CollectA 2015 Mustang Stallion Deluxe - Walkaround&Review

The last 2015 CollectA releases finally arrived in stores, and I show you here the 1:12 Deluxe Mustang Stallion in Light Palomino. There is also an Overo Paint colour variant.
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First thing to say is, that I'm very surprised how nice this model is in all aspects - sculpting, paintwork, material and overall quality.

Walkaround -
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The style of the sculpt is like what we know from Deborah's CollectA models - with a very expressive face and lots of personality. I absolutely LOVE his face!
Deborah's sculpts are not always perfect, but still a very high standard within these types of brands.
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The paint finish is very matte, and it makes his glossy eyes and nostril gloss detail stand out more. If you like the very matte coat is a question of taste, but personally I really think it suits this model. Some CollectAs have a more shiny coat/plastic feel to them.
The blaze is nicely painted with a little pinking on the muzzle.
Simply fantastic detail  and finish overall.
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The shading is subtle and not overdone, as seen sometimes on other CollectAs.
I thought Palominos had white mane and tails, but well, I guess he got his dusty look from life in the wild
I think the dramatic flow of mane and tail works great on him, and symbolizes his origin well.
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Only complaint I may have is the usual extreme pearshape. Horses are pearshaped, but not that much.
I don't know if it is actually a molding issue, or if Deborah makes them this way.
On his belly it says CollectA Mustang Stallion 2015. That's a nice thing I think - no ugly numbers or stamps, as we see sometimes on CollectAs and Safari in particular.
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Here he is with my first Deluxe CollectA, the 2014 Lusitano Mare grey colour variant. For a walkaround of her go [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Sculptingwise, it is like the Mustang is a better model than the Lusitano. The details are much sharper. And the Lusitano mare, yes, she is still great!
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The Mustang Stallion is just as heavy as the Lusitano Mare, and made of hard solid plastic, so he has a great feel of quality to him. He seems way more like a collectible than a toy.
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Compared to Schleich, CollectA normal scale, Breyer Classic and Breyer Traditional.
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As a collector of larger scales, I really hope that CollectA will continue their Deluxe Horse series and make it just as colourful as their regular small line! So far there are 5 Deluxe molds - and each have a couple of color variations to chose from.

And a nice thing about the Deluxe scale is, that they are most likely compatible with the Breyer Classics line, if one wishes tack, accessories and dolls for their CollectA Deluxes.

Thanks for viewing

Carola, this model is just AWESOME
And so are you photos , - as always !!!!


Except for the excessive pear shape, the only minus on this model is that palomions have completely white mane/tail .
If the eyes were blue, this would be a perfect, rare and gorgeous perlino ( Bay homozygote cream) .

Thankyou for this wonderful walkaround and an extra thankyou-thankyou for the size comparison picture

Great modesl and GREAT photo's!! may I ask what set-up do you use.... [ camera, background, lightning ]?

I think it is very beautiful horse, probably the best of collect deluxe horses. I like him a lot! I agree about the colour with Susanne, the mane and tail should be lighter. But we can claim he is a bit dirty, after all it is wild horse ha!
Thank you for very nice walk around Carola! And congratulations, it is lovely new model in your collection!

He's lovely! I love the color, even though it's not realistic - he looks like a perlino but the eyes should be pale... I'd like to find one of these cheap and repaint the eyes He could be a dunalino but he doesn't have primitive markings either

Congratulations and thank you for great photos.

Nice horse. He alternates between friendly and pondering the universe a bit reluctantly depending on the angle. I'm not going to collect horses. I'm not going to collect horses. I'm not going to collect horses.

Nice horses

SUSANNE wrote:

Carola, this model is just AWESOME
And so are you photos , - as always !!!!


Except for the excessive pear shape, the only minus on this model is that palomions have completely white mane/tail .
If the eyes were blue,  this would be a perfect, rare and gorgeous perlino ( Bay homozygote cream) .

Thankyou for this wonderful walkaround and an extra thankyou-thankyou for the size comparison picture

Thanks a lot, I'm happy you like him

I figured too, he could be perlino, but eyes and darker shading on muzzle just can't be it.

Jetty wrote:

Great modesl and GREAT photo's!! may I ask what set-up do you use.... [ camera, background, lightning ]?

Thanks a lot   I use just daylight, so photography in the late months is a pain. even these photos were close to being in too dark lightening. I once tried to make a photobox, as LeeAnn uses to get sharp photos 24/7, but I haven't been able to make that work yet.

The setup is on top of a white slightly shiny painted shelf and the background is just the wall of my home All walls are white here  
And I use a Canon pocket camera - nothing fancy at all (although I'd love to get me a 'real' camera one day )

Ana wrote:

I think it is very beautiful horse, probably the best of collect deluxe horses. I like him a lot! I agree about the colour with Susanne, the mane and tail should be lighter. But we can claim he is a bit dirty, after all it is wild horse ha!  
Thank you for very nice walk around Carola! And congratulations, it is lovely new model in your collection!

He is  a dirty palomino   And thanks a lot.

LeeAnn wrote:

He's lovely! I love the color, even though it's not realistic - he looks like a perlino but the eyes should be pale... I'd like to find one of these cheap and repaint the eyes  He could be a dunalino but he doesn't have primitive markings either

Hoping you'll find one   Maybe he is just so dirty and dusty it covers the primitive markings  

onatello wrote:

Congratulations and thank you for great photos.

Thanks a lot  

Wilorvise wrote:

Nice horse.  He alternates between friendly and pondering the universe a bit reluctantly depending on the angle.  I'm not going to collect horses. I'm not going to collect horses. I'm not going to collect horses.

You are going to collect horses.

widukind wrote:

Nice horses

Thank you

Nice mustang, but this is not my scale.

I just noticed that the Palomino Mustang doesn't have white socks on the promotional photo: Mustang Stallion on the CollectA website .. interesting that they chose to add more detail to the model at final release.

Tupolew Tu-154 wrote:

Nice mustang, but this is not my scale.

Thank you They do indeed take up much more space than the regular model size.

is necessary put this horse in my long list.

Him color and pose are splendid.

big congrats..

Fantastic presentation!
The "vertical" sculpting style of Deborah's figures is very noticiable once it is a Mustang and I think she should avoid it to this kind of horses, though, when compared witht the Lusitano, it works reasonably. :) The figure has a special "temperament" and it is surely as beautiful in real as your perfect pictures show. We're lucky having your walk arounds.

How amazing! Congrats Carola. and thanks for the photos.

This is very beautiful, powerfull horse :)
He has a nice posture and very nice, dinamic mane nad tail.
Although the colors are not so realistic, I like this colors more then the other version :)
And your walkaround is so good, it can makes everyone to love this model :)

Carola wrote:

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I like this photo a lot.
The mane and tail look`s to me like ``Yin- Yang``

costicuba wrote:

I like this photo a lot.
The mane and tail look`s to me like ``Yin- Yang``

Wow ! Yes !  Perfect ballance

I'm so happy I don't know anything about horses, mustangs, manes and pear shapes  So I can enjoy unreservedly this amazing model

Thanks to you all I'm happy you like the new Mustang, I'm sure he loves the attention

Kikimalou wrote:

I'm so happy I don't know anything about horses, mustangs, manes and pear shapes  So I can enjoy unreservedly this amazing model

Thank you for the walkaround, looks like a grand model !

Phexedrine wrote:

Thank you for the walkaround, looks like a grand model !

He is indeed