Captured Butterflies

Wow, sorry guys! I did not realize it had been 5 days. I guess nothing much has been happening- until today. . .

I managed to score a Mariposa and Flor! I have a set on pre-order (no money has been exchanged yet) from Hobby and Toy Central in Canada, but I received an email from a different shop today. This one was in Texas (Charlotte's Saddlery). I had emailed them back in January(?) asking for them to contact me when their shipment arrived, and they were awesome enough to do so! I managed to snag their last set. I will still buy the set from Canada (because I gave my word) and then choose which I like best and sell the other. :) Big thanks to both stores! Charlotte's Saddlery will be shipping mine tomorrow morning, so it will probably be less than a week before I have them to photograph and review.

In other news,  Breyer announced this pretty pair as a fundraiser for the Beebe Ranch, you can bid here or donate directly here. As of this writing, they are up to $7,100. Here's hoping they go over 10K!

That's all I got for today; keep your eyes open in the coming weeks for a new blog collab coming! 👀 It ought to be lots of fun. :)

The Rescue of Beebe Ranch

Yesterday morning, I became aware of a re-development plan that is trying to buy the property in the Chincoteague area that includes Beebe ranch. For those unfamiliar (if there are any unfamiliar), Beebe ranch is the home and historical site of the Misty of Chincoteague books. They need the bulk of $625,000 in order to rescue this tremendous piece of equine history. You can visit this link to donate.

As a hobby, I think we owe Misty a lot. I know that a tremendous amount (if not the majority) of our faithful hobbyists started as horse crazy young girls reading Marguerite Henry's wonderful books. Breyer has had a Misty in every year since 1972.

As of right now (5:03pm EST, 3/2/23), Beebe Ranch's Go-Fund-Me has $38,331. Let's make it $50,000 by the end of this week!

And the Winner is. . .

The winner of the Spotted Dreams Studio Flash Fun Photo Show: Best Friends Come in all Shapes and Sizes is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Equiden!

Equiden won with this entry:

Equiden says: The gargantuan beast looks over her newly found friend, keeping it from danger. It is in her blood, after all, to be a guardian.

It was insanely close between her and AJ, with AJ's entry "Rescued by Rover". I ultimately went with Equiden's because of the massive difference in best friend size it displayed. Fantastic job!

Equiden, I will be emailing you this afternoon with your digital certificate. :)

A HUGE thank you to everyone who entered! I appreciate it. Another huge thank you to everyone who spread the word! Great job to all the entrants, you made my job super hard!

(These are the only circumstances a judge will thank you for making their job hard LOL!)

You can definitely expect to see more flash photo shows pop up in the future. :) This was so much fun!

Oh, I wanted to mention, I did hear about the Beebe farm fundraiser, and I will be covering it in a post either tomorrow or Friday. Thank you for everyone who gave me a heads-up on it!

2022 RRs

 They're out! And they are all really nice this year.

In this post I'm only going to talk about the Traditional 2022 Regular Runs, no Holiday models or SMs/Classics/CollectAs.

All photos in this post are Breyer Stock Images.

MorganQuest Native Sun:

I really like this guy. Troubadour is one of the molds I conga, so he is a definite must for me. And he's a reiner. Reining is my thing, so a reiner on Troubadour? Yes please!!!

Adamek:

Ooooh!! I like him! I got Uffington this last BF, and I really like the mold. He is a shelf hog though. I was actually just thinking to myself how nice he would be in blood bay. He is gonna be joining the herd soon I suspect. ;)

Blazing Kansas and Blazing Ethel:

Another need. I conga Rhian. I hate the name though! Blazing Ethel, really Breyer? Ew. Use her barn name. Her color is a little blah, but like I said, I conga the mold, so I will be needing her. Maybe for CCA next year. 

Ideal Series:

Not gonna lie, he looks cheap. Dapples would have improved him. Or a bigger facial marking. But I get that they had to keep it the same as the painting. I won't be getting him. I have the chestnut though. He was A+.

Sjoerd:

He's nice. I like him. But I don't need him. I look forward to his in-hands, as I hear he has a satin finish in person.

Phantom and Misty:

Okay. But just Okay. Black makes Misty look weird. Baby is cute though! This tribute to Phantom was desperately needed.

That's all I got for now. Holiday recap later! And the other scales.