Trash?

"There are so many thigs wrong with the original trad. Man O'War mold that they need to trash it altogether. It's an insult to any horse they use it for, same as the original Secretariat mold was an insult the second it was cast."

I just found this on a Facebook post of the new War Horse model. Now, I am not denying her of rights or her opinion, but that is very, very harsh. I know a lot of people don't like the old molds because of conformation, lack of detail, molded on tack, etc. But a lot of us LOVE the oldies (me included!)

Chris Hess created both molds mentioned above and many of the model horses that were/are very loved by hobbiests are on his molds. I think that this lady's comment was rather rude, after all, someone puts a lot of time into sculpting each of Breyer's molds. Maybe they aren't perfect but still, can't folks show some respect?

One of the great things about the model horse hobby is all the variation. There are collectors, customizers, showers, tack-makers, and on and on. There are Traditional, Classic, Stablemates, old molds and new molds. Why do you think there's such a wide range of people in the hobby? There is something for everyone, and just because a particular something isn't her style doesn't mean she needed to "trash it all together."

Collect what you love!