WGC Marc of ARRGH!

 Well, I didn’t get a chance to post about the hint over the weekend, but Breyer teased the BreyerMidwest special run model and revealed it today, and it’s THIS…

That’s right…glossy WGC Marc of Charm. Just when I thought I was safe! I may have uttered a few swear words when I saw the teaser. Darn it, if the event had stayed in Denver I could have had my SIL pick one up for me! So now I’m trying to figure out if I can make my way out to Salina, because I just know they’ll be selling these guys for $1,000 after the fact. If I’m going to spend that much money on a horse I’d rather go there myself and have a nice experience there to boot. Something to think about, I guess. 

I guess it makes sense that they used him, since the last few glossy Breyerwest models didn’t exactly set the world on fire. Who would have figured that glossing unpopular Breyerfest models wouldn’t make them more popular? It was only a matter of time until they changed up the strategy. 

I guess I spoke too soon...

 Well, looks like I should have kept my mouth shut one more day, because the 2021 Mid-Year releases are here! Let's start with the one we've all been waiting for: 

WGH CH Marc of Charm!! That's right, the model rumored to be one of the Breyerfest store specials in 2019 (or was it 2020?) is finally here! He's definitely going on my want list, though I hope the mane and tail are less yellow in person. 

Next, we have Tiz the Law! 

Seems like kind of a random choice for a Thoroughbred portrait, but that Lonesome Glory is beautiful! Must add him to the collection!

This lovely black Arabian is KB Omega Fahim, a Shagya Arabian stallion who specializes in dressage. I love the blue sheen to the color! Another one I'll have to add to the collection! 

Ooh, a black Malik! I love it. Though I really think the Shagya Arabian, or another (not-yet-existing) mold would be the best fit for the Black, as he's frequently described as being too big to be pure Arabian and Malik looks Arabian to the core. But I digress...

The horses-as-food series appears to be continuing, with Red Velvet! Ooh, I love red velvet cake...but I don't collect this mold. Looks like an interesting color, though! 

And lastly...Thriller, this year's Halloween model! Apparently dealers are being limited to 12 of these, so be sure to reserve yours fast. I just preordered mine, so hopefully it goes through and I'm the proud owner of a Thriller! 

Rumors

So there's a teaser photo of one of next year's Premier Club releases floating around; that's definitely a spotty butt!



I hope it's a really nice blanket or extended blanket Appaloosa! Will it be the Fraley sculpt? There's speculation online that hers might be a mule, which I'm apprehensive about. I'm not really into either of the Breyer mules, so that doesn't bode well for any potential mule. I guess I have plenty of time to think about it, anyway.

There's also a rumor going around that one of the guest horses (and store special models) at next year's Breyerfest will be WGC Marc of Charm, who (according to a Blabber) served as a model for the Hamilton sculpt - so this theoretical store special would be on Hamilton, natch. Here's a photo of the real horse:



Yeah, that's a pretty close match to Hamilton. Can't wait to get his model! I'm sure it'll be stunning.

Editing to add: I forgot to mention Breyer posted a blurb on Instagram about the new mold for the 2020 Stablemates club. It's a stock horse sculpted by Maggie Bennett! The post originally said the paint job was designed by Karen Zorn, but that's since been removed, so who knows what's going on there. Anyway, exciting! Now if we could only see a photo of it...