Najwa and (presumably) mid-year releases!

 Greetings, readers! Well, if you're a Stablemates Club member, the next release is available to purchase! 

The majority of the models in this run were produced in black, but 217 were produced in the alternate chestnut color shown above. Good luck to everyone hoping to get a chestnut one! Or both. May the odds be ever in your favor! I'm not a fan of this mold, so my three will be for sale once I've seen if I got a chestnut or not. 

In other news, what appears to be a couple of mid-year releases appeared on Amazon today! Here's one of them:

According to the Amazon listing, his name is Caprechio del Richuelo. Nothing I need, fortunately. But here's the other one: 

Ooh, now this one I've gotta have! I hope the KHP has him in stock in time for Breyerfest. I couldn't find the Amazon listing for him, though. Presumably it'll come back at some point. 

Those are the only two models that have shown up so far, but there may be more to come that we just haven't seen yet. Last year's mid-year releases were announced on June 9, so presumably we'll find out soon! 

Mid-Year Releases and Ponies & Palm Trees!

 

Well, it’s official - the Ponies & Palm Trees collector event is taking place this November - it’s been officially announced by Breyer! If you’re a Collector Club member, check your email for more information! I don’t know when tickets will go on sale, but they’ll be allocated by random draw, so I’d be thrilled to be able to attend. I hope we get to see some of the special runs beforehand, though.

In other news, looks like I was right on time with my Mid-Years question yesterday. We have our newest reveal from Breyer! These are the new Trad releases, but the rest of the new releases can be found here.  I’ll start with the new El Pastor!

There’s also a new Vermeer (!):

A black and white pinto - ooh, pretty. I gotta have this one!

And lastly, a new Bristol! I’ll have to get my hands on him as well, although I prefer the loose mane/tail. 

Bandelier selections are out!

After a week's delay, the selections for Bandelier have finally been released! If you didn't get an email, be sure to check your Club Home page anyway just in case the email didn't go out. Congrats to all the winners!

The next entry in the America the Beautiful series - Bandelier!

Exciting news today (since Breyer didn't see fit to reveal yesterday's teaser...)! We have a new entry in the America the Beautiful series - Bandelier!



El Pastor makes a comeback! From the website:

In a palette of colors inspired by this national monument’s landscape, Bandelier is a shaded dapple buckskin tobiano pinto. A Paso Fino, his breed’s roots trace back to the mounts of the Spanish conquistadors who once explored this area. He has detailed eyes and a high gloss finish, and features “Bandelier” printed in black on his belly.

I've noticed a lot of typos and incorrect grammar in Breyer's posts lately, so it's nice to see them using "palette" correctly. Anyway...he's definitely handsome! Nothing I need to enter for, but that gloss really makes him pop! I like his mane stripe, too. Unfortunately, I noticed something when I looked at the photo of him in the email from Breyer:



The dreaded pink eyewhites make a return! I thought Breyer had abandoned those. Hopefully that's not a deal-breaker for people who want to buy him.

In other news, it looks like this year's releases are going to be really light on my wallet, between the lack of Breyerfest or Vintage Club things I want, and now this web special. But I'm not going to complain - spending less money on the hobby right now is probably for the best! Good luck to everyone who enters for Bandelier. 

Meet the Diorama Contest prize, Sona!

The Breyerfest 2017 Diorama Contest prize is revealed, and it's on El Pastor! Look at his pearly goodness!



Seriously, I love his mane and tail. But then, I'm always a sucker for pearly anything. If they put this color on a mold I collected, I'd die of happiness (and then die of despair when it inevitably ended up being something just as unattainable). I'm not entering the diorama contest, but good luck to everyone who does!

Diorama Contest Prize Teaser!

We have a new teaser on the blog, and it appears to be for the Diorama Contest prize! And they used "sneak peek" correctly! Cheers all around!

 

From the blog:

Can you guess which model this might be based off of this tiny taste?
Hopefully it will inspire a lot of Diorama Contest creativity over the weekend! Keep checking the Breyer Blog next week to see the full model unveiled!

Looks like El Pastor to me - excellent, I don't need to feel guilty about not entering the diorama contest yet again. Hopefully they do something to make him stand out from Escondido and Tesoro - I'm guessing he'll be a pinto of some type. As usual, the mold doesn't really fit the "India" theme, but I really don't think Breyer puts that much thought into the theme when planning which molds to use - I think they just pick the molds ahead of time and make sure they at least name them something that fits.

Let's hope they don't dawdle too much with revealing this - I'll be checking the blog all day Monday!