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?
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...
Greetings, readers! Lots of exciting things to write about today - I can definitely tell we’re approaching the end of 2025! I’ll start with the most exciting reveal: Flapjack the donkey!
As many people thought, Flapjack, also sculpted by Laura Skillern, is part of a set with Waffles. Nothing I need, but they’re both cute!
Next, we also have a Stablemates Club reveal:
Her name is Najwa! Pretty color, but nothing I need. Notably, while the majority of the run will be black rabicano, 217 of them will appear in chestnut rabicano instead in honor of 2026 being the Chinese Year of the (Fire) Horse. They’ll be randomly shipped, of course. What do we have left to reveal? Is the gambler the only thing left? I’m crossing my fingers that it isn’t anything I want.
Next, a Breyerfest sneak peek was posted today! Behold:
It’s Enya! Presumably this is one of the event/single-day Stablemates. Nothing I need; maybe I’ll get lucky and won’t need to buy any of them this year.
And lastly, the December Collector Club newsletter came out today! There’s an article about Premier Club sculptors, a Rowan giveaway and this sneak peek:
Most people think this is the black Vanner that was revealed a few days ago. Guess we’ll only have to wait another week to see the reveal - I’m seeing rumblings online that the 2026 releases will be revealed on Jan. W. I’m excited to see what they are! Will we finally get a regular run Adonis? Or a black Vermeer? Okay, okay, maybe I’m asking for too much here.
Well, readers, we got the full reveal of the Premier Club pony today - say hello to Waffles!
Pretty color, I guess. But the bigger question is, who is that donkey in the background? Will this release be a donkey/pony set after all? Here’s the pony from the other side.
Greetings, readers! Another Stablemates Club reveal today - meet Touché!
Someone on the Internets pointed out he’ll make a great mini-me of Let the Good Times Roll from this year’s Breyerfest. Seems fitting. Nothing I need, though. Could this be the year I don’t bother to join the club? I guess it’s still a bit premature to say that, since they haven’t revealed the gambler or the optional model yet. Hope we see those soon!
Good news, everyone! There was another Premier Club reveal today. It turns out Carmen will be available in glossy and matte (members will choose which finish they receive):
I like her from this angle, anyways. And that color is beautiful! I’m leaning more toward keeping her, but I’ll withhold final judgement until I have her in hand.
I’m a bit late with this, but the pony release for next year’s Premier Club has been revealed! Behold:
I’m not crazy about it, honestly. I wasn’t a fan of Laura Skillern’s prior sculpts for Breyer (Charleston and Winnifred) so it’s not surprising. I’m still hoping it’s a pair of ponies, or a foal turns up later. Maybe I’ll like it more when I see what color it is? I am glad they showed us all three sculpts in advance, though. More of that, please!
