Breyer’s Classic/Freedom Series Lipizzan mold (#620) was introduced into the Breyer line in 1975. Depicted performing a classical dressage movement, the levade, this carefully balancing fellow is one of my favorites. Unfortunately, he lands on the list of the underused. Underused as a horse, that is. The Lipizzan Stallion has made appearances as a unicorn (white and black), various incarnations of Pegasus, and in a deco color. As a unicorn, dubbed Unicorn III, the black and white pearl unicorns were available in 1996 at Toys ‘R’ Us:
Here is my black pearl unicorn. I have no idea where the white pearl unicorn is hiding:
Wings were added in 1984 to create the first Breyer Pegasus:
This is the original 1984 release. He’s been through many moves, and has acquired some battle scars along the way. I remember seeing him for the first time (at Toys ‘R’ Us) and being amazed. News traveled quite slow back then, and I didn’t know he existed. Of course I bought him, and couldn’t wait to get home to unbox him. Such excitement back in the day, lol! To transform the Lipizzan Stallion into Pegasus, Breyer engineered a slot in his back to accommodate his new wings (did a bell ring? Bonus points if you caught the reference). The wings had tabs on the base to fit into the slot, and BOOM! a Pegasus was born:
Revisiting the topic of this mold being underused as a horse, he has never been in any other realistic horse color other than alabaster. He did wear deco colors (orangey-gold and shimmery) as Sagittarius for Breyer’s 2015 Zodiac Series, but yeah, a deco. I have always wanted to see him as one of the rare bay Lipizzaners, as well as in any of the other historical Lipizzan coat colors. Actually, I’d like to see him in any realistic horse color. Here are some more photos:
*Photos of the gold labels for the white and black pearl unicorns are from the Identity Your Breyer website.*
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