Another obscure tiny set of horses, I'm so excited!
I found these on eBay and bought them just because I thought they were neat and it is so nice to see a set of little bitty horses that was in box so I wouldn't have to search and search and search to try and place them or figure out how many there were, etc. I had never seen these before and it looks like TAW doesn't have much Lanard stuff, so I thought I'd share them. (I was most familiar with Lanard for their My Little Pony knock offs before this.)
This set was released (or at least initially released) in 2007 according to the box and stamps on the horses. It is officially called "Teeny Beauties Triple Crown Beauties Classic Edition." It seems like, with a search, that Lanard produced many horse figures, most larger with rooted hair (in the same style as Grand Champions). I haven't figured out yet if other minis besides these were available. You know I'll be looking.
These were packaged in a window box that allowed you to see all of them, but unfortunately two of them had come loose and has traveled elsewhere in the box.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Here's what they looked like when I opened it and put them back in their spots
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]And here's the back of the box. The breed assignments are . . . okay for some and weird for others.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Once out, they were even smaller than I thought they would be, which is always great news. Love a tiny little animal. Each one has "2007 China" on the belly, and nothing else. Thank God I found them in the box and didn't have to try to track down who made them.
Saddlebreed - I have to assume they meant "Saddlebred" which is a real breed and not "Saddlebreed" which is not, even though this little guy doesn't have anything specific to a saddlebred about him. It's surprising to see a saddlebred represented NOT racking, though of course they can canter just like any horse. Most figures represent them standing in a show stance or in their unique gait, the rack. I kind of like the idea that this one is just a saddlebred out in the field doing its thing.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Percheron - this is kind of a percheron. It's gray and has feathers on the hooves and a slightly heavier body, so that's pretty good for figures of this quality. This one is actually my favorite of the set. He reminds me less of a percheron than a carousel horse. The color is not super realistic. The dapple gray is not bad, again, for a figure this size and quality but the flaxen yellow hair is a little strange. Still, I think he's so nice! The mane is so well sculpted and it's a surprisingly elegant tiny figure.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Peruvian Paso - interestingly, this figure seems to represent the Paso Fino gait a little more than the Peruvian Paso. They are easy names to confuse if you are not a horse person and just someone putting a box design together, though, so possibly that's what happened. It's not a terrible representation of the Paso Fino, either (again, at this quality--these aren't Breyer, haha).
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Shire - at this quality level, this horse could have been a shire or a clydesdale with this coloring. I am surprised they didn't go with clydesdale, since this is the very recognizable "Budweiser Horse" look, but this set seems to do things a little differently. This is my second favorite in the set. Both of their drafts are nice. I like that on his off side, it looks like his mane is done up in rosettes.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Arabian - surprisingly, the rearing one stands on its own the best. This really could have been called any light breed, there's no reason to call it an Arabian. It reminds me of the rearing Kid Kore foal, which I will show with some comparison photos. I wish they had chosen a more interesting color. Their gray percheron was a much more interesting gray. This could have been almost anything else.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Quarter Horse - I'm willing to call it a Quarter Horse. It is no more a Quarter Horse than the other is an Arabian, but why not. It's a nice sculpt, in a different point in the gallop (or canter) than you usually get on the little guys. There is a Copperfox mold this reminds me of, actually.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]And some comparisons with my other tiny horses!
Breyer Mini Whinny Arabian
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Breyer Mini Whinny quarter horse
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Toy Major percheron
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Grand Champion Micro Mini shire
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Grand Champion Micro Mini saddlebred
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Club Earth shire
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Breyer Stablemate Peruvian Paso
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Kid Kore foal
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Kid Kore adult
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