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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2020, 05:48:51 PM »
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #31 on: July 28, 2020, 07:07:36 PM »
It didn't used to be the case but yes, they implemented it a year or two ago, I want to say?  Maybe longer?  I used a translation app on my phone and navigated through the registration process.  It was pretty unremarkable.  They do ask for your phone number so they can send you a verification number to login.

I use Basetao (an importer) to do the actual shipping because most sellers won't send directly to the US.  But Wanaccessory might be an exception, not sure.  I just have Basetao ship all my stuff anyway, since I'm familiar with it.

I keep meaning to make a "how to use Taobao and Basetao" tutorial . . .
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #32 on: July 31, 2020, 05:30:10 PM »
I got a new fakie off Taobao!  She's about 9" tall, quite large.

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So this pony is based on Applejack but also she has a bunch of extra cutie marks??  ALSO.  She has a sound function.  And oh boy, is it a doozy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGbl16mwrDU

Clickbait title:  "Pony's sound function button gets pressed and you won't BELIEVE what happens next!"

(Sound test begins at 2:00 if you want to jump ahead. ;) )

Edit: Oops, I said Sapphire Joy but I meant Sunset Shimmer.  Sapphire Joy is in the video, though. ;)
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #33 on: July 31, 2020, 06:06:58 PM »
I'm tempted to get her XD
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2020, 06:34:12 PM »
I got a new fakie off Taobao!  She's about 9" tall, quite large.

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Size comparison with regular Sapphire Joy and FS pink Celestia:

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So this pony is based on Applejack but also she has a bunch of extra cutie marks??  ALSO.  She has a sound function.  And oh boy, is it a doozy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGbl16mwrDU

Clickbait title:  "Pony's sound function button gets pressed and you won't BELIEVE what happens next!"

(Sound test begins at 2:00 if you want to jump ahead. ;) )

The light up butt.  :haha: I'm dying.

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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #35 on: July 31, 2020, 08:16:09 PM »
OMG!!!  If someone does a bulk order of those I NEED one!!!!!!  Hilarious!
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2020, 01:09:37 AM »
I got a new fakie off Taobao!  She's about 9" tall, quite large.

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Size comparison with regular Sapphire Joy and FS pink Celestia:

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So this pony is based on Applejack but also she has a bunch of extra cutie marks??  ALSO.  She has a sound function.  And oh boy, is it a doozy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGbl16mwrDU

Clickbait title:  "Pony's sound function button gets pressed and you won't BELIEVE what happens next!"

(Sound test begins at 2:00 if you want to jump ahead. ;) )

Edit: Oops, I said Sapphire Joy but I meant Sunset Shimmer.  Sapphire Joy is in the video, though. ;)

AWESOME!! I spoiled the light up butt for myself by reading the rest of the comments before watching the video, but the sound effect was a hilarious surprise! Certainly a step up from "I would love it if you brush my hair"  :lol:

It's definitely one of the coolest fakies, great find!

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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #37 on: August 03, 2020, 03:44:59 PM »
Yeah, the Wanaccessory stuff is definitely licensed, some employees of Hasbro China were at their initial showing of their MLP line, which looked WILD.  Highly customized G4 ponies, giant G1 retro cut-outs . . . But it does mean it's pricey . . . The snap-ons are the cheapest thing I could find, I think they're the equivalent of . . .  $12 USD each?

Okay, but I did break down and buy this:

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It cost so much.  But I already have the Twinkle Eye pony one and I love it and . . . it's like, will they ever make something like this in the US?  I don't know.  So I went for it.

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I was eyeing that for a LOOOOOONG TIME -  the art on it is SO CUTE!

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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #38 on: August 04, 2020, 06:29:41 PM »
It is sooo beautiful!  Here's another pic of the TE one, on one of my pony shelves:

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The picture doesn't really do it justice, it's more vibrant (more in line with the pic on the blue background), but you can compare Starshine for scale, which is nice.

I thought about offering to buy them for other people, but when I sat down to figure the expenses, they turned out like this:

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Whoooo, that's pretty expensive!

If anyone is interested then let me know, but I would require a non-refundable deposit of $100, to weed out flaky people.  (I don't want someone suddenly changing their mind after I've spend $200 of my money to order one and get it shipped to me, lol.)  The $9 is just a guess, it might cost more or less $$ to ship from me to someone else . . . Obviously way more if they don't live in the US.
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #39 on: August 04, 2020, 07:19:57 PM »
It is sooo beautiful!  Here's another pic of the TE one, on one of my pony shelves:

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The picture doesn't really do it justice, it's more vibrant (more in line with the pic on the blue background), but you can compare Starshine for scale, which is nice.

I thought about offering to buy them for other people, but when I sat down to figure the expenses, they turned out like this:

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Whoooo, that's pretty expensive!

If anyone is interested then let me know, but I would require a non-refundable deposit of $100, to weed out flaky people.  (I don't want someone suddenly changing their mind after I've spend $200 of my money to order one and get it shipped to me, lol.)  The $9 is just a guess, it might cost more or less $$ to ship from me to someone else . . . Obviously way more if they don't live in the US.

You should have people pay the full cost of the item in full up front, not a portion of it.

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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #40 on: August 04, 2020, 08:35:51 PM »
You're probably right . . . It would suck if someone backed out and then I was stuck with something I didn't have a buyer for.  (Not sure if anyone is interested anyway though, ha ha.)
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #41 on: August 06, 2020, 11:55:14 AM »
NOOOO!! I WANT THAT SURPRISE SHIRT!  :whoa:

I didn't know what Treacle was and looked it up and I hate how I forget what site I saw that had Surprise's other known names in other countries and I could have sworn one of them looked like Molasses and maybe that's why it has Treacle?  :what: :wonder:
I'm pulling at weird memory strings because that's what has me wanting to call her 'Melissa" in some of my stupid head stories for several years  :blush:

Um, anyway...

Now I want some of those snap on things and NEW LONIES?!? CAN I THROW MONEY AT YOU FOR HELP GETTING THEM?!?!  :cry:  :wail: ;)
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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #42 on: August 06, 2020, 04:51:21 PM »
I got a new fakie off Taobao!  She's about 9" tall, quite large.

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Size comparison with regular Sapphire Joy and FS pink Celestia:

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So this pony is based on Applejack but also she has a bunch of extra cutie marks??  ALSO.  She has a sound function.  And oh boy, is it a doozy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGbl16mwrDU

Clickbait title:  "Pony's sound function button gets pressed and you won't BELIEVE what happens next!"

(Sound test begins at 2:00 if you want to jump ahead. ;) )

Edit: Oops, I said Sapphire Joy but I meant Sunset Shimmer.  Sapphire Joy is in the video, though. ;)

Oh I had a generic horse toy in 80s that play the same exact thing

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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #43 on: August 08, 2020, 02:59:35 AM »
I got a new fakie off Taobao!  She's about 9" tall, quite large.

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Size comparison with regular Sapphire Joy and FS pink Celestia:

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So this pony is based on Applejack but also she has a bunch of extra cutie marks??  ALSO.  She has a sound function.  And oh boy, is it a doozy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGbl16mwrDU

Clickbait title:  "Pony's sound function button gets pressed and you won't BELIEVE what happens next!"

(Sound test begins at 2:00 if you want to jump ahead. ;) )

Edit: Oops, I said Sapphire Joy but I meant Sunset Shimmer.  Sapphire Joy is in the video, though. ;)
This has to be one of the best fakies I've ever seen, and it's solely because of disco butt william tell overture XD

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Re: Things my eyes have seen on Taobao, Part 2
« Reply #44 on: August 09, 2020, 12:14:10 PM »
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