something else to do with your horses...

came across this one on facebook... it is to hang your coat on..... very funny in the stables...

These make me so sad

LeeAnn wrote:

These make me so sad

Sorry dont want you to feel bad......... if it makes you feel better , these had broken legs.... and one had the tail and leg broken off.....

No that's okay  It's just such a waste for me of a good Breyer to chop it in half and stick it on a piece of wood. What's the use? Even if it's broken it can still be customized. Besides, the person doing this probably has no idea what these Breyers might be worth - what if they chop up a chalky, or a model with a blue ribbon sticker? They could sell just that one horse for more than the set of three half-horses combined! I wonder what they do with the other half...

That's very interestning idea ! But the other way ... the worst clothes hanger that I ever seen was made from deer's feet ... brrr

I don't like it either, but thanks for showing anyway

Dark Pegasus wrote:

That's very interestning idea ! But the other way ... the worst clothes hanger that I ever seen was made from deer's feet ... brrr

Ultimate bad taste

I've seen these on Etsy, don't really care for them much.

I think they are interesting, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Unless the model was severely damaged. And I've seen other things like this on Pinterest, but I've seen the carnage of Safari ltd. and Schleich figures repainted gold or silver to be decorative wedding table pieces etc., and all I can think of is... I needed that in my collection.
On the other hand, I could do it with like a dollar store figure. I have seen larger cheap dinos turned into toothbrush holders etc.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

I think they are interesting, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Unless the model was severely damaged. And I've seen other things like this on Pinterest, but I've seen the carnage of Safari ltd. and Schleich figures repainted gold or silver to be decorative wedding table pieces etc., and all I can think of is... I needed that in my collection.
On the other hand, I could do it with like a dollar store figure.  I have seen larger cheap dinos turned into toothbrush holders etc.

Good point. Please, chop up the cheap replaceable models, not the ones that are still wanted.

I get LeeAnn's point - that's one of the most interesting Breyers I've ever seen and someone decided to slaughter all those three beauties But I like that idea a lot! It would be nice try something like that with Schleich

I don't know a lot about breyer, did not know these are specials, I thought the idea was funny, but when you love breyer this would be painfull..... sorry for that

Jetty wrote:

I don't know a lot about breyer, did not know these are specials, I thought the idea was funny, but when you love breyer this would be painfull..... sorry for that

I think it's great idea still! Those horses surely have a very special place wherever they are holding someones jackets

LeeAnn wrote:

These make me so sad

I've seen worse during Breyerfest in the room sales.  Heads removed from the bodies and decorated as Christmas ornaments or glued to magnets.  I have one of each - the ornament is a FAS head & neck; the magnet is the head of Le Fire.  

And then there's the model horse bodies turned into chalkboards.  The first ones I saw for sale were on Etsy.  I don't own one of those.

JonasV wrote:

Jetty wrote:

I don't know a lot about breyer, did not know these are specials, I thought the idea was funny, but when you love breyer this would be painfull..... sorry for that

I think it's great idea still! Those horses surely have a very special place wherever they are holding someones jackets

As long as the jackets aren't too heavy nor the room too warm where the coat hanger is located.

What a mean thing to do to those beautiful horses!

Jennypurr wrote:

JonasV wrote:

Jetty wrote:

I don't know a lot about breyer, did not know these are specials, I thought the idea was funny, but when you love breyer this would be painfull..... sorry for that

I think it's great idea still! Those horses surely have a very special place wherever they are holding someones jackets

As long as the jackets aren't too heavy nor the room too warm where the coat hanger is located.

Yep Maybe it'd be good for leashes

My niece wondered how those Pacers were attached to the board.  The bodies are hollow so, unless whoever made the coat hanger filled the bodies with something solid, those horses wouldn't be able to hold up anything heavier than a leash.

Ouch

On Dutch sites, I come across lots of people who glue animal figurines on jars and paint them. I always feel so bad when I recognise Schleich models..

Oh indeed, I recognize them. I have the same feeling, when I recognize a figure

This is why people should just do these things to the cheaper Made in China figures, instead of ruining perfectly good toys for kids or great figures for collectors.

NightLioness wrote:

Oh indeed, I recognize them. I have the same feeling, when I recognize a figure

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

This is why people should just do these things to the cheaper Made in China figures, instead of ruining perfectly good toys for kids or great figures for collectors.

Indeed, if I see this, I want to lay down on the ground and start crying..

Tarunyada wrote:

NightLioness wrote:

Oh indeed, I recognize them. I have the same feeling, when I recognize a figure

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

This is why people should just do these things to the cheaper Made in China figures, instead of ruining perfectly good toys for kids or great figures for collectors.

Indeed, if I see this, I want to lay down on the ground and start crying..

I felt the same a few years ago, when there was a guy at the local toy fairs who had bought, rescued from a shed, a huge lot of buildings and old lead figures, farm, zoo & circus, from a permanent display at a long closed down museum of circuses, fairgrounds, zoos, etc.
Unfortunately, whoever had originally made this display had repainted most of them,  so they were ruined for collectors such as myself.
However I did find a few figures which had escaped the attentions of his (the original display maker - not the dealer who was selling them), including a very nice Britains circus clown, and one of the original maker's better creations, a nice zoo pool enclosure, suitable for seals, penguins, flamingos, pelicans, or similar.

I don't know if it's the colors but I LOVE those jars! So nice idea!  Maybe if those animals were some oldies that'd be different I guess.. That's art! Thanks for sharing

JonasV wrote:

I don't know if it's the colors but I LOVE those jars! So nice idea!  Maybe if those animals were some oldies that'd be different I guess.. That's art! Thanks for sharing

Yep, that's the difference.
It doesn't matter if people want to paint, cut, or do whatever they want to current items, or even non current if they're common and not really collectable, such as HK copies.
But rare oldies - no.

DaveScriv wrote:

JonasV wrote:

I don't know if it's the colors but I LOVE those jars! So nice idea!  Maybe if those animals were some oldies that'd be different I guess.. That's art! Thanks for sharing

Yep, that's the difference.
It doesn't matter if people want to paint, cut, or do whatever they want to current items, or even non current if they're common and not really collectable, such as HK copies.
But rare oldies - no.

Exactly! I do that pretty often myslef too when customizing horses you know

No, not the old treasures