Featured Model - 10/12/2019, Fantasia del C

Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model from my collection, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it! This week's model is...Fantasia!



This pretty girl is item #1777, a regular run on the Hermosa mold sculpted by Brigitte Eberl. She's a portrait of the real Fantasia, an Andalusian mare who was one of the guest horses at Breyerfest 2017.

This photo is actually of my old Fantasia model; I sold my original Fantasia/Gozosa set because the mare didn't stand very well and was starting to get rubbed up from falling over. When I ordered a new set, I was pleasantly surprised to see the mare was chalky! I don't have a photo of her, though.

Anyway, I think white/light gray works very well on this mold, probably because white works well on almost any mold. She embodies the mythical white horse very well. Even the chalky version of her is quite nice, and I generally don't like chalky models.

As for the mold, she was used as Celeste, the surprise Collector Club model, about a year ago, and she's still in the regular run line as Fantasia, so I don't know where we'll see her next. Maybe at Breyerfest? She was a special run there in 2016, though, so it seems unlikely unless she's a prize model. Maybe she'll be a web special next year? That would be fun. For that matter, she and Corazon could show up as this year's holiday mare and foal set; I wouldn't be opposed to that. Maybe some companion unicorns for Rosalind and Rigel? I'd totally be down with that!

Priscilla is here!

Good news, everyone! My Priscilla came today!



Isn't she a beauty? She's not very good about standing up, though (a common occurrence with this mold). Maybe my other one will be better? I haven't ordered that one yet - I'm waiting to see if I can bundle shipping with the Collector Club Valegro that has yet to be released.

I love her green and purple tail ribbons! Check them out:



They look like somebody colored them with a gel pen - and I don't mean that in a bad way. Quality-wise, she's pretty great - I didn't see anything wrong with her. If she stood better, she'd be perfect!

That's all I have for today - sorry to be so brief. The next release will be out in December - I'm excited to see what the final paint job will look like for him, since we haven't seen that yet. Hopefully we don't have to wait too much longer! And we should be seeing this year's last Premier Club sculpt soon as well. Let's hope it's a looker!

2020 Collector Club - Now Open!

As a continuation from yesterday, the 2020 Collector Club memberships are now open for business! Including the Deluxe club membership - and it turns out the special Stablemate is a shrunken Fighting Stallion!



So...is the promo photo an actual Stablemate-sized fighter, or did they just sub in an old glossy palomino Trad? Because they don't usually look exactly the same, and this one does. I guess we'll find out in...an entire year? Sheesh. Fortunately, I don't collect the Fighting Stallion (large or fun-size), so I'm going to sit this one out. Normal collector club membership, here I come!

As an aside...am I the only one that isn't excited about all the molds being turned into Stablemate molds? I mean, it's probably a cheap(er) way to expand the Stablemate line, but why don't they turn some molds into Classics while they're at it? Since we all know they'd like to make the Classics line more popular?

Well, anyway. It could just be my inner collector being crotchety. Get off my lawn, and such. Or maybe I'm just tired of spending money! Perish the thought!

2020 Collector Club information!

Out of nowhere, we have an announcement about the 2020 Collector Club - check it out! I don't know how anyone found this link to begin with, as I didn't see anything about it on my Club homepage. But take a look at this Collector Club model for next year!




His name is Carter, and he's beautiful! He looks a lot like the rose gray Hero's Welcome, actually. But anyway!

In addition to the usual club renewals, they're introducing a Deluxe Collector Club membership for next year, and people who join that get an exclusive Stablemate. This is to celebrate Breyer's 70th anniversary. I don't know about you, but I kind of feel like the special model should be a Traditional, since Breyer's first model was Traditional-sized? Maybe I'm way off with that, but still. I'm super excited about that Dundee!

It doesn't look like we can actually sign up for the clubs yet, since the "Join Now" links don't currently go anywhere, but I'm sure it'll be available soon. I hope we get to see the special Stablemate before we join - if it's nothing I want, I won't have to bother with the membership.

No, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 I know I'm late to the party with this (I blame weekend travels + lack of time), but a Mini Whinnies series 3 has been appearing at Walmarts across the country...and most of the new models are teeny versions of Trad and Classic molds!

I don't have any photos I can use yet, but the shrunken Traditional molds are Sherman Morgan and Wixom, while the shrunken Classics are Liam, Malik and Mariah. And...one of them is a tiny, tiny Hambletonian! HE DOES EXIST IN PLASTIC! I demand a bigger version of him immediately! Preferably a Classic or Traditional! I KNEW using him as the crystal at Breyerfest last year would lead to more releases on him eventually! Especially since we're finally seeing the Spanish Barb as a Stablemate this year - if we get him in a nonporcelain release, we can get anything! I need more- MORE! Especially since I don't (and won't) collect Mini Whinnies!

No one seems to know what the chase piece for this collection is called, but I'm really hoping it isn't a Tiny Wintersong - because that would just be depressing. But I need a bigger, plastic Hambletonian as soon as possible!

Featured Model - 10/5/2019, Copper Chase Django

Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model from my collection, give some stats on it, and provide commentary about it. This week's model is...the copper filigree Django chase model!



He's item #6039 on the popular Django mold sculpted by Josine Vingerling. Official production numbers have never been given, but he isn't particularly rare.

I finally found this guy for a price I was willing to pay at this year's Breyerfest (still too much for what amounted to a RR item...grr...), and while I don't know for sure, he's probably from the latter part of the run, when the copper filigree Djangos started showing up at Tractor Supply stores in much more plentiful numbers than their original run. Of course, the color looks great on him (what color doesn't?). I'm a sucker for metallic paint jobs, and it's hard to make anything look bad on Django.

As for the mold, I'm still waiting for him to be issued in black, since that's the obvious color for him that hasn't been used yet. I'm still a little bewildered that he wasn't used in the Breyerfest 30th Anniversary Commemorative Set as Gooitzen fan Teakesyl, since the original G3 Friesian has appeared in solid black how many times now? You'd think they could have used a newer mold that just happens to have not been used in that color yet, but I guess not. Maybe they're saving it for something really special.

I think we may be due to get new Stablemates this year? Maybe not; I don't remember for sure. But if so, I hope we get a new release or two on him! Just, you know, not something that's stupidly hard to get, like the copper chase piece was.

Priscilla is now available!

Wow, that was quick. Priscilla, the next Stablemate Club release, is now available:



She's one of the releases I've been most excited about, so the faster she gets here the better! I can't wait. Both of the kids have been sick this week and I think I'm starting to come down with whatever they have, so I could really use a pick-me-up!