model horses

Miniature plastic stallions

Model horses are miniature replicas of horses, typically made of plastic, resin, or porcelain, collected as a hobby.

The most famous brand is Breyer.

Collectors range from children playing with toy horses to adults who customize, repaint, and show models in competitions judged on realistic conformation and finish: She has over two hundred model horses in her collection.

Related

tack · halter · Arabian · palomino · mane · tail · sculpt · paint · showing · stable · miniature · hobby · equine · figurine · diorama · portrait · glossy · matte

Opposites
scale and ridability

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Toy mounts that oscillate

hobby horses · carousel horses · mechanical horses · pony rides

living vs representation

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Feral, undomesticated equines

working horses · draft horses · saddles · bridles · horse tack

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G