Lots of collectors have been waiting for Lucien. I've especially been hoping to get my hands on him after seeing him at Breyerfest, and now he's here! "Brigitte Eberl’s beloved Valegro sculpture looks absolutely elegant when paired with a buckskin tobiano pinto coat. This is the first time a tobiano pinto coat has been used on this mold, and Lucien wears it well! Performing a beautiful canter pirouette, dapper Lucien includes a base and has “Collector Club 2019” printed on his belly for authenticity." Now while I absolutely love this guy and think he's stunning, I do have to complain in that I was a bit shocked at his price. Breyer has been slowly raising the prices of Collector Club special runs (and then charging us $14.50 for shipping to boot which was always outrageous especially because they often are placed in a box barely big enough for them and lack any packing material outside of the bubblewrap around the horse) which was stretching my budget pretty thin at $75. Lucien is $80, and while most people would argue that it's "only" $5 more, the point is that I've been seeing this inflation since I joined the Collector Club back in 2016. While I did end up scraping up enough to buy him, it won't be much longer until I won't be able to afford the Collector Club special runs because the total with shipping ended up being $94.50! Folks, that's as much as my monthly electric bill. You see what I'm saying? Breyer is slowly taking the fun out of collecting by seeing how much they can push the prices without losing customers. I'm sure the second hand market has a lot to do with it because they probably figure if someone's willing to pay outlandish prices for a model they really want, then why can't we charge that? It isn't fair, and I hope Breyer takes note, because these models should be cherished and not just treated as a commodity. Yes, it's their business to make ultra-realistic plastic ponies, but still. They did the same thing with the Christmas Day Surprise last year, which caused a major uproar among collectors. I'm wondering what this Christmas Day Surprise will cost? Ok, rant over. I do love this guy. He will look great in my collection which, despite adding Hakan and Sampson this year, is still very much lacking in buckskins. They need to make more greys and palominos too. I have way too much brown in my collection. Word of mouth has got about that this picture above is the final release for Premier Club 2019. To me it looks like it is going to be another standing pose, no action, since it looks as if both front feet are on the ground. In my opinion, it kind of looks like Eberl's Valentin. I'm kind of glad about this because I was worried that I would be kicking myself for not joining the Premier Club this year. I'm a sucker for drafters, and I knew that they were going to be releasing a drafter for this year's PC. Now that I know it's going to be on a non-action pose, and that it doesn't look like it's going to be a color I need in my collection since I see some brown on the leg, I'm feeling a bit more relieved. I'm already being too hard on myself for not joining the Vintage Club this year after seeing Lillian and Molly, then Breyer had to release this (shown below) to make me really regret not joining the VC. That's right, folks, you are staring at a miniature version of Misty and Stormy. Remember also how I said I hate that Breyer's making shrinkies of everything? Ugh... I'm sorry but I need to get a tissue because I love everything Misty. I'm hoping these guys will show up as a Black Friday deal one of these years as wishful thinking. It happened with the True North mini so it's not completely impossible. One can dream, right?
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