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Quote from: Taffeta on May 05, 2019, 04:55:39 AM@Moonbreeze - just saw your comment - as far as I know the UK are intending to do EU elections which means unless parliament agree something - which I imagine you'd hear about - Brexit day is currently Hallowe'en. Plenty of time still to buy ponies without import duty I did notice the unicorn pegasus set on preorder on amazon are preorder for mainland only but hopefully that will change once they're actually in stock...I think Smyths are also meant to get those and they are the cheapest place I've seen retros - I think they're an Irish company? Dont know if they ship internationally but they were stocking the CP ponies at £8.99.I still can't believe how expensive the retros are in some European countries :/ compared to $10 in the US, €20ish (what's that, around $23? $25?) is obscene.I think it's great to see that so many people engage with the bigger impact of customising now than did in the past. But the retros do help in that regard. I don't see how the retro ones help people like me that have no transportation to stores that sell them. Even if I did they probably won't have them.
@Moonbreeze - just saw your comment - as far as I know the UK are intending to do EU elections which means unless parliament agree something - which I imagine you'd hear about - Brexit day is currently Hallowe'en. Plenty of time still to buy ponies without import duty I did notice the unicorn pegasus set on preorder on amazon are preorder for mainland only but hopefully that will change once they're actually in stock...I think Smyths are also meant to get those and they are the cheapest place I've seen retros - I think they're an Irish company? Dont know if they ship internationally but they were stocking the CP ponies at £8.99.I still can't believe how expensive the retros are in some European countries :/ compared to $10 in the US, €20ish (what's that, around $23? $25?) is obscene.I think it's great to see that so many people engage with the bigger impact of customising now than did in the past. But the retros do help in that regard.
Quote from: gemini_pony on May 05, 2019, 06:29:23 AMWell considering I have zero amount of money....I offered to trade this for a bait. Because I can't afford anything on Ebay. But no one seems interested. Then sell your Bubbles first. Then buy a bait. Or just put it off until you can get money. $9 isn't a lot of money... so you might wanna evaluate buying things if you can't afford that. Trading was going to cost $4 or so in shipping anyway.
Well considering I have zero amount of money....I offered to trade this for a bait. Because I can't afford anything on Ebay. But no one seems interested.
For me a pony in wrecked condition - ink marks, missing parts (not just a tail, but like, ears, etc), and no hair - is bait. Now, if that pony is Nightlight, someone is more likely to try and restore her than if she's Cherries Jubilee, and I think that's ok too. But a tailless Tootsie isn't bait, and expecting people to import bait versions of ponies not sold there when there's a hairless, symbolless, scribbled Honeycomb or Baby Bow Tie right there in their back yard...is unreasonable.I don't agree with customisation of good condition or fair condition ponies. Fair condition for me is some small marks that a skilled person might remove, some symbol scuffs, pindot, a forelock snip...a loss of curl, some tangle or frizz. Those aren't bait flaws. But if the pony is utterly wrecked, then it's fair game to me. And completely bald ponies can be rehaired with alternate colours to look very striking.
Quote from: banditpony on May 05, 2019, 06:31:55 AMQuote from: gemini_pony on May 05, 2019, 06:29:23 AMWell considering I have zero amount of money....I offered to trade this for a bait. Because I can't afford anything on Ebay. But no one seems interested. Then sell your Bubbles first. Then buy a bait. Or just put it off until you can get money. $9 isn't a lot of money... so you might wanna evaluate buying things if you can't afford that. Trading was going to cost $4 or so in shipping anyway. Just a fyi my husband will pay shipping but I don't work and can't work. Therefore have no income and will never have the money to buy a bait.
As far as pony collecting goes -- you are very lucky to live in the US, where you do have access to ebay / facebook /etc where you can pay cheaper shipping compared to international shipping.
Quote from: banditpony on May 05, 2019, 06:04:18 AM¥Quote from: gemini_pony on May 05, 2019, 04:45:56 AMHonestly people have tried to talk me out of customizing my sitting Bubbles and do the repro. But I can't find one and the person i messaged to trade a bait hasn't replied. My opinion is it's my property I will do what I want with it and if i offend someone too bad so sad. The G1 ponies won't last forever anyway. Hell I have no kids my whole collection might end up in a landfill when I die.Don't make a thread asking "Should I.." and then say people were "trying to talk you out of it".Again, I'm in the mentality that to each their own.. HOWEVER, I think all avenues need to be figured out first before doing it especially if a pony is still in good condition. Well no one's givin me a viable option. The only option I've had given to me are the retro ponies which I don't have access to.
¥Quote from: gemini_pony on May 05, 2019, 04:45:56 AMHonestly people have tried to talk me out of customizing my sitting Bubbles and do the repro. But I can't find one and the person i messaged to trade a bait hasn't replied. My opinion is it's my property I will do what I want with it and if i offend someone too bad so sad. The G1 ponies won't last forever anyway. Hell I have no kids my whole collection might end up in a landfill when I die.Don't make a thread asking "Should I.." and then say people were "trying to talk you out of it".Again, I'm in the mentality that to each their own.. HOWEVER, I think all avenues need to be figured out first before doing it especially if a pony is still in good condition.
Honestly people have tried to talk me out of customizing my sitting Bubbles and do the repro. But I can't find one and the person i messaged to trade a bait hasn't replied. My opinion is it's my property I will do what I want with it and if i offend someone too bad so sad. The G1 ponies won't last forever anyway. Hell I have no kids my whole collection might end up in a landfill when I die.
Originally (in the 90s) customizing came about as a way to get rid of cheap ponies. But those were the days when G1 ponies were abundant at thrift stores and garage sales or ones you had doubles of. But I don't think "Common pony? Duplicate pony? Bait it!" is going to serve the MLP community well in the long run. (And I don't think it was a good idea in 1997 either . . . I'm not pointing fingers because I was on board the "cheap pony, just bait it" train too, but in hindsight . . . yikes.)
I still can't afford one.
Although I would like to hope that someone would use their head before baiting a South African pony (><) since even with no hair apparently someone will pay a fortune for it
Quote from: gemini_pony on May 05, 2019, 07:13:01 AMI still can't afford one.Except you could. Maybe not immediately-- everyone is at a different point in their life where they can afford things. But I'm hard pressed to hear that an adult cannot afford $9. As I said, it doesn't have to be immediately.You could sell something to make the money (Bubbles). You do art. You could sell custom art for $1-2. Quote from: Taffeta on May 05, 2019, 07:02:12 AMAlthough I would like to hope that someone would use their head before baiting a South African pony (><) since even with no hair apparently someone will pay a fortune for it *twitch twitch*
Quote from: banditpony on May 05, 2019, 07:42:04 AMQuote from: gemini_pony on May 05, 2019, 07:13:01 AMI still can't afford one.Except you could. Maybe not immediately-- everyone is at a different point in their life where they can afford things. But I'm hard pressed to hear that an adult cannot afford $9. As I said, it doesn't have to be immediately.You could sell something to make the money (Bubbles). You do art. You could sell custom art for $1-2. Quote from: Taffeta on May 05, 2019, 07:02:12 AMAlthough I would like to hope that someone would use their head before baiting a South African pony (><) since even with no hair apparently someone will pay a fortune for it *twitch twitch*Well believe it. Because I don't actually have a form of income. Also no one ever buys my art....I'm going to try to sell this one here. But I need help pricing it. ( I actually haven't bought a pony in years because of no spending money)
Honestly people have tried to talk me out of customizing my sitting Bubbles and do the repro. But I can't find one and the person i messaged to trade a bait hasn't replied. My opinion is it's my property I will do what I want with it and if i offend someone too bad so sad. The G1 ponies won't last forever anyway. Hell I have no kids my whole collection might end up in a landfill when I die. No store here gets the retro's and I am not spending more that retail to order one for a custom.