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...Jump for Joy!
This handsome guy was item #711464. He was a run of 10 and was issued on the Newsworthy mold sculpted by Sue Sifton.
Jump for Joy was the reserve grand prize for Breyerfest 2014's open show. One was also auctioned off in the live auction and sold for the grand total of $1,100. You know what, I'm not going to complain about how comparatively low the prices used to be; let's just move on. His roan paint style is the one I like the most because it makes the model look like it's made of candy. Mmm! What a handsome boy. The only way to improve him would be if he had the loose mane and tail, but that combination didn't come into wider usage until later on. Still a model I'd love to have in my collection.
As for Newsworthy himself, he was used in a really great shade of buckskin for Breyerfest 2020, to great effect (especially in glossy!). One wonders if he could be this year's surprise model, though I personally doubt it. We've seen that they'll use models on stands, but we've yet to see a pony as the surprise, and he really wouldn't make any sense with the hint (not that that's stopped them before). He'd make a decent sparrow in the Birds of a Feather web special series, if they could figure out how to make a brown coat interesting - lots of shading, or gloss, or some belly spots or something? Food for thought. Though if they used this photo for inspiration, maybe a liver chestnut or seal bay with splash white? Seal bay would be more dramatic. Sheesh, now I really want one!
Jump for Joy was the reserve grand prize for Breyerfest 2014's open show. One was also auctioned off in the live auction and sold for the grand total of $1,100. You know what, I'm not going to complain about how comparatively low the prices used to be; let's just move on. His roan paint style is the one I like the most because it makes the model look like it's made of candy. Mmm! What a handsome boy. The only way to improve him would be if he had the loose mane and tail, but that combination didn't come into wider usage until later on. Still a model I'd love to have in my collection.
As for Newsworthy himself, he was used in a really great shade of buckskin for Breyerfest 2020, to great effect (especially in glossy!). One wonders if he could be this year's surprise model, though I personally doubt it. We've seen that they'll use models on stands, but we've yet to see a pony as the surprise, and he really wouldn't make any sense with the hint (not that that's stopped them before). He'd make a decent sparrow in the Birds of a Feather web special series, if they could figure out how to make a brown coat interesting - lots of shading, or gloss, or some belly spots or something? Food for thought. Though if they used this photo for inspiration, maybe a liver chestnut or seal bay with splash white? Seal bay would be more dramatic. Sheesh, now I really want one!
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