Does anyone collect Schleich, Safari, CollectA, or similar vinyl figures?

[Zapper]

I’m loving Breyer’s new unicorn, Nova. Not exactly realistic, but getting closer in terms of palette.

At the speed they are releasing unicorns they must burn out on rainbows or pastel colors eventually and that's when an appaloosacorn will happen

[Zapper]

https://m.facebook.com/CollectA.biz/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10157930438507481&mt_nav=1

All throughout November CollectA revealed their 2021 line-up. I really need that blue-eyed appaloosa, Elasmosaurus and possibly the chestnut drafter (if I can pry that cat off his butt)

Some observations: some of the new horses legs are too thick. This started one or two years ago. Probably to make them stand better. The bipedal dinosaurs suffer a similar fate: oversized feet galore.

I also notice lots of repeating color schemes on the dinos and horses. But the new sculpts for the wild animals are great. That fat meerkat, koala and the shark are lovely. The crustaceans look very lifelike. I also love how they made a baby for their new gorilla from last year.

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That striped nautilus is rad

[Nemesis]

Yep, I’m gonna need that Exotic Shorthair cat and the nautilus. =D

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I also like the basking shark. The only horses I like are the Chincoteague Pony,  Arabian and the Hackney.

[Ponybookworm]

I want the cat, the Australian creatures & the sharky (of course)

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Oh, it's not a nautilus. Its called a pravitoceras. Neat, I've never heard of that before. I want one, if it's not expensive.

[Zapper]

I also like the basking shark. The only horses I like are the Chincoteague Pony,  Arabian and the Hackney.

The Arabian is the older Deluxe one just with a new paint job. It's probably gonna be $19.99

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I also like the basking shark. The only horses I like are the Chincoteague Pony,  Arabian and the Hackney.

The Arabian is the older Deluxe one just with a new paint job. It's probably gonna be $19.99

Ouch!

[Zapper]

The deluxes might be cheaper sometimes online. I can really recommend the horses, prehistoric mammals and pterosaurs that come in that size, they are worth the money, imo.
The horses are somewhere between a Classic and a Traditional and the good thing about them is they are all rubber, not hollow. They are sturdy but don't break. Really good alternative to give to a very young child instead of Classics, or to put on a shelf where things like to topple over

Size comparison:

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I have a few CollectA, but I never knew the deluxes were that big! That is a good price.

[Zapper]

Btw, Schleich went full MLP on the Bayala foals for next year:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y5dfeiPe5Js

Some of these figures are... woof. Some of the wild animals are nice, I guess. The anteater, manatee, platypus and warthog are all good looking, imo. But then the bengal cat, badger and fennec have these weird cartoon faces. What is going on?
The Hannoverian stallion looks like a dog

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The hanoverian stallion is too low to the ground and the legs don't look right

[Zapper]

Breyer is bringing back the Pony Gals under a new label: Lil Beauties. The sculpts are so charming, I am glad they are back. I liked them better in normal colors but I wanted to post them here because they are MLPish now
https://chelseasmodelhorses.com/collections/new-for-2020/products/lil-beauties-new-for-2021-pre-order
https://chelseasmodelhorses.com/collections/new-for-2020/products/copy-of-lil-beauties-new-for-2021-pre-order

They also repurposed their Spirit Riding Free dolls to look like this:
https://chelseasmodelhorses.com/collections/new-for-2020/products/copy-of-charm-and-western-rider-classic-new-for-2021-pre-order

Eh, I like these better:
https://chelseasmodelhorses.com/collections/new-for-2020/products/charm-and-western-rider-classic-new-for-2021-pre-order
https://chelseasmodelhorses.com/collections/new-for-2020/products/jet-and-english-rider-classic-new-for-2021-pre-order

My personal highlight, a drafter unicorn with crazy feathering in all black:
https://chelseasmodelhorses.com/collections/new-for-2020/products/copy-of-copy-of-copy-of-new-for-2021-pre-order

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Hopefully Breyer won't make the same mistakes as they did before. I heard that their brushable line had no tail clamps and tails would easily fall out.