Extreme!

If there’s some sort of merit badge for driving in extreme conditions, I totally earned one this week. The new vehicle arrived today; I was supposed to pick it up on Tuesday, but the weather and my schedule conspired against me. More about the car another day, when I actually have time to say something meaningful and coherent about it.

(Yes, he does have a name.)

As expected, they dropped the preliminary information for BreyerFest this week; the Guest Horse is a Friesian shown by Carson Kressley, named Gooitzen fan Teakesyl. On the Goffert mold.

From the comments being bantered about on the Breyer Facebook page, you’d swear Reeves had dropped a Baby Ruth into the proverbial swimming pool. 

I don’t have a problem with this model at all; I’ve been wanting a Goffert for the herd for some time. The paint job on the original release was a bit plain - one that let the sculpting do the work of the paint job, basically - and none of the subsequent releases have really captured my heart enough to keep them.

I really, really liked the Christmas Horse release a few years back, the one in a pearly Cream color, but I’ve been a wee bit hesitant to buy any of the models in that series. That tends to lead to me wanting to buy up the entire series, and I just can’t do that. (If I had ever found one in the Sample boxes of NPOD though, that might be a bit different.)

Besides, Black isn’t always Black, especially nowadays. Aside from the model probably being matte, having gray hooves, and a silvery base, there are a host of other details that could make this release as different from the original Goffert as the Smart and Shiney was from the Big Chex to Cash.

Just a few of these include: handpainted tri-colored eyes, additional facial detailing, horseshoes, point slightly darker than the body color, dappling, and a lighter and differently colored base coat (like the original release of the Traditional Moody Andalusian).

In fact, a preliminary look-see of the photograph of the Sample horse seems to show some light dappling and possibly some brown undertones.

Aside from the contests, which don’t look all that interesting to me, I’m kinda liking the stuff they have planned so far, especially the guests. Friesians, Carson Kressley, Icelandics, and Jousting? No complaints!

In terms of additional Special Run announcements, the presence of the Knights of Iceland means that there’s going to be at least one Icelandic release. I wonder if that means we’ll be seeing a Special Run on the Porcelain Moody Icelandic Horse? I would not mind that in the least, either - in porcelain, or plastic.

I only just skimmed the comments on Blab on Facebook to confirm that the usual commentary is going on. ("I am extremely disappointed!" "More money for me to spend at the hotel." "Totally dropped the ball on this one."  Etc.) Predictable, but also oddly comforting, especially during this most unpredictable part of the year for me.

Back to work, again.