Poppy & Ollie, and new releases this week!

 Lots of exciting news to share today! Firstly: the final release of the 2022 Vintage Club, Poppy and Ollie, is now available to order for Vintage Club members. Remember that the free Stablemate for this year, Dandy, is bundled with this set. Woohoo! 

Secondly, this year's second Collector Club release, Chadwick, is finally being released on Wednesday at 12PM EST. Here's a pic to jog your memory! 

He's nothing I need, but that's okay. More for everyone else! 

And lastly, this year's holiday Stablemate blind bags (groan) have been revealed:

They're definitely pretty, and I need three of them! They're limited to two per order, so I'm just going to order three and be done with it. That's the number I'd buy if we were allowed to pick the ones we want. So let's hope I'm lucky again! These will be available TOMORROW at 12PM EST. I expect they'll sell out fast, so if you want them, don't waste any time ordering. And good luck! 

More news! This year's JAH is showing up in the wild!

 Great news, everyone! This year's JAH has started showing up at people's houses, with many exciting reveals! I haven't seen an image of the cover yet, but there are plenty of fun things within. I'll start with the last release in this year's Stablemates Club - say hello to new Haflinger Kit! 

Looks cute - I guess she's been clipped, judging by the legs and butt stars. She looks promising, but I want to see the actual magazine photo before I decide if I want it. 

Next, here's the reveal of Giorgio, the Premier Club Stablemate for this year! 

So the much-awaited color reveal is that of Anamar! I have to say the mini Georg looks really nice in rose gray. Can't wait to get mine! As a reminder, they're shipping with the Anamar models this year, so keep that in mind if/when preselling yours. 

And lastly, here's the final release in the 2022 Vintage Club! 

That's right - they're on the Hermosa and Corazon molds. Gulp...I'm going to regret not having a VC membership this year. I'm pretty sure they're all glossy, too - or at least the bay set are. Interestingly, the palomino set strongly resembles this auction set from 2017, and the bay set is very similar to Mamacita and Chico from 2016. Hopefully the gloss will set them apart sufficiently. The alabaster set is making me think of a Barbie playset for some reason, though. Oh well. Anyway, if you have a set you want to sell for a reasonable price, send me a message! 

Lastly, though I don't have a photo I can use, the centerpiece model for Ponies & Palm Trees was revealed (and raffled off to attendees) over the weekend - it turned out to be a bay polo pony Smarty Jones, a portrait of one of the horses at the event. Nice! Makes me glad I decided to sell off all my Smarties. If you won one of them, congrats! Uh, apparently someone sold theirs for $8,000 right after they were raffled off, so keep that in mind if you ever need an instant house payment or something! 

I really really really wanna Amazigh-ah

 More good news, everyone - the next Vintage Club release, Woodstock, is now available for purchase with her Stablemate mini-me! 

Please note that this is the optional release for this year's VC, so if you aren't feeling it - you don't have to buy it! Huzzah! 

More importantly, the last Premier Club model of the year has finally been revealed! Say hello to the Amazigh horse, Anamar! 

Here's his other side!

I definitely like him better from the second angle - his tail looks a bit weird in the first photo, but in the second one you can see it has a little bit of a "wave" to it, if you will. I like his head/face, too. He looks like he'd make a good companion for Carina! I'm a bit surprised that I like this guy as much as I do, since I don't tend to like Sarah Mink's sculpts, but he at least doesn't seem to have the toothpick-looking front legs that the Marchador and Malik both have, so there's that. In any case, I'm excited to order him in December! Also note that this year's free PC Stablemate is being shipped with Anamar, so don't presell yours unless you're okay with that. 

That's it for today - let's hope we get some more exciting news this week! Keep it coming, Breyer! 

Breyerfest Closeups: Woodstock and Mini Woodstock

 Hello and welcome to this year's last Breyerfest Closeups post! Today we're taking a look at Woodstock, an upcoming release for the 2022 Vintage Club. 

So we have a woodgrain Indian Pony and her tiny doppelganger, a woodgrain Stablemate Indian Pony! They even put the feathers on the tiny IP's mane, though one wonders why they didn't go all the way and put feathers on the tail as well. Technical problems, I suppose. 

So presumably this is the next release in the club? I don't remember if there was any indication of when these are going to be released, but I feel like it may be time for the next one? I guess Gawain was only released last month, though, so we may be waiting a while longer for this one. I guess we'll find out eventually! 

The next Vintage Club release!

 Exciting news, everyone - the next release in the 2022 Vintage Club has been revealed! Say hello to Gawain!

He’s the flocky model that was teased in the welcome letter from earlier this year. I’m not gonna lie…I’ve always found flocky models pretty tacky, and this one is no exception. But at the same time…I kinda like him! What a conundrum. Fortunately I’m not in the VC this year, so it’s not that big of a deal. I can’t say I expected Shannondell to make another appearance in the VC, either, so now I’m figuring the Breyerfest surprise isn’t on him. Maybe it’s still Brishen after all? Or failing that, the Cleveland Bay? Or something else entirely? Good thing we only have to wait a few more weeks to find out.

Finally, some Vintage Club and Premier Club reveals! Well, sort of.

 Good news, everyone! Breyer has finally started sending out the welcome letters for this year's Vintage Club and Premier Club, so we finally have some "reveals" for the rest of this year's releases! Huzzah! People have been posting photos of the letters on Facebook, so 

The Vintage Club welcome letter lists out this year's releases - Cooper, the APH from earlier this year; Sandman, the red dun Smoky that was just released; a gambler's choice mare and foal set; and a flocky (!) model, plus the optional model, which is a 1960s mold in a woodgrain finish. And the freebie Stablemate is a mini version of Dandy, the first release in the first year of the VC. Exciting! I imagine the mare and foal set is probably the FAM and FAF, and the flocky is probably a new mold. It'll be interesting to see what the color possibilities are for the mare and foal set. I'm less excited about the flocky, because I'm not a fan of those in general (too tacky for my tastes). So at least we somewhat know what the rest of this year's releases are, though I'm still irked that they haven't just gone ahead and announced them. Oh well. 

The PC letter didn't have quite as many epic reveals - just that Sarah Mink's sculpture for the club is a rare breed, whose face we saw in a sneak peek last year:

And the last release (by Kitty Cantrell) is some type of action breed. Someone on Facebook hoped for a Standardbred and I agree. Also, this year's frameable sketches will not be of Zafirah, but one of the later releases, and the freebie Stablemate is a mini Georg, color to be announced later.

That's all I have for now - let's hope we get more exciting reveals soon! 

Sandman, and a benefit for Ukraine!

 First off, this year's second Vintage Club release, Sandman, is now available for purchase! 

Let's hope they have the right belly stamps this time, eh? Haha. 

In other news, Breyer is auctioning off a brand-new Emerson test to benefit the war effort in Ukraine! 

The auction doesn't seem to be live yet, but it'll be on eBay when it does show up. Gorgeous model to be sure! Almost makes me wish I hadn't decided to sell off my Emersons, but...ah well. I'm sure he'll go for a lot of money - Breyer is donating all of the proceeds PLUS a company match to "various aid organizations supporting relief efforts." Sure, it'd be nice if they'd done a larger run that people could buy, but that kind of thing takes months to come to fruition, and Ukraine needs the money now. He sure is pretty, though! I wonder how much he'll sell for.

Premier Club Stablemates, Sandman and Robin and Nestling!

 Exciting news today, everyone - first off, if you were a member of last year's Premier Club (and completed all your purchases), check your Collector Club account, because the freebie Stablemates (mini Fireheart, if you remember) are starting to ship! Be sure to check that they're using the correct shipping address, because pretty much anyone who sold their Firefly and Hawkeye sets and had them shipped directly to someone else, is now having their Stablemate shipped to that address. Including myself...so I attempted to call Breyer's customer service today, but only got an answering machine. Hopefully I can get ahold of them before my Stablemate ships! Good luck, everybody! 

In other news, the next Vintage Club release has been revealed - but won't be available to purchase until later this month. If you're a member of the Vintage Club, check the VC blog for more information. In the meantime, here's Sandman! 

Smoky was used as the silhouette in the advertisements for this year's VC, so seeing him here isn't too surprising. That's a nice color, though - too bad I'm just not a Smoky fan. Now, if they'd just tell us what the rest of the releases are so we can stop wondering....

In other other news, the selections for Robin and Nestling went out today as well! Congrats to everyone that was picked - I didn't enter, so they won't be coming here. Hope they get shipped out soon! 

Cooper is available for purchase!

 Attention, Vintage Club members: the first release of 2022 is finally available! 

Nice color, but nothing I need. Good thing I'm not in the club! Let's hope this means we'll find out the rest of the releases soon...I gotta know what the modern mold is this year! 

Looking to the Future: 2022 Vintage Club

 Huh...I guess I kinda forgot about writing this year's Vintage Club speculation post - until now. Oh well - better late than never. Much of this post will be cribbed from previous posts on the subject, just as an FYI. Despite my dubious prediction ability, I will once again attempt to predict what molds we'll see in the 2022 Vintage Club. Well, let's get this show on the road! 

This photo is so old, it's probably not worth bothering with anymore, but I'll put it up just the same:

So far, club members have seen the following models from the photo above:

Amigo, the charcoal Adios;
Halo, the Appaloosa-Performance-Horse-colorway on the Stretch Morgan;
Commander, the smoke Five Gaiter;
Denim (Diamonds?), the Copenhagen pinto Shetland Pony;
and Kiowa, the Indian Pony pinto on the Jumping Horse mold.
Also, the glossy palomino Semi-Rearing Mustang was one of the losers in the vote that gave us Tanner.

Molds that appear in the photo, but were used in the VC in other colors, include the Running Stallion, Man o' War, Quarter Horse Gelding, the Belgian (twice), Semi-Rearing Mustang, Fighting Stallion (twice), Running Foal (with Mare), the Western Prancing Horse, the Grazing Mare (with Foal), the Western Horse and the Thoroughbred Mare and Foal.

So really, all of those molds have been used by now, with the exception of the Longhorn Bull, and I doubt he'll ever show up - but you never know. 

These are the vintage Breyer molds that haven't been used in the club yet. I removed the Appaloosa Performance Horse and Smoky as they're being used or presumably being used in 2022:

Black Beauty, the Black Stallion, Bolya/Halla,  Buckshot, the Donkey, El Pastor, the FAM and FAF, the Fury Prancer, Galiceno, Haflinger, the Hanoverian, Justin Morgan, the Lying Down Foal, Midnight Sun, Morganglanz, Phantom Wings, Phar Lap, the POA, possibly the PAF, Quarter Horse Yearling, the Race Horse, Saddlebred Weanling, the Scratching Foal, Sea Star, the Stock Horse Stallion, Mare and Foal, Stud Spider, the Trakehner and the Western Pony.

So, with the APH and Smoky already in the lineup, that leaves one vintage mold and probably one modern mold with a vintage paint job, plus the optional model. The remaining vintage mold is probably the gambler's choice release, so I think I'm going to go with Justin Morgan in an array of vintage colors and Vermeer (Noooooo!) as the optional model. 

Lastly, there's the Stablemate. They seem to be more-or-less alternating between old and new molds with those, so my guess is the G1 Morgan Mare.

Hopefully we only have to wait a few more weeks to find out if I'm at least in the ballpark with these guesses! I really should have written this earlier...

2022 Vintage Club and second chance sale drawing!

 Well, the 2022 Vintage Club opened up for general membership...and I'm pretty sure the remaining entries sold out in less than an hour, so I hope those of you out there that wanted to join were able to. I didn't join, as I'm not enough of a vintage fan, but I hope we get some fun releases next year! 

In other news, the selections for the second Breyerfest second-chance sale have gone out. I wasn't drawn for that either, but...I don't really need to buy any more Breyerfest stuff. For those of you that were drawn, good luck tomorrow! 

2022 Vintage Club!

 More good news, everyone - the 2022 Vintage Club is now open for enrollment (if you're a member of this year's club, that is)! 

Ooh, an Appaloosa Performance Horse! I can't remember if I've predicted him to be part of the VC yet or not. Which reminds me...I haven't done a predictions post for next year yet. But anyway...

Cooper and his little tack set there are referred to as a throwback to an old Brenda Breyer release, according to the renewal email. Let's hope they put some plastic in between the horses and the bareback pads, eh? Wouldn't want any red stains on the models. And it looks like Cooper is basecoated, too. I wonder if they'll advertise him as chalky? 

In other interesting news, the size of the club memberships has been increased to 750 - not really a surprise with how fast the club has been selling out in the last few years. Especially since they kept anyone from having more than two memberships this year. Seems like an increase in club members was inevitable - after all, we all know Breyer doesn't like to leave money on the table. 

Not only that, but evidently there's a Smoky in this year's VC logo. Seems like a fitting addition to the club. There won't even be that much left for me to predict now - guess I should have written that post a little sooner, huh? Oh well. Let's hope the club takes a while to fill up, so we can see the rest of the releases ahead of time, eh? It's not very likely that I'll need to join, but you never know...we could get, like, another Adios, and a mold I collect for the modern-sculpt-with-vintage-paintjob release, and then they could pick a Stablemate I collect too and at that point I might as well just join. Throw in an alabaster Thoroughbred Mare/Nursing Foal and it's a deal! Though that isn't very likely, I'll admit. Anyway, I hope we get to see the rest of the releases soon! 

There's also a surprise relating to the 10th anniversary of the club, according to the email. Hmm, I hope that means the 2022 Premier Club will have a surprise too! Er, wait...well, I hope it's a surprise we all get, rather than a micro-run or something...But anyway. 

If you're already a member of this year's VC, you only have 6 days to renew your membership, so don't forget about it! Who knows how fast the additional memberships will sell out this year.