Today I stopped at three local Walmarts in my area on the hunt for the new Unicorn Crazy series 4 blind bags. One store didn't have the new series 4 unicorns at all, one had a box but after feeling them all up didn't have the chase, and the last store had two boxes, both ripped into and all the chasers (if any)/Albys were gone. *sigh* I do want this chase because of the color and the new mold reminds me so much of a Standardbred trotter - which goes along with my love of racehorses - so to see this really irritated me. I mean just fondle the bags, people! There is no reason, absolutely none, to rip them open. Then I get home to find my Festive Filigrees waiting for me. Yay! Breyer must have been pretty backed up with sales recently (as is typical this time of the year) because usually my orders don't take that long to ship to me so I was happy to see the stablemates on my doorstep at least. That happiness quickly vanished when I opened the box and tore open the bags. For the third time this year of offering gambler's choices, they sent me duplicates. Don't get me wrong, I'm lucky I was able to get two of them before they sold out, as I know that many others didn't even get the chance to get one. However, I just think that paying $25 for a stablemate should make them more willing to pick two out of different bins, eh? I saw some people order four and got all the same. Really, Breyer? Why can't we just buy what we want? I ended up with duplicates for Nayati and the BF surprise horse too. Although they tried to do the gambler's choice thing with the 70th anniversary horses, I think it's a little tougher with those since they're so much more costly that most people aren't going to spend $200 in hopes that maybe they'll get the one they want. It really takes the fun out of collecting stablemates to the point where I'm thinking if this is the future of stablemates, I don't know if I want to collect them anymore. Rant about the blind bags aside, I ended up with two gold Darwins, which are absolutely gorgeous in real life. The gold paint has a bit of shimmer in the coloring. They aren't too different in pattern besides a bit of darker pinking on one than the other. I was thinking about doing a trade but I'm going to offer my second one for sale on eBay to someone who didn't get a chance to purchase one before they sold out. I'm really hoping Breyer will do the Christmas colored filigrees in traditional again one year. I really like them, I just wish they would use a more popular mold. Flash and Sherman Morgan, though they have their followers, are vintage by now. Put the festive filigree colors on Dundee or Hamilton and I bet they won't have too many leftovers!
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