Good news, everyone! There was another Premier Club reveal today. It turns out Carmen will be available in glossy and matte (members will choose which finish they receive):
I like her from this angle, anyways. And that color is beautiful! I’m leaning more toward keeping her, but I’ll withhold final judgement until I have her in hand.
I’m a bit late with this, but the pony release for next year’s Premier Club has been revealed! Behold:
I’m not crazy about it, honestly. I wasn’t a fan of Laura Skillern’s prior sculpts for Breyer (Charleston and Winnifred) so it’s not surprising. I’m still hoping it’s a pair of ponies, or a foal turns up later. Maybe I’ll like it more when I see what color it is? I am glad they showed us all three sculpts in advance, though. More of that, please!
Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model! This is our first Featured Model post-move to NZ. This week we'll be covering the Annual 2024 issue, so let's get started!
On the front cover, a handsome Lywellyn canters through a cross country course.
Editor's Letter appears on page 2.
I don't have access to my JAH magazines, so anything that got skipped while I was scanning these issues will have to remain a mystery (I think there was a Breyerfest ad on page 3). On page 4 is the 75th Anniversary article.
The 75th Anniversary article continues on page 5.
On page 6 we have the article about Breyer portrait model Atlanta, winner of the 2018 Hambletonian.
The Atlanta article concludes on page 7.
On page 8 is the first page of the Breyerfest 2024 recap/photo journal.
The Breyerfest recap continues on page 9.
More Breyerfest on page 10.
The Breyerfest photo journal concludes on page 11.
After skipping...something, on page 14 we have the first page of the Rainbow Pony tutorial. Normally I skip this stuff, but it's hard for me to resist rainbows.
More Rainbow Pony on page 15.
Rainbow Pony wraps up on page 16.
On page 17, Bandalero makes his debut.
After skipping a bunch of stuff, Legend appears on page 26!
On page 27 we have Legend's article.
After skipping more stuff, on page 32 we have this week's Vintage Point featuring Brighty!
Vintage Point wraps up on page 33.
On page 35 is a short article about black point Proud Arabians.
On page 36 we have a short recap of the Spokes & Spurs collector event.
The first page of the Salvino article appears on page 38.
More Salvino on page 39.
After Salvino we go straight to Quietway Spinabbey.
After skipping the New Product Guide for 2024, on the back cover of the magazine we find the Apres Ski Holiday Horse, along with some of the 2024 Holiday stuff. And with that, we've reached the end of this week's issue! Check back next week for (spoiler alert!) Annual 2025!
Well, looks like we’ll get to see the third Premier Club release for next year after all! Breyer released this sketch today:
My first thought: another pony? When we still need a true draft mare and foal? Meh. I’m not opposed to pony molds, but I’m not really into shaggy ones either. Then someone else pointed out that this pony looks fairly small, which makes me wonder if this will be a small pony set - because close to $200 is a lot for one small pony. I wonder what color this one will be?
Well, the leaks were accurate after all - the Christmas Surprise turned out to be the previously-leaked Merry Dancer after all:
I don’t think the green one was in the leaks, though. In any case, while the colors are pretty, I don’t need to buy any of these - especially for $150 a pop. Good luck to everyone buying, though! I almost wish they’d used a mold I collect, because I really do like the colors (which are based on the northern lights, according to Breyer).
Good news, everyone! We have a full reveal of the Karen Gerhardt sculpt for the Premier Club! Behold:
She’s a pretty color, but I’m still not enthusiastic about the rest of her. I’ll have to see what she looks like in hand before I decide if I want her.
In other exciting news, I got a fun email from Breyer today:
Greetings, readers! Well, we got a 2026 Premier club reveal today, though we’d already seen the sketch of it. Here it is!
The actual sculpt of the old Karen Gerhardt resin this released is based on! I’m still kind of meh about it, but I’ll reserve final judgement for when I see the paint job. Speaking of which…will we get to see that before the deadline? Will we get to see the third release? It makes it a lot easier to spend the money to join the club when we see all of what we’re buying ahead of time…
Another day, another Stablemates Club reveal, eh? Say hello to Arroyo and Baja!
Well, I do believe I’ll need to add this set to my collection! I always have room for more Andalusians and playful foals! Though I have a bad feeling that this set may end up being a matte/glossy split…
Good news, readers! Breyer revealed another release in the 206 Vintage club today. The club hasn’t sold out yet (as far as I cai can tell) but I’m not sure this reveal helped that situation all that much…
The “old-style blue roan” colorway is neat, but this set has the same problem as Surrey and Axle from 2023 - people that collect the foal molds will be forced to buy both sets and then have an extra Running Stallion they don’t want. Most of the comments I’ve seen online indicate that they still aren’t planning on joining the club until more is revealed, which I agree with. Don’t join the club until the last minute! That encourages them to reveal more stuff. I won’t be joining in any case.
Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model! By the time this is posted, we'll have completed our move to New Zealand, so hopefully everything is going well for future me! In the meantime, we're covering the Annual 2023 issue today, so let's get started!
