Breyer: Fashion Forward

 

Who would have guessed that one of Breyer’s most unconventional paint jobs would be mimicked and sold as footwear? Not I. Imagine my astonishment when I spied this while shopping last summer:

Remind you of someone? And someone else?

Yup, our friends Montana the Bighorn Ram, and Discoheart, Breyer’s 2022 April Fool’s Day joke model (who, I will add, was never put into production, unlike this year’s AFD SM models). I stared at those shoes, and stared at them. I had no intention of purchasing them, but was so struck by the notion that I could wear Breyer’s weird black filigree pattern I lingered there, still staring of course. One of my kids came up and commented, “Those shoes look like that weird goat thing or whatever it is you have.” Proof that even a non-Breyer collector recognized the unusual decorator color pattern, lol. No, I didn’t break down and buy the shoes- I have Montana as my official black and gold filigree representative.

*Photo of Montana and Discoheart are from Breyer’s website.

2024 Collector Club Appreciation Event

 

The email from Breyer went out announcing the 2024 Collector Club Appreciation Event and the models which have been glossed for it. 

This year’s lineup consists of glossy versions of Battlefield Angel, Mojave, the Ideal Series Appaloosa, and Get Rowdy:

To get your free glossy (which ships randomly), Collector Club members need to spend $150 or more on products in the regular Breyer line. It is imperative to follow Breyer’s directions in order to receive the glossy model. You need to add the CC Appreciation model (#9317) to the cart along with the $150 of regular line merchandise, AND the code CLUBAPP24 needs to be added at checkout. If any of these items are missing, Breyer will not make any corrections to your order. Double check that all requirements are met before you actually order! The Collector Club Appreciation Event is slated to run starting April 8th from about 1:00 pm through 10:00 am on April 15, 2024 while supplies last. 

I have skipped the Collector Club Appreciation Event other years when the glossies offered weren’t of interest to me. As I like three out of the four glossies offered, I will most likely be participating in this year’s CC Appreciation event. The glossy I am not fond of is Battlefield Angel as I never warmed up to the mold. Glossy Mojave is my top favorite, followed by the Ideal Series Appaloosa and then Get Rowdy. I am surprised at how much I like the Appaloosa as I initially did not care for the Geronimo mold…and now I have five or six of them, lol. Let’s hope I can break away from work for a few minutes so that I can order!

*Photos are from Breyer’s website.

May 2024 Odds n’ Ends

 

The April Collector Club newsletter is out and about. The newsletters always come out at the end of the month and I was unable to get this post up before April ended. I was happy to see that the feature story this month focused on Bloaties! I have a few of them, some of which are natural bloaters and some which have been purposefully bloated. Need to do a post on those models soon. Quick mentions were made in the newsletter for the Spring releases, Gilded and Picante, and for Zayn, the Collector Club Classic/Freedom series gambler’s choice. 

April’s monthly giveaway model is Chadwick, a glossy palomino on the Emerson/standing thoroughbred mold. Chadwick was a Collector Club special run in 2022:

Of course we were shown a Sneak Peek square of a soon to be released model:

 Hmmmm…notice the black is slightly lighter in color on the left side, leading one to believe it may be a glossy model. Guess we shall simply have to wait and see! 

The Collector Club event, Spokes and Spurs, is being held in Oklahoma City, OK this weekend (May 3-5). Speaking of waiting and seeing, I am looking forward to viewing the photos of the special run models. 

Also occurring on Saturday (May 4th) is the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. I have not followed racing in forever, and am hoping everyone stays safe and sound. I do like to look at the photo galleries of the women’s Derby hats, and this year we may see some exceptionally outlandish ones due to the anniversary. 

 

Breyer’s Marketing and Ecommerce team has a part time paid summer internship available. Details can be found here.

Breyer has also extended their VIP ticket purchases through May 12th. So if you were on the fence about purchasing VIP tickets, you have a little more time to decide. I suppose the VIP ticket sales were lagging.

I think that is all for now… if more tidbits crop up, we’ll see a part two for May!

*Photos are from Breyer’s email.

*Kentucky Derby logo from Churchill Downs.