Brace yourselves...

I was walking to the shops one evening and passed by a local charity shop. Looked in the window as I always do and, uh, noticed some hooves.

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Honestly, I just stood there in disbelief. First of all G1s in charity shops are like gold dust these days. Second of all... that's Ice Crystal! After freaking out on Twitter for a bit, I made about three reminders on my phone of the time the shop was opening in the morning and went home. There was much internal screaming.

Was up bright and early the next morning and made sure I was at the shop before it opened. I tried to be as subtle as possible (thankfully there was a Pokestop nearby I could spin into oblivion) as I go to this charity shop a lot and was trying not to freak anyone out.
As soon as that door opened I immediately had a volunteer get the bag and I purchased it there and then. The price I paid for the bag? £15! Again, tried to be subtle about it the whole time, but once I was out of that shop I was freaking out on Twitter again. I almost felt like a criminal.

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Got the bag home and tipped it out. I hadn't really been able to see the condition of the ponies through the bag, but honestly Ice Crystal was the only one I cared about. I had noted that there were other boy hooves in the bag but wasn't 100% sure who the purple ones belonged to until...

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...it's Thundercloud! Did I seriously just get two Mountain Boys in a charity shop?!  He had his usual flaws of "cancer" spots and a head/body colour mismatch, but I'm not complaining. Ice Crystal was thankfully in beautiful condition. No one in the bag was in terrible condition apart from Sky Rocket (she had this weird green ink stain that wouldn't budge) which was a pleasant surprise.

I don't have the space to actively collect anymore, so I just kept Gusty (I've never had an NSS Gusty). Ice Crystal deserved to be in a nice big herd with lots of friends (plus, I like money ).

Bonus pic, halfway through their spa session:

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So there you have it. Keep the pony faith and you will be rewarded!

Talking Nightmare Moon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00FOKOI9K?ref_=gb1h_img_m-4_0887_3541f426 (the deal won't show until it's time)

If you're a Prime member the deal starts at 12:00pm. For non-Prime folks it starts at 12:30pm.

Shadowbolt Rainbow Dash: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E0RXSTO/ (the deal won't show until it's time)

If you're a Prime member the deal starts at 6:50pm. For non-Prime folks it starts at 7:20pm.

Thought people might appreciate the heads up. 

If you're buying from Taobao or a seller on eBay from Hong Kong then this applies to you.

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/201310021656442.html

From the link:

Recently the Hong Kong Post announced that all items posted by air are now subject to x-ray screening for regulated materials. This additional screening may cause delayed shipment due to no fault of the seller, so if you purchased an item from a seller in Hong Kong, please allow extra time for delivery - at least a week more than the seller’s stated delivery time.

They're only using the x-ray to screen for items that were restricted anyway (mainly liquids and obviously counterfeited items) so ponies should be safe. But if you've purchased something recently from Hong Kong this is something to keep in mind.

This one:

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(weird colouring on legs is a reflection from the table. Didn't notice until after I'd uploaded the photo. She has no marks whatsoever)

I haven't seen her for sale anywhere, not even on the French eBay.
I sold a Princess Celestia for £6 and a Twilight Sparkle for £10 on the UK eBay in April but I know those two are more common.

Thanks for any help.

http://www.thetoyshop.com/My-Little-Pony/c/mylittlepony?q=%3Aprice-desc%3AallBadges%3AAllReductions

Someone over on another forum pointed it out. Not sure how long the sale lasts so I'd get there in quick.

UPDATE: It appears that after contacting them on Twitter TruffleShuffle have pulled the shirt from the site.

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I noticed that TruffleShuffle have a new G1 shirt up. I thought the photographs seemed familiar and it looks like some of them might be from Strawberry Reef.

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The Argentinian Firefly on the middle row is definitely from there but flipped. I believe the Applejack in the bottom row is as well.

Does anyone know if they got permission to use these photographs? They also have a G3 sweatshirt for sale but I don't recognise the photos:

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Hopefully everything's legitimate but it wouldn't be the first time clothing designers were found ripping stuff from the internet. . .

EDIT: I've found that they're having issues with their hosting provider so they should be back soon.
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Yesterday I went to get a tracking number for a shipment and the site 404'd. Today I went to the site and I'm getting a 404 message in French saying the "If you can not access the file after several attempts, it means it has been deleted."

I can get my money back through Paypal but I'm still a bit ticked off.

Has anyone else been using them? I don't have any contact details for them so I can't e-mail or phone to see what's going on.

. . .and things went better then expected. I was expecting major flaws (only the two common ones - Applejack and Rarity - have major issues) and G3 Ponyvilles, but look who I got!

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I am chuffed about the transparent Twilight Sparkle. She's joined the little army on top of my computer monitor.

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I also love Waterfire - she's really vibrant! She was going to go on my PonyCon stall but I think I'm growing attached.
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