Long time, no post... Unfortunately, I have been feeling uninspired and as well as busy. I have managed to acquire 3 Breyer Stablemate Family with a mystery foal sets release of 2018 and decided to review them! Now, I don't see them on the Breyer website but the tack shop and hobbyist who I go to for my Breyer purchases has already managed to snag some! I will be going over each stablemate in detail, now let's begin!
Family 1: Andalusian Stallion and Running Mare
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| Family 1: Andalusian Stallion, Running Mare and Standing Foal molds |
The Andalusian stallion is a gorgeous creamy buckskin with a large star on his forehead and 4 white socks. I don't think that Breyer has done this type of buckskin colour on any of the other regular run stablemates. Now, let's compare how it looks like with other buckskins that I have:
As you can see, it is the lightest and most yellow out of these three buckskins. It is matte and does not have any shimmer to its colour and looks very creamy compared to the two that are on his left.
Here, he is captured by my other Andalusian stallion in the same mold. I think both are now going to be apart of my OF Mini show string! (Which will be a wooping 27 member OF mini show string!). I adore the mold which Brigitte Eberl created but very VERY tippy mold. Both are responsible for the constant dominos in my mini collection. I do think that Breyer has over sprayed the mane on the creamy buckskin but it is pretty typical of Breyer to do that in the buckskins from what I have noticed and own.
Up next: The Running Mare by Kitty Cantrell
This is a brand new model and mold in my collection! Previously she was pretty exclusive (BreyerFest 2017, Porcelain and Premier Collection).
To be honest, I was not excited or "oh I cannot wait until she is released as a regular run" mood with this mold. But once I got her in the Breyer 2018 Mystery Foal Family... I was pleasantly surprised.
She is a very nice shaded dark bay and has 3 white socks. But her head seems to be a little to large for her very slim body. I have not decided what breed I will assign on her yet but she is going to be part of my OF mini show string!
Up Next: Standing Foal by Jane Lunger
This will be my 2nd foal on this mold and at first I was not too excited about this foal either from looking at the sneak peeks that I am sure we all got to see back in December 2017. Again, he was a pleasant surprise!
A very soft champagne colour with BLUE eyes! I think this is a first for a breyer foal to have blue eyes! He is going to be joining my OF Mini show string as well and I think he is definitely the favourite model from this family! I don't have any champagne models that I could compare his colour to but both this foal and his dad (Andalusian stallion) have a very creamy soft colour.
Family 2: Rivet and G4 Drafter
I think I am disappointed with this family pack, not because of the models but the fact that Breyer decided to put 2 stallions instead of a stallion and a mare. I am not sure why they would do that either. But with the genders aside, I think this is my favourite pack! I will explain shortly:
Rivet is a gorgeous stone blue roan colour, I know it looks a little green in these pictures but my phone (oh by the way, all these pictures were taken by my Samsung S7) and it seems to prefer him in green!
He has a nice large star and 4 socks to complete this look! He is very matte as well.
I adore this mold by Jane Lunger! He is my 2nd in this mold (I also have the Red Roan Mustang from the Stablemate assortment) and I am in love with both of my Rivets! Very happy to acquire another one and both of them are roans! I also adore roans...
Up next: G4 Drafter by Kathleen Moody
Now this one I did not expect to like! I don't particularly like the mold but I seem to be very picky about my drafters but this chocolate bay I seem to have fallen in love with!
He is EXTREMELY shiny! I would not call him Glossy but he is definitely not Matte either! He is also going into my show string! It seems like all the stablemates that I have gotten this year are joining the show string! He is my 2nd on this mold as well... Both of those I've gotten through mystery foal family packs!
Up Next: Lying Foal by Jane Lunger
Now with this one, there is a different story. I LOVE the lying foal mold! It is also a 2nd on this mold and both also just like the G4 draft came from a mystery foal family pack!
She (I think), is a beautiful bay roan with 2 little socks on her hind legs.
Who is also joining my show string! Now, this pack is my favourite from the 3 that I have acquired because of the colours and Rivet and lying foal mold!
Family 3: Arabian and Valegro
This pack is by far the most disappointing pack that I have ever acquired (which are 5 in total counting these 3). Read on to find out why:
Breyer went for this fleabitten grey colour which is nice and I don't think they have done one like this previously. I already adore the mold (which was created by Jennifer Scott), BUT his deformed leg was the biggest disappointment
As you can see in this picture his front leg has this bit of plastic or paint stuck on him? It may have been plastic because I was unable to just snap it off.
Otherwise, he has a very nice large star and 2 white socks on his hind legs. I was looking forward to this pack the most because of the new colour and the mare. Sadly, he would not be joining my show string... He might get customized later or I might keep him, unsure yet since I really do like his colour!
Up Next: Arabian by Kathleen Moody
This is another new mold I was excited to add to my collection! I didn't have an Arabian stablemate in my collection and finally I have one!
She has a beautiful metallic chestnut chrome-y colour with a very nice tobiano paint pattern
4 white socks and a blaze!
Her back was so nice that I decided to take a picture of it as well! I think she is my favourite from this pack! And she is nice enough to add to my show string as well! Now... I officially can enter every OF Mini class (excluding the long ears/donkey/mule class)!
Up Next: Scrambling Foal by Sarah Rose
This will be my 3rd model on this mold. Which I like, but they are very tippy... Constantly falling and making a domino effect on my foal collection... Which is why they are always laying down on their sides on my shelf after experiencing 10 domino effects from them -_-
I like the pattern that Breyer has chosen but the paint job was terrible on this one (although it might be just mine!)
Lots of spots where it looked like the model was bumped into something while the paint was drying in the painting process. This guy won't be joining the show string and staying home!
Well, that's all for this post! Any thoughts on the new releases from Breyer this year? Any favourites? Should I do another review of a 4 Stablemate pack 2018 (Wild At Heart set) that I bought this year? Leave a comment below with your thoughts! :)
~Marina
