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...Crescent City!
This handsome guy was item #712122 and a run of 48 on the Sherman Morgan mold sculpted by Jeanne Mellin Herrick.
It's hard to go wrong with this color scheme - metallic blue, black, pinto and glossy? Definitely a winner. Though if I'm going to nitpick, I'd have painted all his hooves black. But that's a small nitpick. Otherwise, he's scrumptious - no wonder Breyer has used this color a couple of times since then, on the G4 Icelandic and the rare variation of Ansel for this year's Breyerfest. He's to die for!
As for Sherman Morgan, he was last used as Prisma, the crystal horse for this year's Breyerfest. Prior to that he was an auction model for Breyerfest 2020. He'd had a bit of a break before that, with his last appearance being as the 2016 Christmas Day surprise model. So it's been a while since we've had an obtainable plastic release. It's hard to say where we'll see him next - maybe as next year's equivalent to Ambrose and Midas? I don't think he'll get a RR release anytime soon, since Troubadour is right there and he hasn't been a regular run yet (though he should be getting his first RR next year), and I don't really see him as a web special either. I guess we'll see eventually!
Breyer said Troubadour will be a RR in a more typical morgan color in 2022.
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