Virkie and Leif!

 Hark, readers! New developments are afoot! No, the title of this post isn't announcing some kind of weird vaudeville act, but rather - we have new stuff to buy! Woohoo! If you're a Stablemates Club member, Virkie is available to purchase! 

He's got kind of a weird name, but at least the colors are nice - and they're all glossy this year! How bizarre. I'm hoping to trade mine for this year's VC Stablemate - we'll see if that comes to fruition. And as for Leif, he can finally be ordered straight from Breyer! Find him here. 

Leif is here!

 Good news, readers! My Leif is here - behold: 

My apologies for cutting off the tops of his ears - whoops. In my defense, I saw it had happened and took another photo, but that one ended up being slightly out of focus and I don't feel like going upstairs to take another one. Oh well.

What a handsome boy! I like the green highlights on his hooves and the tip of his tail, and he also has a pinkish interference on his mane and tail. 

I'm not crazy about the tips of his ears (slightly smushed) but he's not too bad otherwise. 

He looks good on the shelf with my other Vermeers, too. Speaking of shelves - I finally got the rest of my models unpacked! My husband had to build three more shelves for me (for a total of seven), but everyone is now on a shelf! And nothing got broken, although I had another bubble wrap casualty - one of my (matte) G3 Friesians wound up with paint damage from the bubbles, which is...weird, but whatever. As soon as I get the giant pile of bubble wrap cleaned up I'll try to get some photos! It's nice to see them all back on the shelves along with all the models I've bought in the last year. 

2023 Fall releases announced!

 Good news, readers! The 2023 Fall Releases have been announced! More information can be found here, but let's look at the releases. Firstly, here's Leif, the 2023 Limited Edition/Fall Decorator: 

Ooh, what a pretty Vermeer! I love the gold leaves on his coat. Definitely screams "fall decorator" to me! 

Next is the Cheryl White horse/rider/book set we've already seen, so I'll move on to...Cody's Wish! 

I can't think of a racehorse more deserving of his own model right now than Cody's Wish. Glad to see him getting some attention from Breyer! I can't wait to add him to my collection! 

Next we have Clooney 51!

Ooh, very pretty! This one is very similar to Get Rowdy from last year - I wonder if Get Rowdy is being retired at the end of this year? That would let a new release slot into his place pretty well, and I think Clooney 51 looks basecoated, so I don't think it'll be hard to tell them apart. I also have a fear that Clooney 51 here may end up being a glossy prize model at Breyerfest next year. Ooh, let's move on from that nightmarish thought.

Next, let's take a look at Norwich! 

Hey, a new release on the Hackney Pony! He hasn't had a release since 2020 and that was a web special, so it'll be good to see him in the regular line again. 

Lastly, this year's brick-and-mortar special run, Barranco! 

He's very pretty! Looks pretty similar to Raia, the brick-and-mortar special run from 2020. Maybe a tad lighter shade. With one less sock and a wider blaze. These are only available in physical store locations, so good luck with getting one! 

That's it for new releases for today! The unpacking has been continuing, but is now on hold temporarily until we can get another new shelf built. In the meantime, I haven't had any major casualties, but was dismayed yesterday to discover my palomino Callahan's gloss coat was damaged by the bubble wrap he was stored in. Normally I try to wrap glossies with the bubbles facing out to prevent this kind of damage, but I wasn't paying the most attention when I unwrapped him, so I don't really know if I wrapped him with the bubbles in or not. I guess I wasn't too worried about it since I've never had an issue with bubble wrap and OF gloss before. Lesson learned, I guess. I still have a number of boxes to unpack, so let's hope that's the worst of my issues!