Well, at least it's a Stablemate...

 Still no Best of Breyerfest set reveal, but we did get the Limited Edition Stablemate today! Say hello to Wittelsbach! 

He's cool, I guess, and I'll get one anyway because I like the sculpt, but as others have mentioned, he's really similar to Newmarket from 2018, and that one wasn't exactly a top seller...so it seems a bit of an odd choice. Sure, he's a tad lighter blue, and the diamonds are oriented a different way, but still...I'm not crazy about the stripes in his mane and tail, either - they're painted too evenly or something. I suppose they'd have had to mask it to make it look more natural, but they're already masking the rest of the model anyway, so why not? I predict a lot of leftovers of these guys. 

From the blog:

Ruling over Bavaria from 1180-1918, the House of Wittelsbach is one of the oldest dynasties to have ruled in Germany. The familiar crest of white and blue lozenges was acquired by the House of Wittelsbach when the Counts of Bogen, an eastern Bavarian noble family, died off. The crest later became the state flag of Bavaria.  

The House of Wittlesbach produced many well-known people of nobility, but maybe none as famous as Bavarian King Ludwig II. A devout believer in the fine arts, he spent a lot of his time and money advancing his access to them. Although dubbed “mad,” as some thought he lived in a world of fairytales and dreams, he created some of the most iconic castles and pieces of architecture in Germany such as Neuschwanstein Castle.   

So there's a connection to Germany, at least. Oh well - maybe we'll get the Best of Breyerfest set tomorrow!