Since we're still limited on the new release news, I've decided to write a post about my own collection. I get messages on YouTube all the time from fans wanting to see my personal collection. Although I do have them catalogued on a separate Collection website, I honestly don't have a huge collection. I don't even think it'd be enough to make a video of. Although I've been collecting since the early 2000s, I'm VERY picky about who I keep. More times than not, I end up selling what I buy with the intention of keeping it because it doesn't quite fit my strict criteria. While I'm not necessarily breed specific, there are certain breeds that I tend to congregate more towards, most of them are breeds that I've worked with in real life. For example, I'm rather limited in my experience with gaited breeds in real life having only ridden a Missouri Fox Trotter once, and that is reflected in my collection. The only gaited breed I have more than one of is Bluegrass Bandit. Warmbloods and Andalusians are others that I haven't had experience with in real life, however the Andalusian Stallion reminds me more of a Mustang than an Andalusian because of the long, flowing mane. He is probably my largest conga to date for that reason. As a child in 4-H I rode a BLM mustang so I'm very fond of the breed since it was the first horse I rode, even though technically my little guy was only 13.1 HH. As a teenager, I volunteered at a farm animal sanctuary with the horses there. We have a large Amish population here in Ohio and because they rescued a lot of horses from the Amish horse auction, mostly draft breeds and Standardbreds. The number of draft horses in my collection represents my fondness of the gentle giants. There was a silver bay Belgian drafter at the sanctuary that I used to ride around bareback, and was probably the horse I rode there the most. Although I'm not fond of Breyer's pacer mold due to it being tippy, I long for the day when Breyer remakes the Standardbred. I think Troubadour came pretty close, even though he was supposed to be a Morgan. The breeds, however, are very similar in appearance since Standardbreds were actually developed from Morgans. Still... a mold that had perfect Standardbred confirmation (I always thought the Pacer was a bit too pudgy) would be my ultimate wish! Thoroughbreds are another breed you'll see in my collection a lot since I currently own a couple ex-racehorses in real life. I actually started collecting Breyers by focusing solely on racehorses, and at one point I had every single one ever made, even the glossy version of Man o'War and Affirmed. Eventually I got tired of the various shades of bay, black and chestnut so I sold them off and focused on colorful horses instead. I still favor the Thoroughbred molds though, and try to collect as many colorful models as I can find on those particular molds. I'm more picky when it comes to color in my collection. Anything with the silver gene (bay, black, chestnut), roans (bay, red, blue), flaxen chestnut, leopard appaloosas, medicine hat markings, sooty palomino, sooty buckskin, buttermilk buckskin, dun/dunalino, grullo, pearl/cremello, star dapple greys, rose greys, dark dappled greys and rabicanos. My favorite decorators (non-horse colors) are anything filigree, rainbow and blue. While I mostly collect traditionals, I do have a few Classics. I have a horse that my grandpa inherited to me when he passed away that isn't anything special as far as collectability but that I held onto for his sentimental value. I also have Mancho and Gato from Tschiffely's ride, as this guy was always an idol to me ever since I read the book years ago. How cool would it be to ride a horse that far? I was so excited when Breyer portrayed this pair for Breyerfest! The gambler's choice models available through the Collector Club are probably my most valuable Classics sized models. The only molds I conga for Classics are my two favorite breeds: the American Dream mold (mustang) and Bella mold (Thoroughbred). I'm least picky with stablemates since they're the most affordable of Breyer models. I had close to 100 at one time, though I sold off a lot and probably have about half that now.
So this sums up my collection in a nutshell. Although I don't keep the majority of the horses I buy, I do enjoy seeing the different paint jobs. I can't tell you how many times I've bought a horse from Breyer thinking it would have a plain paint job, only to find out that it looked a lot better in real life.
Alicia B.
5/25/2021 08:11:21 pm
I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds the pacer mold tippy. I have a few on that mold as I really like them and for the longest time I thought I was the only one who had a problem with it being tippy and most everyone else complained about the weather girl mold being tippy, though I haven’t had any issue with it. Comments are closed.
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