Odds and Ends

Sheesh, there really hasn't been a lot of news lately, has there? Normally Breyer would be showing us this year's Breyerfest live auction models right about now, but we haven't seen hide nor hair of those, despite the fact that the live auction apparently still is going to continue. Speaking of Breyerfest, this is now up on the Breyerfest tickets page:



It's a preview of what the website will look like when Breyerfest activities are live. Note the "Auction" box with the photo of Stephanie holding an auction model from last year. So evidently we are getting an auction this year. In that case...where are the models? Normally we'd have seen, like, half of them by now, so what's the holdup?

I suppose we'll find out soon enough. In other news, I finally got a photo of the new Sugar unicorn showing up at many Walmarts around the country:



I really like his color, possibly because it reminds me of Starlite (I may or may not have had a stuffed Starlite as a child...)! Too bad I'm not really into the Classic AQH mold. But that's more for the rest of you, I guess!

Lastly, remember the new Stablemates on cards we got last year, like this bay Andalusian? There are more new ones out, including a liver chestnut Mini Brishen, a palomino Mirado and black pinto G4 Driving Horse. I can't remember if I've mentioned the previous three before or not. Anyways, there are even more new ones showing up at Walmarts now, including a buttermilk buckskin G3 Mustang, a chestnut blanket Appaloosa G5 Running Mare/Esperanza and a bay G3 Standing Stock Horse, none of which I have photos I can use yet. We hit four Walmarts today hoping to find any of the new ones, only to strike out every time (I'm personally only looking to add the Brishen and Mirado to my herd). The new ones also tease a new set of Horse Crazy blind bags (not to be confused with the Unicorn Crazy blind bags), so clearly we aren't done with blind bags yet, either. Bleh.

Anyways, hopefully we get some exciting news soon! It's driving me crazy not having any auction models to post about!

Nayati models and a new Classic unicorn!

Greetings, everyone! Good news - my Nayati models came! I had fun unboxing them all - here are some photos for your enjoyment. First, the three boxes...

The suspense was killing me. What if I got three of the same color, like the three blue Othellocorns? What a headache. I thought maybe I'd get lucky and only two of them would be the same color.

Hmm, I see some spots in there, and some not-spots. Could it be? Did I hit the trifecta?

SCORE!!! I got all three colors! Time to go buy a lottery ticket!

While I like all three colors, I think the dunalino is my favorite, followed by the bay pinto. Not to say I don't like the leopard - the color is definitely growing on me. I think the pinto would have been spectacular if he was also glossy, but they probably did that for the people who don't like gloss.

It's hard to see, but the pinto does have a blue eye (along with some weird paint issues on his chest/shoulder). A lot of people think Breyer's blue eyes look weird, but I like them most of the time.

Like I said, the leopard is growing on me too. If I could only get my hands on a Jackpot, this guy would have a twin! Oh well.



I love the shading on the dunalino...and I don't even like palomino models that much! This guy would make a nice companion for Cheveyo, or a glossy Cheveyo if I had one of those. Maybe someday! In the meantime, this guy has a very appealing color. I hope we see it again sometime!

In other news, there's a new Classic-size unicorn showing up at Walmart. I don't have a photo I can use yet, but it's a white unicorn with rainbow mane/tail on the American Quarter Horse Stallion mold by Moody, and his name is Sugar. Nothing I need to buy (the mold has always looked weird and awkward to me), but he's definitely pretty!