Showing posts with label Traditional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traditional. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Breyer 2025 Christmas Range

Can I mention the C word yet? I mean it isn't that long to go! If you are starting to think about Christmas and maybe what you want to be stuffed in your stocking then today's post is for you. Today we are doing a run down of the Breyer 2025 Christmas Range. Nothing new here but my first post with everything together in one place.

Horses

The Breyer 2025 Holiday Horse is Christmas in Bloom, a dark grey on the Flash mould with some very spectacular feathers!


Next we have the Holiday Trail Ride set. Highlight of this set is definitely the random cactus! I mean who doesn't need a festive cactus?


The 2025 Pony for Christmas is the adorable Cuddles. Cuddles is a chestnut pinto Misty with a cute little gingerbread themed rug.


Sylvan is a gorgeous Breyer Classic Morgan with a cute reindeer design. I love the metallic lilac colour of his coat.



Ornaments

The 2025 Stirrup Ornament features the 2025 Holiday Horse - Christmas in Bloom


The next ornament is the Blown Glass Ornament featuring the Brishen Vanner model. This looks like such a cool concept, I can't wait to see one in person.


The 2025 race horse ornament is Lexington


The Artist's Signature Ornament for 2025 features Morgans and Friends. We have a Morgan Stallion with a cute Labrador and a Marabella with a little grey tabby.


The unicorn ornament for this year is Nalu. This guy is so different, a cool green design that reminds me of a kelpie.


Santa is having a go at saddleseat this year on his very own Saddlebred! 


The Carousel ornament for the year is Victory. Victory is a beautiful palomino colour with purple and blue designs, featuring lots of lovely rsoettes


The Beautiful Breeds ornament this year is a 'Shetland Pony'. More of an American Shetland than a British one this does not look like a proper Shetland at all!


The final ornament we have is the 2025 Paint Your Own Ornaments kit. This year's kit features a M1 Brishen and a G2 Trotting Foal. I have two of the previous sets and yet haven't actually had a go at them yet! I definitely need to make sure I try them out before Christmas this year.



Advent Calendars

There are two offerings this year. One isn't really an advent calendar but I'm grouping them together!

The first is the 12 Days of Breyer calendar. I love the idea of having an advent calendar for before Christmas and then a 12 Days calendar to count down to 12th night after Christmas! More Mini Whinnies for me! This calendar comes with a 'chase' mini Sherman Morgan so you will need to get several to collect the full set.


The main advent calendar for the year is the Horses & Unicorn friends advent calendar. This contains both realistic models and unicorns as well as various accessories. I like the Paint and Appaloosa.


Other Items

First up we have the 2025 snow globe - Joy of the Season. Featuring a rearing model and a garland of roses around the outside. This year's snow globe plays "I'll be home for Christmas".


Nick is the only piece from the Christmas range that I've already added to my collection! Isn't he the cutest thing. An adorable Father Christmas themed plushie with a cute fluffy beard.


Everyone needs socks for Christmas and this year you can have these Breyer Holiday Socks


And for your hot chocolate on Christmas Eve why not get this Christmas in Bloom mug?


And wrap yourself up in the Christmas in Bloom blanket?


I do really like the Christmas in Bloom Holiday Hat, it has a cute bobble on top, how adorable.


Finally we have the Christmas in Bloom Enamel Pin featuring this year's holiday horse, Christmas in Bloom.


Which is your favourite item from the Breyer 2025 Christmas range? Mine is definitely Nick!

Sunday, 28 September 2025

Breyer 2025 TSC Exclusives

You've probably already seen a couple of these guys as they were leaked earlier in the year but here is the full run down of Breyer 2025 TSC Exclusives

First up we have this year's FFA model. This is Emery a lovely blue overo on the Firefly (Standing Quarter Horse Mare) mould


OK sorry I should have edited the picture it has way too much white around it! Anyway just go with the giant white box.

Second we have my person favourite which is Brooks. Brooks is a gorgeous buckskin pinto on the Morgan Stallion mould.


Next up we have a popular model on an older mould. Lots of people love this guy. I do like the San Domingo mould and the colour is really nice. This is Colby.


Finally we have one of my least favourite Breyer moulds, the Llama aka Mustang Mare. TBH I also really don't like Firefly as a mould so there are two not like moulds out of this batch. That said I do quite like the light bay colour on this girl. This is Martina.


Which is your favourite TSC exclusive this year? Mine is definitely Brooks.

Saturday, 27 September 2025

So Many New Breyer Models!

Breyer did a massive shadow drop yesterday (they have now promoted these items) and wow! What an incredible selection of models we have!

Let's start with the best of the bunch. This is the new 75th Anniversary Family Set


This incredible set is priced at just $150 and I have two amazing pieces of news for you. (1) the club discount works with them and (2) the collector's club special also works! Which means you can order these, add the code for the glossy model (& the glossy model of course) and get four horses instead of just three! That's awesome. I cannot wait to get this set, I am in love with the PAS he is just beautiful, the colour is absolutely amazing on him.

Bonus picture of the PAS because I'm in love


OK next up we have some new 2025 Holiday products that have just dropped.


First up is Cuddles the Pony for Christmas model for 2025. I love her cute little gingerbread blanket, it is adorable. The colour looks really nice on this Misty as well, a subtle chestnut pinto. There's no picture of her without her blanket so we'll have to wait for in hand pictures to see what she looks like.


Second is Sylvan the Christmas Classic. Look at those cute little reindeers, they are so sweet.


The 2025 Unicorn is Hyperion, I'm not sure about this one, the pink and silver is OK, I think I'd need to see him in person. Also there has to be a limit to how many Morgan Stallion unicorns one person can own.

Now onto the most important Christmas drop of 2025


This adorable creation is Nick the 2025 Christmas Plush. I absolutely adore this little guy, he is the cutest thing ever. Just look at his ickle beard, it is amazing

Right next up is some new Breyer USA exclusive Christmas themed merch.


First are some Breyer Holiday Socks for your stockings


Second we have this cute Christmas mug featuring the 2025 Christmas model.


Third is a blanket featuring the same design as the mug. I do love the Breyer blankets but the price range just means I feel I can't justify any more than the one I have


Fourth is this super cute little hat. Love this, it is adorable.


And finally we have a Christmas in Bloom pin badge.

Which is your favourite item from this drop? I adore that 75th Anniversary Family, I definitely need them in my collection, obviously I'll be adding Nick as well!

Friday, 5 September 2025

Hoofbeats and Maple Treats Event Models

Breyer have released the event models for Hoofbeats and Maple Treats the 2025 Breyer Collector's Event.

The Breyer 2025 Collector's Event is this October/November in Toronto (I did try and work out whether I could go out at the end of half term and fly back ready for work on the Monday but it wasn't quite possible and I don't think it would have gone down well).

At the Collector's Event you get two models with your ticket a Traditional scale model and a Stablemate scale model.

Let's start with this year's Traditional scale model, Legacy


Legacy is a lightly dappled bay on the Bristol mould. I'm quite surprised by this mould choice because firstly, it looks really similar to Voyeur (although obviously different variation) and secondly because this is now the third time they've used Bristol this year. Did they just over produce long mane Bristols or something? Because there are so many of them! Also usual complaint, give me plaits or hogged, no long manes please thank you.

Secondly we have the Stablemate Tamarkuz


Tamarkuz is a bright orange chestnut on the G5 Walking Thoroughbred mould. A cute little model that very much fits the theme of maple! He has definite maple leaf vibes.

What do you think of these guys? Are you also slightly confused by the 2025 Bristol obsession?

Thursday, 4 September 2025

Iquitos

 Anyone who knows me knows I'm a bit frog obsessed so imagine how excited I was to see that Breyer's latest release in their Wild Animals series is a FROG! Yep that's right an actual frog themed model horse, how amazingly cool is that?



Not just any frog but a dart frog, one of the coolest and most colourful creatures out there. Iquitos was inspired by the poison dart frog and is a gorgeous decorator on the Bristol mould. I absolutely adore this model, his colour is absolutely beautiful.



If you'd like to get your paws (or frog legs) on him then you need to be part of the Breyer Collector's Club. Entries are open for him now. He will be priced at $200 if you are lucky enough to get picked for him.



Friday, 22 August 2025

New Sales Models Available

I feel like everyone wants to have a clear out of models at the moment! I have had so many messages with collections and job lots for sale that I am becoming quite overwhelmed as to where I am going to store all these horses! I even purchased two new boxes a few weeks ago (which are both already full)!

Basically what I'm saying is please buy some horses as my Traditionals box is full! And I've got two more coming today and another collection next Saturday so I really could do with the space!

Anyway moving on from my space issues, I am really excited about some of the horses in this lot. There were some really beautiful models. I also have a few smaller (and more budget friendly) models available as well. That's the wonderful thing about model horses, there really is something for everyone's budget.

So here we go, all available now at Chestnut Ridge


Pinto G2 Appaloosa
Price: £3.50
About: Breyer Mystery Horse Surprise Series 2 (2019-2020)


Grey Peruvian Paso
Price: £4.00
About: Breyer Mystery Horse Surprise Series 2 (2019-2020)


Fluorite
Price: £3.00
About: Breyer Mini Whinnie Unicorn Surprise Series 2 (2022)


Frankel
Price: £30.00
About: Breyer 'Frankel' Regular Run


Bravour 54
Price: £40.00
About: BreyerFest 2023 Celebration Horse - 13,200 made


Athenian Lady
Price: £40.00
About: BreyerFest 2024 Celebration Horse


Melange
Price: £100.00
About: Breyer JAH Special Run - 1,000 made (2010)


Chablis
Price: £70.00
About: BreyerFest 2022 Limited Edition - 3,000 made
Link: https://chestnutridge.co.uk/products/chablis?search=top-products

Which one are you planning to add to your herd? My favourite is definitely Chablis, I really love him, he's one of my favourite models. 10/10 would recommend.