No Spring

Well, no call from Breyer yet, so I guess I won't be getting a purple pony.

Ah well. Maybe I'll paint my own. I've got a Legionario body that might look nice in purple. With gold points, even.

Spring

So, I just sent my email entry for the Spring has Sprung drawing. We'll see what happens.

I've got quite the collection of blue horses somehow. There's the decorator set of SM Saddlebreds, a Wedgwood MFT from Breyer's anniversary, and my space-themed set of Odyssey and a Stone Space Pony. (Hmmm, it seems like a lot of these blue horses are the Clock Horse. Interesting.) The blue roan El Pastor. Probably a few I don't recall, since 95% of my horses are boxed up at the moment.

I don't mind decorators or fantasy patterns. Heck, the horse I drooled over for a year before I talked myself into buying him secondary-market? Masquerade. Now there's a fantasy pattern for you.

Anticipation has ended

UPS deliviered this guy today:


I think I may be in love. He's lovely.

Anticipation

Almost 5 years ago, I bought my first unpainted resin, a UVM Yesteryear. And three months ago, I finally packed him off to be painted.

Just got the email that the artist is done and my last payment is there, so he'll be on his way home soon. If the blizzard doesn't slow him down, that is.

Can't wait to see him.

Today's gamble

I haven't bought many flea market horses in a while, and usually don't find any screaming deals, but I may have gotten close this time. I stopped in one of the local antique malls yesterday and found two slightly overpriced vintage Breyers - a glossy charcoal Fighting Stallion and a black pinto Western Horse with a snap saddle, $65 each. I've got a snap-saddle WH already, although mine is missing an eartip. This one had both ears, but is horribly yellowed. Same for the Fighter, he's so yellowed that the tag said "gold mane" on it. But, the dealer had everything 30% off, so I thought about it overnight and went back for the Fighter today.

After the discount, he was just under $50. His paint job otherwise is very nice, as far as I can tell. Minor eartip rubs, but the eyewhites are there, and no major rubs anywhere. Hopefully he'll clean up nice. He can be my rehab project for the year, although sunning him may have to wait for summer.

Black Friday Breyers

In a moment of insanity, I drove 40 minutes (1 way) to do my only in-store Black Friday shopping - at Tractor Supply, the land of 20% off Breyers. I could have gotten the Christmas Horse online for the same price, but I was hoping they'd have some of the Classic family sets left. Turned out the only one left was a Far Ute Keno set, and given the lousy masking and overspray on the stallion, I decided to pass on the set.

I did come home with Jewel, the Classic Trail Ride set, and a pair of Schleich moose (mama and baby), but passed on Far Ute Keno and Bet Yer Blue Boons or whatever her name is. I had a hard time finding all the Breyers at first, TSC likes to split the toys up and put a bunch of the gift-type horses (Xmas, etc) in a separate toy-gift area. Which was on the other side of the store from the regular toy area, and there were enough people there that getting from one side to the other took a while. I also got to stand in line for 40 minutes, and was probably lucky that I'd waited until almost noon to drive down. Apparently at opening time, the credit card machine was down, and checkout was taking a while.

Finally

After 4 years, I've finally sent my UVM Yesteryear off to be painted. I hope it turns out well; it was a spur-of-the-moment decision based on an artist's post to HaynetExchange, offering limited painting slots this fall.