Stoneage Collection - Weird Scenes inside the Goldmine

[stoneage]

Back in the early days I bought every Museum related Dinosaur that came out.  There weren't as many options, since I hadn't discovered the internet yet.  There were Invicta, Carnegie, Bullyland and Schleich figures.  Schleich made a bunch of figures with ridiculous poses.  Kind of reminds me of the Starlux Dinosaurs.  Anyway I think this is arguably the worst one.  And to think this figure came out in 1994 at the same time as the first Battat figures.

[Seijun]

At least starlux dinos were more appealing to the eye, despite the poses 

[stoneage]

At least starlux dinos were more appealing to the eye, despite the poses 

I don't know have you ever seen the Starlux Santungosaure?

[Seijun]

No, I haven't.

[stoneage]

  Just slightly better we have the Schleich Baryonyx!

[stoneage]

No, I haven't.

  This One! 

[stoneage]

   Schleich Allosaurus!

[arominger]

wow those are great finds! That brings back alot of memories!

[stoneage]

Schleich Carnotaurus

[stoneage]

Schleich Albertosaurus

[stoneage]

Schleich Ouranosaurus

[brontodocus]

One of the Schleich ReplicaSaurus I'm still missing, even though it's retirement wasn't that long ago.

[stoneage]

One of the Schleich ReplicaSaurus I'm still missing, even though it's retirement wasn't that long ago.

I think it would be easy to get, since I doubt it is much in demand!

[brontodocus]

Easy, yes, but even here in Germany it's always the same with Schleich: At the moment a figure gets retired it gets considerably more pricey, even shop owners seem to be increasingly aware of collectors and that's true for pretty much all Schleich figures, not just the dinosaurs. I don't know how much in demand it really is, though (and I'm not actively searching for it), but I have the feeling there are quite a few people in Germany who will buy anything as long as it's retired and from Schleich. It's funny, even on flea markets sellers mostly ignore any other manufacturer, if they're selling figures they make sure they won't give away Schleich for cheap. I've bought the Carnegie baby Apatosaurus on a flea market and the seller just looked at the text stamped onto it's belly and said "I have to check if it's Schleich, these will cost more. Oh, no, it isn't" and gave me the figure for a few cents.

[stoneage]

Easy, yes, but even here in Germany it's always the same with Schleich: At the moment a figure gets retired it gets considerably more pricey, even shop owners seem to be increasingly aware of collectors and that's true for pretty much all Schleich figures, not just the dinosaurs. I don't know how much in demand it really is, though (and I'm not actively searching for it), but I have the feeling there are quite a few people in Germany who will buy anything as long as it's retired and from Schleich. It's funny, even on flea markets sellers mostly ignore any other manufacturer, if they're selling figures they make sure they won't give away Schleich for cheap. I've bought the Carnegie baby Apatosaurus on a flea market and the seller just looked at the text stamped onto it's belly and said "I have to check if it's Schleich, these will cost more. Oh, no, it isn't" and gave me the figure for a few cents.

    Here's one on E-Bay    I must say I am surprized.  What a valuable investment I've made.

[EmperorDinobot]

I didn't know Schleich made an Ouranosaurus! It's kind of cute in a vintage-y sort of way.

[stoneage]

Schleich Styracosaurus

[brontodocus]

    Here's one on E-Bay    I must say I am surprized.  What a valuable investment I've made.

Now that's even more than they normally would cost nowadays! But mostly they go for around €15 which is already about twice the original retail price.

[stoneage]

Schleich 2008 Allosaurus and 2006 Stegosaurus



Schleich Old Stegosaurus

[stoneage]

Schleich 2004 Edmononia