So, I was letting Youtube's autoplay feature ramble through videos of bootlegs (which I love to watch). Then autoplay queued up a video reviewing Sonic the Hedgehog plushes. In depth. I mean, this guy REALLY knew his stuff. Whereas I have never played a single Sonic game and all I know is that he's gotta go fast.
But the guy had a very relaxing voice and he was very positive (as opposed to Youtuber's who have a trademark of being sarcastic or absurdly angry), so I just let the videos play while I scanned comics, etc, despite not knowing anything about Sonic. (Seriously, the guy showed plushes of "classic Sonic" and "modern Sonic" and I couldn't tell the difference, lol.)
I really respect a collector who is knowledgeable and detail oriented, no matter what they collect! And this guy had saved sooo much information about Sonic the Hedgehog plushes, like "and in 2002 this plush sold on eBay for $120 (*fades in screenshot of the auction*)". Well, aside from eBay, Sonic plushes are sometimes sold on Yahoo Japan etc. So on a whim, I went and typed in "Takara pony".
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loginLet the hyperventilating begin!! I bookmarked the page, of course, and checked the end time.
Five AM my time. SO BE IT. I set my alarm clock for 4:30 AM.
Let me tell you, I was surging with adrenaline. I was so amped up that the genes inherited by my hominid ancestors fully expected me to have to wrestle a saber-toothed tiger any second.
In the end I got her (after a bidding war).
So the lesson here is . . . watch random videos? I don't know. I don't know.
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loginThis is the "hair" prototype for Ami Ami. But I am calling her Frostfire after my Alolan Ninetales in Pokemon Sun.
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login"My kimono now." (Actually Russ Trolls clothes doesn't fit that great, Takara ponies are a bit chubbier around the middle.)
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loginTag that, according to Japanese speaking roommate, says something about: pony, hair, flocking (she thinks this is also a reference to hair though--pony has regular plastic body, not flocked
), tea (she said maybe having to do with the color of hair?? maybe??), Ami Ami (her name), test. She also said the handwriting was terrible, LOL.
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