Are Secret Suprise Saddles HTF?

[gabumon]

Just found Secret Surprise Pretty Puff at thrift without her saddle.  Is it going to be easy finding it?

[Taffeta]

I can't speak for anyone or anywhere else, but I have never ever acquired a saddle separate from the pony. Then again, I can only remember finding a saddleless Secret Surprise pony once at the carboot sale. They usually appeared there intact. I imagine the saddles probably get separated from the ponies and into other toy accessories. Depending on how good the condition of your pony, it might be worth looking for a beaten up one which still has her saddle and transplanting it. If I remember right, it is possible to get the saddle off without breaking it.

[Kazzellin]

*nods* Not to discourage you, but a lot of time the ones found sans saddle are used for custom bait. (I can recall one really cool custom where one was turned into a "flower pot" for silk flowers.)

Though that being said, if you wanted to, you could always make her your own, custom, saddle out of clay.

[gabumon]

Thanks for the info everyone.

I guess you could 3D print one? If you knew how.

[lostpony]

Use leather from a wallet or something like that to make a much better saddle...i want to do this but where is the time.

[Hannah66665]

I have a Stardazzle in need of a saddle as well... I've hoped to find someone making reproductions but I don't know if there ever have been. :/

[Baby Sugarberry]

The saddles are far rarer than the ponies, though not as rare as the keys or 'prizes'.  Not only do they come loose, the latch part and (to a lesser extent) socket are breakable, and broken pieces often ended up thrown away, I'd imagine.  Much like broken flutter pony wings. 

[Snapdragon]

Yeah, I think I saw a replacement saddle being sold ... maybe once, if ever? It's sort of a fuzzy memory, so it's definitely not something that pops up a lot, unless maybe a collector happens to have purchased one that broke in transit. Sadly, it's the kind of part that seems like it would be easily thrown away if it broke off, because it wouldn't be easy to reattach, and it isn't something you can play with on its own.

[Emberly]

It seems like it would be easy to make reproductions, but I've never had a full saddle, so I'm not much help there.

[Hannah66665]

It would be awesome if someone could come up with a reproduction or some kind of replacement... I wouldn't care if I had to permanently glue it in place and not be able to open it like the original... anything would be better than an empty hole. I suppose I could use her as a pencil holder but that seems kind of demeaning. 

[Foxtale]

I have one or two saddleless ponies. The saddles just seemed to fly off with such force that they often broke off leaving many a poor pony stranded without a back.


.... The 3d printed saddles sounds like a great idea! Now I know what to do for my first 3d printed project.

Does anyone find that one particular pony of the 4 to be more often missing her saddle?

[gabumon]

maybe we could crowdsource a project to have people take isometric-angled photos of the saddles next to a ruler so we can start thinking about recreating them to scale?   top, front, back, underside.  etc.

wow did I just say that? 

[Emberly]

I would think it would be easier to make a mold in resin and cast a replica. It looks like they're all the same so as long as there's one original to cast from, then you'd just have to paint it.

[Kazzellin]

I would think it would be easier to make a mold in resin and cast a replica. It looks like they're all the same so as long as there's one original to cast from, then you'd just have to paint it.

I agree here. Either that, or using a 3D scanner on one.

[gabumon]

true.  casting is something i've considered expeirimenting with over the years too.