Meskebous - toros bravos

Thank you Alain

SUSANNE wrote:

They are fantastic

And I like the man with the broom better than the toreador

Of course you do!

After seeing these beautiful Meskebous bulls here in this topic I had to order four cattle by Meskebous. Lucky for me they had a website with english language option so I started putting four into the shopping basket. Had to stop because this was getting expensive but it was payday.. so I took just four. Costa was so kind to let me post these figurines in his topic.       

Lets start with this colorado beauty here

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Together with a Deqube bull
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A bull Sardo Oscuro Listón
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Instantly clearing the ranking with the

Deqube bull
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and the Schleich Rodeo Bull
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Than this cute heifer/Vaquilla Sarda
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And a Mansos o Cabestros (couldn't translate it), I really like this guy. He is rather large and I thought he was an ox but it is a bull too.
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And all together
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Beautiful models! I really love them, but only have 2.

Shanti, congratulations for your new models and great presentation. Actually, vaquilla and manso are rarely replicated what means they are the most unusual figures in this collection.
Vaquilla is heifer while manso means tame. However, these belong to the bullfighting terminology and their real meaning is not translatable. The same for toro bravo, you could translate it to wild bull or feral bull but it is not exactly the same.

I see a lot of accuracy in these models.

I also like their colors,

These are stunning models, I'm surprised I don't see them that often because they are certainly ones to rival those by major brands! The power behind those poses and the way they have been painted- all to perfectly represent this animal!

Roger wrote:

Shanti, congratulations for your new models and great presentation. Actually, vaquilla and manso are rarely replicated what means they are the most unusual figures in this collection.
Vaquilla is heifer while manso means tame. However, these belong to the bullfighting terminology and their real meaning is not translatable. The same for toro bravo, you could translate it to wild bull or feral bull but it is not exactly the same.

Thank you Roger for explaining the words! I was watching some videos of bulls arriving in the arena and very often there were these manso cattle that helped bringing the agitated bulls back to the stables. Most of these manso seem to be oxen but this figurine from Meskebous is a bull too. This is not correct then?

Shanti wrote:

Roger wrote:

Shanti, congratulations for your new models and great presentation. Actually, vaquilla and manso are rarely replicated what means they are the most unusual figures in this collection.
Vaquilla is heifer while manso means tame. However, these belong to the bullfighting terminology and their real meaning is not translatable. The same for toro bravo, you could translate it to wild bull or feral bull but it is not exactly the same.

Thank you Roger for explaining the words! I was watching some videos of bulls arriving in the arena and very often there were these manso cattle that helped bringing the agitated bulls back to the stables. Most of these manso seem to be oxen but this figurine from Meskebous is a bull too. This is not correct then?

They're usually castrated but I think it is not mandatory and probably depends from each regional tradition. I think these are made after San Fermin's traditions. A Manso can also be a toro bravo that lost its agressivity because it got injured or for any other reason.