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Toy Box & Games Cupboard / Re: Secret Wish Horse MIB
« on: November 07, 2015, 06:56:52 PM »
As someone that tried to get Star Look  MIB a few years ago I would say you did very well.

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Toy Box & Games Cupboard / Re: Toy Robots Discussion Thread
« on: November 07, 2015, 06:54:56 PM »
Do Power Rangers Megazords count? I have quite a few of those. I'd love to pick up some of the Soul of Chogokin robots specifically Liger, Poseidon and Dragun but they just seem so pricey...

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Toy Box & Games Cupboard / Re: Vintage toy accessory ID help?
« on: November 01, 2015, 11:12:29 AM »
The sword belongs to Golden Girl from Golden Girl and the Guardian of the Gemstones. Not sure what the ring is. As for that piece of material it looks like it may belong to a Fantastic Fashion from She-Ra Princess of Power. Hope this helps.

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Pony Corral / Re: Can lights in cabinets damage?
« on: October 29, 2015, 05:32:07 AM »
The lights should be fine. It's direct sunlight that causes the issues because of the UV rays. The led lights don't have UV rays so they should be fine.

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Toy Box & Games Cupboard / Re: Mia and Me Unicorns?
« on: October 28, 2015, 03:24:43 PM »
I have Star and Lyria. I also know someone that has most of the others. I've never seen the Flower one. That must be new or something because she has not come up in any of my searches at all. And yes these are pricey but they are lovely. The big ones are about the size of a Dream Beauty if not a little bigger.

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Pony Corral / Re: Show me your G1s around the house!
« on: October 27, 2015, 06:58:24 AM »
I don't have a picture but when my partner and I bought our house last year somehow we ended up with a butterfly theme for the bathroom. We put up some butterfly stickers all over the wall and tried to get some butterfly shaped mirrors on the  wall but those did not stick very well. After we were done decorating he looked at me and said "If there were any butterfly ponies you could put them in the bathroom."  I replied back with challenge accepted and placed my summer and windy wings in the bathroom on the light fixture.  I think that surprised him.

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Off Topic / Re: This isn't the thread you're looking for.
« on: October 27, 2015, 05:52:04 AM »
 I'm going.  I will wait a few weeks for the hype to end. I don't like being overly crowded theatres.

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I looked for you but they are also not available online in the Netherlands..
Maybe someone else can help you, at least I am giving you a bump :)

Thank you. I found it on a Polish site but I cant seem to locate where or if the site will ship to the US. Hopefully someone from Poland reads this.

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Bumping I found it but can't figure out how to get it. Anyone here from Poland???

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I hope another reply won't hurty especially from a MLP Dad

What got you to start collecting in the first place?

Ok well as a kid I became fascinated with unicorns which led to pegasus and then horses. I started when I was 4 or 5. My grandma went to a yard sale and picked up Peachy for me. She was in poor shape with no tail and her hair was an uneven mohawk. It was all over the place but I love her any way. From there it just snowballed. I ended up getting Twinkler and Star Dancer from the Sparkle pony set later that year. From there I just looked for them at thrift stores and retail stores. I only distinctly recall getting the Dream Beauty Wind Walker and the sweetheart sister Flower Dream. Over the years I tried to watch the cartoon on TV when I could and certain ponies from the show or the first TV special always have stuck out to me. I was 13 when I first found Dream Valley and when I saw so many ponies, well I was floored.

    Why do you collect MLP in general? I collect ponies because each time I find a new one it brings memories back from an earlier time. Even if they weren't one I had as a kid they still bring that memory to me. As many as I have now I kinda look at them as an investment but at the same time I also just look over them and think of how proud I am to have got so many.
    Does your family or friend group know about your hobby? What do they think? Oh yes. My family knows. When I was a teenager they had a big issue with it. Mostly because they thought I was suffering from the Peter Pan syndrome. I wasn't I was just collecting. At that point in my life I would take them and comb their hair and then put them on the shelf. I wasn't taking them to school or anything like that. Now in more recent years my family has got over it. As for my friends they all know. I mean if they didn't they really can't call me a friend. Ponies have been a part of my life for the last 25 plus years. My partner knew about them and he hasn't complained. Not like he can as he's a Trekker. When we moved into our house he actually let me put some ponies in certain rooms in the house besides my toy room. Right now in our bathroom, the Windy and Summer Wing ponies are hanging out because the theme of the room is butterflies.

    Did you like ponies when you were a kid? Yes. I loved them. They were the toy I would try to get the most. A close second would be He-Man but ponies were always my favorite. I even rescued some my mom had bought for the play room she had for her daycare.

    Do your ponies have sentimental value? Are there specific ones that stand out? (Probably things like childhood ones or grails etc) Oh boy there are too many. I guess the first and most important is my childhood Peachy. I still have her and in my displays she has always had a prominent place in front of the others. I've had people ask about her and I always tell them she was my first.  Dream Beauty Wind Walker is another. She was one I had as a child. I remember my aunt buying her for me from Hill's and that memory always stuck out to me. I still remember getting her back in my collection a few years ago and I was so happy about it.  There's also the Sparkle Pony Twinkler.  She is one of my childhood ones and she went through a lot. I pulled out her tail, gave her a haircut and gave her a mud bath which lead to a very dirty inside. She went through so much but I always kept her. As an adult I kicked myself over putting her in the mud  and removing her tail. So I restored her. I managed to secure a tail for her and cleaned up her insides and she still sits on the shelf with my other sparkle ponies. And the last one is my personal favorite. And that is the mail order Star Hopper. When I first got online and found Dream Valley I saw Star Hopper and just lost it. She was gorgeous. A green unicorn with white hair... She was so beautiful. She was the first thing I bought on eBay and I was so excited when she got to my home and she to this day still has a prominent space in between the rest of the Sparkle Ponies.

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So someone on a facebook group got me intrigued in the Mia and Me unicorns. And I have so far managed to get a hold of two of them, the Star Unicorn and Lyria(she just came today). I have scoured the internet and I can easily locate Onchao, Wind and Flair. (Granted they're pricey at $50+ a pop) However there also appears to be another one the Earth unicorn which I can not locate online. If anyone could help me find one I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance!

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Off Topic / Re: Mia and Me
« on: October 08, 2015, 02:25:31 PM »
So I am bumping up a semi old topic here but can anyone from across the ponds help me with locating the Earth unicorn? I have managed to buy Lyria and Star however I can not find the Earth unicorn available on any website that I have come across.  I kinda think the Earth unicorn was discontinued and may be hard to come across now.  Also I havent got either of the other two yet but I can't wait to get them!

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Pony Corral / Re: POTD 5/4/2015 Star Hopper
« on: May 05, 2015, 07:53:56 AM »
I love her. I own both the MO and store versions. I also own a carded Store version and a Baby Star Hopper custom(store version) Here soon I hope to get a MO Baby Star Hopper. She is easily my favorite pony of all time. I just wish my MO had a matching head as the color in her head seems to have discolored.

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Pony Corral / Re: POTD 4/7/2015 Raindrop
« on: April 09, 2015, 06:12:43 PM »
I want her. But her sister Nightlight I want more.

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Pony Corral / Re: How do you get a Mimic exactly?
« on: April 04, 2015, 02:21:52 PM »
Talk about it with friends mention how much she is worth, discover one of said friends bought it for you, buy them a ton of good luck bear stuff in exchange. True story. 

In all seriousness patience is a virtue and friends and family can sometimes surprise you.

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