PoniesandPaint's Collection

The Mini Shetland is such a clever choice for Schleich. Instead of doing cute horses of traditional breeds, it is much nicer to make figures of cute looking breeds.

I agree. Schleich definitely is better at tackling "cute" breeds. It suits their branding and design choices far better than a warmblood or Arabian does.

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Name: Autumn
Breed: Pinto
Gender: Mare
Notes: She isn't my favorite, but she's alright.
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Name: Pina Colada
Breed: Tennessee Walker
Gender: Mare
Notes: I love all of the exclusives on this mold.
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Name: Rosa
Breed: Tennessee Walker
Gender: Mare
Notes: Her color doesn't pop as much as some other exclusives, but she is unusual in the Schleich lineup.

And the last of the exclusives:
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Name: Digital Love aka Digi
Warmblood Type
Gender: Gelding
Notes: Okay, yes, he was released as a Tennessee Walker, but he looks nothing like the breed. He reminds me a lot of Hunt Seat type warmbloods you see in the show ring. Hence his fancy name. His shading is some of the best that Schleich has ever done in my opinion.
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Name: The Friendly Ghost aka Boo
Warmblood Type
Gender: Gelding
Notes: Again, not keeping him as a Tennessee Walker, as he looks nothing like one, but his color isn't too bad.
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Name: Bird Set Free aka Birdy
Breed: Welsh Pony
Gender: Mare
Notes: Love this gal. One of my favorite set exclusives.

Next up, all of my Safari Ltd. I don't collect a ton of these, mostly retired ones, but the ones I do have are some of my personal favorites.
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Name: Arizona Desert aka Ari
Breed: American Quarter Horse
Gender: Mare
Notes: This gal's pose is so unique in this scale and I LOVE IT. Why can't we have more pleasure type quarters in model form?
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Name: Rockstar aka Rocky
Breed: American Saddlebred
Gender: Gelding
Notes: So, so much better then the Schleich take on the breed. This is a proper Saddlebred, not those Barbie dolls from Schleich.
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Name: Luna
Breed: Trakehner
Gender: Mare
Notes: Not my favorite Safari mold, but the pose is so dynamic and pretty that I can overlook her flaws for the most part. But that face...yikes.

Pina Colada is probably one of my favourites exclusives in my collection and Digi is really nicely shaded but I am really annoyed that his hoof colouring is partially wrong and that's why I am still a little bit on the fence if I should get him or not.
There is one thing that thing that makes my eyes itch. You described both of the TWH geldings as "Warmbloods" though the term "Warmblood" doesn't describe a breed but a more a horse type (what you probably knew anyway).
Technically every horse that is not a cold-blooded horse or a hot-blooded one (e.g. Arabians, Thoroughbreds, Achal -Thekes) falls in this category. That means that many breeds belong to this category and there are some under categories like gaited breeds, stock horses, baroque horses etc.. So while you call them Warmbloods they technically still can be TWHs because this breed is a Warmblood breed.
I know that you probably meant "European Sporthorses" by using this term (even though nowadays there is also an "American Warmblood" breed) like Hannoverians, Trakehners, KWPN etc..
This comment isn't meant to be mean in any way, I just wanted to make you aware of this issue. I know that it definitely won't help you to find an appropriate breed for them but maybe it'll be somewhat helpful anyway.

Yeah, I get what you're saying. I probably should have specified that I meant for them to be of a warmblood type(probably American Warmbloods) instead of  a specific breed. I just don't think that they represent the TWH breed very well, especially compared to the Collecta version. I don't know if I'll ever find a proper breed for Ghost or Digi, but who knows?

I'm not a collector of horses but I liked so much Pina Colada that I have it in my collection.
The TWH gelding reminds me a few Schleich Hanoverian molds, can you show it next to the Hanoverian of the wash area mold?
I think those Safari horses have identity and the last one looks like it is putting a minimal weight into its movement which results graceful.

I don't have the Hanoverian in my collection, but I can pull a photo of him off of the internet for comparison.
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Thanks, I could do it myself, I thought you owned this Hanoverian even if not in this color I asked. They're surely not radically different.

Yeah, they're actually pretty similar. I wouldn't be surprised if Schleich used part of the Hanoverian mold for the Tennessee Walker.

I never did put in the new Schleich I received, so let me add those in now before we move to Collecta and WIA.
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Name: Twinkle
Breed: Trakehner?
Gender: Mare
Notes: Hate this mold but love the color they chose for her.
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Name: Revival aka Bad Moon Rising
Breed: Fjord
Gender: Gelding
Notes: Adore this mold. One of my new favorites in the collection.

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Name: Nightfall
Breed: Friesian
Gender: Stallion
Notes: Adore this mold, but the paintjob is a bit plain and could have used some shading.
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Name: Circe(Named after an Immortal sorceress in the Odyssey)
Breed: Fjord
Gender: Mare
Notes: I adore the hearts in her mane. Her sculpting style took a bit of time to get used to, but I do like it now.

I'll just dump all of my WIA now so I can start posting Collecta models.
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Name: Endless Eternal
Breed: Andalusian
Gender: Stallion
Notes: I love this guy! His coloring, his pose, everything about him just works.
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Name: Southern Star(Orion)
Breed: Criollo
Gender: Stallion
Notes: This guy is so photogenic and feisty looking. Wouldn't want to pick a fight with him.
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Name: Royal
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Stallion
Notes: Probably my least favorite WIA. He isn't nearly as photogenic as his brethren, but he isn't bad, just not my type of model.

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Name: Desert Mirage(Mira)
Breed: Arabian(Egyptian type specifically)
Gender: Mare
Notes: This is the most detailed model I own by far. She has so much personality, and I love her.

I like some of the last Schleich you presented but WIA brings a new level. I am not supposed to collect horses and I have the first two WIA you presented and I love them so much. I have also an Araibian but it is the stallion instead, maybe someday I get the mare but the other color instead. I like the Hanoverian although the delicate style I like in most Wia horses is probably not the best for this breed.

Those fjords are really cute, and I love the WIA horses, always quite remarkable for a more affordable line.

Well, on to Collecta(By far the most plentiful brand in my collection)
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Name: Torment
Breed: Arabian
Gender: Stallion
Notes: This is my favorite rearing horse model out of all the ones I've seen. I just wish his ears were pinned back.
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Name: Nocturnal Nightmare(Zira)
Breed: Arabian
Gender: Mare
Notes: This is one of the nicest paint jobs I've ever seen from a mass-produced company.
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Name: Van Gough
Breed: Appaloosa
Gender: Gelding
Notes: Just for the record, Appaloosa horses are a breed in the US. They are similar to quarter horses in appearance, but usually have a thinner mane and tail.

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Name: San Luis
Breed: Appaloosa
Gender: Gelding
Notes: Not so crazy about the way they did his eyes, but he's nice enough.
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Name: Nugget
Breed: American Cream Draft
Gender: Stallion
Notes: It's nice to see such a rare breed in model form. I love his pose. It's so dynamic and powerful.
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Name: Bear
Breed: Belgian
Gender: Gelding
Notes: His breed is unspecified, but I think he makes a nice Belgian. I love the sculpting on his face and nose.

Really nice, all of them! I hadn't seen the Cream before, he's a handsome guy. :)

I really like CollectA's horse figures. I believe that only WIA models manage to achieve a higher average quality at this scale and range of prices. Nevertheless, I think a small selection of the best CollectA figures could compete with WIA's. I'm not a big fan of reused molds with different paintings, but I understand that it's a common practice with horse figures and it makes sense. This is even more advisable when CollectA can provide additional high-quality paint variations, such as the one for the Arabian mare.

Yeah, I'm really glad that some of the older CollectA molds are getting such high quality paint jobs(especially the Appaloosa mold, it's quite underrated).

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Name: Hellfire
Breed: Hackney/Draft Cross
Gender: Stallion
Notes: I made this guy a cross simply because of how thick and sturdy his legs are. They're too sturdy for a fine-boned breed like the Hackney.
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Name: Silver
Breed: Mustang
Gender: Mare
Notes: Mustangs are more a type than a breed, but she is almost too fine-boned for a mustang(most have Spanish and draft ancestry, so they are not nearly as finely built as many light breeds)
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Name: Magnolia in May(Nolia)
Breed: Missouri Foxtrotter
Gender: Mare
Notes: I love this breed. She has the style and elegance of a Saddlebred, but with more substance.

When you compare the Hackneylegs with the other two horse, they're surely thicker. Though, I know CollectA has tried many formulas to be able of producing horses with legs in much better proportions than those from Schleich or Papo. Though, the use of different kinds of pvc to such delicate legs cause lots of troubles to the figures, if the plastic is hard they break if it is soft they bend and it is not easy. So, some of their figures needed to be readjusted with thicker legs to follow the desired quality standards. Despite of it, I still find the CollectA models generally better sculpted than most of the horse of the other brands.