Happy Easter, y'all! Easter day (Sunday) only I'm offering a discount of 10% off anything in my Model Horse Store using the coupon code SPRING10 as a way of saying thank you to everyone for your patronage! Also, I'm offering a special discount of 25% off any of my Peter Stone models using the code PS24 and, as always for this year, shipping is FREE! All orders made over the weekend will be shipped the middle of next week once I get home from visiting family for the holiday :) Easter reminds me of colorful eggs, so I've decided to make a post about the new upcoming Paddock Pals! I made a post about these cuties not too long ago, about how they taunted me for so long every time I went to Five Below until I finally gave in and now have congas of $5 ponies because... why not? I mean for the price they are adorable, and even though simple in design, what do you really want for five bucks? Breyer is upping their game now though by making the new ones - the unicorns at least - scented! One of the new scented pals is on the previously used Thoroughbred mold. His name is Lemon Drop (coincidence of being a Thoroughbred and called Lemon Drop?) and he smells like... you guessed it! Lemons. Now, I don't know why this is the only Paddock Pal mold that I haven't wanted so far. I saw the flaxen chestnut and the bay at my local Five Below, but passed on both of them. I don't know what it is about this mold that I don't care for, but I really wanted to like him because Thoroughbreds are one of my favorite breeds. I think it is because he is a simple standing mold and the others are more action-y. If he was running, I would have had a conga of this mold, hands down. Anyways, the other new guys on the block who is also on previously used molds are Chili, a handsome chestnut Arabian, and Biscuit, a unique cremello Quarter Horse. These two are not scented, they are regular horses, but are still beautiful! I love how they added a stocking this time, the first time these have sported anything other than solid colors. The last of the previously used molds is Mara, a very pretty in pink Arabian unicorn who is scented like strawberries. It will be interesting to see, or um... sniff these once they hit the shelves. Wonder what in the world made Breyer want to make them smelly? Now, introducing the new molds. There is a silver black Gypsy Vanner named Mousse and a grey Andalusian named Truffle. I'll be honest here... I'm having a hard time seeing Mousse as a Gypsy Vanner. In fact, when I first saw this mold, I thought it was an Icelandic horse. It looks so much like the Icelandic mold that I had to take a double take. I do like that he is dynamic though, so if I happen to find one in the wild, he'll likely be coming home with me. The Andalusian reminds me of a knockoff of Alborozo, so he'll definitely be coming home with me if I come across him. I like how his color is the opposite of the previous used greys: instead of having a dark grey body and light mane/tail, he has the opposite. Despite being plain colors, Breyer still finds a way to make them unique! These two new molds also have a smelly unicorn counterpart: Sugar Sparkle the Vanner and Concord the Andy. If you haven't guessed it by their pictures, Sugar Sparkle smells like cotton candy and Concord smells obviously like grapes. Finally, I would like to throw in here the sneak peek from the Collector Club newsletter for March. There is an issue of a 1980 version of Just About Horses that Breyer has made readable to members if you're interested to see what the articles talked about back in the day. The monthly giveaway is RD Marciea Bey. Lastly, the sneak peek is a decorator: Breyer didn't give much by the way of hints, but it is most likely going to be the decorator for the new Destination series. It looks like Egyptian gold to me, but who knows? It could really be anywhere!
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