Hello and welcome to yet another edition of Featured Breyerfest! We're covering Breyerfest 1996 today. Wow, it's been (almost) 30 years! Let's get started.
Breyerfest 1996
July 26-28, 1996
Celebration Horse: Tseminole Wind
Number of Celebration Models produced: 3800
Attendees: Unknown
The real Tseminole Wind was a Half-Arabian owned by Maddy Winer. He, his dam Karma Gypsy, and sister SS Morning Star all had their own portrait models. Maddy Winer is a singer and would perform while riding Karma Gypsy. She still owns and shows Arabians so presumably they all had show careers, but I wasn't able to find much more information about them.
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Other guest horses included Dover the dressage horse; Clue II the trick horse (I had his Breyer model!); Misty II, Black Mist and Twister, all Misty descendants; and Bonnie Shields, sculptor of the then-new Brown Sunshine model.
There was still only one raffle model (Malibu), plus the volunteer model (black dapple Semi-Rearing Mustang), and the keychain special runs returned! This time we got clearware G1 Standing and Lying Foals and blue Standing and Lying Foals.
Here's the wrap-up from JAH that year:
There was still only one raffle model (Malibu), plus the volunteer model (black dapple Semi-Rearing Mustang), and the keychain special runs returned! This time we got clearware G1 Standing and Lying Foals and blue Standing and Lying Foals.
Here's the wrap-up from JAH that year:
Looking at these pictures is making me miss Kentucky. Here's the rest of the wrap-up:
There's one auction model in the wrap-up there, but here are some other interesting ones - I'll start with this dapple gray Khemosabi:
I wonder where this model is now? I'd like to see some more photos of it. It's a pretty paint job, even for a subpar sculpt like Khemo.
I also like this brindle Bolya. It's interesting to look at Breyer's early attempts at paint jobs like this.
I love this black version of Yellow Mount! Which reminds me - is the Vintage Club ever going to get an alternate color of Yellow Mount? Seems like something that should have happened by now.
And before I forget, here's a photo of Stephanie Macejko with Misty II:
And before I forget, here's a photo of Stephanie Macejko with Misty II:
That's it for this week, but check back next week for Breyerfest 1997! There's a surprise raffle, the first non-keychain special run and more!
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