Much as I love Appaloosas, and much as I love the color black on a horse, I did not intend to have two black Appaloosa Stud Spiders. It came about by accident. I wanted to buy a vintage blanket on eBay, and it came with a Stud Spider!
The blanket is an early one (1979 - 1981) and is difficult to find, and the price for both was only $15, so I made a bid and won. I could always sell or donate the Stud Spider, right? Except that it turned out to be really nice, better than the one I already had, and it was a variation.
The new Stud Spider. It may have been due to the blanket, but the new Stud Spider is much whiter than my other one.
My original Stud Spider.
There are spot size and shape variations.
A missing spot or two as well. Blue indicates a missing spot; red a size difference. There are more differences than what I have circled.
New Stud Spider has a black line on his belly as well as grey hoof bottoms - is he made from reground plastic? He's certainly from the right time period.
My original Stud Spider has Breyer's normal under-hoof color and a black spot on his belly.
The faces are unremarkable when it comes to differences, but the new one's star is much whiter. It wasn't covered by the blanket, though, and has retained that whiteness.
A topside comparison. You can see more variations in the size and number of spots.
The off from sock on the new one is higher than my original, and it looks chalky to me in this photo.
Could that be why the blanket and star are so white - that it is a chalky piece?
I compared the new Stud Spider to my chalky plastic
Stretch Morgan, and there are similarities. I also have the big lick Tennessee Walking Horse in chalky plastic, but he is in storage and I can't check him to compare.
Regardless of possibly chalkiness, he is staying with me.
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