G1 Ponies that people *think* are rare HTF :)

[TexasGal]

MIMIC!  Sorry had to throw that one out there...

butbutbut...you mean she isn't hard to find?  I bet you there is a huge storehouse of Mimics somewhere that need rescuing.  Who's with me on finding them?

[Eluluu]

i always love people who advertise their auctions as havin a "super duper ultra rare when you see this pony youre gonna wet yourself mail order one of a kind its mold was made out of solid GOLD pony"
... then when you look...
its baby stockings...
the bane of my existance. =P
 

[partypony566]

Unless she meant a spain piggy pony

This is a great topic rel 
 
A couple years ago I ran into an old girlfriend and told her that I got into collecting ponies.  The first thing she says is "Omg...I have those really rare one's who's eyes open and shut."  I was like Really? Wow!!  I never did have the heart to tell her otherwise.

[kissthethunder]

This thread is cracking me up

[Icecrystalline]

Oh my gosh, this elderly woman in my neighborhood was having a "Treasure Sale".  She does this a couple times a year, there are frequently many vintage toys to find there.  I went to check it out and saw no ponies, so I told her what we were looking for and she goes, "I have some in storage, but they are the old ones that are worth money".  She apparently thought the my 6 yr old and I were looking for 50 cent garage sale ponies.  I told her I would be interested in them and she says, "I have one I think is rare.  It has no legs and a round rump."  I gave her an odd look because this did not ring a bell, the she say, "I think it's supposed to be a mermaid"  A light went on and I told her, that it was a sea pony and many had been made.  I didn't want to make her feel bad, but I also don't want her to charge me an arm and a leg when she finds it!  I'm still waiting for her to find her pony stash and call me...not that I should buy more ponies.  I find it somehow more exciting when I'm not buying them on the internet...

Sorry for the big ramble!

It could not be a seapony? That actually did make mermaids
xxx

[hathorcat]

According to an ebay auction a couple of years ago - Sundance...any one remember the $100,000 super rare Sundance?

However, I would agree "sea ponies" seem to have a popular misconception of being rare...that and any pony with tinsel in their hair!

[xkappax]

Speaking of rare ponies, I totally had these SUPER RARE ponies when I was a kid... they had like... squiggly tails and ... sort of looked like sea horses? And you could put them in water. You guys know what I'm talking about? Probably not, because they're SO RARE! 

[StoryDreamer]

Peachy.  According to eBay sellers!

[sweetstuff]

I've never met anyone who still has/had MLPs IRL (other than fellow arena members), BUT

There was this flea market regular seller a few years ago who wanted $5 for very dirty common G1 ponies. She hadn't even bothered to clean them up and some even had DI (thrift store) stickers on them. When I would try to talk down the price she would tell me they were  "very expensive" because they were so old.

I think when some people see adults interested in toys they think they can charge more

[Yurusumaji]

I think when some people see adults interested in toys they think they can charge more

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is the case.

[Gingerbread]

Ugh there was was one bloke at a bootsale I went to...I saw a G3 Wysteria in really grotty condition. I picked her up thinking she would be great custom fodder, expecting him to say 25p or something. No, he wanted a fiver for her. Swore blind she was a super-duper really rare pony from the 1970s, one of the original ones; seriously I swear this bloke thought the poor pony could crap gold. Needless to say Wysteria got left behind!

[Folly]

I used to be under the impression that any pony with a fancier-than-average looking symbol or any markings on it's face/hooves was SUPA RARE.  My boyfriend acquired a 2007 (I think?) McD's Pinkie and I was SURE it was worth a ton because it had markings on it's nose xD  Same thing with the twice as fancy ponies.
In my defense, that was when I only payed attention to G4 ponies, and they haven't gotten any cool fancy looking lines yet.

[Yurusumaji]

I used to be under the impression that any pony with a fancier-than-average looking symbol or any markings on it's face/hooves was SUPA RARE.  My boyfriend acquired a 2007 (I think?) McD's Pinkie and I was SURE it was worth a ton because it had markings on it's nose xD  Same thing with the twice as fancy ponies.
In my defense, that was when I only payed attention to G4 ponies, and they haven't gotten any cool fancy looking lines yet.

I'm still learning about what's rare and what isn't, myself. Every time I see something I assume it isn't rare, because if I'm seeing it, it means there's a million of them out there. Ha ha!


I first started thinking TAF ponies were rare because they sell like hot cakes! But then I realized that they're not necessarily rare, just desired. Rare/Desired always throws me off! 

[miss]

I think perseption has a lot to do with it too, some ponies weren't relieved say in the uk, so we would view them as rare, and visa versa. Though with eBay and worldwide stuff it's not quite the same!

[TwistedWindSox]

Peachy.  According to eBay sellers!

This!
I saw an e-bay auction a couple months ago for a "Super Rare alternate coloured Snuzzle" and... It was Peachy.