New Arrivals: Break out the Bubbles and Best of Breyerfest Series 6

 Greetings, readers! I bring you the last of this year's New Arrivals posts, with various Stablemates from this year's Breyerfest! Let's start with Prosecco! 

Sorry for the not-so-great photo. I'm sure this little guy was the most popular of the four Break out the Bubbles single-day Stablemates - and it's not hard to see why! Augustus has been a pretty popular new mold, he's a fun color, and glossy to boot! Win-win. Now to try to figure out a breed assignment for him...

Next, here's Cava:

 

I love the color on this one! Such a rich shade of bay, and the gloss really makes it pop! What a pretty guy. 

Next, here's Bellini! 

I wondered if the polo pony version of this mold would ever be used again, and voila - here it is! Now I'm wondering if the old version of the mold still exists (probably). The only solution is to use both of them in the same release, clearly. Wait, that probably means more gambler's choice stuff! Never mind. 

I sold the fourth Break out the Bubbles model, so let's move on to the Best of Breyerfest Series 6! Here's Red Letter Day:

She's a mini version of Tout Suite, the 2015 Breyerfest Live prize model on the Hackney mold. She's a nice color, and her green ribbons are cute. Not much else to say about her, I guess. 

Lastly for today, we have Jubilation, a mini version of Truffles, the 2015 diorama contest prize model. He's very pearly - I approve! Not sure what breed to assign to him, though - I suspect the Truffles owners had/have the same problem. 

I didn't keep the three other models in this set, so that brings us to the end of New Arrivals for this year! Soon I'll start working on Breyerfest Closeups, a series documenting the new models we got to see in the Collector Club tent this year. One last note - the Breyerfest online content access has been extended, and there's going to be a Breyerfest second chance sale after all! I'm excited to hear more about it! 

BreyerMidwest Day 2

 Well, the second day of BreyerMidwest is over! It was...a bit slower of a day than yesterday, but that's probably for the best, considering the extremely long drive awaiting me tomorrow. It was a pretty leisurely day, really - sleep in, head to Equifest, wander around there for a while...the only deadline I really had was getting to the silent auction at 2:30 (success!) and then the swap meet at 7 (also success!) Behold, the day's purchases! 

I was successful in both of today's goals - get the glossy Athenian Lady in the silent auction, and find a gray Salud! Woohoo! I also found the two blind bag Stablemates I still needed from last year's new series (well, technically I still need the G2 TB chase piece, but I don't want to pay much more than retail for it), plus a red filigree Wassail for a decent price. Not pictured: the two pony pouches I bought with the last of my cash. They're intended for Stablemate foals, with two spaces each. I may have to buy more later if I keep showing a lot of Stablemate foals.

So the swap meet was a success as well, although the room really wasn't quite big enough for the amount of selling going on within. There was a big long hallway right outside, so I kinda figure some of those tables could have gone out there? They probably could have sold even more tables, too. I'm low-key jealous I couldn't get into the swap meet, because there were a ton of people shopping and it would have been great to get some stuff sold. Oh well.

So that's pretty much it for my BreyerMidwest trip! Now to get some rest before the long drive tomorrow.

Freshly Baked!

 Good news, everyone! The Freshly Baked Stablemates are out of the oven and ready to fly into your mouths mailboxes! Behold: 

The four colors are: Linzer Cookie (G4 Arabian), Crinkle Cookie (mini Georg), Peppermint Bark (G2 Saddlebred) and Gingerbread (G3 Mustang). I ordered two of them, because I want the Georg and the Saddlebred. Hey, I may be slightly irritated that they used molds I collect, but at the same time, at least they didn't use tired molds like the G2 Clydesdale, Alborozo, Magnolia, etc. 

Seems like most people only want the mini Georg, so I'm wondering if I'll be able to trade for it if I don't get him. Pondering going back and ordering more of them...

Breyerfest 2023 Single-Day Stablemates Revealed!

 Happy New Year, everyone! I hope everyone had a good holiday season. As promised last week, the single-day Stablemates for this year's Breyerfest were revealed today! First, here's Wheeler:

What a nice color for Kit! Looking forward to seeing this one in person. Next, here's Teamster:

Nice color on the Corbin as well! Next, here's Navigator:

Also a nice color on the G2 Saddlebred, though she seems slightly out of place for some reason. Saddlebreds can drive, though, so she really shouldn't feel out of place. Guess I don't know why. Anyway, here's Whip! 

Wow, I think I know which one of these is going to be the most popular! I might have to buy a VIP ticket just so I can be guaranteed to get one. Oh, let's face it, I'll probably buy a VIP ticket anyway - it's just too handy to be able to be guaranteed two special runs I want. Uh, unless I end up not wanting any of the special runs this year, but that...isn't likely. 

Anyway, these are all really nice reveals and they make me excited for Breyerfest! Also, this means we'll probably have a lot of reveals this month, since tickets go on sale in February. I can't wait to see what else they've got for us this year!