The Vintage Club opened last week and went as quickly as it came. It was literally sold out within a day, which isn't surprising given that they limit the club to only 500 members, and the fact that this is an anniversary year I'm sure added to that. Well now the Premier Club is open, and unlike the VC, the PC is not limited in members so you have until December 31st to sign up for it. I know y'all are probably tired of me talking about the Collector Club but you have to be a CC member in order to join the PC. You can't join the PC without a CC membership. I know, it's a little confusing, but I try to make it as blunt as possible. This means that you first need to pay the $25 for the CC (or $35 if you want to also be a CC member for the rest of 2019 in addition to 2020 - you will get access to the CC Appreciation deal and the Christmas Day Surprise if you do) as well as the $100 deposit to hold your spot in the PC. I get asked all the time if the PC is worth it. Honestly, I have not joined myself so I've not seen first hand the quality of the models, but going by following previous releases, I'd say yes, most of the times it's worth it. Second hand market prices do go up with the PC models, unlike VC where after a few years of being released you can often find them for well below original purchase price. I hardly ever see PC models below $200 unless it's a model that wasn't very popular to begin with, like Rhian and Cadell from earlier this year. Some of the most popular models, like Dundee and Bristol, are extremely hard to find. When you do find them, they usually aren't cheap. These models typically fall into the hands of serious collectors, and once there aren't usually sold. This makes the PC worth it to most collectors in case there is a model released that a lot of collectors love and want to get their hands on. Again, once these popular models fall into collections, they may not be available again for a long time. Now the $100 deposit is split into thirds, so although technically the price of each model is $175 plus shipping, it is reduced to $144.66 per model once $33.34 is taken out of the deposit. The problem is making sure you have $700 to spend on plastic ponies because it's a continuity club, meaning that you're obliged to purchase each horse whether you like the horse released or not, or else you're kicked from the club. It's a gamble because you don't know what the other two models will look like, only the first one. The models are released in May, August and November in which you will need that $144.66 plus $17.50 for shipping. You also get a bonus stablemate FREE with the PC membership. The past few years have had brand new stablemates molds and it has been verified that next year's stablemate will be a new mold as well. This year's stablemate is a miniature version of Hamilton on a brand new mold named Charleston and it's around this time of the year when Breyer ships out the free stablemate so if you're currently in the PC be on the look out for this cutie to show up in your mail :-) I've always wanted to join the PC myself but something has always stopped me. Maybe the guilt of paying $200 per model for a dust collector when my husband could buy a gaming system for that price. However, I have to say that I'm tempted this time because of Altynai. We'll have to see what the Black Friday deals look like, the Santa Surprise (I bypassed the last couple years) and what this 70th anniversary collection is all about before I decide for sure. If there are lots of "other" horses I want then I probably won't due to my rather limited budget.
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