I'm getting excited for the holiday sales that Breyer will be offering this year. Last year I really took advantage of it and got a lot of great deals. Also with the upcoming season are a boat load of limited editions: Tractor Supply/Mid States special runs, Breyer web exclusives, Collector Club holiday horses, the Christmas horse Woodland Splendor and flagship model Glorioso! I bought Poltergeist when she was released back in July and Breyer offered another Halloween horse, Crane. Well, luckily he was released when I had enough money saved to buy him so... I bought him. I also bought two Grab Bags, the Halloween Grab Bag for my daughter and the Collector Club Grab Bag #4. Crane is a web exclusive that is another Halloween horse, this time in Classics size. Remember Ichabod from last year? Crane is his miniature twin. Since I didn't buy Ichabod because of his $60 price tag that I didn't have the money for last year, I'm glad Breyer offered Crane. I don't collect many Classics sized models but there are some exceptions. I'm glad they offered this guy, as I really wanted to get Kasper and Jack last year but they were sold out before I had a chance. I received my Halloween Grab Bag today. A lot of people weren't satisfied with it but I have to say that I'm very happy with it! If you saw my post last year about the Elf Grab Bag, I wasn't too thrilled with it since there were absolutely no traditional sized models in it, but I have to say that this one certainly made up for it. Overall it contained a nice mixture. In it was: *Traditional Holstein cow and calf set (this is probably worth $50 in itself) *Junior rider Ashley doll *My Dream Horse paint on canvas *Kona's Treehouse play set *Classic Morgan mare and foal set When they released the Collector Club grab bags in April, I was disappointed that they were sold out before I had the money to buy one. As luck would have it, I was glad when they brought them back this fall. This time I had enough saved up to purchase one. They only had #2 and #4 left so I purchased Collector Club grab bag #4 and I have to say that I was very happy with it! It contained FOUR traditional sized models! Included was:
*Traditional Saddle Club Prancer - chestnut Thoroughbred *Traditional palomino Marwari *Traditional flagship model Elska (I really wanted her last year but she sold out before I had the chance to buy her) *Traditional Aintree from Breyerfest 2012 *Metal livestock corral *Junior rider Ashley doll I had a Marwari once before but I sold him due to needing the money. The one I had before was a bit lighter with very limited dappling. This Marwari I got with the grab bag was darker, which I liked, and had beautiful dappling. As with the other, the paint job on this one was horrendous (I even found a red fuzzy stuck in his tail where the tail meets his body... I take that as a signature from the artist) but I think it is more because this horse would be a difficult mold to paint. The first picture shows the Marwari from my grab bag and the dappling around his rump/lower belly area. You can also see Aintree behind him. Comments are closed.
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