Friday we were given a Sneak Peek Strip (? What happened to the squares?) of a glossy black and white something:
Some speculated it was a bovine of some sort, but we’d already had the non-equine reveal of the candy cubs. Today Breyer unveiled that their Breyer Bakery (from a previous post) is still making sweet stuff, this time a cake, or rather a slice of cake. Meet Black Forest:
Black Forest is a Limited Edition on the Classic/Freedom Series Shire mold (head-up version), and he looks kind of underbaked (unfinished) to me. His eyes look to be the same color as his coat, and his mane bobs and tail ribbons are unpainted. I do need to return to the head-up shire statement above. In Breyer’s blog post about him, they refer to the mold as #627B, but isn’t #627B the tucked head shire which was introduced in 2003, a year after #627A? Hmmm, Breyer…
For my readers who are newer to the hobby, here is the difference in the shires:
Mold #627A, head up shire demonstrated on the Flurry model (notice that his head is up and turned slightly towards the right side):
Mold #627B, head tucked shire demonstrated on the Flurry model (head is straight, and tucked):
I was also waiting for Breyer to put Black Forest’s pictures up under the Exclusive Models section, but unfortunately they only put up one side of him. I really wanted to see his other side, darn it. He is one that I do want to get, underbaked or not because I love the mold (both versions). Black Forest is priced at $30 and will be a run of 3,000 pieces.
*Photos of Black Forest are from Breyer’s website.*
*Photos of the Shires, Flurry and Frosty are from the Identity Your Breyer website.*
At least he has eyewhites. I won't be getting him, but I do have Triton and the Grey one on that mold (head-up).
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