Tuesday, May 18, 2021

My Monday

Checks e-mail.

Sighs.

Crosses Emerson off my “I Collect This Mold” list.

Wonders why I even bothered.

Buys some random cheap horses on eBay.

Goes outside to pull weeds.

Comes inside, opens newly arrived box with a completely different and significantly cheaper Breyer Race Horse:

I still can’t believe I bought a #936 Woodgrain Race Horse with its original Gold Foil Tenite sticker for less than the cost of… well, almost anything else now.  

I had a Woodgrain Race Horse before, but it wasn’t the one I was hoping for. This one might be – unless I manage to find an even nicer one at an even better price, though I doubt it. 

Eventually this market bubble will burst, so I might as well take advantage of the bargains where I can find them. 

Incidentally, this is only my third model with a Tenite sticker – including a Brahma Bull and a Family Arabian Stallion, both Woodgrains. 

Tenite stickers are a little harder to come by than the Blue Ribbon variety, and are mostly but not exclusively found on Woodgrains. 

I think Breyer originally intended to use the Tenite sticker on all of their models when it debuted ca. 1959 – I’ve seen it on Western Ponies and Old Mold Arabians in other colors – but it eventually morphed into a Woodgrain thing. 

Most of the Woodgrains – with the exception of the Family Arabians, and the Fighting Stallion – were discontinued by the time the Blue Ribbon stickers debuted ca. 1966. Consequently, they’re the only Woodgrains that can (very rarely) be found with the Blue Ribbon stickers.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've got one or two woodgrains with tenite stickers but I don't think I own a single horse with a blue ribbon sticker! They are certainly not very common in Arizona. We are backwards out west! I own a dapple back Belgian but have never found a smoke! I used to have a Florentine 5-gaiter but have NEVER found a single alabaster or palomino.

GWR said...

Congrats on a cool purchase!

Makes me wish the little woodgrain Clydesdale came with his own gold tenite sticker...

Denise said...

Great find! I would be super excited about this-there is nothing like acquiring a really nice vintage model in nice condition, and with a sticker like this no less!

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Tenite stickers were put on woodgrain models so that consumers would know the model is NOT made of wood!!
-Kristine Gardner

daniellek1234579 said...

I have a woodgrain boxer with a tenite sticker! I absolutely love him!