Introducing Tamu & Chai

The Third Edition in the Breyer Wild Animal Series.
For this special Wild Animal Series set, artist Lauren Hoeffer creatively reimagined two beloved Breyer foals as a young bongo and tapir!

Considered the most primitive large mammal in the world, the tapir is born with spots and stripes that act as natural camouflage against the jungle floor while mom forages.  Chair features a shaded brown coat with tan stripes.

Much like the tapir, forest-dwelling bongos also have stripes for camouflage, but their stripes remain for their whole life.  Tamu has a white basecoat that's shaded the bongo's trademark reddish-brown hue, and completed with white stripes and markings.  Both have "Wild Animal Series, Limited Edition" on their belly. 

Limited to just 300 pieces, Tamu & Chai are priced at $150.00 for the set, including free domestic group shipping.

Bongo:

Young Tapir:

Color-wise, an adult tapir looks quite a bit of different from a baby, but a bongo doesn't.

Anyway, when I first saw the set, I thought it was a mother and baby and wondered why they'd be using two different species, but then I realized it was two foals, just quite a bit of size difference.  The models are definitely interesting-looking, but $150 for a  pair of foals?  I don't think so.  I won't be entering for them.  Plus, I don't have any of the other models from the Wild Animal Series.  I do give Breyer an "A" for using animals many people may not have heard of before rather than just the obvious of big cats.

Well, that's it for now.  I know this was short, but...<shrugs>  hahaha.  Til next time!

 

 

Well, dang it!

 Back in late July / Early August I pre-ordered an 8" Chief Brody doll from the movie Jaws.  I wasn't due out until September, but you didn't pay for it until it shipped.  I am big fan of the movie Jaws and when I saw the doll, I just KNEW I had to have it!

Look at all the fun accessories he comes with!  There's also a Quint doll, but who cares about that?  lol.  So, fast forward to either Sunday or Monday and I get a cancellation notice from the store where I'd ordered him from.  They said that due to some sort of licensing issues, they weren't going to be able sell him.  Huh?  Why didn't they have that all sorted out before offering him for pre-sale?  I don't get it.  Amazon has him for pre-sale, but it says it won't be in stock until March 2021.  Needless to say, I am super disappointed.  But what can I do?  Maybe the toy company didn't want to pay the licensing fees in order to be able to sell it...?  Who knows the reason behind it?  They're advertising other Jaws products on their website...I just don't know.

There's another doll that I won't buy because it's just too goofy, but I haven't shared it before.  It's Richard Simmons...

It's funny that there's two different heads for him, but both are kind of over the top.  Would this be Flamboyant Uncle Rick?  hahaha.  I like Richard Simmons, though.  I grew up watching his infomercials for his different diet programs.  He always seemed so genuine in his desire to help people.  It crushed me to see some of the comments people made when he took a step back from the spotlight a few years.  Some people even speculated that he was being held captive in his house by a housekeeper or something and that's why nobody saw him anymore.  But come on.  The guy spent his entire life helping people and he deserved a break.  Unfortunately, other than an appearance to show he wasn't being held hostage, nothing has been said about him.  I hope he's doing well.

On Saturday I have to go get my oil changed and windshield wipers replaced for my trip to Las Vegas on Sunday.  After that I have to drive to the closest Tractor Supply Co to pick up my Eclipse and a surprise.  hahaha.  The closest TSC is about 20 minutes or so away.  I'm looking forward to getting Eclipse.  A lot of people on Blab had their orders canceled, but it looked like the ones who did were picking them up at the store and the people whose orders weren't getting cancelled had done Ship To Store.  I didn't take a poll or anything so I don't know if that's the case, but there were people using the word "Pick up" and others used "Ship".

Well, not much else is going on right now so I guess I will go.  I hope everyone is doing well.  Til next time!

Jake the Farrier's Family Grows...

In my last blog, I mentioned that Jake the Farrier and his cousin Cassie welcomed their Eccentric Uncle Bob into their home.  Well, apparently he brought Cassie's brother Adam with him and now there's 4 people living in Jake the Farrier's tiny house with all his dogs and Cassie's cats.  It's really quite a menagerie.

Some of you may be wondering what makes Uncle Bob so eccentric.  Well, he runs around talking about Happy Little Trees and Puffy White Clouds and Serene Little Bushes and Little Babbling Brooks.  He's harmless, really.  He was  a Drill Sargent for many years and when he left the military he swore he'd never raise his voice again.  And now he speaks with a very soothing voice.  Eccentric Uncle Bob likes to paints and he's really quite talented at it.

Adam is Cassie's older brother by two years.  They are quite close, which is why he decided to move with Eccentric Uncle Bob.

Unlike his sister Cassie, who didn't join the "horse game" until an adult, Adam has always considered himself a horse person.  He has competed in rodeos at the high school level and has had some success.  Not much, but some.  He isn't sure what he wants to do right now, though, and hopes to figure it out one of these days.

So, how are all these people connected?  Well, Cassie is Jake the Farrier's cousin.  And Adam is Cassie's brother so that makes Adam, Jake the Farrier's cousin as well.  But where does Eccentric Uncle Bob come in?  Is he Jake the Farrier's dad?  Cassie and Adam's?  The answer is, none of the above.  Jake the Farrier grew up raised by his mom, whose brother is Eccentric Uncle Bob, whose brother is Cassie and Adam's dad.  Confused yet?  hahahaha.

Eccentric Uncle Bob doesn't know much about horses, but he wants to learn.  He even tried tacking up one of Cassie's horses...

Given her own limited experience with horses, though, she probably wasn't the best person to help him. (I need a better background hahaha).  Don't worry.  No horses were injured in the attempted saddling of  "Freddie” (barn name for Bohemian Rhapsody).

Well, Tractor Supply Company finally got in some of their mid-year releases on their website and there's a sale going on, so I promptly bought Eclipse.  EEEK!

I say "eek" because I seem to be spending a lot of money lately.  And on nothing of any real importance either.  hahaha.  But look at him.  And at a great price for a traditional sized model.  Of course, I couldn't just get one thing so I ordered something else, too.  And I selected "ship to store" because none of the TSCs in my county have them in stock yet and the closest one is too far away to go check on a regular basis.  Plus, the sale price.  The website doesn't say when it will be shipped, though, so I have to wait for an email telling me when I can go pick him up.

Well, I guess that is it for now.  I hope everyone is doing well.  Til next time!