The Fighting Mesteño mold was introduced in 1994 as part of the Messenger Series and has the linear © Breyer Reeves mold stamp. This mold is nearly identical to the Sombra, but with (among other things) the Fighting Mesteño having both hind hooves flat on the ground while the Sombra has its near hind hoof cocked. The mold was sculpted by Rowland Cheney and is Breyer mold #4811ME.
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4811 | The Challenger - Gift Set, Mesteño and Sombra With Sombra |
dark buckskin, dorsal stripe | 1994-1997 | Messenger Series
Models released in the first three moths of 1997 have bi-colored eyes. With hang tag. |
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701195 | The Challenger - Gift Set, Mesteño and Sombra With Sombra |
dark buckskin, dorsal stripe | 1995 | QVC (504 made) Same as #4811 |
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703795 | The Challenger - Gift Set, Mesteño and Sombra With Sombra |
dark buckskin, dorsal stripe | 1995 | Q2 Home Shopping Channel (50 made) Same as #4811 |
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710694 | The Challenger - Gift Set With Sombra, "The Challenger" print by Rowland Cheney |
dark buckskin, dorsal stripe | 1994 | JCPenney Holiday Catalog
Same as #4811 |
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750101 | Rufo and Diablo With Cougar |
bay roan | 2001 | Walmart |
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750201 | Azul and Fausto With Cougar |
blue roan | 2001 | Walmart |
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750214 | Grey Thunder, Rearing Grey Appaloosa Stallion and Cedar, Chestnut Appaloosa Foal With Mesteño the Foal |
dark grey blanket, blaze and snip, black points, hind socks | 2008 | Walmart
America's Wild Mustangs Series It appears that very few of these sets were made. |
Fighting Mesteño (left) and Sombra (right)
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