Featured JAH - 10/21/2023, May/June 1995

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured JAH! This week's issue is May/June 1995, so let's get started! 

On the front cover, a very handsome Norwegian Fjord stares off into the distance. I liked Fjords as a kid (and still do), so if I'd had this issue as a child I probably would have loved it. On the back cover, the Norwegian Fjord mold makes its debut (or at least the painted resin the mold was based on), along with a couple of real Fjords pulling some type of vehicle. 

On the inside cover, much information about Breyerfest 1995 has been revealed! Feast your eyes on Mystique, the raffle model, along with Favory and two test models from the 1995 live auction. Opposite those is the ticket order form for Breyerfest 1995 (actual ordering information on the back of this page). Another year, another country/western theme, I guess. 

On page 4-5 we have the official Breyerfest '95 article with all pertinent information to the event. most notably that 1995's Celebration Horse was Mego, one of the "stars" of Walker, Texas Ranger, which I'm sure was many people's grandparents' favorite show in the '90s. 

Page 6 features the announcement of two live model horse shows - the regular live model horse show, and the beginner/youth show! Huzzah! And on page 7 we have an article all about Mego the Celebration Horse.

On page 12 we have an article about the differences between the muscle/no muscle Clydesdale Stallion, and page 13's story is written from the perspective of a smoke Belgian model (JAH would occasionally feature these types of stories and I really liked them). 

Page 14 is a continuation of the smoke Belgian story and also the Who Am I? for this month (Roemer?), and page 15 features a harness parts identification guide. 

On page 16 is more draft harness stuff, while on page 17 the Blast From the Past shows the previous few years of Breyerfest Celebration Models, many of which are hard to find today, and Just About...Breyer Animals features the Spotted Poland China Hog. 

This issue's centerfold is all about Mego! Feast your eyes on the photo of Mego himself as well as the model - definitely a handsome use of the Adios mold and a pretty horse! Too bad he ultimately never made it to that year's Breyerfest due to a veterinary embargo on several states (sorry if that's a spoiler). 

Lastly, this issue's Vintage Point covered the Belgian mold - how fitting, considering my recent thoughts about starting to collect this guy. I don't know...there's still something weird about the length of his head and how it connects to his neck. Maybe it's just an optical illusion or something. More importantly, he's a draft mold, and I don't know how I'd make him fit on my shelves - I have some open space, but not much! I'll have to think about it some more, and maybe stop in a TSC on Saturday and look at a Gibson think about it some more. 

That brings us to the end of the magazine for today, but check back next week for July/Aug 1995!