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Pony Brag Arena / Found 5 Dream Beauties at the thrift store!
« on: February 10, 2020, 06:05:38 PM »
So I haven't had any luck at all the past year with thrift stores and then I swung in the other day while my son was at a birthday party and found 5 Dream Beauties!!!!!! I couldn't believe it! What luck! They are all in great condition too except the pink one has some yellowing around her eyes. Not sure if her childhood owner tried to put make up on her or something. Anyway, I never thought I cared for Dream Beauties but they are stunning in person and now I want them all! They seem to all be in good shape, here they are after their spa day.  :hearts:

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Yesterday was a super lucky day! First I found the 35th Anniversary ponies which I've been waiting to come to Canada forever. Then I swung by the thrift store on my way to meet a friend and found G1's!!!! At first I spotted Windy and then I saw another and another and my arms were overflowing with ponies. Nothing HTF but it was so fun and exciting to find ponies in the wild again and so many at once. It's been so hard to find G1's anymore. So Soft Surprise looks like she has perfect flocking. The rest should clean up really nicely. I'm also super happy to find another Strawberry Shortcake sheet. Now if only I could find Carebears or MLP sheets. Snuzzle is from The US but she felt left out so she's included with her sisters.

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Pony Brag Arena / My Spring finds including Dream Castle!
« on: May 19, 2018, 04:53:43 PM »
It's been harder and harder to find things in the wild lately. These are my Spring finds so far this year. Only a couple thrift finds, the rest were from local toy dealers so not the best deals but still nice additions to my collection.

Today I picked up Dream Castle!!! My favorite play set and the only one I haven't been able to find locally until now. I had Dream Castle as a child so it's very special to me and I'm so happy to finally have one again.

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Another replacement to a childhood set, the Baby Buggy!! I think I have the blanket and pillow in my accessory stash so I'll have to dig them out and see.

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And a view of all my pony finds after their spa day! Baby Katie came from an arena member. Powder and Twilight are in rough shape and they were from the thrift store. The other 5 on the top row plus the sea pony and shell are from the flea market in March. The shell was thrown in for free  :freak:  which is amazing and the same shell I had as a child. There's a few HQG1C's in there, 2 ponies from a friend's friend who heard I collect ponies. And then Ursa and the 3 babies in the front came from the same local seller as the Dream Castle. I found his booth at our Comic Con and bought the ponies and then got in contact with him after about the Dream Castle since he didn't have it at his booth.

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I usually pride myself on being thrifty with my pony purchases and this was not the case so far this year but I'm still very happy with my new additions.  :biggrin:

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So I was on Instagram trying to find toy fair photos on the MLP booth and came across some more retro Strawberry Shortcake dolls!!! So excited!!

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The Dollhouse / Wanted: Strawberry Shortcake New Classic Dolls
« on: November 30, 2017, 10:46:25 PM »
I'm looking for the new release classic Strawberry Shortcake dolls: Orange Blossom, Angel Cake and Raspberry Tart. If anyone can pick these up for me it would be greatly appreciated. I don't think they were released in Canada and was only able to find a few on my recent trip to the US. Thanks!!!

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Toy Box & Games Cupboard / Wanted: Strawberry Shortcake New Retro Dolls
« on: October 31, 2017, 09:29:48 PM »
I'm looking for the new Retro Strawberry Shortcake doll Raspberry Tart if anyone is kind enough to pick her up for me please. :)

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Pony Brag Arena / Thrift finds the last month or two
« on: June 06, 2017, 11:20:12 AM »
I often get discouraged all those trips to the thrift store and coming home empty handed. Yesterday I had a pretty good day of finds and decided to pull out all my finds for the past month or 2 and take a group photo. Lots of non pony items too but I have a few collections that I hunt for. Nothing has been cleaned up yet, I think a spa day is in order.  :biggrin:  The highlights for me are finally finding a Baby Blossom in the wild! I've found multiples of the other babies but never her and I refused to pay ebay prices and shipping for her. I'm so happy to find the pony carriage!! That's one thing missing from my childhood collection, just need to find the umbrella now. Silky Mane (LLL Horse), Shy Violet and the Strawberry Shortcake sheet are also favorite finds. Everything is wonderful though and it's a big pile of happy! Thanks for looking and good luck on your thrifting adventures!

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Pony Corral / Success sunfading a yellowed deflocked Paradise
« on: April 05, 2017, 10:40:09 PM »
So I got a really yellowed and dirty SS Paradise last Summer in a lot. I already have a beautiful white Paradise with near perfect flocking so I decided to do my first deflock. Her flocking came off very easily with a hot oxy bath. Unfortunately her plastic was all yellowed from the glue. We don't get very much sun in the Fall and Winter here in Canada so she has been sitting in a window since September with me rotating her around every few days. I can't remember if I read if she was safe or not to sunfade but I decided to try it anyway and wow does she look amazing now! I covered her eyes with painters tape and her symbol with white acrylic paint. I did not cover her hair and her mane appears to have lightened slightly. All in all it worked wonderfully with her and I hope my yellow So Soft Gusty can get this white too. Here she is next to my nice white SS Paradise for comparison.

Before

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And a family photo with my custom Baby Paradise.

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MLP Nirvana / Did I just find a Greek Peachy at a thrift store?
« on: March 30, 2017, 02:59:06 PM »
I checked the Nirvana gallery and it looks like I found a Greek Peachy at the thrift store, in Canada of all places.  :shocked: She was in a bag with a few other random gen ponies and I didn't realize at first the purple hair belonged to her. I saw Peachy and put her back since I already have 5 Peachy's but then did a double take at her blurry symbols and looked at her more closely. I think I'm just in disbelief but what a cool find! Other than the missing hair she's in pretty good condition.

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Pony Corral / Let's see your Fall themed ponies!!
« on: October 20, 2016, 08:11:58 AM »
Let's see your Fall themed ponies!! I'll get us started  :)

Baby Gusty

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Baby Lucky Leaf

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Pony Brag Arena / G1 Kijiji Haul
« on: August 07, 2016, 11:00:37 PM »
I had such a great pony weekend! I've never bought ponies on kijiji before since I'm shy and don't like dealing with meeting up with strangers and all that. Once in a blue moon though I'll look on Kijiji and see if anyone has ponies. I ended up with 2 different lots!!! So happy!!! One was just ponies and the 2nd was ponies plus playsets (which I've been super into lately). Sadly I asked her if she had a Dream Castle since she has several of it's accessories and she said she threw it out last week before she realized Pony stuff was worth something. So I'm still on the hunt to replace my childhood dream castle. I am happy to have some of it's accessories though since most of mine are lost. Not great pics but here's my haul!!! Nothing rare or crazy but I was able to get several ponies from my want list and several of the doubles look like they could be upgrades to some of my current ponies. In the process of cleaning everyone.  :frolic:


The box from the one seller and the bag of ponies next to it from the other seller.

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Show Stable!!!!!! I've been wanting it so bad!!!

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Group shot! The Lullaby Nursery is my favorite playset. Unfortunately I just bought one last month but this one is in better shape and has more accessories. I love them though so I think I will keep both since I have so many babies that need a place to hang out.  :biggrin:

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A little bit of a closer shot.

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For Trade / Shy Violet's Trade List. G1, G2, G3 & G4 More added 08/09
« on: July 21, 2016, 08:06:04 PM »
I'm working on getting my trade list set up. I have lots of stuff to go through/clean up/photograph so be patient with me. I am open to selling too but would really like to get some of the ponies on my want list. :) I can provide more photos if interested. My Want List http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,379773.0.html I also have lots of G3's and G4's waiting to be cleaned up.

Sniffles and Snookums. I can't find anything wrong with these cuties. Sniffles' hair is a bit faded but still has some pink. Mane is more faded than tail.

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Morning Glory
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Baby Moondancer. Her body is a little creamy in color. ink on bottoms of hooves

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Baby Surprise. One eye has a rub. pink balloon stings on symbols are worn off but there is a stain from the string.

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Peppermint Crunch. Symbol rubs and she has some faint pink spots on her, possibly regrind?

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Party Time. Pink is faded. She has various marks on her that look like possible ink marks, some look like possible cancer. Her symbols are pretty good. More photos in the spoiler.

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Twinkler. Her hair is frizzy but curled beautifully so you can't tell from display. She has some glitter loss and stands a little tilted.

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Soft Steps. She has dry hair. The pearly paint has been sealed. I painted them about 13 years ago and the sealant I used at the time has a bit of a stickier finish but it's not actually sticky, just the texture isn't smooth like the sealant I use now. Nothing has stuck to it over the years and it held up to me giving them a quick wash.

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Applejack. She's great except for a small dot on her belly.

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Brilliant Bloom (Brush 'n Grow Princess). She's in excellent shape except her first 3 plugs are missing. Her mane also feels slightly thin but I'm not sure how it's supposed to be. Her crank still works to shorten her tail.

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Baby Flicker (Drink n' Wet Baby). I can't find anything wrong with her

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Baby Firefly. Some glitter loss and minor marks. Hair is great

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Whizzer. Poor girl has a head/body mismatch and several cancer spots.

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G2

G2 Princess Morning Glory. Looks like she's had a hair cut to her mane plus about 4 plugs have been cut super short. She also has a symbol rub.

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G3

Breezie

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Pink Sunsparkle

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TRU Exclusive Flutterbutter

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TRU Exclusive Tropical Delight

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Sapphire Shores. Symbol rub

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Star Song. She has a small indent and a rub on her face.

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G4

Shining Armor. He has some rubbed paint and glue around his hair. Some scuffs and marks.

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Cheerilee.

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Mane-iac

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Fashion Style Cadence and Shining Armor

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Non pony items:

Patty O Green 9" missing dress and sprite and her braids are unbraided. She hasn't been cleaned.

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Polly Pockets

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TRADED/SOLD

Milkweed and Tumbleweed. Both are in good condition. They have dry hair, one has a tiny symbol rub. I'm looking for Jebber and Jabber but would trade for other baby ponies that I need. TRADED

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Baby Sweet Steps TRADED Both have dry hair, Sweet Steps is worse. Sweet Steps also has some initials on the bottoms of her hooves in sharpie that can be seen through the pearly paint still. The pearly paint has been sealed. I painted them about 13 years ago and the sealant I used at the time has a bit of a stickier finish but it's not actually sticky, just the texture isn't smooth like the sealant I use now. Nothing has stuck to it over the years and it held up to me giving them a quick wash.

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Minty TRADED

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Fashion Style Shining Armor TRADED

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Princess Celestia TRADED

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Brushable Cadence and Shining Armor TRADED

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I have been on a pony buying spree this month! Up until now my collecting has been pretty slow paced but I always keep an eye out and have found some good listings lately. Some local finds too. I bought my first lot and I think I'm hooked. I was an amazing feeling getting a box full of ponies in the mail. So first I pulled my ponies out of storage and made a checklist so I know who I have. I realized my baby Tiddley-winks had her symbol removed by me about 15 years ago for a custom project and I never finished her. So I went on ebay looking for a baby Tiddley-winks and saw her with the Lullabye Nursery and decided I needed it. I also bought my first lot which was almost all the newborn twin sets! So here they are all together checking out their new home and awaiting their turn at the spa. Some of my doubles are in the forefront which I found thrifting. I'm so in love  :hearts:

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In that picture you can see Stripes who I found at the flea market and my old Tiddley-winks beginning her transformation to be baby Stripes. Just need to paint her other side now.

My other flea market finds were these 3 beauties

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These next 2 were found thrifting with some accessories. They are doubles but I can't bear to part with them yet.

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I'm working on completing my sparkle babies so these 2 joined my herd

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My first Beddy Bye Eyed babies, found thrifting. They still need to be cleaned

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These 2 were random ebay finds

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Baby Dancing Butterflies!! One step closer to finishing my TAF babies set

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Some adult TAFs which is another set I'm working on completing

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and last but not least, these 2 little gems from Germany! So all I need is a German baby Lickety-split to complete this set which is my favorite set!

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Thank you for looking! I can't believe all my new additions, I'm over the moon right now.

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Wanted! / Shy Violet's Wish/Want List G1 prefer to trade
« on: June 13, 2016, 12:06:15 AM »
Hi, here is my wish/want list. I am located in Canada. I'm looking for nice condition G1 ponies but they don't need to be perfect. I prefer to trade at this time. I can't afford every pony all at once so this is also just an ongoing list of who I need. If you are looking for G4's in trade pm me your want list, I might have them. :) My Trade List http://mlparena.com/index.php?topic=380780.new#new


Year 2

Twilight

Rainbow
Sunlight
Starshine
Windy

Year 3
Posey
Baby Blossom

Rainbow
Trickles
Starflower
Tickle
Confetti
Pinwheel

Year 4
So Softs
Northstar
Surprise
Lickety-split
Cupcake
Bouncy
Posey
Skippety-do
Scrumptious
Ribbon
Twist
Gusty
Hippity-hop
Fifi

Year 5
So Softs
Crumpet
Twilight
Bangles
Taffy
Angel

First Tooth Babies
Baby Fifi

Twinkle Eyes
Bright Eyes
Mimic

Princesses
Royal Blue
Starburst

Big Brothers
4Speed
Salty

Year 6
Twice as Fancy

Merriweather
Buttons
Munchy
Nightglider

Princesses
Sunbeam
Moondust

Sundae Best
Sherbet
Crunchberry

Big Brother
Barnicle
Chief

Peek a Boo Babies
Sweet Stuff
Graffiti
Snippy
Ribbs
Whirly Twirl

Year 7

Candy Cane
Lemon Treats
Sugar Apple
Molasses
Sugar Sweet
Mint Dreams

Sunshine
Waverunner
Mainsail
Shoreline
Seaflower

Sparkle
Star Hopper

Fancy Pants Babies
Baby Bows
Baby Glider
Sunnybunch
Starburst
Splashes

Baby Brothers

Paws
Countdown
Leaper
Waddles
Drummer
Racer


Year 9

Glow n Show
Dazzle Glow
Star Glow
Happy Glow

Baby Rainbow Ponies
Sunribbon
Starbow
Brightbow

Year 10
Paradise Baby Ponies
Palmtree
Pineapple

Mail Order
Baby Sugarberry
Baby Love Melody
Li'l Cupcake
Li'l Sweetcake

Pearlized
Surprise
Cotton Candy
Blossom

UK/Euro Ponies

Gypsy
Baby Lickety Split

Baby Explorer
Baby Nightsong
Baby Mischief
Baby Stella

Splish
Splash
Splosh

Cuddles
Bouncy
Snoozy

Baby Katie

Baby Alphabet
Pictures
Count a lot
Schoolbag

Baby Lollipop
Baby Candy
Baby Licorice

Baby Diamond
Baby Ruby
Baby Sapphire

Non pony stuff:

Rainbow Brite 9" dolls: La La Orange. I also need Buddy Blue's shorts and sprite (for the 9" doll) and Canary Yellow's leg warmers.

I have a 9" Patty O Green for trade but she is missing her outfit, sprite and her braids are taken out.

Strawberry Shortcake Retro Reproductions: Raspberry Tart, Orange Blossom, Angel Cake, Strawberry & Lemon Meringue 2 pack.




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Customs / Haven't posted in a long time. G1 to G4's
« on: June 03, 2016, 10:32:55 AM »
I haven't finished a custom in over 2 years but I had several in various stages so I've been working on completing them. These are the newest girls for my G1 to G4 collection.  :)


Up Up and Away and Bonnie Bonnets

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Whizzer and Bouncy

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It's hard to see in the photos but Whizzer has glittery eyes. I've been doing all my Twinkle Eye G4's with glittery eyes instead of gems.

Thanks for looking!

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