The 2014 lineup by Collecta is AMAZING - I can't find another word...


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Good news for those who are fond of replicas of tree-dwelling animals and birds (i.e. for me ;)). Our fellow collector Numaan, who has contacts in CollectA, has said that "there were going to be at least 3 primates and 3 new birds for 2013, but due to the timespan and deadlines all of these were cut. Honestly the original 2013 list was nearly ( Read more... )

At last there'll be an American tapir on the market!!!


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I emailed Collecta to ask which figurines is the company going to retire next year. They kindly provided me with the list (I'm glad it's so short!):

DROP LIST 2012
Mythical Creature & Soldiers
Item# English Desc. Pack Page Replacement
89303 Griffin PP 157
89305 Poseidon PP 162

Prehistoric Life Collection - Deluxe Bulk
Item# English Desc. Pack Page
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Hurray! New CollectA catalogue has already been published online with all the exciting 2012 models! Here it is: http://www.collecta.biz/catalogue/#/1/

Thirteen months have passed since I set up my second African display located in a cabinet. It has been updated with new animals and plants since then and I’d like to share some pics of how it looks now (photos are clickable).
General view in horizontal plane - this is how my daughter can see this display from her bed (I removed glass doors while ( Read more... )

To the moment among all the 2012 new animal figures with photos unveiled this one is my favorite - Waterbuck by CollectA:

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The first official picture of Collecta-2012 item is avilable now: it's Black Wildebeest! And it's gorgeous!

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Some days ago first unofficial news and photos of Schleich-2012 have appeared (I’ll post my impressions later), but no official data have been published yet.
But on the November 1 we had super-great news from Collecta! Our British friend Numaan who is in contact with Collecta shared the full list of 2012 models (no pictiures yet, only the list).
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The list of CollectA-2011 figures is available and discussed here.
They introduce some really good stuff this year, but unlike 2010 there are very few figures interesting for me personally :(  I've put my eye only at the ostrich chicks and snow leopard adult.
This time they release only 1 species that isn't already on the market - the manatee.
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