May newsletter is here!!
The latest from Breyer from last month is the Collector Club VIP will happen later this year and soon entry for the lottery of being chosen to go will happen soon. This year it is called Hoofbeats & Maple Treats!! It is also the first international event as it will be hosted in Toronto, Canada!! It will take place from October 31st-November 2nd! I would love to attend this but it's not doable both time and funds wise with me moving to go back to uni to get my MBA. Toronto may be a tad far from where I grey up but the MN-CAN border was at least 3 hours from where I grew up.
The weekend will start at Woodbine Mohawk Park and Saturday will have two farm tours at Ballycroy Bloodstock and Lothlorian Farm, lunch will be provided at Lothlorian Farm. Then in the evening will have a dinner at the host hotel with dancing and a Halloween Costume party!! I love halloween and fall/autumn so I'm bummed I'm gonna miss all this. Sunday will have the Breyer Boutique where the event exclusive models will be. Celebration/guest horse is Tamakruz, sadly not much has been shared about him but I hope more information comes soon especially with the lottery due to open.
Next article in the news letter covers a new workshop for Collector Club models. It covers how "black doesn't have to be boring" hosted by Tegan Davis of Zebrastrepe Studios. Next it lets you know Breyerfest Preference forms are open for All Access ticket holders, that window has now passed and I submitted mine pretty much right away the day it opened after I got home from work. Then the newest post on the Breyer Blog is the history of Breyer VIP events which started in 2002. Then the may giveaway is the newest Cloud model, I am skipping this one because I am not only hoping to get one at Breyerfest but specifically from Ginger Kathrens booth as she usually has signed ones and I have mostly signed ones and would like to continue to get them plus the money goes straight to the Cloud Foundation, literally. Also lastly there is the sneak peak.
Looks like a possibly glow in the dark model on the classic rearing mustang/Nayati mold. I doubt it's a halloween model, not only because it's early in the year but also the Nayati mold has already been used as the Halloween classic model as EEK! from 2021 who could be an almost mini me to Arachnid, this year's Halloween traditional model.
Meet Cin Cin!!
Cin Cin (pronounced cheen cheen) means "cheers" in Italian!! He is the Open Show Overall Reserve Champion prize and is on the vintage Clydesdale Stallion mold in a strawberry roan coat with turquoise ribbon sin his mane and tail. 12 lucky winners will be able to take this lad home. He is inspired by a hefty Italian Heavy Draft horse.
He seems like a sweet boy but thankfully he isn't something I immediately need, but good luck to everyone entered!!
Vintage Club Releases!!
Inferno:
Inferno was the first Vintage Club release, he's a blood bay pinto on the Black Stallion mold and came with a copy of the book The Black Stallions Blood Bay colt (prequel book of The Black Stallion's Sulky Colt) from The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley. He's a tad bit darker than what I thought a blood bay would be, the book may be part of the reason why because the Black's blood bay colt named Bonfire is described as bright fiery red with black points. Oh well, at least it came with the book because I'm starting to get my own copies of the series as I've only read them checking them out form the local library and school libraries to read them. Inferno is still very nice though and has a great high gloss finish.
Admiral & Wings:
Admiral & Wings are a father/daughter duo on the vintage 5 Gaiter & Saddlebred Weanling molds. They are both wedgewood blue pinto and Admiral has a blue & gold ribbon in his main for Breyer's colors. It's nice to see the weanling getting used again because it isn't used a whole lot for releases while the 5 Gaiter will get one every now and then and it's nice to see them together again as well.
Mustang Family:
The newest/most recent release is the Mustang Family. There's no names given to the individuals so looks like I'll have to come up with some for my set when it comes. This set is also the gamblers choice selection for the club this year and there are three possible color ways. Top picture is the grey appaloosa family, middle is the red roan (vintage version of coloring), then the last one is the charcoal family. I'm hoping for the grey appaloosa family but will take the strawberry/red roan family too. Charcoal for this set isn't doing it for me, to me not as flattering as the other two.
That's it for this post, until the next one, see y'all later!!
(pics and information come from Breyer and respective original owners)
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