Susanne's new additions for 2012

THANKYOU all

And more thankyou to you, Kristie
It says Breyer moulding Co round a "C" in a circle + U.S.A. one the inside of the leg, so they are not the very oldest ones

Carolynn might know better, but that box surely dates them no older than very early 80's. Rusty might know more about this, too! :)

-Kristie

Kristie wrote:

Carolynn might know better, but that box surely dates them no older than very early 80's. Rusty might know more about this, too! :)

-Kristie

Early 80s is a good time, - app like my son

Congrats on a lovely family! I love the deer!
The Deer family were first released as a set in that box in 1974. Prior to that, the deer were sold individually. That particular box appeared in the collector's Manual only through 1980. After that, the box was not pictured in the Manual, so I'm not sure, but I think that box was used for the entire run. Or at least, that's the only box I know of for the deer, but i stopped actively collecting in late 80s, so I'm not sure. However, around 1995-1997 Breyer started changing the paint jobs on the animals and in the last few years at least the deer were painted differently.



Susanne, glue won't work to repair a Breyer, esp an old Breyer. The plastic is basically impervious to glues and glue won't stick. The piece will keep snapping off at the glue.
To repair your guy's antler you can:
(1) basically melt the two pieces back together, using either heat or a chemical solvent. That piece is so tiny heat might work. But chemical is the more certain route. Good old nail polish remover with acetone used to be the standby, but now that they don't use acetone any more, I'm not sure what would work. Maybe paint thinner? I can ask around if you want to see what current wisdom is.
Or, (2) use a molding apoxy of the type customizers use and mold the antler tip back on.

Mastiffcat wrote:

To repair your guy's antler you can:
(1) basically melt the two pieces back together, using either heat or a chemical solvent. That piece is so tiny heat might work. But chemical is the more certain route. Good old nail polish remover with acetone used to be the standby, but now that they don't use acetone any more, I'm not sure what would work. Maybe paint thinner? I can ask around if you want to see what current wisdom is.
Or, (2) use a molding apoxy of the type customizers use and mold the antler tip back on.

Thankyou VERY, VERY much, Carolynn
I can imagine my son getting so impatient that he would throw the poor deer though the room if the glue doesn`t work

Yes, please would you ask around ?
I think I would rather just leave the tip off than beging working with dangerous chemicals

SUSANNE wrote:

It says Breyer moulding Co round a "C" in a circle + U.S.A. one the inside of the leg, so they are not the very oldest ones

However, the "very oldest" are very old. I checked my deer family, which I got individually in 1972 and 1974, and they all have the circle and the "USA". I have two fawns, one of which i "inherited" from an older sister when she lost interest in Breyers. That fawn dates from no later than 1971, probably late 60s, and she does not have the "USA."
So yours could be one of the oldest boxed sets. Is there a copyright date on the box? If it's anything later than 1974, it would at least tell us that much. Hmmmm, it would be interesting to check a series of boxes to see if Breyer updated the copyright date.


By the way, poor Flossie had an ear broken off while she was my sister's, and that ear still has never been reattached successfully. I think she's lucky that 40 years later her ear is still around! I suppose someday i'll see about getting it on there again.

Aaaaar, please, please will you show us a picture of Flossie ?
I think she is awfully lucky to have you as a mom

As far as I can see there is not a copyright-sign on the box of mine
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Thankyou SO much for always being so helpful , Carolynn

I am not sure if paint-thinner would help, or maybe even damage the paintwork around the edge where you try to repair the model...

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

I am not sure if paint-thinner would help, or maybe even damage the paintwork around the edge where you try to repair the model...

Perhaps I will just leave it as it is. Kristie put the broke tip in a nice big zibber-plastic bag, so it won`t get lost.
then it is my special deer

Congratulations Susanne!

Thankyou, Ken

Susanne, surely the Safari figures are very cute but this Britains cattle is superb! Willy surprised me sometime ago with a Highland and I got completly crazy with the figure.
I will not collect all cattle, I will not collect all cattle, I will not collect all cattle!

Maybe you could try it with one-second glue or so...

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Maybe you could try it with one-second glue or so...

Yes, some sort of super-glue

If only I had an extra old, damaged Breyer to make tests on

SUSANNE wrote:

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Maybe you could try it with one-second glue or so...

Yes, some sort of super-glue

If only I had an extra old, damaged Breyer to make tests on

Superglue won't work. Airplane model glue won't work. It'll hold only until there's some pressure on it and it'll snap off again. I don't know of any glue that can bond with Breyer plastic.
Maybe there are new developments so I'll ask my model horse friends, but I know of only two successful ways to stick Breyer pieces back together: melt them together by heat or chemical, or use apoxy.
Because the antler is so thin, a candle flame might be able to do the trick. Breyer's website suggests a candle to remold Stablemates. Unless you go the whole restoration route, the damage will show, but it's that or leave it broken.

The near impossibility of repairing Breyers is why you never see an old Breyer with a successfully repaired leg or ear or tail. I've seen zillions of three-legged or earless or tail-less Breyers, but never one with a broken part reattached. Trying to repair Breyers may be where I learned how to swear.

Mastiffcat wrote:

........ Trying to repair Breyers may be where I learned how to swear.

Hmmm, are you sure you didn`t know how to do it earlier

SUSANNE wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

........ Trying to repair Breyers may be where I learned how to swear.

Hmmm, are you sure you didn`t know how to do it earlier

pretty sure. my real downfall was ice hockey and working in litigation.

Congratulations! They're so fantastic!

I'm a bit jealous because I love deer and goats<3

kristaru wrote:

Congratulations! They're so fantastic!

I'm a bit jealous because I love deer and goats<3

Thankyou, Krista

Fabulous models. I wish Breyer made more international wildlife but I absolutely love the Moose they made too!

Aoo you need now is their Moose, Pronghorn and Dall's Sheep or Mouflon?

well done on this fab find.

Oh, knowing Susanne she's already on it

Numaan wrote:

Fabulous models. I wish Breyer made more international wildlife but I absolutely love the Moose they made too!

Aoo you need now is their Moose, Pronghorn and Dall's Sheep or Mouflon?

well done on this fab find.

...and the bears, the elk, the....

No, no, - they are too big for my house ! I would have to move

But I just succeeded to snatch the last bighorn ram from MPV

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Still unpacked, what are you waiting?
How big is it?

He is 22 cm from foot to top of the horn

Yep, that's big