I just want to clarify before someone comments... Raia is a flagship horse, meaning you have to be a brick-and-mortar (physical) store in order to purchase her. Since I'm an online dealer only, I was not eligible to buy Raia directly from Breyer. I do, however, have a local dealer whom I have been buying Breyers from for years, long before I even became a dealership, so I was able to obtain Raia from there. However, I was limited to only purchasing ONE model so I'm unfortunately not able to purchase Raia for my own customers, and I truly do apologize for that. If you get the opportunity to buy Raia from a local dealer near you (dealers can get in trouble for selling flagship horses online) or on the second hand market in future, I hope this little review will help you decide. The horse I bought had minimal flaws and pretty crisp markings. I wasn't sure if I'd like her because she's a light bay, but she's actually pretty nice with subtle dappling and lots of chrome. The mold is on the smaller side but highly detailed. I used to own Smoke back in the day, and I regret selling her. I hope to find her again sometime. Next up is Spectrum. Now this horse I was able to order, as she's the fall decorator, and I was actually a bit disappointed in the quality of these. Almost all of them had flaws in some way. One had a chipped ear, several had boxes that had been sliced into with a blade, there were goobers under the gloss, fingerprints in the paint and one even had a string of gloss between the tip of her tail and rear. Again I'm not blaming Breyer, most likely they had to make these pretty quickly to make up for lost time due to COVID, but I did want to warn people who are super picky about models. If you can ignore the factory flaws, the paint job is very beautiful. I would have liked to see the color more evenly distributed, though. The red ran into the orange areas and the orange into the yellows, making her very orange-y over a good portion of her body. However, I did think it was kind of cool that her rear leg was split right down the middle with purple and blue. Her hooves looked like they were the typical pink color with good iridescence. Finally, I ended up purchasing two more Spooky Stablemates before they sold out. They've arrived and I'm incredibly grateful that I ended up with a complete set, especially after so many Slainte Surprise duplicates from Breyerfest. As there were only three horses to get and I purchased four, I did of course receive a duplicate in the form of mini Twilight Terror, so I'm going to sell him off. My only complaint is that I'd much prefer Breyer have not used the tippy Friesian mold for Night Mare, but it is what it is. I also received my traded mini Ichabod so I almost have the complete Spooky Stablemates series, minus Calavera, who I didn't really like anyways. I'm thrilled to see what releases Breyer comes up with for October, November with the Black Friday sales and especially December with all the holiday releases. We have the fifth release in the Stablemates Club due this month and the final Premier Club horse due next month. I will keep y'all posted with any new releases I find out about :)
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