The Second Chance horses

 UPS has dropped off three boxes in the last two days.  My luck was not great - no green clearware Surprise, but I got a chestnut sabino to go with the bay pinto.  Second Wild Things was not the green version, either.  But, my Fight Song is the variant without a base, so there's that.  

The final list: 

1. Quagga A
2. Quagga B
3. Surprise A - dark bay overo matte, run of 950
4. Surprise B - chestnut sabino matte, run of 950 (the greenware was a run of 650)
5. This is My Fight Song - the baseless variant was a run of 875, the "normal" variant is a run of 1,625
6. Wild Things A - both the normal chestnut run of 1,950 (the green variant is a run of 1,050
   
7. Wild Things B 
8. Percy A & B
9. Athenian Lady 
10. Blue Zeus 
11. Just Like Fire, the Classic
12. Better than Revenge, the fruit-stripe Fjord
13. the 4-pack of single-day Stablemates in deco dapples
14. the 5-piece Best of Breyerfest SM set 

Holy cow, maybe I need to spend less at BFest.  Eight Traditionals, 11 Stablemates, a Classic, and two plushies.   

Also.  I get that Breyer is using this waffleweave paper instead of bubble wrap, to try and be more eco-friendly.  But when the packers don't expand the waffle paper, and it's just left flat, it offers crap all in the way of protection.  They can do better.

 

 

 

Breyer's Second Chance Breyerfest sale

 One of the reasons for buying a Breyerfest ticket even if I can't go in person, is that it gives me access to their online second-chance sale later on.  This year's leftovers sale was last week, and I managed to be online and make not one, not two, but three orders.  Multiple orders were a thing because of their limit of two SRs per order.  

Order 1 - I Will Survive (the quagga) and Fight Song (the new rearing mold).  Fight Song has sold out, but Survive is still available (odd, given the prices on the Caves of Lascaux horse from a previous BF)

 

 

Order 2 - The Wild Things SM (hoping for the variant) and a second Surprise (I really want a green one), plus the commemorative program.

 

Order 3 - a second I Will Survive, a second plush Percy, and a second commemorative program - I think I was planning to use these as trade fodder, or just to sell to someone who missed out on the BF sales.  

 

 

Can't wait for these guys to show up.

First Breyer shipment is here

 The first shipment finally arrived.  

Athenian Lady is here.  The white spot on the top of her rump is intentional, by the way.  

Still waiting for the rest of the horses.  May be a while.

Breyerfest shipments

 The Breyerfest shipments are starting to happen.  They seem to be shipping everything separately so far.  I've got Percy the plush on the way, and the 4-piece Stablemate set in another shipment.  At least they aren't charging per shipment. 

Breyerfest 2024 is done

 Breyerfest is over for the year.  

I got my two top picks for the Special Runs - the Surprise horse and the Fruit Stripe sport pony.  Can't wait for them to get here.  And the Breyer Store was in good shape this year - it went live on time, didn't crash, and I managed to do all my purchases in two orders and 15 minutes.  I also managed to resist the temptation to buy a second Wild Things in hopes of getting the green variation. 

I spent a few hours watching the seminars, especially Lesli Kathman's color genetics and Jenn Danza's repair class.  Then I watched a couple of workshops.  They're available online until the end of the month, so I'll need to watch them again and take more notes.  

Breyerfest is coming!

 I've got a virtual ticket for Breyerfest again this year.  Tomorrow I'll find out which two Special Runs I get to buy.  I'm hoping for the fruit-stripe Fjord, and for the second one I'm open to anything.  Was wanting the pinto on the new rearing mold, but you had to get an in-person ticket to have a chance at that one.  Oh well.  

Just got an email from Breyer that the Celebration Horse has been shipped.  I hope they are planning to ship all our other purchases together again this year.  

 

 

The Annual Hagen-Renaker find

 This week was my annual Hagen-Renaker find.  About once a year, I come across a HR or two at an estate sale or auction or something.  Usually minis, although I keep hoping for a nice Design Workshop Swaps or Kelso, or the large Zara or something. This year, it was an auction lot at the consignment auction, for a mirrored tray and about 20 ceramic animals.  Mostly cats and dogs, but hidden in the back, a pair of Hagen-Renaker mini drafts in harness.  I drove down to the auction site to pick them up on Wednesday.  It was a nice drive, but some roads that I would not want to drive in bad weather.   The rest of the animals are nice, mostly made-in-China or made-in-Japan, most likely, but the horses are in fact Hagen-Renakers, and are mint.  No broken legs or anything. 

So cute!  I'll have to put a Breyer G1 Drafter next to them in the curio cabinet.