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Pony Talk => MLP Nirvana => Topic started by: Ponyland on August 01, 2015, 10:12:39 AM
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Hi!
I just wanted to show you guys this sealed MIB that I have in my collection.
I call them the Princess Twins! :cool:
I thought that you might wanted to have a look at them, as I think this is the only one that have been found in this box? (Does anyone know? :lookround:) I got it on ebay a few years ago.
(Sorry for my bad camera)!
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They are actually just two Honeysuckle flutter ponies, buth without their wings/wing modules. (And no mane eighter, so indeed very unfinished ). And they got packed in princess Pearls box, with two brushes and just one princess hat and princess ribbon. (Unfair to them!) ;)
What I remeber it looks a lot like how those strange happy tail (Bobby?) ponies got packed, so I guess that this MIB is from the same time?
I think they look cute together, what do you think? :lovey:
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So neat!! Thanks for sharing :biggrin:
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So that's where it is! I did wonder who had it :) I remember them on ebay and still regret not bidding higher. I think Ember got a similar one at the same time?
Yes, I believe them to be the same kind of thing as the princess and happy tail variants - odds and sods packaged as best they could and sold cheap. The flutters do turn up loose occasionally, but aren't overly popular.
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I think they are awesome! I think it's so bizzare that hasbro sold ponies without manes..even at a discount/surplus style. My parents would think me crazy if I wanted those as a kid.
Anyone know what these odd balls sold for in store? Were they like super cheap? Anyone remember buying ponies like these or other odd balls like the carded bagged ponies or princess/happy tail off balls in stores? I'd love to know more!
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So that's where it is! I did wonder who had it :) I remember them on ebay and still regret not bidding higher. I think Ember got a similar one at the same time?
Yes, I believe them to be the same kind of thing as the princess and happy tail variants - odds and sods packaged as best they could and sold cheap. The flutters do turn up loose occasionally, but aren't overly popular.
Yes I remember that there where another one for auction at the same time, but that one had just one pony in a (windy wing/summer wing?) box. ( I wanted that one to, but I had to decide what I could afford at that time).. :P I would be neat if we could see the other one to, I don't remember what it looked like! Maybe Ember still has it and want to share a picture? :blush:
This box was in quite a beaten state from the beginning, but I managed to carefully push it back into shape again without opening the sealing tape. I hope to be able to order a customized acrylic box for it so that it will display even better. A corner on the top is still a bit bent and need's help to stay in place...
I think they are awesome! I think it's so bizzare that hasbro sold ponies without manes..even at a discount/surplus style. My parents would think me crazy if I wanted those as a kid.
Anyone know what these odd balls sold for in store? Were they like super cheap? Anyone remember buying ponies like these or other odd balls like the carded bagged ponies or princess/happy tail off balls in stores? I'd love to know more!
I too would love to know..!
And I would REALLY love to see a princess oddball in box.. I wish there where more of them! :)
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SO cool! What an amazing piece to have in your collection :) thanks for sharing!
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So neat!! Thanks for sharing :big grin:
SO cool! What an amazing piece to have in your collection :) thanks for sharing!
Thank you! :lovey: I'm very proud of them! They have such a cool history (even though we don't know exactly how and why they where sold like this, I hope we will find out! I wish there were a picture of them in the store, but I guess that since none had smartphones back then we will have to live without that. ;) )
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Reaperfox remembers getting Bobbie when she was young and it was in a cheapy shop. I think she said she remembered the boxes just being piled up, but I would have to double check on that with her. I think they were significantly cheaper.
The oddballs all appear to be boxed (as far as we can tell with limited numbers surviving), but the some of left over MO ponies were sold in bags with a cardboard strip across the top. I have one of these and it still has the handwritten price label on it - £1.50 (at a time when retail for normal ones would have been £4-£5
To my knowledge, there are only four MIP oddballs known - the twin Honeysuckles in princess box, single Honeysuckle in Windy Wing box, Bobbie in a princess box with no mane but a ton of brushes, and one princess Amber variant in US Princess box with bushwoolie and accessories.
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Wonderful ^.^ I saw these flutters on eBay and I was hoping to see them again :)
I remember PunkyKrista who was a collector of Princess variants. I bought her childhood Princess Amber, complete with accessories. She said she bought her in a cheap shop at the seaside.
Here is a picture, I added the elastic to her hat so she could wear it.
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=423934
To add to your list, there are TWO MIB Princess Ambers (Gaspode had one) and I second Honeysuckle in a Cool Breeze box, she popped up on eBay after Ember1's pony :)
Here is Ember's flutter MIB
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=471910
Here is BKC's MIB Princess Amber
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=471230
Here is Gaspode's Princess Amber, she is the prongs out version.
http://mlparena.com/index.php?topic=334257.0
Love pkw xxx
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Oh I must have missed that there was another boxed flutter shortly afterwards! Darn. Had forgotten about Gaspode's princess though (I was thinking of BKC's one)
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;) ;) so great all!! lovely rare princesses!! tahnk for sharing such great information!! ^.^ ^.^
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Wow this MIB is supercool!! Thanks for sharing, even though my laptop is kind of drooled over right now ;) Really really cool item!!
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These are some of the most intriguing ponies to me. Love them!
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These remind me of the pony set I got from "Ruxley Toys" in SE London in the 90s.
I think the wording was in Dutch, and it contained:
- Romper without symbol or happy tail mechanism
- Rosedust without shell button or wings and mismatched pink mane and tail
- yellow wand
- purple and turquoise princess crowns
- lilac princess damsel hat without elastic (edit - and plain ribbon)
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That sounds exactly like them Starfall! Romper and Rosedust are definitely the oddball variations and the damsel hats didn't generally come with elastic (and often had plain ribbons and/or no glitter). Interesting that there were crowns also!
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Wonderful ^.^ I saw these flutters on eBay and I was hoping to see them again :)
I remember PunkyKrista who was a collector of Princess variants. I bought her childhood Princess Amber, complete with accessories. She said she bought her in a cheap shop at the seaside.
Here is a picture, I added the elastic to her hat so she could wear it.
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=423934
To add to your list, there are TWO MIB Princess Ambers (Gaspode had one) and I second Honeysuckle in a Cool Breeze box, she popped up on eBay after Ember1's pony :)
Here is Ember's flutter MIB
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=471910
Here is BKC's MIB Princess Amber
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=471230
Here is Gaspode's Princess Amber, she is the prongs out version.
http://mlparena.com/index.php?topic=334257.0
Love pkw xxx
Thank you for the links! Oh my they are so pretty!! :heart:
It would be nice to know what year they where sold and for how long. I wonder why only Princess ponies, flutter ponies and Happy tails was kept to make these strange mashups with? And why only for sale in UK cheap stores? Who got the idea to do this in the first place? :shrug:
What these ponies have in common is that they where assembled in multiple parts in the factory (like jewel symbols, tail mechanisms and wing modules). Not just a head and a body like other ponies. Thats quite interesting!
If the these unfinished parts of ponies was keep in storage for a few years (from 1987/88) someone must have found them and decided to make a profit of them instead of throwing them away.
It's one thing to put left over mail order ponies in a bag and sell them for cheap, that sounds normal..
But to totally mashup unfinished, and left over, pony parts and sell them like a "new" pony is a strange idea! :lol:
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I think the conclusion was that at the end of the MLP line (in the 1090's) they had boxes of pony "rubble" left over in the factories and so put the ponies, boxes and accessories together in order to sell them off. I assume they were sold only to cheap shops as they would be classed as end of line or even seconds since they were not "perfect".
I think you are right, they wanted to sell them on, at least at manufacturing cost rather than throw them away. There would be a demand for cheap toys so it would be a way of scraping back some cost.
Love pkw xxx
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I remember someone a couple years ago managed to get a hold of an MIB Bobbie.
I agree it's so cool to see these oddballs in their original packaging!
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It was Reaperfox that got the MIB Bobbie :) Here is a pic of her I took at Ponycon 2010
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I now own the one ember had the flutter in the windy wing box. I like that it was different and I have a complete set of flutter ponies in the box. Love them.
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It was Reaperfox that got the MIB Bobbie :) Here is a pic of her I took at Ponycon 2010
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I find it amusing that she has two brushes and a comb and yet no mane :P
Love pkw xxx
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It was Reaperfox that got the MIB Bobbie :) Here is a pic of her I took at Ponycon 2010
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I find it amusing that she has two brushes and a comb and yet no mane :P
Love pkw xxx
LOL yeah!! But at least she can hide her bald spot under that damsel hat after not-combing-her-mane! :P
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I know it's her tail but it looks like they just tossed a hank of hair in there so you could root her yourself! :p
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Awesome!!.... I want one!....lol
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Slightly late to the party :) but here is my oddity Honeysuckle. She is MIB - or IB at least, as the box is far from mint. I got her on ebay a few months ago simply listed as My Little Pony Cool Breeze MIB so the seller didn't know she was an oddball. But another collector must have spotted her too as her price went up quite high and I was close to being outbid! I only have one oddball princess (Princess Prawn ;) ) and pink haired Bobbi so I was glad to get another odd G1 to keep them company.
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I am so pleased it was you who won her!!!
Love pkw xxx
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Oh she is lovely, Wondermint! I am so pleased she ended up with someone in the community who can show us more pictures and allow us to drool :)
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^.^ ^.^ so cool!!! thanks for sharing pics!! ^.^ ^.^
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Neat. I have never seen flutter ponies in a princess box before
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They look great together :biggrin:
I have one of these loose, it's nice to know where she came from.
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I had to giggle when I saw the pic. So odd to have flutters in a princess pony packaging. It's actually really sweet how they're just facing each other all cuddly. What an amazing item to have in your collection!
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I have two oddball ponies that I bought new - sadly not MIB now. Both of mine came from TRU! One is Princess Ruby, mismatched mane and tail and no silver medallion over her butterfly, and the other is Happy Tail Romper without a happy tail, or any kind of marking.
Defo came from TRU though, at different times.
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I remember discussing this with you Daisy when you came to Manchester with your mum!
Love pkw xxx