Crazy About Carrick

The next release in the Wild Animal Series an Oryx on a Carrick? Sign me up!

Getting drawn for Baruti is not up for me to decide.

It’s kind of funny how you don’t set out to collect a mold, but then you turn around and realize that you already do. I have three Carricks – a Cortes C, Brass Hat, and the Matte Volunteer model Caipirinha – and I have been shopping around for a Justify and a 2014 Tractor Supply Pinto Sport Horse Travis, but they’re both models I’d rather handpick in person.

I had a lot of Justifies (Justifys?) to pick from in person locally, but I never did find “the one”; just like any model, I’ll know him when I see him. 

Most of the rest of the Carrick releases are essentially unattainable – Gloss prize models, rarities like the BreyerFest Silver Charm – but Bonne Fete (or as my friends called him, Boba Fett) isn’t too pricey yet. But he’s another model I think I need to shop for in person. Too many fiddly bits of masking that could go wrong, you know…

I’d also like to acquire a Carrick body for customizing purposes, eventually. A few years back I had a notion to customize a portrait Candy Spots, a racehorse I was a little obsessed during my “teenage handicapper” years. (I grew up in an era where I saw Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed and Ruffian live on the TV, and I was good at math. Perfectly logical!)

Aside from his head and a couple of issues that need to be resolved with his legs, the Carrick mold is a pretty good match. I never got around to it because I (still) have about 300 other projects ahead of it. 

And as an Original Finish-oriented person, it is also extremely difficult for me to purchase a perfectly good model off the shelf just to customize it, especially since there’s a high likelihood of something going wrong. I’d rather not spend 30 or 40 dollars on something that I might end up throwing out anyway. 

Fun Daze

Interesting: apparently most – but oddly, not all – of my Breyer e-mails have been going into my spam folder for at least a month now. Not quite understanding why some were marked as spam and some came through just like normal, if they’re all marked with the same address and originate from the same server. The problem is now fixed, I hope…

Second – there’s a National Fun Day planned for October 19 at retailers across the country. Normally I don’t go to these events because they tend to be tailored to a younger crowd – justifiably! – but one of the participating retailers is only about twenty minutes from my house.

Hmm. Interesting.

Since it appears that I won’t be able to make it to any live shows or other model horse type events until next year, I might swing by just for the model horse chatter. While I might not be the same age as most of the participants, we definitely speak the same language!

And sometimes that’s all that matters, especially when you are surrounded in your “mundane” life by people who don’t know Bay from Chestnut, or a Saddlebred from a Standardbred. Or, when they hear you mention Breyer think you’re talking about ice cream.

Right now it’s too soon to tell if my schedule will even allow it. I hope so.

Third, all of the Halloween stuff is now sold out except the Plushie Boo, who they are now offering as a freebie with qualified $50 purchase while supplies last. Not my thing because of the dog, but in case you were planning on some shopping over the weekend, there you go. 

And finally, the Giraffe is not the Giraffe I was expecting: it’s Lonesome Glory and not Forever Saige.

Nadifa is very nicely executed, but the over-the-top craziness I require in my modern Decorator purchases is not quite there. I will enter once, but other people love Lonesome Glory far more than I do, and I won’t stand in their way.

On the plus side, I can now go purchase a Khalid (and whatever else tickles my fancy) without the budget guilt. If anymore are left to be found; I just saw what they are going for on eBay, and now I know why my local store just ran out!

Sticking My Neck Out

OMG, is this what I think it is? The Giraffe-themed Forever Saige I deemed the obvious second release in the Wild Animal Series in a blog post about a year ago?

Naturally, I need this like candy sprinkles on a sundae. Of course.

At this point, I think just need to set up a GoFundMe site for the new sewing machine, because Reeves is determined to get most of my disposable income for the rest of the year.

Incidentally, if any of the other concepts I mention in that post also come to pass, I am going to start requesting Artist’s Proofs, Samples or something….

(Though I changed my mind on the Oryx: the Marwari mold would suit that one just fine. And sit on my shelves better, too.)

Back to normal blogging in a day or two.