The Singles Bar series is where I feature molds of which I only own one. Today we’re looking at molds starting with “B.”
This cute little guy is #1702 Icicle, a Flagship Store special run of 3500 models from 2013. I picked him out at Kraynaks on Black Friday in 2014 for my parents to give me as a Christmas gift.
While I definitely think the Bouncer mold is cute, I’m really picky about color on him, so Icicle is the only Bouncer in my herd at the moment. That's likely to stay that way until they put out another release, as the only two Bouncers on my want list are both unobtainiums from 2007 - the glossy Cefnoakpark Bouncer prize model from the BreyerFest Live Show and Sand Dollar, the Connoisseur.
While I definitely think the Bouncer mold is cute, I’m really picky about color on him, so Icicle is the only Bouncer in my herd at the moment. That's likely to stay that way until they put out another release, as the only two Bouncers on my want list are both unobtainiums from 2007 - the glossy Cefnoakpark Bouncer prize model from the BreyerFest Live Show and Sand Dollar, the Connoisseur.
This sweet donkey is #1295 Brighty of the Grand Canyon, a regular run made in 2007 only. He came with a book of the same name, written by Marguerite Henry. He’ll always be special to me, as I got him as a birthday gift from my best friend, Paula, the person who introduced me to Breyers.
I don’t have any other Brightys on my wish list at the moment, though I wouldn’t be sad if I accidentally stumbled into a chalky or an Oliver for a good price down the road.
I don’t have any other Brightys on my wish list at the moment, though I wouldn’t be sad if I accidentally stumbled into a chalky or an Oliver for a good price down the road.
It kind of makes me twitch to list this gal as my only one on the mold.
For this year’s Premier Club, they released two versions of the same sculpt, one with a bushy full mane and tail that Identify Your Breyer is calling the Highland Pony Stallion, and this version, a more refined mare with a braided mane and tail that Identify Your Breyer is calling the British Riding Pony Mare.
Whether Breyer is actually going to call these two distinct molds, with those exact names, remains to be seen. I miss the days where the molds were named after the first release on it. In this case, both would be named Rowan, which is why I'm twitching putting her here under the B molds.
Her issue number is B-CS-10598 (and the data nerd within me is also twitching at this new, confusing numbering system). I ordered the Highland Pony version on my own Premier Club subscription, and bought this braided gal from my friend Donna, who subscribed to the Premier Club only for the new mule sculpt, Winifred. In addition to the musculature and hair changes that set her apart from the other version, the braided is also a basecoat chalky, giving her paint a glow that the non-chalky, haired version doesn't have.
For this year’s Premier Club, they released two versions of the same sculpt, one with a bushy full mane and tail that Identify Your Breyer is calling the Highland Pony Stallion, and this version, a more refined mare with a braided mane and tail that Identify Your Breyer is calling the British Riding Pony Mare.
Whether Breyer is actually going to call these two distinct molds, with those exact names, remains to be seen. I miss the days where the molds were named after the first release on it. In this case, both would be named Rowan, which is why I'm twitching putting her here under the B molds.
Her issue number is B-CS-10598 (and the data nerd within me is also twitching at this new, confusing numbering system). I ordered the Highland Pony version on my own Premier Club subscription, and bought this braided gal from my friend Donna, who subscribed to the Premier Club only for the new mule sculpt, Winifred. In addition to the musculature and hair changes that set her apart from the other version, the braided is also a basecoat chalky, giving her paint a glow that the non-chalky, haired version doesn't have.
Breyer only released the number of Premier Club subscribers for the first year or two, so we won’t know how many were made of either version. Of the 595 distinct Premier Club memberships I accounted for, there was a slight preference for the haired version, but I'm guessing it's pretty close to a 50-50 split.
I do quite like this little sculpt and will probably acquire more down the road.
I do quite like this little sculpt and will probably acquire more down the road.
This model is a Stone, a Design-A-Horse on their Bunny/Heavy Draft Mare mold. She is an extremely popular sculpt and can do well as a number of breeds, depending on coloring and customization. I purchased her on May 18, 2021. She’s on a non-customized body, gray with black points, dapples, four low socks, a star, and a snip, in gloss. She is signed DAH 2021 AD on her belly, indicating she was painted by one of my favorite Stone artists, Audrey Dixon. I don't show her due to all her white markings, which make breed assignment a bit of a challenge. She was definitely more “I’m just going to make something I think is pretty” rather than “I’m going to make something realistic to show.”
I’ve got 18 Bunny models on my wish list on the Stone Horse Reference page, so she probably won’t be alone forever. The most attainable is probably Lincoln, a run of 30 from last year who is, of all things, a metallic blue and teal unicorn. (Blue, sure, but teal? And unicorn? Not usually my jam.) I would also love to find a Wicked, who is, of all things, a loud leopard appaloosa (who even am I anymore?) but there are only 10 of her and she tends to sell pretty high whenever one comes up.
Next month, the singles on “C” molds. I've got quite a few of those.
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