70th Anniversary Indian Pony

One of my favorite molds. I could not resist!

 70th Anniversary Indian Pony, 1825, 2020, $42, The Model Trading Post.

70th Anniversary Saddlebred

Breyer is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year and they are putting out some lovely models for it. I generally collect only vintage molds, but I could not resist Hamilton in palomino!

 70th Anniversary Saddlebred, 1825, 2020, $42, The Model Trading Post.

Vintage Chestnut Cantering Welsh Pony

I found this lovely vintage CWP on eBay.

 Cantering Welsh Pony, #105, 1971-1976, has USA stamp, $8, eBay, Dawn Lovett, Worton, MD

Web Special Carter

Breyer's first web special of 2020 was this beautiful boy.

 Carter, 2020 web special, #712341, $75, Breyer.

HR Lone Star

Teresa Rogers sold me this Lone Star.

 HR SR Lone Star, A-3296, 2002 SR for Lone Star Live, $65, Teresa Rogers, Woodland Hoills, CA.

A New Circus Pony

I have such a soft spot for the Hagen Renaker Circus Ponies and have acquired quite a conga of them in my minis cabinet. 

But there's always room for one more! 

Linda Shawhan listed this HR Head Down Circus Pony (#A-267, 1956-1957) on Facebook's Clinky Classifieds for $35 plus shipping.  It had no breaks or chips and Linda (a friend) was asking a very fair price for it.

His paint job is pretty average - notice that the hooves are not completely painted gold as they should be. That's common in this piece as well as with the Head Up version. 

You can see the hoof difference in this photo of the new Circus Pony when compared with my first piece in the same color. That first piece also has the scalloped harness and bridle, and if you look closely, a red dot on the bridle where the noseband meets the headstall. Neither of the other two have that detail.

My second piece (in the middle) does not have the scalloped harness, but his hooves have a better paint job than the new one.

My new piece's upper eyelid line extends on both sides of his eye, unlike the other two. I really like his eye.

He is now in the minis cabinet with the rest of my Circus Ponies and a very welcome addition to my conga. 

Christmas Candy Zebras

I am so glad I set a reminder alarm on my phone Christmas morning to check Breyer's web site and see what their Christmas special was.

Christmas Candy Zebras were this year's offering! I got the gold one initially and liked it so much that I tracked the others down on eBay.

 #712304, 500 made of each color, 12/2019, from the Breyer factory. I paid $135 for the gold, $152 for the red, $127 for the blue, and $151 for the green. The green is named "Pam Green" in honor of my dear friend.

 I think they are absolutely delightful

 even though I am not a fan of the mold.

 But put those luscious colors on them and I was hooked!

I may have an oddity. On the green, red, and blue Zebras, you can feel the stripes. The gold one is absolutely smooth.

They will make a nice display on the shelf and I will most likely pull them out at holidays, too.