Auction prices were crazy this year with the Hamilton getting up to a staggering $18,000! Y'all I'd have to sell my real horses to afford that. I can't believe the jaw dropping prices they went for. Breyer threw in a hint about the surprise horse (yes they actually showed him today without actually showing him) so if you'd like to stay surprised, please do not scroll down past the picture of the Fireheart stablemate mini me that I showed in a previous blog post. If you want to see if your guess was correct, then by all means continue scrolling! I'm going to start with the club models shown in yesterday's video. I'll start with the Vintage Club. We finally get to see the Brighty gambler's choice, Nugget, in the plastic. Gold chrome, blue copenhagen, gold filigree and Wedgewood blue make up the colors of this adorable donkey. Which you get will be a complete surprise! I have sold mine, as I don't collect Breyer's other animal molds, or else I would've loved to have any of these colors though my personal favorite is the blue copenhagen. As a side note in the picture below you can see in the upper right corner a picture of the Stablemate Club foals that are going to be the extra available purchase later in the year. I forget their names at this time but it was a little bay Clydesdale draft foal and a palomino appaloosa. Shown below is the complete Vintage Club 2021 lineup, minus the extra mare and foal set, but we do see mini Yellow Mount in person. He is the club exclusive stablemate you get when you join the Vintage Club. I'm offering him for pre-order in my Model Horse Store. He is due to come at the beginning of the year of 2022. Now, for my fellow Premier Club members, we get to see Astrid in hand rather than just Breyer's stock photo, in both matte and glossy. I love how the gloss makes her coloring pop, especially on her mane and face. The matte version is a lot softer. I think both are equally as nice. It was really hard to choose with her. Usually I have a clear favorite between matte and glossy splits but this year Breyer did me in with Josie. I got matte with my VIP ticket and just pre-ordered the glossy today because I like the glossy version much richer. This will be the first time ever I got both finishes on the same horse. Oh well. Like Kimber noted... she looks like two completely different horses with bringing on one side and plain bay on the other. If I displayed them side by side, you couldn't tell they were the same horse. Above is an in-the-plastic preview of the Premier Club stablemate that I showed on Friday, the mini Fireheart. Now before we continue, STOP HERE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE SURPRISE HORSE. Keep scrolling if you do. I have a hunch who it's going to be just based off the video so just an FYI before I continue. Here is the picture floating around the internet: Well, unfortunately that's not internet favorite, Bobby Jo, as I suspected since it would have been too obvious for Breyer to make her after making Spectrum when they did the same thing with the Andalusian Stallion in 2019. This horse is very long and very thin. At first I thought Bristol who, despite being a store special, sure looked like she fit in that bag. I notice what looks like a hoof pressing through on the bottom right. Jamie looks like she's holding the tail on one side and curved front legs on the other, with her head in the upper left corner. It also kind of looked like her stand pressing down on the bag in the middle. I thought "oh boy I'm in trouble". However, looking at it closer it looks like she is holding the head on the left side (her right hand) and not really anything on the right side, just the edge of the bag. Where I thought was a stand poking through in the front could very well just be another hoof. That hind hoof on the bottom right could be the back hoof on Zippo Pine Bar, who was one of my original top guesses. It could also be another of my top guesses, Salinero, and she could be holding his upper leg with his high head in the upper left of the bag. That could be his small round stand poking out in the lower middle. I think we can discount the Arabian Mare, though. I just don't think she's long enough to fit in the bag. Then they showed this angle and I have edited to attach the video as well: Some people are saying that they see a stand, and it could very well be Wyatt's rounded stand. Wyatt is another popular internet guess. It truly is deceiving because you could potentially see whomever you want it to be. My eyes were seeing Bristol at first, who came out the same year as Dundee, and Dundee is still being seen in that bag by his adoring fans. I still personally think he's still a bit TOO new but who knows? However, I'm pretty sure that it's either Zippo or Wyatt at this point. If Wyatt wasn't attached to his stand in the bag, that could be the hoof I saw poking through on the bottom right.
Tell me your last minute surprise guesses!
Hannah
7/18/2021 04:22:21 pm
Desatado, Laredo, or Mule (brown sunshine) are still my top 3 picks for the surprise
This comment might be a spoiler!
Alicia B
7/19/2021 11:49:35 am
Before the auction, my last minute guesses were Idocus or Forever Saige, but now I’m not too sure. Someone said ruffian, a lot are saying Wyatt, some have suggested Salinero. But I am genuinely lost and confused on this one now.
Jack
7/25/2021 04:54:17 pm
Looks like Carrick to me Comments are closed.
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