While January (for me) was in sign of new Breyers, February was in sign of new special Schleich.
Yvette was so kind that she ordered for me some Exclusives from the new online store, and she bought for me also the Horse club magazine:
I was so excited when they came, not only about them, but also about gifts that Yvette added
Let me share some seperate photos + comparisons:
First is 82937 Spanish bull, previously available only in Spain, on 13613 Rodeo bull mold
He is the second bull in my collection. The charcoal black is charming. I guess he's supposed to be Spanish fighting bull (Toro bravo), but as he's on rodeo bull mold, he is quite heavy. Maybe he could be Black Andalusian cattle, but the pose fits better to Toro bravo.
I like the mold, but don't have the regular rodeo one in my collection, cause I wasn't fan of the "vanilla bourbon" colour. I like the black one more.
I was very excited about Hereford cow (13764) and calf (13765)...
...because my Hereford family is complete now, and my first bull is a sire
Maybe their conformation isn't perfect for this breed, but I really love the specific coat pattern of Herefords, which is easily recognizeable with red body and typical white areas (head, tail tip, legs, belly and characteristic ridge on back of neck). Interesting thing is that parents have their white areas masked, while the calf has masked only head and ridge. His legs, belly and tail tip are painted in white over the red coat colour.
(I'm afraid it's not visible on the photo).
He is exactly the same mold as 13642 Fleckvieh/Simmental calf. I must say I like the simmental's calf paintwork more, it's done more properly.
But the cow (I wanted her since she was released in the United States) is slightly resculpted from the 13641 Fleckvieh/Simmental cow:
Not only their heads are different...
...but also their udders:
The Hereford one has smaller udder, what I really appreciate, as it's a meat breed (despite the Simmental which is both meat and milk breed)
Last adult cow in the package was the 82948 Allgäuer cow produced for Müller drugstore:
Mine has two same Schleich tags (one upside down), instead one regular and one 'Exclusive'.
I love this figurine, the mold (13134) is from 1999 and is from the golden era of Schleich, and my very first Schleich cow was the 13256 Braunvieh/Brown Swiss. They both belong to a same group of brown mountain cattle. And I've made a collar with a bell for her years ago.
They're both very special to me.
And there were more cattle additions in February:
13111 black and white calf, colour variant from 1995. This funny boy is now the oldest cattle figurine I have.
He inspired me to finally get this lovely little heifer, who was on my wishlist for years:
Cause I have the mother for her.
She is the only heifer among all the little bulls:
So I got many nice newcomers to my cattle herd thanks to Yvette, but also to the sheep family - 13284 lying and 13285 standing lambs.
The standing one was my second Schleich model, and now I have a variant - my first (right) is Made in China, the new from Yvette is Made in Germany. Both are quite light, but they're different - the China one has more shading on its body while the German variant has darker hooves.
And I also got a bonus horse!
13712 Camargue foal. I like model horses with ears turned in different ways than just forward.
And seems that my old Camargue mare has now a baby to look after.
Cause this filly is just fidgety and is always running around.
And the last of the package is the Knabstrupper foal from Horse Club magazine, my fourth from this series.
I like the mold, with subconvex head, the colour is interesting, though I can't say whether is it chestnut or something else (its spots are black, but the legs and mane are dark chestnut).
So a new addition to my Knabstrupper family:
But I'm considering the old Trakehner as the mother, cause they look very much alike:
Thank you very much for your attention and thanks again to Yvette for these amazing additions!
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