Full Spectrum: Prism #2

Before we get to today's rainbow pony - as promised, here is Donut Oliver.

 

 

He's doing really well, healing up nicely, inhaling his food like always, stinking up the entire house anytime he poops (seriously, how can such a tiny thing produce that much stench!), and being affectionate. I'm hoping, and I'm sure he is too, that things look good enough tomorrow afternoon that we can remove the donut.

 

I'm going to go a little out of order with today's rainbow pony. Kaleidoscope was supposed to be next, but I don't have a pic of him, so I'm going to swap him out with my second copy of Prism.

 

 

With a few notable exceptions (cough cough Sham), I don't usually have duplicates in my collection, but this guy has a really awesome story and is one of my never-sells.

 

In early December 2023, I had a supervisor at work named Jade. She taught me how to get started in Power BI, a data analysis and visualization tool that is by far the best and most rewarding thing I do at my job. She and I were super close and still text to this day, even though she is now working elsewhere. She knew all about my Breyer collection. Before Christmas that year, she and I had this text exchange:

Jade: I FOUND A BREYER AT GOODWILL ON MONDAY!!! Coolest one ever!!!!

 

Me: Send me a pic!

Jade: No way, I bought it for you for Christmas. It was too perfect to leave behind, plus I googled it and was like, "Well that's a good deal, I'm taking you to a very good home little dude/ette."

 

Knowing that a Goodwill find can be anything from a super rare deco to a common regular run missing a limb or half its paint, I wasn't sure what to expect, but Jade was beside herself with excitement to give it to me, and she'd said it was in great condition, and she was able to find it using google, so I figured it was probably something at least moderately cool. We met up right after New Year's for our exchange.

 

I couldn't believe that Prism was the one she found! She got him for less than $20. His original cost was $60 and his secondary market sales were $150 and up at the time, so her excitement over the price was well justified. She even wrapped his mane and tail in bubble wrap before boxing him up to give to me. It was so professional that, had I not known that these guys came in the regular clear-front boxes with wire ties, I'd have thought it had been done at the factory.

 

He’s A LOT redder around his head than my original guy, one of the darkest I've seen, so that’s how I tell him apart from my original. I think of Jade and our friendship every time I see him.