Merry Christmas y'all! We had safely returned back from Kentucky right before the snow storm hit. It's a whopping 15 degrees out and we're expecting up to 9 inches of snow by the end of today here, so it's safe to say we got a white Christmas. This is perfect customizing weather and I have quite a few almost finished. I can't believe the year is almost over and we still have yet to see the rest of the Stablemates Club lineup. On the other hand, Breyer leaked that one of the Premier Club 2021 horses was going to be a mare and foal set (please be drafters!) so that's pretty exciting. I have all the previous mare and foal sets from the Premier Club except the Welsh ponies just because they weren't very colorful. As per usual Breyer released their Santa Surprise at 11 AM EST to Collector Club members. This one is named Jol meaning Christmas in Iceland. As you can guess based on the name, he is on the Icelandic mold, which has only been used a handful of times before. As to myself, I'm a bit disappointed. Not so much in the horse per se, as I think the glittery snow on clearware would look pretty neat, but in the price. $135 for a pony mold, Breyer? Bouncer was only $95 a few years ago when he was done in clearware as the Santa Surprise. I miss the days when they were that price. I guess considering the fact that there were only 500 made of each color with the usual incentive of 12 coals makes the gamble a little more worth it, but I'm personally going to pass.
UPDATE: Sold out within an hour! I'm really surprised! A final reminder... if you're planning on pre-ordering any regular runs from me, be sure to get your order in before December 31st to receive FREE shipping on purchases over $100. Due to numerous requests, I have decided not to give up eBay altogether (though I'm still not happy about the managed payments however I understand that most of you have purchased from me via eBay) but I won't be able to offer pre-orders for regular runs until January due to eBay's pre-order policy that they must be shipped no later than 30 days from purchase date. I am also on Mercari if any of you use that, but again, due to policies, I have to wait until the items are in hand to sell them. If you want to pre-order with PayPal, I am currently offering pre-orders on MH$P too. I'm thinking about getting a second Stablemates Club account for next year to be able to offer the models for those who don't want to be tied in to the contract of having to purchase all the models. I will probably do that with the Premier Club too one year, however since I'm still a fairly new dealer (2021 being only my second year) I'm still experimenting with what people want and what they don't, it won't be this year, unfortunately. Of course there is always a possibility that I won't like all the models released through the Premier Club or Vintage Club next year, so there will still likely be club models available for sale :) Comments are closed.
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