Yay! A happy way to spend the last little bit of my tax refund. (The rest went to bills, bleh.)
They had all three colors available, but both the Palominos and Pintos had some condition issues just bothersome enough to leave them behind. The Thunderstorm has a couple, too - a slightly rough seam on the mane, and a small paint blooper on her left hind leg - but nothing that screamed "body quality" to me.
I was a bit tempted by the Palominos, in spite of their masking problems. That has to be the most gorgeous, spot on original finish Palomino paint job I’ve seen in a long, long time: rich, bright, shimmery, and golden. Now that’s Palomino!
My first thought, actually, was how neat it would be if Reeves ever decided to re-issue the Palomino Family Arabians - that’s the shade of Palomino they’d need to be. (The Western Prancing Horse? Yeah, I’d go for that, too.)
I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole concept of the Weather Girl Treasure Hunt might have sprung out of the notion of justifying that Palomino paint job. I’m sure someone at Reeves must have thought that it would be fitting that their newest Arabian should be released in that most iconic (and notorious) color.
Wouldn’t it be neat if the "Rainbow" Reeves is referring to in regards to the Redemption Horse "Rainbow" would be the range of colors the original "Old Molds" came it - Shaded Alabaster, Honey Bay, Gray Appaloosa, and Woodgrain? I think she’d be particularly fetching in Gloss Alabaster, with lipliner and detailed muscle shading. Mmm.
We’ll find out soon enough, I suppose. I’m in no rush to send in for a Rainbow, myself. I managed to get the one Weather Girl I wanted with a minimum of stress and effort, and that’s good enough for me, for now.
Regarding the Palomino Proud Arabian Mare on eBay: oh yes, I’ve seen her. I don’t believe that the Gloss Palomino paint job was ever truly considered a viable color option for the mold’s rerelease in the 1970s. What I think happened in this case is that Marney felt the need to reproduce the original colors of the Old Mold Mare on the Proud Arabian Mare. In the photo album of hers that I own, there are pictures of other PAMs that look like reproduction attempts of other Old Mold paint jobs, too.
If anyone were to run across these other repro/tests today, most would be dismissed either as oddities (at best) or fakes (at worst.) What makes the Palomino different is that the Old Molds never came in Palomino. The color didn’t appear on the successors of the Old Molds, the Family Arabians, until at least 1961 - a year or more after the Old Molds were taken off the market.
Marney was operating under the mistaken assumption, back then, that they did. Instead of recreating something old, she accidentally created something new.
We all know where the gal in the auction will end up, eventually. The rest of us will just have to be content with a much more accessible Sunny.
3 comments:
Glad you got your Weather Girl! I agree with you about the lovely shimmery palomino color on Sunny. Oh how I wish that palomino had been a regular run color on the old mold PAM (or even the new mold) so that mere mortals could have the chance to own one! SIGH. I think I will content myself with having someone customize my blank PAM body as a palomino someday. In the meantime, while it's listed, will watch the original palomino PAM from afar and drool. Hmmmm ... interesting idea you had about a Weather Girl in glossy shady alabaster!
I love the idea of a woodgrain Weather Girl, especially with the white socks, black hooves, and star. Ooooh!
Speaking of woodgrain, is there any reason why Breyer has stopped doing woodgrain models? Last I can think of are the G2 BF key rings of the clyde and andy.
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