The Collector Club Appreciation event was held once again. With $150 of in stock merchandise (meaning no backorders which is a lot harder than it seems) you could receive either a glossy Peptoboonsmal, a glossy Sjoerd, a glossy Morganquest or a glossy Adiah HP. I believe these were the exact same models that were offered for the last Collector Club event. EDIT: The CCA event sold out within a day. As promised, Breyer revealed the colors on the Santa Surprise, Wassail, whom I'm still kicking myself for not being able to get. I really hope they use these colorways in the future, maybe adding a blue or gold filigree as well. There will likely be some sneak peeks for the clubs next year as the year winds down to the final days to renew for the 2024 clubs, and I will be updating this post as we see more. Our first sneak peek is the artists for next year's Premier Club. Last year we got a last minute picture of the foal from the mare and foal set, as well as a clip from Adonis. Will we get pictures this time or will it be like all the previous years when Breyer only revealed the artists? For 2024 the artists will be: Eva Rossiter and Morgen Kilbourn. Breyer has threw in a last minute reveal: Morgen will be sculpting a Criollo horse and Eva will be creating a new Welsh Cob mold. I can imagine that the Criollo is going to be the flashiest for 2024, as Criollo horses commonly come in sabino patterns. There hasn't been a Criollo made since Desatado. As for the Welsh Cob, I've been saying we needed a replacement for Llanarth True Briton for years! Granted, I didn't think the original sculpt was bad for the times, but since it was made in 1994 Breyer has for whatever reason only made a handful of releases on him. Breyer has also announced that the Premier Club packaging for next year will be changing for the first time since the inception of the club. I don't really care about the boxes myself, as I usually just store them away anyways, but I know PC models are a lot harder to sell without them so I always hang onto them rather than throwing them out in case my mold preferences change in future. I wonder if the artist information is still going to be on the back? That was my favorite part about the Premier Club boxes. A final reveal we got for the Premier Club is the Welsh Cob mold, and for some reason I had a strong feeling that they were going to use a buttermilk buckskin for this mold. He has heavily feathered feet and an adorable face. It looks like he'll be lightly dappled too. I'm still not sure if I'll be keeping this mold or not until I see his size in hand when he's released, as I don't usually collect ponies, however cobs can be on the larger size so I may want him once I see the rest of him. From what we have seen though, he is too cute for words! For the Stablemate Club, Breyer is bringing back the mini window boxes. I think this is a great move on their part, as you could display them in their boxes without even removing them if you wished, unlike the miniature vintage style hat boxes they came in the past couple years. Again though, as with the PC models, I mostly just keep the boxes for resale value. We've seen the new mold already, and below is Lanin, a criollo stallion with a new roached mane version of Mirado. While I love and conga the Mirado mold, I'm not sure how I feel about the roached mane style. Collectors have mentioned that he looks a bit purplish so maybe he'll have some interference on his black paint. Next up is Wallowa. Breyer always throws a vintage mold in the lineup each year, and for 2024 it is going to be on Citation. He is a beautiful varnish grey leopard appaloosa that will be a gambler's choice of either matte or glossy. Newport is next on the list of reveals, and Breyer didn't make this one as easy to see. He was revealed on the Youtube channel of Infinity Breyers rather than in an email. It seems as if Breyer has hired a new person that is completely throwing out the old way of doing things this year, like with the Santa Surprise being released early. This time for this release they roached the mane and cropped the tail of the Thoroughbred mold to turn him into a polo pony. It looks like he has dapples as well. Next up in the lineup is a miniature of Anamar named Dylan who has the star dapples everybody hated. I seem to be the opposite because I'm not a fan of the roached mane models whereas everybody seems to be fond of them, but I love the unrealistic star dapples, and I'm a sucker for greys. This is, of course, what makes our collections unique. The gambler's choice for the Stablemate Club is Miguel. He is a donkey on four different colors: spotted, brown, dun zonkey and a Wedgewood blue filigree. The final reveal for the Stablemate Club is the optional release on the popular - but lightly used thus far - Cassidy mold. Hadley and Holden are an adorable buckskin pair with a gambler's choice of foal molds. You'll either get a laying foal or a standing foal, and you won't know which until they arrive on your doorstep next year! Breyer has been big on the Thoroughbreds for the 2024 club, one of my favorite breeds, although they seem to be re-using a lot of the colors and patterns from years past. For example, the star dapple grey was used before on Phineas and the pattern on Lanin is similar to Brighton from this year. Since I've been in the club since 2016, I've decided I'm going to take a break from this club. I've downsized my stablemate collection, only keeping the molds I plan to conga, and unfortunately none of the molds for 2024 are any I conga. We'll see what 2025 has in store and then I'll think about re-joining the Stablemate Club again. I am, however, a Premier and Vintage Club member for 2024.
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