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Offline core

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Horse with moulded-in saddle
« on: December 30, 2007, 06:52:14 »
Just got a old style horse with moulded-in saddle ("1974 Geobra C3" printed underneath) - just wondering when did they appear/disappear?!
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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2007, 17:23:17 »
Could you post a picture? I had Playmobil in the 70s and I don't remember these, nor do any of the old catalogue pictures show moulded-in saddles.

Could this be a prototype that they never officially released?
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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 22:03:16 »
This is from the very early releases I think. I have two colors of them very dark brown and caramel tan. I'm pretty sure these came from Schaper here in the US, I don't know about other countries. I have heard of this horse in white but haven't seen one. What color do you have?
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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2007, 09:12:39 »
My parents bought me Playmobil from the very beginning (1974) and all my old horses had klick-on saddles.
I dare say that these horses were never produced by Geobra. I am pretty sure they were produced in license though.

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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2007, 09:48:43 »
Here are the pics.  fwiw this came fome a grab bag of Playmobil parts, all the other items were from the past ~10 year's release.  (The other old style horse in the back is from existing collection at hand)
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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2007, 12:13:07 »
Interesting, thanks Tiermann and Core.

I think the Count is right, and these are a licensed product from Schaper.

One benefit is the saddle can't become loose or lost over time, but with the variety of saddles now available, there would have to be a lot of different moulds, and of course the colours are fixed.

I still prefer the old horses to the new ones for looks.
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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2007, 19:25:42 »
I have a couple of molded saddles.

Mine came from the McDonalds Happy Meal releases in the early 1980s in the USA.

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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2008, 17:30:04 »
I've also some of them. I think they where included in happy meals from macdonald's
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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2008, 08:15:10 »
I have some too, they might be from Mc Donalds too, but they're definitely from schaper.
sets 2951 and 2952.
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Re: Horse with moulded-in saddle
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 04:41:47 »
I have one of these horses with moulded-in saddle in dark brown.  I bought it in the 1980s and it came in a small set with a Native American chief.
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