New horses

Unboxing a few new horses from the holidays, and I've gotta wonder - Why did Breyer put a grey/white tailtip on the new dark bay Classic Hanoverian? So out of place. What, is he a minimal-expression paint of some sort? Going grey in an odd way? Little accident with the bleach?

I also opened my Classic Morgan mare & foal set to find that they were a little too close together in the box. Nice little rub on the mare's hip and the foal's neck. Sigh.

Rats!

I just realized that I missed the deadline to mail in my form for Breyer's free gift offer. The irritating part is that I had it 90% ready to go, just had to fill out the form and stick it all in an envelope.

GAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!

At least I mailed my Color Crazy form in time.

Rarities

I'm reading a discussion on one of the chat forums about what rare horses we own, and I started wondering about my collection. My first thought was "I don't have anything rare" - my brain kind of defaults to the "well, if I own one, it can't be too rare" point of view. But that's a knee-jerk reaction, and it's not quite true. I do own a few horses that are either very limited runs or that are almost never seen for sale.

In general order of scarceness:

1. I managed to buy a 1-of-10 Palouse, Fiesta. Fiesta was the SR for the El Paso Equine Art Show. This one is the matte-finish variation with a star. Actually, she's one of 5, because half of the 10-horse run were etched and otherwise customized.
   
2. A possible one-of-a-kind SM - a glossy alabaster Swaps from one of the JCPenney sets. He came in a group of alabaster Breyers from Ebay. He might be factory gloss, or someone may have glossed him later. This year, I plan to soak him in Lestoil and see if he's factory or not. He's also got a broken leg, which I need to fix. I just need better light, because I want to make sure and not glue the leg on backwards. :)
   
3. Another Fiesta, the more common variation in satin finish with a blaze, 1-of-77. (There were 100 total - 10 matte/star, 12 glossy judges, 1 with black front hooves, and 77 "normal" ones.)
   
4. A Magnifico, the Peruvian Paso SR from Breyerfest that was supposed to be a regular-run horse the next year. Hasn't happened yet, so I'm glad I found him when I did. If I'd waited, I think he would have been more expensive - I bought mine when we thought he'd still be a RR in a few months.
5. Another Palouse, Echo, also a show SR. I think there were 45 in the run, and I've got two. The first one met with a slight accident when my son was learning to walk.
6. Quite a few Breyerfest SRs, including the porcelain circus ponies and Romantico.
7. Three Connoisseur horses. I lusted after a Masquerade until I finally found one secondhand at a price that didn't make me hyperventilate (too much, anyway). Then I was lucky enough to be drawn for both Rubicon and Blue Velvet.
   
8. Actually, I could probably just list all my Palouses, and most of my Stones, since they've stopped doing anything like a "regular run" horse. For Palouses, I've also got Canadian Sunrise (matte), Gingerbread Cookie, and Iskitpe. Then there's a Lapis ISH and Malachite ISH. Still mad at myself for waffling too long at State Line's website - Earl sold out while I had lunch.
   
9. For chance finds, I've got a Breyer Western Horse in black pinto, with the snap-on saddle. Found him at a thrift store for $12 years ago. He's lost an eartip in a fall, but otherwise he's in great shape for his age.
   
10. Extreme luck - I was drawn for both the Gold Charm and Honey Bay Lady Phases. I never found the charcoal Silver, though.
11. The palomino Classic QH mare and chestnut Mustang foal set that was a SR for American Girl.

And there are probably more, I just can't recall them right now.