Finally some pony luck! Pic Heavy!

[Minty_Magic]

It's been years since I've had any really good luck finding ponies in the wild, or even online for good prices! I've mostly been buying the G1 re releases and not much else. But finally it seems I've been having luck all at once! There are some belated Christmas brags in here too, but lets just say this winter has been overall a good pony season!
Group shot of everyone:
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Sorry, all of these pics are going to have bad lighting/flash. I work graveyards so I really don't see the sun much!

First here are all the ponies I got for Christmas!
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Finally I'm getting caught back up on some of the HQG1C ponies! Not pictured are the valentines duo, they're currently hanging out with me on my work desk. I also got some Dollymix ponies and Cutie Mark Crew ponies!

Next, isn't necessarily good luck I suppose, but I'm still excited about them! I found BAB Cheerilee and they happened to be having a sale where it was buy one get one for $10. So of course I had to get the little valentines day unicorn!
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I bought the Christmas unicorn at the time too...if BAB decides to make a unicorn plush for every season I'm in real trouble.

Also, not exactly crazy luck or anything, but I found the new Luna brushable that's actually blue! She's actually really stunning in person, I think this is the first G4 purchase I've been impressed by in years!
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Then I finally found some ponies at Goodwill! Its been years since I've found any ponies at Goodwill that I didn't already have and were interested in buying!
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I was mostly after Daring Do in the bag, but honestly I'm happy with the others too! Luna is my favorite princess so I'm happy to have another plush of her! I kind of wanted this one at the time but couldn't justify spending the money! The Twilight Sparkle is kind of cute too, her hair needs a lot of work but I think I can make her pretty again! I like her different eye shape on this toy!

And I saved the best for last, I finally have an Aikarin custom in my herd! I don't even remember how I stumbled across her customs page but Aikarin was really my first glimpse into the pony collecting world at the time! I was barley even a teenager at the time, so being able to see my toys turned into works of art really introduced me to the idea that, hey, I don't have to outgrow my ponies! I was obsessed, I was determined I would own one of her customs one day! Well, nearly 12 years later, that day has come!
Please help me welcome Florabella!
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I remember being so in love with this pony when she was posted at the time, I can't believe she is actually part of my collection now!
Here's a better view of her hair:
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And the detailing on her hooves is incredible! Photos really don't do her justice!
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Fun fact; My persona Sedona Dreams was originally entered in one of her custom pony design competitions. Obviously she didn't win, but I have kept her as my way to represent myself in the pony community for years now! Shes grown and changed with me quite a bit over the years of course, but I still love her design and I really feel I grew into it more with age. Sedona Dreams was obviously overjoyed to meet her new friend too
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Sorry, this got kind of long! What can I say, I'm a rambler!  Thanks for looking!

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[Ponyfan]

Congrats on your new ponies. I'm also a big fan of Luna.


Ponyfan

[Einhornbaby]

Huuuuge congrats, youve got some really awesome things there
(I adoooore that BABW unicorn, its the cutest thing!!)

[Safflower]

Congrats Florabella is gorgeous!

[invaderhorizongreen]

Luna looks lovely, and I would love to have her one day, finally a good shade of blue.

[Teddy]

Wow, that is an awesome Luna!! I have never seen her before and thought she was a custom. Now I must have her!

Congrats on all your other ponies, too! I am regretting not buying Pepper Jack with my last order of HQG1C ponies! He's so handsome!

[Hannah66665]

Congrats on such an amazing haul of pony goodness. That Aikarin custom is gorgeous! Their work is some of the best! 

[kiwimlp]

I think 2018 was definitely a good pony year for you   That is one stunning custom you have added to your herd (actually, all of them are stunning, lol).  12 years was a long time to wait but definitely worth it imo.  Congrats

[achab1984]

Congrats on your new ponies! And that very last custom is just beautiful!!!!!

[Minty_Magic]

Thanks everyone!

[SpaceButtPonies]

How did you get your Luna's hair so tamed? She looks fantastic!

[NightGliderSA]

Lovely ponies!

I also like Aikarin's work, and the tutorials are amazing as well 

I've never seen that Luna: she's lovely. We don't get a lot of variety in G4 here.

[Minty_Magic]

Thank you!

How did you get your Luna's hair so tamed? She looks fantastic!

I just gave her a spa day with water and conditioner! I kind of just got lucky that she had nice hair out the box to be honest. G4 hair I have about a 50/50 success with getting to look good haha