I am a big fan of horses. When I was younger, I had a massive collection of Breyer model horses that was the focus of my entire imaginary world. In the early 80s, you could get these highly detailed plastic Breyer models for about $6.00 at Woolworth (in nice cardboard boxes...), but now they run in the $40 range and are typically found only at high-end toy stores (although Toys R Us does carry a play line of Breyer horses).
When Spin Master premiered their Liv horse in 2010, I could not wait for it to hit the shelves. I saw some small pictures online suggesting that it was a highly articulated horse which I thought was very appropriate considering the impressive articulation of the Liv dolls themselves (no, no, don't worry--I am not going to gripe about that again). There aren't really a ton of articulated play horses on the market right now. Our Generation has a 20" horse that looks semi-articulated and pretty handsome (available at Target). There's still an articulated horse for the Fisher Price Loving Family. I think that's about it. Let me know if you have intel on any others.
I was really hoping that the Liv horse would be kind-of like "Smoke," a 1970s Lone Ranger articulated horse I had when I was a kid. I loved posing that horse and I don't know what happened to it. Smoke had about 14 points of articulation and could strike some very realistic poses. That was the coolest toy.
Anyway, I have been meaning to write a review of "Nutmeg," the palomino Liv horse that I've had for about a year now. While I procrastinated with that review, however, I caught wind of the new Moxie Girlz "Cricket," who is a palomino horse that is articulated and apparently walks and whinnies. Well! I thought it might be fun to de-box Cricket and have a nose-to-nose showdown between the steeds of two very popular play doll lines. Here's Cricket:
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| Moxie Girlz horse, Cricket |
