How rare are TAF Baby Ponies?

[toyjunky]

I was wondering how rare the TAF baby ponies are. Are certain baby TAF ponies more sought after than others? And if you have any I'd love to see them please.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

I feel like a general rule of thumb is ~$100 a pop for these guys. They are certainly sought after!

[freezestime]

I've never bought any of them but I think Baby Sugarberry and Baby Milky Way would be favourites, maybe even Baby Sweet Tooth so they might cost more (idk just a theory)

[Taffeta]

I think they all have china and hk versions...Milky Way also has streak variations but I don't know if that matters. All of mine came through online trades but they seem to fluctuate on ebay.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Yes they are htf and pricey.... $80 on a cheap day, $100 on a average day.

[reanna-mator]

I got Baby Up Up and Away in a lucky large BIN lot, but I'm currently paying $80 in installments for Baby Milky Way.

They're hard to find for a good price like a lot of the later mail orders.

[Broken Irishwoman]

Yeah, they were already expensive 11 years ago when I bought Baby Sugarberry. Even then she was way out of my reach. I only had the chance to own her because a very friendly Arena member was willing to sell me a flawed one for a great price (I say "willing" because I had zero feedback back then, and she still trusted me). I'm still super grateful for that.

[MerryAnvil]

I have Baby Dancing Butterflies, HK version <3

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I got her along with her mom (Dancing Butterflies) from a thrift store when I was little, maybe...12-13 years ago? Don't kill me but...I think I got them both for like $4. I was honestly shocked when I saw how expensive they are. I've never found another TAF baby in the wild but there you go, it is possible!

[Taffeta]

I remember when I first got online and found out about them that they were even then high demand ponies because they were baby versions of a very popular set. I know some people found them in the south of England as end of line stock at markets and such but no suck luck in the midlands

They've always been pricey, even back when many others weren't. Rather like Mimic, except that I think the prices o these haven't rocketed in the way that some of the others (Rapunzel...) have. They were around $80ish even in the late 90s, and considering inflation, they might even have got cheaper in relative terms.

I've seen them sell for between $75 and $120 regularly for years. But they go through periods of ups and downs. It's good to wait for a down.

I was lucky with mine in that when I got them, there were a lot more pony doubles around and I was able to trade UK ponies like mountain boys, sweetie babies etc for them. I don't know if I could get them now :/ I've given up on the variant versions.

Mine are all here.
http://www.etherella.com/scrapbook2/mo_tafbabies.htm
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[mlp4me]

I agree with Taffeta's prices. Hard to find any for under $75 as of late.
I was fortunate enough that they came in a trade at a pony meet many moons ago.
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I'd like to get the rest of the set, but really want them flawed...

[lunar_scythe]

for a while, 2005 to 2008 or so, I think?  You could get Dancing Butterflies for $20 or so cheaper than the rest and MIP was about the same as loose, thanks to a box of them being found in a warehouse, but I am pretty sure the price for her has gone back up.

Even back then, though, the average prices for the TAF babies was $75 and up.