More 2026 stuff and Breyerfest Stablemates!

 Greetings, readers! Well, the full 2026 line was revealed today, and what a doozy! All kinds of crazy new stuff! Here’s the Holiday Horse:

I like the snaffle bit/tassel thing going on with the blanket. And Emerson is handsome in white/gray!

And here’s the Halloween Horse! Okay, I’ll admit dragons aren’t what I think of when I think about Halloween, but he’s cool nonetheless, and I always have room for another longboi. 

This is the flagship model! Nothing I need, fortunately. 

Other 2026 stuff can be found at the link above. We’re getting a solid black Django at last, after nearly 10 years of waiting! Woohoo! But speaking of Django, I made a grave error yesterday in forgetting that the Breyerfest single-day Stablemates were announced! 

The Django is the only one I want, but I knew that going in. I love that shade of blue/white!

And lastly for today, a new sneak peek went up on the Breyerfest blog! Behold:

Prevailing opinion on the Interwebs is that it’s Rowan, so I guess we’ll see! I’d be happy with either version of Rowan. 

The 2026 releases? A day early? Don’t mind if I do!

 Exciting news today, readers! The new releases for 2026 (or most of them) appeared on Amazon today! I’m typing this on a cell phone and don’t want to upload all those photos here, but I’ll show some of them. I’ll start with the new Adonis!

At long last, we’re getting a regular run Adonis! Now the question becomes: will they ever use his original base/tail again? It’ll remain a mystery, I guess.

I’m not usually a fan of Shannondell, but I really like this color! He’s like a robot, but in a good way. Actually, he reminds me of the unicorn from the greatest (sadly defunct) mobile game of all time, Robot Unicorn Attack. That’s why I like him! 

This one is in honor of 2026 being the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac! I like his gold mapping and splash pinto markings. 

This is the Orren Mixer Ideal Pinto! I thought the Mixer series was over, but I’m not disappointed to be getting another Hamilton. As long as he doesn’t become a Breyerfest prize model, of course. 

Other new Traditionals include a chestnut Geronimo, dapple gray Bandalero, the black Rhiannon (all portraits), and a patriotic clearware set on Tigerlily and the Andalusian goal for some reason, rather than Firestorm. I’m a little bummed about that. There’s also a new bear set! Huzzah. Well, on to the Classics!

Yay, lots of new Lcassics! I want the American Dream, Love and Harper. But where is Love’s foal?

Once again…where is the foal? This will be the third release since this mold’s debut and they’re not using the foal in any of them? I’d like to see it in a non-decorator color someday…

I’m not usually a fan of pink, but I like it for this release (for some reason). Seems like I’m the only person that does like it from the reaction online, though. It would probably help if the spots weren’t so uniformly patterned. 

There are also some new Little Bits and Stablemates releases, including a unicorn cart/wagon, a castle (?!), a mountain stock horse set and another patriotic set. 

That’s it for today, but theoretically there will be even more reveals tomorrow - we have yet to see the 2026 Holiday Horse and Halloween horse, and hopefully there are more Stablemates and Classics to reveal, too. And on a side note, I discovered Amazon AU offers free delivery to NZ, so I may not have to wait as long for this year’s regular runs as I thought! Yay!

Last-minute New Year reveals!

 Happy New Year, readers! We got a couple of last-minute reveals today before signups closed for the various clubs. I’ll start with the last Breyerfest Stablemate: 

Oh good, another mold I don’t collect. So we’re at 1/4 for the single-day Stablemates. More sales fodder for later, I guess.

Our other reveal is much more exciting!

A micro-run of the new mold? In glossy grulla rather than bay pinto? Cool, I guess, though I’m not thrilled about the micro-run trend showing up again. There will be 76 of these glossy grullos, in honor of 76 years of Breyer (seems a bit random, but oh well). He’s pretty, and I signed up for 3 memberships after all, so maybe I’ll get one! 

Another Breyerfest silhouette

 Well, not as much to post about today - I suppose that should be expected with the end of the year rapidly approaching. But here’s another Breyerfest silhouette!

It’s the mini Semi-Rearing Mustang! Another mold I don’t collect, but a lot of vintage collectors will be excited. So the Django is the only one I want so far. I wonder what the fourth one will be? 

More Stablemates Club stuff and another Breyerfest reveal!

 Greetings, readers! The end of the year is coming up fast and the reveals are still coming fast and furious! I’ll start with the latest Breyerfest silhouette:

Ooh, a Django! I wonder what color he’ll be. I’d speculate about us finally getting a solid black one, but that would be kind of a waste on a Breyerfest model, so I guess we’ll see.

In other exciting news, we got to see all four of the Stablemates Club gambler’s choice models today. Behold:

I love that decorator! I hope I get one. So far I have two SMC memberships for next year, but I’m thinking about getting another one. 

And lastly, here’s the full reveal of Derecho! Yesterday’s photo didn’t show his stand.

And we have our final Stablemates club reveal!

 Well, we have our last Stablemates club reveal, and it’s a doozy! Behold, Bijou:

Drat! Of course they picked a mold I collect. The dapple gray looks like Sapporo from a few years back. In years past I’d probably have gotten multiple club memberships, but now that we’re in NZ I’ll probably just buy them secondhand later. 

That’s it for the Stablemates Club reveals, so I suppose I’ll have to get around to joining soon. I wonder if they’ll show an outline of the Premier Club bonus Stablemate?

Featured JAH - 12/28/2025, Annual 2025

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured JAH! We're wrapping up JAH's run (so far) with this issue, so let's get started with Annual 2025! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the front cover, Winnifred looks cute all tacked up. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 2 we have Editor's Letter. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After skipping something on page 3 (probably a Breyerfest ad), on page 4 we have a brief Breyer timeline! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The brief timeline wraps up on page 5. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 6 is the first page of the Breyerfest 2025 recap. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Breyerfest 2025 on page 7. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even more Breyerfest on page 8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And more Breyerfest on page 9! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 10 we have Artist's Sketch, featuring the 75th Anniversary models. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 11 is an article about painting Rowan, by Tammi Palmarchuk. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 14 is an article about AQHA's 85th anniversary. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And on page 15 we have the AQHA 85th Anniversary model on the Ideal American Quarter Horse, along with explanations for all the different brands. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 16 we have the first page of an article about the Chincoteague pony swim, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The Pony Swim article wraps up on page 17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 18 is an article about the Beebe Ranch, home of Misty of Chincoteague. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Beebe Ranch article wraps up on page 19. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 20 we have an article about packing models, written by Heather Wells, proprietor of The Horse You Want on Facebook. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The article about wrapping ends on page 21. Personally, I'd use a bit more bubble wrap on each model when packing, but maybe that's just me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After skipping some stuff, on page 25 we have a short retrospective of BreyerMidwest 2025, probably the only BreyerMidwest I'll ever attend (because of the distance). It was a great time! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On page 26 is the first page of an article about various Breyer sculptors. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sculptors article wraps up on page 27. 

 

After skipping some more stuff, on page 30 we have the first page of this week's Vintage Point, featuring anniversary models! 

Vintage Point wraps up on page 31. 

After skipping some more stuff, on page 34 we have an article about customizing. 

The customizing article wraps up on page 35, with some nice photos of some old vintage customs. 

On page 36 we have an article about Lexington! Both the city in KY and the horse. It's a little bittersweet to see this now that we've left Lexington. It was a great place to live and we had a lot of good times there! 

The Lexington article wraps up on page 37 with a partial photo of the Big Lex model. 

On page 38 we have a short article about charcoal models. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After skipping some more stuff, on page 40 we have an article about portrait horse Surfer's Riptide. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After skipping the 2025 New Product Guide, on the back cover of the magazine we have the 2025 Holiday Horse, Christmas in Bloom! And with that we've reached the end of this week's issue! This is the last JAH published so far, so Featured JAH (and whatever comes after it) will now be on hiatus until our shipping container arrives and I can get my regular computer set up at our new place. What's coming next for our Featured series? That shall remain a mystery...