Friday, April 11, 2014

Conga! G1 Morgan Mare

The original ceramic Hagen-Renaker mold, #388 Mini Morgan Mare14, was sculpted by Maureen Love Calvert, and leased from the ceramics company by Breyer for production in plastic. Released in 1976, the Morgan Mare mold was discontinued along with the other Generation One molds in 2005.

During this time, Breyer released six regular runs and nine special runs on this mold, putting her around the middle of the pack as far as run numbers go. With the exception of the 1976 chestnut which only ran for one year, none of the releases on this mold are particularly hard to find.

Regular Run Releases
Models listed below left to right

Top Row
  • Missing: Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5040 Morgan Mare 1976
  • Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5038 Morgan Mare 1976-88
  • Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5039 Morgan Mare 1976-88
  • Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5160 Morgan Mare 1989-94
Bottom Row
  • Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5185 Morgan Mare 1995-97
  • Regular Run Stablemate Play Set #10303 Hidalgo Stablemates Arabian Adventure Play Set 2004
  • Regular Run Stablemate Assortment #5312 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Rain Stablemates Play Set 2005


    Special Run Releases
    Models listed below left to right

    Top Row
    • Sears Special Run #495600 Stablemate Assortment 1989
    • Missing: Sears Special Run #49560 Stablemate Assortment II 1990
    • Sears Special Run #495091 Stablemate Assortment III 1991
    • Sears Special Run #495092 Stablemate Assortment IV 1992

    Bottom Row
    • JCPenney Special Run #711094 12-Piece Stablemates Set 1994
    • JCPenney Special Run #710695 Set of 12 Miniatures 1995
    • JCPenney Special Run #711096 12-Piece Stablemates Set 1996
    • JCPenney Special Run #710897 12-pc. Parade of Breeds 1997

    Missing from the line-up above:

    Regular Run #5040 Morgan Mare
    Model and picture owned by Elizabeth Emswiler and used here by permission

    Sears Stablemate Assortment II
    Sears Special Run #495600 Stablemate Assortment 1989 photo ElizabethEmswiler03_zps381a0850.jpg
    Model and picture owned by Elizabeth Emswiler and used here by permission

    Expect the G1 Morgan Stallion Conga towards the end of May!

    Many thanks to Elizabeth Emswiler for generously contributing pictures from her collection to help complete our line-up.

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