My German Rhendish Draft finally showed up today (I feel like I'm the last to get mine... anybody out there still waiting?) and I'm ecstatic to end up with the glossy! After seeing the glossy in person at Breyerfest, I knew I had to have him! I'm so glad I didn't have to find a person to trade with, as I would of if I ended up with matte. Yes, he has his share of flaws, but his shading just pops on the glossy version so I can forgive them. He goes good with my glossy Seurat from last year, and he completes my Georg conga. The only other Georgs I'm missing is the winter decorator (which is ok since I'm not a big deco collector) and the original Premier Club release, which I'm also not stressing about since he's plain bay and I prefer flashier colors. The only reason I wanted the flaxen chestnut from Breyerfest is because he looks a lot like a Belgian drafter I used to ride when I was a child. She was a mare though and her name was Shelby. A ride-along with my German Rhendish Draft, who I named Wunderlust, was the 4 pack of stablemates. I was only really interested in the new Emma, and had I known that at Breyerfest they would let you choose which you wanted, I would have rather just bought a single day ticket instead. I'll probably rehome Spaetzle and Doppelbock so I'll be adding them to my Model Horse Store shortly. Lakritz is already spoken for. Last but not least I would like to share my Equilocity find. I really wanted to purchase this gal when I saw her in person at Equilocity, but I have to use Pay in 4 to buy Stones (it's the only way I, like many others, can afford them) and so I had to leave her. I was hoping that she'd show up in the second chance sale, and lo and behold she did! Her name is Atrau and she is a beautiful champagne pinto Saddlebred. She is flawless... I can't find a single blemish on her and was painted by the talented Jess. My Breyerfest is now officially over until next year. While it was nice to be back in person and while the new way of doing the lines makes it 1000x easier, there is still much to improve upon, mostly with the quality of the models. I understand that we're still not 100% back to normal, and it really seems like Breyer has been pushing back a lot of releases to make sure they got the Breyerfest models here on time, but in getting them out as quickly as possible made the flaws numerous this year. While flaws on some models are pretty commonplace for Breyerfest, there were hardly any models this year that I'd consider LSQ. If there is one thing that Breyer could improve upon, their quality control is a must, and if you fill out Breyer's Breyerfest survey, be sure you mention this so they can work on it for next year.
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