First things first. I went to my local Tractor Supply for feed and decided to check out the Breyer aisle. Last couple times I went through quickly, as I had the kids with me when I bought Hakan and only had so much time before work when I wanted to look for the Spirit stablemates (that was when I found the chase) but only managed to get a glance at Sampson. Well, I can now finally tick him off my list of future purchases. I had time so I went through the three Sampsons that they had. The first two had very even, unrealistic shading that made them look kind of plain (I think back to Hal at Breyerfest) but I managed to pick the best shaded one. All of them had a huge visible mold line on the front leg but this guy had black almost all the way up his leg, which hid the line a little better. He did have some overspray, although I thought the overspray complimented his shading. As I had a coupon from being a rewards member for a single toy, I went ahead and got him 30% off. This was Black Friday pricing and made it much easier to purchase him despite the flaws since I was getting a good deal. When I removed him from his box, I couldn't believe how heavy he was. I always wondered why this mold was always so much more expensive than most regular runs. Now I see why, all that extra plastic makes him like a dumbbell in weight. It makes me really hope they use this mold for next year's Breyerfest now. I like the original "fluffy" version of this mold a lot better than the modified Andalusian version. I also have Alejandro and I admit that his curved out tail makes him a bit of a shelf hog. I've heard rumors that some Stellas were made with glow in the dark plastic, so some Stellas have glow in the dark white markings. You can test this by holding your phone flashlight up to the box and pulling it away after a few seconds to see if it's glowing. I was half tempted to try it at my local Tractor Supply, but unfortunately they have their horses in view of the registers and I didn't want the employees asking questions LOL. All of the Spirit blind bags were completely sold out at my store and I ended up finding the Mystery Unicorn surprise in a completely different area of the store than the other Breyers, probably someone wanting to feel up the bags without much attention and just left them there. Only three were left so I didn't bother looking for the chase. I figured my chances were incredibly slim, that and I don't really like that chase model anyways. He looks just like Sarge from Breyerfest except with gold trim and a horn.
Speaking of unicorns and stablemates, I've been working on two stablemate customs for the fall season and I think people are going to really like them. I switched it up from the typical skeleton horses that I usually make. Both of them were challenging because of the detail in them, and as such I'm going to ask a bit more for them than I do my other custom stablemates, but I'm sure they'll be desired! They are very nice, even if they were a thorn in my side to paint. I like challenges though, and they definitely were difficult! They were 100% hand painted in acrylics, not airbrushed, and no stencils or pastels were used. Check out my sneak peeks below. Can you guess what they are? They have already been added to my eBay page and will be put on my website soon! Comments are closed.
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