Easter Plush!! New Vintage Club Release!! Mini Birthday Haul!!

So sorry I didn't post last month. I meant to but then I got consumed with finals for my online courses and preparing for the new semester as it just started and the last one ended the week before, it was meant to be immediate like that as the online version of my MBA is a fast track. I also got caught up in work as leading up to and after the Kentucky Derby is really busy due to all the visitors and clients coming to view horses. On a more exciting note, a colt I helped raise when I first started at my job after I finished my undergrad won the Derby!!!! I was so happy I was crying and my eldest brother decided to watch and asked me if "my horse" won and sent a congrats and later my aunt did too as she went to a viewing party at one of the local tracks back home. I may share a collage and some stuff on that later as also I did a mini interview for a classmate for her place of work. 

Back to model horses and collecting, let's look at the Easter/spring plush for this year.

Meet Candy!!

Little Candy is this year's Easter/spring plush and is made to represent chocolate bunnies for Easter celebration (I haven't had one in years and the good ones sell fast nor do I find many in stock where I'm at for some reason). She has an embroidered chocolate bunny on her one side and finished with a little ribbon tied in a bow like some have though some it's just part of the mold but really expensive high end ones have the actual ribbon tied on. I did order her as she is cute, though her packaging labelled her as "Easter" when I opened her with the rest of my order.

The second vintage club release has been revealed!!

Meet El Dorado!!

El Dorado is teh deco release for the club this year and is an even split between gold florentine vintage style appaloosa coat and copenhagen vintage appaloosa coat on the vintage Semi-Vintage Mustang mold.
My mom is apart of the vintage club and received hers but she has yet to tell me which one she got, I like both so it doesn't matter which one we got for our shared collection but I need an update for my collection file, I use google sheets for that to keep track what we have to avoid duplicates of older models with variations and just good to keep track overall.

When I went hope for a week in March, it happened to be the week of my birthday so I spent it there and got my presents (I didn't bring them back right away due to me flying but my folks brought the stuff down later when they came down so my dad could change my oil). So here is what I got.

I sort of ordered Gambit while I was home at least in terms of reserving one for pick up which he came a little bit later once where I ordered form got their shipment in stock. The Flicka set I got from an antique store I sometimes go to when I'm home and it was one a few items form that movie and items released by Breyer I needed. Though I will say it was sadly one of very few Breyers I found there, there used to be a lot more along with Peter Stone as one vendor had always carried and sold them but I think they are not there anymore or didn't get much anymore, I didn't ask while I was there, I should've. Maybe I'll see how i is when I go home for Christmas, and while I was home I discovered another store closed at the end of last year and sadly I missed that as I didn't know they had social media pages, but there's another I frequent that's moving to a bigger and better location I want to see when I'm home again too.

This is what my parents got me, the funny thing was I was going to get the Build-A-Bear at a later time but luckily I don't have to worry about that same with the Starbucks year of the horse items. Not model related but is horse related.

I got these two during Copper Foxes surprise Valentines day sale and surprisingly these two were decently priced and still available when I was able to pop on, so I got them as an early birthday present for myself. The grey Totilas is the surprise model from last year I named Orpheus after a 1950s film. The wedgewood pinto Cleveland bay is the deco surprise form Breyerfest 2022 Prost, I named him Spatzi, an Austrian term of endearment I learned form the game Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel.

These actually aren't from my birthday, they are from last Christmas and I didn't get picks of them till I went home back in March and decided to post them here so I can cover my Christmas haul like I meant to.

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

More Reveals for Breyerfest 2025!! Tannenbaum Has Arrived!!

This reveal came later in the day than usual to where I thought there wasn't going to be one for the day which would be slightly odd as there wasn't one the day before it. I couldn't see Breyer only doing 3 for one week and leaving it till Friday before the weekend. Anyways, they are here and let's take a look.

(Covered arena hosting model shows, now they are at the Altech arena as live equitation takes place in the covered arena throughout the day all three days.)

Breyer talks about how throughout the 80s they had the "Signing Parties" where they'd travel to various retailers across the country. You had to sign up to attend these vents, at them you'd get a meal, ask questions, and talk with company executives. These helped paved the way for other events hosted by Breyer. The first Breyerfest was in 1990, and of course hosted at the Kentucky Horse Park, where around 1,000 people attended. The event was to celebrate Breyer's 40th anniversary and Dr. Peaches was chosen as the celebration horse. There you could have meet and greets with guest horses, meet artists and speakers, there was a benefit raffle, seminars, and a live auction. 

(Dr. Peaches)

Over the 35 years of the events course, there are now special runs and limited edition/store special models, live equestrian demonstrations, workshops, seminars, activities in Celebration Park, model horse shows (4 of them), and the Celebration of Horses show. The Celebration Horse model used to be called the dinner raffle model as you could get it while attending the dinner, usually BBQ from what i've been told by older collectors who attended the first Breyerfests, also you could meet executives and get models signed there too. One I met remembers Peter Stone when he worked for Breyer and he would sometimes let you get a sneak peak of new models and other exclusive ones for the event. I love meeting with these older hobbyists and getting stories like this form them, wish I could've been born sooner to attend the start of Breyerfest. Also Dr. Peaches retired from three day eventing the same year he was the Celebration Horse, that partially may have been why he was chosen. All this reminiscing has lead Breyer to introducing and naming the next release from this history.

It's the mare & foal set!!

Meet "Good Times & Great Friends"!!

Good Times is on the Cantering Mustang Mare/Tigerlilly mold and Great Friends is on the Mustang Foal/Firestorm mold. Good Times is in a deliciously rich dappled bay with a star and three socks, while Great Friends is a very light chestnut with a star, a snip, and a sock and both are finished with a high gloss finish. So far quantities and prices have still yet to be announced along with the event exclusive models page. I'll make a separate post if and when those get released. 

Anyways, I wasn't sure if they were going to do a mare & foal set this year. Usually most to almost all of the time they do but there have been times where they do not. Though I figured if they did it was more than likely going to be these two as they are the newest mare & foal pairing. When I first saw the foal I thought he was a palomino till I read the blog post, he is very light and I know they can be this light, especially in breeds like Haflingers and Belgians which are only chestnut in color, especially pale flaxen chestnut. So I guess this could mean these two could be paired with Bolero from last year as the mare & foal are meant to go with him, or even go with the bay Shelby or pinto flaxen chestnut Shelby from last year. Two bays can make chestnut if the gene that makes black, which is represented by "E", isn't passed down as chestnut is "e/e" and regardless of agouti ("A") is passed down or not as the result is red regardless. Real life example is Secretariat's two parents were bay, dark bay to be exact and he came out fiery red. Ever since I got these two, especially the mare in hand from last year's Premier Club, the more I fell in love with her and cannot wait for more releases on her. I will note I feel this releases mare's name is a little too close to the other special runs name, that being Let the Good Times Roll, like she could've had a long name like the rest. I suggest "Here For a Good Time" and the foal's "With Great Friends", but that's just me I guess. I do plan on getting them and I now think they are the most gorgeous releases so far.

Last but not least in Tannenbaum. She ended up being delayed and came day late due to the winter storm that came though earlier in the week. She was originally due to arrive Monday but came Tuesday, at least it was by a day and she's here safe now so that's all that matters. So let's see what variation I have received!!

I at least got my favorite, the red!! I was also slightly hoping to get a coal but oh well, maybe next time. I love this metallic red, almost like camdy apple red for muscle cars, kinda like my dad's Camaro. I wish my deco Speos was this shade vs the deep maroonish red, then I'd be more inclined to keep him and not use him with my gold pollock in hopes of trading for the Sunny deco on the SJW mold. Anyways She is slight more orangey on the one side due to their being more of the gold undertone than the red but that's ok, you may not look at that side very much anyways. She's got nice gold eyes to match!! I am very happy with her to say the least.

That's it for now, see y'all in the next one!!

(pictures and info about Breyerfest and model come from Breyer, the last photos come from and belong to me.)

Top 9 Models, 75th Anniversary Expectations and Info, & Sneak Peaks for Breyerfest 2025!!!

In the recent Just About Horses (JAH) magazine, Breyer stated that most of the 75th anniversary releases for 2025 will be traditional scale. Those traditional scale models will also be having anniversaries of their own next year, hence their selection for next year's lineup. These are said to have a new decorator concept that will blow our minds!! Also the portrait models from the "Why My Horse Would Love to Be a Breyer Model" will be making an appearance soon too. For celebrating 75 years we can expect a mix of vintage and new molds for the Breyerfest special run lineup, I already had a feeling on this so I made sure to account for this in my speculations. Plus of course different disciplines will be represented in the Limited Edition/Store Special lineup, there are several blog posts going over each discipline and some horse in past have represented these so they are used as examples in those posts. Breyer also mentioned the club releases will also have lineups for this worthy occasion. Then Breyer also lists the years for representation and celebration in the lineup for next year.

When I first saw this it confused me why 15 years was listed twice and why no 50 years was listed as well, I know they did it big when they did have their 50 years but still works here, also slightly why I don't know there's no 10 year. 40, 45, 30, and 35 years I can kinda see. But I feel there's at least one mold to represent each decade of Breyer's existence, save for maybe 60-65 years as there was a long gap between making the one for clock horses and making more for the public for children as toys, home decor, and later collectors and overall horse lovers. Though the leaked photos slightly clarified why they did these years but slightly still confuses me. I'll show them tomorrow instead as this post might get too long with them.

Now for the sneak peaks from the Breyerfest blog.

These definitely will most likely be for the single day stablemates, which are also offered in a four pack for the VIP ticket holders. I think I am most excited to see what the Indian Pony and Newport/Polo Pony will look like. I believe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we will get a full reveal and start the full swing for Breyerfest reveals leading up to when the tickets go live for sale. So this means it is time for me to be checking the blog every day and almost every hour to see any updates for model reveals as I am too excited to see what this year's lineup will be!!

And lastly for my top 9 models for the year!!

This one was really hard and kept making changes as I was creating it and getting photos lined up. That's why some are stock photos or borrowed from other places, because I didn't take pics of those models as I had others already chosen before changing my mind. But now it is finalized, the one for sure that was going to be on here was Neptune because he's an Esprit, and we should all know by now that is my fav mold and I'm trying to conga them all. I believe he makes number 11 for my conga. These models were chosen based off grails achieved in the year and new releases that were my favorite for the year.

That's it for now!! Stay tuned tomorrow when I share the 2025 lineup that is to be revealed officially by dealers tomorrow, and should have pre-orders made available too. See y'all tomorrow!!

(first pic and most pics in top 9 grid belong to me, stablemate silhouettes belong to Breyer, info for 2025 comes from Breyer, other pics belong to original owner.)

New Blind Bag Stablemates for Winter and Other New Holiday Horses!!

 Sorry for the very long delay on this. Been busy with work and it's drained me as we went from the November sale straight into sales prep for the January sale and the holidays were my only time to catch up.

First models:

I ordered Zulu & Hot Cocoa to come with the new winter blind bags which were cookie themed. There were four varieties and I got lucky I got two different ones. I got the iced gingerbread and chocolate crinkle cookie ones, the other two were the jam filled cookie and peppermint bark, the jam one was a translucent decorator in red with a white over coat for the powdered sugar. Crinkle cookie was my fav so I'm really happy I got him, plus managed to get some of the actual cookies form a local bakery irl.

Second:

As Breyer kept having sales and deals on shipping the more I utilized it over the weeks plus using the club discount. I got the Freya & Annika set and Jingle, who actually jingles when shaken!! My Freya & Annika are a bit on the darker side, especially Freya on her one side vs the other but oh well I still like them.

Third:

Awhile ago I finally got Highlander form a local dealer as they still had some and heavily discounted cause they were no longer selling so I snagged one as I totally meant to get him sooner. I love his pearly/metallic coat. I think he's supposed to be champagne or pearl rather than buckskin, but I'm gonna call him buckskin to be safe as I can't remember what Breyer said he was supposed to be.

Fourth:

Here's is the model related stuff I got for Christmas plus Courcheval who arrived two days before Christmas. I also got other stuff for Christmas, but it's not model related so it won't go in here, I just quickly mentioned it in my insta post. Finally got some WIA's for the first time in a couple of years, a bit overdue for me. Plus a 40th anniversary gen 1 Butterscotch My Little Pony. Quick note is Courcheval was original supposed to be the winter lottery but they changed it to be for anyone in the club before the public. Either way he's gorgeous and glad I was able to get him. Sad there's no Winterfest this year but oh well if it didn't do well then there's no need for a company to continue something that doesn't make them money.

Fifth:

Finally found a new in box Ruffian traditional model for a decent price to finally join my collection, especially racehorse/thoroughbred collection plus she came in time for when I bought the new Ruffian t-shirts that are in the gift shop at work and took full advantage of my employee discount on them and my holiday shopping so I got a great deal on them. The one with the wreath says "Ruffian Home Again" and the other says "Ruffian Queen of the Track". Now my Ruffian collection can start to grow. Next year is her 50th of her Triple Tiara win, and while yes 50 years since her death later after that, but she still had a remarkable life and career in that short time that is still remembered and revered 50 years later. And like her Uncle "Big Red", aka Secretariat, a lot of her records still stand today.

Lastly:

The Santa Surprise this year is Tannenbaum, German for Christmas Tree, on the fell pony mold. She is in four different colors, the coal being the rare as always and limited to 24 pieces, the rest which are red, blue, and green make up the remainder of the reported 3,000 run. I got one and as always am hoping for the coal or red, the blue is ok, and green doesn't always do it for me when Breyer does that color. This shade of green isn't going it for me vs the green for the blind bag stablemates last year, If I get it I may just keep it for now and trade later.

Quick pin update, these are my newest ones and thank god the Blue Zeus one was made available to everyone.

There's also been leaks of the 2025 releases, save for mid-years that will come later. Dealers aren't supposed to reveal nor take preorders till the start of the new year, but since the photos were leaked I'd like top cover them before that and therefore will talk about them in another post. Plus more to come via club models for the remainder of the year and ones for next year.

So that means that is it for now. Until the next one! See y'all later!!

(all photos belong to me except for the jam cookie and peppermint bark models, rights go to original owners)

Christmas Haul!

 Shared my Christmas haul to my socials but would also like to share here! Lately I've been more focussed on obtaining older and more limited releases as currently I can get most to all newer releases at any point in time. I really like the models I got this year as most were on my wishlist.

PS: I still don't know what to name the anniversary model for AQHA. Gonna keep her a mare, but don't know too many famous mares form years past and want to do something inspired by them. Also have yet to name the two foals and am having trouble finding inspiration for them.