Starting in 1994, Breyer hosted “Tour” events across the country, at which a special run model was available for purchase. These events continued through 2002, then reappeared again briefly for 2007 and 2008 before being discontinued. I didn’t attend any of these events myself, but have picked up three of the tour models on the secondary market in the years since.
Ironically, the order I purchased them in is also the order in which they were released.
As a person who congas Big Ben, I had to have #700301 Stormchaser, the 2001 tour model. His official production quantity was never released. I looked for one for many years, but his asking price was always more than I wanted to spend. Then, at my first BreyerFest in 2010, I found one for sale for $40 at the CHIN. Score!
#703002 Banat er Rih was the tour model for 2002. Like Stormchaser, her production quantity is unknown. I purchased mine from a seller on Model Horse Sales Pages in December 2011. Her color is soft and lovely; she’s one of my favorite releases on the PAM.
#703018 Caliente was the 2008 tour model and was a run of 1,000 pieces. I’m picky with chestnuts, but this guy’s color is outstanding. The glossy one is even more delicious; a friend of mine has one and I drool over it whenever she brings him out to a show. I purchased my matte one from the Black Horse Ranch collection sale during BreyerFest 2015. He doesn’t get to show often - there are better Spanish sculpts out there these days - but occasionally a class list will be split out enough that I give him a go for collectibility reasons. His show name is El Volcan.
The only tour models remaining on my wish list are the unobtainium raffle models - Silver Twilight, Batal, and Amira.
The only tour models remaining on my wish list are the unobtainium raffle models - Silver Twilight, Batal, and Amira.
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