Trotting pony mare in blackPhoto taken at outdoor venue 2006. Part of the "Flicka collection" (marketing in support of movie).
Most of these molds were originally released as the "Dapples" series and sculpted by Kathleen Moody. They have been "renamed" as the Breyer Ponies. They are approximately "Classic" in scale, but a more "Barbie horse-esque" appearance (e.g., not as realistic as those of the tradional/classic -- in the non-scale sense -- Breyer molds).
Kathleen Moody provides some history on Dapples: There is ALOT about Dapples that is no longer used. They changed the name when the Dapples line didn't compete well with other commercial toys that were cheaper. We even went so far as to produce a TV commercial to sell just the Dapples horses-! A year or two later after dismull sales, the whole program got scrapped and renamed "Breyer Ponies" so the molds could be used for other things.
The original Dapples horses were the "head up stallion"- whose name was "Amazement" and originally black and white pinto. He had a used car salesman smile that the owner of Breyer loved (the owner died- but the smiling stallion remained- even though they try to paint out his smile now adays-!). The "head down mare" is "MOM" and was originally the chestnut with flaxen mane and tail. Her foal was "Sunny" - the "head up foal" a pinto like her dad, "Amazement" only in chestnut . "Dancer" is the "Prancing mare" in pearlized white with her filly "Celestria" (head down foal) in matching color. All the other colors came after the Dapples line was canceled. The "Popcorn Pony" (Standing stallion) is a mold that was added a few years later. We needed another stallion to balance out the two mares and two foals. He never really had an original name as he was never part of the original story. Oh, and the story was reduced from a 32 page book down to a 12 page booklet included with the horses- much to my chargrin! The story never came out again.
Trotting pony mare in black
Photo taken at outdoor venue 2006. Part of the "Flicka collection" (marketing in support of movie).
Trotting pony mare in black blanket appaloosa (#7038)
Released in 2005. Image submitted by Sloane Eljay.
Trotting pony mare in bay blanket appaloosa
Image submitted by Alicia.
Trotting pony mare in chestnut pinto
Image submitted by Alicia.
Trotting pony mare in brown bay
Known as Mahogany. Image submitted by Alicia.
Trotting pony mare in chestnut pinto
Known as Shasta. Image submitted by Sloane Eljay.
Trotting pony mare in pearl white and standing foal in peal white
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head down pony in strawberry roan blanket appaloosa (#70167)
Shown as "Berry." Released in 2005. Image submitted by Sloane Eljay.
Prancing head down pony in black pinto
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head down pony in blue roan
Known as "Blueberry."Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head down pony in chestnut with head up standing foal in chestnut pinto
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head up pony in chestnut pinto (#7023)
Shown as "Double Dutch." Released in 2002. Image submitted by Sloane Eljay.
Prancing head up pony in brown
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head up pony in buckskin blanket appaloosa
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head up pony in buckskin pinto
Known as "Dandy." Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head up pony in dapple grey
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head up pony in cremello
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head up pony in brown pinto
Image submitted by Alicia.
Prancing head up pony in strawberry roan
Image submitted by Alicia.
Standing pony in Dark Palomino Sabino
Shown as "Popcorn." Released in 2002. Image submitted by Sloane Eljay.
Standing pony in red dun
Known as "Dusty." Image submitted by Alicia.
Standing pony in (purple) black
Known as "Raven." Image submitted by Alicia.
Standing pony in dapple silver (bay) dapple
Image submitted by Alicia.
Standing pony in bay pinto
Image submitted by Alicia.
Standing foal in chestnut (#7039)
Released in 2005. Image submitted by Sloane Eljay.
Standing foal in bay
Image submitted by Alicia.
Standing foal in chestnut roan semi-leopard appaloosa
Image submitted by Alicia.
Standing headup pony in brown pinto (#7019)
Released in 2000. Image submitted by Sloane Eljay.
Jointed Palomino horse
Images take at BreyerWest 2007.
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