Breyer Wintersong - Barns

Last night we received our Breyer Wintersong Christmas models. We did not receive the rest of our Breyer Christmas merchandise. We'll be shipping out all the Wintersong orders that do not have other Breyer Christmas merchandise to go with them on Monday. In the mean time we're trying to track down the rest of our Breyer Christmas merchandise so we can get it shipped out, along with any Wintersongs with other Christmas merchandise on the order. The good news is - we got Wintersong earlier than we had last been told.

We also received Breyer #302 barns last night. They are in inventory now and ready for your purchase. We did not receive the Run-in Barns. We'll be trying to track those down early next week. We're hoping they're on the way.

Breyer Recall!

After receiving an email from a client yesterday, we went to Breyer's web site and found the recall, below. If you have pre-ordered the 2007 stirrup ornament from us you may have already been refunded. Refunds on that pre-order are being processed now. Due to the recall we won't be receiving or shipping those. Anyone who purchased the the 2006 stirrup ornament from us should contact us directly at (866) 450-5244 for return/refund instructions.

RECALL OF HOLIDAY STIRRUP ORNAMENTS


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



RECALL OF HOLIDAY STIRRUP ORNAMENTS

(Pequannock, NJ – Oct. 15, 2007) -- Breyer® Animal Creations® has recently learned that its 2006 Holiday Stirrup Ornament (Item #700306) and 2007 Holiday Stirrup Ornament (Item #700307) do not meet with federal lead paint standards. The Company has filed a report with the Consumer Product Safety Commission with regard to these products. Consumers should stop using these products immediately and return them to the retailer where they were bought for a full refund.
Please be assured that your safety is a top priority for Breyer.
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Breyer Christmas Order!

Last Friday we received part of our Breyer Christmas order. Delivered were: Beautiful Breeds Appaloosa ornament, Snowstar Carousel ornament, Baby's First Christmas ornament and Chilly the Snowhorse plush. The rest of the order, including Wintersong, was back ordered. In speaking with our Breyer sales representative we were told that the rest of the Christmas merchandise was not scheduled to arrive at Breyers warehouse until November 15th. While we do not have a definitive reason as to the delay, we were told that some of this merchandise will be out in stores sooner. Evidently the retailers that ordered the merchandise in the pre-pack display units received their merchandise. It's only the retailers that ordered without the pre-pack display that won't receive theirs until later. Unfortunately, we are one of those retailers that did not order the display. We will be shipping out any orders that needed the items we have received to complete them and, holding the others until the rest of the merchandise arrives. We are very sorry for this inconvenience.

Twilight Terror!

We received 12 of our total number of Twilight Terrors last night. We'll be shipping those out, to the first 12 clients to pre-order them, today. Most of our other clients that pre-ordered have decided to wait for theirs until the rest of our shipment comes in. We're being told, December 2007 or January 2008. Of course, we'll be shipping those as soon as we get them. Once we determine how many clients did not decide to hold on to their pre-orders, we'll be putting theirs back on pre-order for your purchase.

Twilight Terror!

I just got of the phone with our Breyer sales representative and the news on Twilight Terror is not good. Evidently Breyer had a total of 3 containers of Twilight Terror come in from China. The first two containers were fine, but the models in the third container all had a problem with the lighting mechanism in the model. As a result, we are being told that we will only receive a fraction of the Twilight Terrors that we had ordered. We can choose to re-order the rest, but we won't receive them until later. We don't have all the details on this yet, but we will have by this afternoon. Once we have all the details we will be emailing all of our customers who have Twilight Terror on pre-order to explain all of the options Breyer has given us, and to find out what each individual would like to do. We are being told that they will give us some kind of incentive to reorder the models we did not receive. We'll want to give our clients access to those same incentives once we know what they are, so you can make an informed decision as to what to do. We are sorry for this inconvenience. Again, if you have Twilight Terror on pre-order with us, you should be expecting a detailed email explaining the situation and outlining options. In the mean time feel free to call us at (866) 450-5244.

Twilight Terror!

We received a call from Con-way freight late last night. They said they would be delivering a large shipment from Breyer on Thursday the 27th. Of course, they don't know exactly what's on that shipment, but we can speculate. We have a large order that should be arriving in preparation for Christmas, it could be that. Or, it could be Twilight Terror, Wintersong and all the Christmas items. That would be a large shipment in itself. It could be both. We'll find out for sure what's on it when it arrives tomorrow. In the mean time, we're hoping to hear from our sales representative today. She'll know what is on tomorrows shipment. If we get news from her today we'll post an announcement here as soon as we know. Otherwise, look for another post tomorrow on whether we have received Twilight Terror on the big Con-way shipment.

Breyer Snow Globe!

Yesterday, a client told us that they had heard the Breyer 2007 Home for the Holidays musical snow globe would not be shipping this year. They said they heard there had been some sort of production problem. We contacted our sales representative and verified that the snow globe would not be shipping. No specific reason was stated.

So, If you have one or more of the Home for the Holidays snow globes on pre-order we'll be contacting you to refund your money the first of next week. We know how disappointing this is; we started collecting them for our Granddaughter last year. We're very sorry that this particular item is not being produced.