My first shipment of horses have arrived from Breyer. Winx and Crystalline are now in hand. I still can't believe it's real but here it is, the pile of horses waiting for their new homes: My new web store is officially up and running. Here is the link if you want to shop till you drop (since we won't be able to do that at Breyerfest this year): g-b-model-ponies.myshopify.com Here are your yearly regular runs in the flesh: Although not a mold I personally collect, I have to say that this horse's color looks a lot better in real life than in the stock photos, and his collectible box is gorgeous! One set I was teetering on for my personal collection was the Favory Airiella gift set. I received one where the mare was darker and had really nice shading. She also had quite bold freckles. If I were to hand pick a nice set, that's what I'd be looking for. She'd make a lovely addition to someone's collection! The Sable Island Horse was another who, like the Orren Mixer horse, looked better in real life than the stock photos. She has a rich seal bay color with kind of a metallic sheen to it. If I end up partaking in the Collector Club Appreciation deal this year, I'm planning on adding these two to my wish list. I love the shaded hooves on Tony. Both horses are very cute and quite large for pony molds. Their pricing of $49.99 makes them a good deal for two horses unlike... The $49.99 for Stingray. Honestly I don't know what Breyer was thinking. The horse they made does NOT look like the gold palomino in the top left corner. No dapples, reddish-orange color and too much grey in the mane/tail. At least they got her birthmark right but otherwise I was disappointed in how little it resembled Stingray. On the other hand, if you don't care so much about the portrait and more about the color, she is rather unique but frankly to me looks more like a silver chestnut than a palomino. Since I already shared out of box pictures of Crystalline in a previous post, I decided to show one of Winx as well since I plan on keeping one of her. I still think this color looks a lot better on the Emerson mold than the original color, and they really did a good job matching up her color (unlike with Stingray) even putting her freeze brands on each side. Her bi-colored eyes are something not commonly seen on regular runs. The Stable Surprise Stablemates were something I really looked forward to. I plan on keeping a dun, palomino and red roan for myself, though I still have plenty to sell. I've actually already sold one complete set so I'm expecting these guys to go quick. Any time Breyer makes surprise horses you can expect them to sell out. These guys were really nicely done too. Finally, I bought a few of the Deluxe Stablemates sets, which I plan to sell individually since most people only want a couple from the set. Flaws were minimal so I can't complain there, but the colors were lacking. Only one pinto in the whole set. The Darwin looked like a mini Black Beauty.
I didn't buy Classics since the most popular two, Fairfax and High Tide, were sold out, as were the Unicorn Foal Surprise Stablemates. However, I'm hoping to sell out of this order by Breyerfest that way I can put in another order for the mid year releases in July, along with some Breyerfest goodies to add to my store, and then maybe I can get the other regular runs I missed with this lot. I do have an order for 70th Anniversary models due to arrive sometime in June. Keep visiting back if you're curious to know who the mid years will be! Comments are closed.
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