Aiden is here!

Greetings, readers! My Aiden model from this year's Stablemate Club arrived a few days ago, and I finally have time to write about him! Behold!



We've been busy packing, moving, unpacking, packing and moving some more, painting, cleaning and a million other things on top of my already-busy work schedule, so it's been hard to find time to photograph new arrivals. Nevertheless, I press on! I don't plan on taking my Aiden out of his box since I'm going to sell him, so you don't get any out-of-box photos. But is it just me, or does his right shoulder look really swollen and weird?



I guess that angle doesn't really help. I didn't notice anything too terrible with his quality, although I admit I haven't looked at him that closely yet. He's rather loosely tied to the box, though, so who knows what's on his other side. Maybe I should take him out of the box after all.



I don't think I'm going to regret selling this guy - his tiny feet still don't look any better in person, and I'm not sure the extended blanket pattern looks the best with his proportions.

It would be nice if he'd been tied to the box a little more tightly - I don't like to see him wiggle around that much, especially since he's been shipped most of the way around the world like that. I don't think my Kohana was that loose in the box, although I didn't keep him very long either. All in all, I'm hoping Breyer goes back to using the bags next year. The boxes are cute, but the bags are more practical and less likely to get tossed in the trash!

Aiden is now available!

Aiden, the second release in the 2018 Stablemate Club, is now available for purchase!



He's certainly fancy! I'll have to get mine on order. Unfortunately, I'm not into the Valegro mold, so mine will be for sale. I wanted to like him, and bought the Breyerfest one a couple of years ago, but his feet are just too tiny (and it didn't help that I dropped my Valegro onto a carpeted floor from about 3 feet up and his tail cracked). So, no Stablemate Valegros in my house. But he's definitely pretty! Guess I'll go back to waiting for the mini Brishen!

So many new Club reveals!

Breyer has been revealing a lot of stuff lately, especially things from the Stablemate Club! Here's what got sent out yesterday - the Valegro release from the 2018 Stablemate Club! Meet Aiden!



He's pretty, but not really my thing. But now we've seen all of the releases except the new mold and the mule, and the prevailing thought is that the mule will be next year's gambler's choice, since there doesn't seem to be a decorator. But I'm wondering if Breyer will mix things up a bit and make the new mold the gambler's choice? That would be a quick way to get a new mold out in several different colors. I'm sure we'll see what it is before the end of the year, so we don't have too long to wait, at least.

In other fun news, Breyer has also revealed the other two sculptors for the 2018 Premier Club - Sue Sifton and Kitty Cantrell - and the artists designing the paint jobs for those two releases - Tammi Palmarchuk and Nikki Button. Exciting - these are both sculptors I like! I wonder what the horses will be. Sue Sifton has done a mix of horses - three TB/QH racehorses, a warmblood, a QH - maybe we'll get another Thoroughbred? Or a warmblood? Bristol is a warmblood-type though, so maybe another QH?

As for the Cantrell, she's done a mix of things as well, but I wouldn't mind seeing something like a draft horse or maybe a Morgan? We haven't had a new one of those for a while. Or I could get really pie-in-the-sky with my expectations and hope Breyer bought the rights to Kitty's Wahoo resin - I love him and we need another rearing horse!

In other news, there's only one release left for the 2017 Premier Club - the Brishen mini-True North! The free Stablemate usually ships in December, so hopefully we'll see those start shipping this week. Last year's did get delayed to January, but I haven't heard anything about other shipping delays this year, so hopefully that's not the case with this one. I can't wait to get mine! And hopefully we'll get to see what next year's free Stablemate is before the end of the year!