Rowan and Javier Have Arrived!! Last of Breyerfest Haul Has Arrived!! Halloween Haul!!

 Rowan and Javier are here!!

My Rowan and Javier are here and they are beautiful. My Rowan does have a tiny bit on pink on three of his fetlocks, but no where near as bad as others I've seen reported on social media. So I am happy with him and his coloring is a bit better in person, and I am really happy I got the glossy version of Javier as I haven't had much luck with glossy splits with some releases like I have in the past. 

I ordered some stuff online during Breyerfest from triple Mountain and had to wait a bit for it to arrive as I did have a preorder item with my order and usually she doesn't ship out till everything has arrived. Got some exciting stuff that I couldn't wait to arrive and am so happy they are finally here to see in person!!

I got another Peter Stone, Impressive Kaycee Too, despite a chipped ear he seemed like such a great deal I couldn't pass up and he had been available for a while, his ear could've been the cause of that but I don't mind it as the rest of him is in great shape. I also finally got my first Hartland!! It's Bedouin Princess on the Lady Princess mold, she's missing her foal so I'll be on the look out for him next. Other wise she's in fairly decent shape for her age, some scratches and wear and tear, she possibly could've been lightly played with and possible scratches if stowed away for some time. I do love a good grey Arabian and I've liked the Hartland Arabians most form the pics I've seen of them. I got the rest of the 2014 World Equestrian Games (WEG) models that were available, the two classic scales were new in box but I took them out to put the bonus blankets on them. So far I've only named the two classics and am still thinking of ones for the stablemates. They are Swan Song (grey Ruffian on left) and Ruby Sunset (chestnut Johar on right). I also got a glossy WIA Criollo, I have wanted the Criollo for a while and he kept selling out, the glossy one was new for limited amount and was the preorder and I'm glad I got one as now I have a glossy WIA as the rest are matte. The 90th anniversary rainbow appaloosa Schleich I couldn't pass up as he is so cool looking and I haven't gotten a Schleich in a while so this was a good excuse to get one. Got a vintage My Little Pony (MLP) club patch, looks like for gen 1 and gen 2 era, a Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron promotional button, it was also on there for a while and surprised no one snatched it up as most of the hobby like me loves and adores that movie plus grew up with it.  Then lastly I got the Peter Pegasus funko pop as I had been eyeing for awhile and decided now was a good time to get him.

Halloween haul is here!!

I got Screech, Webster who is super cute, 2 blind bag spooky stablemates but I got dupes of Tabitha unfortunately, and the pin plus one for my mom. I do like the metallic blue on Screech and mini Tabitha, plus the feather blaze on screech is really cute too. Fairly decent Halloween haul for the year.

That's all I have for this post, see y'all in the next one!!

(all pictures belong to me)

Breyerfest Recap!!

Breyerfest has came and went and here are the things I did and got during those three days. I would've updated live as it was happening, but I was a little busy and it was so hot out I was exhausted by the end of the day, even with napping in the car as my dad drove us around. 

Day 1: 

This day I was anticipating tons of people trying to get in as not only was it an anniversary year, but it was the company anniversary and a lot was hyped up so instead of waiting for hours inline till the gates opened, I went to meet my folks (my aunt couldn't make it this year) for breakfast at our spot near their hotel in Georgetown, and that was First Watch. We got to the horse park around a half hour to opening and still surprised there was no line to just drive in, past few years back since the pandemic its been an easy drive with finding decent enough spots, before the pandemic there was a line to get in, bad spots, and waiting even longer just to walk into the gates. This year we decided to skip doing NPOD (Ninja Pit of Death), which was ok because it sounded like there wasn't as good of stuff as there usually is and if there was it wasn't that much and got snapped up quick. We instead got through the gates, got some magnets and programs, then checked into the Collector Club tent, actually lucked out and got the last set of bead necklaces they were handing out, they are blue and gold for Breyer colors which is funny because I brought and wore some different ones of those colors I got at Mardi Gras on campus at an even a few years back, so I had extra beads and used them to decorate my backpack. Quick picked up my VIP stuff, looked at a few vendors outside and got two surprise models from Breyerfest 2023, and then quick went into the covered arena to go to the Cloud booth and got tone the bundles that included the new Cloud model, three new books, a poster, a calendar, stickers, magnet, and a water bottle .hen we had to leave as my parents had to finalize buying the property they now have and will be developing over the next few years or so, so they can retire here. Then we had an early dinner then went back as we do the evening show on Fridays.

Day 2:

Again another day started off with First Watch then headed to the horse park. My mom and I went to get our special runs went to the horse park gift shop, and go through the Breyerfest store which there was only one store there this year vs one to two smaller locations, also it was slightly expanded in the covered arena and that might be why. Looked around at the vendors again, waited for Ginger Kathrens to come back so she could sign our Cloud model and calendars. The mostly hung out in the Collector Club tent waiting for my dad to comeback form working on my car as he wanted to make sure the oil was changed and re[place the brakes as they were at least as old as my car, which is 11. Took a 20 minute nap in the tent due to the heat and had a little chicken bowl from Acme Chicken which I wanted to try last year. After that we quick got dinner and then went to the Clarion. Got one peter stone and my mom got a couple of Trail of Painted Ponies, an done other model I forget now. I was very picky this year in buying. I mainly ended up going online and getting stuff from Triple Mountain which will be revealed alter because one item in the order was a preorder and everything will be shipped out once she gets the preorder item.

Day 3: 

Actually didn't got to the horse park this day at all. Didn't even enter for the raffles. I wanted the Amazigh but I never get lucky no matter how many tickets I buy an dit gets to be a lot of money at the end of it. So me and my folks went to breakfast at First Watch again and then drove around. Went to and drove through the Lexington Cemetery to see the Henry Clay mausoleum, didn't get put just drove around it and looked at all the other graves, many were old but visually pleasing. One had an engraved picture of Secretariat, I want to go back and find plus walk around where Henry Clay is buried, went around the Secretariat round a bout, drove around Lawrenceburg, Danville, and Harrodsburg, went to the Elizabethtown Mall which is actually under renovations and has changed since I went to it a couple of years ago. Went to Joseph Beth and then had dinner. We also spent Monday and Tuesday together and was nice to have a break from work and get more sleep and spend time with my family. 

Then Breyerfest was over and next year's theme was revealed.

A predictions and expectations post will come later after I finish making my predictions and doing more research on Midsommar as the only things I know are form when Start Stable (SSO) used to have a midsommar event which used to be around Breyerfest time. That's all I have for now, see y'all later!!

(pics belong to me, last one belongs to Breyer)

Remainder for Breyerfest Haul!!

 While home I was able to get some quick photos of the rest of my Breyerfest purchases, especially the special runs. Though I am now slightly realizing I missed a few when I thought I had gotten them all even after I originally thought I forgot a few others and then got them right after. I still have to get pics of Just Like Fire, Gascon the Great, and the Bejeweled set which I decided to originally leave wrapped up for now anyways. Anyways, lets check out the ones I was able to get a shot of anyways.

The special runs I got were This is My Fight Song, Miss Independent, Hold Us Down, Better Than Revenge, Fighter & Survivor, Edge of Glory, and 3 Surprise models. Then I got blue Zeus, along with Wild Things, from online. In the mix are a few Native American inspired horses my mom got, including a Peter Stone! An old school Peter Stone at that! It's Kola! Whom I now have both his Breyer and Peter Stone versions of his model! Very rare both companies make the same horse, I think it's only happened a couple of other times officially, not including Design A Horse (DAHs) from the Peter Stone program from customers. The other two are Kiowa from the Vintage Club back in 2013 I think, and then one on the Indian Pony mold from the 70s, no official name so I may have to think of one.

For my surprise models, I like to try to name them something relating to the theme and/or sounds nice. Though that started in 2018 as for my first Breyerfest in 2016 even though it was Brazil Carnival themed, my surprise horse was named Ostwind as he reminded me of the movie horse a little. For this year, I still mostly stuck to songs like the past few years or so, but made it exclusive to girl groups/bands/artists this time around. For the Appaloosa I chose Amigas Cheetahs, for the cremello I chose You're The One, and for the Wild Bay/Bay Gulastra Plume I chose Lion's Tail.

The other models my mom got were the Hope & Love set and the chalky Appaloosa Indian Pony. Flamingo and Pech Mele are there because I got them form a trade during Breyerfest last year but never got pics of them until now so thought I'd share since I had them out. Also another I finally got a pic of was Neptune whom I preordered and he arrived earlier this year.

That's all I have for now. Thinking of making a post about my predictions for Breyerfest next year. Though first I need to do a little more research and finish to know what to expect, especially relating to the theme, names, and decos plus symbolism. Don't how long that will take so I don't know when that post will be out. So I'll see y'all in the next one, whenever that will be.

(all pics are mine)

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)