I had plans for this month's Stablemate Sunday, and then I couldn't find one of the horses who was meant to feature. That's what I get for putting molds I don't like as much in storage and then not labeling totes! So, that topic is tabled for now. By popular demand (a Facebook poll) the lovely readers of this blog decided they'd like to see Vintage Club Stablemates featured. Because there's quite a few of these guys, I broke them up a little bit. This month, we'll be looking at the bonus Stablemates for the first five years of the Vintage Club - 2012 through 2016.
Unlike the Premier Club, which had its first bonus Stablemate in 2014, the Vintage Club has had a bonus Stablemate since the first year of the Club. All of the models featured today are a run of 500, as the Vintage Club is the only Club Breyer offers with a membership cap. The Vintage Club releases pay homage to the older eras of Breyer - with vintage colors on vintage molds, vintage colors on modern molds, and sometimes putting modern colors on vintage molds. The bonus Stablemates in the beginning of the Club mostly were vintage colors on modern molds, since Breyer did not have the rights to the G1 molds. This changed in 2014, but even still Breyer has continued to use a mix of vintage and modern molds for the bonus Stablemate.
The first bonus Stablemate in the Vintage Club was Eagle on the G2 Arabian mold. His color is reminiscent of the #99 Appaloosa Performance Horse. I love the little halos he has on his spots! My guy has not shown with me, but he did come with NAN cards from his previous owner.
Jackson was the second Vintage Club bonus Stablemate. He was released in 2013, and is a vintage gray Appaloosa on the G2 Warmblood Jumper mold. This color was seen most on the Family Arabians, though there are some Proud Arabian Mares and Foals who were released in it. I bought my Jackson and Eagle from the same person, and like Eagle, Jackson has NAN cards, but I have not shown him personally. Maybe next year I should rotate them in!
Of the five models we're looking at today, Sonny was the hardest Vintage Club Stablemate for me to track down (although there are others who took longer - more on them when it's their turn!). Sonny was the 2014 bonus Stablemate, a gold florentine G1 Draft Horse, in his first release since 2004. Sonny also featured a first for the bonus Stablemates, as he had his very own blue ribbon sticker.
Bravo was the 2015 bonus Stablemate, done as a glossy alabaster on the G3 Rearing Andalusian mold. Like Sonny, Bravo has a blue ribbon sticker. I want to say I think he was one of the first Vintage Club Stablemates I tracked down? My model horse Instagram says I acquired him in 2018, so I think so! He's still really nice, with lovely soft gray shading.
The bonus Stablemate in 2016 was Riptide. Like Sonny and Bravo, he continues the trend of the blue ribbon sticker. Riptide is on the G4 Rivet mold, in the #175 Indian Pony colorway with war paint. I actually like this execution of the color better than the blind bag version from 2020.
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