When it rains, it pours

Or, the flood of new horses. 

First, Breyer announces the mid-year releases, which include Apparition (a blue-purple glow-in-the-dark Halloween horse) and the 70th Anniversary shrinky-dink SMs.  I pre-ordered and paid for an Apparition at Becky's, and then went "damn the torpedos" and added a whole case of the SMs.  With any luck, I'll get one of the chase pieces, but even if I don't, I'll have neat minis of the Fighting Stallion, Fox Trotter, and all the others.  The mini charcoal Fighting Stallion will be awesome, if it looks anything like the large one.  Same for the pinto Indian Pony, the woodgrain Clydesdale, and most of the others.  They're doing two chase pieces this time - 1 in every 4th case, and a super-chase in every 12th, I think.  I'm betting one is an Alborozo, because they put mini Alby everywhere, and I think the other one might be the FAS or Western Horse, since those are the reliable old standards.  I just hope if it's a FAS, they don't go lemon-yellow on him.  But a mini Western Horse would be amazing.

Then they sent the email about the Vintage Club horse being ready to order.  This one is the Wedgewood pinto Belgian, Josiah.  I held out for a few days on ordering, since this week last year is when I paid for one of the SM Club horses last year.  And my patience was rewarded, because the email for Chroma, the clearware SMC horse, came a few days later.  So, combined shipping on one account. 



And now I must avoid eBay, because Breyerfest is next week, and while my Single Day SMs and ticket are paid for, the SRs and store specials aren't.  And I have a list.  Which will probably get cut down a lot after I see the prices on the store specials, but it won't go down to $0, I'm sure.



 

Naytuksi

Latest of the web specials, Nayati.  Once again, my luck held, and I got the two I wanted - the dunalino and Appaloosa, both glossy.  They're gorgeous.  I'm loving the dunalino especially.  These need Star Wars names, since they arrived on the 5th, which is close enough to May the 4th. 

 

The dunalino has some wide masking on  his mane, but it seems to be not too obvious. 

Appy is gorgeous too, but has a few flaws.  Mostly that they skimped when glossing his hind legs, but there's also a tiny rub on one knee (in the red, so it's obvious), a strange flaw on his nose, and then I think the gloss in his nostrils bubbled a little because they look pale and milky inside. 

But overally, they look great.  

Auction score

Found these thanks to a local online consignment auction.  Mostly Japanese-made ceramic, but 5 metal horses, one that seems to be plaster or chalkware, a couple of plastic, and a mystery salt shaker.

Still chugging away

The pandemic project continues.  Working on the G1 horses now.  Part of this is getting the inventory tidied up - for example, standardizing all the mold names.  I've got the same mold down as, for example, G1 Morgan Stallion, SM Morgan Stallion, and SM OM Morgan Stallion.  I'm starting to realize, I might need a new column, to mark the SMs as to whether they're old or new plastic.

And then there are the twins, and look-alikes.

For example, this foal could be one of three options.  Or two options, depending on how you look at it.  There was a Target exclusive of this foal and the Cantering Warmblood.  That pair, identical, was released later as a regular run under a different number.  And then the foal or one identical to it came in a play set. 

And that is why I need to keep up with tagging all the horses as I buy them. 

Where does the time go?

So apparently that was the quarantine gap in the blog. 

I do have a hobby project I'm working on during the Great Exile (sounds better than "lockdown").  One of the local estate sales is doing online sales during the lockdown, and I found a pretty nice shelf unit.  At $50, it was the price of one on Amazon that was about 1/3 of the size. So, with appropriate personal distancing, we went to pick it up.  Had to take it apart to get it in the car, though. It's going to be a big SM unit.  Right now, it's going to hld the G2 and G3 horses.  G1, G4, and G5 are going in the three small ones I already have.  And there will be further weeding, to go along with the 70+ I culled earlier this spring (mostly from blind bags). 

So, for the past week, I've been going through the SMs and the spreadsheet.  Everyone gets a jewelry tag with their number, and I'm marking the spreadsheet so I know which ones I've tagged and confirmed the existence of.  There's still a pretty big pile of SMs lurking somewhere in a closet though.  This is also making me wish Breyer would stop releasing the same horse under different numbers.  I've also got a notion to swear off buying some of the tippier molds.  Certain horses, even with wax, can't seem to stay upright.  The G2 TB, G3 Belgian, and the G5 Andalusian, for example.  And most of the G2 foals. 

This shows why Breyer needs to lay off the Clyde-icorn.  This is after thinning out about a dozen duplicates.  (Also, why I need to stop buying blind bags by mail.)

Lakeshore Status Symbol

I apparentlly have no willpower when I get a Lakeshore newsletter and an almost-sold-out run is mentioned.  Which is why I now own a Status Symbol, SR of 12 in a gorgeous silver bay.  

This is the only real flaw on him, but since it's his non-show side, and I mostly photo show, it won't be a big problem.

Updated injured list

I keep remembering and finding more. 

1. Dapple-grey Kelso with broken leg
2. Dark brown Kelso with broken leg
3. Ballylee with broken leg
4. Green Shermie with broken tail
5. Buck deer with broken antler
6. Incoming Elk from Tracy with broken antler
7. A lot of Western Horses with missing ear tips
8. SM Magnolia chase with broken tail
9. Brabant Wixom with broken ear
10.  SM grey/white Native Dancer with Gumby-leg
11. Wildfire (San Domingo) with Gumby-leg
12.  

And, I stopped at Michaels today.  Turned out that acrylic paints are 40% off, today only, for your whole purchase.  Found Mars black and burnt umber, should have gone back for the other umbers and siennas.  Tried to do it online, but my purchase was flagged because something was out of stock - but the purchase flag doesn't say which one, just that one of the 8 things is out of stock.  Argh.