Carpet Herd

I just love the term 'Carpet Herd'. It's so cute and appropriate for those older play models you won't ever part with. Now if you still have your carpet herd, go into your 'Horse Room' and take a long look at them. Reconcile with your memories of them. Thank them. If it wasn't for them you wouldn't be in the hobby. We have a lot to thank them for. Good times, and child hood fun, but an introduction to the hobby, too. This magical hobby that means so much to us. I will now tell you about my carpet herd.

My first models were from a Classics gift set that TSC sold online for a holiday season. This one:

But my doll was different, and I named her Jesse. The models were donned Partner (Stallion) and Honey (mare). Honey is still LSQ, I'll add, mostly because she stayed in her pretty red barn, with some older Mohaired models of my mom's, and her old 'spice- running foal', too. Of course Mom gave me her old models; it was all about increasing the herd! The other horses I got that Christmas with the gift set were these:

 

The Morgan mare and foal aren't in notable condition. Nothing severe. They mostly stayed in the lil red barn, too. Mean while, those 2010 WEG horses were what I played with. They're in horrid condition. The Warmblood Stallion is the worst, with scratches, rubs, and shiny bits. I affectionately named him Black Pea- awful, I know, and he roamed the rug with reckless abandon. The Thoroughbred got dyed pink in some places a year ago which makes me sad. He was my favorite of the bunch, named Blue Ribbon Jeans. If anyone knows who to remove pink dye from models, LET ME KNOW. The Warmblood Mare, Roman, (who I call a gelding) is rubbed up like the Warmblood Stallion, yet they still remain special. Perhaps later I'll elaberate greater on all the mates of the carpet herd.  They're all super special, although one super duper special fellow does come to mind right away when I think special. He's not my first Classic, model, traditional, or anything like that. He's a (almost) stripped classics 'Rex- Fighting Stallion', who was my first model from ebay. He came all the way from San Francisco, I recall, and was a very special gift from Mom, when I was 7. Ebay is the normalty now for getting unique things and models in general for me, but back then Ebay was dangerous and cool. He came a long way. Mom had to work hard to get him for me. I never learned what she meant, but I'll always figure, happily, that there was an insane bidding war over him. And she won. I slightly remember the box he came in: a slightly beat up white box, and Mom unwrapped him and gave him to me. He will always have his marks, but he's so unique and special. His name? Charcoal. Because it was just fitting enough for an almost all white model when I was 7. 

Most of the Carpet Herd: BUT NOT ALL!!!