Confetti

For years I was searching ebay and the forums for a MINT one.  At the point I was gonna give up and just get an Italian one for my collection (for all the faults the Italians have, they don't seem to have regrind).  And then I found one.  And at a decent price!.  Got her and she was beautiful.  Just perfect!

Jump ahead to now.  I've had my ponies in storage for a few years, got to look at them back in May, and she's grey.  Sigh.  Only fleetingly looked, but enough to go "awwwww'

If you're looking for a Mint Cherry Treats - Buy from the UK.  Their Cherry Treats seems to have been made of a different plastic that stays white.  What a lovely pony. 

Cloud Puff was also made from two batches it seems.  One that has major regrind, and one that doesn't.  I haven't seen to many re-grinds here in Canada (and always leave them behind when I do)

Dainty Dhalia - I never knew she even came in blue!! I always though she was grey!.  WOW!

For the person for SS Paradise - that's one pony I always seem to find mint!

I think there was a doll sold around this time - the Happy Meal Doll, and that Pony was the toy in the Happy Meal Box for the Doll

China is incredbily diverse!  I was supposed to visit the western part, Urumuqi, Hotan and Kashgar, but has to re - route the trip.  Ended up in Chendgu at the Panda Reserve after two overnight trains of 40 hours of travel.

Weirdest thing I ate?  We did a hot Pot and Pork Intestine was one of the options.  It wasn't as bad as I thought.  But I only tried one piece!  Yak was delicious - like a very moist beef. And Fried Tofu Skins - not weird, but very tasty.  It's something I'm not gonna find anywhere else.   There were other weird dishes we didn't try - plates of snails were the oddest thing.  Going to a food market there is an experience.  Saw bins of live frogs, turtles, eels and snakes.  Didn't see Dogs being sold for food, but did see Dogs being sold on the streets for pets. 

Have you been?

In terms of pony finds - next to nothing until I was in Chengdu and then Ganghou.  And then I only found them in the major department store and then factory rejects in market in Ganghou. 

I'm lucky enough to be in China in two weeks for a vacation and I have a stop over in Guandong, where I've thought a factory might be.  I'll only be there a day, but would have no problem extending if I could peek inside the pony world  

Has anyone been before?  Would any one know where I might start to try to arrange a factory visit, or if it might even be possible? 

I've googled hasbro factory, and they do list the names of their factories in China, and most that I've googled are near where I'll be.  Outside of contacting hasbro, does anyone else know how this might be arranged?

Any thoughts??