The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Mana Minori on March 17, 2020, 11:14:29 PM
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So because the authorities are calling for people to self quarantine or lockdown whether you have the Coronavirus or not, I find myself facing extreme boredom at home. So I made a video about one of my favorite things- My Little Pony, and the hottest topics being talked about, Coronavirus.
Remember that proper hoof and claw washing is the key to self care in these distressing times!
https://youtu.be/ggBovY4dtVo
Discussion topic:
Since people might be spending more time at home with social isolation being implemented, how are you spending your time involved with ponies? Are you finding yourself with more time giving your herd their spa days? Are you making pony music videos? Are you talking to your family more about your pony interests, now that you may be spending time at home now, more than ever? What pony things are you doing in social isolation?
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I thankfully still have a job so I'm not stuck in the house. But I do appreciate the Arena being here to take the stress away from all this. Nothing like yapping about ponies. :)
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I do a lot of fanart. Every day. I've been posting fanart every day. It's the only thing I have any control over, what I can make and share with others.
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yep - I am back to "almost" homeschooling (babies are so grown now - 12, 14, 16 - geesh they've outgrown G3s and we have no more FiM to watch... ah well) as their school is doing video/distance learning I'm not doing much other than a bit of supervising so can still get all my conferencing etc. also done from home/office so it's been fun catching up on shows with them, seeing their real-time animations, video game playin and even cookie baking :-)
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I just like having my ponies around. I have doen quite a lot of sorting out recently but will no doubt carry out a few more restoration tasks and maybe even get onto customs in the near future. I've been quite isolated on and of for years, but like this site and often visit.
Edit: I dug out all of my old collection photos and updated my page: https://florencemeade.com/2018/05/11/i-also-restore-1980s-toys/ (https://florencemeade.com/2018/05/11/i-also-restore-1980s-toys/)
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I'm in Seattle and I haven't been outside of the house since last Wednesday. (Well, in a literal sense I've been outside the house, but only in my backyard.)
I've finally gotten around to starting some custom projects I'd been planning for a while. :)
I'm also going to rearrange my pony shelves.
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They've been giving me something to do. Finally got around to making risers to display everyone! Hopefully I'll have the motivation to style/restore the ones that need it soon.
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I'm in Oklahoma. I had been planning on going to our local pony meet which would have happened tomorrow, but of course that was postponed because it wouldn't be safe for anyone at this time. Our county now has multiple cases of the virus. My sister still has to work and my mom has to take her since she can't drive, but I've been staying inside the house and only go out to feed and spend time with the barnyard critters (thankfully we're rural so there's no worries about me going outside in our yard). My sister knows how to make bread so she's going to be making some loafs tomorrow, since our stores are all out of bread. My mom has always bought a month or so's worth of meat and frozen it in advance, even before all this started, so we never really have to worry about food. She did all our meat shopping before the serious hoarding began. We also have our lovely, spoiled-rotten chickens who lay tons of eggs for us <3
Ponies have been a wonderful distraction from all the bleakness! I've been working on customs and craft projects including some ponywear I've meant to make for awhile. In addition to that, since the money I had saved for the pony meet won't be seeing use anytime soon, I've bought myself a couple pony things from online! I got a rather large TLC lot in today (don't worry, I used gloves to unbox them in the garage and all the ponies went straight into a bath as soon as they got inside). It entertained me the whole day because they were all rather filthy and had lots of nail polish all over them.
I have a Salty on his way here finally too! Salty has been at the top of my wishlist for awhile <3 I'm also working on restoring my Barnacle. If it stays sunny (fingers crossed!) I'm hoping to give him his third hydrogen peroxide sun soak. I have the sneaking suspicion that this might be the last one he'll need, as he's nearly blue again! After that, I'll get his symbols repainted. I ordered his hair awhile back and it's been sitting at my workbench, just waiting for him to be ready for rehairing. I'm so excited! I also have a ton of other ponies I'm restoring.
In addition to all that, I now need to put up another shelf for my G1s and rearrange my G3s to make more space so that should keep me occupied as well. I'll be able to keep busy for a long, long while!
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Pretty much the same way they've always helped me wi ASD, depression & social anxiety: given me something inside the house to make me happy when outside is scary & full of judgement & hatred...
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I think the ponies are great companions for me at a time like this. Everywhere seems scary. I at least have the ponies to turn to. Ive been working on sewing crafts and im making a unicorn cake pillow. Im thinking of working on a new custom after the pillow is done. Im trying to take one day at a time.
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I'm not really doing much with them, I've been working from home for the past 4 years so it's kinda business as usual for me.(working at home has been so bad for my depression, overall it makes it hard to do any of my interests)
But I was thinking to do a IG Livestream everyday cleaning or organizing ponies to give people some entertainment
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I am customizing my huge pile of "to create", mostly personal customs, some customs of ponies that I know I will just never shell out the funds for but want personally for me, but keeping them different (Nachtlicht in her prototype form with the 4 stars and Ice Crystal in a different boy pose). I'm mostly ok, I've been working from home on and off since 2006 and fully on since 2014.
I also take really dumb videos of ponies on my record player spinning around to some thematically appropriate song once in awhile and am trying to do that more because it makes people laugh. instagram itakepicsoftoys
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Been brushing mine, and working on a few animations since I’m home all the time now. I have a bunch of shelved/WIP animations for whatever reason (lost motivation/interest, couldn’t figure out how to do what I wanted, etc.) that I’m hoping to revisit, and maybe work on. Or start a new project.
Wanted to go on Monday to the antique mall with my mom. She can hunt for China, I can hunt for ponies. We haven’t spent much time together, and I figured that new ponies would be a nice distraction from all this. I really do dislike shopping, but antique shopping is an exception, and we always have fun doing it. But the antique mall announced today they are closing for the next...well, however long it is for all this to end. Darn...
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Ponies and other toys are basically keeping me sane! (Well, as sane as I ever am!) I plan to go through all the ponies I put in storage a while ago and have a gawp at them, put different ones on display etc.
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I get to work from home for the next couple weeks (subject to be longer depending on how this all goes) so I appreciate that I can work on different projects for them while I’m home. :) I always do a pony of the day on my instagram, even when I’m in the office, but I hope to keep it up and get some daylight pics now that I don’t have to worry about a commute. I’m also working on making custom necklaces for all of them on my days off! I’d like to rearrange my shelves and give some of my....sadder ponies a spa day if time allows. It’s nice to have a distraction when all the news is on the virus for now.
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I have a minor cough right now caused by pollen and while my region hasn't ordered house arrest (yet), I am holing myself up as best as I can. Mostly to avoid people getting at me for coughing :rolleyes:
Ponywise, I am using my time to rehair with the knot method while listening to music. It's calming.
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I'm not really doing much with them, I've been working from home for the past 4 years so it's kinda business as usual for me.(working at home has been so bad for my depression, overall it makes it hard to do any of my interests)
But I was thinking to do a IG Livestream everyday cleaning or organizing ponies to give people some entertainment
I can identify with this, one week of wfh and I'm a complete wreck. I didn't realise how hard it is to maintain your health when you're stuck in one place all day. I'm not sure what an IG livestream is, but it sounds like a great idea!
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Sometimes I will take them out for a while to play with, I was also planning to finally do something with their hair while I'm stuck at home, but because of how complicated and stressful it is I'm waiting for the right moment.
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I work from home and have three kids under the age of seven so there's no shortage of things to do. I have OCD, with the specific fear of spreading germs and accidentally killing my loved ones that way, so the virus stuff is really terrifying to me and making my making my previously well-managed anxiety skyrocket. I had to put my sales on hold because the thought of going to the post office right now, or any other public space, fills me with dread.
But ponies do help. At night I work on pony customs, pony art, and snap photos for my pony-related IG. Every day I get to see beautiful pony pictures here and on IG and it really brightens my day. I've had some fun rearranging my collection lately, too.
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I'm spending the quarantine in a friend's home instead of my parent's so I don't have my whole collection, I just brought one pony, Tex. He was a big restoration project, my first full rehair and symbol repaint. He has a special place in my heart because of that. He shows me everyday that I can achieve something good. :blush:
I also brought a custom pony project. He's my most elaborate custom so far, because it has body modifications. So far so good. I can't wait to finish it soon. I've made some progress yesterday and plan on progressing a bit more later this day. ^^
I also have two paper pony buddies. I've drawn them myself and hang around my laptop, so they came with me when I picked up my computer. x)
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I work from home and have three kids under the age of seven so there's no shortage of things to do. I have OCD, with the specific fear of spreading germs and accidentally killing my loved ones that way, so the virus stuff is really terrifying to me and making my making my previously well-managed anxiety skyrocket. I had to put my sales on hold because the thought of going to the post office right now, or any other public space, fills me with dread.
But ponies do help. At night I work on pony customs, pony art, and snap photos for my pony-related IG. Every day I get to see beautiful pony pictures here and on IG and it really brightens my day. I've had some fun rearranging my collection lately, too.
That explains a great deal. Just let me know when you're ready xxx
And yep, Pony piccies do cheer everybody up!!! Where's that Happy Ponies thread when we need it???
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rather than making another topic, related to the coronavirus pandemic, I'll just post this here. I noticed that there are some communities drawing together and helping, whether by playing music or dropping off groceries for their neighbors in these stressful times. My Little Pony has helped all of us in some way, shape or form.
I wonder if, in these dark and chaotic times of pandemic, we can remember that the franchise is not made up of a single generation of fans, friends, and family. The creator of pony as a whole is most susceptible to this virus. Fandom, for the love of Luna, send your support and concern to Bonnie Zacherle!
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My collection is all packed up but hanging out on the arena has been helpful :)
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I have a custom pony all ready to paint but I can't find my "customizing box" with all my paintbrushes in it. Arrrrgh! I'm guess this is a good excuse to do a deep clean of the house. Sooner or later it'll turn up.
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I was in the process of restoring my surviving childhood ponies; I've gotten most of them cleaned but am still working on it. Right before all this virus stuff shut everything down, I had just taken a load of cleaned ponies over to my mom's house, since we are in the middle of a home remodel and I don't currently have room for all my playsets here. I spent a couple hours at her house setting up a big pony scene in a back bedroom with Paradise Estate and all the freshly washed/styled ponies. I now regret it because I'm separated from them until we are cleared for nonessential travel! I miss looking at them so much!
I have 3 kids under 5 and it's hard to find time to restore ponies while my oldest isn't in school; most days I get 2-3 ponies cleaned, depending on how bad their hair is. I have a couple hairless ponies I'm hoping to try my hand at rehairing, which would be a great project, but my husband just got laid off and I can't justify putting a big order in for hair right now :pout: Guess I can just sit and plan the colors I'll choose for their future hair... :satisfied:
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The same how I would if this wasn’t happening, but I did get my first nirvana ponies! They are both from Peru and they both need to be whiten so that’s what I’m doing!
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I bought some chips while venturing outside to do shopping and now I'm planning to have a G1 marathon on DVD, which I think is another good way to cope with ponies
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Like a few of you I too am in a seperate house from my ponies!! Because i'm at my parents house due to all the virus trouble, I only have 3 girls with me as they already lived in my room at my parents house, Tunefull, Windy and Galaxy. they are sat at the side of me and all are shouting a big HELLO!!!
Of course i miss my other ponies and i pray i can get back to seeing them some day soon!!!
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hehe today I am doing a yellow dip for some of my projects... pics to follow
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I can relate to the people mentioning how their mental health is not being helped by this quarantine. >_< My brain's been a fun roller coaster of anxiety these past two weeks. Doesn't help that I work at a grocery store so I can't effectively self-isolate, though I'm grateful to still have a job at all! I've been doing a lot of art and working on my pony website in the meantime, though. My ponies give me projects to focus on, which is helpful :)
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You'd say I have a lot of time now, but strangely enough I can't say that I do. Our daily routine (breakfast, dishes, laundry, dinner, shower, etc.) takes up the whole day, I still haven't done anything special that I've been wanting to do for a long time, which kind of sucks. :P
Although I have been thinking about ponies a lot more lately. I guess when the crap hits the fan, we always go back to what feels safe. ^.^
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ok so cherries was an easy fix to go from dingy white to a pretty posey yellow :-)
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than I am making a baby yellow moondancer...
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cotton candy turned orange in the yellow :-)
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and I have a blond clover pony (now debating whether to make my irish-pony a red head)
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so yeah... staying in meant doing some quick customizing / adding to the herd (hmmm - bought some cool ponies from wonderful arena members so will have that update soon enough)
time in front of a computer supposed to be working instead translates to shopping on ebay etc. for me
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Been buying/selling/restoring like crazy. Ponies are my cure all. :)
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My ponies have been in storage for years. I'd bring a few out every now and then but then they go back in the bins. I've had to hide my collection, especially 3.5 years ago when I had to sell my house and move in with my parents. My goal was maybe someday I'd have my own place again and the ponies could be displayed.
Now, with covid, I'm really scared. I have health problems, and I can't self isolate. I work at a vet hospital. I interact with dozens and dozens of people a day. Taking their animals from them. Taking their payment from them. We try to work as safely as we can. But we aren't staying six feet apart when you got to take an animal out of someone's arms. And people aren't staying away. Sick pets are one thing, but they still want those dang nail trims, no matter what!
So I'm seriously thinking about will I make it through this. These death rates from Italy, New York and others are scary. At lunch today the news said the USA could expect possibly 200,000 deaths. So I want to enjoy my ponies. I've been switching out my transformers for my ponies. Transformers going into storage for a nap so the ponies can come out for awhile. So I'm happy to have them out, but also thinking I should leave a note for my parents to contact someone here on the arena if something were to happen to me, that way my ponies aren't dumped at goodwill or something.
And Ribbs, who posted here above me, can't wait for Oakley to arrive tomorrow!!! Been wanting him for a long time!
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Now, with covid, I'm really scared. I have health problems, and I can't self isolate. I work at a vet hospital. I interact with dozens and dozens of people a day. Taking their animals from them. Taking their payment from them. We try to work as safely as we can. But we aren't staying six feet apart when you got to take an animal out of someone's arms. And people aren't staying away. Sick pets are one thing, but they still want those dang nail trims, no matter what!
So I'm seriously thinking about will I make it through this. These death rates from Italy, New York and others are scary. At lunch today the news said the USA could expect possibly 200,000 deaths. So I want to enjoy my ponies. I've been switching out my transformers for my ponies. Transformers going into storage for a nap so the ponies can come out for awhile. So I'm happy to have them out, but also thinking I should leave a note for my parents to contact someone here on the arena if something were to happen to me, that way my ponies aren't dumped at goodwill or something.
I hope you are okay!
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My collections (MLP and kenner littlest pet shop) have been in storage for a few years. lately i've been selling way more than i've been buying. but all of a sudden i have the need to collect again. i bought a couple of billy shelves from ikea and i'm getting my display set up again :) i also bought a few ponies and lps sets :) i have total sellers remorse now but i'm happy to be collecting again.
i first got into collecting back in 2009 when the last financial crisis was happening. i was unemployed and trying to figure out what to do with my life. collecting can feel so grounding when the outside world is chaotic.
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For the past few weeks my go-to tactic for coping with this pandemic has been simply ignoring it completely. I don't check the statistics, I don't watch the news, I don't talk about it with others... It actually feels strangely liberating to be completely oblivious to the situation around you, I haven't felt this peaceful in months.
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My husband and I are finally able to watch FiM season 9 so ponies have been helping us get our mind off the pandemic and the other things going on for awhile each night^^
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I've finally gotten around to my custom projects that have been sitting on my desk for celestia knows how long! i have extra time on my hands, so i might as well do something productive LOL
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yep :-) me too = customs
trying epoxy sculpt for the first time - truly a lesson in patience IMO
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I've been doing some pony buying online. So I have some new pretties to keep my company during lock down. There are trails near me that I go to for long walks and started taking ponies with me to photograph along the way. I had posted a few online and people really enjoyed them and started requesting me to do pics of this or that pony. It cheers me up and cheers others up.
I have been doing a lot of painting and switched over to doing pony paintings. Why I never thought of painting ponies before I'll never know but I am loving doing them.
If anyone wants to see the photos etc I've been posting them on instagram @colouratura1 and Colouratura Customs on FB. Not an ad, just look and enjoy. :) I promise to keep adding more pics and paintings.
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oh post the pictures here if you can? :-) love that you have been able to get out and take photos :-) and that's cool you are also sharing with instagram :-)
really thankful we have so many ways to be connected even through all the siliness of this lockdown
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During quarantine, I’ve been able to explore the world of customs further and bought a small lot of BBEs to experiment with. Shortly after buying the lot, I actually got my first ever commission from a friend who is all about the line’s spooky little eyes, and wants to play up the macabre factor while also playing into her field of study, anatomy.
So in addition to my own funky and colorful custom ponies, I’ve been working on turning Baby Half Note into a half pony/half skeleton model, and Baby Lickety-Split into a half and half model of a horse’s muscular system.
I’m just now realizing how extra morbid it is that I’m doing them as split down the middle, normal on one side and freaky on the other models while they have names like Half Note and Lickety-Split. I promise it wasn’t on purpose! I hope this isn’t too grim to be forum appropriate! :blush:
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Lockdown gave me the opportunity to start working on my pony room, which has been a delightful diversion during such a stressful time. I'm a nurse so I'm still working as much as I ever did, but aside from going to work I've been housebound for months. Ponies have been a welcome distraction from the stress of work and the frightening state of the world. I've been adding to my collection quite a bit during this pandemic, I'm really grateful for social media's pony groups and eBay. When everything is going to hell in a handbasket, I can still rely on ponies to help make me feel better.
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For the past few weeks my go-to tactic for coping with this pandemic has been simply ignoring it completely. I don't check the statistics, I don't watch the news, I don't talk about it with others... It actually feels strangely liberating to be completely oblivious to the situation around you, I haven't felt this peaceful in months.
Ditto this. If I'm stuck in my house, I really have no desire to hear about the politically and 'pandemically' divided world outside my walls. My husband and mother keep trying to make attempts to enlighten me; my mom bought me a local newspaper subscription for my birthday last month and my husband keeps starting conversations about memes and the things his friends/family post on Facebook...I keep telling him to stop, if I wanted to see the content of Facebook I would *have* Facebook, now wouldn't I?
I just want to pretend it's 1986 when I could just let the adults do the worrying.