Blue Moon...

 Well, the blue Breyerfest special run has been revealed- it's on Spirit and his name is Franz! 

(I wanted to title this post Blue Monday, but Breyer beat me to the punch, so...) Anyway, here's a tidbit from the blog post:

Painted by German artist Franz Marc in 1911, the Blue Horse is one of Marc’s most iconic works both for its simplicity and composition, as well as its unique use of colors. Inspired by this work of art, our Franz model has been done in a stunning shade of light blue on the Spirit mold, #577, with a navy mane, tail, and four navy socks.  We love the way this model has brought Marc’s work to life! 

There have been some comparisons to the Corpse Bride online, but I like this guy. Too bad I sold off my Spirits ages ago, though. Sheesh, only two SR reveals left to go and I still only want two of them. But here's the next hint...

Someone on Facebook guessed Big Ben, and his right shoulder and muscling around that area do seem to match up pretty well. I doubt this is a store special, since it's glossy (lately the store specials debut in matte and the glossy comes later), so it's probably another special run line item - perhaps our vintage mold? Big Ben isn't really "vintage" in the true sense of the word, but he does turn 25 years old this year, so that's probably close enough. But I sold off all my Big Bens a few years ago as well, so that only leaves one more special run line item for me to like! This is so bizarre - I think the last time I liked so few SR items was 2012, for pete's sake. I suppose it had to happen eventually, but it's still odd. 

Apparition is available now, and Breyerfest program and coupon code!

Hello, readers! We're only three days away from the start of Breyerfest (no program, schedule, or other important information you'd think we would have by now)...but at least we got this coupon code! Three-day ticket holders should check their email for a code to save $10 on a Breyerfest merch purchase of $10 or more! Here's the code: 3DAYSWAG10! The email is unclear on whether this can be used on actual models or just on the swag itself (T-shirts, etc). I guess we'll find out on Friday!

In other news, this year's Halloween model, Apparition, is now available through the Breyer website! Here he is, in case you forgot what he looks like:



Be sure to snag him before he's gone!

EDIT: I stand corrected! The program has been posted! See it here! A glossy Carter is one of the auction lots! There's an auction lot of glossy celebration models from 2016-2019! And check out those auction models! Ugh, the Cleveland Bay is one of them...there goes my surprise guess. But if those are all the auction models (there don't seem to be enough of them...), who could it be? A lot of people think it's Bobby Jo - could it be her? I really don't think it's Croi, since she's a single-day Stablemate. I think at this point I'm changing my guess to Bobby Jo and calling it a day. Also, there's an In-Between Mare auction model! I suppose that shouldn't be a surprise either.