Well, I'll get the bad news out of the way first: we got another shipping update from Breyer, and Zafirah has been delayed again. Breyer now anticipates her to be in stock in late July/early August. I guess that might give us a little time to recover from Breyerfest? Let's hope so.
Now that that's over with, let's take a look at today's auction model reveals! Here's a weird-looking dapple gray Sherman Morgan:
Maybe they left out the part where he's also a pinto? A...really weird pinto? Just odd.
Next, here's a stunning Brishen!
Next, here's a stunning Brishen!
Mmm, yes please. Looks similar to the auction Alborozo from 10 years ago, albeit with less dappling.
Lastly, here's...this.
Lastly, here's...this.
Not sure what to say about this one, except...Nokota does not look good with a haircut. He's described as a, "Black Sabino Criollo with a factory custom roached mane." Cool, I guess, but why does he still have his forelock and the bit of mane at his withers? I mean, other than the fact that the withers mane is molded on. Why would they pick a model so completely defined by his wild hair and then Dremel half of it off? He looks like a plucked goose. Well, partially plucked. Maybe he'd seem less unbalanced if they'd done something about his tail as well? Either way, I'm not a huge fan of this one.
Lastly, new merch for this year's Breyerfest is in stock! Check it out here.
Well, I hope we get some more exciting auction reveals tomorrow! If not, I hope everyone has a good 4th of July weekend. We're all quarantining with covid, so it looks like it's going to be a low-key weekend for us. Oh well - I'd rather it happen now than two weeks from now when we're about to leave for Kentucky!
Nokota always did look like a bobble-head, even more so with a roach. Her forelock looks like a pompadour.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually pretty common to not roach the forelock and mane at the withers. I'm not sure of the purpose of it though.
ReplyDeleteI know. It just looks completely ridiculous with Nokota's tuft. 😂
ReplyDeleteThat roached mane with the forelock and withers-tuft left on is the traditional haircut for the Criollo. Forelock on to keep flies off the eyes, long hair at withers for an anchoring hand-hold when mounting and working cattle, as their saddles didn't usually have a solid tree or horn. And it's carried on into the show ring as correct turnout for the breed, so it might look odd but it's a neat authentic detail.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the info! I knew it was standard, but I hadn't looked into why (I'm not currently showing any Criollos).
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