just like the Papo and Schleich more. I don't know why people are hard on the Schleich. I think it's a great model.

Scott, Schleich anteater is a lovely figure, though, legs are short as usual and face is too wide and light with a excessive focus on it. Worst, the head is not enough streamlined, and although somewhat massive, it is short for an anteater. As well as I see a cow anytime I see Schleich tapir, I also see a dog anytime I see Schleich anteater. And what's the similarity between a dog and the Schleich figure? Just received my Papo, is very nice but I keep preferring Safari. :Though, I Recomend them all!

Wonderful pangolins Philipp! Thanks for posting them!

Roger wrote:

scot(t) wrote:

Susanne, thank you SO much for the picture of the all the anteaters! That is great. I know I'm supposed to like the Safari, but I just like the Papo and Schleich more. I don't know why people are hard on the Schleich. I think it's a great model.

Scott, Schleich anteater is a lovely figure, though, legs are short as usual and face is too wide and light with a excessive focus on it. Worst, the head is not enough streamlined, and although somewhat massive, it is short for an anteater. As well as I see a cow anytime I see Schleich tapir, I also see a dog anytime I see Schleich anteater. And what's the similarity between a dog and the Schleich figure? :scratch:Just received my Papo, is very nice but I keep preferring Safari. :Though, I Recomend them all!

I know exactly what you mean about the problems for Schleich's Anteater figure. It does not accurately reflect the proportions of actual Giant Anteaters. The head especially is definitely not shaped correctly. (It's as if the sculptor thought 'It can't really be that thin and tubelike! I'll make it the way it should look.') But still, I find the figure to be extremely aesthetically pleasing. I guess that, despite the fact that accuracy is typically something upon which I place a lot of weight, it isn't always necessary for me to come to be attached to a model. (Similarly, sometime the most accurate figure of a group is the one I like least.) This isn't the usual case, but it sometimes happens. I really like the Schleich Anteater and the Schleich Hyena, for example, even though I don't think they are the most accurate models.

(But the Papo looks awesome.)

i have this   
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Ohh! He is cute, NandO   
Your reapint, isn't he ?  Always so beautyful   

I have to present my Tamanduas, Tagaga and Tojo :

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Big antheaters in Safari pod Klicem

Armadillo - my first repaint
Big antheaters in Safari pod Klicem

@SUSANNE: They are so cute together   
@Zelvik: What a great armadillo   

Wonderful figurines here!!

my new Mojö tamandua and made in china long-beaked echidna

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Love everyone's Formicivores!

my new made in china anteater and Mojö Indian pangolin

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scot(t) wrote:

Wow, I love that composition pangolin! Thanks for the photo Phil!

Sorry for a very very very late answer Scott... This pangolin is a Hausser Elastolin produced between 1938 and 1960

By the way, congratulation to all the anteater herder

Over a period my collection has got some nice new members of this fascinating group of critters

Hong-Kong aardwark (a gift from Kosta) , Armadillo from Pfeiffer ( from 1914 according to the seller ), Armadillo from Eikoh, Hong-Kong anteater ( gift from Kosta), the wonderful Mojo-pinecone called Rogerio and an anteater from Pfeiffer ( 1950's).

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Good collection! I just love their funny faces

jonesee wrote:

Good collection! I just love their funny faces

You are right !

Those are all great Susanne! As you know this is my favorite group of animals.
I wished I had all of them except Rogério, I don't tolerate guys with that name.

Excelent group.very nice variety...

Great batch Susanne

Could you walk around the Pfeiffer anteater ?

That are phantastic figurines Susanne!!

Beautiful figures Susanne!