For all the 499 other Vintage Club members who didn't see the email update yet... here ya go! Finally some updates from Breyer! My Yellow Mount and Dawn and Dusk set will be available for sale here on my website for anyone interested. They will be posted at 8 PM EST tonight. For those of you who are unicorn lovers, meet Solar Flare, the annual web special Classics unicorn. Typically I don't like this mold (imo it looks like a fish) but this color goes well with it, almost to the point that if I hadn't promised myself NO UNICORNS I would be adding him to my collection in a heartbeat. Although this wasn't Breyer's intention, I think he looks like a goldfish :) Anyone with All Access tickets from Breyerfest who put in their name for the second chance sale keep an eye on your emails in the next day or so. Breyer will be pulling names for the opportunity to purchase Breyerfest leftovers. I didn't put in my name again since I already had my chance to dip into the leftover stash with my VIP ticket, but I just wanted to remind those who did so you don't miss your opportunity. Also, today was the last day for current Vintage Club members to sign up for the 2022 Vintage Club. Tomorrow it will be open to everyone. If you're interested in joining, keep an eye out for the email because, as a forewarning, this club is extremely hard to get into, being so limited.
I was surprised to find that UPS dropped off three oversized boxes on my porch. I had never received any email for shipping confirmation so I immediately wondered if it was my holiday order. Nope... just my 70th traditionals and the Unicorn Surprise stablemates. It was a happy surprise though, as they'd been out of those unicorns since I became a dealer back in April and I wanted to add a couple to my own collection. They are honestly a lot better in person than the stock photos. I plan on keeping one of each set except the pink Warmblood (whom they apparently did away with the boy bits for this mold probably so people didn't complain about two boys like in previous years) so she will be for sale, if anyone is interested in having the newly revised mold. The foals in these sets are just too darn cute! The orange-yellow guy is an older mold made unicorn, but the others are brand new molds. One is a purple pinto draft foal, which is what so many collectors have been waiting for. Now take off the horn and put her on a realistic color! The third foal I thought was plain white but she actually has lovely purple legs and blue hued body, inherited from her parents. If you haven't seen them yet, here they are: The 70th Anniversary horses always blow my mind. The Moody Andalusians always have a lot of variation between them. Some have dark shading, some have hardly any shading, some have fishscale dapples, others are more soft and subtle. Take a look at the difference between these two for example. The difference between them is striking. The darker guy on the left has far more shading and fishscale dapples versus the guy on the right. The palomino Saddlebred also has some variation to them. For example, my first batch had a lighter color, more subtle dapples and a satin finish rather than a metallic sheen. From what I've seen in recent shipments of 70th anniversary horses, the metallic color is more common. Don't get me wrong... I like a show shined horse any day, but there's a big difference between show shine and looking like a gold coin. Check out my picture below for comparison: In addition to the 70th anniversary traditionals, there were also some variations found in my 70th anniversary stablemates. For example, I had a really orange Smart Chic Olena that had minimal shine and a sunny yellow Smart Chic Olena with almost as much shine as the 70th Saddlebred. I also had a mini Bramble with more of a matte finish and another that was semi glossy. There has been so much variation amongst the models this year. I spoke in a previous post about how Vermeer from the Premier Club had some that were very peachy colored, others more white, some with dark ghost spots and others with ghost spots so light you couldn't even see them. I think if I had planned on keeping that horse for my collection, I would have rather hand picked him than gambled upon what Breyer would send me.
The unicorn addiction has me rolling my eyes by this point. By golly I'm going to start calling the company Breyer Unicorns if they don't start making more horses LOL. I've been saving up for the holiday mare and foal set, which can now be scratched off my list since they're unicorns. If the Santa Surprise horse is a unicorn again this year or if it's as pricey as the SS was last year, I'm probably going to use the money saved for that to join the Premier Club instead. Anyways, here is your latest unicorn lineup: First up are the Starry Skies Stablemates. They are limited to four per person and are a gambler's choice of four different designs. All have star patterns on their bodies and glow in the dark. Big Dipper is a green Clydesdale, Little Dipper is a blue Magnolia, Cassiopeia is a pink Warmblood Stallion and Cepheus is a purple Alborozo. Warning... rant ahead! Don't even get me started on the blind bags. Now I don't want to sound like one of THOSE people that complain about everything Breyer does (I LOVE Breyer as a company or else I wouldn't have this website) and I like gambler's choices every once in a while, but they are taking it a little too far. Seems this whole year almost everything has been a gambler's choice or blind bag. Ugh! I like surprises but not this many, Breyer, and I'm sure plenty of other collectors agree. Ok, rant over. On to the next horse... Zenith is the unicorn that they released today. She's a Classics model, not traditional. She reminds me of a sunset. She'd go great with the other Classics unicorns breyer has released as web exclusives in the past (meaning Zenith is only available on Breyerhorses.com) and honestly I used to collect Classics unicorns, but then there got to be so many that I chucked them a long time ago. I'm thinking about doing the same with the stablemates unicorns I have. There's just too many to collect that really it's getting a bit overwhelming. These unicorns are taking the place of Breyer's annual holiday mare and foal set. It seems like they're doing a flip flop between regular horses and unicorns. This year their names are Mira and Antares and they're on the Andalusian Mare/Foal molds. I love the realistic dappling on these two and the pearly sheen, but the mare isn't one of my favorite molds. I own Celeste and currently she is part of my "tipsy girls" shelf, along with Natasha on the Weather Girl mold. These molds remind me of the vintage Pacer with how they fall over so easily. By the way, when ARE we going to get a new Standardbred? That has been way overdue by now. I also wish Breyer would lay off the brown for these molds. Anybody with me when I say we need a nice dapple grey pair? The final release is not a web exclusive but a Fairytale Friends Club exclusive. This is Rose, the latest release, with her Mini Whinnies mini me. As a side note, I'd love to see realistic horse colors made on the unicorn molds for the FFC rather than just fantasy colors.
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