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Why Toy Horses Are Not Just Horse Toys Anymore
zippy pets - Within 1950, the first toy horses were introduced in America. Since then, these toys have grew even larger in popularity. As you go along, toy horses became not only a horse toy. They had been a popular hobby that features horse painting, photographing, prop and tack making, exhibiting and collecting valuable model horses.
ufree horse - Breyer capitalized around the growing collector hobby by introducing a hobby magazine within the 1970's. Then they launched the first exclusive edition artist resins model horses in the 1980's. Through the 1990's, the collectors hobby blossomed and remains popular today. Special edition artist resins are freed using restricted editions of a few hundred pieces, or in some cases only 50 pieces. These pieces usually sell out quickly. After these toy horses can be purchased out, they increase significantly in value inside the collector's market.
By 1996, Breyer toy horses weren't any longer the only game around. Stone horses were introduced with horses just like detailed, some would argue more descriptive, than Breyer. While Breyer suits the large toy market along with the collector's market, Stone focuses more on special edition collectibles. Other brands also entered the market including Hagen-Renaker Horses. Today, Schleich and Safari also provide detailed, hand-painted model horses. However, Schleich and Safari are more popular as toys rather than collectibles, perhaps as a result of smaller size their 1:24 scale horses when compared to the larger 1:9 scale for Breyer and Stone horses. Despite all the competitors, Breyer still dominates this market for toy horses and collectibles.
zippy pets - We was initially brought to the world of model horse toys in 2007 when we added the Breyer products to the store. Because we already carried lots of other toys, we assumed these could be yet another toy category. I was surprised a year ago when Breyer gave us something special of a few special edition artist resins using a suggested price of $300 each. We thought they might never sell but i was wrong. Our customers were desperate to pay that price because these weren't any longer yet another horse toy in their mind. These toy horses had over a totally new value as rare collectibles.
What began like a horse toy has changed into a full-blown hobby with thousands of devoted hobbyists worldwide.
