Stop the world, I want to get off

The reveals are coming fast and furious - almost too many reveals for me to handle! Where do I start? The full Vintage Club lineup for 2020, minus the bonus model, has been revealed:



So we've got the Western Horse, the In-Between Mare (!), the Bubble-Butt Belgian (making his second appearance in the club), and Yasmin. Wait - taking a closer look at the photo, the two mares next to the IBM look like FAMS, not IBMs...I wonder if the gambler's choice will mostly be between the two FAMs, with the IBM an extremely rare variant? One of 70, perhaps? That would help keep the original handful of IBMs' value from plummeting.

Anyway, there's nothing here I need to buy other than the Yasmin, unless the optional model is something I need. Here's hoping!

Next on the reveals list, the 2020 calendar has been posted on the Breyer website, and the cover photo is A DAPPLE PALOMINO HAMILTON AAAAAHHHHHH!!!



He is a must-have! Dare I hope he's a regular run for next year? Or, failing that, something obtainable in the 70th Anniversary Collection? I'll be sorely disappointed if this is a test or limited run I'll never be able to get my hands on! I'm going to continue to hope he's a RR, since this year's Dominante made his debut in the calendar about this time last year.

Speaking of the calendar, we also had this reveal inside it - a side angle of the new Premier Club Altynai:



Well, that does it - I'm going to have to add him to my collection too. Drat it all! I'd been hoping to cut back a little bit next year, but if these reveals are any indication, I don't think that's going to happen. But hey, I love all the new things being unveiled right now - it's definitely better than the news wasteland we had going at this time last year. Bring on the reveals - I'm ready to see the 2020 regular run line!

Another release in the 2020 Vintage Club!

Sheesh, looks like I've been totally off the mark with my Vintage Club predictions...again. But the second release in this year's Club has been revealed - say hello to Starlight!



It's a glossy gray appaloosa on the Shagya Arabian (aka Yasmin) mold! Ooh, she's pretty. I think this girl fits right into the Vintage Club, even if she is a new mold. Nice as she is, though, I'm not going to join the club unless the next couple of releases turn out to be super-desirable. Speaking of which, we only have two more reveals left - well, three if you count the Stablemate. We haven't seen the gambler's choice or the optional model. I still think the gambler will be the FAM/FAF - hopefully they'll show them to us before the deadline to join. I'm still wondering what they're going to use for the optional model, too - no doubt this year's Claude really helped with keeping people in the club through the end of the year, so I wonder if they'll try to pull another Claude situation next year (wouldn't surprise me). Hope we find out soon!

2019 JAH is here!

Good news, everyone! My JAH arrived today, with a wealth of new reveals! There's a lot of exciting things to go over, so let's just get started!

I decided to leave out the cover this year, in case those of you who haven't seen it yet don't want to be spoiled. I will be covering the reveals inside, though, so beware!

I'll start with next year's first Premier Club release, Altynai:



The prototype is beautiful, and I definitely like the color (sculpted by Heather Puleo, sculptor of Greyson) and painted by Amanda Brock), but I'm not sure if I like this one enough to keep him yet. I'll need to see more photos of him before I decide...hopefully they show us more when club signups open up. Also, why all the buckskins lately? Were those paint colors on sale?

Anyway, next year's other two sculptors are Lynn Fraley and Kylee Parks. I took a look at Lynn Fraley's other work and didn't see anything that I had to have, so the jury is out on her sculpt too; Kylee Parks has done some impressive work for the custom contest at Breyerfest for the last few years, so I'm sure hers will be pretty nice.

Next, let's take a look at this little item on the Table of Contents page:



Ooh, a giveaway! I took a look at the entry website, and it looks like we have until November 30 to enter. I haven't submitted my official count yet, but it looks like they got clever with a lot of the images, so make sure you pay close attention to every page of the magazine!

Next, here's a sneak peek of a new sculpt by Mindy Berg on the editorial page:



While the magazine doesn't say what this new sculpt is for, it looks like a Classic to me - probably next year's Classics Horse of the Year. Honestly, he looks like Duende with his head turned up and to the right, so I can't see him being a Traditional. I wonder what color he's supposed to be - silver bay maybe? I hope we find out soon.

Next, a look at next year's Live Show Benefit horse and the 4th release in the Fairytale Friends Club:



Another buckskin, on San Domingo! He looks like he'd match Lillian and Molly pretty well. The ad copy says next year's glossy Classics model will be the glossy Malik - a return to glossing the previous year's Classics Horse of the Year model, which makes me wonder even more why they didn't gloss some Masons for this year (not that I'm complaining!). In the bottom photo, we see the fourth release in the Fairytale Friends club, with a glittery purple G3 Arabian and what looks like a shrunken-down resin Rising Sun. Makes me wonder if we'll see Rising Sun in other scales eventually? With all those new Walmart Mini Whinnies, it seems like Breyer is going nuts with shrinking stuff lately, so I wouldn't be surprised.

Next, here's the Fighting Stallion sneak peek:



In Stephanie Macejko's editorial, she mentioned that the "70th Anniversary Collection" will consist of a number of Traditional-size releases, and this Fighting Stallion will evidently be one of them. Maybe they'll pick one mold from each decade for this collection? That would be fun. The Fighter here is pretty, but nothing I need to buy. Can't wait to see the other releases!

Next we have the Vintage Club sneak peek that has everyone excited:



Yes, that's the In-Between Mare! What color is she? Looks like some kind of glossy dapple black to me, but it could be a dark bay. More importantly, will this lower the value of the handful of IBMs in collector hands? Probably not, since they're so old. I wonder if they'll all be this color, or if they'll be the gambler's choice for next year? Another important question is...will they be popular? The IBM is definitely valuable, but, well...there's a reason the mold was rejected in favor of the FAM, if you know what I mean. Food for thought, I guess.

Next, here's a look at the Fairytale Friends Club's third release!



That's Mini Magnolia and a Mini Whinny I don't recognize. Maybe it's a flipped Show Arabian? Not sure why they'd bother to flip it, but that's the closest guess I have. I won't be keeping either of them, fortunately (or unfortunately). There's an article in this issue about unicorns in other parts of the world, featuring a number of unicorn illustrations by Rayvin Maddock. I hope we see some of those colors in the Fairytale Friends Club next year!

Lastly, here's a look at Corbin, who also appeared on the cover of this issue:

He's pretty, but I don't think I'll be keeping either of mine. More for the sales pile!

Edit: Gah! I forgot about the Premier Club Stablemate, Charleston! Here he is!



He looks a lot like the G2 Paso Fino...which is a bad thing, for me. I've tentatively arranged to trade him for the mini Misty and Stormy set from this year's Vintage Club, though, so at least I've got that going for me. His paintjob looks like a pretty faithful representation of Hamilton, though, even down to the slightly-pearly whites, so there's that.

All in all, it was a great issue - I think there were more reveals in this issue than the one from last year, so that was nice. And it's great that they're doing a giveaway for the test Beau! Now if we could just see the rest of next year's Vintage and Stablemate Club releases, that would be great!

Featured Model - 10/26/2019, Silverado

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...Silverado!



This handsome guy was a Connoisseur model back in 2008. He's item #90143 on the popular Othello mold sculpted by Kathleen Moody.

Silverado is a beautiful model! One of the prettiest on the Othello mold, in my opinion. Whoever decided to produce him in silver bay definitely should have gotten a promotion for that. He has beautiful subtle dapples, and while he doesn't have any pinto areas, his blaze is still mapped. Excellent! He doesn't have the pearly mane and tail like many more modern silver bay releases, but he's totally fine without it. I feel like a coat of gloss would have been the icing on the cake, though...can you imagine? Of course, that would have driven collectors into a frenzy over him, so it's probably better that he isn't glossy.

As for Othello, where will we see him next? He was a web special in 2017, so we probably won't see him there soon. He was the volunteer model at last year's Breyerfest, and SBH Phoenix is ending his longtime run this year. Will we see glossy SBH Phoenix models at the end of the year for the Collector Club appreciation event? Sheesh, I hope not. He was last year's Christmas model, too. However, I could see him showing up in the Breyerfest special run line next year - I'm sure they could rope him into the Celtic theme pretty easily. That, or maybe he'll get another RR release - I'd be down with that too. Whatever they do, though, I hope they don't turn him into a Stablemate - he's hard enough to collect in his original size!

Lucien is here!

Good news, everyone! My Lucien model arrived today - check him out!



He's not as orange as I thought I'd be - and I really like him! But I have a feeling we're all going to be tired of buckskin by the time 2020 is over. I was surprised to see that he almost looks semigloss, as well.

I like the color progression on his right hind leg - buckskin to black to white to tan. Pretty striking! Although I have to admit that leg has always looked a bit oddly put together, but that might just be me.



Quality-wise, he's really nice - a couple of small issues here and there, but nothing major or worth trying to photograph. He's a beauty! Of course, now I have to find room for him on my already-full shelf...

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

Whoa, Breyer! Slow down on the new releases lately!

...That's not something I thought I'd ever say...

But anyway. Apparently this year's JAH has been showing up in people's mailboxes, with tons of new revelations. A buckskin Akhal-Teke for next year's first Premier model! A chestnut pinto Fighting Stallion as part of the "70th Anniversary Collection"! The last model in this year's SMC (Corbin) will be a dapple gray! Next year's other Premier Club models are sculpted by Lynn Fraley and Kylee Parks! They're doing a giveaway of the chestnut pinto test model from last year's vote for Beau on the Idocus mold! The PC Stablemate is a mini of Hamilton! (Not surprising!) And probably other things I'm forgetting!

And on top of that, it's been revealed that next year's Live Show Benefit model is a buckskin pinto on San Domingo! They've been doing lots of buckskins lately...but anyway! The live show giveaway model is glossy Malik!

I don't have photos of any of this stuff yet that I can use, but rest assured I'll be posting about it as soon as I do!

More exciting news!

Lots of exciting things to report today! I'll start with the last release for the Vintage Club this year. Claude is finally available to order!



Good luck to everyone that orders! 30 of these guys will be matte rather than glossy - I wonder how many will pop up for sale after the fact? Makes me glad I don't collect Shannondell.

Next, the 2020 Stablemates Club has had its first reveal: Klaus, on the Darwin mold!



Ooh, I like him. You could probably get away with calling this one a Knabstrupper, right? Just as long as he doesn't turn orange and live in a fishbowl...but anyway. I wonder if this means he'll get a RR release as a Lipizzaner? I hope so. In any case, I'll definitely be rejoining the club.

And lastly, the final Premier Club model of the year has been revealed! Say hello to Georg!



I really want to like him...in fact, I like most of him, except the banged tail. Gah!



I'm pretty conflicted about this guy. It's not that I don't like drafts, but most of Breyer's drafts haven't made it into my collection. But, Othello is my favorite mold...so I'm just confused. Maybe when I get him in hand I'll like him better? Hopefully we don't have too long to wait - he'll be available next month.

Also, apparently there might be an In-Between Mare making an appearance in next year's Vintage Club? That's cool! I don't have a photo yet, but evidently it'll be revealed soon. Exciting!

Looking to the Future: 2020 Vintage Club

Hello, readers! It's time for another list of bad Vintage Club predictions, so here goes! This is really late this year, but I've been pretty busy the last few months, so I figure better late than never, right? Some of this is copy/pasted from previous posts on the subject, so beware!

I'm not sure if this photo is even relevant any more, since it's so old, but I'll post it anyway:




So far, club members have seen the following models from the photo above:

Amigo, the charcoal Adios;
Halo, the Appaloosa-Performance-Horse-colorway on the Stretch Morgan;
Commander, the smoke Five Gaiter;
Denim (Diamonds?), the Copenhagen pinto Shetland Pony;
and Kiowa, the Indian Pony pinto on the Jumping Horse mold.
Also, the glossy palomino Semi-Rearing Mustang was one of the losers in the vote that gave us Tanner.

Molds that appear in the photo, but were used in the VC in other colors, include the Running Stallion, Man o' War, Quarter Horse Gelding, the Belgian, Semi-Rearing Mustang, Fighting Stallion (twice!), Running Foal (with Mare), the Western Prancing Horse, the Grazing Mare (with Foal) and the Thoroughbred Mare and Foal (not in glossy alabaster, sadly).

The only molds left from the photo that haven't been used are the Longhorn Bull and the Western Horse, but we know from that teaser a month or so ago that the Western Horse is finally making an appearance. Why is the Longhorn Bull even in the photo? Who knows.

This year's Vintage Club has been more or less a return to normal, aside from using Shannondell as the "optional" (as if anyone would skip him) release. But they're switching up his release by doing most of them as a glossy charcoal, while 30 of them will be matte. Honestly, I'd rather have a glossy one myself - I've never been a fan of matte charcoal, and the blacker the better - I don't like the brown tones that can appear in charcoal as well. Not that it matters, since I don't collect Shannondell, but there it is.

These are the vintage Breyer molds that haven't been used in the club yet:

Appaloosa Performance Horse, Black Beauty, the Black Stallion, Bolya/Halla, Brighty, Buckshot, the Donkey, El Pastor, the FAM and FAF, the Foundation Stallion, the Fury Prancer, Galiceno, Haflinger, the Hanoverian, Justin Morgan, the Lying Down Foal, Midnight Sun, Morganglanz, Phantom Wings, Phar Lap, the POA, possibly the PAF, Quarter Horse Yearling, the Race Horse, Saddlebred Weanling, the Scratching Foal, Sea Star, Smoky, the Stock Horse Stallion, Mare and Foal, Stud Spider, the Trakehner, the Western Horse and the Western Pony.

For reason that should be obvious by now, I think Midnight Sun, the Donkey, Sea Star and Phantom Wings can all be eliminated from contention. I'm iffy about Bolya/Halla being used either, as the mold has been permanently altered from its Halla configuration. Does its '90s iteration still count as vintage? Who knows.

So what molds are we expecting to see next year? We already know the Western Horse is finally showing up - I suppose I should have expected that, since he's Breyer's oldest mold and 2020 is the company's 70th anniversary. I wonder if they'll sneak in some kind of rare variation to celebrate that? The release is glossy chestnut if I remember right, so maybe they'll leave 70 of them matte, or do an alternate color or something. As for the remaining vintage molds that haven't been used yet...well, most of them aren't terribly popular. I'm going to predict El Pastor and Stud Spider, for starters - El Pastor was a web special this year, and Stud Spider might be vaguely popular enough to be worth using. I don't know what to predict for the fourth model - some kind of gambler's choice on the FAM/FAF? That could be fun. If they keep with the pattern of using a modern mold for the optional model (they seem to go back and forth on that one), I'm going to go with Desatado, just to throw something random out there.

As for the Stablemate, it's anyone's guess. Now that we've seen this year's G1 Quarter Horse Mare (Misty) and the G3 Warmblood Foal (Stormy), I feel like it could go either way. Maybe the G1 Saddlebred, as a reference to some old Five Gaiter?

That's all my predictions for this year. Although I'm glad they finally used the Thoroughbred Mare and Foal this year, I'll be forever sad about not getting them in glossy alabaster...

Featured Model - 10/19/2019, Mini Nazruddin

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...Mini Nazruddin!



I know this guy is still pretty new, but he's so special I wanted to give him his own Featured Post anyway. He's item #711354 and was a run of 2,000 on the Darley mold sculpted by Tabatha Pack.

I was super happy to see the Darley mold included in the 30th Anniversary Commemorative Set, even though the real Nazruddin isn't an Arabian. The new mold was nowhere to be found in the new releases earlier this year, so I was really hoping he'd show up at Breyerfest, and I was right!

I know, I said he looked wonky back when all we'd seen of him was the unpainted resin, but he looks a lot less weird/awkward with clothes on. And flaxen chestnut looks really good on him! I love his flying tail! His pose still looks kind of awkward, but maybe he's just in a really enthusiastic canter or something. Just imagine a giant pile of carrots ahead of him or something.

So, where will we see Darley next? It's almost time to find out what the new releases for next year will be, so maybe he'll be a new regular run Stablemate release. Or maybe they'll come out with a new shadowbox set and he'll be in it? I'd kill for a new shadowbox set. Just as long as the blind bags go away and never come back...but I have a feeling we haven't seen the end of those yet. I also wonder if they'll pull a Mirado and have Darley show up in the Stablemate Club next year? That might be fun - if they take a hint and do away with the randomly-shipped thing. Sometimes I think they'd randomly ship everything if they could get away with it. No thanks!

2020 Vintage Club signups...and the 2020 Breyerfest Celebration Horse!

More exciting news today - the 2020 Vintage Club is open for signups!



Although they haven't confirmed it, presumably this Western Horse is the first release of next year's club. And, in the first photo we saw of him he was wearing a regular black saddle...but the above photo has him wearing a reproduction of the old Grooming Kit? How is that going to work? At first I thought the Grooming Kit one was matte and they were going to do a gambler's choice of matte Grooming Kit and glossy regular saddle, but I think they're both glossy. So it's anyone's guess what the plan is - probably a gambler's choice of either the kit or the saddle. Either way, they fooled me once, but I won't get fooled again - I'm not joining the 2020 Vintage Club.

(Unless one of the other releases is something I have to have and I end up eating my words...)

In other news, the 2020 Breyerfest Celebration Horse (and Model) were announced today! The Celebration Horse is Ballynoe Castle RM, an Irish Sport Horse who has been quite successful in the eventing world.



I think this is the earliest we've found out the Celebration Horse in quite a long time - I remember the Brass Hat model was revealed in late October 2017, but we're not quite there yet, and Oliver wasn't revealed until November of last year.

So anyway...along with the announcement of the Celebration Horse, comes the announcement of the Celebration Model - Ballynoe Castle's portrait model is on the Show Jumping Warmblood!



My first thought was that this is the mysterious Show Jumper that was in that dumb clickbait video a while back, but I went back and checked - it isn't him. It seems really odd that Breyer would just let some random YouTuber mess around with a test model, but apparently they did, unless they have a new RR of the Show Jumper hidden up their sleeves. I guess we'll find out when we see next year's new models.

My second thought was, "Ooh! A new Show Jumper!" and then, "Drat, I'll have to come up with a costume contest idea again..." But don't get me wrong - he's an excellent choice for a Celebration Model. I was expecting it to be Croi, myself. Maybe she'll be the surprise model instead? Seems a little too obvious, though. Then again, she did show up as that spectacular glossy rainbow auction model this year...

I posted too soon!

Clearly I jumped the gun on my Lucien post yesterday. We also got the reveal of this year's Vintage Club bonus Stablemates:



For a second I almost thought they'd converted the Performing Misty porcelain over to plastic before I remembered the G1 QHM. I wonder if these will have the same nose issues Primrose had? I hope not. It looks like they're going to be a popular set! I'm not interested in the Misty, but I do collect the foal mold...so hopefully I can get my hands on it at some point. Maybe I could trade this year's Premier Club Stablemate for the set? I hope so.

In other exciting news, Breyer may have low-key revealed the last Premier Club model of the year, by including its silhouette in these 70th Anniversary products on the website - a journal, towel and blanket.

Take a look at the upper center area of the blanket, in between Lonesome Glory and Lady Phase. It looks like a drafter, labeled "2019." Could it be the elusive Premier Club draft sculpted by Brigitte Eberl! The hobby thinks so! Opinions are mixed at the moment, but I'm hesitant to say I like it just yet. From going by the silhouette, so far I see the same problem Stone's Bunny mold has: I like the front end, but not the back end. It just looks...odd. Hopefully the actual mold will look better, but who knows. If I do end up liking him, it'll be the second year in a row I ended up keeping all three of the PC releases...so we'll have to see.

Edited the post to add this teaser for the PC model, posted on the Premier Club blog today:



Not sure why the background is black. Anyway, it definitely looks promising! I'm hoping for a nice bay or blue roan, myself. Looks like we'll find out next week!

That's all the news I can find for the moment! Hopefully we get more exciting reveals soon!

Lucien is now available!

Huzzah! I knew it was worth waiting on ordering my other Priscilla! Lucien, this year's second Collector Club special run, is now available on the website!



I'm excited to see what this guy looks like in hand! Hopefully he doesn't take too long to get here - and for that matter, I hope I get a Priscilla that stands up on its own....

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!