My Rainiers are here!

Good news, everyone! My Rainiers came today, a day earlier than expected! Here are some quick cell phone pics.



Look how handsome they are! Here's a better look at Rainier #1.

 

Droolworthy.

 

So handsome! Here's Rainier #2.

 

Unfortunately, both of them have small, irritating flaws.

The first one had a decent paint job, but very visible seams on the mane and between the ears, and a very slightly bent left eartip.



The second one's seams were much better, but he has little flecks of white on his butt from the roaning, various little smudges on his haunch and hind leg, and a small rub on his (not bent) left eartip. So, I'm currently unsure which one I want to keep. I'm not sure if either's flaws would warrant an exchange, and I have yet to ever exchange a model, because it doesn't seem worth the hassle to me...bleh.

Oh well. He's beautiful and I love him anyways! Hopefully I can trade the second one for something good in the future. In the meantime, onto the shelf they go!

The Rainier emails have gone out!

And I was drawn on two accounts! Yay! This beauty will be coming home to join his 18 brothers!

 

I have a really poor track record for getting drawn for the more popular web specials - most of the time it seems I don't get drawn unless it's for something nobody else likes. So, I'm ecstatic that I won twice! I'm hoping I can trade the second Rainier for something nice, possibly other web specials I missed out on in the past. Fingers crossed!

In the meantime, I'll be waiting for my Rainiers to wing their way in my direction - he is so beautiful and I was sure I'd never be drawn for him. Congratulations to all the other lucky winners!

So I wonder what we'll get in the series next? Perhaps some type of pink/purple sunset decorator, named Purple Mountain Majesties? Glossy, of course. But probably not, since Rainier was our mountain. Or a nice blond sorrel or frosted buttermilk buckskin, on Smarty or Carrick, named Amber Waves of Grain? Ooh, ooh! Weather Girl in glossy alabaster, named Alabaster Cities Gleam! Please, Breyer? That's what I'm hoping for, anyway. We'll have wait and see!

The first web special of the year is up, and it's a doozy!

This year's web special theme is revealed, and it's...America the Beautiful! Yay, patriotism!



I suppose it was only a matter of time until Othello got used again.  He was a web special in 2008 (the highly-sought-after Silver Snow) and hasn't been seen again since. At least this is a release they won't have to worry about selling out of; the mold has been very popular since its release. Needless to say, my husband and I are entering on our accounts, and I'm thinking about setting up another account for the dog. Gah! Here's another pic.



Rainier is a must-have for me, so I'll be crossing all my applicable appendages that one of us gets drawn for him, because I assume the secondary market prices will be insane. And he really is quite handsome - blue roan without being a rehash of Saltire. I kind of wish his mane and tail were pearly, though. Not sure what you'd show him as, but that's not important (for me). Good luck to all who enter for him!