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.

A blog to follow

 Add this to the blogroll when you remember how to do that 

https://donteatthepaint.blogspot.com/

2023 partial wrap-up

 So, 2023 is over.  What happened?  Lots of things. 

• I got a Hartland Lady Jewel, although she's a custom done in acrylics that I plan to strip eventually.  Hopefully the original paint is decent.  
• Got extremely lucky at an auction and won two vintage Hagen-Renakers, a large Honora and a Laying Fez, at wildly cheap prices.  Same auction lots also had a Mortons horse, a knock-off of a HR Crusader with sequin eyes, and assorted other things. 
• The big estate sale find was a pair of Art Deco ceramic animals (a gazelle and a ram, or something) and a clear acrylic Manning Modernistic Doe that I almost missed.  
• I did Virtual Breyerfest again, and had a friend pick up my SRs while she was there in person.  I got Nemea and Scurry, Buggy, two Studebakers (neither were blue), and the SM sets.  

For next year, I rejoined the Stablemates and Vintage Clubs.  Was going to skip the VC for financial reasons, but they're doing a night light next year and I couldn't resist.  

Goals for 2024 include selling off some duplicates, continuing the organization goal, and getting some more photo showing prep done.