Catching Up From July, Premier and Stablemates Club Horses, Petra, & Newsletter.

 Llywellyn was made available around the time of Breyerfest so that meant we got an extra week extension due to it. I ordered mine a few days late so others got theirs long before me, but during that time it was found that many Breyerfest models and even Llywellyn glow in the dark more than likely due to the use of left over glow in the dark plastic in the factory. So far mine doesn't appear to glow sadly. Guess I'll have to check my Breyerfest models when I get the chance. Love his coloring and his little spot under his chin. Fairly long and weighty too.

Speaking of premier club horses, the second release, the Criollo, was revealed and a finish preference was given out due to how long it'll take for him to arrive, almost one month before the final release. As always, when they do these finish preferences, I choose glossy. I find glossy makes them look a bit better plus glossy Premier Club models aren't done very often and used to be extremely rare when the club was first introduced.

Also the newest Stablemates Club release Dylan has arrived. He's a nice chalky dappled grey thoroughbred, he makes a fine addition to my stablemates herd, especially with my other TB models. I also decided to get a couple of pins to accompany him during travel and start filling up my second pin board. They are the chestnut appaloosa Geronimo of the ideal series and of the dark bay lonesome glory that may be based off the the Seattle Slew model.

I also submitted my entry for the essay contest, really hoping to be chosen. i think I will withhold who I submitted until official winners are announced in September.

Petra was the fourth and most recent release in the Exotic Destination Series. Sadly was not chosen him, nor were my parents and we have not been pulled from the second. So I am hoping to find one for close or at original cost, but he's proven to be very popular so far out of all the releases. Would really like to continue the series as I really like it and have the first three releases first try so far. Petra is done on the Altynai/Akhal-Teke mold in a light red dun. Named after the "rose city" in Jordan, know for it's rock cutout architecture and the nickname coming from the color of the sandstone used. They were possibly built as early as the 5th century.

Petra was featured in the newsletter amongst other things like photo shows, new Collector Club exclusive workshops, national fun day in October, plus articles and the monthly giveaway (which is the new unicorn set Cyrus and Solana), then of course the sneak peak!!

Can't wait to see what it will be!! That's it for now, will try to post more in a few days or so. Either when I am home or when I get back, it may end up being at least one post while I'm home and then the rest when I get back. See y'all later!!

(first set of pics are mine (except for Criollo, that is Breyer), the rest belong to Breyer. Information comes from Breyer.)

Breyerfest Recap and Start of Haul Posts

 This very late in the making. I was going to make this long, but since so much time has passed and I still don't have all the photos of the models I got, this will be a little shorter than I was originally planning. 

Friday was pretty bad, all the square systems for Breyer were so overloaded that it was the slowest it had ever been. It got to the point where it said my card was charged and was pending to clear the bank so They decided to just let me go but first get my info so if it doesn't go through they can charge me as I was in a bit fo a time crunch to meet someone to trade a ticket before my Spookology workshop and my dad drove me and my aunt to the horse park and he needed to be somewhere in Indiana and north east kentucky before the evening show. My mom stayed back at the hotel due to not feeling well in the morning but she decided to do the online store to get Blue Zeus and Wild Things. The card thing got resolved the following monday with the start of a new business week. But at least I got all the items I wanted from the store including the backpack which I think I'll use from now on. The evening show and workshop made me feel better after a bad start, especially after I found that the unopened Breyerfest 2020 model Thorn I got in the NPOD was the glossy variation. Though I will quick note for the evening show they opted to not scan the QR tickets and were literally told, "we're just gonna trust y'all on this." So what was the point of them then?

Saturday was better because we were able to take it more easy. We quick got breakfast at First Watch (highly recommend), got out celebration horses and special runs. Was able to trade for a wild card so I could get another surprise horse since I got one ticket and wanted more. I luckily got two different variations and were two of my top three fav variations once they were revealed. Then my mom and I did the workshop we signed up together for and both our mosaics turned out great. We ended up trying a new restaurant for dinner as we wanted to take it more quiet, also my aunt went there before us and when we wanted to meet backup after doing our own thing she said she was there and behind the hotel just down the road within walking distance. Never knew it was there before as we usually don't go the back way at that hotel but we tried the Cattleman Ranch, it's kind alike Texas Roadhouse/Logan's Roadhouse and decided to go back when we go t back together at some point. We then went to the Clarion for shopping. Found some good things for good deals.

Sunday was also quiet but also doing last minute shopping at the horse park. tried to do the in person second chance sale, all teh suprises sold out, so I found a person selling the last variation I wanted for close to original cost as they wanted to at least recoup what they spent. So now I have all the ones I wanted. Went back to the Clarion one last time and got a few more things for good prices. And then that's pretty much it. Said goodbye to my family as they were heading home the next morning.

At the end of it it was ok, could've been better. I think the QR codes made it worse as it used a similar system to other things, also I noticed wifi modems being used by Breyer employees and volunteers but regardless reception and what not is horrible there, especially once you get multipole people there as it overwhelms the systems. Also a lot of the employees and volunteers were pretty rude this year and online it seemed a lot of others agreed plus agreed that by trying to make things more online it makes it take longer for things to load and read which makes things take even longer. Also those using QR codes on their phones/electronic devices vs printed (my family printed as we felt it would be better), it was found they could be scanned form a distance and someone else's code would be read vs the one trying to be scanned and they are all one time use, save for VIP for certain things), there fore causing confusion.

Photo dump of haul:

Hoping to get the rest of my haul next week when I go home for a few days. Was really picky with what I got this year due to costs and space. I got more shirts/apparel and plushies this year than I got models.

(all pictures belong to me)