My Collection

I collect Breyer animals. I started the collection when I was five years old and have been getting them every year since then and I am 41 years old now. I got the first one which was the Clydesdale stallion. It was retired in 2005. My grandma gave me that for a birthday present when I was five. I started this collection because at the time my parents owned several show horses and we all really liked them. So my grandma thought this would be a good present. Let me tell you my grandma never expected it to turn into what it is now. I have over 500 pieces ranging from my first Clydesdale stallion to the animal sets. I have multiples of the same animals, just with different paint jobs. I have wild animals such as the deer family, goat, buffalo, elk, moose, and mountain lion. I have farm animals such as the pig, bulls, cows, donkey, and many horses.


I have some special run horses. I have one porcelain Christmas horse. I receive two horses every year, one for Christmas and one for my birthday. I get the yearly holiday horse and whatever special runs may be going on at the time. My parents still give me these gifts because it is hard to break a tradition. My wife refuses to get me any because she hates having to help me dust them all. It is a very long and tedious process but it is well worth it. I get them down and by sons and I talk about them, when I got each one and what special meaning it has for me.

Last year at Christmas, I turned the tables on my mom. For Christmas, I bought her a Breyer. It was the model of Elvis’ horse, Rising Sun. She went crazy. She said she thought she would never see the day when she was receiving a horse.