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Why Toy Horses Aren't only Horse Toys Anymore
pony pal stable - Within 1950, the initial toy horses were introduced in the usa. Since then, these toys have grew even larger in popularity. On the way, toy horses became more than just a horse toy. They had been a popular hobby which includes horse painting, photographing, prop and tack making, exhibiting and collecting valuable model horses.
zippy pets - Breyer capitalized around the growing collector hobby by introducing a spare time activity magazine in the 1970's. Chances are they launched the initial special edition artist resins model horses inside the 1980's. By the 1990's, the collectors hobby blossomed and remains popular today. Limited edition artist resins are let go now with limited editions of a few hundred pieces, or even in certain cases only 50 pieces. These pieces usually sell quickly. After these toy horses are sold out, they increase significantly in value in the collector's market.
By 1996, Breyer toy horses weren't any longer the only real game around. Stone horses were introduced with horses just as detailed, some would argue more in depth, than Breyer. While Breyer provides the large toy market along with the collector's market, Stone focuses more on exclusive 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 tend to be more fashionable as toys rather than collectibles, perhaps as a result of smaller size their 1:24 scale horses when compared to larger 1:9 scale for Breyer and Stone horses. Despite every one of the competitors, Breyer still dominates the forex market for toy horses and collectibles.
pony cycle - We was first brought to the concept of model horse toys in 2007 once we added the Breyer products to our store. Since we already carried plenty of other toys, we assumed these would be just another toy category. I was surprised last year when Breyer gave us a present of a few limited edition artist resins with a suggested cost of $300 each. We thought they would never sell but we were wrong. Our customers were eager to pay that price because they weren't any longer yet another horse toy to them. These toy horses had taken on a whole new value as rare collectibles.
What began as a horse toy has developed into a full-blown hobby with 1000s of devoted hobbyists worldwide.
