Schleich!

By Retired breeder, 20th January 2015 14:52:07
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Hello all fellow schliech lovers! I set up this topic for people who want to talk about the amazing models! Share your collection, tips, and your favorites in this topic! Enjoy!
 
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By Retired breeder, 19th March 2020 18:49:48
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Well I like the cats and the horses but the dogs are also veryyyy cutedefault smiley (l)default smiley (l)
By Famousamos, 21st March 2020 01:48:23
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AAFKE wrote:

I had to google what a platypus is but turns out it's a vogelbekdier (thats what they call it in my country)
Well I have been gone for a while and now I am some what back


Welcome back! Hope you stick around for a while...we need people in here lol. And i didn't realize they went by any other names lol, cool!

AAFKE wrote:

I sometimes have dreams about schleich


Wow, ha ha, what a dream! i'm glad i'm not the only one!

Retired breeder wrote:

Well I like the cats and the horses but the dogs are also veryyyy cutedefault smiley (l)default smiley (l)


Yep, i have some of those too!default smiley (l)

Guys, guess what! I was flea market shopping today, and i found Schleich! In two different stores! Well actually three, but the third one was a store called Home Base, and they were brand new there, but it was older models so i had them all already so i didn't buy any lol. But i got a total of four from two different flea markets, three at one, and one in the other. I got two horses:

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A pinto stallion from 2007, which i had already, but i couldn't pass up a flea market find lol, plus theyre just pretty! Besides, i wasn't sure if it was a custom or not, and when i got home and looked at my original one, the paint jobs were very similar, and yet at the same time obviously different. In the end, i came to the conclusion that it is NOT custom, it must just be a different Schleich employee painter/paint job and slightly different because it would be pretty hard to get them all exactly the same (naturally lol).



Next up is a 2008 Arabian stalliondefault smiley :) Wasnt for sure if i had him or not, but he was a duplicate as well i found out. No matter, he's in really good shape (much better than the scuffed one in the picture)! And im a sucker for the models like both of these horses that came out years prior to when i started collecting.



I also picked up this one:

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its a 2009 female kangaroo and joey. Another duplicate, oh well one can never have too many cute kangaroos, right?! ha ha.



And last but certainly not least, is what i consider my best find of the day (and the only non-duplicate lol):

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Its a 2006 female Dromedary Camel! The camels (Dromedary is one hump, Bactrian is two humps, and Schleich has made both) were retired before i started collecting, and were notoriously difficult for me to find and get a hold of. They were rare, and when they showed up, were too expensive for me to buy. Eventually, i managed to pick up a darker colored, two humped male Bactrian camel, and later, a baby two humped Bactrian that was lighter in color and came out a couple years after the adult. I am not sure how many darker or lighter families have been produced, so im not sure if they were made to go together as a family, because the baby is so much lighter. But they are both two humped so i pretend they are family ha ha. Anyway, now i have a one humped mama! And yes, i am aware that Schleich now has a brand new Dromedary camel model out, which i will be sure to pick up when i find it.default smiley :) And hopefully someday, i'll land the old Dromedary baby. Im not sure if there is a new camel baby this year along with the new adult or not...? Anyway, because i've had so much trouble in the past trying to collect the camels, i was most excited about this find today.default smiley ^)

Im sorry the pics are so big!default smiley :s



Here are the other camels i have, for reference, just since i talked about them!

The male:


And the baby (notice the darker and lighter colors lol):



Findefault smiley :p
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By Famousamos, 21st March 2020 01:54:04
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Oh yeah, i forgot to mention...not only was the camel a good find, the tag said the proceeds benefit charity...double score!default smiley :-))
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By Retired breeder, 21st March 2020 11:04:16
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I have over 150 schleich horses now, and I repainted 7 of them, I own 4 cats now, and 3 dogs
By Famousamos, 22nd March 2020 05:59:46
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Retired breeder wrote:

I have over 150 schleich horses now, and I repainted 7 of them, I own 4 cats now, and 3 dogs


Thats a pretty good number of horses! Congrats! Itd be cool if you could share pics of the ones you painted?default smiley *-)
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By Retired breeder, 24th March 2020 02:02:35
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What about Breyer?! Their way better and way more detailed!
By Retired breeder, 24th March 2020 02:11:44
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I love breyer so much!!! I currently have about 20 models!! Although I also love schleich, breyer is my favorite model horse brand
By Retired breeder, 24th March 2020 03:28:57
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Me too! i wish my mum would get me moredefault smiley :(
By Famousamos, 24th March 2020 07:31:21
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Retired breeder wrote:

What about Breyer?! Their way better and way more detailed!


Breyer is great too, but Schleich is cheaper and sturdier...i leave my large Breyers in their boxes, not just for value's sake, but to protect them. If a stablemate comes in a box or plastic, i leave them in there too. I love both Schleich and Breyer!default smiley (l)
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By Retired breeder, 26th March 2020 23:21:18
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Retired breeder wrote:

What about Breyer?! Their way better and way more detailed!
I live in nz other than the tack store's that have about 20 beryer you have to bring them in from over sea's not worth the risk / costs
By Famousamos, 27th March 2020 00:24:50
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That's sad, I'm sorry! What about Schleich? Are they in New Zealand?
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By Retired breeder, 28th March 2020 15:23:54
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they are my only toys i play with i have some of the oldest ones and im not that old(11)
By AAFKE, 29th March 2020 17:45:27
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Retired breeder wrote:

they are my only toys i play with i have some of the oldest ones and im not that old(11)

What is the older model you have?
Mine is from 1996 or so
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By Retired breeder, 31st March 2020 22:02:08
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Mine are super duper old. Two are a bull and mama cow plus I have one that is even older then the cows it is a stallion paint horse.
By Famousamos, 1st April 2020 04:53:03
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I for one am interested in how old you're models are! It lists the year on the undersides of the models, though i'll admit, sometimes its hard to find/read! Let us know if you can read it and what it says!default smiley :d
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By Famousamos, 1st April 2020 04:53:43
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Oops, that should say your, not you're!default smiley :p
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By wild horse stables, 1st April 2020 12:32:53
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Hi there i wanna introduce myself since this is my frist time posting on here

I'm wild (you might know me from schleich horses amino) have been playing howrse for a lil while and decided to check out the forums.

I've been collecting schleich horses for a couple of years now and have a decent size collection. I know a lot about schleichs horses but not much about the other animals.

Anyway I hope to have a great time here and mabey make a friend or 2
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By Famousamos, 1st April 2020 22:47:01
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wild horse stables wrote:

Hi there i wanna introduce myself since this is my frist time posting on here

I'm wild (you might know me from schleich horses amino) have been playing howrse for a lil while and decided to check out the forums.

I've been collecting schleich horses for a couple of years now and have a decent size collection. I know a lot about schleichs horses but not much about the other animals.

Anyway I hope to have a great time here and mabey make a friend or 2


Hi, nice to meet you! I have been collecting for five/six years now i think, and i collect the horses, farm life, sea life, wildlife, pets...you get the idea lol.default smiley xd
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By wild horse stables, 2nd April 2020 08:21:11
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Hi
nice to meet you to
I think we have been collecting for about the same time
I started collecting september 2014 so about 5 and a half years ago
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By Famousamos, 5th April 2020 02:07:07
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Oh ok, cooldefault smiley :) Do you have some older and/or retired models?default smiley *-)
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By Retired breeder, 5th April 2020 02:42:48
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I also think the Breyer horses are great I love them
By Retired breeder, 5th April 2020 02:45:00
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I also love the schliech dogs they are so good
By NɪɢʜᴛSᴛᴀʀ, 5th April 2020 20:28:17
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I like Breyers and Schleich. Breyers has amazing models that are big and small, the coloring and texture isn't the best. Dog hair is always clinging to them default smiley (lol) Schleich only does small models (correct me if I'm wrong), but they don't have dog hair stick to them thanks to the texture they have. Schleich is 1% higher on my favorite horse model companies due to this.
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By Famousamos, 6th April 2020 04:32:59
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I love both as well, and i like Schleich a little better as they are cheaper and sturdier, and like you said, they have more texturedefault smiley :) And they make a wider range of animals.
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By wild horse stables, 6th April 2020 07:16:14
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Famousamos wrote:

Oh ok, cooldefault smiley :) Do you have some older and/or retired models?default smiley *-)


yea i do my oldest horses are from 1992 my newest from 2020


I find breyers pretty cool to but its way to hard and expencive to get them where i live so i only have 2 stablemates
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