Rumors were going around talking about how Breyer might possibly cancel the clubs after all the shipping issues and the fact that this was the 10th year of the Premier Club while the Connoisseur series that the PC took the place of ended after 10 years. Well, here's the good news, readers. Breyer put these rumors to rest by announcing that they are not only continuing with the clubs next year, but they also gave us some sneak peeks of upcoming club models. Eye candy, anyone, while we drool over these ponies we can't touch until next year? First up is the 2023 Premier Club first release, and it looks like I'll be getting my long awaited for Paso Fino after all! They really needed to replace El Pastor. Being a Hess mold, it was long overdue. I only wish they would have waited to make Vivaldi de Besilu until they released this mold, as bay would have looked amazing on this sculpt and his connections were very enthusiastic about him being a Breyer at Breyerfest. You could tell they truly loved their horse. The Premier Club model is named Cancion and is being done in a rich blood red chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. Here is a picture for those of you who haven't seen it: Some people new to the clubs have asked many, many questions about how to join each one. Let me try to do a breakdown for you. When you go to the "Join the Club" page on Breyer's website, you will see six tiers, and if you have no idea which to pick it can be very overwhelming, as the website isn't the best at explaining. If you're a current member of the Collector Club or the Deluxe Collector Club (the only difference between the two is that the Deluxe membership comes with a free stablemate - and a pin next year) and you want to renew, you will choose the 2023 club membership. If you are new to the clubs and don't currently have a CC account, you will choose the 2022/2023 club membership if you'd like to reap the benefits of being a member the rest of this year as well, which really only includes a few lottery models and the Santa Surprise. Most of the models from this year's club have been released. If you don't want the Santa Surprise or to take a gamble in the lotteries, then choose the 2023 club and you will become an official Collector Club member in January. This is only if you don't want the stablemate and pin. If you do want the stablemate and pin, join the Deluxe club membership, but it's the same: new collectors can choose either the 2022/2023 membership for the Santa Surprise or wait until January for the 2023 models while current collectors need to choose the 2023 membership only. Same goes for international. I hope this helps a bit! The regular Collector Club shows a lush glossy dapple bay on Fireheart. His name is Bolero and yes, he will be available to all 2023 Collector Club members, not just those that win a lottery draw. He will be the spring release that Breyer typically does which is sold until it sells out, so while you will not have to worry about being selected for him, you do have to worry about purchasing him before he sells out. He'll still be limited, but 1000s limited versus only a few hundred. While I don't usually purchase plain bays, I have to say it looks good on Fireheart. I'm tempted. The Deluxe membership freebie stablemate is a gorgeous glossy dapple black sabino on the Twist mold named Fandango. I haven't decided yet if I want him for myself, but he looks very similar to the coloring of Lafayette. The pin portrays Bolero. It looks like we're in for a year of solid colored horses this time. While I'm typically a flashy horse collector, I have to say that I'm falling more and more in love with solid colored horses after dealing with yellowing on my pinto/appy models. I do wish Breyer would let you choose to get glossed models or not, because I'm not fond of glossies with them being fingerprint magnets, however I know that they appeal to a lot of collectors and they do provide an extra layer of protection to models since rubs have to go through the gloss first before getting to the original layer of paint. It would be nice to be able to choose, and not just by gambler's choice.
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