Comments on: The Breyers in the Basement

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:08:12 +0000

Love your collection. Mine is up to 312. And I’m just not sure I’m ready to start that culling process yet lol. The Arabian mare you have the blanket on was my mom’s first. I have her and com0leted the family. Thanks for sharing.

By: karen

karen — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:38:13 +0000

I started collecting at the age of 7, that would be 1968, I still have some Breyers that are carefully stored on a closet, I spent my allowance, my babysitting money, working to to what I could do to by one, I had over 100

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 08:10:18 +0000

When I was little most of my friends had an array of dolls, baby, Barbie, Cabbage Patch. Not me. I had my “Plastic Horses” that I tended to and played with as if they were really. Forty-five years later they are in my garage but still cherished.
P.S. You think Black Beauty is wobbly, try the Pacer. He always had to lead against the barn.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:50:37 +0000

I have been collecting since I was 9. Although I have lost my first collection when I left home, I have managed to replace a few of my favorites and add to them. I now have approximately 75 to 80 models or more. At 60 years of age, each model still makes me feel as good as I did as a young girl of 9. I have several multi shelf stands that my collection fills and other models scattered around the house. No, I will never get rid of them!

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:54:43 +0000

OMG, in between “oooohing” and “aaaaawing” and laughing out loud (at work, no less) after reading this article, I can’t even bring myself to unpack all the boxes of my Breyers! I wish I had half the courage of the writer to sell mine off. Maybe it’s because I have a basement for storage of them all??? It’s a commendable action that my husband would LOOOOOOOVE me to perform, but, alas, I just can’t part with my childhood Breyers. Much to my husband’s dismay, I still buy them from time to time (sorry, honey). And I have my living, breathing, full-size “Breyers” out back in our barn – there’s something definitely wrong with me…..

By: Misty

Misty — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:50:53 +0000

I thought this was one of the “sweetest” articles I have read in a while. Childhood does form a person, doesn’t it? This had to be one of the first steps to having a love of horses later on in life. I really enjoyed looking at the pictures. Brought back a lot of nice memories.

By: Lynnette

Lynnette — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:25:52 +0000

Wow! I’m seeing pictures of the old models I have: the Arabian mare and foal and the Black Beauty family set. And yes, the traditional sized Black Beauty does like to wobble, but mine is still proudly running upright.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:50:07 +0000

I don’t have the problem with Breyer’s, only the one from the Georgia International Horse Park during the ’96 Olympics, but I feel your pain. My overload is of all types of toys, Raggedy Ann, piggy banks, Coca-Cole, Olympic pins and other.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:09:47 +0000

Awesome article!! I too am having to cull the herd but still have some old favorites like the grazing mare and charcoal fighting stallion. Breyerfest was awesome this year. I have made it 22 of the 25 years.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:25:37 +0000

I was thrilled to find the Breyer model (still in box w/tag) of my MFT gelding’s sire, Southern Sunrise, on eBay. Like the author, I grew up horse crazy but horseless and didn’t get my first horse until after age 40. Owning a real-life direct son of a Breyer model horse feels like owning a bit of history. 🙂