...has been revealed. Every year after the holiday lottery horse is available to Collector Club members, the holiday lottery animal is then released, who is always on a vintage color. This year is a Charolais bull in vintage style red roan coloring named Reuben. He is $140 plus shipping and is limited to only 350 pieces. Again, he's a lottery model so you have to put in your name for him. Personally I'm not into Breyer's "other" animal molds. I much prefer their realistic equine molds, and yes that includes the mule and zebra - maybe the donkey once they make a better one - but not cows or bulls, so this was an easy pass for me. So now all that's left to be released is the Collector Club Appreciation deal, the Santa Surprise (which we won't know what it is until Christmas morning) and the regular runs for next year. They're coming people, I promise. I keep getting questions about if I've heard any news on them and I promise y'all that I'll let you know as soon as I get word. I'm excited for them too, especially with the mystery of the 70th anniversary collection.
I'm on the fence about the CC Appreciation deal. It'll depend upon what's being offered and of course how much Breyer is asking. If it's $125 or less, I should be able to participate, but $150 will be a bit much for my modest budget this time of the year, especially given that I still haven't joined the 2020 clubs yet. I've decided upon the regular CC membership. I just can't make myself pay $30 for a plain glossy palomino stablemate when I didn't even pay $25 for the Halloween decos. As to the specialty clubs, I'm still waiting to see what the horses of the SMCC look like. If I end up bypassing the Appreciation deal and the Santa Surprise, I'll probably join the Premier Club instead. The Cyber Monday deals from yesterday were extended through today, although the most popular deal, Sonsela, is already sold out. She was a mid states release that has been long retired. She was available for $49.99 while she lasted. I admit that I really had to talk myself out of buying Mira and Antares, but I promised myself no traditional unicorns. I just don't want to open that can of worms, and then I'd be tempted to buy more unicorns. I loved that they used realistic horse coloring for once instead of fantasy coloring. Instead, I found a couple grails that I'd been looking for (I'll mention more about that later) and used the money I had saved for the holiday mare/foal to buy them instead. Also Corbin has been officially released today. He is the final SMCC horse for 2019. People have noted that he looks a lot like Limerick from BF. I don't know, but he is nice, especially since they don't produce that dark of a dapple grey very often, and to have him glossy is a bonus. I couldn't tell he was glossy by the pictures in JAH. He's definitely a keeper for me. As to my future grails, I've officially added By a Nose to my herd. The only BF year since I began collecting BF models that I didn't have a horse from was 2018 so now I have one from each year, and with all the plain colored horses from that year, By a Nose was the only horse I liked. The thing was that I couldn't find her for under $100... until I found the one I just bought. Listed on IDYB as a bay pinto, she actually has some roaning on her front making her appear more like a bay roan pinto. I also snagged a Markus that I found for only $40 just because he has a rub on his face. As with many on this mold, he doesn't stand well, and took a fall on the show table after ending up with second place. For some reason my local flagship dealer never got Markus in and, as with By a Nose, he is a model that I've had a hard time finding cheap. Since I don't show, the rub doesn't really bother me. Although described as a "flaxen chestnut" on IDYB though he actually looks more silver bay to me. His mane and tail have a pearly sheen to it. Finally I put a deposit down to purchase Hamilton. He was the first Premier Club model that I had my heart set on because of all his detail, so I guess you could call him a grail. His mapped pintaloosa markings, realistic pinking, pearly white body, ermine spots on his striped hoof and the mold itself with that twisty tail made me NEED him in my collection. When I saw him, I honestly thought he was a real horse! I finally found someone willing to do time payments so in a few weeks he'll be mine! I'm so excited to buy my first PC model :) Honestly I've probably overspent a little, but this time of the year is one of the best times to buy grails because people are clearing out their collections for holiday money. I just hope this overspending doesn't come back to haunt me when the CC Appreciation deal and Santa Surprise are released.
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