Breyerfest 2022 LE Crystal Reveal: Lorelei

 

A Sneak Peek Butt photo was used for the last Breyerfest Blog post, with the full reveal within the post:

I saw it and was surprised…but happily surprised. Could it be? Is it really her? One of the earliest Breyer molds (based on a Maureen Love sculpture for Hagen-Renaker), the Proud Arabian Mare (PAM) was first produced by Breyer in the 1950s. She went out of production for around ten years or so while Breyer and Hagen-Renaker were negotiating the terms regarding use of the mold (the Breyer/Hagen-Renaker story shall wait for another time). Indeed, the ever popular Proud Arabian Mare is this year’s Breyerfest crystal. She has been miniaturized and crystallized, and is sure to be on many collectors’ want lists. She was named after the big rock, Lorelei, which is located on the banks of the Rhine River:

Unfortunately, due to Breyer’s bad photography, we cannot get a decent view of her. Lorelei is camouflaged quite nicely against the white background. Nevertheless, I’m sure she’ll be quite the stunner in person, and is actually the first crystal I may add to my collection. I love the crystals, but I’m afraid of them getting broken.  Same thing with any easily breakable horse—I admire them from a (safe) distance. A few decades ago, the Hagen-Renakers I had were utterly destroyed during a move. As in smashed to smithereens. Of all the boxes to get flattened, it was the H-R one. I had carefully wrapped and packed them, but it was no match for a crushed box. :(    Lorelei will cost $50 and will be the largest crystal run to date with a run number of 2,200 pieces. 

*Photos of Lorelei are from Breyer’s website.*

Breyerfest 2022 LE Reveals: Two LE Stablemates

 

Lololololol, here’s a reason to love geometric shapes:

 

Now that you’ve uncrossed your eyes from the busyness of the patterns on the ponies and their backgrounds, we’ll talk about them in the order in which they were revealed. First up is Wittelsbach, a blue and white decorator on the SM Sharif mold which honors the Bavarian flag:

If this color and pattern look familiar, this is probably why:

Newmarket, a Breyerfest Special Run from 2018 on the Flash mold, now has a mini-me doppelgänger! I don’t conga the Flash mold, but now I kind of want to get a Newmarket to be matchy-matchy with Wittelsbach. Wittelsbach will be available to all ticket holders, is priced at $15, and is a run of 5,000 pieces. 

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooallll!!!!! The second Limited Edition Stablemate reveal is Torlinie, a soccer ball inspired decorator on the G2 Clydesdale mold:

Okay, I did not see that coming - a second LE Stablemate, and the fact that he is disguised as a soccer ball and sporting a hip patch representing the German flag. I cannot decide if he’s shimmery or pearly—maybe he is a shimmery pearl? We’ll have to wait until after Breyerfest to find out. It is important to note that like the LE Rhenish Draft, Torlinie is available to all ticket holders, but can only be purchased online. He is limited to 4,000 pieces and is priced at $15.

*Photos of Wittelsbach and Torlinie are from Breyer’s website.*

*Photos of Newmarket are from the Identity Your Breyer website.*

Stop the Presses!!! Limited Edition Breyerfest Georg!!!

 

Okay so I’m a tad excited about yesterday’s reveal from Breyer…okay, actually SUPER EXCITED that there is another attainable Georg coming up. We all figured that the Georg mold would somehow make an appearance at this year’s Breyerfest, and since he wasn’t used for any of the special runs, he became the prime suspect for the surprise model. I had resigned myself that the Georg mold would end up being the surprise SR and I would have to hunt them all down. Breyer popped up a Sneak Peek Strip, which I vaguely thought may be Georg, but assumed it probably was a raffle model, so I didn’t look too close at the photo and moved on to other things. I have to hand it to Breyer, this reveal was a heck of a surprise:

Breyer made this non-portrait Rhenish Draft a Limited Edition model which will only be available as an online purchase to all ticket holders. The Rhenish Draft is priced at $75 and will be a run of 5,000 pieces. Many are also speculating the possibility of him being available to order as a glossy, which was an option last year for the Limited Editions. I think Breyer is likely to do glossy orders as they know they can sell truckloads of this guy in a glossy finish. A number of 5,000 matte may seem like a lot, but given the popularity of the Georg mold and how having a virtual component to Breyerfest means more people purchasing tickets, I’d be surprised if they didn’t sell out. The Rhenish Draft from another angle:

I have to say that I am very happy that Breyer has made this Georg attainable…Georgs for all! 

*Photos of the Rhenish Draft are from Breyer’s website.*

Breyerfest 2022 Plushie Reveal: Strudel

 

Lederhosen fans, fear not, Breyer didn’t let you down:

Not just lederhosen, but a matching hat too! This Limited Edition plush is priced at $20 and is a Limited Edition of 2,500 pieces. 

*Photo of Strudel is from Breyer’s website.*

Breyerfest 2022 LE Reveal: Black Forest

 

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.*

Breyerfest 2022 LE Reveal: Chablis

 

The third Limited Edition Traditional model has been revealed! A portrait model of the Wurttemberger warmblood gelding Chablis, this dappled dark bay is on the Idocus/Warmblood Stallion mold: 

Chablis will be priced at $75 and is a run of 3,000 pieces. 

Breyerfest 2022 Prost: The First Limited Edition Reveal

 

Another Breyerfest reveal, and this is the first of the Limited Editions for Prost. It is a portrait model of the stallion Montanara, a Black Forest Horse, the first BFH to be born in North America. Montanara will be on the old Friesian mold (Breyer mold #485, not the Goffert Friesian mold) in a beautiful shaded chestnut, with four white socks and a flaxen mane and tail:

Montanara is limited to 3,000 pieces and is priced at $70. 

*Photos of Montanara are from Breyer’s website.*

Breyerfest 2021 Limited Edition Stablemate Reveal

 

Due to my lagging behind, I didn’t get this Sneak Peek Square up before the reveal:

This is the final reveal of the Limited Edition models for this year’s Breyerfest. I must say, I am not disappointed by this guy! Meet Kaleidoscope, a whirl and swirl of colors!

Kaleidoscope is on the Lipizzaner/Darwin Stablemate mold. He has a white mane, tail, and socks, gold hooves, and his body is a “rainbow resist splatter dapple on a pearly blue coat.” I cannot tell if his mane, tail, and socks are pearly from the picture. He is limited to 6,500 pieces and will not be available for back order. I think Kaleidoscope will look great next to Favrile:

Who will look great next to Pollock:

Hmmm...here is something interesting. I noticed on the Breyerfest ticket page that the Event 4 Pack of Stablemates is still showing as available. I popped them into my cart to see if they are still available for purchase, and indeed they are (I didn’t buy them as I have a full set coming as part of the VIP ticket purchase). Clearly the set wasn’t popular enough to sell out. It seems many people weren’t too fond of the mini Fighting Stallion’s color, along with the set being all decorator colors. Perhaps if half of the set had been done as realistic uncommon horse colors, more sets would have sold. While decorators have steadily increased in popularity in recent years, there is still a segment of the collecting population who collect only realistic horse colors (which is totally fine-collect what YOU want!). I cannot wait to see the purple Fjord (Avant Garde) in person as that is the one I want the most from the set. Yay for purple ponies!

*All photos are from Breyer’s website*

Breyerfest 2021 Limited Edition Model Reveals (Part 3)

 More, more, more!  Another two to add today, and then I’ll be caught up (for the moment, anyway. Breyer did mention that there will be a surprise on their blog tomorrow morning).

First up is the Classic sized Limited Edition, Favrile, on the Rearing Mustang mold.  Named for Louis Comfort Tiffany’s special patented iridescent glass, this multi-colored, multi-patterned (featuring golden spots and stripes) mustang is a definite eye catcher.

The second of today’s LE reveals is Apollo del Solis, a double pearl PRE stallion brought into the model horse world on the Esprit mold!  

*All photos are from the Breyerfest Blog*

Breyerfest 2021 Limited Edition Model Reveals (Part 2)

     Breyer has been giving us a lot of releases-something new every day (I’m a tad behind).  Here is Part 2 of the Breyerfest 2021 Limited Edition models, featuring the two releases which came out the same day.

The “Best of Breyerfest” Series Two set is included in this year’s Limited Edition lineup.  All of the Stablemates are mini-me versions of models from 2011’s Fairytales theme.  Here’s the group shot:

And now we have the individual photos of each one:

Locksley: 

Into the Woods:

Pendragon:

Grimm:

Thumbelina: 

Also released was another traditional LE model, Rheverence+!  He is a half Arabian buckskin overo pinto featured on the Ashquar mold.  So far, Breyer has only posted one side of the model on their blog.  Apparently there is a photo of the model’s other side on Facebook, but I’m not active on Facebook; I will update this post to show the other side when I can.  In the meantime, we can look at one side of this guy!

*All photos are from the Breyerfest Blog*

Breyerfest 2021 Limited Edition Reveals (Part 1)

 Now that the Breyerfest SR offerings have been shown, it is time for the Breyerfest Limited Editions to debut!  

Jumpin’  Josies!   The first LE model is a warmblood mare named Queen of Hearts, aka Josie.  Josie has an unusual surprise on her left side-white brindling!  Her right side, however, is solid.  Josie is portrayed on the Bristol mold.  

This year’s LE crystal is on the Sherman Morgan mold (shrunk down to about 5” or so).  Hello prancy Prisma!

Breyer’s blog is foretelling of weekend reveals-hope to see the Stablemates!

*All photos are from the Breyerfest Blog*