Breyerfest 2021 Auction Models Lots 13-18, PC Fireheart Update, Breyerfest 2021 Event Program

 

Jumping straight to the most exciting item, the auction models! The final auction pieces for Breyerfest 2021 have been revealed! 

Lot 13:

Lot 14:

Lot 15:

Lot 16:

Lot 17:

Lot 18:

I’m so excited about these models, and I won’t even be bidding on any of them, lol. Favorites from this batch of reveals are Fireheart, the Old Timer, Georg, and the Hamilton/Racking Saddlebred Stallion. Lot 14, the Old Timer, reminds one of Jake, the Breyerfest 2002 prize model (20 made):

I really like the red metallic paint on Lot 17, but I would have liked to have seen more of it on the model. There is a lot of white area, and as an auction piece it needs more pizazz (I get that Breyer was going for a Medicine Hat). I still really like him anyway, because I love the Georg mold. Now onto Lot 18 - wowza, the color! Oh how I wish he would be attainable in that color.  So my top 5 favorite auction models for Breyerfest 2021 are:

1. Lot 9, Akhal-Teke

2. Lot 18, Hamilton/Racking Saddlebred Stallion

3. Lot 17, Georg

4. Lot 11, Zebra

5. Lot 5, Goffert

The first Premier Club horse, Fireheart, is finally ready for ordering after delays:

Breyer has provided a print version of this year’s program in addition to a digital one (which is on the website). The paper program is available for purchase to all ticket holders. It is $5.00 and ships free if it is ordered alone. I did order one to add to my never ending pile of Breyer paper things. 

I think that’s it for the moment…

*Auction model photos from Breyer’s website*

*Photo of Jake from the Identify Your Breyer website*

*Photo of Fireheart from Breyer’s email*

*Photo of Breyerfest 2021 Event Program from Breyer’s website*

Breyerfest 2021 Auction Models Lots 7-12

 

OooooooOoooooooooOooooooooOoooooo!!! Lots 7-12 for the auction have been popped up on the Breyerfest Blog, and I have more favorites! Onward with the models first!

Lot 7:

Lot 8:

Lot 9:

Lot 10:

Lot 11:

Lot 12:

Lot 9 has knocked my socks off-well, if I had been wearing socks. The Altynai/Akhal-Teke mold looks stunning! I especially like the roached mane and wish Breyer had given Altynai the roached mane treatment. The Zebra, which is Lot 11, is in my top three favorites. I normally am an Othello/Wintersong fan, but I’m not feeling this one (Lot 7). I don’t care for the facial marking Breyer put on him, but his color is rich and deep. So, out of the twelve auction lots so far my top three favorites are ranked as:

1. Lot 9, glossy black bay Akhal-Teke

2. Lot 11, glossy electric blue colorshift zebra

3. Lot 5, glossy resist dappled copper Goffert

I expect that tomorrow we shall see more auction models for Breyerfest 2021!

*All auction model photos are from Breyer’s website*

Old Glory (…late)!

 

I had intended to get this up for the Fourth of July, but yeah, missed that deadline. But I suppose it’s not quite as bad as how late other things are, most notably the fact that the dual Hendriks and Nonoma (Vintage Club) still haven’t made an appearance on this blog after I received them. Oh, and the dual Tobiases. The same goes for the midyear releases announcement. Need to get them on here as well. I’m working on getting caught up, and I want to try to do it before Breyerfest weekend. So we shall see if I’m able to get it done. Anyway, on with Old Glory! 

Old Glory is a clearware red, white (clear) and blue model with the colors placed to represent the United States flag. Bold silver metallic stars and stripes wave in a motion to mimic the movement of the flag in the breeze. Here is the back of his box:

Here is my Old Glory removed from his box but still strapped to the cardboard backing:

Old Glory has his own merch line, too. There’s a tote, enamel pin, t-shirts, mug, throw blanket and a beach towel. I think I got it all, but I may have missed an item or two.

Oh look- in the magnified circle is a wasps’ nest. It is astounding how fast those things can build and expand their nests. That nest is scheduled to be removed this week, and it makes me a bit uneasy while taking photos on the classy grill. At least it is not a Murder Hornet nest, right?

Returning to the topic of U.S. flag hued horses, Breyer released Patriot, a 2016 Limited Edition on the American Saddlebred Stallion mold. He too was a clearware model, and done in red, white (clear), and blue. The blue, however, dominates most of the horse, with the red and white being used sparingly. There are also stars on the hindquarters which flow towards the front of the horse, becoming less numerous and ending behind the elbow. 

Patriot had a mini-me produced in 2017 as part of the Stablemates Club on the Rivet mold, named Allegiance:

The predominantly blue clearware U.S. flag inspired horses continued with Illumination, a 2018 Limited Edition model on the Nokota mold. Illumination has somewhat faint fireworks decorating his body:

Another model to host a firework design but not for the Fourth of July is Times Square. As you’ve guessed by the name, Times Square is aligned with the New Year holiday. Produced as a 2007 Breyerfest SR, this semigloss black model is sprinkled with glittery multicolored fireworks for a festive look:

Since I missed getting this post up in a timely manner, Happy Belated Fourth of July! And just to be safe, since I’ll probably still be behind when the New Year rolls around, have an extra-super-early Happy New Year 2022! 

*Second and third photos of Old Glory from Breyer’s website*

*Patriot photos from the Identify Your Breyer website*

*Allegiance photos from the Identify Your Breyer website*

*Illumination photos from the Identify Your Breyer website*

*Times Square photos from the Identify Your Breyer website*

Breyerfest 2021 Auction Models

 

Drumroll, crash of thunder, and a foghorn, please. Breyerfest is about 11-ish days away, and it’s time to unleash the models which will be in the Breyerfest 2021 auction! My favorite Breyerfest 2020 auction model was this guy, a glossy metallic sooty dappled palomino done on the Georg mold:

Let the unleashing begin with the first six Breyerfest 2021 auction models:

Lot 1:

Lot 2:

Lot 3:

Lot 4:

Lot 5:

Lot 6:

I’m excited to see the next batch of auction models. Wondering which auction model will be my favorite for 2021. Out of the first six lots we’ve been shown, the one I like the most is Lot 5, the Goffert mold painted a glossy resist dappled copper.

*Georg 2020 auction model photo from Breyerfest 2020*

*All 2021 auction model photos are from Breyer’s website*

Breyerfest 2021 Saturday Raffle Model Reveal

 

The final reveal is here, and it is Bonheur, a glossy silver bay on the Roxy mold. She is a tribute to Rosa Bonheur, a successful nineteenth century female French artist known for her realistic animal paintings and sculptures. 

One of Bonheur’s best known works is The Horse Fair. 

Breyerfest is roughly two weeks away. I decided to check on the availability of the Event Stablemates Four Pack, and they are still available as I was able to put a set in my cart. The four pack can be purchased by All-Access, Premium, and General ticket holders. I don’t know when Breyer popped up these Premium tickets, but it states on their website that due to the great demand of BF tickets, the Dani models which come with the Premium tickets will be shipped in December 2021. I am super curious to know how many Dani models will be made as this may be the largest Celebration Horse run yet. This also means that in two weeks we find out the theme for next year’s Breyerfest. The countdown begins!

Final Sneak Peek Square for Breyerfest 2021

 

Sometime today we will get the reveal of the final Sneak Peek Square for Breyerfest. Here’s that square:

I’ll try to get the reveal up today (lol, hahahahaha). I have also realized that I haven’t put up Breyer’s mid year releases yet…debating whether or not to bother since they’re old news at this point. Hmmm…

Breyerfest Sneak Peek Square Reveal!

 

As promised, Breyer revealed the Sneak Peek Square from their Breyerfest Blog. This is Muybridge, the Friday raffle model for Breyerfest 2021. He is dressed to the nines as a silver black splash done on the Icelandic mold. He is quite the dashing fellow!

Inspiration for Muybridge came from the English photographer, Eadweard Muybridge. Muybridge is known for his photographic study of animal and human movement, along with the invention of the zoopraxiscope. He is famous for establishing the sequence of movement in horses, notably if and when all four hooves were off of the ground simultaneously during the gallop. Hired by Leland Stanford to photograph Stanford’s horse, Occident, Muybridge demystified the gallop. Using a series of cameras to take still shots triggered by wires as Occident galloped by, Muybridge put the sequence of images together, creating movement:

Prior to this, horses depicted in art at a gallop were stretched out, with the front and back legs out from underneath the body. Notice that horses were shown airborne:

The discovery of the actual sequence of the gallop meant that the artists had been portraying the gait wrong. Not that it was their fault, as the human eye simply could not see where the hooves were when. This did cause some pushback, but Muybridge’s work did encourage artists to study locomotion to create accurate representations of horses while galloping. Unless you are Justify, who decided to strike a pose reminiscent of a nineteenth century painting:

He’s actually leaping, but talk about a perfect camera shot. Breyer even made a Limited Edition resin of Justify in that iconic pose:

As I’ve said previously, I wish Breyer would make this in plastic sans rider and tack. It’d be a shelf hog for sure, but what a wonderful shelf hog it would be! 

*Icelandic Muybridge photos from Breyer’s website*

*Muybridge galloping horse found on internet (general information)*

*Various artist renderings of galloping horses from Pinterest*

*Photo from Justify from Pinterest*

*Photo of Breyer resin Justify from the Identify Your Breyer website*