Breyers anyone?

[Sanda]

Ever since finishing my MBH collection I've moved on to these bad boys. Kinda makes me regret having all these MBH doubles now, I wish I had just one of each but now that I have them I can't seem to re-sell them (go figure! hobbies for ya).

I've always had a Breyer/Stone collection but it has easily tripled lately. I was wondering if anyone else here collects? I know Whisper used to, but she no longer visits sadly.

Does anyone have a favorite mold? Silver is mine, I conga him. I'm just about conga-ed out, I can't afford the rest haha. I also like Ethereal and the Gypsy Vanner too.

[kits]

I collect Breyers, not in a big way but I have a fair few Stablemates and a couple of Traditionals and Classics my mum got me O'Leary's Irish Diamond for Christmas last year, I think I'm going to ask for Secretariat this time. She doesn't get it at all though, she understands when I buy damaged models to customise but not original finish ones.

[helenesbay]

Could you please post some Breyer-pics? Breyers are not common in Denmark so i have only seen some online, seems like there is thousands of them? :/ I wouldn't know where to start?

[kits]

I only have custom bodies at uni with me but here's my Christmas model from last year



I need to put his hind leg in hot water and make it straight - Breyer models seem to get warped pretty easily but they're meant to be easy to remodel because of it? Not that I've had the time! This scale ("Traditional") is 1/9 so they're sort of massive.

Aaand "Stablemates" I found in my old photobucket account, these guys are tiny (smaller than MBH):



I have some Classics (a size between those two) here at uni so could get some more photos if you wanted but the others are all at my mum's house. Hope that helped

[helenesbay]

Wauv, they are extremly well painted! Love the details on the hoofs!

They are really amazing, do Breyer have some "basic" molds just like MBH or are all of them totally different? Tell me more

[Sanda]

Ooh I like O'Leary! I was contemplating getting him, Tregoyd or Tunbridge since I like that mold. I settled on Tregoyd because I noticed some O'Learys had funky dappling, yours is lovely though I was sooo tempted by Tunbridge because I liked his coloring but his price made me shy away since for his price I could get 2 regular runs or several classics.

I'd love to see more of yours when you have time Kits!! Secretariat is a pretty boy, I hope you get him this year I'm really lucky, my mom is actually the one who got me into them; she had her childhood collection (a small handful) and as a kid I'd get the odd one here or there. These days I fund my own via commissions and selling off old clothes/things I don't need. My mom is so impressed with the quality of the new Breyers. She was used to the pre-2000 era ones (sloppy factory work, overspray, paint goobers everywhere, molding issues). She's in love with my Mamin and adores the Nokota mold (then again who doesn't!)
I like your Stablemates too Kits, especially that draft mold. I only have a handful of Stablemates.

I too had to use that hot water method to fix a leg, worked beautifully for me. What collectors recommended to me was to put the horse's foot in a plastic sandwich baggie before inserting it into a mug of hot water. Glossy finishes (and some regular paint run colors) can apparently get messed up from it otherwise. Speaking of warped Cleveland Bay molds, check out my warped Tregoyd!!! He was NIB, so this happened somehow in the past, probably via shipping. He was warped in the auction, I liked the weird tail and got him for an awesome price.


Most of my collection is at my mom's, I do have my most impressive Silvers here though. I know it looks pretty big but a lot of the hard core collectors have hundreds...I promised myself I won't be like that! As it is I need to figure out how to display them once I'm living in a more permanent place after I graduate.
Here are some pics, sorry for the horrid quality/ugly backgrounds. I'm moving out from my college place soon so my collection set up is reallllly temporary lol! I think some aren't pictured too, my Brishen (Premiere Club model from last year) isn't pictured anywhere and Strawberry Fields, the Bay Pinto Treasure Hunt Silver & the Sorrel Appaloosa Treasure Hunt Silver are also not photographed. Can you guess which one is the "Silver" mold I conga haha ?




My first custom tack, modeled on the Chestnut Treasure Hunt (short tail) Lady Phase. The tack still needs embellishments like conchos, haven't gotten around to making them yet.



These guys are now all at home again, I miss them!


Another Premiere Club model, Ashquar. Fire is on the right, another favorite of mine.


Baxter, not special but I just happened to not have him photographed with any others.


Breyer "I'm Yours", 2012 web special. I'm trying to sell her actually (love her color but not the tacky smooch pattern) but so far she's my most limited run (222) so I may want to keep her. Zeus is my other limited boy, I think his is either 240 or 220.


Here's Zeus and my Charcoal Treasure Hunt Silver (I'm in love with him pretty much. Limited to 500 but he is worth more than ones limited to half that number, it's a popular mold I guess). In the back are some other favorites, I love the drafters, I am SO sad they axed the draft B mold because of molding issues! Sorry my display is so yucky looking at the moment, bleh.


More Silvers, the Filigree Treasure Hunt Silver is in the back there


Close up of the micro minnies! I had those since I was a kid, my mom bought them for me as a present one year. I was just reading about them earlier, mine are from before Breyer bought the rights to make them from the Creata company. Younger collectors seem to really like these little guys these days. Personally I think the Creata paint jobs were nicer than the ones Breyer made.



More Silvers...


And finally the Classic bundle I nabbed for a measly $25 from a really nice seller. Actually most of mine were a good deal, I only got a little gypped on one or two and it wasn't by that much.





I'm excited, my custom Silver is arriving today, and I recently bought a Kanaretah & Stunt Double which got mailed today. Can't wait for them to arrive. I'm basically at collecting capacity both due to funds/space but man it is addictive. I think the only others I'm looking for now are Toreo, the Charcoal Running Stallion, a pair of Classics and a Bay (w/eyewhites) Fighting Stallion for my mom.

[Sanda]

Oh and yes they have TONS of molds! MBH has a fair number in my opinion, but Breyer blows them out of the water. Peter Stone horses (got a few of those in that photo where I have a ton of them pictured, they're in the upper left 2 shelves) have only a few different molds. Peter Stones are made of the same material, but tend to cost more because they have more hand detailing that goes into them. You can even buy TOTALLY custom Peter Stone horses (order them on their website). They take a few months to make them and they're really expensive but they're one of a kind and painted based on your specifications, which is neat.

Here's a great website to browse if you're interested in learning about the molds.
www.identifyyourbreyer.com/

[kits]

Sanda your collection is displayed so prettily! It looks brilliant

Breyer do have tons of moulds, multiplied across all the different scales they do there's masses of variety. I think they vary a bit in quality though, maybe some of the older sculpts are a bit rougher? The website Sanda suggested is really good or just browse their website, or Utterly Horses stock a lot of Breyers here in the UK and take their own photos for the site sometimes too, there's a massive selection

[Sanda]

Thank you so much Kits!

Yeah I agree with Kits, a lot of the old molds are rougher. A lot look downright sloppy in comparison to the newer molds. Gosh some of the old classics are HORRID (the discontinued ones I mean, the molds were awkward looking as could be). But, at the same time, the Fighting Stallion is an example of a mold that when painted nicely can look really dashing. Mamin is beautiful looking and he's that old Hess sculpture!