I apologize to my repeat customers for not being able to restock mid years since July. I had planned on placing an order at the beginning of August but our vehicle debts piled up, not just with the costs of repairing our own vehicle, but the rental car we were using in the meantime also put us back nearly $1000. The good news is that I'm planning on putting in an order next week for more regular runs, the Christmas horse and ornaments. Last I heard holiday merchandise is supposed to be shipped in September, but we'll see when I order if that's changed. There's also usually a fall special run, which I'm going to ask about and hopefully be able to order, so long as COVID didn't affect production too much like it's doing with those Walmart stablemates. Speaking of which, this is listed on Walmart's website: Series 4? My local Walmart hasn't even gotten in series 3 yet. The Unicorn Crazy series 3 are always wiped out every time I discover a new box so I'm really surprised I was able to find the purple chase. I haven't found another one since. I don't know what series 3 was supposed to look like (if anyone knows or has seen them elsewhere please feel free to educate me in the comments) but apparently series 4 will have what looks like a bay Mustang, a grullo pinto Paso Fino, a dun? Rearing Andalusian and a pearly light grey Darley Arabian. I can't see what the fifth one is and the chase looks like it may be the Icelandic mold again. I'm assuming since there's a series 4 in the Horse Crazy series, there will be a series 4 in the Unicorn Crazy series. Ugh! Y'all know how I feel about blind bags... I'm taking advantage of this "down time" between Breyerfest and the upcoming holiday rush to work on some customs. I will be cranking out more Halloween customs this year than I ever have to put me in the spirit since I'm really not looking forward to colder weather. I have actually already sold a couple and have several in the works. These are the ones currently finished so far: It's amazing what one can do when they're limited to only black and white paint because of a paint crisis. The good news is that my local art store has finally restocked their paints so I was able to get a few more colors. I'm in the midst of a rainbow leopard appaloosa and giraffe pair (traditional/classic and shrinky) though I still have quite a few stablemate bodies that I'd like to do a few more colorful Halloween customs on. I also have a traditional Bugsy Maloney that had a huge box side rub that I plan to make into a bloodshot eyeball leopard appy. Every custom that sells helps to replenish the debt that our car cost us, even the small stablemates all add up, so I appreciate everyone for supporting my work.
Unfortunately this means that I had to officially give up Vermeer since I won't have the funds to pay for him. Thankfully he's already lined up to go to a new home, and also thankfully I wasn't in love with him. A Knabstrubber would have looked stunning in this color pattern, but unfortunately a spotted Friesian doesn't really fit well in my herd and under my strict criteria, so I'm glad he'll be going to someone who will cherish him. I do hope that Breyer makes some more colors on that new mold though. Would love to see it in more draft-like colors such as palomino, silver bay or dapple grey done on this beauty. Yes, I know that Friesians don't come in any of those colors, but Swedish Northern Horses and other breeds of similar stature do. We're still expecting a Stablemate Club release this month as well, and by the looks of it, Breyer must be offering the Premier Club and Stablemate Club horses together. I'm really hoping it'll be Sultan released for the Stablemate Club so I don't regret not being able to take advantage of combined shipping. Sultan will also be looking for a new home when he's released for the same reason as Vermeer: he doesn't fit my strict herd criteria. If it's the gambler's choice on the other hand, I will be keeping him no matter what color I get since Alborozo is one of my favorite stablemate molds. Comments are closed.
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