Hi room 13,
It was the most amazing day of the journey for me, because we were going to visit the factory of the toy animals that I collect since I was four: Schleich. The manager of the factory showed us around and chatted away while we tried to stop our brains from exploding with all the new info. At the end of the day we had learned the following about the Schleich toy animals.
First a wax model is made from an older wax model by changing the features and expressions or by starting from scratch. Then it is send away to be checked by experts like zoologists and breeders. (Because they once made an elephant with too many toes ;-)) If the experts say “No, the head is too big” or “The legs are too long” it gets changed.
Once it is finished to perfection a steel mold is made in different steps. This is used to make a first plastic model to be painted and send to an expert again. If it is okayed many more models are made and send to Tunisia to be hand painted.
You can buy them all over the world, also in Dunedin in “Toyworld” and “K-Mart.”
Yours truly,
Hanna.
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