Nix – I started collecting model horses when I was about 8, and the best horses came from a company called Breyer.

http://www.breyerhorses.com/about/history.php

I’d save up my allowance, and try to find extra chores to do to earn more money (Hey, I’ll clean that cat barf up for ya for a buck), with one horse in mind. I was very focused about it. I’d get the little collector’s brochure that came out every year, check off the ones I had, covet the ones I didn’t, and dig under the car seats for extra change. I took it all very seriously. To this day I still have 33 of the horses, all on display above my computer. Just looking at them reminds me of those days. “