PAPO Horses: One mould, two item no`s and three colours ;-)

Seing these 3 horses are all marked 2006, and seen together you would think they are the same horse, just different colours.
But they are not
The bay one is a "competition horse" ( Springpferd in German), came in 2008, and has item no 51077.
The darker ones are French Saddle horses, came in 2006 and 2007, and have item no 51063

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The French saddle horse,item no 51063 he was only made in 2006
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Lighter French saddle horse came in 2007. Also marked 2006 and also has item no 51063
He is still in the 2011 - catalogue .
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And here the "Competition horse", still marked 2006, but he has item no 51077 and came on the market in 2008.
He is also still in the 2001-catalogue
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It is SO much fun to collect Papo-horses

You´re becoming an expert about Papo horses, Susanne!

I like this mold, and I think it fits better a Sport Horse rather than a French Saddle. I think he could be a Dutch Warmblood, or an irish Sport Horse. Or even a KWPN, with those big legs and stilyzed neck :)

Thankyou, Silvia

Having hunted variations in Schleich for a long time, I think Papo horses are like a candy store ! There are SO many, and I wished I had them all

You are right, this one could be many breeds, - I was a lot into horse breeds when I was younger, but not any more. The sports horses have all become lighter the last 20 years, and much more like each other, I think

When I was a teen ager, I used to go and ride some Oldenburger-mares at a farm.
They were HUGE, like sitting on an elefant, with enormous heads and hooves like buckets .
They are still lovely, big horses, but I miss the old gentle giants

They look nice together, congratulations Susanne! It's amazing how Papo has so many variations!

Congratulations Susanne! It's very nice model and looks good in all 3 variations, and they all look so nice together

Thankyou Harriet and Ana

I really like the Brown horse with no markings.

The hunt is on

Rio wrote:

I really like the Brown horse with no markings.

The hunt is on

Happy hunting

I hope you find him !

Congratulaion Queen of the colours!!

Thankyou, Andreas, King of the Species

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou, Silvia

Having hunted variations in Schleich for a long time, I think Papo horses are like a candy store ! There are SO many, and I wished I had them all

You are right, this one could be many breeds, - I was a lot into horse breeds when I was younger, but not any more. The sports horses have all become lighter the last 20 years, and much more like each other, I think

When I was a teen ager, I used to go and ride some Oldenburger-mares at a farm.
They were HUGE, like sitting on an elefant, with enormous heads and hooves like buckets .
They are still lovely, big horses, but I miss the old gentle giants

Oh, they haven´t dissapeared! A friend of mine has a KWPN mare who is about 170-170 cm high; recently I saw a 175 cm high Holsteiner gelding; and a pair of years a go I used to ride a Hannover mare wich was more than 180 cm high ^^ Oh, and one of the people who has their horses where I have mine has a 172 cm crossed mare ^^

SUSANNE wrote:

Seing these 3 horses are all marked 2006, and seen together you would think they are the same horse, just different colours.

i like them all! I'd say especially the golden bay, but then i'd have to change my mind to the brown with the star, no without the star...!

and now you know what Breyer collectors go through: every model comes in many, many colors, all with different numbers*, so if you want to get all the Breyers, give up before you go crazy. And that's not counting the variations, like how many socks or does it have a star or a bald face, and what color are its hooves!

(*or the same number for completely different animals! Early on Breyer got confused and assigned the same numbers to horses and to bulls and wildlife!)

Congrats Susanne! I really like the solid bay!

-Kristie

Congrats Susanne! For 3 color variations. before that I always thought is the same horse.

When I saw the title for the first time I thought it was a Schleich topic. But I was wrong! ...and as you know, all brands have many variations, we are used with Schleich that people knows a lot because they sell more than all other brands together! For example, the new Bullyland Deluxe zebra calf is a variation from the one you have in your collection. The painting of the CollectA zebra as also changed, you have the variations of Safari otters and Mojo has also variations, the Harriet giraffes, are variations from the 2011 giraffes.
It should be nice to collect variations, mainly those less known because Schleich variations are of trivial knowledge while other brands there's no many people expertised in it.
So, you are probably the Queen of Papo variations and a future reference for Papo collectors!

Thankyou very much, friends

Yes, Carolynn, now I suddenly understand why collectors of Breyer have so many of the same model


Silvia, the old Oldenburgers were not very tall, perhaps 1,60, - but they were heavy !
The old mares were much sought for. Crossed with English thoroughbred they gave fabulous offspring.
I knew a man who had four of those mares, he could almost live from selling their foals

Thankyou Roger, you are always much too kind, dear friend