I can't believe that in the past year alone with Breyerfest being online (and thus Clarion sellers selling virtually) I have been able to *almost* complete my collection. Most of the horses I've been searching for were regular runs from the years I was inactive as a collector due to starting a family. It is amazing how many collectors helped me build up my colorful collection. I have about a dozen regular runs and Breyerfest models to search for. One day my hope is to obtain Bobby Jo and, in my dreams, Bristol. In the meantime my man Wyatt has arrived, and I am amazed at this horse in real life. He looked kind of drab in pictures I've seen but in-hand he is spectacular. I wow'd the moment I saw him. I had no idea he was pearly! Now I can understand why he wasn't very popular, as I know a lot of people want realistic looking horses for the Premier Club, and Wyatt's pearling is bordering on decorator. However, I'm a huge fan of pearling and really like him. His star dapples are so unique, and he even has dapples on his belly like Carter. He also has brown eyes, something I couldn't tell from pictures I've seen, and pinking inside his flared nostrils. His rose grey coloring got me adding another rose grey to my collection, Sierra Rose from Breyerfest 2018. She was, in my opinion, one of the better horses of that kind of plain year, and a great example of how a modern paint job can make a vintage mold look 100x better. I've got three now if you include Pepper from Breyerfest 2019 and the new 70th anniversary Fighting Stallion. Sierra Rose was the 50/50 split that year but I preferred matte for her, only because I think greys look much better in matte over gloss because it gives them a softer look. One last horse that joined my herd this week - and I actually stumbled upon her by accident while out shopping at a flea market - was Kodi. I didn't think I'd like her in real life but actually she's really nice, and since I've just added Constellation and Bet Yer Blue Boons earlier this year, the mold is growing on me.
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