Death and Negativity

Alright, before you take one look at the title and run away screaming...it's not as bad as it sounds.

My black moor goldfish, Telescope, swam over the rainbow bridge sometime last night. He'd been progressively getting worse every week (swim bladder/fish bloat disease--mostly un-treatable and not contagious) and I knew it was coming, but it's still sad. Why am I so attached to all my critters, even the fish?

On to the next topic: negativity. I noticed on the Facebook page of a Breyer vendor this morning that they had posted the photo of the Traditional size War Horse model and collectors were again spewing the same complaints I seem to hear/read everywhere.

"the halter bothers me"
"I'm thinking of making a tack set...the tack will cover up the halter (hopefully)"
"ugly mold"
"I like Idocus better"
"the head is very square, I wish they would pick a different mold"
And my personal favorite: "i might get a rug with a hood that covers the face so you can't see the halter"

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of getting the model in the first place!?  What's the point of having one that you can't even see??? I generally try to be a positive person and see the good in the world. No, I don't like every Breyer model ever made, but I don't buy the ones I don't like. Period. I don't feel the need to complain about the mold, the shading, the eyes, the markings, the confirmation, and every other little detail that people like to pick apart on new releases as soon as the first stock photos come out.

What real-life horse is perfect anyway?
Sheesh.

Do I have an opinion of the Man O War mold? You bet I do! I'd prefer no molded on tack any day, but on Joey I think it looks great. Breyer picked one of the best molds for him. He has a halter on practically the entire time anyway. I loved the movie and I want the model, so I pre-ordered him, molded on halter an all!

Personally, I really like a lot of the molds and models out there that most collectors love to pick apart and hate on (every Classic mold sculpted by Cheney  for example).

Expressing your opinion is your right and I respect that (and express my own often!) but it certainly seems that many opinions out there are negative! I'm still going to say whether I like a model and why or why not but I don't feel the need to complain complain complain about every detail.

If you don't like it, don't buy it!