More new arrivals!

 Good news, everyone - it looks like the releases for 2023 are getting off to a timely start! The first releases of this year's Stablemates Club and Vintage Club are now ready to order! 

This year's first SMC release is the G1 Arabian Mare and Lying Down Foal set, Nadira and Zaahir. I managed to sell my set already, so they'll theoretically be on their way to their new owner tomorrow. I'm going to be doing a lot of this for this year's club, so let's hope all the transactions go smoothly! 

Next on the list - Go Figure, the first release for the 2023 Vintage Club! Ooh, what a stunner:

I am not a Justin Morgan collector (though I'll admit I wanted Tri-Mi Boot Scootin' Boogie  and Montana Harvest back in the day). But this guy almost makes me want to start! Honestly, if I had the shelf space I'd probably collect him. Maybe someday...but in the meantime, this guy is great! I saw on Facebook that Sommer Prosser had designed him - another triumph! What a beauty. According to Breyer, this is also the first time in the mold's 50-year history that he's been produced in a non-solid pattern. It's about time! 

That's all I have for today - I hope I have more exciting things to write about soon, now that the 2023 floodgates appear to be open! 

Ooh! New Warehouse Finds!

So, I got an email today that Breyer had put up some new Warehouse Finds on the website. If you aren't familiar with the Warehouse Find situation, in 2013 some mysterious models showed up in the Breyer Store at Breyerfest. They were essentially reissues of old regular runs, but in generic boxes and with the longer Special Run-type item number. After Breyerfest, they showed up for sale on the website, and others have periodically been added to the lineup since then.

We never got much of an official explanation from Breyer as to exactly what they were, but I did overhear longtime Breyer employee Ed telling someone in the Breyer Store that the models had been leftover whiteware found in the warehouse that they painted up to sell. Not sure why they didn't turn said whiteware into some type of actual special run rather than paint it as old regular runs that (for the most part) haven't sold out, but there it is.

Actual bundles of whiteware models have been offered for sale at Breyerfest as well; though they always seemed to sell well, maybe the amount of whiteware Breyer found was too much to justify throwing it all into the store.

Anyway, the six new Warehouse Find models are as follows:

Bluegrass Bandit in black (reissue of Elvis Presley's Bear)
San Domingo in palomino pinto (reissue of Let's Go Riding Western)
Legionario in mulberry gray (reissue of Medieval Knight)
Stock Horse Mare in dapple gray (reissue of American Quarter Horse Mare)
Justin Morgan in bay (reissue of Double Take)
Quarter Horse Yearling in sorrel (reissue of American Quarter Horse Yearling)

If these warehouse finds are anything like the previous ones, they'll be similar to the originals, but with small differences. For instance, it looks like the Bluegrass Bandit doesn't have painted horseshoes, the chestnuts are the same color as the body, and eyewhites are minimal. The San Domingo looks a lot yellower than the original release, and so on. We'll have to wait and see what we get when they arrive (I only ordered the BGB), but I'd guess they'll be in the generic reissue boxes with special item numbers like the previous ones.

Happy ordering, if you're so inclined! And don't be a dummy and forget to use your Collector Club discount like I did (d'oh!).