First Christmas Release - Jingle and Belle
December 25, 2019 marked the first Christmas special for Copperfox. It was also the first official release of Copperfox 2.0!
In May 2019, Copperfox Model Horses announced a comeback with a new owner Julia Nichols and based out of the US. For the next few months, fans were teased with pictures of the British Shire being retooled in preparation for production. A few prototypes were released. But the true return of Copperfox came on Christmas Day 2019.
CC713 Jingle and Belle were a gambler's choice run of Coppercubs (1/32 scale) models on the British Shire (Winston) mold. A total of 150 models were sold split between Jingle in green and Belle in red.
Once the models started to arrive, collectors were excited to discover that there were, in fact, 4 variations instead of the original two expected. A small number of each model were mirror images with the mane on the left side instead of the normal right side mane.
The final breakdown for Jingle and Belle was:
- 63 - Normal Jingle (Green, mane on right side)
- 63 - Normal Belle (Red, mane on right side)
- 13 - Variation Jingle (Green, mane on left side)
- 11 - Variation Belle (Red, mane on left side)
A normal Jingle:
And a Variation Belle:
Also noteworthy for this release, this is the first use of the CC in the model number indicating the model is a Coppercub. (No idea where 713 came from). It's also the first appearance of the Coppercub size boxes which are mini versions of the original Copperfox packaging complete with shaped foam inserts. I do not believe this run came with any kind of Certificate of Authenticity.
I was also lucky enough to snag a test for Jingle during the Copperfox 2.0 archive dispersal sale in 2023.
He is much darker than the final release especially when compared side by side.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed learning about Jingle and Belle and Happy Holidays from Riker and crew!
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