Footnotes: Plastic Parallels - G1 Stablemate Knock-offs

Last summer we got a look at some of the metal G1 Stablemate copies that are floating around, this time we're going to check out some of the plastic knock-offs. Over the years I have seen many, many fake Stablemates, unfortunately I usually didn't take any pictures.

One G1 Citation copy some may be familiar with is the Micro Mini-sized Ertl horse (scroll down a ways) from the early 90s. This little horse was made with rubbery plastic and came in a few simple colours. I have a few of these models, but they currently reside in my Lego bin in a storage unit in Houston.

Lori Ogozalek provided this interesting group of micro-mini scale copies. They are of a hard plastic like Britains figures and some of them are marked made in China. The standing Saddlebred Mini Whinny and the metal G1 Morgan Stallion copy are to show scale.

Models and picture owned by Lori Ogozalek and used here by permission.

The poses are mirrored and altered slightly, but their inspiration is clear:

Morgan Mare

Model and picture owned by Heather Forrest.   Models and picture owned by Lori Ogozalek and used here by permission. 

Morgan Stallion

Model and picture owned by Heather Forrest.   Models and picture owned by Lori Ogozalek and used here by permission. 

Quarter Horse Mare

Model and picture owned by Heather Forrest.   Models and picture owned by Lori Ogozalek and used here by permission. 

Saddlebred

Model and picture owned by Heather Forrest.   Models and picture owned by Lori Ogozalek and used here by permission. 

There are a bunch of G1 Saddlebred copies floating around eBay. In addition to the grey and the black shown below, I have also seen a dark grey with white underside, golden bay, and red bay. They are slightly smaller than the original and are made of a firm, slightly bendy plastic.

The following models came together in a pack of ten labeled "Party". They are still available on Amazon.com if anyone is interested in some rather weirdly coloured Stablemate copies. These guys are slightly larger than micro-mini scale and are a bit more bendy than the Saddlebreds above. Like the earlier copies, these guys have been altered enough to skirt the copyright law.

Morgan Stallion

Seabiscuit

Silky Sullivan

Thoroughbred Mare

These guys aren't copies of Stablemates, but they are mini copies of some other Breyer models. Anybody recognize them?

The Mini John Henry is slightly larger than Micro-Mini size and the Mini Western Horse is a big bigger than Stablemate Scale.

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Many thanks to Lori Ogozalek for sharing her plastic knock-offs!