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MLP Nirvana / so ice crystal's mom has been found in the wild...
« on: November 04, 2022, 03:48:13 PM »
well that is what I called her  :lol:  she's the prototype before the flatfoot went into production

so she's no longer just an entry in the wiki or just a photo in sales catalog :)

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I've asked ember1 to reply with her lovely pictures here.  She asked for comparison pics of the FF cotton candy with furga if the theory that this prototype mold was then also used to produce italy's furga line of my little pony look alikes

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IMO the flat foot is a closer match to the furga pony than the regular concave cotton candy
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and furga as you hopefully can see is different than the flatfoot first run My Little Pony (please forgive that I made my FF a buddy for ms. furga so she got a paintjob since she was really faded  but hopefully everyone can at least see head/body styles)

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overall it is to me plausible that furga got the prototype mold and then Hasbro made the flat foot 1982 mold followed by the concave foot collector pose mold



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The Dollhouse / holi kamoli I am never selling - novi stars on the evilbay
« on: September 18, 2022, 02:13:41 PM »
I loved these guys because my daughter used to draw these aliens that reminded me of them and then I liked them as good hybrids with monster high... don't regret any of the customs I made but man oh man I had no idea these guys would end up in the hundreds

I think if I remember some of these were the ones that only ended up in russia but still $400plus??

so here's a shout out = DON'T just toss these guys in the failed toyline catagory

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I'll have to see if I can update this thread with some of my hybrids...

so anyone here still have these guys on their shelves?  hopefully?



Post Merge: September 18, 2022, 02:28:14 PM

share  your mash-ups or regular novi stars :-)

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do your novies hang with your MLP herd? 

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The Dollhouse / looking for shopkins shoppees cocolette / all stars
« on: October 07, 2021, 08:44:53 AM »
man I wish I had jumped on that bandwagon years ago... I am sure this 4-set is at least a 100 +ish these days.  I mostly am after that pink hair stripe version of cocolette if anyone by any miracle here is selling or knows someone who is selling please let me know as I will gladly buy just let me know your price and huge thanks for helping with a set completer

this set - just FYI:

https://shopkins.fandom.com/wiki/Cocolette?file=Cocoleyya.PNG

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i really really like tokidoki and man oh man do they have too many to keep up with in production which can be so frustrating with trying to find out how best collect the ones I like.  I am not sure if there are any reputable sources to buy - I got scammed from a FB'er megan fortin through the sales group there so that sucks and it doesn't seem like there will be much recourse through paypal but will see that will be an expensive thousand dollar lesson believing she was late due to recovering from covid and the last thing i am is  pushy for toys when I think someone's life is on the line... anyhow, if there are any other unicorno and/or mermicorno fans out there I would love a shout out to where I can go reliably to buy by the set 'cause the whole blind bag thing can really add up to alot of unwanted doubles and I am hoping to not have the ebay waaaaay mark-up headache versus pay a distributor fairly as middleman broker (heck it is either that or figure out how I can be a dang broker)

meantime here is an awesome custom I am happy to have by halloween

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Wanted! / Looking to buy these oddball G1s
« on: September 21, 2021, 09:49:06 AM »
Anyone have a china made strawberry faire / sugarberry ? $100ish

A white star (faded stars) CP US bluebelle? thinking this is  $50-$80ish

A reverse symbol TAF dancing butterflies ? $100ish

A china made TAF sweet tooth? $100ish

anyhow send me a message if you want to sell /have a double as I would love to have these four lovelies in my herd someday

huge thanks and be blessed!


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MLP Nirvana / White Argie Paradise ??!
« on: February 24, 2021, 07:58:31 AM »
Did anyone here get lucky??

I was just going through old sales on ebay and saw a white paradise

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so is this like a OOAK??

Cool to think there are still new variants to be discovered :-)

ebay link

https://www.ebay.com/itm/my-little-pony-G1-Top-Toys-Argentina-tropical-/154329345893?hash=item23eebeef65%3Ag%3Ae%7EIAAOSw%7EllgJvir&nma=true&si=KKXXgRehMBYyAUzRadGEcbPaFcI%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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MLP Nirvana / think this one's colombian but she's weird to me...
« on: February 16, 2021, 07:47:51 AM »
so this one popped on ebay so I was glad they took a best offer

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Since seller was from Bogota I'm thinking she's colombian and not the venne she was advertised as - she reminds me of other blue/pink combos (bowtie, big brother, blossom)

but she is decidedly bigger than colombian AJ I am familiar with so here are the pics for comparison:

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with red squeaky butt venne

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with colombian

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colombian and squeaky same size ( venne is slightly thinner legs )

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size difference

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colombian (as is typical) doesn't line up head/neck seam.  For once, this colombian's head is glued so doesn't move.  I do find it interesting that this new colombian's not only bigger, but squishier and her neck and head align.  Overall I like her just would love to know why she's different (other than the story of how she had a growth spurt  :P XD )


Does anyone know if there was more than one manufacturer for colombian MLPs?  I don't know much about the history of these guys as much as I love the colores vivos

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heya ponypeeps :-)

I remember there was not too long ago - maybe six months or so - an ebay sale of what seemed to be lighter all yellow so yellow body and yellow hair mexican applejack.

Sadly I forgot to capture pictures for reference. I am looking for one of these lighter all yellow mexican applejacks.  I would imagine she's a flat foot so I think that is auriken

Does anyone here know if that lighter yellow color is considered a true variant?   Does anyone here by any miracle have both orange and yellow AJs and could share pictures?  Is the majority opinion that this yellow coloring is just a fade to over time or maybe it's a batch issue where some AJ's just weren't dyed the standard orange?

To me, the yellow was noticeable in that the body matched the hair and made the apples stand out. 

thanks in advance for any assist in showing off applejack variants :-)


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MLP Nirvana / Never saw those Argie as MOC - love the backcards :-)
« on: October 03, 2020, 11:35:03 AM »
now these auctions are over hoping ok to post

I loved seeing the story for the first time of "Arlequin" I did not know that sparkler and lickety are apparenty both given "Harlequin" as their nombre

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and here's my google-help translation:

Arlequin mantenia firme, mirando hacia el sol, admirando su colleccion de piedrecitas relucientes. "Es tan hermoso su brillo" observo mientras reordenaba sus resplandecientes tarjetas, sus monedas de oro y sus trozos de hojitas de oropel. A Arlequin le gusta el brillo, los objetos brillantes.  Cuando hay luna llena, sigue a la estrella mas radiante, en busca de chucherias resplandecientes. En la noche de la ultima luna llena, Arlequin encontro un diamante incandescente.  "Esto ira perfecto para la corona de Reina" penso. Pero Reina lo incito lo guardar la joya porque [some] dia podria tener su propia corona.

Harlequin stood firm, staring up at the sun, admiring his collection of glittering pebbles. "Its shine is so beautiful" he observed as he rearranged his glittering cards, his gold coins and his pieces of tinsel leaves. Arlequin likes shine, shiny objects. When there is a full moon, follow the most radiant star, looking for glittering baubles. On the night of the last full moon, Arlequin found an incandescent diamond. "This would be perfect for the Queen's crown" he thought. But the Queen encouraged him to keep the jewel because one day he might have his own crown.

So now I am wondering since they never had a majesty/castle set, who in the argie universe was the pony-queen ? 

And I love how firefly  is "storm" and gusty is "autumn" . powder became "frost" and skyflier became "kite" (that I first thought was "comet")

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Trader & Shipping Support / Ok I hope I am just upset and paranoid...
« on: August 13, 2020, 07:07:35 AM »
Of all the variety of ebay experiences this has to be my saddest/weirdest to date - and that is speaking of thousands of transactions over a decade from all over the world even as I now have transactions stuck in the Philippines and Argentina due to all the covid-mess. 

So I will preface with saying I get these are not normal times but my recent ebay "win-not" for an ice crystal mountain boy that I was looking forward to rehabbing /removing the pindot mold just takes the proverbial cake.

I don't like to think this negatively about people but my gut is screaming that something just ain't right about how this transaction evolved so I am posting here as a warning to the pony-community that if you see this item pop up on a facebook or pinterest or instagram or twitter brag than I hope that person was also investigated by ebay for shady dealings with this seller for buying privately and abusing the auction rules.

I get this item is sought after.  I totally regret selling my mountain boy set for like $500 earlier this year so I am now slowly re-purchasing, and yes I am paying more than I sold mine for... although I have to admit I am stunned at the over $300 asking requests but anyway,

so my account is shoppergrrrl on ebay ( I know, dumb, but it was over a decade ago...)

Before bidding I asked if they would consider shipping internationally and when the seller replied essentially "yes" I was over the moon happy so I admit I didn't read the reply carefully I was just happy they would ship to America.  At the time when the reply stated I should "put in my offer" I kinda read into that answer that they had alot of other buyer inquiries and perhaps offers they were considering instead of just running the auction. 

So I put in my bid for I think like 125 GBP and started the auction...

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So I ended up being the only bidder (since I also put in a last minute bid so I wouldn't be sniped as sometimes can happen)

I come to find this item in my purchase column and I am super excited to have ice crystal for a reasonable amount and as I said I was fine to look to do the boiling water, peroxide treatment to get rid of his pindot mold and so forth...

and so I pay for him and didn't even think about the fact that the seller listing was for free shipping. 


Then I read my messages :





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so to me, this reply made no sense but I figured that I could work with this seller they would just have to use ebay support to send me an invoice for shipping.  I figured, worst case, is they would refund me my first payment so they could add in the royal mail charges and then I would repay, OR I would just send them the added 15-20 GBP through paypal.  So to me, it was no big deal.

Than I got the claim they are "shielding due to covid" and can only supposedly use a Hermes carrier.

Now come on, we have plenty of other UK sellers who know how pitney bowes works with ebay/paypal and regular carriers are doing a fantastic job to keep the economy going while also dealing with covid

I totally was not prepared for what followed

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I am pretty sure they made a version out of China - not sure if it was a limited release or a later release? 

Does anyone here have both versions?  I would love to find/buy the china version and have not had any luck for a couple of years to spot a China version sugarberry - mostly searching ebay (I only recently discovered mercari) and admittedly don't hang on FB. 

I think the green is lighter in the china version opposed to Hong Kong? 

It's one of those little details that I have admitted I love about collecting - like finding there's a front blue stripe baby TAF milkway and a middle blue stripe baby TAF milkyway

thanks in advance for anyone to share their pics - I checked the wiki but it doesn't seem to mention the China version


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Wanted! / G4 prototype Minty and the ponywear milk and cookies
« on: June 09, 2020, 04:51:12 PM »
I would love love love to find someone willing to part with their protoype minty = that is like my capper to collecting for my Minty army :-)

and then I have been making a custom pair of yellow mints that I would love love love to have the nightshirt and cap in that milk and cookies set

I seem to have been looking for ages on ebay no luck and maybe I have missed your sale tucked away on these pages?  Send me a PM!

I am actively buying



additional want list  and ready to buy now:

hong kong yellow moondancer
jewelry baby trio - red, blue, white with the necklace and ring

than for nirvana:

dark purple hair windy - will buy if you are selling!


thanks for reading :-)

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Customs / WIP - fun with first time epoxy sculpt
« on: June 09, 2020, 09:55:23 AM »

so I finally found the "time" with the quarantine and needing to keep my sanity while distance learning three in school and doing all my office-stuff from home/base  that I want to send a shout out thanks to whoever recommended working with pea-size quantities and to allow days in between to set portions before working on other details etc.  that so far, I'm pleased with my re-purpose of an ol' beddy-eye and some MH wings to make a pony-dragonfly

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also a thanks to ambar for inspiration on the scale-type I am using, as I was looking through a bunch of kirin photos (her customs included in my search) to also try my hand at a G4 kirin styled back to G1

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should be ready for hair and paint soon enough... but this is how I have been spending my quarantine getting sticky fingers ;-) and having fun with this "glue"

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Pony Corral / I know she's discolored....
« on: May 27, 2020, 12:02:13 PM »
But I honestly like her better this way

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I have to thank himmie for being willing to part with her - honestly I wish she were a solid black sparkle pony with a space theme IMO would be perfect, but I like this dark dark dark green just fine


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ya'll have any "discolored" ponies that ya don't think are ugly but actually an improvement in some way?  I was actually tempted to put her in the tweak the color scheme thread that admittedly, if I had my wish would be a navy blue with lavendar and silver tinsel and then a silver and purple spaceship = now that, to me, would be a star hopper space pony


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Trader & Shipping Support / NEED HELP German Ebay
« on: March 25, 2020, 10:25:13 AM »
Ok I did totally assume "everybody" has paypal or googlepay or applepay   :blush:  oops

So I went and bid/won on German Ebay.  The seller is fine to ship to US (thankfully!) using DHL, I am just stuck on the bank transfer part.  Seller does not have paypal.

I am hoping for help so I can pay you (in Germany) the euros using Paypal and then you can do the bank to bank transfer to pay the ebay seller. 

OR I will need help to buy/ship to you in Germany and then please forward to me in the US

and boy did I learn my lesson about reading fine print german ebay

thanks in advance

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