Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model I don't own but would like to, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it. This week's model is...the Tortuga G3 Friesian!
This model was produced as part of the Three Ring Circus Stablemate set from Breyerfest 2006. 1,200 sets were produced, with item #711066, and the Tortuga was issued on the G3 Friesian sculpted by Jane Lunger.
1200 of these sets were produced, but it might as well be more like 200 for the ones I've seen for sale since 2006. I suppose things disappear into collections pretty well over the course of 15 years - and the ones I have seen for sale were way too expensive...at least, for my tastes. Anyway, this mini Tortuga is a small version of the Connoisseur Tortuga issued on the Moody Andalusian. That model tends toward the more expensive end of the scale when it comes to Conns, so I suppose it makes sense that this smaller Tortuga would also be expensive to find.
Where will we see the G3 Friesian next? He last appeared in 2020 as one of the Spooky Stablemates blind bags, so we may not see a new release for a while, but I wouldn't say no to something new for this year. Speaking of which, are we EVER going to see the Breyerfest Limited Edition Stablemate? Come on! Maybe it'll be the Friesian? Whatever it is, I hope we finally get to see it soon.
I sent you a private message through Blab. I have the Tortuga Friesian SM but I didn’t get it at BF. It came as a free gift when I joined Breyer’s very first version of the Collector’s Club. You signed up with a licensed dealer & you sent Breyer receipts & bar codes from all your purchases for a year. If you bought over a set amount with the dealer Breyer mailed you a coupon for a free Traditional model. My SM came with letters, a membership card & a key fob, all of which I still have.
ReplyDeleteI sent you a private message through Blab. I have the Tortuga Friesian SM but I didn’t get it at BF. It came as a free gift when I joined Breyer’s very first version of the Collector’s Club. You signed up with a licensed dealer & you sent Breyer receipts & bar codes from all your purchases for a year. If you bought over a set amount with the dealer Breyer mailed you a coupon for a free Traditional model. My SM came with letters, a membership card & a key fob, all of which I still have.
ReplyDeleteI sent you a private message through Blab. I have the Tortuga Friesian SM but I didn’t get it at BF. It came as a free gift when I joined Breyer’s very first version of the Collector’s Club. You signed up with a licensed dealer & you sent Breyer receipts & bar codes from all your purchases for a year. If you bought over a set amount with the dealer Breyer mailed you a coupon for a free Traditional model. My SM came with letters, a membership card & a key fob, all of which I still have.
ReplyDeleteI sent you a private message through Blab. I have the Tortuga Friesian SM but I didn’t get it at BF. It came as a free gift when I joined Breyer’s very first version of the Collector’s Club. You signed up with a licensed dealer & you sent Breyer receipts & bar codes from all your purchases for a year. If you bought over a set amount with the dealer Breyer mailed you a coupon for a free Traditional model. My SM came with letters, a membership card & a key fob, all of which I still have.
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