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For the longest time, I thought Breyer wasn't going to release much, then all of a sudden they began cranking out horses left and right. If you pre-ordered Fletcher back in the fall of 2017, you should have received an email asking you to complete your pre-order. It was $50 to complete the pre-order (putting Fletcher's total price at $70 including the pre-order price to reserve one) and surprisingly only $10.95 was charged for shipping. Usually for traditional special runs Breyer charges $14.95 so this was a nice break. Soon afterwards they released Aiden the second release in the 2018 Stablemates Club. I wasn't too interested in this guy and have already sold him on eBay. If you shipped him with Fletcher, you only saved $1 on shipping. A special run that was released only to Tractor Supply stores was Alba, a Clydesdale mare to commemorate the company's 80th anniversary. She was a lovely mahogany bay with perfect chrome, what you envision in a "perfect" Clydesdale. She has 80th anniversary written in gold upon her belly. Not sure how many she's limited to but each store is only getting in a handful until they sell out. The past few years, Breyer has released a patriotic themed horse to brick-and-mortar stores only. Last year it was Liberty. This year it's a clearware made on the Nokota mold named Illumination. I'm not particularly big on clearware despite this horse being on one of my all-time favorite molds so I'll probably pass on him. FINALLY Breyer released the winner of "Who Wore It Best" from last year's voting. She is on the mold I picked so I went ahead and bought her. Her name is Starlet. It says she is limited but I'm not sure exactly how many were made. I was a bit disappointed that Breyer charged $14.95 for shipping with her, considering she is just a large pony. Last but not least, Breyer surprised us with this beauty. If you sort of recognized the coloring as being similar to that of last year's holiday horse, you're absolutely right! Koh-i-Noor was remade using 750 left over Winter Wonderlands, giving him chocolate points to turn him into a buckskin and then was glossed over. I was on the fence about him since I already have Winter Wonderland, however Breyer said that some of the Koh-i-Noors were going to have sock variations and I luckily ended up with one with no socks at all. Also the horse I received looked a little darker in coat color than the ones in the stock photos. I'm glad I was able to purchase him because he sold out within a day at $75 and FREE shipping.
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