CollectA 2013 Andalusian Stallion Deluxe - Walkaround&Review

And yet another CollectA Deluxe Horse walkaround

This is the Andalusian Stallion - Dark Dapple Grey colour variant. There is also a bay version. As with the other CollectA horses, he is sculpted by Deborah McDermott.
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Silly looking legs from the front. Wonder if this is done for stability. But if the extreme pearshape was avoided I think this split leg thingy would not be necessary.
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He has some serious conformation problems. His back seems way too short, and his head is perhaps a bit too big. From his neck and up he is the powerful stallion, but the rest of the body just lacks volume and power.
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He does have a very handsome face, and the paintwork is fairly decent, in my opinion. There are no obvious airbrush lines and the dapples are subtle, although not the best dapples, but I've seen worse on Breyers.
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Cute and thoughtful expression.
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The plastic quality is solid and hard. Very nice!
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And the pearshape scandal continues.
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Compared to the small scale Friesian, who is a really great mold, and is in many ways much better than the large Andalusian.
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And he arrived boxed. Well protected. The model is also sold loose with a tag around the leg.
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Out of the Deluxe line the Andalusian Stallion Dapple Grey version is the one with the more interesting paintwork, compared to his counterpart - The Grey Lusitano Mare. But she is a better mold regarding anatomy. However he is overall a weak mold, in my opinion.
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And a scale info chart
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With the Andalusian Stallion in mind, I think CollectA and Deborah could do a lot better for their deluxe line. What do you think?

Thank you Carola for interesting walk around! I agree with everything you said about him.
I think also it would be nice to see him in custom painted version, probably colours would show a good side of this sculpture better than factory paint work does.

Lovely model, - he is so lovely I choose to not see the flaws  

LeeAnn is right - it could be great to see a fine handpainted version  


Arrrrh ! What a gorgeous flock  

Carola wrote:

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PS, - where do you find boxed version ? Do they have boxed deluxe dinos too perhaps ?

SUSANNE wrote:

Lovely model, - he is so lovely I choose to not see the flaws  

LeeAnn is right - it could be great to see a fine handpainted version  


Arrrrh ! What a gorgeous flock  

PS, - where do you find boxed version ? Do they have boxed deluxe dinos too perhaps ?

You mean Anna is right There are some repaints out there, but I think no matter how nice the paintwork it will never cover up the anatomy issues

And thank you I'm happy you like him. I ordered mine from MPV, but the Mustang that I also got from MPV recently was a loose version. It seems they have a bit of both. Maybe ask them and request if you want boxed versions

Such a handsome guy Thanks for sharing, Carola!

He's a great concept but just not executed well unfortunately. He's cute though! Congrats

I did not think his form was all that bad, but when I saw him upside down it was very obvious and you are right - he is pearshaped.

Congrats

Thank you for the comments once again

This guy does have potential, but it stays with that. and yes, a cute face

It is interesting to see a less exciting figure in this Deluxe line. I think Deborah puts the exact same effort in Deluxe and regular lines. I don't see anything bad in it as long as she give her best in both. I think it is also very decent that sculpts from both lines are completely different and not resized or slightly redesigned. The figure is interesting though nothing special. I believe there is always some readjustments made by someone on factories and it explains why legs are like that. Hard to believe the original Deborah's mold was like this. Thanks again for another fantastic presentation.

Carola wrote:

You mean Anna is right There are some repaints out there, but I think no matter how nice the paintwork it will never cover up the anatomy issues

Yes ever since saw the photo of his "back " which can't even be called a back, I've wanted to cut him half and longer it with clay and wire
Too bad he got so many problem areas he's a really nice model (if those aren't taken noticed

Thank you Roger and Jonas for your comments