I just realize that this blog is an year old! Happy one year anniversary, my dear blog! I would never have imagine maintaining such a blog of so long! Hope for many more years, with many more new additions, stories and photos to share with you all! I know that all of you are silent readers, or just watching the photos, but I would like to know if you enjoy watching and reading my blog :) You could comment on my Instagram page: www.instagram.com/nightlioness_collections/ Talking about my Instagram page! I reached 650 followers there! I never would have guessed that my hobby, collection model animals, is so welcomed by so many people! THANK YOU ALL! Of course my hobby is my own, and I do it most of the time for myself XD But sharing gives it an other dimension! Helping young collectors, giving info about animal models and brands, sharing experiences and giving reviews, it all makes it so much more than just a hobby <3 Oke, enough about the other stuff XD Lest show my new additions! First up are trades and sales from members of STS. I asked Masoud if he could find me some animals, and he did! So this is a small order from Masoud. I was looking for some Bandai animals pairs. The ones I immediately fell in love with, are two red panda's and a deer family. These animals are so small! And so adorable! The details are very nice, they are painted very nice as well, for their small size. The minus was, that the deer family had trouble standing. This due to cramped packaging from the seller (not Masoud!) to me. They have such thin legs, that they get warped very quickly. I had them on a edge of a cardboard box, so the legs would mold into that shape. It had some good effect on the male and female deer. But the fawn still has trouble standing on her own. Luckily she has her family to support her <3 Masoud was so kind, when we began trading/selling to each other, to give me some shops from TaoBao. I sometimes search trough them, to look if there are interesting things between them. Of course, I don't do this often, as there are many interesting animal models on there XD This time I saw a unknown lioness and her cub. I still do not know the brand... But they are small and so cute! The last one was a bit of a surprise XD I asked Masoud to kindly look for a second pair of Takara Tony orcas (mother and calf), because the last one I got, missed her calf. He found a pair and he ordered one I had the idea of trading the extra adult. When the package arrived, I got one orca adult and... two orca calves! XD So I will keep one calf, and will trade the extra pair XD That was the small order, I had ordered more animals, but some went to good friends <3 Thank you Masoud, for helping me yet again <3 The next two are two single animals that I got from two different trades. One from Balaenoptera (the Safari LTD Pecheron gelding) and one from Bowhead Whale (Safari LTD African Wild Dog). Very happy with both animals! Thank you so much ladies <3 Last trade I made trough STS, is one with my dear Sauroid <3 I was very happy that we could trade again, as it was some time ago that we did one. The animals I got from him, are awesome! The first one I will show you all is the Colorata Coelacanth! It is bigger than I thought it would be, but that is not a problem <3 The blue color with his markings are gorgeous! I really love this fish! <3 The second one is the Colorata Pirarucu. It is also bigger than I thought! Love the red spots and his prehistoric appearance! I really like these ancient looking fish! <3 Very happy to have these two awesome fish in my collection now <3 Next one is also a Colorata, a Boa Constrictor. I had my eyes on this snake for a while now. And I was very happy to hear from Sauroid that he got one double! <3 I really love this snake! His patterns and colors are amazing! I wish that more brands could make a more patterned Boa or Python! Next one is a Yujin Leopard Gecko! Love these reptiles! They are beautiful and I am very happy to own one more in my collection (I already have two color variations from Kaiyodo in my collection). Together with the two Kaiyodo ones, it forms a nice little group. And what i am happy about the most is, they are all differently colored! <3 It is the same mold as the Play Vision one, but with a more nicer paint job. Last one from this little, but awesome trade is a Yujin frog! (I totally forgot which species it is!) I already had some Yujin frogs, also from Sauroid <3 So I am very happy that I could include this one in my collection as well! And it is not that big, very handy if you have not much space left XD Thank you so, so much dear Sauroid! <3 In a previous blog-entry, you could see three new repaints that I got. Well, I got two more! <3 They are from a person that I follow on Instagram, named Milkaar. Her horses are, ohmygoodness! <3 I decided to do a commission from her, and well, it is addicting! I got one commission horse and one horse that she already made and decided to sell it. Lets introduce them! Because photos say a lot more than words! ~Sephiroth~ Original mold: Schleich 2017 Tinker stallion Repainted by Milkaar ~Eredin~ Original mold: Lipizanner foal Repainted by Milkaar I am absolutely in love with these two horses! Thank you so much Milkaar! Eventually, all my repainted and customized animals will get their own page in the 'menu' in the right upper corner of my blog. Because they all have their own personality and story. I think I will call it 'specials' or something like that XD I am also planning a separate page for my Border Collie collection as well <3 With individual photos of the dogs and their information and names. An other purchase I did from Instagram are some CollectA horses <3 Schleichgirl2006 was selling some horses and after I asked if she had other brands, she showed me these three very nice horses that I was interested in <3 First one is the Arabian mare! Her graceful appearance makes her a real Arabian horse! Second one is the Clydesdale stallion. He is huge! A stunning horse, love the pose and the movement of the main and tail. Last one is my very first CollectA foal! A Fjord foal, he is so cute! Thank you Schleichgirl2006! I also did a purchase from Marktplaats. A very well know collector is done with collecting and is selling his collection on Marktplaats. (He has over 7000 individual models!) He places small amounts of animal at a time. He is on my Favorite list, so I can see when he posts new things on MP. So when I saw he posted the two K&M Red Panda's on MP, I immediately sent him a message. I also asked if he had more K&M animals for sale, of course he did. After I looked trough his list, I choose the big K&M tiger to. Because I was already buying from him, I looked at the rest of his animal on MP once again, and decided that the Monterey Bay Aquarium gray whales, mother and calf, had to come to. I am so happy that more K&M animals are a part of my collection now <3 They are so nicely made <3 I also placed an order at www.spielzeug-guenstig.de/ They had new Mojo Fun 2017 and Southlands Replicas! Southland is a new brand, started this year with some amazing Australian animals! I have seen many photos on STS and on Instagram and really wanted them in my collection! So I ordered some for me, and some for Julie <3 Let me introduce you to them! First up, is the male dingo! I was so excited when I saw him! He is so beautiful and the best dingo on the market! (With the new Safari LTD 2017 dingo as second <3) Now what surprises me and got me al hyped up, is the fact that his card literally says, male dingo. While the other two I bought, have no sex on it. So... Could it be that there will come a female dingo also?! And if I am already dreaming, maybe some cute pups! SR is already a pro at making the unusual, like the standing red male kangaroo, or the hopping gray kangaroo. Lets hope I am right, because, I want pups!! XD Second Southland Replica is the platypus! I already have two platypuses in my collection. But this one i could NOT resist, it is way to cute! <3 It is so small, yet so detailed. He makes me smile every time I see it <3 Their models have a great paint job and are made from very good material! Last Southlands is a thylacine! Oooh, this one is stunning! I knew that Thylacines could open their mouth so wide, and this one really shows that. Paint job is fantastic. It has a rustic kind of feel to it, I love it! <3 I see a bright future for Southlands! They are still working on new animals, and I really hope to have more of these little beauties in my collection! <3 Next one is a new 2017 Mojo Fun that I wanted so bad since the day I saw it. The new color version of their black/white cat, a red tabby cat <3 He is so pretty! Love his stripes, very nicely done! Now my black/white one has a sibling <3 I also got an other Mojo Fun that I wanted for some time now, the Orlov Trotter horse! Horse and Bird studios, sculpted the original version and called hers Snegir. I am a lucky person and could buy one of her Snegir horses <3 Ad now I have the toy version also! XD Last Mojo Fun from this package is the stoat in winter coat XD I already had the brown version, but the one is his winter coat is just as nice as the brown one <3 I also got two howling wolves from Safari LTD. I do not have that many space left for wolves to enter my collection. But these two I could not resist. Especially the gray version is beautiful! They have that good Safari LTD style, that I adore. Very happy with these two, now in my collection <3 Next one from this package, is an cetacean that surprised me! It is a common dolphin from Maia & Borges! M&B made the Made in Portugal, old sea life molds for Schleich. (Also used by Papo and Mojo Fun now.) I have all the whales in my collection, with their babies. But Schleich, nor Papo or Mojo fun, used this dolphin. I do not know why tho. Maybe it is because the dolphin was made later on, to complete the line for M&B? Anyhow, M&B still sells it under their name, and I am very happy they do! because it is absolutely gorgeous! <3 The coloring is so nice! And I love the mold <3 Very happy with this one! <3 Last animal from this package, is an other Safari LTD canine, the Best in Show husky! He is beautiful and really charming! He is the fifth husky in my collection now <3 Love his simple paint job and his alert pose. Such a wonderful figure <3 Really happy with this one to <3 I also went to one of my favorite shops in Leeuwarden this month. Spellekijn. They have Schleich and some Bullyland dinosaurs and figures for sale. I could not walk out empty handed XD I found the new 2017 Schleich sloth! My oh my, what a cute figure! Very nice model <3 And I brought two Schleich dogs with me, the German Shepherd and the Dalmatian dog. The newer dogs are smaller, to be is scale with the farm and horse world they have created. Collector wise, very handy if you do not have enough space. I also found some very neat books! This was my blog-entry for this month! Next time I have more new additions to show you all, including a new Buddy Box, from Nardien this time! <3 If you want to stay updated on my newest additions, and see overviews from my collection, make sure to follow me on my Instagram account!
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It was a long time ago that Tijn and I visited Amsterdam, our capital city. So last week Saturday we visited Amsterdam again! We both have our favorite shops and thanks with the help from Julie, I found three new favorite shops, three toy shops. I got lots of model animals, even from the new 2017 lines. Lets begin with my first toyshop: Gone with the Wind. Gone with the Wind is owned by a lovely couple who run the store with great joy. They have Papo, Schleich and CollectA. I always take time to look at their amazing model animals, as they have a wide range. Every time we go to Amsterdam, we visit the store. So we are regular customers I guess XD Of course I found some little treasures there <3 First animal is a fish! A little boxfish from CollectA. I want to expand my aquatic range for a while now, and a yellow boxfish is always welcome <3 It is such a cute little figure <3 When CollectA announced that they where making new lions and tigers, I was so excited! CollectA is known for their amazing and rare species. But their old tigers and lions where... a little outdated. Standing weird between all the new and exciting animals. I already have a shelf full of lions... But I could not say no to the two new CollectA lions when I saw them standing there. And I had the luxury to even choose from different models, as they where standing in a line of more than 5 lions each <3 They are prefect in their own way and I think CollectA did an amazing job, creating their own new lions.They are still standing strong between so many other lions form other brands <3 Next one is an cetacean, what a surprise XD Sometimes I would like to see an animal in hand first, before buying it. And even good walkarounds on STS can not pursue me, unless I see it in real. I was lucky that I found CollectAs Pilot whale there. Also in a line of more than 5 animals from that model <3 It is such a great model! Very robust and strong looking <3 And now for something other than CollectA XD Papo! They have some troubles with distribution. I do not now why or what, but the fact is that not many new 2017 animals have been seen in stores in Europe. They even can not deliver any catalogues to the store here in the Netherlands anymore. Which is such a shame! I love Papo and their style! They are masters in their big cats and I am really looking forward to some of the new 2017 animals, like the ocelot and fennec fox, not to forget the elephant seal! I did bought a pinniped there, the new 2017 seal. His pose is fantastic and his face! Ohmygoodness, his face! It makes me smile from ear to ear, every time I see his face! XD Love this guy <3 Papo 2017 Mandarin duck! I was so excited when I saw this colorful duck in the store! Grabbed him of the shelf immediately XD Love at first sight <3 If you want color in you pond, this is the fella to buy! The patters and colors of a Mandarin duck are hard to set on a model figure, but Papo did a great job <3 Last one is a small gift from the owners of the store <3 So sweet! It was originally trapped inside a bouncing ball. The people who read this blog regularly, will know that I break open the bouncing ball to obtain the little figures in them. They are perfect little 3D figures, ranging from dinosaurs to butterflies <3 I do not think they knew what was planned with the bouncing ball, so if you read this, surprise! XD *hides* Thank you so much, Gone with the Wind, for the great shopping experience! Till the next visit! If you are Dutch and going to Amsterdam, and looking for a nice toyshop, go visit them <3 Link to their website will be in the link page in the upper right corner of this blog, between ABOUT and CONTACT. Next are two toy stores that Julie sent me the addresses from. Of course I had to check them out XD First one is called Kleine Eland (Small Moose XD) and is full with the good stuff <3 never been there before, so i was not sure what to expect. But dahm, a big vitrine full of animal models, a few shelves with dinosaurs and a spinning thing FULL of Safari LTD Good Luck Minis <3 Did not knew where to look at first, but after some calming down, I looked more closer. Found some older Safari LTD animals! Next to some Schleich and Papo animals. So lets see the animal that I bought there <3 An other Mandarin duck entered my collection that day. As I found the old Safari LTD mandarin duck! To be honest, i do like the Papo one better. But every animal is unique, so are the models. Being different is not wrong <3 It still has the Mandarin duck look, and it is rocking it! XD Never would have thought to own three Mandarin ducks in my collection one day <3 We stay with the Safari LTD birds, as I found two more birds. They are both 2017 releases and I am very happy to have found them! One is a blue-footed Booby and the other is a Kookaburra. They both look so good! <3 The blue-footed Booby needs to be in every shore/coast display! And the Kookaburra is a typical Australian bird <3 Really happy with both of them <3 My cow herd is growing! Found the Papo Limousine cow. I fell in love with her the moment I saw her. Such a sweet and gentle appearance! <3 Her calf was already on my Wish List, but was not sure about her at first. That changed the moment I saw her standing in the glass vitrine. That is why I prefer to see most models in real/in hand. Hope to find her calf soon <3 Next is an animal that I never though to be buying at first. Safari LTD made a line called: Incredible Creatures. These animals are bigger than their normal line of model animals. Incredible Creatures are mostly reptiles and fishes, but small mammals and birds are also included. I bought the Queen Triggerfish! It is so colorful and its fins are flexible. I think there is some kind of soft cotton on the inside, as I can easily press it in. It is such a beautiful fish! <3 An other animal that I had to see in real, is the Bullyland Oerpherd. An Equus ancestor. I was thinking of buying/searching this little one for quite some time. As prehistoric animals are not my strong point, I was not sure if I would like him or not. But when I saw him, standing in the back, in the shadows of the bigger dinosaurs, I had to take him! He even got his original card! <3 He was the last one on that shelf, so happy I took him home with me. Such an interesting figure! <3 Last additions I found in Kleine Eland are two Good Luck Minis from Safari LTD. They had a whole spinning thing full of GLM <3 I found an orca (who is a baby now <3) and the white kitten (Papo Persian cat is looking after it now <3) Happy with these two, they make such great babies/young ones <3 We also went to Tinkerbell. They only had Schleich model animals, nothing interesting for me at that moment. But hey had a wall full of Herman Teddy stuffed animals! I could not resist to take a peek, while Tijn was looking around as well. I know Herman Teddy plushes can be expensive and we where not done shopping... I looked kind of roughly trough the wall of plushes. And then... then I saw him <3 A Fennec fox, just sitting there, between some random wild animals. The wall was somewhat behind the counter, so I asked politely if I could see him. The moment he was in my hands, I was in LOVE! <3 His smile, his furry fur, he was just perfect for me. "How much is he?" I asked, as I could not find any prize on him. "Oh, let me take a look in the book." I smiled as I held the Fennec tightly, hoping the prize would be reasonable. "He is... 30 euros." For a moment is was completely quiet in my head. 30 euros, I could get maybe 5 or 6 model animals for that amount of money, depending on the size. Then I looked at the Fennec, I smiled again and said that I would take him. Tijn had found some cool dragons and took those with him. He looked at me: "A plush?" I nodded and walked out with a big smile. <3 So that was our little adventure in Amsterdam XD Next is a little haul I did at a toyshop in Groningen, Asbran! They had the new 2017 Papo dachshund <3 It is such a well made dog figure <3 Love him! I also found two bouncing balls with animals that I like. I demolished the bouncing balls to get the animals out, did work perfectly. The little lizard surprised me the most, as it is a perfect 3D lizard on a rock, with such nice detail! <3 Hope to find more bouncing balls <3 We went to a big outside flea market in Buitenpost. So many sellers! I only photographed the animals that are staying with my collection, as I found many more interesting animals. The dinosaur photo is not that good and not in focus. Have sometimes a bit of trouble with the light in my room. The animal photo is a bit better XD I love big flea markets with an outcome like this <3 One animal in particular has his own story, that I want to share, as it is a bit of a rant and I need it out XD So when you walk around on a flea market here (in the Netherlands) you have all different kind of sellers with their own stuff for sale. Most of them use tables, others stall in right on the ground on a rug or something like that. The sellers determine the prices of the items they sell. Sometimes you can haggle a bit, but most sellers do know their stuff. So I walked at one side and saw a woman selling some deer items. Most of them where statues or bronze deer. But then I saw him, an ELC Fallow deer stag! <3 I picked it up to determine his condition, casually looking at it. Good condition, could use some black paint, but that can be done easily. I looked at the woman and asked the price... The woman looked at me and said: "It is 5 euros." I looked at her with some surprise in my eyes, as most animals normally go for not more than 2 or 3 euros for that size on a flea market. Then she said: "It is an Schleich animal" My eyes went big, and I could not longer obtain myself. "No it is not, it is from ELC, Early Learning Center, I am a collector." She did not move a muscle and answered so calm: "It is still 5 euros" I got pissed and I left the deer on the table. I see you thinking, but you got the deer right? Yes. Tijn saw me coming back with no deer in my hands and he asked what happened. He looks at thing differently, because he is not a collector of model animals (He has his own collection of movie, game and anime related things <3) He persuaded me to buy the deer, as he knows me even better than I do <3 I walked back, grabbed the deer, paid 5 euros for it and walked away with rolling eyes. So what is the problem? The woman is free to ask any amount of money for the deer. Well, you see, here in the Netherlands, Schleich is very big. They have a lot of selling points and Marktplaats is FULL of horses and other Schleich animals. Not that that is a problem.. but... Other brands are getting pushed down, in my opinion. Every person who sees a nice model animal, made out of good quality material with a nice paint job, thinks it is a Schleich (or a Shleich, Sleich, Schleig, Sleig...) And it is driving me nuts! People who are selling on a regular basis, know Schleich animals are not cheap, and try to benefit trough that by selling other brands as Schleich. Do not get me wrong, I love Schleich. They have a different CEO and things change, but I still love my Schleich animals to bits! It is just that every animal is getting Schleich-ified... So because the woman thought the deer was a Schleich, she raised the price. It also frustrates me when things are the other way around. When people sell the hollow plastic, low quality animals as Schleich, and ask way to much for them. No, they are NOT Schleich. Schleich has better quality than that... As a collector, I know my stuff. And I know not every human being knows the difference between a Schleich and a ELC animal. But, people can read, bellies are showing the brand most of the time, so.... Last but not least is a group of AAA and ELC animals that I found on Marktplaats. Two ELC cows, one ELC bull and a ELC calf. ELC ewe and an AAA camel! <3 I need to make more room for these on my AAA/ELC shelf XD I adore the cow family <3 The calf is just so cute! The AAA camel has already two young to care for <3 Also the ELC ewe has a ELC lamb to care for. This was it for this blog-entry. But my desk is already full with new stuff to show in the next blog-entry *hides*. Like a awesome little trade with Sauroid, a little Masoud package and a fantastic repaint I commissioned trough Instagram <3
As an collector of model animals, I enjoy the diversity of the models on the market. Different brands and species to choose from. But sometimes, I want something... different. And that is why I love repaints and customs so much! They have their own personality, their own story, their own maker. I have gotten 4 new repaints in my collections, and the deserve their own blog-entry! Let me introduce them to you <3 ~Charles~ Original mold: Schleich male farm cat Repainted by WhiteLightning Wolf ~Viona~ Original mold: Papo Ardennais mare Repainted by Dark Pegasus Studios ~Casper~ Original mold: Schleich Lipizzaner foal Repainted by Dark Pegasus Studios ~Server~ Original mold: Made in China Cornish Rex cat Repainted by Dark Pegasus Studios ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The fact that I post (almost) every month here, is a real surprise to me XD I have had other, more personal, blogs before this one, and they all stopped at two or three months... But this one, wow! I almost have it for a year now and look how far I become in this hobby. I have over 1150 model animals now. Yes, you red that correctly, over 1150 model animals! I began blogging with 600 or so... Hehe, trades and sales are going great. More and more packages are coming my way XD I am active on Instagram. Here is the link to my page if you are curious: https://www.instagram.com/nightlionesscollections/ It shows photos of my collection and a bit of my personal life (my pets in general). And I am working on a extra 'Link' page that you can see here above, in the right corner. Links to handy websites, web-shops and blogs from friends and fellow collectors. It is still under construction at this moment, but soon it will be completely done. So, those where some extra-on-the-side-things XD Lets start with the new additions from this month! first of al, a new Julie package arrived last week <3 And ohmygoodness, it was packed good! <3 She knows how to surprise me still, after almost two years of 'Buddy Boxing'. The plushes and books will be shown together with other plushes and book from other packages and findings. This is because otherwise the blogs are to long to fully read in like, 10 minutes or so XD And because I was a bit lazy to photograph them all one by one, so yeah, that too XD Oke, but lets start with a full photo of all the goodies from her package! It was so much fun to unpack this one. I knew some of the things, but for example the Orca Luna book and the Franciens cat agenda where a total surprise. She even found Border Collie things! <3 I am still drooling when i see this complete photo <3 Lets start with the model animals from this package <3 Sea Dinosaurs! Haha, my new crazy 'addiction' at this moment. Julie found two little CollectA sea dinosaurs for this little, yet growing, collection. A Leopluradon and a Mososaurus. Now I am not an expert on dinosaurs in general, so I can not tell if the anatomy (trough fossils/bones/skeletons) is good. But I really like these two a lot! And they are small, so they do not take that much space. Which is a problem with most dinosaurs that I like. Many are so big! But those two are not the only dinosaurs in the package, nope XD Four other dinosaurs joined in and made me very happy! One is a Chap Mei dinosaur. Chap Mei made some dinosaur hunter sets and all the dinosaurs have a fierce and dangerous look. This look does not fit every type of dinosaur that good, but the ones I already have, can handle such a look XD But this one, he is the top imho! He IS fierce and dangerous! Love his colors and his pose very much! Second and third are two Sega dinosaurs, the ones on a little platform. I already have small collection of these, but I like the new ones very much as they are a good addition to the group. The last one made my heart jump. It is a little metal dinosaur, a triceratops <3 He is simple, yet so well made! Love the color combination of the green mossy color and the white <3 Package would not be complete without some canines I guess XD So also this time some canines entered my collection <3 First is a Bullyland wolf pup, with a very playful pose. I do not have any adult wolves from Bullyland in my collection, simply because I do not have the space for them anymore on that shelf. But a small pup can fit in front of the adult wolves very easily. And other canine is a very happy one I can say XD It is a Corgi with a bone in his mouth. It is suppose to be from Safari LTD, but the mark is missing, but imho, it is way to good to be just 'a copy'. And the last canine is a very little fox, a Safari LTD Good Luck Mini. I was searching for this fox a long time now. I am so happy Julie was able to find one for me <3 After canines, felines are next! Two unusual felines where in this package. Not because they are different or unusual species... But the fact that they have a nice pose, or in one case, is a bit chubby XD Julie found a part of the EZA K&M group and was offering me the tiger. I could not say no to that one XD It has a place in my white hanging cabinet thing. It is chubby! It could be pregnant, I do not know XD The other one is from the brand Simba. I can not find the origin of this cat. Maybe it belongs to a set, maybe it came with a doll, I do not know (yet). It is big though, not expected that XD It has a place between my other bigger animals. I am still looking for ELC and AAA animals. Julie was searching for me as well and found two animals, one ELC and one AAA. The ELC animal is a nanny goat, she is such a lovely model <3 The AAA animal is a scorpion and a bad-ass one at that! It is my Zodiac sign and I am very happy to own him <3 Next one is a Procon (older CollectA) bottlenose dolphin. I already have the CollectA version with her calf, but I did not know they already had that dolphin in their older Procon line as well. His face paint and his shades are a bit different from the CollectA one, but not that much. They kept it pretty much the same. I do not mind that, as I will use the Procon one as a male and the CollectA one as a female with her calf. Next little animal is a pencil topper, a zebra with a funny pose. It is rearing, sort of XD It is a simple animal, yet it caught my eyes when Julie showed a photo of a lot of animals she found on Marktplaats. Sometimes the simple, no brand, animals catch my eye. Because they are an unusual specie or because they have a nice pose or paint job. Just like this little zebra. It is standing together with the EZA K&M tiger in my white hanging cabinet thing, they are best buds already XD I think it is Julie her personal goal to find at least one Border Collie themed thing for my packages XD Well, she did an amazing job in this one, as there are three BC themed things in thigs package. One is a sweet little card, who is standing on my desk right now. The second one is a little plush, who you will see further down this blog and the third is, well, I could not believe my eyes when I saw this one! It is a little wooden BC dog <3 It is very simple, yet it is so unique and I am very found of it already <3 It already found his place between my other (44) Border Collie dogs XD Last two animals are from Papo 2017! I got a nit-fit when I saw them and I am so happy with them! They are a red panda and a cute little fawn. The red panda has his cute little tongue sticking out XD And the fawn is so adorable, with all those spots! Hope to find his mother soon, so I can complete the family <3 Those were all the animals models in the package, books and plushes will be shown further down this blog. Thank you so, so much for the awesome package! We do this longer than two years already, time flies! But it is still a awesome feeling and moment when you see the postman coming to our door (Gaell going nuts of course XD) with a package that could be yours. And when you take the packages and it is yours, I get al fuzzy inside and want to unpack it immediately! XD You are the best! <3 And now for some trades I made on STS, two to be exact. One is from Froggie, a dear member on STS with a big collection and amazing animals for trade. My internal self got greedy when I saw all the model animals she had for trade. All where rare and hard to find model animals, but so are the ones she still needs and that are on her wish list. I had none of those she wanted on her wish list, so I did not PMed her in the first place. But the topic stayed active for a long time and every time I got more and more excited about the ones I had my eyes on. So I PMed her... My first animal that I chose was the K&M big ocelot cub, I got his mom recently from Julie <3 Somehow she asked me if there where more animals I wanted... Like heck yeah! XD I chose some animals that where not super rare, so I stayed fair. Because I did not knew if I was able to find anything of interest for her. But I did! No animals from her wish list tho, but rare and hard to find animals to keep her trade topic variate and interesting for others to trade. I was so happy! Let me show you what I got! (One animal is not done yet, because it is a repaint that needed some love. When he is finished, he will be up.) My K&M ocelot pair (mother and cub) are now complete! <3 Look how cute the Papo Percheron foal is! <3 He is sleeping while the Papo Percheron stallion is watching over him <3 I already had the mare, so this little family is also complete now <3 And the Safari LTD Pacific White-sided dolphin. What a beautiful cetacean! I am so, so happy with this trade <3 Thank you so much dear Froggie! Hope we can trade again sometimes XD My next trade is with Balaenoptera! Thanks to her, an other family is complete! She traded me the Safari LTD Vanishing Wild white walking wolf! <3 Love the pose and the alert face she has. Thank you so much for this little, yet amazing trade! <3 Next are two cats from a small order from Brett. These two cats are 'beckoning cats' and are supposed to give you luck. These are from Kaiyodo and it is set number three, I guess. They also made two other sets with wild cats as well, so I do not know if this set belongs to the series of the wild cats or not. I chose two colors to represent two of my real cats. the black one is Chii and the brown tabby one is Brutus. I really like the 'chibi' look of them. They are so adorable! <3 Thank you Brett! Next are some flea market findings. A while back, me and Tijn went to a flea market. But I can not remember which one it was XD I think it was the one in Leek. I found some very nice animals there <3 I found some small Bullyland farm animals, the cows I found are in my Trade Topic on STS. I only took a photo of the sheep I found. One is in my collection, the other in my Trade Topic. It is a really nice model, grazing pose and very nice details in the wool <3 I also found two Disney cats! Both are from the Jungle Book. Bagheera and Shere Kahn. I love them and they are a start of a new small collection, Disney (brand) animal figures XD I talked earlier about how I like dinosaurs, but most are so big? Well luckily for me, I found an other small and cute dinosaur! <3 This one is from the Jurassic Park line and is one of several cute looking baby dinosaurs. I love how cheeky this one looks XD I also pulled out my other JP baby dinosaur, so this ne would not be alone. Hope to find more of these in the future, many nice and good ones are made <3 Last but not least, from this flea market is a butterfly! Normally I do not like insects with these suction things underneath. I do not want to stick them on the glass or whatever, so they kind of bother me. But the colors on this butterfly let him/her stay. It is not very visible on the photo, but it has a slight metallic shine on the green color, it looks so pretty! <3 Tijn and I also went to an other flea market, in Wolvega. It was big, with many stands. But I only found two animal figures XD I found an AAA giraffe calf and a little ceramic elephant from a WWF series. I really hope to find more from that series, as I adore these little figures! Kingsday Findings! My favorite day of the year, where we celebrate our kings birthday. Children are allowed to sell their stuff in some areas of their hometown. Mostly a part of the city centrum is marked for the kids to sell their things. Most of them have toys... And some of them have boxes with nick-knacks and model animals! We went to four different cities, starting with our own hometown, followed by Leeuwarden, then Franeker and Heerenveen as last. I found so many good things, stuffed animals and books! Some of the model animals already got a new home or will be soon going to a new home. So not everything in the total photo is described here. Stuffed animals and book will come later in this blog. I saw this poor lioness lying on a carpet (All people who are selling things, use carpets, blankets, etc to lay their stuff on. Marking territory I call it XD) She is so rubbed up, she needs some TLC and some good pastels and some paint. Hope to fix her up soon, as i already made space for her <3 She is from Toy Major. I also found some dinosaurs <3 Two are in my own collection. I found a Chap Mei Ichthyosaur and a Schleich Parasaurolophus. Both found a good home into my own collection. <3 I also found an other Disney big cat, Simba from the Lion King <3 I love his pose and face so much! He is in a really good condition, which is such a great find for an old toy like this one. At the last city we visited, it was almost done and most people where already packing up their things. I have never loked so fast as that day XD Still hoping the drive and the walk to the city was still worth it. Luckily I found one figure there XD A Safari LTD lamb <3 He is reunited with his mother in my own collection. So happy I found this little one in time <3 (Yes, it feels like a rescue search sometimes XD) Last findings are an addictive and creative way to obtain mini model animals. I found out on STS, that bouncing balls can be demolished to obtain the little critters inside them, and that these critters are from a great quality for just 'bouncing ball critters'. I found four bouncing balls, for just 50 cents. I took them home and they are easily to break open and the critters inside are complete, well painted and are made from a hard plastic. They are so much fun! The little T-Rex needs some help standing, so his 'big brother' JP is helping him. Both JP dinosaurs where already in my collection, just a funny group photo :) Last animal models for this bog-entry are two store bought 2017 Schleich horses. the Tinker stallion and the Pinto mare. I really like the Tinker to be honest. Will get a repaint from this model soon <3 The Pinto mare was not on my mind at all, but this little brown spot on her nose made me change my mind XD The spot is a mistake and should not be there, but it makes her special, and I love such little mistakes XD Now a short introduction of all my stuffed animals that I found/got in this month. Unknown fox and WNF/Anna Club Plush stoat are found on Kingsday. WNF mountain goat, panther and little white tiger and the little Macdonalds Border Collie plush are from my Julie package <3 The other Macdonalds Border Collie plush is a customized to represent Gaell. Made by a friend <3 The WNF Golden Retriever pup is found in Mijn Tafel, could not resist his cute face <3 Last things are all my books that I found/got this month <3 I am so late uploading this blog-entry that May is already ended and it is already June. *shakes head* I need to keep up with things more! I have some awesome repaints that deserve their own blog-entry and will be placed soon <3 Till next month! <3
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