Yes... I brought home a lot. But the Mystery foal set is my Mom's, and the Collecta dog and the rider my Mom bought for me and my friend. I wasn't planning on buying that donkey... but I will say he's quite nice. The mold is of a nice size, and the paint job is pretty impeccable. I wouldn't hesitate to show mine, if I had time to show a, you know, donkey. Another thing I want to point out is the beauty of his eye. It's bi-colored; but not creepily like Tallulah or Buckaroo or any other bi colored model. It's glossed nicely, mostly black, with a beautiful brown undertone around the bottom of it. I'd love to see it on horse models in the future! His factory given name is Hickory Hill's Wallstreet, but I haven't thought of a clever new title for him yet.
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I also didn't fathom that they would even have a Valegro. Of all the things in the world, they have that hunky plastic horse that not even Breyer has yet? Wow. He was the last one, too, as was that Elska in front of him. She's actually the only thing I intended on getting; but you know.... She has a few minor flaws, but I needed a pony for a photo shoot, and I wanted her any way. *tries to think of better expression that 'two birds, one stone' but fails* ... She is on a sweet mold... I'd like to see a dappled chocolate palomino on that mold in the future. Wouldn't that be delightful? And yeah, like everyone else in the Universe, I really wanted a glossy. But this matte one didn't exactly break my heart, either.
And as I should have expected, the Valegro Stablemate is quite a bit nicer in person. You can tell that the photo piece was a sample/quick test thingy. The real production pieces are crisply masked, have nicely airbrushed socks, clean and sharp paint jobs, and just a lovely smooth finish. Really fantastic, but he's not one of those models that I'm going 'Omigosh I must show!!!!' over. He's a really cool model that I'm thrilled to have, even at three inches tall, and I don't feel like exploiting his beauty. I'll have some better pictures to offer of him later- because I think everyone does deserve to see how nice they all are- but I'd be shocked if he landed on the show string for this year. I love him. That's where the train stops.
And yes I bought a Jellycat Brown Bunny Stuffy. Because I have a thing for bunnies, and it reminds me of me late foster boy.
As much as I did bring home, I regret not snagging a few other things. They had the new paddock set with the horse ball that was nice, and a rack of those grey appaloosa thoroughbred stablemates from last year. And their selection of Collecta dogs featured much more than that sweet Wrinkle Puppy. They had lots of models I would have gotten if I didn't already have Valegro napping in the cart, too. That strangely entrancing Welsh Cob and Chocolate Chip Kisses in particular, though I will add that the Harper Classic is very nice, as well. MyToy Store in particular is the best one ever; just sayin'. As for the opening of Valegro, it will wait until I'm in a particularly solemn mood, when I need a cheer up. I could have today, but one of the Classics from Christmas was begging to be opened instead. It was Charm, from the Canterwood Crest series;
Bad picture, I realize that. It was about to rain and I wasn't about to get him all wet and slushy. Yes I like this model very much. Generic chestnut coloring, but a nice example of the mold, none the less. I got Aristocrat in one of the grab bags last year, so for Christmas I wanted Book 1. Besides my insane love of white noses. Don't even get me started on how much I like white noses!!! The book most certainly is highschool-trauma-with-horses, and that's after I've only read a few chapters of it. I enjoy it, perhaps because of the relate-ibility, but it remains shallow in my mind. Anyway, I guess that's all for now. Until later, Au Revoir!
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