Breyer Midyear Traditional and Classic Releases (Extra Super Late Edition!)

 

Uhhh…better late than never? Here’s a quick rundown of the traditional and classic midyear releases. With the exception of Thriller, the other three traditional releases are all portrait models. First up is KB Omega Fahim, a blue black Arabian stallion on the Shagya Arabian mold. 

Tiz the Law is a beautifully shaded bay Thoroughbred stallion debuting on the Lonesome Glory mold. 

Up next is WGC Marc of Charm, a champion American Saddlebred. This guy is presented on the Hamilton/Racking Saddlebred Stallion mold. 

 The Halloween Horse, Thriller, is on the Brishen/Gypsy Vanner mold. Thriller is a ghoulish grey with white streaks running through his mane, tail, and feathers. He is also graced with stitch marks, and parts of his skeleton show as though the sutures didn’t hold his skin closed and his wounds burst open. Thriller’s white streaks first made me (and other collectors) think of the Bride of Frankenstein. However, the exposed bones and the name Thriller goes into the zombie zone, and the description Breyer gives him is that of a zombie horse (“pawing his way up from his resting place in the earth…”). The bones and the Bride of Frankenstein streaks glow in the dark. Along with me, here’s someone for whom Thriller is a must have:

We also have three new Classic/Freedom Series midyear releases. First up is the Black Stallion Book Set, which includes a paperback copy of Walter Farley’s The Black Stallion and, of course, a model of The Black. The Black is given life (hilarious statement after a Zombie horse!) on the Malik mold, and I think it was great choice. I do plan on adding this one to my collection. 

Meet Red Velvet, a sweet (lol, pun!) addition to the line on the Mandrake/Morgan Stallion mold:

And last but not least is an unnamed buckskin quarter horse on the Standing Thoroughbred mold who comes as part of a stable set. On Breyer’s website it is called the ‘Deluxe Country Stable With Horse and Wash Stall.’ I am laughing at the inclusion of ‘wash stall’ in the title…it sounds like a cheesy real estate description adding on any amenity to make the property sound more attractive to prospective buyers.

Whew! Finally got these guys up, and I still need to publish a few more posts if I am to get caught up before Breyerfest…

*All photos of Breyer’s Traditional  and Classic/ Freedom Series are from Breyer’s website*

*Stillshot from the movie Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and captioned by me*