Breyerfest tickets are here!

 Exciting news, everyone - my first set of Breyerfest tickets has arrived! I only got 3 in this order, so, behold: 

My VIP book is blue, while this one is white, so they make a good contrast to each other. 

I had completely forgotten I already wrote a whole post about my VIP ticket book, so uh, just ignore that it's also in these photos. So anyway, for these three tickets, I got three Jump & Drive tickets...

and three Stagecoach Surprise tickets. I honestly don't even remember exactly how I filled out all my tickets? I think Stagecoach Surprise was my first choice and Jump & Drive was my second choice, but now I'm hoping I don't get this assortment for my other tickets. I wish I'd kinda mixed things up a little bit and put the other stuff I want as my second choice for everything...but it's too late now, I guess. If I do end up getting a bunch more Jump & Drive tickets, it probably won't be hard to trade for the other ones, I suppose. 

This isn't the case for this particular ticket book, but if you were supposed to get Wild Card tickets and ended up with a blank page like this instead, don't panic. There was a printing error with the tickets and Breyer has posted that replacement Wild Cards will be shipped to customers this week. They've asked that people not call them about it unless they haven't received their replacement Wild Cards by 6/30. 

Lastly, here are the wristbands! Fun stuff. I'm going to have a lot more of these when my other six tickets get here. Speaking of those tickets, hopefully they come fast, because I'm getting super excited for Breyerfest! Only 23 days left until we leave! 

Mid-Year Releases have been officially announced!

 Good news, everyone - we finally have an official announcement of the 2023 mid-year releases! 

See them all here. Two Trads and some CollectAs seems a bit...uh, meager, so let's hope they have some really exciting stuff coming up later on in the year! I'm kind of intrigued by that Fireheart beach towel, too. Maybe if they're in the Breyer Store at Breyerfest, I'll pick one up...

Speaking of Breyerfest, we only have 3 weeks to go until the grand event! Hooray! I'm getting really excited as the days count down until departure (24 days to go!). I was going to complain about the lack of auction model releases here, but I just looked back at last year's blog posts and it looks like we had to wait even longer for ANY auction model reveals last year, so...bleh. And the year before that we had to wait even longer! I really miss when they would do the auction model countdown - it seemed like it did a good job of building the Breyerfest anticipation! Maybe on Monday we'll get something. 

My last CCA order is here!

 Good news, everyone! My last Collector Club Appreciation box came today, in a huge box! About 10 minutes after I checked the tracking this morning, I glanced out the window and saw the UPS guy coming with a huge box on his shoulder. Ooh! 

I didn't get photos of the rest of the order (Get Rowdy, Carltonlima Emma reissue, Palomino Classic Mason x2, Poetry in Motion Stablemate set, Horse Foal Surprise set), but here's my third and final glossy model:

That's right - glossy Peptoboonsmal! Huzzah! I went ahead and unboxed him along with everything else since I didn't end up getting any duplicates. I was hoping really, really hard that I wouldn't get a second Sjoerd. Based on the reaction I've been seeing online, it might have been hard to trade another one for something else! But all's well that ends well. Now I'll just have to see if I can find a glossy Adiah to buy or trade for at Breyerfest! 

Speaking of Breyerfest...where the heck are the auction models?! I want more, more, MORE! We leave in 26 days, for Pete's sake! It'd be nice to see the program too, honestly. I just want more! Maybe tomorrow they'll give us something...

Collector Appreciation orders are here!

 Greetings, readers! Good new - two of my Collector Club Appreciation orders are here! One of them was an order of just the glossy CCA model (just buying it outright) which I was glad to see was successful. So...here are the two glossy CCA models I received! 

That's right - Sjoerd and Morganquest Native Sun! Woohoo, I didn't get doubles! Yet, anyway. I'm still waiting on a third order that's pretty much MIA right now - it's been shipped, but hasn't been updated since the "On the Way" scan from yesterday. That's the only one that had other models I actually wanted - the order I got today was a couple of Trads for resale, two pony pouches and a T-shirt I haven't tried on yet. So let's hope my third order gets here fast! 

Auction models! We've got auction models! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

 Alert, Breyerfest attendees! An email went out today that starting this year, Breyer will no longer be accepting cash in most purchases at the KHP during Breyerfest, with a few exceptions. Also, 6% sales tax will now be charged on purchases, rather than being built into the sale price as it always was prior. I'm a bit conflicted about this, but...gotta get with the times, I guess. There will be 3 reverse ATMs at the Horse Park (put cash in, get prepaid cards out, while supplies last), so that's something. I'll still be taking cash at the Clarion, but maybe I'll get a prepaid card before I leave so I don't have to depend on the reverse ATMs too much. Anyways, Breyer must have decided we needed a distraction from this news, so...here are some auction models! Behold! 

Lot #1 is a beautiful black leopard appaloosa Ashquar! Be still, my heart. I love him! 

Lot #2 is a glossy dapple chestnut sabino Pacer, which...would be nice, if it weren't for that, uh...oopsie with his front leg. I mean, maybe they did it on purpose so he wouldn't be so tippy? But like...wow, I'm kind of surprised the Pacer has only been an auction model four times before and the most recent of those was 21 (!) years ago. But anyway...that bent leg, oof. 

Lot #3 is OH MY GOD FORGET WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE ASHQUAR, BE STILL MY HEART! I LOVE THIS ONE!! That looks like the Oasis tail to boot! 

Lot #4 is a handsome gray pinto Huck that I'm oddly not that excited about. Maybe it's the mostly-white head? 

Lot #5 and 6 are being skipped, I guess, probably just to annoy us. Anyways...

Lot #7 is a handsome chestnut splash Stretch Morgan. He looks chalky, to boot! And might have a blue eye? I like his white tail, too. 

That's it for today's distractions - dare I hope we get more tomorrow? 

Another Stablemates Club release!

Wow, we get another Stablemates Club release already! It doesn't seem like it's been that long since the last one. Anyways, this month's release is called Eclat! (Yes, yes, I know there's supposed to be an accent on the E, but I can't be bothered to figure out how to add it. Just imagine it's there.)

He's a nice color, but I decided to sell off my Traditional-sized MFT models a few years ago, and don't really want to start buying them again, Stablemate-sized or not. He does look like he has a bit of shimmer to his coat, though, so there's that. So if anyone wants to buy mine, let me know! 

So many things to post about today!

 Lots of exciting things to write about today, folks! I'll start off with the Collector Club Appreciation event! It went live at pretty much exactly 1pm EST today and doesn't seem to have sold out yet (or at least I haven't seen any posts about it selling out). Maybe the days of things selling out in 15 mins are a thing of the past? Let's hope so. Anyway, here's a pic of our four glossies! Drat, I need all four this time...

In the meantime, I did get two orders of merch in, and then decided to do a third order of just the glossy in hopes it'll go through like it did last year. I only have so much extra space for stuff I don't want. But anyways. I really wish backordered stuff was included with this, because I would have gotten a Sweetwater Zorah Belle if she wasn't backordered. Other than that, I ordered the new Carltonlima Emma, the Classic/Freedom Series palomino Mason, the gray pinto Stablemate Rearing Andalusian that was new for this year, the new Poetry in Motion gift set, the Horse Foal Surprise Family 13 since I don't have the Cantering Warmblood from that set, and a Get Rowdy to hopefully resell without too much trouble. Not bad! In my second order I got Adamek, Marc of Charm (shouldn't be too hard to resell those), a set of pony pouches (everyone needs some of those), and a T-shirt. I thought about getting more apparel, but I don't really wear T-shirts much anymore, I don't like the style of hoodie they sell and I don't really use much of the other apparel, so that was it for that order. 

So, I'm hoping to get a decent selection of glossies from those three orders (or trade for them) and then just buy the fourth one. Kinda hoping that fourth one I buy ends up being the Sjoerd, since he doesn't seem too popular. But we'll have to see! I'm really excited about Morganquest Native Sun and hoping I get one! He'll be pretty in glossy. 

In other news, now that it's Pride month, Breyer is doing a giveaway!

3 lucky winners will receive a Pollock model! I'm not going to enter since I already have one, but good luck to everybody! 

Lastly, the sneak peek from Tuesday has been revealed! It's the Breyerfest Live overall grand prize! 

So I was wrong about it being Georg - it's actually Roxy! Nice. Nothing I need, but she sure is pretty! Good luck to everyone trying to get her. 

I wonder if the glossy prize models will be announced this week too? One can only hope!