Schleich Horse Club - English Thoroughbred With Blanket

English Thoroughbred With Blanket

Thoroughbreds are very fast, slender racehorses that are descended from Arab horses.

They are primarily used for flat racing. Since they are very sensitive to cold, they need a large padded blanket to keep them warm, even in the stable.

Fun fact: English Thoroughbreds can’t be kept outdoors because they aren’t robust enough.

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The complete production process for Schleich figurines, from the design of the models to the finished product, takes an average of three to four months. Many different stages must be completed – each involving loving attention to detail and the highest quality standards – before the famous hand-painted and uniquely realistic Schleich figurines are finished and ready to be played with by children around the world.

Materials: Each Schleich figurine has its own base colour, the recipe for which is uniquely developed using various PVC-based pigment mixes of varying degrees of hardness. All production substances and materials used undergo chemical checks in advance.

Hand Painting: Every Schleich figurine is hand painted. The only exception occurs in the case of large patterns – for example the brown patches on a giraffe – which are applied via a pad printing process. Otherwise, the careful, step-by-step process of hand painting each figurine with sponges, brushes and airbrushes is a great display of painstaking craftsmanship. In order to keep the colour of each figurine identical across all production runs, each tone has its own individual recipe that stipulates the pigment proportion of up to nine base colours and is mixed in-house. Mixing its own colours not only helps Schleich ensure consistency between all its tones, but also means it can guarantee that the paints it uses are safe. The colours undergo strict quality inspections both during purchasing and after the painting process in the form of light, heat, abrasion and chemical tests. Only once they have passed these tests the finished figurines receive the famous Schleich flag with the red “S” and are ready to be dispatched.