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I've enjoyed the Monthly Micros so much that I decided it was time to bring some of that to a larger scale, and what better size than venti (1:20)! This has quickly become a favorite scale for resins, being big enough to pack in all the details while conserving shelf space. Cast in steel-reinforced white artist's resin, our ventis tend to be very clean and easy to prep--or nice to enjoy as-is, until that perfect color speaks (as it has in these artist copies painted by Mindy Berg!)
While offering a new venti every month wasn't feasible, offering them quarterly is! Therefore, this subscription will ship a new venti horse every three months throughout 2025.
Each venti is a new version of a micro mini sculpted by Maggie. Each one has been modified for the new scale: mirrored, but also heavily reworked to add details and make modifications wherever needed to make each piece as good as I can in this larger scale. Modifications that had to be made to make each piece "work" as a micro mini have been undone (or, more often, never done to this version in the first place--I've been planning this for a while!) and delicate texturing and detailing has been added to each piece.
The first venti will be Catnip (that's right--not CatNap as the micro)! I took CatNap and changed him to a mare, working all over her to feminize her. She's a lovely stock horse in a soft jog.
The second venti will be Wasp, the jumping gelding. He's not a shrunk version of Hornet but rather an all-new sculpture first released in micro mini scale, representing the moment after Hornet in the Muybridge photo series.
The third venti will be Figurine, a rearing Morgan stallion. This one received extensive reworking, as I wanted to portray a slightly different expression in this version. I was delighted with the micro version, and I am delighted with this second version as well!
The fourth horse in the 2025 subscription will be exclusive to subscribers and will be The Suitor! This twisty calling Arabian stallion is limited in micro mini scale to 2024 Monthly Micro subscribers, and this even more detailed venti version is spectacular if I do say so myself. Venti The Suitor will be limited to 85 pieces in total: 75 subscriber models plus 10 artist copies.
And of course, that means we will be offering 75 spots in the 2025 subscription. Unlike the micros, this venti subscription will run for one calendar year, starting in January. Subscribers will need to subscribe and make their first payment between January 1, 2025 and January 31, 2025. The cost is $75 per month including USA shipping, with resins shipping quarterly (for a total per-resin cost of $225). The cost is $88 per month with international shipping. While you may cancel your subscription if necessary, payments made are considered non-refundable and you will not receive any models unless that model has been paid in full.
The first resin will ship in March-early April (after the third payment is received), the second in June-early July (after the sixth payment), the third in September-early October (after the ninth payment), and The Suitor in December-early January 2026 after the twelfth payment.
The first resin in the subscription, Catnip, is already well into production; Suitor, the most complex to mold and cast, is also in production. We have been producing at least 40 ventis a month in the last few months to ensure our casting capabilities can keep up and I expect to be have horses ready to ship well before the month they will ship in. We will not be producing as many other ventis from existing molds during 2025 as we focus more of our production time on these subscription ventis.
The Suitor is limited to a total of 85 pieces. Each of the other models (Catnip, Wasp, and Figurine) may be produced in limited numbers beyond the subscription pieces, but the subscription is the only way to be guaranteed these pieces. I do not intend to sell more of any of these subscription ventis online, but may have some extras or seconds for in-person sales at events. As with my micro minis, any pieces sold later will be more expensive than the price through the subscription.
Our subscriptions run through PayPal, which will take out a recurring monthly payment. You may sign up without PayPal using a credit card! Please insure your mailing address is correct; if the email address attached to your PayPal is not one you check regularly please email us at sales@maggiebennett.com to let us know a contact email in case we need to get ahold of you.
SOLD OUT, thank you SO SO MUCH! I can't wait to get these in your hands!
Thank you for coming along with us on this exciting new adventure! We can't wait to bring you this special collection of sculptures.
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