What is the most expensive pony you've ever bought?

[Loa]

Ummmm I think like $100 on MOC G1 Twins?

[goddessofpeep]

With all the budget minded people on this thread, I'm wondering who keeps winning those stupid expensive auctions on ebay:p 

I won't post what I paid for that MOC Windwhistler(it's pretty shameful), but I will admit to buying a $200 lot of ponies and accessories to get a hat I needed to complete a ponywear outfit once.  It was a sweet lot, and it had a bunch of other nice stuff in it, but I was really after the hat.  Had the hat been by itself in its own auction, I still would've paid $200 for the thing.  I call it my $200 hat - it just came with a few bonus items:p  And I did the exact same thing again just a few months ago, this time for $250.  I bought an entire lot of Brazilian ponies just for a hat.  A different hat this time, but I still just wanted the hat.  I'm very serious about ponywear.  I also have a pile of Brazilian ponies for trade/sale now:/ 

This topic should've been posted on the Nirvana forum.   That's where the South African and Takara pony buyers hang out.  I've got a few big-ish ticket ponies, but those ponies take the cake!

[Hannah66665]

The most I ever spent for a pony was around $90? This was a few years back when funds were a lot better. It was a grail pony. 

[Safflower]

I spent 200 dollars for a HUGE lot. It was worth it, so many ponies and accessories and playsets! If you worked it out, I think each item was below two bucks.

As for one pony, I think it was 13 bucks for a good condition Magic Hat.

[nessa16]

With all the budget minded people on this thread, I'm wondering who keeps winning those stupid expensive auctions on ebay:p 

I won't post what I paid for that MOC Windwhistler(it's pretty shameful), but I will admit to buying a $200 lot of ponies and accessories to get a hat I needed to complete a ponywear outfit once.  It was a sweet lot, and it had a bunch of other nice stuff in it, but I was really after the hat.  Had the hat been by itself in its own auction, I still would've paid $200 for the thing.  I call it my $200 hat - it just came with a few bonus items:p  And I did the exact same thing again just a few months ago, this time for $250.  I bought an entire lot of Brazilian ponies just for a hat.  A different hat this time, but I still just wanted the hat.  I'm very serious about ponywear.  I also have a pile of Brazilian ponies for trade/sale now:/ 

This topic should've been posted on the Nirvana forum.   That's where the South African and Takara pony buyers hang out.  I've got a few big-ish ticket ponies, but those ponies take the cake!

Which hats were they?

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Most ever cash dropped on a large lot of G1:  $200
Most ever cash dropped on a single G1:  ~$30

[ringwraith10]

I bought myself a graduation present after I graduated last year: MOC Argentinian Rockin' Beat Tuneful! That was definitely the most I've spent on one pony but I used graduation gift money and she was a really good deal. No regrets!

[kissthethunder]

Right now the one that will be the most is my Dutch Baby Dolphin I'm making payments on. The others I have bought were for very good prices or were half gifts from friends, like Lightning ThunderCloud and Tornado, and Mexi Rainbow Firefly.

[Carrehz]

Re Unicorno and Sweetie Blue, not sure who was more expensive..

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(the blue one)

I should take a photo of them together sometime, lol.

[goddessofpeep]

The first hat(my $200 hat) was the hat to the Costume Wear, Academy Award.  This was waaaaay back in the day, well before that seller from Chile flooded the market with MOC Costume Wear outfits.  I had spent a good chunk of my childhood looking at the brochure with the Costume Wear outfits pictured, but I had never been able to find a single sign of any of those outfits anywhere.  I don't know what the distribution for the outfits was in the USA, but almost every loose Costume Wear outfit I saw came from Canada or overseas.  The lot it came with was a sweet lot.  $200 was a deal for that lot back then, let alone what a similar lot would go for now.  It had a ton of mint ponies complete with all accessories and their backcards/boxes, and a bunch of other complete outfits too.  But it was that hat I really wanted!

The second hat was the little paper Brazilian Party Time party hat.  Anyone who seriously collects accessories probably knows how well paper accessories survive.  It looked to be in excellent condition, and the rest of the lot consisted of what appeared to be excellent condition ponies and their mint outfits.  It looked like I'd be getting my hat plus a bunch of great trade fodder.  When I got it, the condition wasn't quite what I had hoped.  The whole box must've been stored somewhere musty, and most of the ponies have had haircuts:(  Several of the ponies had some crusty thing going on that I had to deal with as well. I've been working on getting the stink out of them(it's pretty bad), and I hope that I may be able to get the outfits at the very least to a point where they're acceptable.  But I did get my hat, and that's what I really wanted.  It's got a bit of water staining, and it stinks too:(  I'm working on the smell, but other than that it's in pretty good condition.  I wouldn't say no to an upgrade, but it's highly unlikely that I'll be able to find one.  I've been after that hat for over 15 years.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Most expensive pony..
I think that would be Steamer. I want to say he ran me $20?

I see people have talked about bidding wars. Hoo boy are those a pet peeve of mine. Specifically, bidding wars waged by affluent bozos who come barging into an auction and drive the bidding up crazy high... when it's not even rare, and there are several Buy It Now listings they could have gone after instead (often for less than the winning bid) if they were willing to drop that kind of money on it!

[dragonfly]

Long time ago. LSPP in the box. I think I paid around $850.

[reddsetgogirl]

I've suppressed how much I've spent on my expensive ponies. I know I've paid over $100 for the giant blank Pony Project pony, who is my most expensive G3 though I certainly paid less than most people I know who have her. MOC Argentinen Rockin' Beats Tuneful and Half Note both were over $100, Surprise Twins mum and babies were exactly $100. I've paid around $100 for some of the Li'l Litters Nursery Families also.

The main thing I remind myself is that while I have indeed spent a lot of money on ponies, I have paid much, much less than the value of at least half of my entire collection. The value of my collection as a whole is easily triple what I paid for them. The Pony Gods have been very kind to me so I don't feel bad about buying a very expensive pony every few years.

And to think that there was a time when I thought paying more than $15 for one pony was insane!

[Skeen]

Rapunzel, $500 (in payments).  Then I think Spain Milky Way, Sweet Scoops/pendant, a few Brazilians, and the pink birthday baby.  I have a lot that hovered around the $100-$150 point and don't remember their exact prices. 

[zombienixon]

Mine would be a custom Princess Cadance plush. I paid $260 for her.