Supernote: Yep, due to multiple delays this post is going up quite late...sorry about that! On with the post that should have been up much, much earlier...
Breyerfest 2021 is creeping closer and closer, and Breyer shared a photo of the Celebration Model, Dani, in her box. I really like the design of her box; last year I also liked the box designs of Cheesecake and Benelli, as well as the cute bags that the Event Stablemates came in.
I am excited to see what this year’s Event Stablemates bags will look like. Here are the Event Stablemates’ adorable bags from last year’s Celtic Fling:
I admit that I do like interesting packaging, and no packaging as well. I recently bought these shampoo and conditioner bars, which arrived like this:
There was a pile of the brown accordion packing material on top to keep the bars from moving about while in transit. The idea behind these is to cut down on the plastic waste from shampoo and conditioner bottles, keeping everything biodegradable. The bars are a bit of an odd presentation when we’re so used to everything being wrapped up. Speaking of presentation, in the May Collector’s Club newsletter we got a Sneak Peek Square of the upcoming VC release, which is the Classic/Freedom series Terrang painted a glossy dappled bay and placed upon a wooden (most likely a pseudo wood) base. In the 1970s certain models were placed on wooden bases with brass name plates; these were dubbed ‘Presentation Pieces.’ Models affixed onto the bases included Adios, Yellow Mount, the Indian Pony, the QH Yearling, Man O’ War, and the Proud Arabian Stallion (as Witez II). Here are a couple of couple of examples of these Presentation Pieces:
Models on bases post 1970s include the Limited Edition Ethereal Series (2007-2009), as well as the QVC Limited Editions from 2002 which included Cherokee (Cody/Ranch Horse mold), Mint Julip (Cigar mold), and Phoenix Rising (Silver mold). I am excluding models that require bases to stand, such as Hobo and the Polo Pony, and models which use a disk base (like Huck). An interesting tidbit about the Ethereal Series is that the models (which represented the Elements of Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water) had oval bases consisting of two pieces. There was the wooden base, along with a resin-ish (no idea what it’s actually made of) sort of ground-mimicking base with impressions for the model’s hooves. The fake ground base was intended to sit on top of the wooden base, but you could also display the model on either base independently, or simply without the bases. Take a gander at the two piece bases:
The wooden bases alone:
The ground-mimicking hoofprint base things alone:
I am not understanding why Breyer chose to put a Vintage Club piece in the general CC newsletter, nor why they included a Sneak Peek Square of an already announced model, but here is the okay-let’s-all-pretend-to-be-surprised ‘Sneak Peek Square’ of Terrang’s forefeet:
The May CC giveaway is the four pack of Event Stablemates for this year’s Breyerfest. They are still available as a set on the website for purchase by All-Access ticket holders (I just checked this evening). Good luck to those who have entered for the CC May Giveaway!
*Dani in box photo from Breyer*
*Presentation model photo of Witez II (PAS mold) from Identify Your Breyer website*
*Presentation model photo of Man O’ War from Identify Your Breyer website*
*Sneak Peek Square photo of Terrang’s forefeet from the Breyer May Edition of the Collector’s Club newsletter*
