My first lottery model is here... and she is beautiful! She is much better in person that the stock photos, as per usual. She came in a collector's shipping box (I was a little upset that she arrived by surepost after paying $20 for shipping but at least she arrived safely) which surprisingly was in good condition despite not being double boxed. She has lovely realistic looking greyish grullo shading rather than that greenish-brown color that Breyer calls "grullo" that sometimes pops up on models. Their is some light pinking around her udder area and nose. Her legs are realistically barred, not heavily like seen on Zion. I wasn't sure about the amount of white on her, but actually it blends really good with her markings, and doesn't look overly excessive at all. I noticed that she has white chestnuts on her front legs and black chestnuts on her back legs. All the Breyers I have had only one color of chestnuts. I also don't have many blue eyed models, and a lot of detail was put into her blue eyes. They appear so realistic it feels as if she's looking right at you. You can tell though that Breyer put more detail on her romance side. Her left side has more white, less leg barring, no black spot above her mouth and the "medicine hat" of her romance side is not a medicine hat on her off side, but is attached to the "shield" marking on her chest, making it more of a war bonnet. She could probably still be classified as a medicine hat because she still sports the colored ears, the shield, the bear claw marking and the blue eyes of a typical medicine hat. Breyer has never made a medicine hat before in grullo coloring so I'm excited to have her! She has "Teton 2019" printed in black on her belly, along with a picture of the Grand Tetons in the background. Anyone else chuckle at this? If not, see my original post regarding my entry for Teton :) Ok, jokes aside, she is a very nice model. I will be doing a video review on Youtube in the coming week so keep an eye out for it. Teton fits perfectly with my collection of paints and pintos. I had a few people ask already if I was going to sell her, and the answer is a resounding NO. I feel like the lottery models, being so limited in numbers, should be for serious collectors who plan to keep them, not sell for profit. I know people do though but I only enter when I truly want the model for my own collection. I was asked to let others know if I think that the lottery models are worth the price. I have to say yes. I mean think about it... the Premier Club models (from what I understood they replaced the connoisseur models from the JAH magazine days) cost $175 each plus shipping but there are around 750 members in the Premier Club so really that doesn't make them super rare. Premier Club horses as yet are also not glossy. The lottery models can only be won if you're selected, and the selection is small, at only 350 lucky individuals. Although they may not have the fancy details of the Premier Club models, they are still as detailed as the Breyerfest models, except that Breyerfest special runs are higher in numbers.
So yes, I believe they are worth the price. Comments are closed.
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