Horses!

Hello again, blog thing, I saw you last at 1 AM this morning. I told you my schedule was weird. Anyway, today I want to talk about horses; the plastic variety. It'll be short but sweet today, just a little discussion on the both short and sweet Cantering Welsh Pony model. Manufactured by Breyer of course, it debuted in 1971, in Bay and Chestnut; the go-to colors. In the past 45 years, though, the mold has seen many different colors, paint jobs, and has been a special run/limited run numerous times. One of my favorites on the mold is Sixes and Sevens; a 2012 Breyerfest Special Run, that's halve gloss, halve matte finish. Though I prefer the gloss finish to the matte, the elaborate bay Appaloosa paint job is both playful and eye catching.

Breyerfest 2012 Special Run Sixes and Sevens in Matte

           

I actually liked the red roan Plain Pixie, and the red dun Tally Ho, but never enough to hunt them down. I didn't used to care much for the mold at all, and the models that  I could love like Sixes and Sevens are popular with other people, too; making it hard to locate one at a decent price.  But a 2015 Regular Run model changed my mind about the mold, entirely;

Smokin' Doubledutch, 2015-Current Regular Run

In 2015 Smokin' Doubledutch was at the top of my 'buy list'. Funny, I never actually got one. The timing was wrong, or I didn't feel like it every time I saw her in a toy store. Which was only once or twice, actually. She's a nice model though, and I would still really like to have one. The mold looks good in the medicine hat paint job, and with those crystally blue eyes. She's cute. I'm stopping by the toy store today, so you never know what I'll come home with; a new 2016 model, or a retired 2014 model, or even a Doubledutch. You never know with me; whatever catches my eye is what I'll bring home.

My recent adoration for the mold has posed a conundrum in my small world. The conundrum is a conundrum, but not a big deal conundrum, y'know? It's more a want-not-need issue. The want would be the Vintage Club Models, My Girl(s), the need would be that I need to save my money and need to not worry so much about my model horse 'needs'. But after staring at the threesome for a little bit, it's hard not to want them.

           Vintage Club 2016 Gamblers Choice My Girl Models

My favorite is the Alabaster, although I wouldn't say no to the other two, obviously. The vintage Club would have been too big a stretch this year, so once again I'm stuck staring at pictures of other peoples' models. Not surprisingly, it's a practice I've gotten used to, after many years of drooling over super exclusive club models that I'll never own. Maybe someday I'll strike Exclusive-Club-Horse Gold. We shall see. In the mean time, I don't mean to sound all whiny, but I did give you a fare warning; I obsess over horse shaped plastic stuffs, like I told you in the mandatory introduction. This year though, I will have my Stablemate Club models to compensate for the lack of Vintage Club models on my door step, and the usual Collector Club stuff. A small horse shaped object did just arrive in the mail, too, from Ebay, so maybe I'll have photos of it tomorrow, and the promised New Stablemates Discussion. Until then, Aloha.