Featured Model - 10/31/2020, Mini Frankenstang

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model that I don't own but would like to, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it. In honor of Halloween, this week's model is...Mini Frankenstang! Oooh, spoopy spooky! 

This Hulk-tinted guy was a run of 200 on the G3 Rearing Andalusian mold sculpted by Jane Lunger. He was the event Stablemate for the Velvet Rope Event back in 2008. 

This one is definiely iconic, as he's a mini version of this table raffle model from the same event, and he's one of the few on this mold that I don't have in my collection. I'm a bit leery of spending large amounts of money on Stablemates not molded from cellulose acetate, though, so it's not likely I'll ever have one of these in my collection (my understanding is that he's probably ABS, though I suppose I could be mistaken). Anyway, maybe someday I'll get my hands on one! 

As for the G3 Rearing Andalusian, there was a new one of these in those elusive series 4 blind bags that are supposed to be at Walmart, but none of those have turned up yet. I feel like he's being used for something else new, too? New unicorn maybe? Or did he get swapped into and then out of the new carry stable set? Those have changed a couple of times now, so I don't remember where I saw him last. Anyway, he hasn't had a lot of new releases lately, so anyplace Breyer wants to use him is fine with me! 

October Collector Club newsletter and Christoff!

 Right down to the wire again, eh Breyer? Well, if you're a Collector Club member, check your email - this month's Collector Club newsletter is out again! There's a fun article about Halloween-themed models, a giveaway of Ratsputin and Salem, and another sneak peek! 

Ooh, it looks like they're reusing Benasque's color scheme for something! Let's hope I can get drawn for it this time, yes? Can't wait to see what it is! 

In other news, my Christoff came today - behold! 

He matches with St. Moritz pretty well, I must say - though this guy has blue on the bottom of his hooves, while St. Moritz doesn't, which is a little jarring. 

I'm definitely super-glad they reused St. Moritz's color, too! Hopefully this isn't the last time we see it. Dare I hope this means we'll get a new regular run release on this mold? It's a little weird that of six total releases, four have been decorators. He needs some more realistic colors to even the score! 

Quality-wise, he's not too bad - he has some plastic goobers under his paint that weren't cleaned up very well, and his eyes are painted strangely - the black doesn't cover his whole eyeball. But other than that, he's nice! Let's hope I can cram him onto the shelves with his brethren! 

Troubadour!

 Come on, Breyer! When I said to give us a break, I didn't mean you should keep on going! Now Troubadour is available! I thought we'd have at least another week before he came up for purchase.

Hopefully this will be the end of it for a while, because yeesh. I'm not sure how much more my wallet can take! I wish we could at least bundle everything together for combined shipping, but they have us so primed to buy new releases instantly before they sell out, it's hard/risky to wait on a purchase. I'm still waving the white flag here! 

Uncle! Uncle! I give up!

 Well, we have our holiday mare and foal set of the year - say hello to Bellatrix and Spica! 

I love the color scheme in the above photo. Isn't it pretty? I suppose that's the point of the whole thing. I can't wait to see this set in person - they look and sound amazing, and the photo doesn't show the purple interference all that well. It'll be interesting to see what they look like! 

But otherwise...my wallet is pretty much on fire! Stop with all the releases already! Sheesh. They've been coming rapid-fire for the last week, and I'm ready to wave the white flag here. Sadly, it's probably not going to stop anytime soon - we still have the last Premier Club model, whatever the winter web special is, the last Stablemates Club model, plus whatever else they have up their sleeves for the end of the year. I have to think their revenues are down due to the pandemic, so I can't really blame them for releasing all this stuff to try to make that up, but still. Give us a rest...please! 

Speaking of new releases and arrivals, my cup runneth over - I finally got my Raia, plus Barrington, Honeybunch and my three Stablemates Club Valerio models. So I'll start with Barrington! 

I have to say, I like this guy way better in person than in the promo photos. He just looked so dull! Fortunately, he's much better in person. 

His color is really rich! While I still prefer the loose mane and tail, I can get used to these. I counted 32 little braids on his neck, all of which had to have a little dot of red paint, plus one on his forelock and the base of his tail. The painters must have been going crazy painting all those little braids. 

Sadly, his quality isn't the best; he has small rubs or scuffs on all four his legs in the white areas or on his feet. A bit disappointing for a run of only 500, but I might be able to take some of the scuffs off later. 

Next, here's Raia! 

This one had a bit of a convoluted journey to get to me, but she was definitely worth the wait (shipped to a retailer four hours away, paid for over the phone, picked up by my brother, then waited for my husband to make a work trip to the area and bring her back)! She's beautiful.

I've always liked the red bays with four white socks. So flashy! And I'm super-glad they used the flip-tail for her, since we don't see it that often. 

I didn't notice anything particularly bad with her quality, either, although she has black spots of mane color on her neck under the mane, due to the sculpted holes or "windows" in her mane. Would have been nice if they'd stuck something under there temporarily to catch the paint so it wouldn't end up on the neck. 

Next, here's Honeybunch! 

I was a little leery about this one, because I've been seeing a lot of reports of poor masking around her mane. This girl has it, unfortunately, but it's not as bad as some of the ones I've seen. 

I love the pearly on this one! She has it on her mane, tail and the floofy parts of her legs. I guess I'm a sucker  for pearly, but it seems like it makes every paint job pop a little more. I wouldn't want to do the scrubbing it would take to make a real horse look like that, though.

She does have some booboos, but it wasn't quite as bad as it looked at first - I was able to pick a couple of black/lint marks off without affecting the paint underneath. She does have a pretty big rub on her left eartip, though, and the culprit was easy to spot - the box she's being shipped in isn't quite wide enough, and the side of it rubbed against her ear and took the paint off. I've seen at least one other Honeybunch with the issue, so it's probably happening to a lot of them. Too bad the boxes couldn't be slightly wider, eh? 

Lastly, here are my Valerios! Drumroll please...

While I'm of course disappointed that I didn't get three different colors, I've had REALLY good luck with the randomly-shipped stuff lately, so I can't complain too much. I'm just glad I at least got two different colors.

I'll be looking to trade the extra palomino pinto for one of the other colors - ideally the Appaloosa, but I'd settle for the rose gray. The two I unboxed looked pretty good - I didn't see any major flaws on either of them. The palomino that's still boxed is a bit sunken-in through the barrel and chest - a rather common complaint from the looks of it. The unboxed ones don't seem to have that issue, so at least it's not all of them. Let's hope I can find a trade! 

That's all I have for today - I hope my Collector Appreciation stuff shows up soon! Looks like we're also starting to get glossy Sable Island Horses and EZ to Spot - in that case, I'd rather get the glossy EZ than Winx. I guess I'll find out eventually!

Vintage Club signups and more new stuff!

 Vintage Club members, if you've been waiting for signups to open for next year, they're now available! No word on any of the other releases for next year yet, but I'm sure they'll show us something...right? Right? Who even knows anymore. But anyway, the deadline to sign up is next week, so don't miss out! 

Speaking of the dribs and drabs of new releases...there's a new Black Beauty coming out: 

Seems kinda random, but okay. I guess there's a new Disney+ version of Black Beauty coming out next month. I never did get my hands on the QVC version of Black Beauty (also on Silver), so I suppose I'll have to pick up this one. Silver does look good in black, but I feel like they could have used a different mold rather than reusing Silver. Oh well. 

In other news, the new carry stables are now available to order. Wait, what's this? Those aren't the Stablemates I remember from the earlier photos...

I feel like at least three of the molds changed here, if not more. Those are super-simplistic paint jobs, too. Let's take a look at the unicorn one...

Those are definitely all different, because they were the generic regular-run blind bag unicorns before. And there's only three molds, repeated twice each. Are the G2 Andalusian and Saddlebred about to become the new G2 Clydesdale? I guess time will tell. Those colors are...interesting, too. The carry stables are both backordered, but I bought them anyway, because I'm curious to see what these will look like in hand. I hope they come in stock soon! Frustratingly, they're only a few cents short of qualifying for the free shipping discount, so I threw in a Christmas present for my daughter. Gotta get that sweet, sweet free shipping (they also qualify for the Collector Club discount!). 

That's all I have for today - maybe tomorrow we'll get the holiday mare and foal set, eh? 

Julius and Nova!

 Greetings, readers! Well, I'll get right to it - next year's first Vintage Club release, Julius, was revealed on Saturday. Behold! 

Julius? As in...Orange Julius? Okay, okay, I'll show myself out. Seriously though, while old-style red roan is one of my least favorite colors (right up there with wild bay or honey bay), Georg looks amazeballs in it. Good thing I've got a VC enabler. Uhhh, but anyway. If you squint really hard, he almost starts to look like a fleabitten gray with really pronounced fleabites. Well...almost. But anyway, I'm excited for him! 

There's another exciting Classics release on the website today, too! Check out Nova: 

He's a pretty color, but I'm not a fan of the mold, so no purchase necessary here. I can't figure out what he looks like - some kind of cosmic pink wolf or something? Weird. Well, whatevs. Breyer is certainly doling out content in drips and drabs, eh? And we still haven't seen the holiday mare and foal set - maybe that'll be next. Bring it on, I say! 

Featured Model - 10/24/2020, Toulouse

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model I don't own but would like to, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it. This week's model is...Toulouse! 

This handsome bay snowflake Newsworthy was the Sunday Raffle at Breyerfest 2008. He was a run of 26 and was item #711418. He was sculpted by Sue Sifton. 

I'm not actually sure this guy is a bay - he would work equally well as a buckskin. Either way, I like his paint job! I wasn't participating in the hobby in 2008, but I would have loved to win him that year. His shading is quite nice and we don't see the snowflake Appy pattern very often. 

Since Newsworthy was a store special for this year's Breyerfest, and the glossy versions of that store special are supposed to be out in December, it's possible that we'll see him make another appearance in the near future. Maybe a web special? Or a regular run? The "modern" release in next year's Vintage Club was revealed today (more on that later), so I don't think he'll show up in the Vintage Club. Plus he was used as Mr. Chips a few years back. 

So it's hard to say where Newsworthy will pop up next. I hope I can get my hands on him!

Intuit is ousted, 2021 Premier Club and Collector Appreciation!

 Okay, first things first: Intuit has been withdrawn by the Bradshaw family as the 2021 Breyerfest Celebration Horse. I think I made my concerns known in my post on Wednesday, so I'm happy that he will not be involved with next year's Breyerfest. While my feelings on the matter have not changed, I do not condone or endorse any of the nasty behavior that happened yesterday, and I hope Breyer puts a little more thought into their next choice of Celebration Horse. Even if you put aside the purposefully-bred terrible conformation of halter horses, Intuit is positive for PSSM and should not be bred. In addition, while Intuit is N/N for HYPP, the Bradshaws have several stallions on their website that are N/H. These horses should not be bred either, and using Intuit as the Celebration Horse would be a tacit endorsement of these kinds of breeding practices. Breyer's official statement on the subject can be found here.

So, what comes next? Clearly another Celebration Horse will have to be selected, but who? My first choice would be Endo the Blind, using the Valegro mold. However, if Endo wouldn't work out, I was intrigued by these Akhal-Tekes I found while searching around for possible alternate Celebration Horses. Check out this stallion, Amadei-Geli (top of the page). Can't you see him on Altynai? His color might be a little too similar to Altynai, though, so there's also this mare, Aykyssa, owned by the same farm (2/3 of the way down the page). She'd certainly qualify as a horse of a different color, and could also be done on Altynai with a little gender modification. In any case, I'm interested to see what Breyer will do next. 

In happier news, we have a reveal of the first release of the 2021 Premier Club. Say hello to Fireheart! 

He's a sooty palomino blanket appaloosa Mustang sculpted by Rayvin Maddock. Here's his other side! 

Honestly, I'm kinda lukewarm on this one, but that's okay - it had to happen sometime, and I can't collect everything. I definitely still plan on rejoining the club, though - and maybe next year's PC Stablemate gift will be in this color, eh? I guess we'll see! 

Oops, I almost forgot. People's Collector Club Appreciation boxes started showing up today, and so far we've seen Dominante and Truly Unsurpassed among the glossed appreciation models. So that means I'm looking for Winx and Dominante! Mine should be here sometime next week. 

The hits just keep coming!

 Ahhh! There's another new release on the website! Check him out: 

Another Show Arabian, barely a year after Zenith? My stars! And he has the same colorway as St. Moritz - I've been hoping they would use his color again. Looks like my wish came true! The speculation online is that they're trying to get all these new releases onto the website before the holiday catalogs start arriving - which would be a total reversal from previous years, really. But I'm not complaining! At least, not about that. I may complain if they come out with the holiday mare and foal set tomorrow, though. At least release everything together so I can save on shipping...

Thanks, I hate it, or: NO NO STAHP

 I can definitely tell the end of the year is approaching - the reveals are coming fast and furious! First up: this year's holiday pony, Honeybunch: 

My reaction: YES! Emma has been sadly neglected since her release, so it's about time she got some more use aside from the Jujube release in February. Can't wait to see what she looks like without that blanket. I wonder if her mane and tail are pearly? It kind of looks like it. She would make a nice mate for Honeysuckle, too! 

Next on the list, Barrington (this year's optional Vintage Club model) is now available for purchase! 

I have one on order from someone else in the Club, so I'm excited to see this one too - even if his color is a bit blah! 

And lastly....the 2021 Breyerfest Celebration Horse (and Model) have been announced, and...ugh. 

His name is Intuit, and he's owned by Terry Bradshaw. Frankly, this horse represents everything that is wrong with halter showing, and I'm really disappointed that Breyer is supporting it by choosing this horse as their representative of their biggest event of the year. Look at those post legs in the back, and all that beef, and his pig nose. This horse is 3 years old and already retired from the show ring - and you can't even ride halter horses. And of course they're breeding him. Notice how the grass hides his feet - they're probably tiny, too small to support all that mass that makes him look more like a beef cow than a horse. 

And here's the mold they picked to represent him:

Geronimo isn't perfect, but I'll take him any day over that monstrosity in the photo. Maybe Breyer can  be convinced to pick another horse? Sheesh. And also, this model is really similar to Ambrose from last year. Do we really need another blanket Appy on this mold so soon? Bleh. When they said "Horse of a Different Color," I was kind of expecting something different...I mean, blanket Appaloosas aren't exactly rare.

Well, I guess I'll stop ranting. Hopefully the rest of next year's Breyerfest stuff will be better. And I'm excited for Honeybunch and Barrington! 

Whoa! Collector Club Appreciation already?

 I guess it's already time for the Collector Club Appreciation event, everyone! I hope this isn't because they're hurting for money due to the pandemic...well, anyway, buy $125 of merch to possibly get a glossy Winx! Isn't she beautiful? 

The other glossy possibilities are Buckeye, Catch Me and...other unnamed models. Great...well, currently I only want the Winx, so let's hope the other models are things I also don't want. It wasn't too hard for me to get to $125, since I hadn't purchased Adiah HP or Peptoboonsmal yet. My only grump is that the collector appreciation code/model don't stack with the collector club discount code. Talk about collector appreciation...bleh. Anyway, make sure you have both the Collector Club Appreciation model/item in your cart AND you add the THANKSCC20 code in order to get the glossy. 

Stablemates Club sneak peeks!

 Breyer saw fit to show us a couple of upcoming releases for the Stablemates Club - including the final model for this year! Here she is: 

Yeah, that's...gonna be a no from me, unfortunately. Too beefy for my tastes. The color is pretty, though! 

From the blog:

Meet Cassidy, a lovely silver black blanket appaloosa! Although genetically black, Cassisy’s Lp gene (a genetic modifier that results in the “varnish roan” appaloosa pattern) has interacted with her blanket pattern to not only create a loudly spotted white blanket, but has added a “bronzing” effect to her coat as well. This gives her coat a much more brown appearance than the black it genetically is. She is quite a fun foray into the intricacies of equine genetics!

Another silver black, eh? Interesting. Well, she's not my cup of tea, so hopefully I won't have any trouble selling my extras. 

We also got a sneak peek of a release for next year! 

 

His name is Atticus, and in case you couldn't tell, he's the shrunken Clydesdale Stallion. Uh, the optional SMC model for this year is also a Clydesdale Stallion, so why use him again? Sure, he's got a new hairdo, but...well, whatever. I guess they have to recoup their investment costs as soon as they can. His color is nice as well, but I've never been a fan of the Clydesdale Stallion, so I don't feel the need to join the club just yet. Signups open next month, so I'm sure they'll have plenty more to show us by then! 

Sassy is here!

 Good news, everyone! My Sassy is here - behold! 

I think this color looks really, really good on Lonesome Glory. There's just something about the arrangement of spots that I really like! She's a beauty.

It's always refreshing to get a glossy finish on a Collector Club model - I think the last one was the optional glossy finish on Fletcher back in 2018, and I didn't buy that one, so this is the first glossy CC model I've gotten for a while. 

Unfortunately, her quality isn't the best - that's a fingerprint in the gloss on her knee. But I'm not going to complain too much, because I've seen more than a couple trainwrecks out there...

Her spots are smeared in the above photo. She also has a small rub on her right front leg under the gloss and a lot of lint/debris in her gloss, some of which I'm unsure if it's part of the paint job or actual debris. But the quality trainwrecks plus the quick sellout makes it unlikely I'd get a decent replacement, or anything other than a refund, so I'll have to just live with it. 

But she's still a beautiful model! As I've said before, I don't show, so it's not a huge deal to get an imperfect model, but it still bugs me a little. Oh well! At least I was able to get one at all! Hopefully all these quick sellouts will convince Breyer to make a few more of these in the future.

Featured Model - 10/18/20, Caramel Macchiato

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model I don't own but would like to, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it. This week's model is...Caramel Macchiato! 

This amazing test model was a giveaway via Breyer's website back in 2012. Isn't she gorgeous? They picked the perfect name for her, too. She's a beautiful roan blanket Appaloosa on the Make a Wish mold sculpted by Kathleen Moody. At the time, the flip-tail verson of the mold had been used only twice (three times, if you count one other auction model from 2009), and it didn't end up seeing the light of day again until this year's Raia release from a few weeks ago. The only other thing I remember about this model is that she "popped up" again a few years after the giveaway when some scammer tried to say they had her for sale (or maybe trade, I don't remember), but the real owner still had her, and the receipts (literally!). 

Have I gushed enough about how pretty this model is? She'd make a worthy addition to anyone's collection. Make a Wish has been used in the Breyerfest auction or as a prize model a number of times, but I feel she's been rather lightly used beyond that. Maybe she'll get another release now that they put the mold back into production as Raia? I hope so - perhaps as a web special next year. Personally, I'd like to see her with Josiah's paint job. Maybe it would be ugly...but who knows - it could be great! 

I hope they increase the piece count for this one...

 Good news, everyone! The 2021 Collector Club is open for membership...and check out the first special run for 2021! Oh, boy...

Hamilton in glossy black? Sign me up! I really hope they do preorders for this one, or at least increase the piece count, because he's going to sell out FAST! I wonder what his name is? Here's another photo that shows his dapples:

And here's the Stablemate for the Deluxe club that I talked about yesterday! 

He is definitely a mini version of last year's Alborozo auction model! 

Looks like I'll be joining the Deluxe club next year! Just when I was hoping they'd give Mini Alborozo a break. Well, maybe this means they'll be doing even more Stablemate versions of Trad paintjobs, eh? I hope so! 

 

Ooh, new models!

 So a couple of new models escaped into the wild today. I don't have photos I can use just yet, but one of them is a "Classics Horse of the Year" - a black American Quarter Horse Stallion/Frolicking Stallion with rainbow legs and rainbow "Hope" on the body, with yellow mane/tail. I really like the color, but I don't collect the mold, so he doesn't need to come home with me. I'm a little perplexed that it's called the Classics Horse of the Year, though - that's usually a new mold in a realistic color, while the decorator Classic is part of a different series. Maybe it just got mislabeled, or someone got their wires crossed somewhere? I'd be disappointed if the yearly new Classics mold went away, since we always need more Classics molds. Hopefully things get straightened out in the future and we still get a new Classics mold for next year.

The other escape was something on the Breyer website that I haven't been able to locate on my own. It appears that the Deluxe Collector Club is making a comeback - and the Stablemates model for it is a miniature version of this auction model from last year. Yes, the Alborozo that sold for $21,000 dollars! Niiiiiiice. Guess I'll have to join the Deluxe club next year. Let's hope they don't pull any shenanigans that would require joining the Deluxe club on more than one account, eh? Ugh. Well, it is getting close to the right time of year for collector club renewals, so hopefully we get more information on that soon! 

Valerio is finally available!

 Attention, Stablemates Club members! The moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived - Valerio, this year's gambler's choice model, is now available for purchase! 

I'm most partial to the bay appaloosa, but in all honesty - I have 3 of them coming here, so as long as I don't get any duplicate colors I'll be happy. Let's hope they ship fast! And let's also hope they give the poor Stablemate Alborozo mold a rest for a while after this. Sheesh, it's like they're trying to make up for destroying the Trad mold or something! 

Also, his name makes me think of gasoline, probably because it's so close to Valero. Oh well. 

Oh no, not again!

 Good news, everyone! The third Premier Club sculpt of the year has been revealed, and...darn it all! I really like him! I was hoping that wouldn't be the case, what with my lack of shelf space and desire to not spend money. But anyway, here he is! 

You'll notice this year's PC Stablemate in the photo as well! Their names are Troubadour and Lyric. Troubadour was sculpted by Kylee Parks, while Lyric was sculpted by Brigitte Eberl. From the Premier Club Blog:

Kylee also designed Troubadour’s coat, which is silver bay splash pinto with plenty of dappling, plus a subtle sheen to his silver hairs: two genetic modifiers that, although rare, are both found within the Morgan breed. This striking color is accented by striped hooves, mapping, and a blue eye.

I can't say I've personally seen very many splash pinto silver bay Morgans, but where there's a will there's a way, right? Maybe he's "related" to Fairfax? Heh heh heh. Well, anyway, Troubadour is very attractive indeed, so I'm afraid both he and Lyric will have to find a place on my shelves. Here he is from another angle:

He actually reminds me a lot of the Minuet resin by Kathleen Moody, not that that means anything. Just the first thing I thought of when I saw him. 

Troubadour should be available sometime in November, so I'm excited for him to get here! He really is beautiful and I'm excited to add him to my collection. This is the second year in a row that I'll have ended up keeping all three of the Premier Club sculpts, so clearly Breyer must be doing something right. Now I just have to go back to hoping they'll give us a new Trad draft foal next year! 

Featured Model - 10/10/2009, 2003 Auction Lonesome Glory

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model I don't own but would like to, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it. Because we had the Sassy model release earlier this week, today's model is...the 2003 Breyerfest Live Auction Lonesome Glory! 

Like the title says, this model was one of the OOAK models sold at the 2003 Breyerfest Live Auction, produced on the popular Lonesome Glory mold sculpted by Kitty Cantrell. He's described as a "Light Blue Mosaic with Silver Mapping and Horseshoes," although in the above photo he actually has silver hooves except for that rear left one, which is shell-colored and doesn't appear to have a horseshoe painted on it...interesting. 

 Okay, I'll admit LG isn't quite at the top of my list of favorite molds (not that I don't like him at all, or I wouldn't have any in my collection), and as such I don't always feel the need to have them in my collection...but this one is a huge exception. WHO OWNS THIS MODEL AND HOW MUCH WOULD THEY SELL IT FOR? Holy crap. I love blue, I love silver, I love both of those combined with white pinto markings...it's a winner all around. I know, it's probably not for sale anyway. I'd actually be interested to know if it's developed any seam splits at all, since the early LG models were kinda known for that. If so, would Breyer fix it, or replace it? Interesting quandary. 

Anyway, I decided to feature a Lonesome Glory this week because of the Sassy release, and also because I came to the realization that the LG mold is now 20 YEARS OLD. When did that happen?! Sheesh. I guess I don't need to speculate about upcoming releases for him since Sassy just came out, but I do wonder if this means he'll get another release soon. Maybe a new RR for next year? He's had about a billion appearances at Breyerfest, but it looks like his last RR appearance was 2016's Holiday Horse, Woodland Splendor (I'm pretty sure that counts as a RR for that year?). The Zenyatta run ended in 2015 in any case, so it's been a while since we've seen a wide release on him. I'd say it's high time for another! Or perhaps a web special? One never knows.

Stablemates Club grab bags!

 Hmm, must be a slow news day at Breyer headquarters. Stablemates Club grab bags are now available on the website! 

If you purchase one, you get two randomly-selected Stablemates Club releases from the prior years of the club (2016-2019). Sheesh, they probably still have some Ricochet and Mirado models kicking around the warehouse...no thanks. Could be worth it if you get one of the gambler's choice models you don't already have, but since I'm only looking for the silver black Fylkir...meh, not worth it for me. Good luck if you buy, though! 

Oh, so Sassy!

 Good news, everyone - the sneak preview from last month's Collector Club newsletter is live! Check out Sassy, the second Collector Club special run of the year! 

From the email:

This Appaloosa Sport Horse has a fantastic varnish chestnut appaloosa coat that is reminiscent of the red and brown hues of the autumn leaves. To finish off her look, this lively mare is topped with a high gloss finish.

I wasn't expecting them to use the Lonesome Glory mold for this special run, and I definitely wasn't expecting it to be glossy! She sure is pretty though. I ordered one, so hopefully she gets here fast! She really matches that fall aesthetic. I'll have to get out some of my fall decorations and set her up with those when she gets here!