Showing posts with label web special. Show all posts
Showing posts with label web special. Show all posts
Friday, May 8, 2020
Fabio
Like many other hobbyists and collectors, the pandemic has given me some extra time to shop for pieces for my collection. One that recently arrived was Fabio.
Fabio, #712345, $75, Breyer Collectors Club Web Special, 4/2020, Breyer.
I have a real fondness for Spanish horses and their big noses. (Lippizaners are my favorite breed after Appaloosas.) This boy is a welcome addition to my collection.
Monday, February 10, 2020
Web Special Carter
Breyer's first web special of 2020 was this beautiful boy.
Carter, 2020 web special, #712341, $75, Breyer.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
St. Moritz
Breyer did a micro run (I think they call it) of the Esprit mold decorated for winter. I was not going to put in for the drawing since only 380 were being made and a LOT of people wanted him (plus his cost was $165.) I am not a big fan of the mold and so didn't pay much attention to him.
Then someone on social media mentioned that he was clearwater, and I zipped right back to take a look. He was! And so, with one day left to enter, I put in my one, lone entry.
I was surprised to win one since you could enter every day, and many people had been doing so. But I was so glad I had done so because he is stunning.
(All photo credits to Identify Your Breyer.)
St. Moritz, #712225, $165, 380 produced, web special, November, 2017.
Honestly, these pictures do not do the real thing justice - he may be one of my favorite pieces ever!
Then someone on social media mentioned that he was clearwater, and I zipped right back to take a look. He was! And so, with one day left to enter, I put in my one, lone entry.
I was surprised to win one since you could enter every day, and many people had been doing so. But I was so glad I had done so because he is stunning.
(All photo credits to Identify Your Breyer.)
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Coeur de Lion Web Special
This guy arrived Thursday but I didn't have time to open him until this morning!
(Photos from Identify Your Breyer site.)
Couer de Lion, Web Special, #712205, $35, 2016, Breyer web site, 10/2016.
There is a little bit of glitter under the paint, too! It is beautifully done.
(I don't collect Classics, I don't collect Classics...)
Friday, June 1, 2012
Chalky Magnus
(From Breyer History Diva, May, 2012)
The extra special secret ingredient to the Father’s Day Web Special Clydesdale, Magnus? He’s Chalky. Didn’t see that one coming.
He’s glossy too, which certainly doesn’t hurt. There aren’t a whole lot of vintage Glossy Chalkies of any stripe floating around: the Gloss Finish was mostly discontinued by the heyday of the Chalky Era of the 1970s. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are the Brahma Bull and that small batch (five pieces) of Dapple Gray Shires.
There are some earlier Gloss Chalkies - the Walking Horned Hereford and the Bay Old Mold Mares and Foals being the most "common" of these, relatively speaking. Common the same way the "Full Rough" Walking Polled Hereford is compared to the "Poodle Cut" version, I mean.
The extra special secret ingredient to the Father’s Day Web Special Clydesdale, Magnus? He’s Chalky. Didn’t see that one coming.
He’s glossy too, which certainly doesn’t hurt. There aren’t a whole lot of vintage Glossy Chalkies of any stripe floating around: the Gloss Finish was mostly discontinued by the heyday of the Chalky Era of the 1970s. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are the Brahma Bull and that small batch (five pieces) of Dapple Gray Shires.
There are some earlier Gloss Chalkies - the Walking Horned Hereford and the Bay Old Mold Mares and Foals being the most "common" of these, relatively speaking. Common the same way the "Full Rough" Walking Polled Hereford is compared to the "Poodle Cut" version, I mean.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Father's Day Web Special
(From Breyer History Diva, May, 2012)
First up is a Father’s Day Web Special that’s going live for entries starting on May 29th; from the cropped photo, it appears to be a Gloss Dapple Gray Clydesdale Stallion. Not an odd choice for a Father’s Day model, except for the fact that the Clydesdale has already had about a half dozen Regular Run and Special Run Dapple Gray releases already. One of my favorites in that category would be the 1999 Toys R Us Special Run "Shire", one of the last entries in their exclusive "Medallion" Series:
The best part about him? He’s also a variation - for some crazy reason, his gold bobs are only painted on his right side! He was part of a small batch of these Shires that showed up at a local Toys R Us with a reputation for getting oddballs.
The only significant difference between the Web Special and all of the other Dapple Gray Clydesdales that came before it is the airbrushed dappling, something that several hobbyists are already griping and sniping about in a manner they seem to think is clever or funny. (What would actually be clever: someone inventing a browser filter that automatically replaces the terms "chicken wire" or "fish scale" with other randomly chosen culinary or farming terminology, like "lima bean" or "manure spreader.")
All I hope for is that he gets dressed up with some fancifying extras, like multicolored ribbons, tricked out hooves (striping! growth rings!) sabino spotting or dark points.
That we’re getting another limited edition on the Clydesdale so soon after the Vintage Club Dandy raises an interesting question: will we be seeing a Web Special Fighting Stallion soon, too? It makes sense, economically: it wouldn’t cost all that much extra to make up a few hundred extra of a mold that’s already been prepped and dropped into the molding machine.
First up is a Father’s Day Web Special that’s going live for entries starting on May 29th; from the cropped photo, it appears to be a Gloss Dapple Gray Clydesdale Stallion. Not an odd choice for a Father’s Day model, except for the fact that the Clydesdale has already had about a half dozen Regular Run and Special Run Dapple Gray releases already. One of my favorites in that category would be the 1999 Toys R Us Special Run "Shire", one of the last entries in their exclusive "Medallion" Series:
The best part about him? He’s also a variation - for some crazy reason, his gold bobs are only painted on his right side! He was part of a small batch of these Shires that showed up at a local Toys R Us with a reputation for getting oddballs.
The only significant difference between the Web Special and all of the other Dapple Gray Clydesdales that came before it is the airbrushed dappling, something that several hobbyists are already griping and sniping about in a manner they seem to think is clever or funny. (What would actually be clever: someone inventing a browser filter that automatically replaces the terms "chicken wire" or "fish scale" with other randomly chosen culinary or farming terminology, like "lima bean" or "manure spreader.")
All I hope for is that he gets dressed up with some fancifying extras, like multicolored ribbons, tricked out hooves (striping! growth rings!) sabino spotting or dark points.
That we’re getting another limited edition on the Clydesdale so soon after the Vintage Club Dandy raises an interesting question: will we be seeing a Web Special Fighting Stallion soon, too? It makes sense, economically: it wouldn’t cost all that much extra to make up a few hundred extra of a mold that’s already been prepped and dropped into the molding machine.
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