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« on: May 28, 2012, 03:45:00 PM »
The mould for the petite star pick was also used for the picks that came with Moondreamers. You have a petite in there so it's likely that yours is a petite pick but there's still a possibility it might be Moondreamers. The way to tell is hold it up to light for a bit and then see if it glows in the dark, all the Moondreamers ones did and as far as I know the petite ones didn't (could be wrong though).
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« on: May 28, 2012, 01:51:37 PM »
I could look at pages of all these beautiful baby pictures all day. I could also post pages of adorable babies, but I'll restrain myself to just a handful. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
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« on: May 25, 2012, 05:35:23 PM »
I really wish my Moondreamers page hadn't been taken down so I could show you guys, but I do know a lot about them. The "adult" Moondreamers are similar but have a different head mould. The "child" Moondreamers (of which two were made, Blinky and Bitsy) are actually very close. But the eyes on them are further apart and differently shaped then Molly's. I thought that was really strange when I first got Molly to compare to my Moondreamers. Hasbro could have saved money on the mould but didn't re-use it for some reason.
On a semi-related note, the boy doll of that line (Bucky Buckaroo) had a mould all his own. He's bigger then Molly but smaller then Megan, I've always thought he could pass for Danny if you made custom clothes for him!
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« on: May 21, 2012, 07:20:46 PM »
If you can see it well enough, use the white paint of the eye as a gauge. Since there's a part at the bottom that doesn't have lashes it overlaps the white plastic and you can see how much of a difference there is between them. The white paint doesn't discolour.
Ever since I unknowingly traded a "mint" white pony that was actually a bit creamy I've been paranoid about it and now I notice the differences right away!
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« on: May 20, 2012, 11:06:26 AM »
How about TJ? He was brown with white hair and hearts symbol like Peachy. Way back before there were very many people on the internet from outside North America he surfaced and there were numerous theories about him. I believe he may have been the first "Nirvana" to show up and everyone was confused. Some thought he was a custom but there were others who thought prototype or limited release or exceptionally rare or something like that. He was named TJ because he looked like Megan's (not MLP) horse from the beginning of Firefly's Adventure and there was a theory that he may have come with some editions of the Megan's Place playset based on that similarity.
Of course now we know she's a Macau pony.
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« on: May 20, 2012, 10:50:17 AM »
Number 12 might possibly be a slipper for Scowlene of the Moondreamers line. (And when I just tried to go to my site to link a picture of it I found my site has been taken down.:/)
It's hard to tell the exact scale there and I'm sure there are many other things that have a similar item, so take that as an option rather then a definitive answer. For one thing, Hasbro has been known to re-use accessories between lines once or twice.
Now I'm going to have to sort out putting my ID page back up....
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« on: May 19, 2012, 11:02:30 AM »
It's very true that plastic needs to breath. Just make sure they are wrapped in something. I've had no problem with using the baggies but not closing them up. I would think paper would be a better alternative if you keep in mind a couple of things. If you do use tissue paper don't forget the chemicals used to treat it. Look for archival tissue paper, not craft tissue paper (which is bleached). They make it specially so that nothing will leech from the paper to whatever is touching it long term.
One note about cardboard boxes though... they are perfect breeding grounds for bacteria, mould and mildew. They are very porous and will attract small amounts of moisture. Corregated cardboard is especially bad for attracting insects and bacteria with all those safe dark little spaces for them to get into and breed. Instead of cardboard boxes I use big plastic storage bins. In the interest of letting the pony plastic breath I drilled little holes close to the top of the sides. You should be fine using archival paper inside a bin like that.
Find yourself some silica packets and toss those in the bins or boxes with the ponies. They are those little paper bags of grainy stuff labelled DO NOT EAT all over them. Don't open them either. They suck up all the stray moisture in the bins and hold it away from ponies. You can find them in new bags or wallets or shoes or many other things. I used to work in a store and ended up with lots of them that way, maybe ask at shoes stores or something to see if they have strays lying around they would give you.
Don't stack ponies on their sides. Over time they will squish each other, especially legs and horns! Stand them up in rows. I got large but short bins so that they store one layer of ponies standing and a few babies on top.
Keep them away from basements and attics. No good can come of those, believe me.
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« on: May 17, 2012, 05:22:47 PM »
I think they canceled the g3 points program because of the mix up with the Jumbo FrillyFrocks shipping price. I was one of ones lucky enough to get the two dollar shipping.
This. I imagine they took a huge hit mailing out all those "free" Frilly Frocks for only $2 instead of the intended $20. The way big corporations like that work, they would have assessed the lose in that program as it's own internal thing and cut it. I was pretty disappointed myself, I had JUST saved up enough points to order one (at the regular $20 shipping) but that was the day they cancelled the program. I think it's a mistake on Hasbro's part to not start a program for G4. There's a much wider demographic now which has proven they will spend obscene amounts for exclusives and wouldn't hesitate to buy even more store ponies for the points to get them. Think about what the handmade plush G4s go for on eBay due to the lack from Hasbro. Can you imagine what would happen if they started offering official ones as exclusive mail orders? As for the G1s... I can't fathom the reason, but I was not allowed to send away for mail orders as a kid even though I saved the horseshoe points from my over 50 childhood ponies. To think of all the extra ponies I could have had from all those points!
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« on: May 17, 2012, 03:31:07 PM »
I have one that is very minty so I think a good example. The eyelids are indeed paler then the pink of her fur but the eyes are unmistakably purple. Of course keep in mind that different batches may of had slightly different shades, but red pigment is also notorious for fading which would leave the purple looking more blue like you describe. This was taken in natural sunlight. visitors can't see pics , please register or login
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« on: May 17, 2012, 10:46:17 AM »
Personally I am terrible for the "UK" definition...I am in the UK, I call them UK ponies and even I feel it annoying sometimes with the ponies which were released wider in Europe....BUT I honestly dont do it as an insult in any way its just a handy catch-all as most of these ponies were distributed and supplied by Hasbro UK...even though they were sold elsewhere therefore the "UK" part of it does make some sense! I always think it must be likewise over the other side of the pond where we call ponies "US line"....poor Canada!
I think the incorrect divisions between "US", "UK, and "Nirvana" also has a lot to do with the very early years of pony collecting on the internet. Most of the community was US collectors back then because that's who had the most access to the internet. So the information we had on ponies was naturally skewed in that direction and they were thought of as the regular editions of ponies. Apparently the UK had tighter restrictions on the internet in the early days or something like that and as a result there were very few UK people making their ponies available. There was practically no one from anywhere else. Thus all "UK" ponies were anything that came from Europe and even ones we now know to be common were highly prized and thought to be rare. Nirvanas were so named because they were thought beyond rare into the almost impossible to own. Most Nirvana ponies back then were OOAK in the community and there were only a small handful. Also remember this was before digital cameras were common. Those of us who had them used scanners to capture an image of a pony and the rest of the community worked off of description alone so variations were often missed. I think those early classifications just stuck. And thanks for recognizing Canada hathorcat! Even today we still get lumped in with the US whenever anyone describes distribution despite the fact we don't get many of the US issues. We miss anything that's store exclusive (except TRU) like Target or Dollar General, just like the "international" people, yet we don't get anything that's classified as "international" either. For example, we miss out on both Dollymix AND Blind Bags. It leaves us with nothing to trade but the ponies considered common everywhere in the world.
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« on: May 15, 2012, 10:41:30 AM »
Firefly/Rainbow Dash and Surprise/Pinkie Pie were because of the personalities. If you check out Lauren Faust's original concept art of them that's who they were until Hasbro told her she couldn't use G1s except for Applejack. Surprise kept her wild curly hair and balloon symbol, she just got a colour change and lost her wings. I've only got a couple of cross gen pictures because I don't have many G4s yet. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginPersonally, I imagine Brights Bramley to be the G2 version of Applejack as well and plan to track her down when I get money just because Applejack is my extra special pony from my childhood herd!
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« on: May 15, 2012, 10:15:38 AM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginRomper! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginTattles. Of course Rattles has the same symbol, but I haven't had a chance to get a pic of the girls together. 
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