That eBay Benefit Auction Emerson? Of course I love him:
This color has only been used on a handful of releases in recent years. Aside from the Lancelot mentioned in the listing, last year’s Stablemates Club Gambler’s Choice Dahlia on the mini Croi also included it.
An Appaloosa variation of this color was also seen on the Best In Show Stock Horse Web Special Calvin in 2017, and a darker and more metallic variation appeared on the BreyerFest One Day Stablemate Big Lex in 2018.
That Stablemate was inspired by the life-sized statue of Lexington designed to promote the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. A small (slightly larger than Little Bits scale) resin of Big Lex was released at BreyerFest in 2010, which probably represents Breyer’s first production release of the color.
There were also a couple of Traditional Man o’ Wars painted to decorate a jump designed for Children’s Activity Area at BreyerFest, before it became all about Stablemates Painting. One of those Man o’ Wars was allegedly stolen, but if it was it hasn’t been seen since.
There have been a few Stablemates Chase pieces in Iridescent/Interferenced Black-pointed Blue, too, mostly recently on the G2 Morgan for the Canadian Walmart market – aka “the French Stablemates”.
And there was last year’s “differently colored” Ansel, in Metallic Blue Overo.
Others have pointed out that the Emerson mold is actually a pretty good match for the Ukrainian Riding Horse, which is probably why the mold was chosen specifically for the purposes of charity.
Out of all the previous releases, the only one I have is the Stablemate version of Big Lex. I didn’t buy the mini Lex because I am clumsy and break resins. Money was tight so I didn’t buy a Calvin at all. The Gambler’s Choices of both Dahlia and Lancelot gave me different colors, and I’m reluctant to pay the premium for either.
Same goes for the Stablemates Chase pieces, except the premium is even moreso, because they’re Stablemates. (I saw how much the 2009 Frankenstang went for on eBay. Ouch!)
And while I would have preferred the Blue Ansel to the Holographic Silver Uffington, because I really wanted the Cremello Uffington, I’m not going to complain about that one too much. (Other than finding myself in the weird position of having to pay two to three times as much for a regular Uffington compared to the holographic one.)
Part of its desirability is in its scarcity, but Reeves could throw us a bone or two our way in the form of a larger production run. Any mold will do, really....
7 comments:
He's gorgeous and yes wishing Breyer will use this color again on another traditional preferably with solid black points. This color of blue is just stunning...
Fireheart would be a knockout in this color.
My daughter found a resin Big Lex at the Lexington Visitors Center gift shop in 2014. Sometimes you find unexpected treasures in unusual places.
Aaaaggghhhh!! GIMME! GIMME! Absolutely GORGEOUS model!! GORGEOUS!! And I have some of the models mentioned in this article!!
WELL DONE BREYER for offering this model in support of Ukraine! The only thing that bothers me about the whole issue --is that even while the country is being bombed, people *can't * seem to let go of their racial hatred! Seems to me that these people are having their own "9-11" situation and in that case, if ONE person is allowed to escape the country, ALL should be allowed to escape!! (I guess this troubles me because my RABBI is of Ukrainian descent!)
OK--I *didn't * mean to make this about politics--back to the main subject! As gorgeous as the model is, it would have been nice to see a halter or blanket in yellow to match the country's flag too!
But--I'm in agreement with the majority--I hope BREYER will offer something like this for purchase at a later date!
Well sadly his auction didn't end fairly.
EBay blocked a good amount of high rollers at the end from bidding.
So the benefit lost out on possibly another $10,000 due to eBay.
What a shame for the benefit and other bidders.
This is not necessarily eBay's fault. There might have been some question about the legitimacy of the bids, especially if they had low or no feedback, or were located outside the U.S.
And as someone who - until last year - partially relied on eBay to support myself, taking digs at eBay isn't going to get anyone much traction here. (FWIW: got a significant raise last year, selling no longer became a financial necessity. Though it may become a physical one pretty soon!)
one of the bidders know personally and she should not have had any problems. at. all.
sadly it was the benefit that lost out in the end.
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