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« on: February 27, 2022, 12:03:19 PM »
Mimic, German Nachtlicht, and Dutch ponies, especially Diary Pony. One day... 
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« on: February 27, 2022, 11:09:45 AM »
They are in stock at a couple UK stores now: Five Little Diamonds and Wigwam Toys. They're out of stock at Toy Street UK but you can have them email you to notify when they're back in stock.
Oh this is great, thanks! I was checking Wigwam regularly the last month, so they must have come in stock very recently! 
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« on: February 25, 2022, 03:30:15 AM »
Yes, I've seen these, but waiting for retailers rather than third party sellers 
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« on: February 22, 2022, 04:46:14 AM »
Any idea if/when they will be available in the UK? 
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« on: August 18, 2021, 09:25:45 AM »
Hi everyone! I am selling a couple of spare ponies  I have tried to list everything in the descriptions below but please let me know if you want any additional information or photos. The prices are estimated based on their condition and current e-bay prices, but I would be happy to negotiate a new price if you disagree with the one suggested! If you are interested in any of the two (or both  ) items listed, please sent me a PM, with information of your country in order to send you a shipping estimate. Please note:1. Both items come from a non-smoking and cat-friendly home. Happy to give them a gentle wash before I send it to you if you are allergic. 2. Both ponies come from my personal collection. That means that they have been thoroughly cleaned (inside out) and then stored in a display bookcase with a glass door. In order to clean my ponies, I remove their head and place it back when completely dry without gluing it (unless it is wobbly). Typically, I replace their washer and metal ring with two white cable ties, unless the washer and metal ring are in excellent condition. From the items listed here, Bright Eyes has still her original washer and metal ring, but I replaced them on Flower Bouquet. 3. I am happy to ship internationally. 4. I accept only PayPal payments. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBright eyes - £60 -------SOLD------- This pony is in very good condition. Her hair is soft and uncut. Her body is in very good condition with no significant discolourations, marks or stains. Her symbols have some wear especially on her right side. The blush on her right side has some rub, but the one on her left side seems almost intact. The coating on her eyes is mostly rubbed with some traces left here and there. As stated on the notes above, her head has been removed and not glued back, but it is not wobbly and keeps its pose perfectly. She has her original washer and tail ring which is in excellent condition without any signs of rust. More photos here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1msf4_E0wyVJ26LaudIgnvikR_6Fp0QB8/view?usp=sharing] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v_b_6GTyxiaoY0lDKrZS4DtAumiM3Vln/view] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sRyMIRd6rUCOTL5FpzFxhDu0VDGV9u8y/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1KPRHighJtk-M5g0VPpuPV49IcWi0hgxX/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1K80FEITldh-KB2YwRmh3HDD3MR-qamEc/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/17450oVLDs9bx3XTL3SC1lvexGcYY3I3C/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1vc0yKsuaNwUiTRQDVIjPsZJ6qamFy8Cd/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1BtdlUHtE_YCTqoYDJxW83al2h2B657WB/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1xi4qykTm8shNe7qMnkhSWkIDkjrL6gGT/view?usp=sharing
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginFlower Bouquet - £30 -------SOLD------- This pony is in good condition but has some flaws. Her hair is soft except at the end of her mane that shows some dryness. The hair seems uncut and has its original colour except the front part of her mane that is slightly faded. She has some very minor marks on her left front leg, a small mark-stain under her left blush which I could not remove, a mark on top of her muzzle (seems to be a faint pen mark), and a yellowish mark above her right back leg (seems like a highlighter pen mark). Her symbols are in very good condition and have no rubs except in a few leaves. The blush on her right side has some rub, but the other seems almost intact. Her eyes are in great condition. Her head has been removed and not glued back, but it is not wobbly and keeps its pose perfectly. As stated above, her washer and metal ring have been replaced with two white cable ties, in order to avoid tail rust. More photos here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1378oevW0Lo9uB6BiR_u2h01xTAz8VfHv/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/130YbGTL5zrWhVTm7JXo2lyEEjKZaEYpG/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12l-IRI8kQeIzK_D69gXLknSMdzKSHQLH/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12Zhkww3XdKHTbUl30bKC3FRL9-lNrUsl/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12XYrrGe9ac93LDJmmf5DNWnF7wRrnAMu/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12W5hzZyTuwJ5Bll4vKe1HbqI3D4hA0JP/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12UyqjF9thQa6ZQQvh6ksQzsgC-WGUehh/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12JwiT_pvCaKMCHB-GsMDXA08W1uhAFj_/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/128BT5rlK1TpJ8dnFDPGUqBR-BznTtA39/view?usp=sharingThanks for looking Post Merge: August 18, 2021, 09:33:34 AMEdited original post, as there were some issues with the photos. Please let me know if it works ok for everyone now.
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« on: May 10, 2021, 05:00:53 AM »
I do not know a store that sells specifically replacement ribbons, but I think any satin ribbon of 6 mm should be fine?
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« on: May 01, 2021, 03:06:50 PM »
That's the one I was looking for, thanks!!
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« on: May 01, 2021, 01:26:15 PM »
I think I have seen an older post with information about the size of gems for replacing the eyes on the G1 Twinkle eye ponies, but I do not seem to be able to find it.  Maybe someone can direct me to this post, or has information about the size? Thanks.
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« on: April 30, 2021, 03:25:08 PM »
Update: I experimented a bit with different dye colours to create my custom mimic. First, I tried the neon Rit dyes (a combination of neon yellow and neon green) on a custom blank pony. Unfortunately this type of dye does not seem to work. I ended up boiling the pony for 1 hour within the dye until it had some colour and of course the pony was burnt by then. I believe that the issue was that this type of dye is for fibres that contain up to 35% synthetic materials, so not ideal for ponies. I then tried the Rit dye for synthetic fibres, although they do not come in neon colours, so I tried a combination of the daffodil yellow and the peacock green colours. I did not boil the pony this time, but had a stainless steel bowl on low heat instead. Fortunately, I tried it on the burnt pony from the previous experiment, because this one was a failure as well, as I probably put too much dye and the end result was a khaki-green-coloured pony. At the final attempt, I used the neon colours again with a tiny bit of the synthetic colours on a new custom blank pony, which worked, although most probably it was the synthetic colours that did the work. I think the result is quite good and the colour seems very close to that I see online. I included a link with a picture, although I think the colour seems more yellowish than it actually is. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XB4wDVAACrtBDef-P8Mz9vAD39nq3BTe/view?usp=sharingSome tips in case you want to experiment as well: 1. use just a little bit of dye (better to submerge the pony a couple of times than to end up with a very dark colour), 2. I suggest to use a ratio of about 1:10 (G:Y) of green and yellow, although you might want to try out different ratios, 3. do not boil the water- heat the water in low heat instead, 4. as the first attempt might be a failure, you might want to get a spare or two of blank ponies, or experiment on a white bait first. Hope this helps
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« on: April 10, 2021, 09:16:44 AM »
Yes, she seems to be somewhere between yellow and green, so playing with a mix of those two colours should be the key.
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« on: April 10, 2021, 07:46:26 AM »
Happy you two liked it!
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens
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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T
I wish they were like that. Unfortunately, I find G5 ponies a bit creepy with this human-like face (I mean, what's with the eyebrows?). G4 was also meh but I think G5 is the worst to date.
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« on: April 10, 2021, 07:31:34 AM »
Admittedly I've only ever had three or four in person, but I don't think there's a variation in her body colour so much as it's a really difficult colour to photograph well. It's a yellow-green colour, but the exact way to describe it otherwise, I'm not sure. I can't think off the top of my head of a pony with the same colour scheme (although I could go look...I can't think of any off the top of my head, they're all a shade or two out).
The Mimics I've had in my possession were all exactly the same colour, anyway. And I know people sometimes say she looks whiteish, but that's a trick of the lighting imo.
You know when you visit a hardware store (such as B&Q in the UK) and the paint section has this area with those little colour-swatch cards?
It might be a fun challenge for our lucky Mimic owners to visit their store and post photos of the closest-match of these colour-cards (with the colour code reference number) against their version of Mimic?
Imagine if Pantone had a shade called "Mimic"! LOL
It would be great for folk who want to make a paint-custom to have a better idea on what shade & hue to aim for
That would be helpful! I suppose hardware stores are all regional and vary by country, but if multiple people living in various countries did it, we could all get our perfect match. Call it the 'Mimic Paint-Chip Challenge'!
I had a disastrous dye experiment yesterday trying to get that color right, and 2 bait ponies sacrificed their remaining beauty for science (Rit Neon Green is NOT neon green!  ). I'm back to the drawing board for ideas to get this pony the color I need her to be. 
Yeah, I found that out the hard way, as I'mdoing a custom. After multiple dunking, its just pale green. Phooey!
It's weird, almost like the dye wasn't mixed well, even though I shook it up. I tried both a white bait and a yellow bait, but it didn't take to either very well. It looked an uneven aqua-ish green until I washed them off, and then most of the dye came off, leaving the palest tint that was not anything close to neon. Weirder still, the dye water I dumped out looked yellow! I dipped a corner of a microfiber diaper liner in to check what it would look like on cloth, and it was various shades of blue, yellow and green. I thought my dye was defective, but if yours wasn't neon either then it must just be that way. Either way, I'm glad I didn't just blindly throw my expensive HQG1C pony in there!
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Here is a moment of silence for poor Goody Scumdrop and Crud-ershy, who will live out the rest of their lives as Swamp Ponies! (The hind legs of the white pony are a different color due to a different failed dye experiment a few weeks ago...the whole pony went into the neon dye, not that you can tell!)
I had that same exact problem, with it washing out and leaving only a faint tint. I dipped a piece of paper towel in, to see what color it would dry, and it was somewhere between neon and mint. l wish I could get my money back. The dye was a lie. The neon Easter dye I bought did a better job then that. Geeze! Wish I'd saved some.
I am planning of making a custom Mimic as well in the near future. To me it seems that her colour is mainly neon yellow with a hint of neon green. I am thinking of experimenting with the colour on white cloths first until I get it right, then on a bait, and finally on the HQG1C pony. Once I have the results of my experiment I will let you know (although it might take a while)
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« on: April 09, 2021, 08:55:42 AM »
Sent you a PM
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« on: March 08, 2021, 06:40:27 AM »
Sounds very interesting!
I wish you the best of luck with your applications - I know it can be a very daunting procedure.
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« on: March 08, 2021, 03:01:40 AM »
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