Josiah - Vintage Club #3 2020

My Vintage Club Josiah arrived yesterday, and I am really happy to add another Belgian to my conga.

Josiah, 2020 Vintage Club #3, #712325, $127, 500 made, 6/2020 

It is the second time that Breyer has used this mold for a Vintage Club piece and that surprises me as there are other vintage molds that have not been used at all.

 And while I am fine having another Belgian, there is something that I wish had been done better, and that is the color match. This is not the vintage wedgewood blue color used on decorators back in the 1960s. It looks pretty blue itself, but put it next to a true wedgewood and you see a big difference.

 See what I mean? (Sorry for the ironing board photos - Cambria and Titan's western shirts are spread out all over my craft table so it was easier to just shoot pictures on the ironing board.)

See how much bluer my wedgewood Running Mare is in comparison? The Belgian seems a little green or grey.

 I pulled out more recent pieces done with Breyer's current shade of wedgwood. Their colors are not true wedgewood, either.

In 1999, Breyer produced a wedgewood color (sans white mane and tail) on the Pegasus mold for a Toys R Us special run. The color is still not the original wedgewood, but it is closer.

The blue on the Lakota Pony, released in 1992, is closer to wedgewood, too.

Having said all that, I am still happy with my Josiah and will catalog him into the collection and get him on the shelves later today. 

1996 Pride and Joy

I am a sucker for a vintage mold. Often they can be purchased for much less than they originally sold for because newer molds are generally more popular and sought after. I keep my eyes open on several online sales sites to see if anything that I don't already have comes up for sale, and if it is in good condition and for a good price, I will take a second look and maybe even buy the piece.

The Thoroughbred Mare and Nursing Foal are not sought after molds but I think there is a serenity about them that is very appealing. So, when I saw this pair up for sale, I bid on them.

The set was a JC Penney Holiday special run in 1996 called "Pride and Joy," #710196, 1996 JCP Holiday SR, $25, Mary Mudget/MHSales/Liz LaRose.

 They came in their original box and are absolutely rub free. I think they may have been kept in that box all these years as the original packing material was still in there with them.

 The date is stamped on the box flap.

I assume this person checked the models before packing them. He did a good job - I cannot find a flaw on them.

Normally I don't name a model unless I am going to be showing it. But I made an exception for these two.

 How could I not name them Sultanna and Little Feller?