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Breyer Model Horses: The Most Collectable Model Horses Ever
Breyer horses are the most collected model horses in the world. While there have arisen a few worthy competitors in the last 50 years or so, Breyer definitely maintains the edge up over all rivals.
One reason that Breyer is so highly regarded and greatly collected has to do with the sheer variety the company produces. Traditionals, Classics, Special Runs, Paddocks Pals, Wind Dancers, and even the micro-model Minnie Winnies comprise their model lines, and they also create some accessory kits to go along with some of these. While these different model lines have their focused collectors who want to own the entire lines, another excellent method of collecting Breyer horses is to go by color and breed.
The breeds and colors/shades that are available for Breyer horses also comprise a vast array of different models that can go together to make a complete collection. This type of collecting is aesthetically pleasing; the similar coloration of each horse makes the different breeds and Breyer lines look great together, a cohesive whole where each horse "belongs". Or, if you collect strictly by breed, you can collect different colors and sizes and once again have a complete-looking menagerie. To make your collection really "tight", you can also put together a set of the same breed of horse all in similar colors, which still would have you putting together your Breyer collection from different model lines.
Still other collectors like to choose a representative sample of every color of every model. This is yet another way to make collecting the model horses fun and interesting while putting together a coherent-looking collection to put on display.
A little more "serious" advantage to approaching Breyer collecting in this way is that you can use it to teach children about different breeds of horses (and, perhaps teach yourself more, too). Breyer represents breeds and coloration as realistically as possible (except for a few deliberately stylized "fantasy horses").
For instance, in the Traditional line alone, you can find models of a: gray Tennessee Walking Horse; gray Welsh Pony; rose-gray Warmblood; black Shire; buckskin-colored Appaloosa, as well as one colored dark bay; chestnut Thoroughbred; bay Arabian and chestnut Arabian; blue roan Pinto; palomino Draft horse; red roan Quarter Horse and golden chestnut Quarter Horse; red bay Mixed Breed horse; and on and on.
Then, among the Special Runs limited line, you'll find: the gray "Snowman" (a stylized but real-looking horse of no particular breed); the bay Dutch Warmblood named "Authentic"; black and brown wild Mustangs; and the bay Thoroughbred "Winsome Adante".
The Classics line will provide you with: a dapple gray Thoroughbred; a gray Shire; a buckskin-colored cross-breed Thoroughbred; a dapple gray Arabian; a grullo Sport Horse; a black-and-white Warmblood; and more.
So, indeed, collecting Breyer horse models can be taken way beyond just having a few well-liked, unmatched horses here and there. It can be far beyond looking like a "toy" collection. You can make it more of a mental adventure, more creative, and more of a learning tool depending on how you approach it.
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