📂 The BreyerFest Files 📂
Another BreyerFest is in the books, and therefore it is time for a post reflecting on the event.
I'll try not to make it too sappy, but it's me and I love all parts of BreyerFest SO MUCH.
Since it’s not a NAN year this year, I didn’t take the whole week to spend in Lexington and instead drove down on Wednesday. Carpooling got off to a later start than I would have liked, but I still got to see some friends at the CHIN and picked up some prepaid models before crawling off to the Airbnb.
This year, the BreyerFest Open Show was a two day show for the first time ever! Minis and Performance showed on Thursday and all other divisions showed on Friday. Since I’ve got an ideal table spot, I decided to do both days of the show, meaning for the first time ever I’d be showing non-minis at the Open Show. I had already decided before the split was announced that I wanted to do both a Stablemates Collector Class entry and a Novice Collector Class entry (I’ve never claimed sanity). I was immensely pleased with how my entries turned out, and I was thrilled to bring home a seventh in the large and intensely competitive Stablemates Collector’s Class. The string brought home four NAN cards across two days, which is pretty good for a show of this size!
Saturday and Sunday are my park days. Saturday morning was spent running through the Breyer Store line and coordinating Special Run pickups. Our Airbnb crew took a quick offsite lunch to drop off purchases before heading back to our NAMHSA booth shift. It was an honor to be asked to volunteer for the booth. I got to talk about one of my favorite aspects of the hobby (live showing) to people who may not have live shown before! I was asked to make posters and flyers for the booth, which was very flattering! I volunteered for shifts on Saturday and Sunday, and it was rewarding to give back to the hobby.
Sunday in the park was much more chill - I got my NAMHSA booth shift out of the way early, admired the upcoming releases in the Collector Club tent, then made my way toward the guest horse barns. Unfortunately, it was a bit too sunny for me to spend much time there, so I parked myself in the food truck area with some friends to wait until the raffle. I had every intention of NOT buying Sunday raffle tickets, but when peer pressure was applied I caved and bought a single ticket (it did not win, but his name would have been Peer Pressure LLC). I took a nap Sunday night in lieu of Sunday night CHIN shopping, and drove home with Sarah first thing Monday morning.
BreyerFest, for all its chaos and jam-packed schedules and insanity, is the one time of year where I feel completely at home. I’m lucky to have a hobby where I have so many friends who just get it. I think I got to see most everyone at least in passing, and if I missed you I apologize (if it helps, I never made it to the 400s to shop this year). Until next year, my weird little niche hobby pals. <3
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