Breyer posted a hint about a new, upcoming club available to Collector Club members called the "Fairytale Friends" club. They didn't give any details at first, saying that they would update later with more information, and today they finally opened up the club. In order to hold your spot, you have to pay a deposit of $30 by June 30th, same as we did with the Stablemates Club. The Fairytale Friends club, however, will run mid year to mid year instead of December to December. That means that you will have to pay the Collector Club annual fee of $25 twice to stay in the club. Honestly, I wasn't sure where Breyer would be going with this club. I thought it might be possible that they'd offer horses of different sizes and that the club would be kind of expensive. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised how low cost this club is going to be. They are going to be offering twelve models a year, six times a year. This means that every other month you will get a stablemates sized unicorn and a matching Mini Whinnies unicorn (yes, Mini Whinnies lovers... Breyer finally made a club for your size!) every other month for $20 plus shipping. What's even better is that drawstring bags are back. Yes, you read that right! I can't tell you how happy that makes me because ever since Breyer has started putting the Stablemates Club models in little window boxes, I've been having a hard time selling horses that aren't in their little window boxes. Which makes no sense because most people take their horses out of their original boxes (I once read someone say they collect horses, not boxes) and all the SM CC boxes look the same. The background never changes. So to have the drawstring bags back where you don't have to worry about this makes it so much easier. Dazzle and Sparkle are going to be the first releases, in pearly pink and gold. It appears as though the unicorns are all going to have glittery manes and tails. A lot of people in the CC were ranting about this, but I think that Breyer had to add something extra to separate the club models from regular run unicorns, and personally I don't think it's all that bad. My only issue is that the unicorns, from what I've seen, don't appear to be in much different of coloring than the regular runs. They are also going to be on molds Breyer commonly uses for unicorns... the Alborozo and the Clydesdale, as well as the new Walking Thoroughbred and Warmblood Stallion mold that they've already released as paintable unicorns this year. Breyer is keeping the last two sets a secret. Maybe a gambler's choice? Maybe a new mold? Who knows? What is known is that those new Mini Whinnies unicorns are adorable and it's about time that they started adding new molds to their Mini Whinnies line!
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