Susanne's Papo additions!

That Pelican is gargantuan!!!! Stay away!You'll eat all the fish in my aquarium!
The Yak is gorgeous, so much better that the Schleich fella!
And the horse is nice too!

Congrats Susanne!

I love all three of them. I think my personal liking for the yak will be Schleich. Icelandic mare & Pelican look great. And also find that pelican is really huge here!!

Susanne! They are gorgeous, but especially the Yak!! I ordered mine months ago, but the site I bought it from said they didn't have it in stock but would send it as soon as they did - I think it will be worth the long wait seeing how fabulous it is

It's Pelicanzilla! So ... Papo, you made a more detailed version of the Schleich yak,
a "freakishly" bigger version of the Safari ltd pelican, and a similar version of the
Safari icey...
Hope you didn't put in to many extra hours conjuring up these brilliant
"retreads"....
I guess either you just want to show you can make better figures by making
similar versions or you're just to lazy to come up with different poses and/or
new animals. Instead of the huge pelican, why not have made a cassowary?
Instead of a yak(Even it looks like it already has a lot of fans), how about a Banteng? Just throwing out a few suggestions...

Balty! Are you related with NASA???
How is to talk with martians???

Roger wrote:

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The body of the yak looks fantastic, ....... Which you suggest me???
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Roger ! Roger ! You must have the one from Schleich, I just studied them closer, the Schleich one is from Portugal

Wonderful, wonderful additions. Congratulations. All 3 are wonderful.

Yes, how did you guess, I'm from NASA and dealing with the toy companies (who are at times like "brainless" aliens), who copy cat and don't make figures in "relative" proportion are the BANE of my existence.
As I said before, I have a hard time displaying my figures when the mandrill's as big as the gorilla, and they can't make more of a diversified group of figures in different positions/poses. I'm spoiled because I grew up with my Britain's and the elephants are "relatively" in proportion/scale with the rhinos, the rhinos with the lions etc. I have really no complaint with the sizes of my Britains especially when displayed. Look's like Lineol did a pretty good job with proportions/scales as well(Would love to see an entire Lineol zoo set-up/display)!
Yes, the new 2011 yak is nice, heck of a lot better than the Schleich, but
why couldn't they make it in a lying position instead of a Schleich red-do?
You know I love Papo, but I'm rather disappointed with this years assortment!

SUSANNE wrote:

Roger wrote:

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The body of the yak looks fantastic, ....... Which you suggest me???
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Roger ! Roger ! You must have the one from Schleich, I just studied them closer, the Schleich one is from Portugal

I always said that the Schleich Yak was the best!!! By far!

baltimore zoo wrote:

Yes, how did you guess, I'm from NASA and dealing with the toy companies (who are at times like "brainless" aliens), who copy cat and don't make figures in "relative" proportion are the BANE of my existence.
As I said before, I have a hard time displaying my figures when the mandrill's as big as the gorilla, and they can't make more of a diversified group of figures in different positions/poses. I'm spoiled because I grew up with my Britain's and the elephants are "relatively" in proportion/scale with the rhinos, the rhinos with the lions etc. I have really no complaint with the sizes of my Britains especially when displayed. Look's like Lineol did a pretty good job with proportions/scales as well(Would love to see an entire Lineol zoo set-up/display)!
Yes, the new 2011 yak is nice, heck of a lot better than the Schleich, but
why couldn't they make it in a lying position instead of a Schleich red-do?
You know I love Papo, but I'm rather disappointed with this years assortment!

I guess everything!!!

The new papo yak reminds my of the Lineol one

Congratulations to all these new Susanne
The splendid horses.
The pelican big top for display, should I put my birds with Africans if I buy it! ??
The yak, seemed better images than reality;
I find it odd horns as they are painted, but the model is nice, you may need to wait for the next shipment or go to the paint shop!

Christophe said exactly the same about the Indian elephant! Is it Papo geting inspiration in Lineol figures???

Thanks, Luke
Yes, it is a pity the horns are painted so strangely. Perhaps, as you say, it is beginner`s problem and they will make them better later , - I hope so !!!

HKHollinstone wrote:

The new papo yak reminds my of the Lineol one

I thought so too
But I have only seen the lineol one on pictures, of course .

Roger wrote:

Christophe said exactly the same about the Indian elephant! Is it Papo geting inspiration in Lineol figures???

I wonder it would be great if they were

SUSANNE wrote:

I thought so too
But I have only seen the lineol one on pictures, of course .

I wish I did have the Lineol one
When I get the Papo yak, I'm going to try and repaint those horns.

I can`t wait to see it

Hk, definitely repaint the horns to your liking.

They could have done a wild yak figure instead of the domesticated version. Apparently, the wild yaks are huge (the males-1000 pounds and 7 feet tall at the shoulder). So many options, but they had to copy cat...
I would really like to see a collection of Lineol zoo animals displayed!
I think they definitely have a refined look, similar now to what Papo produces.
Hey, I really like the Alien! Alien and Aliens, are two of my fav' movies!
By the way Roger, since I'm from N.A.S.A., I "GUESS" you know it stands for what I stand for...
Nice Artistically Scaled Animals...

lucky luke wrote:

Congratulations to all these new Susanne
The yak, seemed better images than reality;
I find it odd horns as they are painted, but the model is nice, you may need to wait for the next shipment or go to the paint shop!

I don't like the paint job and perhaps need to wait for next shipment or custom paint.

baltimore zoo wrote:

Nice Artistically Scaled Animals...

I meant to say Nice Artistically Scale Animals...

*Not "scaled"(since I am referring to proportion not skin texture), however all crocodilians, pythons, cobras, monitors, and geckos are always welcome to be made into figures : )

baltimore zoo wrote:

I meant to say Nice Artistically Scale Animals...

*Not "scaled"(since I am referring to proportion not skin texture), however all crocodilians, pythons, cobras, monitors, and geckos are always welcome to be made into figures : )

Thanks, ...and I also like a lot Aliens!
So I'm a nice artistically scaled figure???

Congrats on your new stuff!!! I like all three of them!!

Thankyou Larry

When I ordered the new papos, I could not resist the temptation to get just one dino also. Just a little, inexpensive one

My choice was the scary Pteranodon !!!!

Fortunately such creatures no longer fly round our ears

Unlike the other brands, it seems that the name of the species is not moulded on the figuere, so I had to look in the catalogue. And thus I discovered that the mammut I got in a mixed lot last year, is not the one in the latest catalogues !!!
There came a new one in 2009 !
So now I still have a Mammut from Papo on my wishlist


Funny thing is that the item number of this old mammuth starts with 397 just like the cavemen. The new one starts with 550 like the dinoes

Congratulation Susanne The mammoth is the retired one... A good catch.

The pteranodon is really beautiful too, very detailed and finely made except for one thing... It can't be a pteranodon !
Pteranodon means "toothless wings" in Greek. Pteranodon had toothless beaks, similar to those of modern birds.
The Papo has tooth Isn't it serious ?