Gloss does exist!

 Greetings, readers! More exciting auction reveals on the blog today - check them out! 

Wow, I'm not usually a fan of the Western Prancing Horse (despite having had one as a kid), but this guy is super cute! I love his blue eyes and the details on the saddle. And his color! What a beauty. 

The next lot is hidden, predictably. On to the next one! 

Whoa. Is this the first glossy model for this Breyerfest?! Wait, no, there's the glossy Oseburg and the live show sectional prizes, plus the single day Stablemates. Well, whatever. Gloss seems like it's been pretty rare at this Breyerfest for some reason, so I'm glad to see at least one glossy auction model (it does exist!)! And this guy is really handsome. He's like an updated version of the old regular run Saddlebred from back in the day. 

Pretty, but nothing I need. She looks good in tobiano palomino, though. 

That's it for today. I hope we get to see more auction models soon! Less than two weeks until I leave for Kentucky! 

No one ever expects the TSC models (before Breyerfest!)

 Whoa, more new unexpected reveals last night! This year's TSC models are already on the website. Just do a search for Breyer and you'll find them (unless they get removed). Here's the first one, a new Wild Mustang set: 

Ooh, the stallion and foal are both so pretty! Actually, the stallion is like a mini version of Picante. The mare is kinda meh, I'm questioning why they used Mesteno's Mother when they could have used the Haflinger Mare and had her match the foal better. Oh well. 

Next: Bugaboo! 

She's pretty, but uncomfortably similar to the micro run Diana from Breyerfest 2019. They used the same masking on her legs and everything. Not sure I'd be too happy if I owned one of those. Her name, "bugaboo" means an imaginary source of fear, so maybe they're leaning into it? Huh. 

Next, here's Lydia:

Ooh, a new Lonesome Glory! Too bad I sold all mine. I'm guessing it's the female version of Lonesome Glory since she has a female name? 

Next, here's Big Blue! 

Wow, this guy is really handsome! I love his gold accents. They look great with that dark blue color. I'm not a Clydesdale Stallion collector, but I'll admit this color is tempting me. 

Lastly, here's Peyton! 

This one is...very reminiscent of Old Bob. Actually, the Old Bob that's on IDYB doesn't seem to have that striping on the neck, but the one I've been trying to sell for years definitely does. I'm not sure why they reused this color? I mean, Adios has come in pretty much every color by this point, but it's been 25 years since he was issued in a solid bay color (not counting Pokerjoe, who was a Paint), so you'd think they could have done something in that vein. Oh well. 

It's nice to see these releases so early, but the bad part is now having to wait until probably September or later to see them in stores. Guess we'll just have to be patient! 

So many things to post about today!

 Lots of exciting things to write about today, folks! I'll start off with the Collector Club Appreciation event! It went live at pretty much exactly 1pm EST today and doesn't seem to have sold out yet (or at least I haven't seen any posts about it selling out). Maybe the days of things selling out in 15 mins are a thing of the past? Let's hope so. Anyway, here's a pic of our four glossies! Drat, I need all four this time...

In the meantime, I did get two orders of merch in, and then decided to do a third order of just the glossy in hopes it'll go through like it did last year. I only have so much extra space for stuff I don't want. But anyways. I really wish backordered stuff was included with this, because I would have gotten a Sweetwater Zorah Belle if she wasn't backordered. Other than that, I ordered the new Carltonlima Emma, the Classic/Freedom Series palomino Mason, the gray pinto Stablemate Rearing Andalusian that was new for this year, the new Poetry in Motion gift set, the Horse Foal Surprise Family 13 since I don't have the Cantering Warmblood from that set, and a Get Rowdy to hopefully resell without too much trouble. Not bad! In my second order I got Adamek, Marc of Charm (shouldn't be too hard to resell those), a set of pony pouches (everyone needs some of those), and a T-shirt. I thought about getting more apparel, but I don't really wear T-shirts much anymore, I don't like the style of hoodie they sell and I don't really use much of the other apparel, so that was it for that order. 

So, I'm hoping to get a decent selection of glossies from those three orders (or trade for them) and then just buy the fourth one. Kinda hoping that fourth one I buy ends up being the Sjoerd, since he doesn't seem too popular. But we'll have to see! I'm really excited about Morganquest Native Sun and hoping I get one! He'll be pretty in glossy. 

In other news, now that it's Pride month, Breyer is doing a giveaway!

3 lucky winners will receive a Pollock model! I'm not going to enter since I already have one, but good luck to everybody! 

Lastly, the sneak peek from Tuesday has been revealed! It's the Breyerfest Live overall grand prize! 

So I was wrong about it being Georg - it's actually Roxy! Nice. Nothing I need, but she sure is pretty! Good luck to everyone trying to get her. 

I wonder if the glossy prize models will be announced this week too? One can only hope! 

More auction models!

 Exciting news - more auction models were just posted on the blog! Let's take this from the top and start with the Othello! 

Ooh, an Othello! He's pretty much my favorite mold, so my heart sank a little when I saw this one. He reminds me of the auction Dundee from a couple years back. This one will go high, too. 

Ooh, another rainbow with gold mapping! This one looks incredible. I'd personally prefer silver mapping, but to each their own. Another one I'd love to own! 

Ooh, this one has a factory custom roached mane. Does this mean we'll get a RR or SR with roached mane in the future? I hope so. He's a beauty, too! 

I'm a little blah about this one - it's a beautiful color, with a lot of detail, but I feel like it's missing something. Maybe it should have been glossy? Who knows. 

A new zebra! Gasp! And such an electrifying (heh) color, too. It's been quite a while since Breyer used color-shift paint; maybe something new is on the horizon on that front? I hope so. 

And of course, our Saturday raffle, Bonheur. 

A point I forgot to make yesterday is that each new mold pictured here is another one knocked out of contention for the surprise model. I think it's probably safe to say the surprise won't be on the same mold as any of the auction models, since that hasn't happened since 2011 (when one of the rare surprises was in the auction). But I can't help but note that Desatado (and Forever Saige) haven't appeared in the auction yet...so hope is still alive! 

Breyerfest 2021 Program and Bonheur!

 Huzzah - the Breyerfest 2021 program is now available for viewing on the website! Check it out here. Nothing terribly exciting, other than the reveal of the second raffle model - they left out the auction model pages, obviously. They're probably still stinging from the Great Program Fiasco of 2014! Haha. I was a bit intrigued to note that they're actually doing some content at the KHP itself - I must have missed that. I'll have to check out some of those seminars, too - there's a few things there I'm interested in. Only two weeks from tomorrow and we'll all be reveling in Breyerfest once again! 

Our grand reveal for today was Bonheur, the second raffle model - and the astute viewers on the Internets were right - it is Roxy! 

That gloss is to die for! 

She's stunning, even if she is a little plain. I like her face marking, though. I'm also not sure why they're calling her a silver bay when she's clearly some type of liver chestnut? I think they did the same thing with Notoriously Framed. 

Anyway, that's it for today - but I'm super excited for Breyerfest now! Woohoo! 

Diana!

The third Breyerfest 2019 special run is revealed - Diana! Whoo, I was right about the color!

And she's glossy to boot! Ooh, she's pretty.



She's going to be a hot commodity, I can tell! Not anything I need to buy, unfortunately - I sold off the few Roxy models I had a few years ago for shelf space. But it looks like my loss is everyone else's gain - she's so pretty!

Breyer is 0/3 with me so far with their special run releases - let's hope the next one is something I want! We haven't seen any Premier Club molds yet - maybe we'll see a pretty Dundee next? I hope so!

Yet another hint on the blog!

Hello, readers! Exciting news - there's another Breyerfest clue on the blog!

It's...a hoof? Okay, I admit this isn't much to go by, and I thought it looked like Carrick's left front hoof at first, but the consensus on the Internets is that it's Roxy's left front hoof. Which, given the wording on the blog, would make sense:

For our next Special Run model we hunted through countless breeds and disciplines, the wild woodlands and amazon isles, and even went as far as the moon for our inspiration.

This is pretty clearly a reference to Wonder Woman, but I also wonder if it means we'll get multiple Roxys with different hairdos? Kinda interesting to do that after she already had a variety of hairstyles when she was the surprise model in 2013, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm guessing her color will be a nice red bay, since red features so prominently in Wonder Woman's costume.

Since the blog mentions Valentine's Day, I'm hoping we see the model reveal on Thursday rather than Friday! Crossing my fingers! 

Glossy Kodi, Stablemate Club grab bags, et al

I can't remember if I've already posted about the glossy Kodi models that have been showing up in some dealers' orders, so I'm going to just write about it now. So, last week someone found just one glossy Kodi, and then a dealer (I don't know which one) got a whole case of them. The Internets have been rife with speculation since then - are they a factory oops? Something that slipped out early, in advance of next month's (presumed) collector appreciation sale? Just Breyer trying to get rid of Kodi overstock?

Who knows. There's one currently for sale on eBay, and I'm sure it'll go for a ridiculous price, only for more glossies to show up later and massively devalue it. Never go crazy this early over things like this, people. You'll only empty out your wallets faster.

At least if she is the one "popular" mold they use for this year's collector club appreciation sale (along with 3 other unpopular molds, probably), I shouldn't have any trouble selling her. They need to hurry up and get that sale going - I purposely held off on buying several of this year's new releases so I wouldn't end up buying RR stuff I already had and then getting stuck not being able to sell it for what I paid. Hopefully they'll get around to that sometime next month.

Breyer also came out with Stablemate Club blind bags earlier this week for the low, low price of $50 a pop (two random SMC releases from years past per bag). Uh, usually we expect to get a better deal than that, like maybe $40 a box. I didn't order any, since I already have almost all the releases I wanted from previous years (the charcoal Fylkir still eludes me, but I figured the chances of getting one were too low to bother ordering). They're sold out now, but it looks like some people are getting Fylkirs. Maybe that release wasn't as popular as I thought it was? Who knows.

Also, the unicorn blind bags (including the blue chase Alborozo!) have been showing up at Cracker Barrel stores around the country. I checked our only local Cracker Barrel, but got zilch - no idea if they even got any in. I'm pretty much over this whole blind bag thing - I still haven't found a chase Django in the wild, nor did I even manage to get the lavender Alborozo from the 9 unicorn blind bags I got, so I think I'm pretty much done with blind bags. I hope that trend dies soon.

Lastly, the Collector Club advance access to the Black Friday sale opened up last week, but there wasn't anything special this year. Maybe they'll add new things when it opens back up on Friday? I hope so.

2018 Flagship Model - Kodi!

Good news, everyone! In addition to the 2018 regular run items, next year's flagship model has been revealed! Behold!



A new Roxy! And her name is Kodi. She'll only be available through flagship dealers, i.e. dealers who sell a lot of stock. Fun stuff! She's an interesting color, but I don't need to buy her, fortunately. I had three Roxys at one point, but sold them off for shelf space. I'm kind of sad I sold my Constellation, but not sad enough to buy another one. Oh well.

This makes me wonder if I'm going to need to buy next year's brick-and-mortar special run, since I've only needed to buy one or the other for the last few years. I guess we'll find out when we get there! I'm hoping I don't need it, because I don't have a brick-and-mortar dealer in my area anymore. Crossing my fingers!