The first of the 2022 Premier Club horses was shown today after that reveal of the Vintage Club horse last week, so that makes two. Now all we're waiting for is the Stablemates Club reveals. Unfortunately if you're not a current member of the Premier Club, Breyer doesn't give away any information on this horse on the signup page, only about the club. It was sent in an email to current PC members that her name is Zafirah. When you consider that Brigitte Eberl sculpted her, it's not too surprising that she is an Arabian since, after all, Brigitte also sculpted the majority of Breyer's modern Arabian molds. While we finally we get an Arabian in a stable (aka non-tippy) standing pose with it's head held high in the typical show stance for the breed, I'm personally just not a fan of her color so mine will be for sale. The lighter mane and tail, although I do see what the artist was trying to get at with it, just reminds me too much of Emerson, another I didn't keep because of his color. That hoof on her hind leg is pretty detailed though, and I'm curious to see how Breyer translates her to plastic. It also looks like she may have subtle dappling too. Here is the picture of her: I was teetering on getting a second Premier Club membership for next year mostly because I had a couple of people who wanted one or two of the PC models but didn't want the commitment of having to purchase all of the models in the club. The club models would cost $525 for all three models alone per year, not including the shipping for each model, which is out of reach for many people, including myself when I first got back into collecting. I didn't join the Premier Club until 2019 because I had a rather poor paying job at the time. This was another reason why I never dabbled much in Stone horses, and to those of you crying for Breyer to bring their production back to the US to avoid shipping issues... unless you understand that Breyers would inflate to Peter Stone prices in order to pay their artists a living wage. Please no. I would not be able to collect if traditional Breyers were $300+ a piece.
A thought I mentioned earlier this year to help ease the burden for pre-orders was the possibility of a partial down payment with the rest required upon their actual release, and I think that I'm going to go through with that for any pre-orders four months or more in advance... club models, Breyerfest pickups and holiday horses mostly. Once the model is closer to the release date, I will send you an invoice to pay the rest via the same payment method you used to pay the deposit (for example if you used Paypal it will be sent as a request through Paypal or if you used credit card you will receive an email with an invoice) so if that changes at all, please let me know prior to release. You will have up to a week to make the final payment for those who don't check their email regularly. I really hope this helps a lot of people who are skeptical about pre-orders. Come 2022 payment plans will continue on pre-ordered items, however I will be starting to charge a 3% fee per payment to make up for the processing fee that both Paypal and Square charge me. This will be for time pays only, the 3% fee does NOT apply to PIF orders. It's only because that 3% charged to me for each payment I receive, when broken down into four payments, essentially totals 12% by the end of the payment plan, which is equivalent to what I paid for eBay fees. While I do sell on eBay every now and then, I'm really trying to bring most of my business to my website to avoid paying costly eBay fees. I'm sure those of you who sell via eBay can relate.
Spotted Dreams Studio
10/17/2021 09:49:15 pm
Her info was sent out to Collector Club Members as well. Comments are closed.
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