When it came time to start renewing club memberships for next year, of course the main collector club was offered first as you need to join that in order to join other clubs. The images shown for that to get your attention and persuade you to join featured a really nice dapple grey Akhal-Teke on the Altynai/Akhal-Teke named Maddox.
I always rejoin the clubs anyways, but I am still glad I did for this guy. He is gorgeous and I have been waiting for a nice grey to come out on this mold!! I am assuming he will be the Spring Collector Club web exclusive. Can't wait till he is made available!!
Also revealed was the deluxe membership stablemate, and in this case stablemates.
This will be a new shrunken traditional made into a stablemate, which is the semi-rearing stallion. Their name is Darius. The bay appaloosa will be received by all deluxe club members and the decorator ones will be shipped at random at a different time. No numbers on total made, that will more than likely be based off total members joined and then each variation will be a fourth of the total made I am assuming. So each member will technically receive two of the same model but will have a different combination based off which deco is sent. The decos options are gold charm, gold florentine, blue wedgewood, and dapple Copenhagen blue.
Premier Club:
The first reveal was the mule named Winnifred, she's pretty cute and I was waiting for a new mule mold to come out as there aren't many and Brown Sunshine is starting to become more vintage. So of course I was rejoining for at least her and knew the other releases were going to be good. Though now for the end of the year Breyer has revealed Winnifred will have a micro-run as part of the 75th Anniversary, and now I like both versions but slightly like the micro run a bit more but it'd of course be my luck to get the original one and of course the micro run would cost a fortune to obtain.
This was the first and original reveal. Winnifred will mostly be a chestnut pinto, the micro run will be a grey pinto version and limited to 75 pieces.
Why Breyer?! Why?! The variations for the other ones are selectable, why not her? Doesn't make much sense, at least not to me. Well anyways looks at the rest of the lineup.
Rowan was revealed as a Highland Pony stallion and was only a blank resin. Then when his coloration was revealed, it was also revealed that he would also be a split run as a she that was a shorter haired and more slimmer British Riding Pony.
I do like both and think they are nice, but I think I'm going to choose the long maned stallion version once Rowan is made available, or at least the selection is made available for members. Though I am also hoping to get a mare version later when more releases come out on this mold, I don't like having duplicates of the same model so a different release on this mold once made will be nice to have to keep things different.
Last reveal was Cosimo, A Murgese stallion which is an Italian breed. On a quick note I hope this means more Italian breeds and an Italian themed Breyerfest will come in the future. Anyways, when revealed he was dark bay/sun-bleached black stallion with dappling, then the surprise was you could choose between a matte finish or glossy finish.
I'm leaning towards glossy as to me it makes his coloring deeper and richer. Many don't like it because it appears to flush out his dapples, but here you can still kind of see them plus Breyers stock and studio photos never do the models justice due to the lighting, the backgrounds, and editing done to them. Plus the resin version will always be different form the plastic releases and in hand is always better to see for yourself.
Stablemates Club:
The first release that was revealed was a fleabitten bloody shoulder Arabian mare named Madonna.
She is done on the Arabian mare mold. Her markings aren't limited to her shoulder, but still qualifies for the rare marking. I am glad she will be more obtainable than the classic scale release form earlier this year, plus I am glad overall this marking is getting more recognition by Breyer and is being made more.
Second is Mercutio,
Mercutio is a counter part in a sense to Horatio as their names come from Shakespeare. He is a dapple buckskin on the new mini Othello mold. I just hope this mold doesn't get too over used like mini Fireheart or mini Alborozo.
Third is Spencer,
Spencer is a blood bay appaloosa on the Silky Sullivan mold. I love his rich bay coloring, one of my favorite shades of bay.
Fourth is Javier,
Javier will be the matte/glossy finish split release. He is a chestnut pinto on the Peruvian Paso mold, and as always I am hoping for the glossy but usually it's just my luck I'll get matte. Matte is nice but glossy releases are rarer from Breyer, though this will be a 50/50 split based off membership numbers.
Fifth is Alana,
Alana is a black and white pinto Tennessee Walker on the Tennessee Walking Horse mold. She has a metallic turquoise ribbon and blue eyes!!
Sixth is Chickadee,
Chickadee is the gamblers choice release on the Loping Quarter Horse mold. The coat variations are palomino appaloosa, silver bay, red roan pinto, and metallic blue appaloosa decorator. I like them all and I don't really know which one I am fully hoping for when released and shipped out.
Seventh is Harbinger,
Harbinger is on the Lipizzaner/Darwin mold that has been turned into a Pegasus!! That has never been done before in the stablemate scale and I am so glad there finally is one. He will be the optional release but I am definitely getting once able to. He is also a colorshift! He will colorshift from gold to red!
Vintage Club:
This year the Vintage Club has been upped to 1,200 memberships. My mom is usually the one that joins this club, so these releases will be available to her to purchase, but we share a collection/models so I'll technically get these. So let's take a look. The first reveal was a new clock horse.
His name is Pioneer. He appears to be on the Western Pony mold, but maybe the Western Horse mold as he was inspired by the very first model horse which was a clock in 1950 and Breyer started and went from there!! Also another reason I'm not sure is because there is another anniversary release coming next year that is either Western Pony or Western Horse, I have to double check from the leaked pics from a dealer catalog. The molds look very similar but there are differences once you look closely and long enough at them. Any ways, Pioneer appears to be a silver buckskin or a dunalino coloration, either way I like it, and the clock appears to be horsehsoe shaped with images of Fireheart and his family, Tigerlilly & Firestorm. Can't wait for him to go with my clock horse that was released for Breyer's 50th anniversary back in 2000.
And sadly that is so far it for reveals for the Vintage Club. Usually there are a few more including ion the past full lineup reveals, but I guess we'll have to wait next year for each release to be made available to see the full lineup including the club bonus stablemate.
That's it for now, stay tuned for tomorrow's post. See y'all later!!
(pics and info come from Breyer)
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