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Messages - Shimmer Mist
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« on: April 19, 2021, 08:43:29 AM »
The idea of an exclusive online shop would be excellent. Or offer them to online retailers in general. There are plenty of places that would probably take them. I'm sutprised they aren't on Hasbro Pulse yet. They have/had? the "vingage" crossover ponies. They also carry weird things that Hasbro definitely licenses like graphic tees in the Transformers department.
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« on: February 18, 2021, 01:32:47 PM »
I chose white as it's my top favorite but I also love ponies with vibrant or saturated colors that really catch your eye. Party Time, Sunsplasher, and Waterfire for example.
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« on: November 11, 2020, 10:39:40 PM »
I would have expected less effort on Funko's part when they made g1 ponies. I'm actually surprised by how cute they are. Also, plenty of cartoon horses have forward facing eyes. Even Disney is guilty of it. I'm so used to it in media it's not that big of a deal for me. I may pick some up if I find them.
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« on: November 08, 2020, 12:34:36 AM »
Alicorns to be perfectly honest. I've always liked winged unicorns. Close second are flutter ponies and unicorns.
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« on: October 01, 2020, 09:59:51 AM »
Has anyone else posted about finding the retro ponies at Menards? Went in today and found a seasonal(maybe?) Toy aisle. It was the set with Surprise and Gusty. They're $9.99.
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« on: April 28, 2020, 10:24:35 PM »
When I was just getting back into collecting, I knew very little about restoration and I decided to clean my G1 Sugarberry's whole body with a magic eraser. Thankfully, I didn't scrub too hard but her symbol definitely isn't as crisp as it should be. She's still passable on a shelf but when you look at her up close you can tell. The strawberries look hazy and some of the tiny vines were rubbed off. It bugs me even more knowing that I kept her in pretty great shape for years despite being a pony I played with as a kid.
The second two involve acetone. I was trying to clean off some "eyeshadow" on a well-loved G3 Denim Blue and like a dummy I swiped right over one of her eyes with a q-tip. She was already bait but I was hoping to clean her up as best I could instead of prepping her to be custom fodder. Same for some cheek blush on a G1, don't remember who at the moment. Unfortunately she wasn't as baity as Denim Blue so I regret that one a lot more.
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« on: February 11, 2020, 10:55:29 AM »
Glad to see I'm not the only one whose collection lives in boxes.  I kinda feel guilty about keeping them in storage. Like, why do I have ponies if I'm not gonna display them? I also get flack from people about "how many I have" since it looks like a LOT more when all they see are shoeboxes. I have the space just no shelving to put up all my ponies. I also don't have a lot of motivation to clean them up, either. On my days off all I want to do is be a couch potato since I work on my feet all the time. Also, I feel like If I clean up one for display, I should do them ALL and that's where it starts to feel overwhelming.
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« on: February 11, 2020, 10:32:22 AM »
https://m.facebook.com/BotConOfficial/photos/a.742830042424124/3635534479820318
I am ungraciously unbearably sick and tired of Twilight Shartle.
  The fact that it has a face really makes me mad. 
Whatever, hope you people enjoy.
It's not fake, just an unused concept, apparently. "Twilight Sparkle Prime" Great name.  Glad they didn't make this for Botcon. To be honest this mock-up honestly feels like something they should have done for Hascon. That aside, I would totally buy Battle Unicorn in Twilight Sparkle colors. Maybe I'm biased because I like purple but I like them better than his original colors. Not a fan of those completely translucent plastic arms and pelvis he's sporting.
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« on: January 21, 2020, 03:03:24 PM »
I was going through my box of bait ponies and I found two especially rough-looking Twinkle-Eye ponies I'd like to attempt to restore. Gingerbread and Sweet Stuff. The photos make Sweet Stuff look more washed out than she really is but Ginderbread really is that tan. Not sure how "off" her color is now compared to the original. I've seen a variety of photos that make her look a little closer to what I have now and some that are lighter in color. Both of them have these weird, brown spots on them. I'm not sure if it's mold or rust seeping into the plastic. Either way it's kind of unsettling. I know how to do basic scrubs and hair washes but I've never attempted anything this daunting before. I know they probably need a deep cleaning inside as well as out but my first problem with that is they're completely solid. They barely have any give to them when I squeeze them. I can't even pull their heads off to get at their insides. I know their plastics can harden with age as I've got a couple more like this but they were never this dirty so a surface cleaning was enough to suffice for them. Anyway, my first thought would be to boil them to try and soften the plastic but I'm also worried about ruining their eyes. I know Twinkle Eyes can be delicate. They are are already scuffed, which I can live with, but I'd hate to make them any worse. I haven't attempted to try anything with them yet as I feel so stuck.
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« on: January 13, 2020, 09:54:08 AM »
Personal favorite finds for me would have to be:
- About 10 G1's all in very good condition for free. A local thrift store had like two or three in a "free" box in front of their store. Out of curiosity I asked if they knew if they had anymore. One of the employees said "we just threw out a box of toys. That may have some in it." and brought me the box.
- First release of Fashion Style Applejack in great condition in a thrift store when she was still going for $40+ on Ebay. She's a LOT cheaper now but I do like the fact that I still only paid $1 for her.
-Found the first TRU-exclusive Collectors Series "Favorites" still in the box years after it was released at Goodwill for $8.
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« on: May 02, 2019, 11:32:40 AM »
For ponies that I wasn't thrilled with after I bought them, do the Funko Vinyl figures count? If so, they're all really nice with the exception of Trixie. Thought she looked lovely until I flipped the figure over and discovered she has absolutely no tail under the cape. I know you don't display them from the bottom and it shouldn't matter, but, it just really bugs me. The cape is sculpted to look like it's being draped over the tail but it's just floating over this empty gap between the pony body and the underside of the cape. Like there's almost enough room for something to be there but no... just a tail-less, bald rear.
Ponies I were surprised by after I bought them were the reboot G4 Pegasus ponies. I bought a Soarin and Songbird Serenade and I had no idea their wings were jointed. I also like how some poses have the wings folded against the body.
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« on: April 04, 2019, 09:55:54 AM »
G3 McDonald's ponies. I like them and think they are cute. But recently I finally had the time to sort through some boxes of random ponies and at the end of it all I had a gallon ice cream bucket and shoe box full of 'em. Instead of having one of each like I intended, they've grown into their own sub-collection in my G3's.
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« on: January 15, 2019, 10:10:28 AM »
The last one looks like a mini fantasy filly 
that last one is definitely a "fantasy filly" - not really a fakie, it is a very cute line of fantasy model horses from the 1990s.
YES! Thank you! I'm kind of excited to find out it's part of a toyline and not some one-off thing. I think I need more of them if I can find them.
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« on: January 15, 2019, 10:02:36 AM »
The viacom horse may have been from a Dora the explorer play set! Dora the Explorer LOVES PONIES ADVENTURE playset
I never would have guessed!But, yes! The eyes are VERY Dora-styled! Haven't found this one precisely on google, but, the same mold being used for various other Dora horse sets. Thank you!
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« on: January 15, 2019, 02:30:19 AM »
I need some help identifying some Fakie-ish horse toys. Google searches haven't been fruitful and I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with them. First is a small Mattel/Viacom horse Second is a real mystery Fakie. I haven't found anything like her on the Fakie guide websites, never found anything similar out in the wild, nor in Ebay posts. She does have some markings on the bottom of her feet but they look like they were hand-carved into the original mold before it was cast instead of a stamp. Kinda hard to see in this photo But the hoof on the left has a "Copyright Long Key" and the other just says "China". Her other side doesn't have a symbol, either. It's just blank. The last is a small fantasy horse with a wing flap gimmick. It does have some markings on its legs but I couldn't get any photos that weren't blurry. It's REALLY hard to read since it's so tiny, but, I believe it says "1996(8?) Empire IND. INC. China".
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