Completed G1 Alternate Birthflower Set! SING HALLELUJAH!

[starstrider]

::flails:: 

The ultimate grail attainment!  So happy!

When I started re-collecting over a decade ago, I set my heart on completing the Alternate Birthflower set of ponies.  Their colours were just so beautiful and so much more gorgeous than the typical pink and white MO varieties.  It took years and years of searching, sometimes I'd find three in the space of a month, sometimes I'd go half a year between finds.  At times I despaired that I would never complete the set, because certain ponies just kept eluding me (Violet, Cosmos, Daffodil, and Lily of the Valley, I'm looking at you!) and sometimes their price was too high. 

But the final pony arrived this week, and I am thrilled to pieces!  I just wish I had somewhere to display them properly in a cabinet, they look so lovely together as a set.  Am particularly chuffed to have the reverse Alternate Alternate December Holly.  As you can see she's got some tail rust, but I'll get her all fixed up.  She's pretty in any condition!

Sorry for the less than stellar background job, I couldn't find a good setup for a group shot and have good light. 

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[stickied 28/9/18 - kiwimlp ]
unstickied 2/10/18

[Mewtwofan1]

     Praise the pony gods, for they have blessed thee! They have blessed you with beautiful alternate birthflowers, well done.

[katrine2309]

They are beautiful!! Lily of the Valley is my ultimate grail pony! They are all so beautiful- I only have Poppy but she made me fall in love with the Alt.birthflowers<3

[tailrustedtealeaf]

Hooray!!! Big congrats, they're all so colorful! That alt alt December is especially interesting.

[Safflower]

It's amazing you've completed such a rare set but you even have variations! Huge congrats and well done

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Congrats, they are soooooo pretty!

[CinnamonOnions]

This is amazing!!! So much congrats on completing such an insane goal!!!

[LadyMoondancer]

Simply beautiful!  Incredible seeing the full set together, congratulations!!

[NightGliderSA]

Hooray and congratulations!!! This is so awesome to see 

[mlp4me]

Huge congrats! That is a fantastic set to complete!!

[Errant_Harpy]

Oh my goodness; they're all so beautiful!!  The colors in that top row are simply to die for!  Congrats on completing the set!  Which one is your favorite?

[starstrider]

Thanks everyone!  I'm so excited to have them

Oh my goodness; they're all so beautiful!!  The colors in that top row are simply to die for!  Congrats on completing the set!  Which one is your favorite?

It's so hard to choose a favourite!  I love that there are some really unique colour combinations that just haven't been used for any other ponies.  February (Violet) and August (Poppy) I think are particularly pretty.  I'm super in love with October (Cosmos) in all her golden splendour (she's also my birth month) and was so hard to find. 

[CherryTreats]

Wow, they are soo pretty! I definitely understand having trouble choosing a favorite! Congrats!!

[kiwimlp]

I think I saw this posted on FB recently!  Such a beautiful set to complete, especially with 2 Hollys.  I don't have both versions of her in mine yet.  Oddly I have come across 3 of the alt version, yet none of the more common one! 

Major congrats and thanks for sharing pics

[starstrider]

I think I saw this posted on FB recently!  Such a beautiful set to complete, especially with 2 Hollys.  I don't have both versions of her in mine yet.  Oddly I have come across 3 of the alt version, yet none of the more common one! 

Major congrats and thanks for sharing pics

Yes!  I shared it on FB too - I was too happy not to   Gosh, I've been monitoring the sales of these guys for years, and I've only seen the Alt Alt/reverse Holly come up once, whereas I've seen the pink-leaved version sell several times (one just a few weeks ago!).  Which ponies do you still need for your set? 

Thanks for the sticky, BTW!