This guy was one of the six possible models one could get when buying the Samba Surprise special run line item at Breyerfest 2016. He's item #711238 and was issued on the popular Esprit mold sculpted by Kathleen Moody. He's one of only 149 produced!
I was lucky enough to pull this guy directly from the special run line in 2016. He's definitely special! 2016 was the first time since 2009 that we had a decorator as one of the possible options. I really like the color scheme Breyer picked for this model - he's got lots of gold, rose/pink and green, but the colors are soft enough that he doesn't look gaudy. Add that to his "dancing" pose and I thought he fit the Carnaval theme really well!
As for the Esprit mold itself, I think I've featured him on the blog at least twice before. So I'm not sure how much more I can gush about him - but I can say I don't think he'll be used again soon. He popped up last year as the surprise Not-Silver-Filigree-Holiday-Web-Special. Add that to his bombastic Breyerfest appearance and I'm thinking Breyer will probably give him a rest for a while - but I could be wrong! Maybe we'll see him at the Scottsdale Stampede in November? I hope not, since I don't get to go. I guess we'll have to wait and see!
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