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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Carrehz on December 29, 2023, 08:55:10 AM
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Following on from last year's thread (https://mlparena.com/index.php?topic=404164.msg1890875#msg1890875) :) what happened with your pony collection in 2023? Any additions or did you downsize? Did you get any grails? Did any get away? What are you hoping to do with your collection in 2024? Let us know! :silly:
Here are the additions to my herd:
Cotton Candy 3D figural keyring (Monogram) (technically the packaging just calls her "Retro Pony" but it's obviously CC XD)
G4 reboot Minty
40th ann. Cotton Candy
Zuru 5 Surprise Toy Mini Brands Fluttershy
Zuru 5 Surprise Twilight Sparkle
Zuru 5 Surprise "Frozen Moment" Twilight
G4 reboot Celestia
G4 reboot Luna (Purple ver)
G4 reboot Cadance
Egmont magazine Sunny Starscout (Winged unicorn ver)
Surprise Drinks standing ponies: main 6 + Celestia + Spike
Surprise Drinks sitting ponies: main 6
Surprise Drinks lying down ponies: main 6
G4 reboot Luna (Blue ver)
G4.5 Pony Friends Pinkie Pie w/ molded hair
G4.5 Pony Friends Rainbow Dash w/ molded hair (bought these two when I was in New York :frolic:)
Zuru 5 Surprise Rainbow Dash (annoyingly mine's been put into the "package" weirdly so you can't really *see* her, anyone know if you can re-position these?)
G3.5 Mummy Rainbow Dash
Egmont magazine Pipp Petals (Raised hoof ver)
Egmont magazine Izzy Moonbow (Raised hoof ver)
Complete set of Basic Fun 40th anniversary blind boxes (6 ponies + Spike)
Celestial pony Nova (White stripes ver)
Egmont magazine Misty Brightdawn
A New Generation Movie Friends molded mane Sunny Starscout
HQG1C Near and Deer + bonus Tradewinds plushie
So that's a total of 48 ponies (and friends), or 49 if you count plushies. ^^ Mostly 'merch' since I don't really collect G5 (so far only the magazine ponies have really caught my eye... although I guess my new Sunny is a "proper" Hasbro G5 so maybe I'm being converted!!) and this year I was either focusing on other collections or saving up for the New York trip ^^
Thrilled to finally cross the G4 reboot ponies off my list (I think I'm done with that part of G4 now!) and I'm particularly excited about getting the full set of Surprise Drinks ponies (and Spike) since I didn't think I'd ever get those. Hoping to pick up the rest of the Celestials and the Midnight Castle set in the new year :) Oh, and the other two Zuru 5 Surprise ponies I'm missing (technically I'm missing three but not bothered about Golden AJ), if I can just track them down for a decent price! I've had a devil of a time trying to find Pinkie and AJ, go fig they're my favourites too!
Excited to hear about your herds! :)
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G1s:
Fizzy
Magic Star
Wingsong
G5s:
3 Custom baits
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My 2023 was very small for pony collecting. My financial situation isn't the best to spend a whole lot on pony stuff, but I did mange to get the following:
-Trickles Rainbow pony
-Pinwheel Rainbow pony
-Sweetness and Lace pony wear
-Prima ballerina mother and baby pony wear
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I sold most of my ponies.
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I sold some ponies and I acquired 2 BF Celestials
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G1:
Dancing butterflies
Sweet tooth
Aurora
Cotton candy
Blossom
Love melody
Up up and away
Wind whistler
G3:
Pinkie pie
Rainbow dash
Golden delicious
Island Rainbow
Wondermint
G4:
Apple bloom
Sweetie bell
Scootaloo
Pretzel
Lily Blossom
Lyra
Various pets that came with the early g4 releases
Edit: last minute edition I have basic fun tootsie now :frolic:
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I decided to start collecting again and this year was an absolute explosion of re-buying ponies I once owned, plus some.
To make it short,
I added:
81 G4 brushables :whoa:
3 G4.5 ponies
1 G5 figure
1 Funko Mystery Mini
3 HQG1C ponies
And a highlight of the year of returning to collecting was attending Pony Friends Forever convention.
In 2024 I plan to:
Get the 3 G4 brushables I need to complete my collection (Silver Spoon, Sweet Song, & Princess Cadance (Crystal Princess Collection version)).
Try to attend PFF again
Decide if there are any other ponies I want to add while staying within a pre-set budget
Wash and style all my pony’s hair
Sell the extras I ended up with
Take more photos and do more pony drawings
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I didn't expand my collection very much this year ^^'
But I did add a few!
G1:
baby Heartthrob
Princess Serena
G3:
Winter/minty xmas version Minty
Rainbow Bubbles
Styling Cheerilee
Sapphire Shores
G4:
Princess Cadance
I also got my first ever HQG1C pony! Baby Rainbow Twist. She' so precious, I love her a lot!
And I bought some 3d-printed resin earrings in the shape of Mommy Charms from Annie & Sunsparkleandrainbows on IG.
I also finally started organizing my collection - still working out what to do with risers >.< For now, I'm stacking tea cartons and various boxes xD And I got my Crimp&curl salon up on display finally!
For 2024, I hope to... pony more. :) I was going to make a thread dedicated to 2024 pony plans, may I steal that question from this thread? :frolic:
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Mostly HQG1Cs, Celestials, retro mini figures, & G2 BUILDINGS!!! The big one being G2 buildings!!! This was the year I fond the last of the G2 buildings I needed: the well, the school, the mansion, the ballroom. I don't recall if the castle was this year or last, but it was missing a part which I got this year too.
HQG1C-wise we saw more Baby Boys, a new pose for an adult Boy, & a few new poses I'd been looking for. I look forward to more HQG1Cs next year.
Retro-wise the Celestials were a whole new set of Ponies & I'm by no means alone in getting them ALL, as opposed to the one per set I've been getting to encourage Basic Fun to keep going with these figures. They've started on their plushies too, but these are duplicates of old plushies I already have. The next lot however are exciting. Speaking of, I LOVE the minis!!! The six-Pony set AND the blind box figures (still missing Spike but I keep hoping, asking, searching) are awesome!!! I hope they do more of them.
The remainder, aside from the odd one like Greek Butterscotch, have been my own Customs, mostly taking inspiration from a make-your-own-Custom challenge right here on the Arena. I made a matching Mum & Baby set from Phonies in Pony-like moulds, & the Baby was so cute & went so well I hunted through my other Phonies of that pose to make more Customs. I have some still to make but have done several & they're lovely, & fit well in my Ponyworld.
OVERVIEW:
Accessories: these are the big one. I've made loads of Pony Jumpers & Capes, & this is the year I started crocheting too, so also been crocheting accesssories. Meanwhile I've been buying improv dollhouse accessories, Custom accessories from PKW & so on, & more actual accessories from Gaspode & so on. I even made rockers & am working on some high chairs.
HQG1Cs: Noble, Little Bolt, Conquer, Little Meteor, Kindred, Little Ray, Surfside, Fiesta, Cheerful, Funday, Jamboree, Jubilee, Little Singalong, Little Snowy, Wintery, the four Nippon Babies, Little Apple, Trick Or Treat, Near & Deer, Icy (dragon), Spooky (dragon).
G2: Bonheur, Nid Douillet, the school, the mansion, the well, the ballroom, maybe the castle.
RETRO: ALL FOUR Celestials, 40th anniversary Butterscotch, RAMC minis: Blind Box Cotton Candy, Bubbles, Gusty, Starflower, Ember.
CUSTOMS: Baby Sunbeam, Baby Sunnybunch MGR, Margherita (G3), Hotcake Griddle, Crepe Flipper, Hi-Jinks, Baby Skyrocket TE, Baby Sweetie, Baby Scrumptious, Baby Skippety Doo, Baby Brighteyes TE (by PKW), G3 Spike Dragon.
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The underlined ponies are the ones I wanted the most:
G1s:
Magic Star
Cupcake
Twinkler
Kingsley
Blossom
Baby Bouncy
Mainsail
Sunspot
Nova (with white stripes)
Basic Fun Plush Moondancer
Polaris
Raspberry Jam
Collector's Pose Bow Tie
Blind Box Moondancer, Spike, and Bubbles
Lofty
Buzzer
First Tooth Baby Lickety Split
Merriweather
Rescue at Midnight Castle Set
Tiffany
Flower Bouquet
Half Note
4-Speed
German Baby Starburst
Caramel Crunch
Magic Message Windy
G2s:
Magic Motion Sundance
G3s:
Cotton Candy I
Baby Honolu-loo
Royal Rose
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For 2024, I hope to... pony more. :) I was going to make a thread dedicated to 2024 pony plans, may I steal that question from this thread? :frolic:
Certainly! :)
oooh PBW I'm jealous of all the HQG1C boys you have! I'm so behind with them x_x hoping to fix that soon :D
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I think I didn't get a single pony this year^^; Not sure if I will in the coming year either. I'm out of shelf space.
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I got
all the Celestials
the Starshine christmas ornament
a pair of 3d-printed resin earrings and a necklace in shape of the mummy charms made by two long time Swedish collectors.
the Rescue at Midnight Castle 40th anniversary pack and all the little Blindbags/boxes so I could get Spike and Ember as well.
I also got some fleemarket finds, but can't remember who :lookround: and a friend found Majesty and European Tootsie at a thriftstore and bought them for me.
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For 2024, I hope to... pony more. :) I was going to make a thread dedicated to 2024 pony plans, may I steal that question from this thread? :frolic:
Certainly! :)
oooh PBW I'm jealous of all the HQG1C boys you have! I'm so behind with them x_x hoping to fix that soon :D
I still want Daddy Maple, & I've heard of a few others I'm waiting for... but they're very new. The issue is Clipper has hardly touched here or Discord in ages...
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I got around 35 ponies in 2023. :happy:
I got a bunch of G1 ponies and managed to complete the first set of newborn twins and the first set of sweetheart sisters and the glittery sweetheart sisters. I also got more baby sea ponies.
I only got 3 G3 ponies but I did get July Larkspur who has such pretty colours.
I also added to my collection of HQG1C ponies including getting a couple more to customise. :art:
And finally we got some of the Basic Fun retro releases here, Cherries Jubilee and friends and the pretty soft plush ponies. I also managed to get Celestial pony Aurora.
My collection has reached 897. I've only got room for a few more ponies so I'll be trying to only get ponies I really want.
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For 2024, I hope to... pony more. :) I was going to make a thread dedicated to 2024 pony plans, may I steal that question from this thread? :frolic:
Certainly! :)
oooh PBW I'm jealous of all the HQG1C boys you have! I'm so behind with them x_x hoping to fix that soon :D
I still want Daddy Maple, & I've heard of a few others I'm waiting for... but they're very new. The issue is Clipper has hardly touched here or Discord in ages...
I'd love Daddy Maple too, not sure how he was sold though...
And yes, I do wish it was easier to find out about new releases :/ I only found out about Near and Deer by chance (through Tumblr) and I'm sure I've missed some others.
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After a few year hiatus I got three G3 ponies in 2023:
Toola-Roola, the version with her name trailing down her hind leg
Rarity, regular
SDCC Pony Power (big grail!)
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Oh, wow. A lot of acquisitions.
My Pretty Pony w/box and most accessories
Baby Sun Shower
Baby Water Lily w/float
Baby Tic-Tac-Toe
Slugger - Big Brothers now complete!
Milkweed & Tumbleweed
Sniffles
Pink Dreams
Sleep Tight & Sleepy Head
Tic-Tac-Toe
Chief
Woosie (aqua)
Peeks & Puddles
Sticky & Sniffles
Baby Noddins
Baby Ribbs
Baby Apple Delight
Baby Squirmy
Baby Wiggles
Baby Paws
Baby Waddles
MOC pre-production sample Baby Yo-yo
Six of the 10 Pony Parade Petites (down to two needed)
MOC Ponytail Petites (aqua, white, and yellow Earth Ponies and pink Pegasus. This was an ordeal when the eBay seller sent me the wrong set not once, but TWICE.)
Petite Beauty Shoppe, almost complete
Dream Beauty Morning Glory
Too many accessory pieces to count - completed Pretty Parlor and Show Stable playsets
Duck Soup
The McDonald's Blossom bookmark
MOC G1 digital watch
HQG1C Artistry Girls set
HQG1C Pony Fair Llama Pony
HQG1C CPCE Daddy Maple and Fleur
HQG1C MLPTP Posty
Basic Fun Cherries Jubilee, Lickety-Split, Posey, & Tootsie
Basic Fun Celestial Ponies, both versions of Nova
Basic Fun Firefly, Glory, and Moondancer plushies
Basic Fun Rescue at Midnight Castle minis set
Basic Fun pearly Collector Ponies set
Tons of retro G1 stationery
Torrid G1 hoodie
Cakeworthy G1 sweatshirt dress
Loungefly Dream Castle backpack and wallet
Custom G1 Teeny Tiny Blossom
Custom G1 Newborn Fizzy
A cool set of G1 Blossom wooden bookends custom-made in the 1980s
G2 Baby Sweet Snowflake's accessories
G3 First 50 Star Dasher
G3 Rainbow Dash ornament
G4 Pinkie Pie ornament
G5 Hitch Trailblazer styling size
G5 Mini World Magic - keychains, Maretime Bay, and Crystal Brighthouse
G5 Izzy Hallmark ornament
G5 2024 Calendar
Some more Hairmazing unicorn fakies
My collection space remains boxed and in complete disarray. That is a 2024 goal. First purchase of 2024 was a newd Megan in a Goodwill Grab Bag full of Barbie accessories, and Babies Jabber and Jebber came today.
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Given how I don't collect a lot, my additions in 2023 were actually a lot!
Brushables:
G3 Winter Snow (my G3 'grail'! My 'last' pony purchase for now, as I'm moving)
G3 Dream Drifter
G3 Autumn Skye (a second one, to have on my work desk for fall lol)
Polaris - Celestial Ponies
Cotton Candy, Blossom & mini Glory (the Basic Fun set)
Basic Fun plushes:
Glory
Moondancer
Mini Ponies:
Ember
Starflower
RaMC set (Moondancer, Applejack, Bow Tie, Firefly, Medley, Twilight)
Ornaments:
Hard to describe them. Lol. I got four.
On this page (https://mylittleponyg3.fandom.com/wiki/Holiday_Ornaments), if you go down to the one that says "A 3rd Pinkie Pie ornament...", it is that one, the one to the right of it, and the one on the next column (with the rainbow). And then the Triple Treat ornament.
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I don't have a complete list because the years all blur together. but this year i finally got my hands on the Baby Princess Sparkle Buggy and 2 Baby Princess Sparkle ponies. I also completed my Perfume Pony, Dragon, and Playtime Baby Brother sets.
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I sold most of my ponies.
Aw, that's sad to hear. I hope they went to good homes.
Let's see...
* Several accessories for the Show Stable (trophies, ribbons, shelves, flags, troughs, fences, the door I was missing...). Now I'm basically just missing one flag, one prize ribbon, and the jumps.
* A two-pony lot containing Peach Blossom and Forget-Me-Not (already had the latter, but it was the cheapest listing for Peach Blossom and I wanted to stop borrowing the one I'd bought for my mom)
* Nova, the Celestial Pony
Not an especially big year, but it was nice to get the Show Stable stuff. And Nova is very pretty.
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I didn’t buy much last year, but I did manage to complete my US pony collection with Rapunzel. I also added Great Hair Highlights to my non-US collection.
For merchandise, I was very lucky to find a TE Whizzer child’s cup and a 35pc puzzle featuring babies Heart Throb, Gusty, Lickety Split, Lofty and Tutti Fruitti. I also found a few more stickers, so just missing High Tide and Cherries Jubilee to have all G1 US pony stickers (not counting pony wear).
As my G1 pony collection gets more complete I am focusing more on original merchandise. So much of it is rare or doesn’t come up often, and I’m so excited when I get to add new items to my collection. I really need to upload it all somewhere to keep track. :)