The 2013 Papo Texas 51156 Longhorn bull ;-)

Please let me introduce the new Longhorn bull from Papo 3013  
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For comparison, a couple of older photoes of his Papo collegues :
The Black/White Texas Longhorn :
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Ferdinand, the good, old, Andalusian Bull  
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The Papo Farmer gives him a bucket of goodies to make him stand still for a photo session  
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Well, Papo IS Papo, and they like their glue  
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After standing for the camera for so long, a bit of evening air together with ( from left) Safari, Bullyland, and the newer Schleich to the right :
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What for a ugly bull    
Thank you fir sharing

arafan wrote:

What for a ugly bull    
Thank you fir sharing

   

I won`t tell him you said that   

PS : I can see on the photoes that some of the tag was still sticking to his hind leg  
That is NOT his fault  

congrats he looks a lot different than he does in the catalog

Congrats Susanne. However I don't like the details. It is really different of the catalog.  

Congrats
A bit disappointed  

Yes, I expected better detail from a company like Papo.

I prefer Schleichs new one over this

SUSANNE wrote:

arafan wrote:

What for a ugly bull    
Thank you fir sharing

   

I won`t tell him you said that    

Yes please don't tell him that an show him to a mirror.

You are all so right. The poor critter is like a step back 10 years in Papo-design  

But, well, as often before with Papo : What he lacks in accuracy he has in charm  

No, No, Arafan ! I won`t show him a mirror ! He may attach it and break it   

Oh dear! He looked so good in the catalogue, such a shame! Thank you for the very informative photos!

I expected much better from Papo, especially with how their detailing has improved. I will say the color on his horns is better than the previous but... the body is worse than the previous. I like his charm, as you say Susanne, but I hoped for better. Congrats anyways! And I haven't seen that bullyland bull before, is it very rare? I might be interested in one someday... 

Susanne, I shared this on the Animal Toy Forum. You don't mind right?

SUSANNE wrote:

No, No, Arafan ! I won`t show him a mirror ! He may attach it and break it   

Oh no! I don't think he will attack the mirror. To me he looks a little sad and sleepy   . If you show him a mirror, I think he will be very unhappy  .  It's good you see his charm, so be kind to him and introduce him to some pretty cows. Then he will be happy.   

Thanks for sharing pictures:) 

A great and interesting addition Susanne:-)

I confess while watching your great pictures that I was thinking that Papo usually improve a lot their figures on 2nd generation. ... and it is not easy to accept that the first one looks better but I really have that impression. After reading others comments it is easy to see that many of us are not impressed with this big boy.
Though, it is almost as charming as an old Starlux but that's not what we expect from Papo, isn't it?
I know you love it and that he will be happy with you and Ferdinand, the Spanish Fighting Bull surrounded for American longhorns! I suspect there is also a Mojo longhorn on your collection and perhaps a Collecta?
Thanks for your walk around!

Hmm, I'm not too impressed with this figure - I was expecting more detail. He reminds me of Breyer for some reason.

Congratulations though Susanne

Yep, probably because of that flat and glossy head finish

It's really different of this one 
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 What happened?  
The difference between the proto type and the final product is HUGE!

If I had pre-ordered this bull based on the pictures Papo provided beforehand, I would be dissapointed.
To say the least...
Don't get me wrong, it is a lovely longhorn.
But you would almost think you received a bull from a different brand.

Luckily he found a good home with you.
You always have love for all the beasties,
good or bad, ugly or sad, or with a face only a mother can love. :)

Well I was expecting him really strongly but this is big dissapointment    I don´t like him  Iexpected more details from Papo like the others

I love it no matter what!!!
Can't wait to have it!!!
They need the new bos indicus cattle aging !!!

MARTINLATIN wrote:

I love it no matter what!!!
Can't wait to have it!!!

   

I'm afraid to say I'm a little bit disappointed too. But it's because we've come to expect such excellent models from Papo and even this year, their Grizzly, Gibbon, Scottish Terrier, Charolais Cow and Calf, Gharial -- to name just a few -- have been so fantastic. So for me, it's only that the Longhorn is just not meeting our expectations. I will probably get it anyway though. I like Papo too much.

(I am worried now, however, that the Tigress won't be as good as the photographs. That would be heartbreaking.)

Thank you so much for posting photos of the Longhorn Susanne! It's really wonderful to get such a good look at the model!

Ok, I came back to look at him. I like him enough to get him, however here is my critique again. Honestly, the only thing improved is the horn coloration. The previous bull was good (i.e. good pose, fairly nice sculpt for the "era" Papo was in at the time etc.) and this current bull looks worse (body wise) than the first one. I do like the way the paint makes it look like there are rings in the horn, like calcium rings or whatnot (I don't know anything about that sort of thing, so its my best idea of what that is) and then the body is just not really textured at all. It's a smooth blob of plastic that looks like a bull. Anyways, I will probably still get it for personal reasons, I do like his charm like Susanne, but the production pic looked amazing and raised my hopes for this model.

Thanks Scott and Paige, - yes, I think he isn`t THAT bad. We just expected so much, now they made a new one while they still have a brilliant model...

Tex is standing on my piano, - and seen from a little distance he isn`t reallt that bad. Those close-ups are terribly revealing, and perhaps not completely fair  
But then again...Papo CAN make cattle that do well no matter how close you get...