Small Safari "bin animals"

Hi All! My first post on this forum.
I wanted to post pictures of some small Safari ltd figures that I got from a bin some years ago. They are miniature sized, but of a higher quality than the Safari toob animals – they are made of a strong, heavy plastic and well painted. The ones I have are all North American forest/arctic animals.
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The fox looks pretty happy.
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It’s a lot bigger (and bolder) than its forest toob counterpart.
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I really like eyes on the caribou, very cute-looking.
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It looks like it could squeeze through a pretty tight gap….
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The musk ox reminds me of a farm-grown sheep.
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It’s dwarfed by the hulking Playvisions musk ox.
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The howling wolf, compared with a wolf from a wild republic tube.
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I love its expression.
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The walrus has a big smile on its face.
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Here it is, next to a safari sea lion from the sea life toob.
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The Elk is one of my favorites. It is a lot chunkier and “softer” than the Playvisions elk. Its antlers are at least twice as big.
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I really like these models, and I wish I had more of them. Although they are not as accurately proportioned as the playvisions models, I think they have a distinctive “charm” of their own, especially their faces.

Welcome here!!!

Very nice collection!! Congrats My big favourite is the Playvisions elk, especially congrats for him (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)):

Hello, Phrog , great to see you and your models

They are from the Safari "Authentics" series.
The reindeer, musk ox and walrus are the Arctic set, the others from the Forest set

They are ever so beautyful and interesting

Welcome on forum, Phrog!
I agree that these Safari Authentics are very charming, I have myself the fox, but the PV elk looks absolutly wonderful. Can you still find easily Play Visions in Canada?

Roger wrote:

Welcome on forum, Phrog!
I agree that these Safari Authentics are very charming, I have myself the fox, but the PV elk looks absolutly wonderful. Can you still find easily Play Visions in Canada?

Good question

Thanks for the ID as safari "authentics" series, realized that I have these guys as well:

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I am surprised at how much they sell for on ebay!

Yes, PV elk is very nice! I wish very much that I could find more Playvisions in Canada, but animal bins disappeared from the stores years ago. I can buy safari tubes and Schleich at some stores, but all of my playvisions are ones I kept from childhood. Are there online stores that sell playvisions? I've heard that Ebay is the best option

widukind wrote:

Welcome here!!!

Very nice collection!! Congrats My big favourite is the Playvisions elk, especially congrats for him [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Welcome Phrog

I have the same favourite

phrog wrote:

Thanks for the ID as safari "authentics" series, realized that I have these guys as well:

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I am surprised at how much they sell for on ebay!

Yes, PV elk is very nice! I wish very much that I could find more Playvisions in Canada, but animal bins disappeared from the stores years ago. I can buy safari tubes and Schleich at some stores, but all of my playvisions are ones I kept from childhood. Are there online stores that sell playvisions? I've heard that Ebay is the best option

Congrats again:cheers: Yes, tapirback and veghead sale a few PV animals.

Those oldies are quite expensive, yes 

Especially the ones that were ( also) sold by Schleich in 1993, you can see them * HERE *  

Welcome Phrog!


Nice to see your collections!

welcome my friend!!!
i collect safari authentics as well
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-Lance

foxes *_*

You have a wonderful collection of the rare Safari authentics, I vaguely recall seeing a few of these in bins when I was a young child. I also have the fox in two colors, wolf in two colors and will soon be getting the elk, reindeer and arctic fox, the walrus is completely new to me, I have never seen him at all! These guys are great classics!

Today I got a little knockoff of the Play Visions Queen's Purple Wrasse from the plastic fish set! Not as nicely painted but still super cute! :)
Play Visions does do a nice job.