The Gelding was part of a box lot that included ten Traditionals in various states of disrepair. He was only keeper in this lot, while the rest will fill out a body box that is on its way to being as deep as last year’s horde.
He was also the only “interesting” model among them – everything else appears to be garden variety Regular Runs from ca. 1998-2000. While he is not in the best condition, his color is pretty and all his limbs are still intact.
And he’s a Cull. That I found at a flea market 15 minutes from my house. That is about 12 hour drive from New Jersey.
How he got there is a mystery. The dealer wasn’t able to give me any information: he hadn’t even noticed it was any different from the others.
The most curious part of the story is that the rest of the models in the lot were from roughly the same time period.
While it was not unusual for some Culls to make it into retail store stock even at that late a date, it was usually pieces in a more finished state. The hooves, the eyes, or the mane and tail might not be painted, but it could have passed for a finished model otherwise.
Though this dealer certainly didn’t notice, so maybe the previous owner/s did not, either?
A couple of other possibilities include (a) a friend or family member worked at the factory in New Jersey, (b) this might be directly or indirectly related to the “newtoymens” factory escapees.
Or it could be one of those random weird and unexplainable thing that just shows up from time to time. This flea market seems to be good for that.
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