📂 The BreyerFest Files 📂
We'll start with the things I pre-bought or pre-arranged to pick up at BreyerFest! Quite a few of these are set completers, which is very exciting!
The charcoal G1 Draft and the Freshly Baked Stablemates came from my friend Kenzie. The two cookie Stablemates complete my set! The Brighid and Beltane, glossy bay Zayn, G2 Stock Horse, and G1 Arabian Mare came from my friend Tegan. The G1 Draft and the G2 Stock Horse are both from the First Silver Cup Collection, which I've been slowly piecing together. I'm now just one horse away from completing the set! The dapple gray G1 Arabian Mare was from my friend Sarah. She's a no stamp!
The 2004 G1 Arabian Stallion and the Pony Gals Stablemates came from my friend Heather. Funny story, I actually paid for the G1 Arabian Stallion last year, and Heather couldn't find him before BreyerFest. I see her frequently, so it wasn't a huge deal, and she finally found him and delivered him to me! Finally, the black dapple G2 Thoroughbred I found in the Clarion Facebook group for the right price and snagged as quickly as I could.
My other CHIN purchases definitely had something in common - they're pretty much all Love molds! There was this fantastic table at the swap meet filled with G1s and I got a lot of lovely pieces. I was thrilled to upgrade (most) of my classic Quarter Horse Family - the bay mare is inferior to mine, but the stallion and baby are definitely upgrades! The palomino Glitz is an upgrade to my copy as well.
As a collectability nerd, I was pleased to add the Little Bits Saddlebred with hang tag to my collection as well. The G2s are both set fillers - the Pony from the JAH Collection and the Warmblood from the 2004 TJ Maxx Horses of the World set. Due to the Event Stablemate Four Pack selling out on Friday, I had to pick up a set in the CHIN. Luckily, I found a set from a friend for under cost!
My Love mold kick continues with both Denver and the 2001 BreyerFest Silky Sullivan. I found the Silky Sullivan in the Swap Meet, and initially passed on him due to cost. Imagine my surprise when I went back the next night and his cost had been slashed by over half! I practically threw money at the poor seller! Now to track the rest of the set!
Now this girl wasn't actually a purchase. This is Gladwin's Lucky Grey Lady, the 2003 BreyerFest Celebration Horse. She was on my ISO list for BreyerFest. While I was driving down to Kentucky on Wednesday, I received a message from one of my hobby friends that she had found me a big gray horse. What horse? Gray! What scale? Big! How much did it cost? Money! I get to the Airbnb and discover a NIB Gladwin's Lucky Grey Lady! My friend refused to let me pay her back, insisting that she got the horse for a deal. I eventually did pay it back by finding a horse on her ISO for a deal. The plastic pony friendship barter system at work!
This year was a very light Special Run year for me. The Special Runs leaned heavily toward Moody sculpted molds, and while there are some of those I love, the ones in the lineup were not my favorites. The Store Specials were much more to my taste with the Cleveland Bay, the new Welsh Cob mold, and the Stablemate set. I ended up with two All-Access tickets, mostly for the second chance at a surprise model. The master list has never failed me, and I was selected for my top Special Run choices - Life's a Journey, Future is Bright, and two Seize the Day Surprise models.
My Future is Bright had the long mane variation, though honestly I would have been fine with either. I pulled two matte silver bay surprises from the line, and was able to trade one with a friend for the sooty palomino, my first choice. I'm a casual Totilas collector, but most of the colors didn't speak to me. The matte silver bay can stay for now, as he might grow on me. I'll also be searching for a deco at some point, but I'm waiting until numbers come out and the market settles.
I also always pick up the BreyerFest plush, the BreyerFest pin and a mug every year as a souvenir. For the plush, I always try to look for a fun number. This year I found nearly my birthday (12/10) - there was a 1209 and a 1211, but no 1210. I took home 1225 instead 😁
I've also got a pair of Shindigs on the way, but as of this publication I'm not sure which I've received. I have my fingers crossed for one of each!
One of the very fun things about BreyerFest is how many non-model things and trinkets you can come home with. In the wake of Taylor Swift's Era Tour, friendship bracelet making and trading took off. This year people traded additional trinkets and stickers as well! I had Gay Prancer buttons to pass out, as I didn't have the time or energy to make bracelets before BreyerFest. The Girl Scout cookies are the only thing I didn't trade for - the cookie sale was offered by a Lexington hobbyist looking to benefit her daughter's troop. I take advantage of any opportunity to stockpile Tagalongs when I can, and I'm excited to try the lemon cookies!
I have a funny story with the BreyerFest mug - I couldn't carry it with my Special Runs so my friends took it and checked out with it. We were sitting in the front row of the Covered Arena when my friend's husband passed it back to me, and it slipped right out of its poor wrapping and into the Covered Arena! One of the helpers for the next horse demonstration kindly retrieved it for me and thankfully it was unharmed.
I just found your blog. I want to thank you for supporting Cedar and the girl scout troop. It's a troop of all special need girls. Btw I love your posts one judging.
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