New for 2023 - Figures to purchase, Not produce

[bmathison1972]

This seemed somewhat popular this year, so let's try it for next year, too!


This is where you post the figures you want to purchase that are due to be released in 2023. Please note, this is not, and I repeat, NOT a wish list of what you want companies to produce, but rather those you would like to acquire as figures get formally announced.

I'll start us off. As....
1. more things I want get announced, I'll add to it
2. things I decide I don't want, those will get removed
3. I acquire things, I'll strike them off

Schleich:

YES:
1. Caracal, adult
2. American spotted donkey
3. Abyssinian cat
4. Valais Blacknose sheep
5. Bichon Frise
6. Galloway cow

CollectA:

YES:
1. Amazon River Dolphin
2. Jersey cow
3. Hadrosaurus
4. Honey ant
5. Anomalocaris
6. Brighstoneus
7. Rough collie
8. Mosasaurus
9. Koolasuchus
10. Angel shark
11. goblin shark
12. Ruyangosaurus
13. Shastasaurus

Papo:

YES:
1. bumblebee
2. moth, death's-head hawkmoth
3. European rose chafer, Protaetia cuprea
4. Muscovy duck
5. Andean condor
6. Blond d'Aquitaine cattle
7. Common house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum
8. Common seahorse, Hippocampus kuda
9. Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis
10. Flying squirrel, Glaucomys sp.
11. spotted eagle ray

Safari Ltd.:

1. Majungasaurus
2. Utahraptor
3. great grey owl
4. European Animals TOOB: European eel, Wels catfish, Eurasian sparrowhawk
5. Australian Continent TOOB: giant weta, tuatara
6. silky shark
7. African grey parrot
8. Everglades TOOB: Snail Kite, Florida gar, Florida softshell turtle, eastern indigo snake; maybe American river otter, Wood Stork
9. Pug
10. Kentrosaurus
11. Stegouros

Bullyland:

1. Blue Morpho butterfly

Rebor:

1. Deluxe Dinosaurs Deinosuchus hatcheri - 'Estuary'

Bandai/Bandai Spirits:

Diversity of Life on Earth - Beetles Vol. 4
1. Cheirotonus jansoni
3. Golofa porteri
6. Goliathus goliatus quadrimaculatus

Diversity of Life on Earth - Stag Beetles Vol. 5
3. Prosopocoilus mirabilis
4. Homoderus mellyi
5. Manticora latipennis

Diversity of Life on Earth - Devil's Flower Mantis
3. Devil's flower mantis, first-instar nymph
4. Devil's flower mantis, last-instar nymph

Diversity of Life on Earth - Mini Mantids and Locusts
1. Deroplatys dessicata
4. ghost mantis, Phyllocrania paradoxa (green)
5. ghost mantis, Phyllocrania paradoxa (brown)

Diversity of Life on Earth - Mini Sharks
4. viper dogfish

Diversity of Life on Earth - Advanced Ladybug
1. Coccinella septempuctata
2. Harmonia axyridis
3. Illeis koebelei
4. Aiolocaria hexaspilota

Diversity of Life on Earth - Finger Maki Collection: Armadillo Lizard and Ball Python:
1. armadillo girdled lizard, Ouroborus cataphractus
3. ball python, Python regius

Diversity of Life on Earth - Mantids Vol. 4:
1. Choeradodis rhomboidea (dark)

Diversity of Life on Earth - Beetles Vol. 5:
1. Eupatorus birmanicus
2. Copris ochus

Diversity of Life on Earth - Stag Beetles Vol. 6
3. Lucanus planeti

Diversity of Life on Earth - Mini Ancient Fish 2:
1. silver arowana

Kaiyodo:

Capsule Q Museum - Caterpillars Vol. 5 [entire set]

Capsule Q Museum - Fortune Owl Figure Collection 4
1. little owl

Takara Tomy A.R.T.S.:

Paradise of Monkeys:
1. Senegal bushbaby

Primary Colour Pictorial Book - Tardigrades
1. plain-colored tardigrade

World of the Blue Sea: The Shark
1. remoras

Natural History of Strange Creatures:
1. flea

World Fishing Monster Fish:
1. goliath tigerfish, green

Haolonggood:
1. Wuerhosaurus
2. Tianzhenosaurus
3. Edmontonia
4. Ouranosaurus
5. Dacentrurus
6. Ampelosaurus
7. Pentaceratops
8. Tlatolophus
9. Kosmoceratops
10.Sinoceratops
11.Megaraptor

PNSO:

1. Alamosaurus
2. Spinosaurus


Yowie Group:

Baby Animals:
1. yellow-bellied glider
2. giant frogfish
3. Visayan warty pig
4. Cuban crocodile
5. silvery lutung

Access Toys:
3D Pictorial Book of Dangerous Creatures of the Sea: box jelly; red stingray; banded sea krait; floral egg crab

Tama-Kyu:

Evolution of Humanity:
1. 'Ape'
2. Ardipithecus

Toymany:

Mini Arctic Animals:
1. Glaucus Gull
2. Lemming

Mini Sealife:
1. Blue-spotted stingray

8PCS Sharks Collection:
1. black-tipped reef shark
2. sicklefin lemon shark
3. sawshark

12PCS Reptile Figure Collection:
1. bearded dragon
2. black caiman
3. redback spider
4. red scorpion
5. Indian cobra
6. Solomon Island leaf frog
7. frilled lizard

Rainbow:

Butterflies of the World - Real Magnet Collection Vol. 1 [entire set, 5 figures]

Epoch/Tarlin

Cute Silkworm [entire set, 4 figures of 1 species]

Rebor:

Dire Wolf (red)

[Gwangi]

Schliech

YES
Galloway Cow
Gastonia

MAYBE
Caracal Female
Thomson's gazelle
Harpy Eagle
Aardvark
Blue poison dart frog

[suspsy]

Schleich

Maybe
Indian rhino calf
Harpy eagle
Tarbosaurus
Gastonia
Gallimimus

[bmathison1972]

updated first post with some of the CollecA firsts

[endogenylove]

So far, not much:
MAYBE:
Schleich Caracal Adult
Papo Lizard (If it is a wall lizard, yes)
Papo Flying Squirrel (Species dependent)
Papo Pigeon
Papo Eagle Ray
Papo Seahorse (Species dependent)
Papo Panda
Papo Kiwi (If it is or can be used as a southern brown, yes)

YES:
CollectA Amazon River Dolphin
Papo Tapir
Papo Raccoon
Papo Muscovy Duck
Papo Condor

[JimoAi]

YES:

CollectA

Mosasaurus (bought)
Goblin shark (bought)
Angel shark(bought)
Amazonian river dolphin


Papo
Spotted eagle ray(bought)

Bandai
Sharks set (bought)

Kitan club
Art in the pocket Ray

Maybe

Safari ltd
type D orca

CollectA
Right whale

Papo
new octopus

[BlueKrono]

Only one I want is the goblin shark. Exciting to get a full-sized version of it.

[SerAndrew]

YES:

- CollectA Goblin shark (new Order)
- CollectA Amazon river dolphin (new Family)
- CollectA Llama (rejected because of size)
- CollectA koolasuchus (new Order)
- Papo muscovy duck (new species)
- Mojo anaconda (new species)
- Mojo aardvark (replacement for Safari)
- Bandai bamboo shark (new family)
- Bandai viper dogfish (new family)
- Safari Ltd Type D Orca
- Safari Ltd silky shark
- Safari Ltd Grey parrot
- Toymany sawshark (new Order)
- Toymany thresher shark (replacement for Safari's)
- Toymany black tip reef shark (replacement for Papo's)
- Toymany bonnethead shark (replacement for Safari's)
- Toymany lemon shark (replacement for Safari's)
- Toymany mako shark (replacement for Safari's)
- Toymany king penguin adult and juvenile (replacement for my Schleich's repaints)
- Toymany adelie penguin (new species)
- Toymany chinstrap penguin (new species)
- Toymany yellow eyed penguin (new species)
- Toymany gentoo penguin (replacement for CollectA's)
- Toymany african penguin (replacement for Papo's)
- Toymany macaroni penguin (new species)
- Toymany erected crested penguin (new species)
- Haolonggood Dilaphosaurus x2 (new species, taxonomic branch and brand)



MAYBE:

- Papo moth
- Schleich gazelle (repainted as Gazella gazella)
- Papo brown kiwi (will keep the CollectA as Okarito kiwi)
- Papo flying squirrel
- Papo bumblebee
- Papo golden beetle
- CollectA australian angelshark (new Order, but it's huge)
- CollectA right whale (will use this and the Safari as different species)
- Papo sea eagle (my repainted Safari model becomes now A. laticeps given the pattern and shorter fins)
- Papo dove (I have the Kaiyodo pair, but just to have the complete Papo birds collection)
- Papo condor (will try to improve the beak by making it bigger)
- Papo right whale (as a calf for the CollectA's)



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Total numbers from 2023 releases:
Total figures: 37
New species: 23
Replacements: 10
Duplicates*: 4

*Will not replace the former figure, but coexist in my display

[GojiraGuy1954]

Schleich:

YES-
Aardvark
Chameleon
Otter
Lowland Gorilla Family

MAYBE-
Harpy Eagle
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Caracal


CollectA:

YES-
Amazon River Dolphin
Goblin Shark
Hadrosaurus
Ruyangosaurus:
Anomalocaris
Brighstoneus

MAYBE-
Ceratosuchops
Honeypot Ant

Papo

YES-
Kronosaurus
Mosasaurus
Coelodonta
Giant Squid
Right Whale
Kiwi
Giant Anteater


MAYBE-
Einiosaurus
Seahorse
Ray
Nautilus
Pigeon
Dragons

[JimoAi]

*updated with Papo

[bmathison1972]

*updated with Papo

I'll update Papo when we have a better idea what all the species/breeds will be. For me, it can be anywhere from 5 to 11 lol

[endogenylove]

Updated with papo guesses I will update again when more information is out

[bmathison1972]

OK, OK I updated for Papo too. Too many uncertainties depending on species and breeds. Right now, there are five 'YES" and eight 'MAYBE'

I suspect in the end, I will be getting 10, give or take. The last couple years, I have gotten more Papo than any other non-Japanese company

[Arctinus]

Here's my list so far.

Schleich:

YES
– Abyssinian cat
– Indian rhino baby

MAYBE
– Harpy eagle (not sure yet, doesn't look bad, but looks a bit too simplistic for my taste)
– Thomson's gazelle (not sure yet, but it doesn't look bad/cartoonish, I think)

Collecta:

YES
– Amazon River Dolphin
– Honeypot Ant
– Right Whale
– Angel Shark

MAYBE
– Goblin Shark
– Pangolin (not sure, I already have the Schleich and Mojo pangolins, but might get this one, since Pangolins are such special creatures)
– Koolasuchus (as much as I'd like, I don't collect all prehistoric fauna, mostly just megafauna and Eofauna dinos, but this one looks really interesting)

Papo

YES
– Condor
– Flying squirrel
– Bumblebee
– Death's head moth
– European rose chafer
– Common spider
– Common lizard
– Pigeon
– Seahorse
– Eagle ray
– Nautilus

MAYBE
– Right Whale (depends on accuracy, but I'll probably go with Collecta)
– Octopus (depends on species and accuracy)
– Panda (already have a panda, but might get this one as well)
– Malayan Tapir
– Platypus (already have and like Collecta's, but might get this cutie as well)
– Anteater
– Kiwi (have the Collecta, but might get this one as well if it looks good)
– Raccoon (deciding between this one and Safari's)

SafariLtd.

YES:
Silky shark
Type D orca
Great grey owl

MAYBE:
Puma (if its better than Papo's)
Arctic fox (I already have Schleich's and Papo's, but this one also looks nice)
African grey parrot

[bmathison1972]

Updated my first post with three more CollectA

@Arctinus - those are both great ideas for the raccoon, but the Safari one is bigger (I went with Papo myself)

[Arctinus]

Updated my first post with three more CollectA

@Arctinus - those are both great ideas for the raccoon, but the Safari one is bigger (I went with Papo myself)

I've compared the sizes and the Papo one seems to be closer to the size of the Schleich one. But I might still get the Safari raccoon, since I'm not that picky about size (unless it's a huge difference to make the figure really stand out too much).

[SerAndrew]

Papo raccoon is WAY bigger than Schleich's...

[bmathison1972]

Papo raccoon is WAY bigger than Schleich's...

maybe their older one; Schleich's last raccoon is HUGE (and cartoony)

[SerAndrew]

Ok, I know the usual Schleich hate and bla bla, and Im not a defensor of their last years' strategy.
But, Papo raccoon is, again, WAY bigger than any raccoon Schleich has ever done.
Taller, longer and, overall, fatter.
And, actually, despite the last Schleich is horrendous, I would say the cartoonish one is the Papo, for the contrasted colours and even the previous Schleichs for the smiles.

IMHO we don't have a fully satisfactory figure for such a common animal. Maybe CollectA one day...

[Arctinus]

Papo raccoon is WAY bigger than Schleich's...

maybe their older one; Schleich's last raccoon is HUGE (and cartoony)

Yeah, I have the newer Schleich raccoon (bought it some time ago in a physical store when I started collecting), and it's a bit too cartoony and underfed, I'd say. 

It's this one:



I found the Papo and Safari comparison here:



Still can't decide, but the Safari one doesn't seem that larger (to me, as I'm not that scale conscious).