'Silky Sullivan (Famous race horse)'
old plastic, pre-B >> 1976-1979
from early black 'Famous race horse' card >> very early years
chestnut
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'Silky Sullivan Famous race horse/Thoroughbred'
old plastic, pre-B >> 1976-1979
chestnut, dark variation
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'Silky Sullivan Famous race horse/Thoroughbred'
old plastic, pre-B >> 1976-1979
chestnut, dark reddish variation
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I have found these typically teary glossed eyes (like found in the Sears 1989 set) on Stablemates dating from 1988-1991, so this should be one from about that period too.
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This specimen comes from a white card numbered 5600, indicating it's from 1989, which was the first year of the 5600/1989-1994 series, but also the last year of the white card, before Breyer switched to yellow ones.
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'Silky Sullivan Famous Thoroughbred'
new plastic >> 1992-1994
dark chestnut
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buckskin, yellow variation
this one looks yellowed, but only the robe colour is like that, the socks are still quite white
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This one is certain to come from the Sears 1992 set, since I took him out of the box personally.
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