Schleich 2012

Those protectors seems to me to be normal ones, those you put on your horse when jumping, taking a lesson or anything else to avoid the legs being hurt with the horseshoes of the other leg :) We had some similar to those in the equestrian center when I took my lessons and nobody there did western. But you could be right, of course ^^

The trained horse can be a mixed blood. ^^ Like a mongrel dog.

Paka wrote:

The trained horse can be a mixed blood. ^^ Like a mongrel dog.

Such horse is called grade horse - I was thinking the same, who said that every horse model has to be of pure breed

Vivien1998 wrote:

Thank you very much for sharing!!! This Panda is so cute,a nice idea with the Bamboo.The new Polarbears
are wonderful!! :) I don't know why but Horses just cannot impress me... Good for my wallet.

I have to agree with the horses its hard to compare them to Breyer horses.......

I don't think that this is anything, I think we can see some more soon, or atleast I hope

I don't like breyer. This horses looks like barbie horses, to big, hollow inside and plastic made in china. I stay to Schleich and similar companys.

To me, it looks like a field ornament. A horse that doesn't particularly have a job or one that no one knows it's breed.

I like it though and can't wait to get it :) Depending on it's size, could be a nice little pony.

Miss Mufflon wrote:

SyLoBe wrote:

Look at this:

This is suposed to be one of the 2012 schleich horses:

And those are mustang horses by Collecta, made some years ago (don´t know when):

They should be a bit more original, uh?

I also noticed the similarities between schleich's new camargue horse and the older collecta mustang. They are very similar! One would have thought they could have been a bit more original than that.

Can't decide whether I am very disappointed or just a little bit disappointed in the new models for next year. I suppose it will be easier to make up my mind once I have the models in my hand. It's a shame there aren't any new breeds.

I agree with that!! I also think the collecta mustang has almost the same pose... BUT, please notice the new Camargue mare has ears in angry pose!! This is probably first angry or nervous Schleich horse!!! For me it looks like great improvement!!
About the pose of Camargue stallion, he also resemble another model, but I'm not sure which

No, it isn´t the first Schleich horse with angry / nervous ears:

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However, the other new horse and the lippizzaner mare I don't think are that odd. It's just a normal walking horse and a walking horse is

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a walking horse and they are bound to look almost the same.

Can't decide whether I am very disappointed or just a little bit disappointed in the new models for next year. I suppose it will be easier to make up my mind once I have the models in my hand. It's a shame there aren't any new breeds.[/quote]

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the lipizana mare looks exactly the same!

SyLoBe wrote:

No, it isn´t the first Schleich horse with angry / nervous ears:

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Thanks for telling Silvia, I didn't know that one :) However to me this bay one looks like something scared her, and she run away. But it's just impression, of course, ears are in the same position in both examples

I don´t think this mare is scared, the face doesn´t look to have a scared expression. It reminds me more to horses who are galloping and other horse tries to run faster xD They put ears down and pucker the nostril and mouth a bit :) When they are scared they open a lot the nostrils.

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I´m sure I will change some breeds for my 2012 horses when I get them! But in order to decide which breeds, I have to take them, touch them, see them from all the angles and compare sizes with the other horses

stickybob77 wrote:

the lipizana mare looks exactly the same!

I disagree with that. It's hard to tell really from this picture, but my immediate reaction was that the new horse's back legs are further apart and his front legs are closer together than those of the lippizzaner mare. But that's just my impression and it's impossible to tell from this angle what he really looks like.

I agree the positioning of the legs is pretty similar, but I don't think they look exactly the same :) If that makes any sense

ana wrote:

I agree with that!! I also think the collecta mustang has almost the same pose... BUT, please notice the new Camargue mare has ears in angry pose!! This is probably first angry or nervous Schleich horse!!! For me it looks like great improvement!!
About the pose of Camargue stallion, he also resemble another model, but I'm not sure which

I hadn't really noticed the ears! Because her face looks almost smiley to me, I didn't think about the ears But it's an interesting detail and it shows that schleich can still make new, original horses.

As far as i could see, very very disappointing so far!
The male gorilla seems ok, the panda could be good, but that is all!
The polarbears are awefull, really!
It looks if they have new sculptors, who never saw an animal in real life or so...
Good news for Mojo, which i will promote in many ways in the future anyway, and when Schleich continues this way, they will loose ground very quickly anyway!
I am not interested in horses and farmlife anyway...
But i know that the horses are the biggest market for Schleich, so that was obvious.
But bad news for wildlife collectors so far!

Do you think they make new dinosaurs? If yes, i hope for a new stegosaurus.

SyLoBe wrote:

I don´t think this mare is scared, the face doesn´t look to have a scared expression. It reminds me more to horses who are galloping and other horse tries to run faster xD They put ears down and pucker the nostril and mouth a bit :) When they are scared they open a lot the nostrils.

I like this kind of talking Yes, I think You are probably right about her face expression

The panda is very artistic...I like it.

@JackyLovertjex an the have had the same sets for quite a while, a new set would be nice!

Miss Mufflon wrote:

stickybob77 wrote:

the lipizana mare looks exactly the same!

I disagree with that. It's hard to tell really from this picture, but my immediate reaction was that the new horse's back legs are further apart and his front legs are closer together than those of the lippizzaner mare. But that's just my impression and it's impossible to tell from this angle what he really looks like.

I agree the positioning of the legs is pretty similar, but I don't think they look exactly the same :) If that makes any sense

yes it makes sense but I think that that is just the camera angle, or maby its just a pesranol thing?
xx :)

stickybob77 wrote:

Miss Mufflon wrote:

stickybob77 wrote:

the lipizana mare looks exactly the same!

I disagree with that. It's hard to tell really from this picture, but my immediate reaction was that the new horse's back legs are further apart and his front legs are closer together than those of the lippizzaner mare. But that's just my impression and it's impossible to tell from this angle what he really looks like.

I agree the positioning of the legs is pretty similar, but I don't think they look exactly the same :) If that makes any sense

yes it makes sense but I think that that is just the camera angle, or maby its just a pesranol thing?
xx :)

We'll find out when they come out!

stickybob77 wrote:

@JackyLovertjex an the have had the same sets for quite a while, a new set would be nice!

Jup :) But i think we'll have to wait till next year for that. If they should make a new set, they probally retired an old set, but they didn't. So yeah, i think we can expect a new set in 2013 :)

JackyLovertjex wrote:

stickybob77 wrote:

@JackyLovertjex an the have had the same sets for quite a while, a new set would be nice!

Jup :) But i think we'll have to wait till next year for that. If they should make a new set, they probally retired an old set, but they didn't. So yeah, i think we can expect a new set in 2013 :)

i hope so!! i havent had a new set in, well im not sure but it feels like ages!

Please does anybody have any more pics and if so please share also what is the site to those pics on pages 14-16

Tyler Loew wrote:

Please does anybody have any more pics and if so please share also what is the site to those pics on pages 14-16

Ty, nice Avatar, what brand are those?