Two of my zebras are here!

Excellent news, everyone! Two of my Christmas Candy zebras came today, a day early - behold! A red and a green! I'll start with the red:

I really like them! I wasn't sure Breyer would be able to pull off this type of paint job, but I think they turned out really well.

The eyes were nicely detailed as well, for being simply painted:



I liked the right ear on this one - I kinda wish they all looked like that. Not that I'm complaining or anything. Here's the green!

I love how they nailed the "candy" look to these. Like, even if they aren't candy cane-shaped, they still look almost good enough to eat. Mmm!



They were both really nice in terms of quality - nice crisp stripes and well-painted eyes. They had a couple small pinprick-sized goobers here and there, but nothing major. As for the prices, well, it would have been nice if they were cheaper, but I suspected the complexity of the paint job would mean the prices would be higher in return, so I'm not going to complain about it too much.

My last zebra is still on its way - I'm not sure if it'll be here tomorrow or next week. Crossing my fingers for a Licorice, of course, but I'd be happy with a blue or a gold too!

FINALLY!

Well, I hope we've all been good boys and girls, because there are plenty of this year's Christmas surprise to go around!

 That's right - we finally get candy cane zebras! Took them long enough. And there's an added treat - they're doing the Coal thing again, but with the Zebra this time! There are 500 of each regular color, and only 12 black Coals! I have to say, the Zebra looks pretty cool in glossy black:



Naturally, the blue one is my favorite, followed by the green, red, and gold (why gold? When has anyone ever seen a gold candy cane? Well, I guess butterscotch comes pretty close), and I ordered 3 of them, so I'll probably get three gold ones. I could probably find a fourth if I really wanted to, but the price point on these is, well, a bit higher than I'd have wanted ($95 would have been a much better price, considering the Zebra's small size and the number of each color), so I figure I'll be able to find whatever color I don't get without much trouble later on. And considering this special run has been on the website for almost 10 hours without selling out yet, I might even be able to get the last one on sale later on!

I do think it's really great they finally used the Zebra in this color pattern, though! And it makes me wonder if the Zebra is going to be used for something else later on? I hope so!

Merry Christmas, everyone! May we all enjoy our shiny candy zebras!