what is your least favourite schleich that you own

ew, that horse is pretty fugly. what's it supposed to be?


i'm lucky: i like all the Schleich sheep. if i had to pick a least favorite, i guess i'd say the Lamb Lying #13284. There's nothing wrong with it, but it's not particularly interesting. and it sometimes reminds me of a poodle, which is not a good thing for a sheep to do.

schleich61 wrote:

Maybe any horse introduced in the last three years...

Funny that you say it
That is my feeling also, - they are just not interesting like the older ones were

Actually I only took them out of the plastic bags to take pictures for my site, and then put them back and into a storage box. Never felt like having them out for show

SUSANNE wrote:

schleich61 wrote:

Maybe any horse introduced in the last three years...

Funny that you say it
That is my feeling also, - they are just not interesting like the older ones were

Actually I only took them out of the plastic bags to take pictures for my site, and then put them back and into a storage box. Never felt like having them out for show

I loved the friesian stallion and almost all of the horses that came out for 2010. but andalusians , lusitanos and black forest horses. and look at the shetland pony he looks like a mini Friesain!!! that one was a very good year for me anyway! but i can see where your coming from. they did use to look a lot different!

I honestly love very very few Schleich Replicas as i don't like the style of creating chubby and cute looking animals with short legs, no matter which species. But some are incredibly strange, as the "megamouth-orcas", "pot-smoking-rat-face"- or "cauliflower-head" lions and -tigers,.....

Martin H.: I love the Schleich aesthetic "style" of horse design up to about 2009 or so. Since then, all of their new horses have a "textured" skin surface and stylized manes that I simply dislike intensely. I think these new features are overdone and not reflective of what most of these horses actually look like. I also think they are ugly, but of course, these are just my entirely subjective value judgments which are solely a matter of personal taste.

For the record, although I am a most adventurous eater, I still don't like bitter melon, natto, herring roe, new zealand cherry tomatoes, tripe or low-quality coffee.....

SUSANNE wrote:

schleich61 wrote:

Maybe any horse introduced in the last three years...

Funny that you say it
That is my feeling also, - they are just not interesting like the older ones were

Actually I only took them out of the plastic bags to take pictures for my site, and then put them back and into a storage box. Never felt like having them out for show

Well Susanne, great minds think alike...

I prefer the clean classic lines of the 13204 Pferd Braun, 13210 Pferd Weiss variants and 13216 Pferdgaloppierend, as well as the almost Teutonic strength of the 13222 Shire Wallach (mit Stehmähne).

Needless to say, I rate Breyers quite highly, in general.

spikesilkenwolf wrote:

......but i can see where your coming from. they did use to look a lot different!

You are right, I think the old ones had much more "soul". I am not that interested in strict accuracy, I can look at photoes for that. I like them to tell me something

schleich61 wrote:

Well Susanne, great minds think alike...

schleich61 wrote:

I prefer the clean classic lines of the 13204 Pferd Braun, 13210 Pferd Weiss variants and 13216 Pferdgaloppierend, as well as the almost Teutonic strength of the 13222 Shire Wallach (mit Stehmähne).

AND "the swishing tails "

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And back to the arabian. this was him after his run in with the toster oven. he now stands nice and square. (i also added to his tail)

I hate the palomino horse. I don't know why exactly, but it is ugly. It looks like lazy pony with fat neck and only thing that reminds from palomino is the color. Tough it could be a bit shiny.

Also the new arabian stallion is on top three on list of the ugliest schleich models. He is furry (why???? Arabian horses aren't furry at all! ) and the bended legs look idiotic. What's wrong with him? The model would have been OK if the horse would have just stood still normally.

essimon wrote:

I hate the palomino horse. I don't know why exactly, but it is ugly. It looks like lazy pony with fat neck and only thing that reminds from palomino is the color. Tough it could be a bit shiny.

I don't like him either

HKHollinstone wrote:

essimon wrote:

I hate the palomino horse. I don't know why exactly, but it is ugly. It looks like lazy pony with fat neck and only thing that reminds from palomino is the color. Tough it could be a bit shiny.

I don't like him either

Oh i love his big eyes and roman nose:(

schleich61 wrote:

For the record, although I am a most adventurous eater, I still don't like bitter melon,

bitter melon!!!
the only thing i've ever spat out on my plate at a dinner party. (With advance permission of the hostess, i must add. Her husband warned me, but she dared me. How could i not?)

Mastiffcat wrote:

schleich61 wrote:

For the record, although I am a most adventurous eater, I still don't like bitter melon,

bitter melon!!!
the only thing i've ever spat out on my plate at a dinner party. (With advance permission of the hostess, i must add. Her husband warned me, but she dared me. How could i not?)

Big props to you for having the courage to sample it... :) Bitter Melon and Beef stir-fry is a very popular common dish, and it is reputed to also complement duck nicely. Personally, I just avoid it.
If you think bitter melon is bad, try natto (Japanese fermented soybeans) and herring roe ("kazukono" in Japanese). They are also quite bitter, but in very different ways than bitter melon. I have posted photos of these three below. For the record, I love bok choy, hoppy (thus, bitter) beer, and brussels sprouts.

Sometimes, the same food item, if fed to different people, will result in each experiencing different tastes, or even no taste at all. This is because of the presence or lack of a specific gene in the individuals themselves.



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Ohhh, Lacey, you made a real beauty out of that palomino
It IS true that tge grey colour make a hores seem more elegant
Wonderful repaint !!!!!

schleich61 wrote:

Sometimes, the same food item, if fed to different people, will result in each experiencing different tastes, or even no taste at all. This is because of the presence or lack of a specific gene in the individuals themselves.

I have sometimes wondered if the same goes for colours
The way some people love a colour that others think is ugly.

I also see colours different with each eye. If I hold a hand before my right eye the colours are more "warm" . If I hold my left eye, the colours are more blue

"I also see colours different with each eye. If I hold a hand before my right eye the colours are more "warm" . If I hold my left eye, the colours are more blue "


Oh my god, that's crazy! I noticed the same, but the opposite! With only right eye the colours are more warm ._.

That is funny

Imagine if others see every colour different from what I do. We will never know, because we have learned that "that colour" is called that name

SUSANNE wrote:

That is funny

Imagine if others see every colour different from what I do. We will never know, because we have learned that "that colour" is called that name

that is a weird thought!
I see different colours with my eyes also, it's roughly the same as you Susanne and Essi. One eye see's more orange colours and the other blues.