Breyerfest Closeups: Remaining Stablemates Club Models

 Greetings, readers! We're moving right along with the Breyerfest Closeups and covering the remaining Stablemates Club releases today. Presumably Touche, the matte and glossy G4 Driving Horse, will be the next release, so I'll start with those. 

Touche will be available in matte and glossy finish, shipped at random (as usual). I don't want either one of them, so I guess mine will be for sale! 

I guess I only got one picture of the two of them together, but they're visible in some of the other photos. Oops! Guess I'll talk about Bijou, the gambler's choice model, next. 

I think I like the decorator the best - I love that color! 

The gray one is my second favorite. She's like a mini version of Sapporo. 

The palomino (sorrel) is a lot like Hendrik, and the appaloosa is a lot like Nero. Presumably these will be released in October. Next, here's Derecho, the last release! 

The glossy one is the normal release, and the pinto is the run of 75 that will be randomly sent out with the normal ones. 

I do like this guy, so I hope I get both of them! He looks like he's really feeling his oats.

This one should be released in December, along with Astoria, the optional release. Here she is! 

So she was customized to add feather, the braided tail, thick mane with braid and the mane flights. 

Look at the detail on her mane braid! Amazing.

I'm excited for this one! Definitely excited for December, though I probably won't see mine until later. Oh well. 

That's it for today. More Breyerfest Closeups are coming soon! 

2026 Stablemates Club signups!

 Good news, everyone - signups for the 2026 Stablemates Club are now open! Let's hope this means the 2026 Vintage Club signups are just around the corner as well. 

So it turns out Astoria, the above model, is the optional model for the 2026 club. A lot of people thought she was the new mold. I'm still not crazy about her, especially the mustache, but the G3 Belgian conga needs another member, so I guess I'm in...eventually. I'm not going to join the clubs until they reveal more stuff. I got spoiled by seeing every release in this year's Premier Club ahead of time. I need more. MORE! More reveals! The fandom demands them! 

Holiday catalogs are arriving!

 Greetings, readers! I know this is somewhat old news, but I wanted to wait for my catalogs to arrive before I talked about it. If you've seen this year's holiday catalog, there are some 2026 reveals! Woohoo! Uh, I didn't scan the cover of the catalog, but it's a photo of a little girl with this year's Holiday Horse. Anyway, here are the first two reveals! 

To the left we have Georgina, presumably the first release in the 2026 Premier Club. She's the sneak peek that was teased in Stephanie's Breyerfest seminar! Huzzah! I like her a lot, but then someone online pointed out that her head looks too small and now it's all I see. So hopefully it's just an optical illusion from the photo angle or something. I'm excited to see more of this one! 
On the left we have Astoria...which...is one of the releases in the 2026 Stablemates Club. Normally I really like the G3 Belgian, but this one doesn't appeal to me at all. I don't think the Belgian has quite the right body type to masquerade as a Clydesdale? But I could be wrong. I'm not crazy about the added hair (or the mustache), but maybe I'll like it better in person. I'm slightly annoyed about them reusing a mold, also. But enough complaining! Here are the other reveals: 

On the left is Lavinia, the first (I'm assuming) Collector Club special run of 2026! Ooh, she's pretty! She almost makes me sad I sold my Rhiannons, but then I remember not liking her mouth and I feel better. Definitely not going to try to buy those back anytime soon. She's basically a less-detailed version of this auction model from 2024. 
And on the right is Kiana, the 2026 Deluxe Collector Club model on the new mini Zara/PAM! I'm probably going to keep my Madonna, so I guess I'm obligated to join the Deluxe club to keep that collection complete. I mean, she is pretty, though. Too bad she isn't glossy! 

That's it for today. I hope we get some more exciting reveals soon!