Flea Market = Pony Jackpot! [IMG HVY!]

[Yurusumaji]

My husband and I went out to Mile High Flea Market here in Colorado today. It's 80 acres of clothes, toys, antiques and it even has a Farmer's Market. I was on the lookout for ... ponies. And hubbs was watching for pony swag.

Well, I found ponies. I found TONS of Hasbro ponies, as well as an excessive amount of fakies. The great thing about having such a small collection is that I only found a few doubles of ponies I already have. I walked out of the flea market with 3 full shopping bags, 49 ponies.

We even had a stall selling a G1 Blossom, a G 3.5 FS Pinkie Pie and a G3 FS Rarity. Unfortunately, they wanted $25 for the three ponies (after I grimaced when he quoted them for $35) and I wasn't willing to pay that for the condition they were in. So I had to pass. I actually really like the old FS ponies and I only had 2 G1s in my collection, so I was hoping he would be more willing to work with me. Oh well. He also had 3 SDCC ponies, including the Superhero/Villain pony that I really want. I was on a budget, so I passed on those. They were marked at more appropriate prices than the others, though.

All of these ponies need a go-over with a Magic Eraser and some hair TLC (one of them has a wicked haircut and will need to be re-haired). This isn't even all the ponies/fakies I found, just the best ponies and a few fakies I found early on. Overall I was really happy with the trip! I had a blast pony-hunting and I was at a couple stalls with boxes FULL of ponies/fakies and I even felt bad at one of them because a girl saw me ruffling through the ponies and she came to look with me. Ha ha! So I tried to work around her so she could take any she wanted.

Anyone else thinking these won't fit on the pony shelf? This is the setup without the new ponies. 
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On to the loot!
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I was surprised and excited to find baby ponies, especially 2 babies with their diapers intact!
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Found my first G 3.5s! I love the eyes on 3.5s.
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Ha! Didn't catch that double until I started posting these!
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My first glitter pony! EEE!
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I ALMOST did not grab this white-haired Pinkie Pie, but I just adore her with white hair.
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I was a little too excited about finding a Lanard fakie. LOL!
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In the car on the way home I asked hubbs if he had fun (he didn't find anything he wanted to buy) and he said, "I got to watch my wife get excited, of course I had fun." This was my first Flea Market in over a decade. It was a blast!

[ApertureScience]

Dude, what an awesome find!  I'm jealous!

[Sugar]

Oh, lucky!   What a beautiful haul... so colourful, but you're gonna need a new shelf!

[Yurusumaji]

Oh, lucky!   What a beautiful haul... so colourful, but you're gonna need a new shelf!

Thanks, both of you! Thankfully, I picked up 4 48" wall shelves a week or so ago. Now we just need to get them up on the wall. Ha ha! 

[invaderhorizongreen]

wow what i find there i hope i may get hat lucky at the flea market tomorrow.

[hokuspokus]

Now that looks good! Major congrats i like the 25th aniversary cotton candy

[kiwimlp]

Oh wow.  80 acres of toys and antiques?  *dies of excitement*

It looks like you did really well.  Your photos are lovely

[Yurusumaji]

Oh wow.  80 acres of toys and antiques?  *dies of excitement*

It looks like you did really well.  Your photos are lovely

It was so awesome. One stall had an AWESOME grandfather clock that we wanted and a beautiful vintage carousel pony music box that I was willing to kill for. Unfortunately the guy was running 2 stalls, so we stood there for ages trying to find him and by the time we did someone else got to him first and hung on to him for a long time. The whole market was really cool. One of the better markets I've been to in my lifetime.

Thanks so much, everyone! And good luck at your flea market tomorrow, Invader!

[Cinnabar]

Nice finds!!

[Mintymints]

I see sunrise song /dies

[InkyMilk]

Wow, that's awesome! I'm so jealous!! Do you happen to know who that light orange pony is with the little honeybees cutie mark and tinsel hair is? She's adorable <3

[Yurusumaji]

Wow, that's awesome! I'm so jealous!! Do you happen to know who that light orange pony is with the little honeybees cutie mark and tinsel hair is? She's adorable <3

The honeybee girl is Bumblesweet. I love her, too. I think she is adorable.

Post Merge: July 07, 2012, 04:46:23 PM

I see sunrise song /dies

I died when I found her, too.  That parrot cutie mark of hers is, um, to die for! LOL!

[ZennaBug]

Wow, great haul!  And a beautiful day to hit the flea market    Did you get out before the rain started?

[Yurusumaji]

Wow, great haul!  And a beautiful day to hit the flea market    Did you get out before the rain started?

Oh yeah, way before. We got out there around 10:30 a.m. and we left about 2 hours later. I was worried the weather wouldn't hold up, but it did.

I'm hoping the downpour helped out with the wildfires. Lord knows we need the help!

[ZennaBug]

Wow, great haul!  And a beautiful day to hit the flea market    Did you get out before the rain started?

Oh yeah, way before. We got out there around 10:30 a.m. and we left about 2 hours later. I was worried the weather wouldn't hold up, but it did.

I'm hoping the downpour helped out with the wildfires. Lord knows we need the help!

The weather held for quite a while, we managed to take a nice walk with the dogs on the highline canal trail before it hit.

No kidding!  The High Park fire went through the woklf sanctuary where i used to volunteer.  All but one enclosure survived (and all the wolves are ok), but not they're having horrible flooding/mud because there aren't trees to hold the dirt back.  I just hope it doesn't go from one disaster to another!