My luck this year has been surprisingly good, for the most part. I got picked for three Web Specials - Brazil, Sao Paulo, and now Breckenridge! On the other hand, I ordered 4 of the Halloween blind bags and got four Stitches. Just ordered four of the Winter blind bags, and I'm hoping I don't have to swap three of them again.
Breckenridge isn't blue, but purple is close enough. And I bought the Classic winter deco and the winter plush to go along with him - both of those are blue.
I really need to get pictures of all my Lakeshore china horses. I seem to have accumulated quite a few. Just ordered two more - Cindy, the owner of Lakeshore, is downsizing her storage and potentially retiring, so all the horses are half-price. And that was the kick I needed to order the last two (I think) that I don't have - Touch of the Sky, in buckskin and black tobiano.
And now I really need to make time to rearrange the curio cabinets.
Bought some more horses at the consignment auction last month. Nice vintage ones, like Proud Arabians, a Jumper with his wall, a very white Misty, and a second Clydesdale set with green blankets. I thought for half a day that the Proud Arabians were something special, being bays with blazes but no socks. Turns out, as someone on Facebook pointed out, they used to have socks, before someone had some fun with a presumed Sharpie. So, I spent an hour or so with rubbing alcohol and q-tips, and made a tiny dent in the Sharpie. At that rate, though, I'll never get all the socks off. Other than that, though, they look really nice.
Well, I may not ever get the variants of the Breyerfest Stablemates, but I got picked todahy to buy a Belize, the latest in the World Destinations series (or whatever they're calling it). Sham in a blue ocean color.
I do wish Breyer would give up on these tiny, thin mailing boxes for the SMs though. Most of the Kiana boxes have looked like mine, or worse.
Well, the last of the Breyerfest boxes has finally arrived. Flinka arrived first, then the Breyer Classic and Best of Breyerfest SM set. Then the BF pickup, and last but not least my actual Breyerfest SRs.
Both of my SM Hygges were the regular dun version, no deco varation for me. Did get the bell-tail Mule thanks to my pickup from Chelsea's Model Horses, and a lovely Elk. The 4-piece one-day SM set got sold out of my cart, so later I bought two of the individuals. Got a pair of Keflavik, the blue and red new laying mare. Managed to trade one for Copenhagen (the red and white Belgian) and one for Upsalla (the blue and yellow semi-rearing mustang). Still want the blue Django, but since the mold is tippy and that's the most popular one right now (selling for $80 and up), I may live without it for a while.
I do like the blue ponies.
I like the new reclining mare, but I'm okay with swapping both of them for Copenhagen and Upsalla (Upsala?). I'll eventually get the pinto version from the TSC blind bags.
But wait, there's more! The local consignment auction had dozens of new-in-box Breyers last week, along with a lot of other toys. I already had most of what was listed, or wasn't interested, but I did get into the bidding for three of them.
I'd somehow missed these three when they came out. I wasn't the only one bidding, so the prices weren't super low, but I'm happy with that. Justin Morgan was about $25, then $50-ish for Sham, and $100ish for the Merry Widow.
