Tossed In, Sande's Ohio Plastic

Sande shared with me the story of Tossed In (what a name!), a model that she had in the 1990s. Interestingly enough, this was not a Breyer Western Horse, it was an imitation done by Ohio Plastics. As you can tell from the first photo below, he shares some of the same damage features that mine does. He was also an oozie.

Tossed In came in a lot of horses that Sande bought in 1990. His owner had mistaken the deterioration for dirt and run him through the dishwasher! Placing him in a plastic bag and stashing him in the utility room, Sande later came to realize that she had an oozie on her hands.

Luckily she took him to a show where he won the Most Deformed class - I say luckily because this is the only photo she has of poor Tossed in!

Sande sent me a photo of two more Ohio Plastics Western Horses that have passed through her hands (she still has the one on the left.) Quite the contrast - these are beautiful and make poor ol' Tossed In's demise even sadder.

I found Sandy's story fascinating for a couple of reasons. One, the model was also oozing, like Susan's are. Two, it shows similar deterioration patterns (beginning at the junction of the legs with the body).  3) It is not a chalky blackfoot palomino. But most intriguing to me, 4) we now have evidence of a non-Breyer deteriorating in a similar manner.

This begs the question, are there any models from other manufacturers doing the same thing? Lidos? Hartlands?

 My Hartland Horse Over Clock is probably not chalky nor is it palomino, but it does have the jet back hooves.

I see no deterioration, and when I asked Sande, she saw none in her Hartlands. Susan shared similar news about her Hartland Western Horse.

Just because there are none among the three of us, though, does not mean that there are none at all. I am going to have to continue to dig some more.