For today’s Full Spectrum post, I’ll be talking about my two decorator “Hey, here’s a surprise web special!” models.
For all that he’s not blue, this is one of my favorite decorator models in my collection. He's a lovely bay, nicely shaded, and fall is my favorite season of the year.
#712046 Fall in Love, a run of just 200 pieces on the ever-popular Nokota mold, was a surprise Cyber Monday special run in 2011. Like many web specials, he was offered by random drawing. I was not lucky enough to get selected.
On Saturday, April 28, 2012, I was attending the Southwest PA Classic show in southwest PA, hosted by my friends Bonnie and Leslie. I was just sitting there minding my own business when one of my friends (I think it was Kelly W) came over to me and said, “Fall in Love is available for straight purchase on Breyer’s site!” I didn’t have a smartphone until 2015, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t have my work laptop with me, so I have no idea how I ordered one. Maybe Kelly let me borrow her phone? Whatever the case, I was successful in snagging one. He gets to show in collectibility from time to time under the name Hojas, which is Spanish for leaves.
#712046 Fall in Love, a run of just 200 pieces on the ever-popular Nokota mold, was a surprise Cyber Monday special run in 2011. Like many web specials, he was offered by random drawing. I was not lucky enough to get selected.
On Saturday, April 28, 2012, I was attending the Southwest PA Classic show in southwest PA, hosted by my friends Bonnie and Leslie. I was just sitting there minding my own business when one of my friends (I think it was Kelly W) came over to me and said, “Fall in Love is available for straight purchase on Breyer’s site!” I didn’t have a smartphone until 2015, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t have my work laptop with me, so I have no idea how I ordered one. Maybe Kelly let me borrow her phone? Whatever the case, I was successful in snagging one. He gets to show in collectibility from time to time under the name Hojas, which is Spanish for leaves.
*****
Let’s talk about the Vault Sale.
In December 2012, five days before Christmas, Breyer announced that they would be releasing limited quantities of rare things through the Collector’s Club Vault sale. No one knew exactly what to expect. That round, they had Connoisseurs, including Silverado and Moon Warrior. Everyone promptly lost their shit. Breyer’s website malfunctioned quite a lot and most of the stock was grossly oversold (like … 30 people thought they got a Silverado, and less than a half dozen people actually ended up with one).
In May 2013, they announced another vault sale. This one invited us to “Strike the Mother Lode” with a limited run model. People were a little more wary given the issues from last time, but most of us dutifully logged in at 9:00 p.m. to take a chance.
The website crashed. As in HTTP error: 504 Gateway Timeout, “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage” crashed. Amidst the flailing and constant refreshing, this wonderful LOTR meme was born:
Let’s talk about the Vault Sale.
In December 2012, five days before Christmas, Breyer announced that they would be releasing limited quantities of rare things through the Collector’s Club Vault sale. No one knew exactly what to expect. That round, they had Connoisseurs, including Silverado and Moon Warrior. Everyone promptly lost their shit. Breyer’s website malfunctioned quite a lot and most of the stock was grossly oversold (like … 30 people thought they got a Silverado, and less than a half dozen people actually ended up with one).
In May 2013, they announced another vault sale. This one invited us to “Strike the Mother Lode” with a limited run model. People were a little more wary given the issues from last time, but most of us dutifully logged in at 9:00 p.m. to take a chance.
The website crashed. As in HTTP error: 504 Gateway Timeout, “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage” crashed. Amidst the flailing and constant refreshing, this wonderful LOTR meme was born:
After 13 minutes, the #760238 Mother Lode models appeared - a run of just 100 pieces, split into 80 of the solid gold charm, 10 appaloosa, and 10 pinto. They sold out within seconds. I am a huge Lady Phase fan and had one in my cart, but the checkout page took too long to load, and I got the sad notification that the stock was no longer available and my cart was empty. Blab and Facebook were full of many, many angry and disappointed people. I was among them.
Then, an hour after the models finally appeared on the website, someone posted in the Blab thread that more were back up. I ran straight to the site, did not pass Go, did not collect $200 … and I got one!
Then, an hour after the models finally appeared on the website, someone posted in the Blab thread that more were back up. I ran straight to the site, did not pass Go, did not collect $200 … and I got one!
I didn’t quite believe it til I got the order confirmation and shipping notice. Obviously I got the solid gold charm, which was fine with me. I’m happy to have gotten one at all, and for cost. She gets to show occasionally; her show name is Vera Madre.
No comments:
Post a Comment