After receiving three BF shipments last week in a total of seven boxes, my dealer order due to arrive any day now and two BF shipments this week, I think I owe the UPS man some cookies or even just some cold water with this heat wave we're having right now. As an employee of a shipping service myself, I completely understand how hard these guys work. I just watched a co-worker collapse from exhaustion last week, so let's give these guys some slack for all that they do to make us equine crazies happy. Today I received my surprise models, which made my long work week a bit better. Of three surprises, I amazingly only got one duplicate: the matte palomino pintaloosa. Since I've already shown the pintaloosa in a previous post, I want to give a huge shoutout to Breyer for giving me three different colors in one order. This is what we want to see as collectors, and is definitely a big step up from last year where, of the five I received, I only ended up with two colors. I was able to trade off a matte red roan pinto Giselle for a matte silver black, and thankfully that same trade partner has the champagne this year which she agreed to trade for my buckskin Pech Merle, so I only have the red roan to track down. The sabino was my second favorite amongst all the colors when I saw pictures on social media, but after seeing him in hand, I'm actually having a hard time deciding between him or the pintaloosa, who was my original favorite. I think his color is super realistic and very flashy. It doesn't bother me one bit that he was the most common color. I'm a sucker for all things roan. When Breyer showed the lineup for the special runs, you'll remember me writing a post about "where were all the roans?" Well, apparently they were in the surprises. Should've figured, and Dundee being a stock-type horse looks great in roan. Guess who else I got? The rainbow... and not just any rainbow but Breyer had the audacity to give me the glossy. If anyone wants to make an offer, shoot me a message! I may be tempted to sell him if I could get current internet prices, as I could definitely use the money to help pay for my real horse's surgery at the end of this month. If not I may possibly keep him as trade fodder down the road for something rare that I like even more. There's even a chance I'll forget about him and he'll just slowly become part of my permanent collection, never to leave my shelf. I'm not even sure what I think of him. He's unique, that's for sure, but looks out of place in my realistic collection. I do love his dazzling blue eyes as well as that color shifting blue paint, and that darker green is definitely prettier than Pollock's lime green. He's got a few minor flaws, like a piece of tape stuck on his leg, and some overspray, but overall he's pretty nice. I still have Gran Cavallo, Ansel and Seurat on the way, due to arrive Tuesday. These will be the last orders for my personal collection. I'm crossing my fingers for the Gran Cavallo variant because I love that color shifting blue and purple. I only have one traditional with that color... Mirror Image back from the JAH days. As for Ansel, I like both variations so it doesn't matter, but with Seurat I'm hoping for the matte. He's one of those ones that I like better in the matte from the pictures I've seen. Change my mind yet again, Breyer, I dare ya!
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