The Unicorn Chronicles: Diadem and Alcor

 

Please note: This is one of those blog entries which was supposed to have been posted much, much earlier. And there are more drafts which I intend work on and post before the year ends because they belong to the model horse going-ons of 2021. Without further yakking, off we go!

The giveaway tail from the Sneak Peek in September Collectors Club Newsletter was Susecion (let’s all be fake surprised, lol). She had been unicornified, along with Le Fire, into unicorns named Diadem and Alcor (# 712394):

I like Alcor’s black coat which has purple, blue, and gold shimmers, but I wish that Breyer had given Diadem a different coat color. I would have much preferred for her to have had the holographic pewter color that was used for the Breyerfest Uffington variation, and given a moon-themed name. Something unicorn-y like Crescent Dream, Lunar Wind, or Moondust (okay, I admit I am VERY bad at coming up with names). Or in keeping with unicorn names starting with the letter s (notably the Classic/Freedom Series) the name Selena would have fit right in with Sarafina, Serendipity, Sugar, Skyler, Solaris, and Solar Flare. An ancient Greek moon goddess, Selene predates those Olympian gods and goddesses as she was a Titan. Her brother was Helios, the sun god. A sun and moon unicorn pair would be magnificent, but unlikely. Oh, and no glitter on the unicorns. I like glitter, but not on unicorns. Definitely not on unicorns. Here is the pewter variation Uffington color I wish Diadem was:

Wouldn’t Diadem have looked smashing in that color with Alcor? Oh well, maybe we’ll get a unicorn in that color someday. I shall keep hoping, lol! Here are some photos of mama and baby together:

Photos of Diadem:

Photos of Alcor; it was a bit hard to photograph the multicolored shimmers:

*Photo of Diadem and Alcor against the purple-pink background is from Breyer’s website.*

*Photo of pewter variation Uffington is from Breyer’s website.*

The Unicorn Chronicles: Myth, Fantasy, Fable, and Food Part 1

Not the strictest definition of chronicles as there are no historical events in chronological order, but I suppose we can use the secondary definition of chronicles, which is being a record. The Unicorn Chronicles shall be a record of my unicorn models, musings, and whatnot; essentially everything unicorn. Or we can just use the word chronicles as it flows with the word unicorns. The Unicorn Chronicles. Yes, that will do unless I think of something better. 

The wild popularity of unicorns over the past few years has given unicorn lovers an avalanche of unicorn, well everything. Food especially, as there are cakes, cupcakes, popcorn, muddy buddies, candy bark, ice cream, donuts, you name it. Everything can and has been unicornized. The ubiquitous unicorn cake is available at every grocery store bakery, waiting to be bought for a unicorn fan. 

Some cakes try to outdo the simplistic ones (see above) by adding full eyes and rudimentary limbs:

Actually, I think it looks more like a pig on a plate than a unicorn. Last weekend I went to Starbucks for the first time in about three years. In addition to trying a Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino, I decided to be extravagant and get a cake pop. The drive through speaker was a bit crackly as I was asked what flavor of cake pop I wanted (couldn’t see the edge of the board as the bushes needed to be trimmed). My options were chocolate, birthday cake, and unicorn. Unicorns have a flavor? I was going to ask where they went unicorn hunting to get unicorn for their cake pops, and if they put unicorn meat in their breakfast sandwiches, but decided not to. I went with chocolate as I don’t have any taste for unicorn meat. 

As hobbyists are well aware, Breyer plunged into the unicorn craze. And why not? All they needed to do was adhere a horn onto any mold of theirs and voila, unicorn magic! The recent unicorn craze presented a golden opportunity for Breyer; while unicorn popularity has had its blips in the past, it has never reached the heights of the past few years. Stay tuned for more fun in the Unicorn Chronicles!