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Title: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 14, 2018, 08:22:29 PM
Which collector pony is always warming the shelves around your area?

Here, its Minty.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: brightberry on September 14, 2018, 10:05:27 PM
I'm saying Minty too.  But I actually see a lot of Butterscotch as well.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Shaz on September 15, 2018, 01:32:46 AM
Shelves round here are cold as cold :lol: . I haven't seen any of the 35th ponies in my area yet!
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: poniesthatsparkle on September 15, 2018, 05:23:13 AM
Butterscotch and Snuzzle have a hard time leaving the shelves in my area. I guess people want the ponies with the prettier colors more. I haven't seen any of the other sets save for a singer Parasol.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Ponyfan on September 15, 2018, 05:35:15 AM
In my area it's usually Cotton Candy, Snuzzle and Butterscotch. One  time I went to Target looking for Rainbow ponies and they had around 11 Collector Ponies. 6  of them were 3 Cotton Candy and 3 Butterscotch ponies :lol:

Ponyfan
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 15, 2018, 05:44:09 AM
It's been spread out amongst three, but I saw two Cotton Candy's when I went and hour north yesterday. She's the last one I'd expect to be left behind!
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on September 15, 2018, 06:43:43 AM
Not that these are super common in my area, but I have seen Blossom in three different stores and one of the stores had like, 3 Blossom ponies.  The one I have NOT seen yet is Cotton Candy so she might be the popular one!
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Safflower on September 15, 2018, 07:56:55 AM
I've only seen Snuzzle left behind in my area. Other times the shelves have been empty.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: LadyMoondancer on September 15, 2018, 08:10:05 AM
At first Snuzzle and Blue Belle were often getting left behind, but now it seems to be Blossom, which surprises me.  Cotton Candy and Minty seem to sell the quickest.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Taffeta on September 15, 2018, 09:18:55 AM
Butterscotch and Snuzzle have a hard time leaving the shelves in my area. I guess people want the ponies with the prettier colors more. I haven't seen any of the other sets save for a singer Parasol.

Those two are my favourites :/ Butterscotch & Snuzzle are the prettiest collector ponies IMO.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Ragamuffin on September 15, 2018, 09:46:05 AM
Butterscotch and Snuzzle have a hard time leaving the shelves in my area. I guess people want the ponies with the prettier colors more. I haven't seen any of the other sets save for a singer Parasol.

Those two are my favourites :/ Butterscotch & Snuzzle are the prettiest collector ponies IMO.

They're my favourites too! Snuzzle is totally unique since she's grey, and I love that Butterscotch is pure gold, even her eyes! Especially since I mainly collect yellow ponies ;) So I bought them along with Minty.

I don't go to Target often and usually they're not able to sell anything pony-related that isn't a G4 plush. You could say everything there is a shelf warmer! Has anyone else seen this happen? Ponies never move yet the Lil' Woodzeez section is always cleaned out. When I got Moonstone and the Pretty Parlor I was actually surprised to see someone already bought Starshine!

If you want something more specific, there was this anniversary repro Share Bear sitting on the shelf for MONTHS. No other Care Bears, just her. She might still be there, Kind of disappointing, she's one of my favourites :/c
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Taffeta on September 16, 2018, 08:14:32 AM
Sadly it seems to be Butterscotch here too. I have only seen Retro ponies in 2 stores  - a John Lewis near where I now live and a toymaster affiliated store in another town. When I visited the other town store it had 2 Mintys, 1 Snuzzle and 1 Butterscotch. The John Lewis here (where I bought a Butterscotch) today had 2 of her, as opposed to 1 Minty and 1 Bluebelle. And neither Minty nor Bluebelle were there last time I visited, so they've put out new stock.

I have seen Blossom only once and Snuzzle only once. I have yet to see Cotton Candy on shelf anywhere! But the lady in John Lewis said they've sold a lot, so it might not be that Butterscotch is unpopular. Just less popular...
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: SkyCakes on September 16, 2018, 09:09:23 AM
I would like to say snuzzle. But, I cant find those ponies in my area. :/
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: achab1984 on September 16, 2018, 06:25:44 PM
Cotton Candy went I went to a store last time. I don't have a Target in my town though.   
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: NightGliderSA on September 17, 2018, 12:55:04 AM
We don't have them in SA, though I keep on asking Toys R Us, they keep on saying: 'no'. So no shelf warmers here.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Rainbow Dash on September 17, 2018, 09:20:08 PM
At first it was Bluebelle, but now it's Butterscotch.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Ribbs on September 19, 2018, 05:26:03 AM
Snuzzle here. She was the first one I found, and always the last pony on the shelf. Poor thing! I think she's just darling. <3
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Zapper on September 21, 2018, 08:36:26 AM
This sounds terrible but... All of them. I currently live in like the middle of nowhere, so there is constantly a full set or two of the first wave overflowing on the endcap, so they never really restock them nowadays.. I’m literally the only one who buys them, and it’s become a joke amongst me and some of the employees there. They know me pretty well with how many times I have bothered them over the phone for ponies...

That's good for you, tho! You have a personal pony dealer :lol: We just don't have them in stores at all so I can't say who sells the least.
All I know is people go hard for unicorns so I assume the unis won't be shelfsitters for long.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Galactica on September 21, 2018, 09:35:42 AM
I've seen Blossom, Snuzzle and Butterscotch... once I saw Minty.  And they appear in other isles of the toys, as if someone picked them up and walked around and put them down randomly-

I thin though what is happening is that they are all selling, and who is left depends on whether a couple of people got to Target before me and decided they needed one or two of them... 

I am still dying to see Moondancer Firefly and Medley...
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Taffeta on September 25, 2018, 10:51:39 AM
So where I live it is Butterscotch, but in John Lewis in Central London...they had three Bluebelles O.o. And practically nobody else...
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: CherryTreats on September 25, 2018, 02:22:15 PM
At my local stores, one has no retro ponies whatsoever, the other has three Snuzzles and a Minty, and most other stores have rainbows, but only an occasional 1 or 2 collectors. I don't really consider any retro ponies shelf warmers. I think it's the Care Bears who are the true shelf warmers.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: nessy_86 on September 25, 2018, 04:46:21 PM
Really all of them are hanging out here. I've seen the same 8 ponies at one of the Targets near me for at least two months.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Al-1701 on September 25, 2018, 06:15:42 PM
Snuzzle seems to be the main bench warmer here.  There are two sitting on the shelf at one of my Targets and the other had one.  I'm tempted to buy one and donate to a charity a person at my work runs that collects toys for disadvantaged children.  My main concern is they might think $9.99 is too expensive for a donation.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 25, 2018, 09:55:50 PM
Snuzzle seems to be the main bench warmer here.  There are two sitting on the shelf at one of my Targets and the other had one.  I'm tempted to buy one and donate to a charity a person at my work runs that collects toys for disadvantaged children.  My main concern is they might think $9.99 is too expensive for a donation.

What? Well its not like they need the receipt right? None of our charities ask for crap like that. And who cares? Its not their money being spent.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Taffeta on September 25, 2018, 10:58:23 PM
This is an idea actually. When I was working at the library, years back when G3 were on the shelves, the local town each Christmas had a toy drop and I would always buy a couple of G3 to put in the box. I figured I was helping the local population and potentially brainwashing kids to ponies at the same time :) I wonder if there is anything like that around this area now I've moved...if so, it would be nice to do something like that with a shelfwarmer pony.
Title: Re: 35th Anniversary Collectors Shelf- Warmers
Post by: Galactica on September 26, 2018, 02:02:54 PM
Snuzzle seems to be the main bench warmer here.  There are two sitting on the shelf at one of my Targets and the other had one.  I'm tempted to buy one and donate to a charity a person at my work runs that collects toys for disadvantaged children.  My main concern is they might think $9.99 is too expensive for a donation.

Huh?  Do you mean too cheap?  I don't think $10 is too expensive or too cheap.  I always donate stuff in the 10-20 price range, kids that don't have much just like getting a nice new toy sometimes.

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