Priscilla arrived today, and I have to say she surprised me. Her shading was much nicer in person than in the stock photos, and has kind of a "roan" look in the way it fades. Definitely more realistic than her stock photos. She also has a lot more spots than I thought she would. I have to hand it to Breyer, they really did a great job on this girl, and she had to be challenging to paint with all the detail. People don't realize how hard stablemates are to paint in detail sometimes. The only complaint is that she doesn't stand very well, like most on this mold. Overall, I'm very happy with her and glad I didn't sell her like originally planned. I will add a more detailed live review of her on my Youtube channel later. Next I wanted to show another reveal, the Collector Club 2020 spring special run, Carter. He's on... dun dun dah!!!!! Dundee!!!!!! I know lots of people have been wanting a horse on the Dundee mold, especially those who couldn't go to Breyerfest, so I'm sure that Breyer is using this as a big enticer to get people to join the Collector Club for next year. He is pearly rose grey in color, and although I'm not a fan of rose grey, I do like the shading on him better than the other rose greys Breyer made, like Sanibel and the Heroe's Welcome Surprise. I hope they'll eventually make a pinto on this mold because I. Love. Dundee. I would have joined the Collector Club anyways for next year, as I've been a member for a longtime now, but another Dundee in my collection adds icing to the cake. Now as for the specialty clubs, I'm still undecided whether or not I want to join next year. As mentioned in a previous post, they talked about pulling out all the stops for their Vintage Club this year, and I'm kind of expecting them to do something extra special for the other clubs too. Maybe not, but they sure wouldn't let us forget it when they opened up the 2020 Collector Club membership today with the offer of Prince if you pay $30 more with the Deluxe Club membership to commemorate their 70th anniversary. I thought when I first saw him that he was a Classics sized model, and I thought that was a good deal for a special Classics model. However, upon reading further, he is actually a shrunken down glossy palomino stablemate on the Fighting Stallion mold. Another thing Breyer has been on about a lot lately are "shrinkies" where they've been putting traditional or classics sized horses on stablemate or mini whinnies molds. It truly was nice of Breyer to offer something extra for the club this year for their anniversary. My collection has been growing two fold lately because of all the nice models they've been putting out this year. Hopefully next year my wallet can catch a break, as I'm not very big on vintage molds or colors, and that seems the trend Breyer is going with for their anniversary year from what I've seen. Next on my list is Lucien, whenever he's released, along with the Christmas mare and foal set, if I like them.
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