CollectA Appaloosa models from 2010 and to date (Feb 22)

In 2010 CollectA launched two appaloosa horse. The same mould, but two variations , black and chestnut.

First : What does the name Appaloosa mean?
It originates from the phrase "a Palouse horse", referring to the Palouse River near which they were first encountered by non-Native Americans.
So appaloosas are an American breed and not a colour!
But we tend to use it to describe a colour, the exception being the Danish Knabstruppers, of course
Otherwise we must just call them "spotted, like this much loved, old CollectA charmer from 2007,
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which is a Dun, Spotted Mustang, and not a Dun, Appaloosa Mustang, as it says in the catalogue    

And now the the models of this topic :

Last year, in 2021, Colelcta re-used the 2010 mould to make this magnificent REAL dun appaloosa  
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Admireing this lovely model, I realized that I really, really needed the two old variations too  
Unfortunately I had been rather late to get the dun appy, and as the two old ones are being retired this year I could not find them  

But , hurraay for Ebay, - here, mid February '22, I had these two in my mailbox
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Now I had a nice, little heard of three
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But...but...theolder ones do not look like the pictures in the catalogue

So, hurraaay for TAW, here the "real" one was, I hope it is ok, I borrow your picture, Martin H. ?
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....and one between, - I hope it is ok that I also borrow your picture, George ?
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At last, a picture of my new model, - and now I understood why I never bought it before  
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What have they done to the face ? Tried to make the famous "motteled " skin ?
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The chestnut one fortunately only have mottled-like skin round the eyes  
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Now something rang a bell in my old brain, and I got hold of the box with "passive" CollectA horses
and found that in my panic, I had forgotten that I HAD a chestnutone already  

How very fortunate because there is quite a difference between the two :
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Look at the blanket :
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the tails
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the manes  
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My flock already contains FOUR  
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Now I just hope that CollectA /Breyer does not make a Safari, and slows down too much, because the two new ones look absolutely gorgeous, don't they ?  
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Should anybody need a new home for one of the first black appies, I am ready for him

Thanks for watching, friends.

Wow, there really is a remarkable difference between them! Both colours are strikingly different in their newest incarnations.

The two older black appaloosas are fairly similar, apart from the handling of the paint round the blanket pattern, my one's more like brushstrokes and Martin H's more like spots. But the new one's paint is much thicker and whiter through the stencilling, and the spots look like brush-painted marks rather than airbrushed ones.

Your older chestnut has a much better designed paintjob, the mottling on the face is nicely done compared to the new one's artistic eye-makeup, and the way the blanket is speckled in round the edges is lovely. He also has really, really great feet!

I think the 2022 is the most realistic yet, though we haven't seen any of the models arrive in-hand yet, so there's still chance they'll not quite match the promo pic.

Artistic eye-makeup That is what it is

You are right ! How could I forget to mention the hooves, which should be clearly striped.
They vary a lot in that respect also .

George, I am happy you find this interesting too . I am not sure there are many who  - like me - jump round on the floor if they discover a variation where none was inteded

I have multiple pairs of matching models on my shelves cos I bought a duplicate to repaint then found it was ever so slightly different paint design/application and had to be kept

George wrote:

I have multiple pairs of matching models on my shelves cos I bought a duplicate to repaint then found it was ever so slightly different paint design/application and had to be kept

WONDERful

A wonderful topic dedicated to celebrating beautiful appys! I love every single model, they're all lovely in their own way! And it was interesting to read about the origin of the name too!