British Spotted Pony 88750 from Collecta 2016

Untill 1977 spotted horses and ponies were under the same society in England.
But back then, the ponies got their own society, and the ones over 1,49 cm , which according to British customs aren't ponies, came under the appaloosa society.  

There are three types of ponies : Miniature, Riding pony and Cob. I am not completely sure what is the difference between the two latter ones, but the cob-type is more solid.
So I think this one could be a cob , with the legs "covering a lot of ground" and the square head and muzzle. Please enlighten me if I am wrong  

The characteristics of the breed are :
-Spots, of course. However the colour is tricky to breed, so there are exceptions. Look HERE  
-White Sclera around the eye.
-Mottled Skin - this part-dark, part-pink skin is uually most evident around the genitals, lips, muzzle, eyes and inside the ears.
-Striped hooves.

Let's look at the model  
When first I saw a picture of this pony, I thougt it was a weird one, - but that was because it was painted almost like a giraffe    
Seing this model, however, I fell totally in love  
What an elegant, charming, beautyful, kind-looking pony !
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I asked the CollectA Knabstrupper to help showing the size, and she thought it was SO much fun  
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Some pictures from various angles :
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She has the most adoreable face. A real, tri-angular front ....
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Lovely, little ears :
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...and the square, strong muzzle of a pony ( cob?)
If only it had been "mottled" it would have been perfect .
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And the mane ! I don't know hor they did it. It looks like silk  
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A real example of a pony "covering a lot of ground "  
But at the same time , here is the only serious weak spot. The hooves should be striped !!!!  
- but perhaps she has been walking in knee deep fudge ?    
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Such beautyful spotting No giraffe marking here
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All in all it is a wonderful and unusual model, and I am delighted to have her on my piano

Unfortunately her colouring ( lack of mottled skin, striped hooves, and White Sclera around the eye) does not entitel her to be accepted in the stud book.
But, well, she is a plastic mass produced pony, and I understand that there are many real ponies like her in England, and they still have all the other good properties of the breed

I conclude that CollectA has done a great job, and made a model of a breed that was unknown to me untill now . Thankyou, CollectA

Great walkaround! You´ve made a great job of that and I am sure now, that the spotted
pony gets a place in my collection, when I order online next time.
Thank you very much for the nice pictures.

Thankyou, my dear Yvette

A nice pony :)

Paintjob looks far better than I expected (not Collecta's strongest point).
I really like this model sculpt-wise! After a few tweaks and (obviously) a repaint she could be a perfect portrait of my favourite mare!

Very nice pony! The paint job looks much better than in their catalog photo Also, great walk around! Thank you for sharing Susanne and big congratulations for getting this pony to your collection!

I'm happy to read the extra information you wrote and the link to the official website of this breed. Very informative

Very interesting introduction about this pony that is not an Appaloosa because of some metric questions. Excellent pictures as usual and I am glad you're using postimage.org. I hope it works for you as nicely as it works for me.
The way I judge horse figures is simple, does it look like a horse or pony or it just look like a horse to use with dolls? Yes, it is a pony but definitively it looks like a real animal and not a flowered joke. I like it and "breed" choice is very interesting.

Congrats Susanne and thanks for the photos.
I'm very glad you guys like it as I suggested CollectA to create the breed.

Thank you for this great walk-around Susanne!
It is a cute Pony, just don't like the OF-coloring at all.

What a cute pony, congratulations and thanks for sharing, Susanne

Wow! Big congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Definitely a must have for me, I really like the head with its expression and the resting leg just leaning on the tip of hoof. And she also has a correct body shape.
The paintwork could be better of course, but it's much better than the previous promo "giraffe" one.

Oooh Wonderful !!!

donny ong wrote:

Congrats Susanne and thanks for the photos.
I'm very glad you guys like it as I suggested CollectA to create the breed.

Nice walk around Susanne and thanks Donny for another good choice ! in my small collection of horses, this Pony will find a place one day for sure.

Wonderful walkaround, thank you Susanne
And wonderful model
I realy like his head..it is very nice and cute :)
But also the colors are interesting..

Roger wrote:

The way I judge horse figures is simple, does it look like a horse or pony or it just look like a horse to use with dolls? Yes, it is a pony but definitively it looks like a real animal and not  a flowered joke. I like it and "breed" choice is very interesting.

I`m also like Roger about the horses ... ... and I agree with him about this one

JamesPanda wrote:

donny ong wrote:

Congrats Susanne and thanks for the photos.
I'm very glad you guys like it as I suggested CollectA to create the breed.

Nice walk around Susanne and thanks Donny for another good choice ! in my small collection of horses, this Pony will find a place one day for sure.

You're very welcome James!

donny ong wrote:

JamesPanda wrote:

donny ong wrote:

Congrats Susanne and thanks for the photos.
I'm very glad you guys like it as I suggested CollectA to create the breed.

Nice walk around Susanne and thanks Donny for another good choice ! in my small collection of horses, this Pony will find a place one day for sure.

You're very welcome James!

i thank you Donny for being an Angel for representing the rare species of Animals in miniature animal toy form ! and of course COLLECTa !!
I have two each of the Nilghai, Hirola and Shoebill on the way to my nature home !! and keep promoting these animals in future ! CollectA needs to be thanked for taking inputs !! They are the best for me !!

JamesPanda wrote:

donny ong wrote:

JamesPanda wrote:

donny ong wrote:

Congrats Susanne and thanks for the photos.
I'm very glad you guys like it as I suggested CollectA to create the breed.

Nice walk around Susanne and thanks Donny for another good choice ! in my small collection of horses, this Pony will find a place one day for sure.

You're very welcome James!

i thank you Donny for being an Angel for representing the rare species of Animals in miniature animal toy form ! and of course COLLECTa !!
I have two each of the Nilghai, Hirola and Shoebill on the way to my nature home !! and keep promoting these animals in future ! CollectA needs to be thanked for taking inputs !! They are the best for me !!

You're most welcome.
I hope you will get them soon. Indeed CollectA is the best for me too. Hurray!