old horse

[tonguello]

HI!
I guess this is no news to most of you, but it was really a surprise for me. Last night my brother in law lend me a western set, (a wagon) for a photostory. I was surprised to see the horses and realise that the saddle is one part with the body. I mean it is attached and they are a unique plastic piece, as shown in pictures.






I know for a fact that is a European set (not Antex nor Troll) but I have the feeling it is not german. There are some mold marks.
Maybe from Famobil?  Does anyone know something else about these type of horses?
Cheers
Gaston.

[Tiermann]

Horses like that were made by Schaper in the U.S. I don't know of a European maker that did them.

[tonguello]

Interesting.
I knew it was brought to argentina by a relative in the late 80's from Europe. So I suppossed they were european... but could be made in the US and bought in europe... that make sense. 
thanx Tiermann

[flatcat]

I have about ten of these from various ebay lots over the years, but surely they can't all be from the US

Damo

[Wolf Knight]

I have a few of them too, again from ebay lots! Tim is correct, bit I also think there were a few of these in the european market as well!

[sweetking]

It's a "tarte à la crême" of playmobil search !

First designed by Schaper and then distributed in Europe in indians sets mostly (France, Spain, Germany for sure / probably also in Belgium, Netherlands and so on)

[Ali Baba]

Sweetking, what do you mean by tarta a la creme? I understand the words, but I do not understand the saying.

Is it the same as the dogs bo...cats whiskers?

About these horses, I remember seeing one or two in the seventies here in Holland. Only one or two mind you.

[playmo1989]

  intresting i haven't seen such horses with the saddle together ( at first sight when i saw the topic i thought that tonguello was saying that is the first time that he sees the old type horses  then i realised    ) all Schaper horses were like this    i have a couple schaper sets but the horses are normal .....

[sweetking]

Sweetking, what do you mean by tarta a la creme? I understand the words, but I do not understand the saying.

Is it the same as the dogs bo...cats whiskers?

About these horses, I remember seeing one or two in the seventies here in Holland. Only one or two mind you.

A "tarte à la crème" is a recurrent topic in newspapers or in movies (remember all these movies with people receiving some cream pies in the face...).

In newspaper, you will find on a yearly basis topics like : Graduation ceremonies, spring is for soon, raise of unemployment, and so on...


In case of playmobil identification, the most recurrent topic is, as far I can say, Schaper horse.

Not all schaper horses look like this one, only a few but in 4 or 5 different colours.

[Ali Baba]

Thanks Sweetking. So it was completely not what I thought it was.