The different colored angels are fakes...I have one as well and the material is clearly a fake. The good thing is that it was never sold as anything else.
Also looks like the collector got a set from SmurfySteve in the back.
About the second row....it's hard to tell from the picture...they look really good but off hand I would have to say probably fake (expecially when you look at TinTin's picture). I do believe, however, there are raws available of the prototypes. I think I heard that from somebody and it would make sense that not all were painted after Schleich decided to discontinue the production of them.
Here is another question...by now I know of quite a few collectors who own these prototypes and all swear theirs are genuine...all of them are collectors I trust to know what they are talking about, but when you count them, you come up with at least 10 or more collectors owning them (not all of them owe a full set though). For me a prototype is something that was made in a VERY limited number like 5 or less....so did Schleich actually produce more of these than we first thought? Obviously they are still the rarest molds of genuine Schleich molds...but how rare are they?
Out of curiousity, Pierre, I know there are a few German collectors with collections to die for...is this collector from Germany?
Maureen
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