Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Faster than Snowflakes Melting on the Sun (Clydesdale Christmas Stablemates and Brunhilde)








Soooooooo, the Christmas Clydesdales (yes, I’ve switched the words) went live about 2:00 pm EST yesterday and sold out in 8-10 minutes… frankly I am surprised. Very surprised. This is not a popular mold, but gone they are. I wish Breyer would release the number of models made as I am quite curious since they sold out in mere minutes. I was able to order before the sellout, and I am grateful I was able to. I still cannot believe they went so fast. As mentioned in my previous post, the Clydesdale Stallion mold is special to me. These guys landed in the ‘must have’ category for me, and it’s rare that something makes that category. Of course, now that I’ve stated this Georg will be the 2021 Winter Web Special, and I won’t be drawn for him, lololololol! Here are some individual photos of the Clydes:












 










Even though this is old news, I’ve decided to tack Brunhilde (pun alert!) on here since she sold out in under one hour, and she’s a draft horse too (yeah, scraping for any similarities to weave her into this post). Our first glimpse of Brunhilde came from a photo in the 2021 JAH:








Brunhilde is the second 2021 Collectors Club exclusive web model. Breyer sent out an email alert on the particulars of when she’d be available for purchase:








Turns out Breyer delayed her release by a day due to a large internet outage which affected a major service provider. I’m glad they delayed Brunhilde to give those collectors affected an opportunity to get her. Here is another photo of her:








I love the color Breyer put on her, but I am so-so on the mold. As this is a mold I don’t actively conga, I decided not to purchase one, even though her color caused me to waver a bit. Okay, I wavered a lot—beautiful bay, draft horse, beautiful bay, draft horse, beautiful bay, draft horse… and I actually didn’t buy one. I’d love to see this bay paint job used again by Breyer in the future. 





*Photos of Brunhilde and the Clydesdale Christmas Stablemates are from JAH, e-mails, and Breyer’s website.*
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2 comments:

  1. timaru star iiNovember 18, 2021 at 9:55 AM

    I'm with you on Brunhilde: I didn't get one for myself. (I was lucky and snagged one for a friend, almost as a test of whether I could purchase any Breyer at all under these 21C conditions!) But I disagree when you say the Clydesdale Stallion is not a popular mold. I think he is, and the mini-me version has proven to be as irresistible as Alborozo's.
    Just not to me. I'm still living on my 6 Dapple Greys, purchased back in the 80s.

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  2. MetropolisphantomNovember 25, 2021 at 10:56 AM

    That was so nice of you to get a Brunhilde for your friend! I love it when hobbyists help each other out. It’s interesting about the Clydesdale Stallion—I’ve heard many a complaint that his legs are too short and that he’s ‘squatty’ as Clydesdales should have longer legs. Perhaps this is due to the hyper realistic nature of some of the hobby? I didn’t think he was that popular but I am so glad to hear otherwise as he is among the oldest of Breyer molds. Wow, six dapple greys! I have at least one, maybe two, but my collection is so out of control. I’ve actually just started the process of refocusing what I want to do with these thousands of horses…but the Clydesdale Stallions are staying for sure. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my blog, it is much appreciated!

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