Seven Arts Surprise Revealed (but not here), Astrids, Special Run Split

 

No spoilers—nearly everyone knows the mold and the colors of the Seven Arts Surprise, but I know there are some holdouts who want to wait until their models arrive to be truly surprised. Therefore, I’m not going to talk about what the Seven Arts Surprise is for a bit. Breyerfest models seem to be trickling in to people, but we’re not seeing mass shipping of models. I checked this morning and all of my orders still show unfulfilled and no tracking numbers. My first order was completed on July 16th at 10:01 a.m. (I have insanely fast internet) and my final order was the last minute decision to buy a glossy Apollo del Solis on Sunday afternoon. I had also placed my VIP order in February, and there has been no word on those models. The VIP stuff I have received included Dani, the SM four pack, and the VIP swag box (I think they were delivered on July 17?). I hope that Breyer ships all of my stuff at the same time—it will be so much more fun to get everything at once! I am really excited to get my SRs, but the 7 Arts Surprise, not so much. It’s not a mold that I conga, and I only like a couple of the colors. I will have to reserve final judgement until I get them in hand. Many a time I had decided that I didn’t like a mold, only to change my mind once seeing it in a different color. I have two Seven Arts coming, and I am glad I didn’t spring for more. Of course, if this year’s surprise had been a model I conga, I would have been kicking myself for not getting more tickets, lol.

The July Collectors Club newsletter thing came out and featured a Misty and Stormy coloring contest, a new Breyer employee, a plug to nominate Breyer for the National Toy Hall of Fame, the July giveaway (for Pech Merle), and a not-so-sneak peek of the glossy and matte Astrids. Here’s the ‘Sneak Peek’ from the newsletter:

Not sure why Breyer dubbed it a Sneak Peek when Astrid has previously been revealed. At least we get to see the actual glossy finish instead of that weird photoshopped gloss picture from before. Remember this?

Other items of interest are the matte/glossy finish split and the (correctly) guessed toupee swap models. If you do not want to know, run away now! I have chosen to talk about them since we know Breyer has done the finish split in the past on Special Runs. Hobbyists had been speculating on whether or not one of the Special Runs would have a mane and tail swap. 

Last chance to run away if you want this information regarding Breyerfest models to be a surprise.

RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

We got both! The matte/glossy split was done on Seurat. Most people were guessing the finish split would be done on Pech Merle. Others were thinking that just to shake things up a bit Breyer would have the toupee mane/tail split on Tassili instead of doing the expected finish split. I am really hoping I get the original Marwari version of Tassili instead of the toupee one. If a toupee comes here, there is a trade in my future…

*Astrid photos are from Breyer’s website and newsletter (email)*