Yan Wu and Lisboa are here!

 Exciting news, everyone! Two more new arrivals so far this week. Yan Wu came yesterday and Lisboa came today - behold! I'll start with Yan Wu, who shipped for free through Amazon and took a little more than two weeks to get here: 

Have I mentioned I love this color? He's gorgeous! 

I love the gold mapping and the contrast of his bright glossy red against the white areas. Plus the gold in his mane and tail. Definitely my favorite of the 2026 releases. 

Quality-wise he's fine - the usual small booboos, but nothing worth crying over. I love him! 

Next, here's Lisboa, who didn't ship for free (sadly) and took just about exactly two weeks to get here: 

He's gorgeous too! Can't wait for the rest of my collection to make its way here so I can compare him to some of my other glossy bays. 

I'm mildly amused that I got a horse on the same mold two days in a row. Do all these new releases on Anamar mean even more releases are coming in the future? Ugh, I hope he isn't a best customs prize this year...

Quality-wise he's also fine, but has assorted debris/glitter (?) in his gloss in a couple of spots. Nothing too terrible, though. So I'm glad these guys are here! My small collection here is starting to grow. The rest of my collection should be here in about three weeks - I can't wait to unpack them! 

New test model!

 Exciting news, readers! There’s a new test run model for Collector Club members to enter for!

Forever Saige? One of my favorite new molds from the last 11 years? Don’t mind if I do! The color is a little strange, but cool-looking nonetheless. Good luck to everyone entering…though I’m crossing my fingers that I win! 

Arroyo and Baja are available! Also the Breyerfest crystal!

 Woohoo! Good news, Stablemates Club members! The first release of the 2026 club is available to purchase!

I’m excited to see these guys, though I’m not sure when I’ll actually get them in hand. I opted for the non-international version of the club so I could sell the ones I don’t want. Anyone want to buy my two extra sets?

In other news, Breyerfest tickets went on sale today! I did get a VIP ticket - maybe I can trade the models I don’t want for surprise models. Here’s hoping!

And lastly, I almost forgot to mention another Breyerfest Limited Edition was announced today! Say hello to Skogafoss!

Interesting - it’s the old Kathleen Moody Icelandic Horse sculpture that was a porcelain release back in the ‘90s. Does this mean Falhofnir is still in the running to be the surprise model? Guess we’ll find out…Edit: D’oh! I forgot he’s a Limited Edition. Never mind!

Breyerfest tickets going on sale tomorrow!

 Attention, readers! If you're planning on buying a Breyerfest 2026 ticket (or a few), the tickets are going on sale tomorrow, per today's email from Breyer! Huzzah! 

So it turns out that the VIP ticket is $1,000 after all, which is a big chunk of change up front - but could be worth it if you want a lot of the special runs. I'll probably get one, since I want four of them for sure and possibly five if the surprise is something I want. Shouldn't be too hard to unload the four I don't want. I probably won't need to buy as many tickets as I usually do, either - though I'll probably get at least five more so I have chances at more surprise models. I really hope there aren't micro-runs this year. They seem to be doing that every other year now, so let's hope that continues for this year.

It would be more cost-effective to buy two VIP tickets (since the price of an All-Access ticket went up to $115), but that only gives me two chances at surprise models, so I guess All-Access tickets are the way to go there. Plus they added a single-day Stablemate to the All-Access tickets, so that's cool, I guess. There also isn't going to be a Celebration of Horses show this year, according to a Facebook comment by Breyer. Hopefully they put out an announcement about that soon. I guess it's not a huge loss - I didn't even go last year and the show has been rather poorly received for the last few years. Maybe they'll bring it back next year? 

They also added a $35 ticket option for people that don't want any of the frills and just want to see the action and/or shop at the Horse Park, so that's good. I hope everyone is able to get the tickets they want tomorrow! 

Oh, I definitely need this one

 Greetings, readers! The last Breyerfest special run line model has been revealed - say hello to The Wanderer! Turns out it wasn't a previously-feathered mold after all! 

And it'll be easy to remember his name, because he has his own theme song! Huzzah! From the blog: 

As The Wanderer, he is depicted as a cloaked one-eyed old man, with a long grey beard, carrying his spear Gungnir, and accompanied by his two companion ravens, Hugin and Munin. A wizened old man who can see between the worlds and through time after having sacrificed one of his eyes to Mimir’s well to gain the wisdom of the runes.

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This bold model, created on the popular Mustang Stallion mold, #801 sculpted by Rayvin Maddock, is decorated in a moody dapple purple/blue complete with a spear face marking, a magical right eye, and raven feathers in his mane and tail.  The Wanderer will be available to VIP, All-Access, and Online Traditional Access ticket holders.

I love him! He looks really good in that color, though I feel like the feathers could stand out more. And why isn't he glossy? None of the special runs are glossy - the last time that happened was 1997, and prior to that year the special runs were keychains. What's going on? 

In other news, it's time for the January Collector Club newsletter! Fashionably late, I guess. There's a cover story about bronze models, a glossy Bandera giveaway, and this sneak peek: 

Easter plushie, I'm guessing? Hope we find out soon! 

New 2026 arrivals!

 Greetings, readers! Exciting news today - my first Breyer purchase since moving to NZ has arrived! I got Pluto Gratia and Betsy and Ross in this shipment - they qualified for free shipping from the US somehow, so I jumped on the opportunity and ordered them! Plus, they only took a little more than a week to get here! I'll start with Pluto: 

He's the white-grey Lipizzaner we've all been waiting for. 

I love him, and yet I dread the day (probably next year) when they gloss him for a Breyerfest live show prize. 

It's probably a good thing that there isn't much of a live show scene in NZ (that I know of), because this guy was basically a body right out of the box. Black specks in the finish, shiny marks, black scribbly/scuff marks on his neck and more. His entire left shoulder is shiny for some reason, and I didn't want to investigate that too much for fear of the paint scraping off like it did on my Domingo. So it looks like this guy is just going to sit on the shelf...but that's what's going to happen to most of my models now, so I guess it is what it is. 

Now, let's take a look at Betsy and Ross! 

Fortunately, this pair aren't bodies right out of the box, but the foal is iffy about standing. The mare had a rub on her offside hip, but it mostly scraped off, so it might have just been part of the box that rubbed onto the mare. 

I wish they'd used Firestorm (her original foal) with this one - it would have been fun to see him in clearware. 

All in all, I'm glad these guys got here all right! Somehow they shipped all the way from Detroit for free, so I'm taking it! Yan Wu and Lisboa have both shipped, but the estimate for Yan Wu says he'll be here 2/12, and I have no idea when Lisboa will be here due to Breyer's site not supplying tracking numbers anymore. So it could be a while before I see them! I also have the new bay pinto Hamilton on order, but he hasn't even shipped yet. Hopefully Yan Wu is here soon, at least!  

Last special run sneak peek!

 Greetings, readers! We have a sneak peek for the last Breyerfest 2026 special run (not counting the Limited Editions) - check it out! 

There have been a number of models released with molded-on feathers in the past, including the Indian Pony, Appaloosa Performance Horse, Nokota and Ruffian (possibly others I'm forgetting). The online consensus seems to be that the peek is showing the tail feathers on the Nokota, but it could just as easily be a different mold with feathers added. Guess we'll find out on Monday! Since the feathers are black, I'm guessing some kind of (decorator) reference to Odin and his ravens, but we'll see. I hope it's the Nokota!