Showing posts with label end of year announcements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label end of year announcements. Show all posts

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Winter & Holiday Exclusive Models!!

So sorry this took so long, I got caught in the season changes at work and my first semester of online courses to MBA ended, second semester just started. Plus there was the holiday in-between where I just wanted to use it to not think of anything and just work on other stuff, I kinda didn't/couldn't and slightly didn't want to post on here till now. Week before Christmas I was also hit with a doozy of getting a bad cold ad having car troubles and had to get a rental and work the whole week leading up to me going home for the holidays. I did get a new laptop though and will start using it for this soon while my old laptop is mostly used for school work to a point, I also wanted time to get my new laptop set up the way I wanted it and navigate the new features it has compared to the old model I have. So without further ado, here are the new holiday models for this year, save for the traditional scale as I already covered him earlier this year.

Meet Hyperion!!!

Every year Breyer does a deco classic scale unicorn usually available in the fall leading up to the holidays. Hyperion is a metallic pink with a hint of silver on the classic/freedom scale Mandrake/Morgan Stallion mold with an added horn. He is really nice and I got him for my mom as she likes unicorns the most and her fav color is pink and for my parents weddings the colors were pink with silver and white. 

Meet Sylvan!!
Sylvan is the classic scale winter deco for this year. Sylvan's markings show deer, foxes, and other wildlife in a winter setting with a silver grey top/main coat color. As usual I did get him as I have gotten all the others, maybe one day when I can have a better display I can make a nice big winter display for them all.

Meet the 75th Anniversary Family!!
The vintage Proud Arabian Family is finally being utilized as a whole set!! The stallion on the Proud Arabian Stallion mold appears to be a bay pinto with a commemorative ribbon, the mare on the Proud Arabian Mare appears to be a palomino appaloosa and their foal on the Proud Arabian Foal appears to be a buckskin/dun appaloosa, possible pintaloosa. I did get these as I thought they were nice and I've been really liking the family sets lately.

Meet Cuddles!!
Cuddles is the yearly pony for Christmas as Breyer always does on every year. She is a chestnut pinto on the vintage but beloved Misty mold. Her blanket is a light blue/teal with snowflakes, candy canes, mistletoe, presents, gingerbread men, holly, and I believe boughs of evergreen? She is very cute, I haven't purchased her yet, but I may soon as she is still available.

Meet Merry Dancer!!
This year's Santa surprise/Christmas day type  deco model is on the Strapless mold. Earlier this year there were some leaks online from someone smuggling possible samples or official models from the factory they are made, the first two were Colby and Brooks form the TSC exclusive lineup and then later a pink deco pinto appeared and was speculated to be this release. Naturally I fell in love with the pink one first and was hoping to pull that one for my mom, but of course it's the luck of the draw and also part of me always hopes to pull a coal as well. The other colors are a minty green and a purple. I ended up pulling a purple, I later wanted to buy a second one but didn't want to risk getting a dupe and having to deal with trading at the moment. Oh well, maybe one year I'll get lucky and get a coal and I'll just have to get the pink one second hand.

Meet Short & Sweet Blind Bags!!
This year's winter deco stablemate blind bags are the Short & Sweet set! They are mini's of the candy striped Zebras from 2019, a mini coal was even included!! I wanted to get them and when they were launched I guess I took too long getting two and adding other stuff that they sold out by the time I went to check out. Past couple of years they didn't sell out and seemed to have extra stock so I was surprised these went so fast. Oh well, I'll just have to get the gold and red I wanted second hand and see if I can get lucky and get an affordable coal at some point. 

Meet Killington & mini Killington!!
This year's silver filigree release for winter is Killington and his mini me both on the vintage, well for the traditional scale one, Fighting Stallion mold. These are usually offered as a lottery release, but since last year they have just been releasing them till stock runs out instead which I guess is fine but I kind of miss the fun of the lottery but there are plenty of other lotteries throughout the year anyway. I did get these two and surprisingly they didn't sell out but at least I got them.

I also received the last of my club models, sadly I got the chestnut version of Winnifred the new molly mule for the Premier club, but at least I really like the last two releases of the Stablemate's club and my Juriaan arrived which I will try to share later. That's it for this post, more coming later, plus I still have to make my top 9 model selections for end of 2025 as I still haven't decided on those yet. See y'all in the next one!!
(pics belong to Breyer)

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Retiring List Announcement!!

Breyer has released the retiring list, this means that after this year these models listed will not be produced in the following year. You may still be able to get these models as long as they are in stock, but however once Breyer and dealers are out, there will be no new shipments, second hand market will be the only way to get them. The list they released is below:

Traditional Series Models & Accessories

1857 Nistar Blazing Kansas LOM & GTF Blazing Ethel
1859 Sjoerd
1861 Adamek
1872 Ebony Shines & Charlize
1873 RD Marciea Bey
1886 Atlanta
B-TR-10040 Clooney 51
B-TR-10121 Guy McLean's Quietway Spinabbey
B-TR-10248 The Ideal Series - Buckskin
B-TR-10319 75th Anniversary Saddlebred
B-TR-10320 75th Anniversary Sport Horse
B-TR-10321 75th Anniversary Stock Horse
B-TR-10322 75th Anniversary Spanish Horse
B-TR-10323 75th Anniversary Western Horse
B-TR-10343 AQHA 85th Anniversary Best Remuda
B-TR-10434 Ophelia - Spring Flagship Special Edition
B-TR-10484 Rosanna - Fall Brick & Mortar Exclusive
B-TR-10525 Cash - Essay Contest Winner
B-TR-10487 75th Anniversary Blanket - Blue

 

Freedom Series Models & Accessories

1052 Blue Roan Brabant
1053 Red Dun Pintaloosa
1054 Fleabitten Grey Thoroughbred
1055 Palomino Saddlebred
1056 Mahogany Bay Arabian
1057 Pinto
6181 The Black Stallion Horse & Book Set
61145 Jet & English Rider, Charlotte
61146 Charm & Western Rider, Gabi
61147 Magical Unicorn Sky & Fantasy Rider, Meadow
62224 Effortless Grace Horse & Foal Set
B-FS-10062 Iridium - Elements Series
B-FS-10067 Kai - Elements Series
B-FS-10068 Brandell - Elements Series
B-FS-10069 Terran - Elements Series
B-FS-10070 Teak - Elements Series
B-FS-10253 Radiance - 75th Anniversary Limited Edition
B-FS-10383 Honor - Hope Horse

 

Stablemates Models & Accessories

6935 Poetry in Motion Gift Set
6937 Sparkling Splendor Deluxe Unicorn Collection
6952 Clydesdale
6953 Missouri Fox Trotter
6954 Mustang
6956 Arabian
6957 Quarter Horse
6958 Appaloosa
B-SM-10044 Horse Foal Surprise - Elegant Pastures Family
B-SM-10045 Horse Foal Surprise - Radiant Hills Family
B-SM-10046 Horse Foal Surprise - Sunset Ridge Family
B-SM-10257 Brilliance Gift Set - 75th Anniversary Limited Edition

 

Seahearts

B-SH-10078 Seahearts - Bundle A
B-SH-10079 Seahearts - Bundle B

 

CollectA 

Horses & Equids
88662 Palomino Missouri Fox Trotter Mare

Farm Life
88991 Llama

A lot of these are new releases and am quite surprised they are being retired. Cash originally while stated to be a mid year release, but when the competition was first announced it seemed like the model would be a regular run but now he is limited edition. Anniversary models and other limited releases are no surprise. The Seahearts I guess didn't do as well as they thought so they are now pulling all releases, surprised there isn't more for Collect-A as awhile ago I saw something that new releases for next year will be revealed by the end of the year and seemed like there was going to be quite a bit released for next year. The Black Stallion book and model set I am slightly surprised as the Black Stallion series is quite popular, but the rest have been a release for awhile so it is time for them to go to make room for new releases. Same with the stablemates.

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

(List and info came from and belong to Breyer)

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

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.)

Monday, December 30, 2024

Models for 2025 Including Club Model Reveals!!!

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)

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Newsletters for November and December, Final Club Releases for the Year.

 The November Newsletter consisted of announcing the black Friday deals, which pretty much never stopped even now, a workshop on how to paint eyes on models, how the Just About Horses (JAH) magazines were sent out, a look at some revealed models for the 2025 clubs plus more for the 75th anniversary, the giveaway was Hot Cocoa whom I now have as I ordered it around black Friday, and of course the sneak peak.

The reveal was Courcheval whom I went over in my last post.

December Newsletter went over the release of Tannenbaum, warehouse sale which this time around there wasn't anything that caught my eye as it was mostly left over club models and web specials, how the deadlines to join clubs for next year are approaching plus the reveal of the last premier club model for next year and I'll go over those later, the featured story is about what to expect for the 75th anniversary, the giveaway is a complete set of last years premier club models so nothing I don't want to try to win, and of course the sneak peak!
I'm assuming either something 75th anniversary related or Breyerfest related, maybe even both, as the Breyerfest blog has been posting stablemate silhouettes that say reveal will be soon and I believe they are waiting for the new year when 2025 regular ruin releases and all that are revealed by dealers. Gonna have to patiently wait a few more days to see.

And lastly are the last of the club models for this year!!


My glossy Bandelero is here and he is gorgeous, speaking of glossy goodness my optional purchase for the Stablemate Club of Hadley & Holden arrived too and it looks like I got the standing version of Holden the other was the lying down version, as well as the last Stablemate Club release which is the new sculpt called Augustus also came!! Then I finally got a picture of Outlaw from the Vintage Club and I got the buckskin version! This version of the three was one of my favs, the second being the grullo appaloosa, the bay pinto was ok but didn't thrill me so I'm glad I got one of the ones I would enjoy.
I forgot to get a pic of the bonus stablemate for the Vintage club which was Felix, but I did see him in person and he too is glossy gorgeousness. Also speaking of bonus stablemates, the one for the Premier Club came with Bandelero, and she is a lying down mustang mare named Enya who is painted like Tigerlily from earlier this year. 
So glad not only is there another lying down model/mold, but also in another scale. Most are traditional scale, non in classic/freedom scale, this now makes three for stablemates, and there are non for mini whinnies. Also if you really want to count them, there's non ion the original paddock pal lineup nor in the new one. Hoping Enya makes more appearances now in the future, especially for mare and foal sets.

That's it for this post, more to come in the next couple of days as I try to roll out the final posts for the month and year before going fully into 2025 content. See y'all later!!
(in hand pics belong to me, the rest belong to Breyer as well as model info.)

Surprise Horse Guesses!! Breyerfest is Tomorrow!!

With Breyerfest being tomorrow, I am in need of posting my guesses for this year's surprise model. I haven't have much time to think...