New horses for Bullyland 2016 : Icelandic horse and "Tinker"

In Bullyland's new catalogue 2016, the comic models clearly come first !
Out of 141 pages the first 79 are licence products, then comes 47 pages of "our" models and the rest is fantasy , addresses etc.  

But they have made two new horse models this year , - an Icelandig tölting horse and a "Gypsy Mare"  


First a picture of them together with the Fjord for LeeAnn.  
Well, of course it is for everyone ! I think they look so fine together ....ready for taking the riding school out on the beach  
As we see, it is a VERY large Icey, and the Tinker is rather small.


Let's take a look at the tinker mare first
She is awfully cute. I think she has some Shetland-blood in her lines  


Very fine fetlocks, mane and tail  


And the eternal braid  
But she has a nice face, I think  




The  Icey is a fine, little, old-fashioned mare
I wished she had a dorsal stripe, because then she would have the typical dark blue dun colour of Iceys in the line after famous homoygote dun stallion Ófeigur frá Flugamýri  
Ófeigur was a fantastic sire, and saved the dun gene among the best Icelandic horses. Only the shade of his offspring is much darker than we see in the Fjords.








One thing immediately struck me when I saw them : The tinker wears an Icelandic saddle...and the Icey wears a completely wrong, little saddle...I think that that saddle is suited for showjumping. It is certainly NOT suited for riding gaits, where you have to ride with "long legs" and your weight well back.


Now Bullyland has made three tölting Iceys  


Together with the lovely, old Icey from Schleich  


Little Tinker with her Schleich uncle  

The tinker and icey are cute but the fjord takes the cake. Of course, I may be a tad biased...

Congratulations Susanne, they are very cute, if not realistic

Hard to understand Bullyland strategy these days. Horses are rather toyish and they seem to want to make them closely the same size whatever the breed it is. I also doubt that being saddled could work as interesting to collectors. One thing is sure, they're very charming and we tend to get some "simpatia" toward them. They're also popular and recognizable breeds. Thanks for your great pictures Susanne!

Thanks for sharing! I agree, it looks like they have a bit of Shetland blood in their lines, and a bit of teddy bear as well, I think! They are very cute!

Need the Tinker of course.... even if I don't like the tack on a horse, but it would look nice with my Friesian and Fjord from last year...

Thanks, dear friends

Ignoring the scale comparison of the three, I just have to say, I love them The tinker is such a cute lady, the Icelandic pony looks so handsome and sturdy, while the fjord is.. A fjord, enough said (LeeAnn talked me into fjords ) Thanks for sharing these lovely horses, Susanne!

Tarunyada wrote:

LeeAnn talked me into fjords

Aha! Another victim!

Lovely horses

Love thoses two!!!!!

Congratulations Susanne :)