The Singles Bar series is where I'll be featuring molds of which I only own one. Sometimes that's deliberate; most times it's simply because I haven't found the other ones I want yet. I spent some time thinking of possible ways to group them, but the only way that really made sense to me was alphabetically by mold name. Here are my singles on the "A" molds.
Mold: Akhal-Teke
This is #712532 Petra, a 600-piece Web Special from the Exotic Destinations series in 2024. I love red duns so I entered the drawing for him, but I wasn't picked. My friend Kelly K was, though, and decided to pass him on to me.
This mold isn't a love or hate for me, but Petra will probably be my only one, because he is a looooooooooooooooooooooooooong boy and I don't have the shelf space.
Mold: Alborozo
Ah yes, the famous #711108 Alborozo. (Or Alboronzo, if you look at the typo on the box.) He was the 2008 BreyerFest Celebration horse and was a run of 6,000. I didn't start attending BreyerFest until 2010, so I had to get this guy on the secondary market. I bought him from my friend Beth in 2017. His show name is Artificial Inflation, a play on the fact that he commands a price tag comparable to models significantly rarer than he is.
Alborozo is one of the most conformationally accurate sculpts in the hobby and he has a beautiful head. I'm sad this will be the only one I ever own.
Mold: Andalusian Mare & Foal
This set is #712430 Poppy & Ollie. They were from the 2022 Vintage Collectors Club. The total run was 750 pieces, split evenly between three colors. I wanted the bay set the most (shocking) but originally received the perlino set, which was my least favorite of the three colors. My friend Kelly W really wanted the perlinos but received the bay, her least favorite of the three colors. Made for an easy swap!
I'm not a huge fan of either of these sculpts, so the only ones I'd be looking to add in the future are the glossy palomino version of this same set.
Mold: G4 Andalusian Stallion
The Mystery Foal Surprise Family 12 was given two numbers during its production, #5442 and #5889. I forgot to look at the box when I got mine, so I'm not sure which it was. I conga the little G3 foal that came with this set, so I ordered them in March 2020 as a ride-along with one of my Vintage Club purchases. I've had others on this mold in the past, but they're all Tippy McTippersons who tend to break ears, so he's the only OF one left.
Mold: Akilah
This is #10032 from the April Fool's Blind Bag series in 2024. She's a miniaturized version of the Traditional-scale sculpt Zafirah and was done in the same colorway as the 1996 Limited Edition, #939 Cinnamon. I've had a Cinnamon since my teens, so of course I had to pick up one of these gals. I bought her from my friend Heather B.
I might end up with others on this mold if they use her in sets, but it's not my favorite sculpt (what in the HECK happened to those shoulders during the conversion from resin to plastic!), so I won't actively be looking for any.
We're back to the beginning of the rotation of blog topics, so the next post will be a Sentimental Journey. It's one of my favorite stories to tell.
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