Featured Model - 10/9/2021, Glossy Gypsy Vanner

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model I don't own but would like to, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it. This week's model is...the Glossy Gypsy Vanner! 

This handsome guy was one of the prize models at Breyerfest Live in 2013. He was a run of I think 50 (though IDYB doesn't have that listed for some reason). He's item #1497G and was issued on the Brishen/Gypsy Vanner mold sculpted by Kathleen Moody. 

Brishen and his Andalusian alter ego have had a pretty popular run in the years since they first debuted. Brishen, especially, has had a new release almost every year, so he must be popular with somebody! His most recent release was this year's Halloween Horse Thriller, with Obsidian the Unicorn Stallion debuting at the start of this year. He's a popular guy! Sadly, I don't have a glossy Gypsy Vanner in my collection - sometimes I think back to when they could be had for $400 or less and kick myself for not buying then, because they're way more expensive than that now (if you can even find one for sale). Oh well - maybe someday I'll find one, or the prices will go down - or both! 

Brishen is pretty popular, so it's hard to say where we'll see him next - though I note he still hasn't appeared as the Breyerfest surprise model like I thought he would have by now. I imagine next year's Breyerfest will have a lot of drafters with its Gemany theme...so, let's just say ol' Brishen is a front-runner for surprise model right now. I guess we'll have to wait and see! 

Featured Model - 3/20/2021, Glossy Fox Valley Oliver

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured Model, the weekly blog event where I pick a model I don't own but would like to, give some stats on it and provide commentary about it. This week's model is...the Glossy Fox Valley Oliver! 

This model was a glossy prize model for Breyerfest 2008. He's item #1314G and was a run of 35 produced on the Othello mold sculpted by Kathleen Moody. 

Othello is, of course, very handsome in black, but becomes stunning in glossy black. Hubba hubba! I'm unlikely to ever own one, sadly, but he's beautiful all the same. The prices for one of these were ridiculous even a few years ago, and Othello is still a really popular mold, so I'm sure they're even more insane now. I do have his matte counterpart, along with almost all his other obtainable releases, so I really can't complain. 

As for Othello, I don't anticipate a new release on him anytime soon, since he was used for Breyerfest last year and a web special in 2017, but I could be wrong. Maybe he'll be used in the Birds of a Feather series as one of those chickens with feathers all the way down their legs? Who knows. If we ever get another collector event I could see him being used for that...gulp. Let's not go there, eh? Maybe he'll be one if this year's Tractor Supply releases - those aren't hard to get ahold of, and draft horses were used on the farm back in the day. Or perhaps a regular run? That would be a lot easier on my pocketbook! 

Glossy prize models revealed!

Greetings, all! Breyer revealed this year's Breyerfest glossy prize models on YouTube today. They'd been announced a while ago, but this is the first time anyone had actually seen them in person. This video talks about the Children/Youth Show at Breyerfest, but these models will also be the sectional prizes at the Open Show on Friday. So without further ado, behold the first glossy prize model...Harley!

While Harley looks really nice in gloss, he's not a mold I collect - so I won't have another glossy model to add to the very long list of glossies I want but don't have. It's mentioned in the video that Harley will be at Breyerfest again this year, so you might even be able to get your glossy model signed by his owner! Yay!

As for the other glossy prize model, say hello to...California Chrome!



Again, Chrome looks amazing in gloss...but I don't collect Cigar models either! It's my lucky day. If you're showing and hoping to win these guys, good luck! Breyerfest is a bare three weeks away - I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. I'm so excited to get packed and head down to Kentucky again!