Vail is here!

 Good news, readers - my Vail model has arrived! Behold! 

What a beauty! 

If I'd been thinking, I'd have gotten a photo of him with my La Molina and Masella models, but just didn't think of it. He's a beautiful model, though! I like the purple interference. 

Quality-wise he's really nice - some tiny bits of lint in the gloss, but otherwise flawless. I love him! Another great addition to the collection. I can't wait to see what web specials are coming up next. 

Tahoe is here!

Greetings, readers! Exciting news - I managed to find a Tahoe for a reasonable price, and he arrived today. Behold! 

Just as majestic in person as he was in the photos! 

A worthy addition to the collection.

Too bad the rest of my silver filigrees are packed in the storage unit, or I could get a picture of him with them. 

Quality-wise he's fine, but he's got some weird dapples that I don't remember seeing on other silver filigree models - it looks like the paint got a little thick on his left rear leg when they were cleaning him off, and some of his other dapples have weird halos or silver spots inside them. Very odd. 

In other, Breyerfest-related news, another silhouette was revealed today:

Theoretically another will be revealed tomorrow, and I hope they all get revealed on Saturday because I really don't want to have to wait through the whole weekend to see them! 

Tahoe wait list!

 Just a short note today - the waitlist emails for Tahoe have gone out! So be sure to check all your accounts to see if you were pulled! Alas, I wasn't drawn from the waitlist, but I did manage to find a Tahoe for a decent price in the meantime, so hopefully he gets here soon! 

Tahoe selections are out!

 Well, the selection emails for Tahoe went out today - if you entered, check your email to see if you're a winner! Alternately, log into your account and see if he's visible on the Club Home page. If he's there, you were drawn! Unfortunately, it looks like my luck wasn't with me this time, so I'll have to see if I have any luck with the waitlist. Winners have until the 21st to pay, so be sure to pay right away if you did get drawn. Congrats to all the winners! 

Silver Filigree web special is revealed - Tahoe!

 Good news, everyone! This year's silver filigree web special has finally been revealed - say hello to Tahoe! 

Be still, my heart. I gotta have him! Fortunately, this is another run of 1,000, so my chances of being drawn shouldn't be too terrible. I wonder if his description of having red and green braids (when the photo looks like the braid, singular, is red and gold) will turn out to be the accurate one? I wouldn't mind if it did end up being red and gold, since I'm not really sure why silver filigree HAS to be associated with the holidays anyhow. 

Anyways, the last day to enter is Sunday, so get your entries in! Good luck to everyone entering! 

Lots of exciting things today!

 Greetings, readers! There's a lot of things to announce today - firstly, the selections for Zugspitze have been made, so check your emails and/or accounts! I'm happy to say I was drawn for one, so a silver filigree chonk will be coming my way soon. 

In other happy news, Twist, the final entry in this year's Stablemates Club, is ready to order, along with the optional foal set Leti and Addie! 

I purchased all of them - can't wait to see them in person! 

In other exciting news, it looks like the Deluxe Collector Club model, Chalice (the glossy buckskin mini Alborozo) will be shipping soon, as he's been added as an unfulfilled order on my account. I also have an unfulfilled order for the VIP Breyerfest pin, so those must be shipping soon as well. Lots of fun things heading my way! Hopefully I see my backordered pin board show up soon as well...

Silver filigree is back!

 Exciting news today, everyone - we finally have a reveal of the silver filigree sneak peek! Check this guy out!

His name is Zugspitze. Kind of a mouthful, but whatevs. I love him! He’d make a great addition to my silver filigree collection. They upped production to 450, too, so I have a decent chance of getting one (I hope). They also upped the price, to $225 (gulp). But I haven’t been buying much lately, so I’m okay with it. I wonder how fast this one will sell out - it really wasn’t all that long ago that a run of 350 would get sneered at for being too common and languish on the website for ages before selling out. Get off my lawn, and such. But now we have so many people in the hobby that 350 isn’t nearly enough. I suppose that’s a good thing, in the long run - meaning we have a healthy number of people in the hobby. 

Collector Club October newsletter and JAH!

 Well, it's not QUITE the end of the month yet, but it's the last business day of the month, and you know what that means...time for the Collector Club newsletter! I'll stop poking at them for leaving things like this for the end of the month when they stop dragging out every possible reveal for as long as they can...But anyway! If you're a CC member, check your email for details. There's an article about Breyer at Equitana, and an exciting giveaway! 

That's right - somehow they had an extra Luna around the offices, so they're giving her away to one lucky winner. This was a web special on Ruffian back in 2012 and a run of 350. I jokingly called her Three Wolf Moon at the time, though I don't know if the resemblance was intentional or not. She was designed by Sommer Prosser if I remember right.  Another funny story about this one - I was drawn to purchase her, and Breyer accidentally sent me two of them, so I actually got to handpick the one I wanted before sending the other one back. Which was good, because one of them had pretty much perfect decals, and the other...not so much. So I was happy to have two to pick from! A lot of these models had issues with the decals, probably because they're just so big. 

Anyway, I won't be entering for this one, but good luck to everyone who does! 

The newsletter also has this sneak peek! 

Something glossy and blue - I wonder what it could be? They certainly seem to be on a blue kick the last few years. I'm guessing this is the last web special of the year, which is usually a silver filigree or something vaguely-holiday-related, but I don't know what mold it is. At this point I'm just hoping it's something I don't want! That's all I have for now, so I hope everyone has a happy Halloween! 

Edit: I forgot the part where I was going to talk about the annual JAH being shipped out. I got an email yesterday that they were shipping! Here's the cover:

I hope my copy gets here fast! 

Black Beauty and La Molina & Masella!

 Greetings, readers! Exciting news today - my Black Beauty and La Molina & Masella set are here! I'll start with Black Beauty: 

Isn't he a beauty? I don't have the QVC Black Beauty to compare him to, but the reports I've seen on the Internets indicate that the new release is more of a grayish color than the original. 

I'm still wondering why they reused Silver for this release when True North is right there. I suppose they figured they had to use Silver again since the horse is apparently a mustang in the new movie. 

Quality-wise, he's pretty nice - I didn't see any flaws on him. Another worthy addition to the collection! 

Next, let's take a look at the mare and foal set whose names I'm tired of typing! 

The foal isn't as dark in real life as he is in the photo. Sadly, I don't have a Benasque to compare him to, but they haven't been a complete match in the photos I've seen online. I'm definitely glad to have these two, though! 

I'd forgotten how much I missed Breyer's silver filigrees - we used to get them every year, but the last one we had was 2018's silver filigree variant of Callahan. And she looks good with my other silver filigrees! 

With regards to their quality...well, I didn't see anything wrong with the mare, but the foal apparently was splattered with white paint after he was glossed. I was able to scrape most of it off, but...how did it get there? When would he have been anywhere near white paint after he was pretty much done being painted? Weird. 

But anyways, I'm super stoked that I was drawn for these! Now if I can just find Benasque for a good price...

Web special selections are out!

 Attention, Collector Club members who entered for the latest web special (whose names are too complicated to type out right now!): Selections have been made! Log into your account, and if they're listed amongst the web specials midway down the page, you were drawn! Huzzah! I get to take a set of these beauties home! I haven't been drawn for a winter web special since 2017, so I may be a little excited...

Also, I can't believe I didn't notice/comment that this is the second time in a row that the Corazon mold was used for a web special. Well, there's precedent for doing that - Croi was used for Sugarloaf and then Bramble in 2015/2016, and the Moody ASB was used as Kehinde and then Muir Woods in 2018/2019. It's interesting that both Hermosa and Corazon were used in separate releases in the same year, too! Interesting to see how things shake out - though it shouldn't be surprising, since I think they're both in the regular line as Fantasia del C and Gozosa. Anyway, I can't wait to get this pair in hand! I'll have to find room on my entertainment center so the mare can go with the rest of my silver filigree models! 

It's Benasque's long-lost family!

 Greetings, readers! The sneak peek from the October Collector Club newsletter has finally been revealed - behold! 

Ooooh! Hermosa and Corazon as holiday decorators? Sign me up! 

They're beautiful! I had thought silver filigree was dead in the water since we haven't seen one for so long, but clearly it hasn't been forgotten! I hope I get drawn for these! Looks like they upped the piece count to 450 though, so I might have a better chance of being drawn this time. 

From the website:

In Spain’s Pyrenees Mountains, the names La Molina and Masella are synonymous with skiing and amazing winter scenery. La Molina has a stunning silver filigree coat, and her foal Masella sports blue filigree. Both are completed by a high gloss finish, which takes their coloring to the next level! Each has “Collector Club 2020” on their belly. If you already own our 2018 Winter Web Special, Benasque, then you’ll want to scoop up the rest of this filigree family!

I have still not managed to obtain a Benasque, but...maybe someday. In the meantime, I hope I can get my hands on his family! The deadline for entry is 11/18...sheesh, that's a pretty short entry window. Oh well - fewer days I have to remember to enter! Good luck, everyone!