The second store special/limited edition for Breyerfest has been revealed!!
Meet Alan A Day's Work, aka "Alan"!!
Alan was born in 2008 and stands at 13.3 hands at the withers. In the early years, Alan and his owner Whitney Barnard have dabbled in many disciplines, though it quickly became clear that Alan loved to jump! Whitney wanted to show how talented he was and give him the chance to compete. As a mule in the horse world, it was hard to find acceptance but one day finally a local horse show association welcomed them and let Alan shine. However mules were not permitted to participate in any national recognized jumping disciplines. Whitney sought to change this and advocate for a rule change to allow mules to equally compete along side horses in the show ring. After many years USEF and USHJA finally changed their rules to allow mules to compete in all levels of jumping competitions in 2022. In 2023 Whitney and Alan became the first mule & rider duo to compete in all recognized jumper competitions making their goal complete!
Alan A Day's Work is done on the vintage Brown Sunshine mold and captures his vanish appaloosa coat. Alan will coast $75.00 and will be limited to 2,100 pieces. I find this guy really cute, it's nice to se another mule release. I think this guy is technically the first official full Breyefest release, the rest have been auction models or very limited prize and/or raffle models. Never one as a special run or a guest equine unless it was a regular run release during the year, but not a guest relating to the theme. I will definitely be getting home as I don't really have any mules, maybe one but I think that's a stablemate. With this guys reveal, it will be interesting to what the non-horse/non-equine special run will be. Most of the time they go with bovine, but goats, elk/deer, dogs, elephant, and bear have been used before. I know it won't be donkey as they used bright last year though I doubt they'll do another mule this year or use the vintage balking mule/Molly mold this year either. Guess we'll just hav etc wait and see.
Next up...
Meet "Sorry, Not Sorry"!!!
He is our next special run reveal!
I'm just gonna cite what Breyer wrote as how they introduce him and reference the song he is named after is, well, quite interesting compared to the others. "This next handsome reveal is out here, looking like revenge. This model walks the walk and talks the talk, and we know you won’t be able to resist adding him to your collection. All we have to say about that is Sorry, Not Sorry." The header for his introduction is "Feeling Like a 10." They pretty much took the lyrics and tried to add him in there somewhere and this time no hint to the artist if you didn't know who it was you would have to look it up. I didn't really recognize the song so I had to look it up, it pretty much came up right away, and usually when you don't know the artist it brings up the most popular one and this one is popular. It's by Demi Lavato, when I listened to it I somewhat recognized it, but not fully as I recall in the past I had to tune it out as it was played everywhere at one point or another when it came out. Though the lyrics used in the description are pretty much the start of the song and that's what I played on my story highlight. "Sorry, Not Sorry" is done on the Salinero/Keltic Salinero mold by Brigitte Eberl and sports a glossy leopard appaloosa coat.
Well I guess that means it's another year where Salinero will not be the surprise horse. Maybe on year, but not now. I can only hope, dream, and wish as I and others have been waiting a long time for him to appear as the surprise. I do like this guy, he is different firm other releases on the mold, but currently not liking him enough to say he is a must get. I will hav not wait and see what the other releases will be to see if he ends up making the final cut.
(All information and photos come from the breyerfest blog)
I heard from a newsletter from Triple Mountain that it is indeed confirmed that there will be no Flagship model this year an dealers have not been sent any forms regarding the terms an Duse of selling a flagship model as well as an order form for any. Eleda of Triple Mountain has also stated that it is unclear if Breyer is not only doing away with the flagship model, but flagship store overall, at least in terms of the title of flagship dealer. She did note there is still the flagship store locator on the map on Breyers official site, but will not know if that feature will disappear at any point in the future. Eleda also mentioned she will try to accost etc the best of her abilities the elemental series models as not only do they ship randomly form Breyer when you order form Breyer but this could also mean the same could happen to dealers and run the risk of a certain one not coming in and will have to wait and see as she said she has six cases of them coming. She said she'll update the site promptly with availability and with preorders but also note they will be available the whole year and not to worry if she runs out of stock at any point as she'll be able to restock but could take a bit for the restock to come in.
This week it has been announced by Peter Stone Company/Peter Stone himself that he is retiring and stepping down as CEO. It has also been announced that he has sold the company into the hands of Volo Artem LLC which was founded by long time hobbyist Erin Corbett. Well at least a hobbyist is taking over and will make sure Peter Stone Horses keeps up what they've been doing since Peter Stone founded them. I only have one Peter Stone horse but would like to get more at some point, there just a little too expensive in long run for me atm vs Breyer and other brands out there. Though I know Peter Stone does deserve retirement as he'd getting up there and founded his company a little late run life too, though it will be interesting to see what the future holds for the company in the mean time. I don't think Peter will hav much involvement now but he may or may not keep making appearances at Equilocity, though I don't know if it has been stated yet, but it would be nice.
On Copper Fox's official webs they have. blog section for news/updates. After fall of last year they announced they'd be closing again/reassessing to better their business they have a New Years announcement. In the announcement it states that they are completing changing the business and have decided they will eventually become and rename themselves Copper Fox Consulting rather than Copper Fox Horses. The owners have made the business decision to try and keep it going more as a 3D printing/hobby assistance service for artists in the hobby and also be an archive for past Copper Fox Releases. They did announce that they may release small amounts of blank horses for hobbyists to work but it is still somewhat in the planning process as when they bought the company and tried to keep it afloat, pandemic not helping either, the business started to hurt.
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