In case any of you missed the memo, Breyerfest tickets are now available, and we get to see exactly how much those "processing fees" are that Breyer added to ticket costs this year with doing the tickets virtual. Those fees ended up adding a whopping $8 to the price of each ticket, making tickets almost $100 now (and over that if you purchase them at the gate after early bird pricing ends) which is... not what I was expecting. I was more expecting $3 to $5 but it is what it is. For those who asked how much each model is going to be if you order it during Breyerfest week, now you know. If you subtract $98 from the $103 charged at the gate, then divide it by two for both models from one ticket, that will be how much more I'll be charging for extra models at Breyerfest. While I still think the virtual tickets are better than mailing tickets as far as losing tickets goes, I see a huge issue with this: there is no trading of tickets now, so if you don't get the model you want from the preference list, you'll have to have someone willing to scan their ticket for you in line rather than simply trading the ticket stub. Either that or you'd have to buy tickets at the gate and pay the extra admission cost to get your choice of model(s). At least it's still not as bad as the olden days when you had to rely upon the luck of the draw in line. That was true torture. People mentioned that we're getting FREE parking to the KHP included with tickets and that makes it more worthwhile, but 3 day parking was only $13 y'all. Unless you only purchase one ticket (which most people don't since they often bring their spouse, children, friends, family, whomever with them) then you're paying more for parking than you did in previous years. I'm hoping *crosses fingers* that the main reason for such a huge ticket increase that is being disguised as "processing fees" is because there will be variations this year. I know with the variations last year that Breyer had a lot of people going back to buy tickets at the gate, and I think they took note. Maybe it was a practice run knowing that this year will be an anniversary year, I don't know, but early bird pricing will likely be here to stay. It was honestly one of the few things I didn't miss the past couple years when Breyerfest was in person. If they brought it back, me thinks we might be in for some surprises, but don't quote me on that because of the variations offered last year so I don't know what the chances are of them doing variations again. With the fact that the stablemates are deco and since Breyer completely flipped the theme from a rescue/rags to riches theme to a pop music theme, I'm kind of expecting something cool, in which case then ticket prices will be worth it
They also showed in hand pictures of the models for the first time, and a couple of them that I wasn't particularly interested in based on Breyer's stock photos caught my eye. While I was already smitten with Blue Zeus, Alan a Day's Work and The Edge of Glory (all whom I'm hoping to get for my own personal collection) I was particularly enthralled by the amazing coloration of Just Like Fire, the phoenix classics model, and Can't Hold Us Down looks a lot darker than her stock photos that I actually like the more chestnut-y color, as I thought originally that she was a red dun. Breyer didn't really state what color she is supposed to be, but I might pick her up if I end up with an extra ticket. I'm hoping that those corn spots on Blue Zeus aren't as obvious as they appear because in his stock photos they look more grey and blended into the coat versus sticking out like a sore thumb. I'll still try to get him, nonetheless, but I was a bit wow'd by how dark they were in the in hand photos. Everybody else looks just about what I expected. Comments are closed.
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