On a very rare occasion, I was given today off work awaiting the snow storm due to hit Kentucky later today. I've decided to use this time to blog, so since I had my Anamar and Giorgio arrive today, the Premier Club will be the topic of discussion. We already know who the artists are for next year's Premier Club. Starting out the year with the new Paso Fino sculpt wasn't too shabby to get me to rejoin, but adding Heather Puleo and Kylee Parks to the mix sure didn't hurt. Heather Puleo did two of my all time favorites: Altynai and Greyson. She also designed the coat for Anamar that everyone, including myself, was a bit iffy about based on Breyer's stock photos. However, once I got him in hand, I have to say that he is simply amazing and I'm glad I didn't sell him. I had him on my website for a few days with no takers when I finally pulled him from my shop and bought him for my own collection. I'm not disappointed in the least. My boy thankfully has no issues that I can note, and his dappling definitely does not stick out like a sore thumb like it looks in Breyer's photos, a main reason I was unsure about his coat. It is slightly pearly and his dapples eventually fade into the rosey greyness of his coat, which blends together really well. Basically, no one in the Premier Club has ever even attempted a color like this before so I'm proud to have him part of my collection and Heather really knocked him out of the park despite going out on a limb with the amount of artistry she put into his coat. I can't wait to see what she'll bring to the club next year. Anamar isn't too huge in size, consistent with sculptor Sarah's smaller but highly detailed molds, as he isn't much taller than my Performance Appaloosa vintage molds. He is, however, not cartoon-y looking like Breyer's stock photos made him appear. Sarah did an amazing job on his details, so amazing in fact that, as per usual when Breyer makes highly detailed molds, it came with a lot of molding flaws that have been popping up on social media. However, I'm sure Breyer will fix those issues each time this mold is made which, I'm hoping, will be used quite a bit in the upcoming years. Definitely thinking about a conga. Now, we come to the part I was looking forward to most about my Premier Club order... mini Giorgio! I'm a bit saddened to say that Breyer gelded this guy because we all know that traditional Georg was very well endowed, but he is still cute nonetheless and all the rest of Georg's detail was transferred to his mini me. Another conga I'm planning on starting and I must join the Stablemate Club for 2023 because of that leopard appy. This guy also has a very pearly rose grey coat but he has the sprayed on star dapples of old. I honestly cannot find a single flaw on him. We got a sneak peek from Breyer today for one of the two upcoming Premier Club 2023 releases, a buckskin appaloosa that looks to be a similar pattern to Carina. I really feel like this is the Heather Puleo sculpt, but who knows? If it is, I'm guessing Knabstrubber since Breyer made the comment that Heather is known for her rare breeds and because it looks similar in pose to Valegro, another warmblood breed. A couple other guesses by the social media community is either a rearing Nez Perce to be a modernized version of Silver or a sliding stop appaloosa, a pose many have been wishing to see translated from Classics to Traditional for years. I can't wait to see the full reveal. Are you going to join the Premier Club? If so, what breeds do you hope to see? I'm hoping for a newer replacement for Bluegrass Bandit, a nice Tennessee Walker. Probably won't be this coming year since the breed doesn't come in appaloosa, and we already know the first is a Paso Fino, but eventually. I'm still intrigued by what on earth that third model could possibly be to have Breyer ask a whopping $200 for it. Some are guessing possibly a horse with a cart, others are saying a mare with twins or a family set, and there's even speculation that it could be a group of ponies.
Those of you who are being affected by the polar blast, please stay safe and warm! Comments are closed.
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