Updates and blah, blah, blah

Welcome to Road To Breyerfest! This is not only the best place on the internet to get all of the information about Breyerfest and Stone’s Equilocity, but it is a positive hobby community that allows members to share their love and plastic and real horses alike. The group has been renamed Road To Model Horse Fest as a few members expressed concern that we do not only follow Breyerfest, but share other things as well. But a name is not something that we dwell on much here at RTB. No, we want to bring you the information that you need and a place to share your hobby.

We have linked our page and our group together so that you are more connected than ever! On the group, you will get the same amazing community that you have come to know. You will see shares of Breyer, Stone, and Copperfox, as well as real horse and other model horse type shares. On the page, you will now be able to view what artists offer for sale, real horse events, and much more! There is also a new hashtag to follow in the group for those that follow along with our Mold Discussion topics. This hashtag is #RTBMoldDiscussions.

Starting in November, we have a monthly Live Video that is there to answer your questions. This weekend video will always be on the weekend and we encourage members to watch and participate as these videos can be a wonderful source of information that you might be looking for about the events that go on in July. After March, these videos go from monthly to bi monthly and then after May, they become every weekend until Breyerfest. You are encouraged to tune in and ask your questions or tune in and help answer the questions that might be asked.

Last year, we offered Lanyards for sale and while it was awesome to see such encouragement in the group, we are rethinking this idea on swag to offer during the event. The cost was high and personal expenses were high despite asking for a low cost. If anyone would be willing to donate some swag or money towards swag of some type, we are willing to think over things that we want to offer. We do want to offer swag, but current funds say that we cannot offer anything out of pocket. RTB is funded entirely by our creator at this time and funds are not there to offer things for swag. We have started a Kofi and are willing to start of Patreon with special updates and gifts for income just for the community.

We do cover more than just Breyer events, though we started for just Breyerfest. We picked up Stone Horses’ Equilocity soon after we were created and have attended both events for several years now. While we do not always volunteer for either company, remember that we are usually always online during the event to help members with their own Breyerfest and Equilocity experience. However, after last year, we will not be setting aside time per day to meet with people to help them. There will be the annual Thursday Meet and Greet Lunch and Cracker Barrel in Lexington and if a member of the group wishes to hold a meet and greet, we will sponsor up to two of these and attempt to be there, if possible. In the past, we have offered a cell phone number to call or text for help, however this year, we will not be doing this, mainly to protect our sanity!

Our mascot this coming year and from now on is Aria, the palomino pinto. She will be making some more appearances here soon and we will be looking for tack and props for her for Breyerfest and other events that we attend. This mascot is always available during the events and you could win a mini whinnie if you take a selfie with her and post it to the group with the hashtag #RTBAriaSelfie! This will be a new addition and on a test run for the year 2020. If this goes well, it will be a yearly thing at every model horse event that we attend.

This coming year, we will be looking to offer a sponsorship for certain model horse and real horse events. We will be offering either a small monetary donation or a custom model with our initials and the year painted on the model. If this is something that you want to look into, please message the page and we will get back to you as soon as we are able to.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this crazy update of things and know that this is just some of the changes coming to RTB. We will keep the initials of RTB in order to not confuse everything, but just the group has been renamed so as to make sure that people understand that we are so much more than just one event! I am excited to finally be able to bring about the changes that I have been discussing with my friends and family and I cannot wait to share everything with you! Thank you all for being Roadies and I look forward to personally meeting as many of you as I can during July!