Diadem and Alcor are here, and Snickerdoodle!

 Exciting news, everyone - my Diadem and Alcor models are here! 

After getting a look at them in hand, Diadem reminds me of a much softer version of Alida. While I'd prefer a silver horn and hooves (I prefer silver over gold in most situations), she's still quite pretty; though maybe she'd have been a bit nicer with green or blue eyes? The black eyes look a bit weird. Also, her horn is off-center on her head, which is a little irksome.

She's pretty nice other than the horn issue, though. She had a few small marks on her underside that easily came off with a little scraping with a fingernail. In other words, no biggie. 

Others have said the pinking on her nose is a bit extreme, and I think I agree - the rest of her color is so soft that the pink nose kinda overwhelms everything else. But it's a minor issue. 

The foal is much more interesting, color-wise - he looks like he's black with a few different colors of pearl paint over the top of it - to the point where he almost looks like an oil slick. 

His quality is pretty nice, also - I didn't see any issues at all. 

The closeup makes it pretty obvious why this foal has sometimes been customized to a mule baby - his ears are huge! Haha. I guess that just makes him a little bit cuter. 

In other news, Snickerdoodle can now be ordered on the website, along with most of Breyer's holiday assortment for the year. Her price is a little steep at $59.99 - that doll and reindeer hat must have been more expensive than we thought. Maybe the doll should have been switched out for her foal in palomino, instead? Just a thought. 

That's all I have for now - looks like we won't get a reveal of that sneak peek this week, so hopefully next week. And maybe we'll get Astrid soon, also? Pretty sure they said she was coming "very soon" a month ago...