Everything Dinosaur can confirm the following Papo model retirements for 2023. Today, we announce that two figures are being withdrawn from the Papo “Les Dinosaures” range, models that are retired and now out of production.
- Papo Roaring Smilodon
- Papo Young Spinosaurus
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The Papo Roaring Smilodon
This figure, with its mane like a male lion and posterior stripes like a tiger, was introduced into the Papo range of prehistoric animal figures back in 2017. Although, it is unlikely that any species within the Smilodon genus resembled this replica, it did prove popular especially amongst those Papo fans who also collected the company’s fantasy figure range.
With the introduction in 2022 of a young Smilodon model, for a short period, Papo had three Smilodon models in the “Les Dinosaures” series.
The Papo Young Spinosaurus
The Papo young Spinosaurus first made an appearance as part of a Papo, special edition box set that also featured the Ceratosaurus dinosaur model. It was later introduced into the range as a stand-alone figure.
Papo Model Retirements
Everything Dinosaur team members produced a blog article about the new for 2023 Papo prehistoric animals back in November, six new figures will be introduced, essentially four new models (Concavenator, Einiosaurus, Kronosaurus and Mosasaurus) and two reintroductions of replicas that had been retired (Archaeopteryx and Woolly Rhino).
To read this post: New Papo Prehistoric Animal Models for 2023.
A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented that a blog post due to go live in a few days would reveal another Papo prehistoric animal model that was going out of production.
To view the range of Papo dinosaur models and prehistoric animal figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Papo Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals.
Will you all have extra stock of the Papo Young Spinosaurus too, like with the Papo Styracosaurus?
Thank you for your comment. We did have extra stock of the Papo Young Spinosaurus, we suspected that it might be withdrawn from production soon, but we had not had official confirmation. We brought in as much as we could and now this has all been sold. Sorry, if you have missed out. We are bringing in the newly resurrected Woolly Rhino and the Papo Archaeopteryx models very shortly to give those collectors who missed out first time around every opportunity to add these two figures to their collections.