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...

Gingerbread is here!

 More exciting news, everyone! My Gingerbread has arrived! 

First off: this model is indeed a mare, despite being referred to as a "he" in the promo material. Oops! 

What a little beauty! Her blanket is darling, also (doofy me didn't get a photo of it, though). 

Unfortunately, her quality leaves a little to be desired - lots of little booboos all over, and she has the dreaded blanket stains. It's nice that they wrapped the horse's middle in plastic to protect it from stains, but the edges of the blanket still got her front and rear legs on that side. D'oh! Maybe it's time to start packing the blankets alongside, rather than on, the models? Might save some money on wasted plastic, also. 

Lastly, I forgot to mention yesterday that the second Collector Club special run of the year is also pictured in this year's JAH - it's a mealy bay Wixom named Brunhilde! Let's hope the official photos get released soon so I can post them here (though with a name like that, the only thing I'm thinking about is this). 

Now all we need is some milk!

 Attention, collectors: there's a new Pony for Christmas release on Breyer's website! His name is Gingerbread; check him out! 

I couldn't order this one fast enough. A new Bouncer, and what looks like a nice coppery chestnut to boot? My only nitpick is that I wish there was a photo without the blanket. Though he can definitely pull off the ugly-Christmas-sweater look! Can't wait to see this one in person! 

Also, more TSC models are showing up in stores, and it looks like there are new Mystery Foal Surprise sets out there. The photos I've seen showed a dark blue Greyson, gold/palomino Croi, some type of G2 Morgan, a Prince Charming, a green G3 Prancing Arabian, blue pinto Magnolia, and one of the foals is the new draft foal in lime green. Definitely going to have to pick up those sets if our local TSC stores ever get them in stock!