Hi all,

(some of you might remember, as I've surely complained about this in the past here&over on the MH Arena, that) 1/16" size ribbons are completely unavailable in my country. I've been looking for them for years, and haven't found a single shop that carried them, offline or online - or even heard about them. 1/8 is the thinnest ribbon around here, and you can imagine the surprised faces I've seen when I actually started to carry some 1/16 with me to show what I mean when I say thin satin ribbon! But to their defense, I too only know about its existence from it being used on doll clothing.

Long story short, it is available in the US, and I found an eBay seller who has a great variety of colours. Shipping within the US also seems to be free. Would someone be able to help me by buying some for me (or offering their address to be shipped there - in this case I can do the actual buying and paying on eBay), and then forwarding the ribbons to me?

Thank you in advance to anyone who could help me out

Last Tuesday I left work a little earlier (shifting some overtime hours off), and on my way to a certain shop I passed a charity shop. I was aware it is there, I just didn't plan to visit other shops on my way - however, now that I was there, I decided to go in, and boy, was that a good decision!

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They all seem to be in good condition (apart from the MGR fakie's hair, but I don't mind that. I have a childhood pony like this, just darker blue with pink hair, and her hair looks even worse - even though I didn't handle her roughly. My original MLPs who got just as much play have much better hair, so this is just what you get with fakie hair ), the spots and stains on them seem to me like something that will come off after a day at the spa I'm happy with all of them, and it's tough to decide which one I like the most (Baby Surprise is darling sweet, but the MGR fakie is equally sweet, I love this fakie mold), but I'm leaning towards June Rose - not only because she's rare, but because even though her colours aren't that unique, I was secretly wishing to have her someday, as June is my birth month She's the third Alternate Birthflower I found in the wild here, and none of them came from shops that normally sell imported goods, so I'm getting more and more certain that Alt. Birthflowers were, at some point, available in stores here. 3 of them in the wild in 1.5 years would seem just too much luck, too unlikely otherwise.

Hello everyone,

I've just recently learned about Squishy Pops mini MLP figures (I got one in a random toy lot), and I instantly fell in love with them, and would like to have a ton more! The issue? Just the usual one: they are not available here... I'd be happy to buy a few off you if you've accumulated doubles Loose, and lots would be preferred to save on shipping - I did check eBay and found a nice lot in the UK, but the seller doesn't ship outside the UK, and the settings don't even let me ask if they'd reconsider...

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I missed out on ST AJ last year, butI'd still like to have her. I'd be looking for her in box, and she'd have to be shipped overseas, to Europe.

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For reference, here's a list of items I have available for trade:

MLP [link to sales thread with pictures]
- G1 Baby Schoolbag
- G1 Wave Runner (x2)
- G1 Princess Primrose (no tail)
- G1-type Crumpet fakie
- Chap Mei fakie family
- Baity Baby Apple Delight

Other [link to sales thread with pictures]
- mini Pound Ponies x5
- mini Pound Puppies x2 (not yet pictured)
- Snugglebumms adults Mama and Papa (not yet pictured in the thread)
- Pikachu windchime
- various Pokémon figures
- other anime merch (see some pictured in the thread)
- Galoob Magic Diaper Babies from the early 1990s (I have A LOT, but I have yet to picture all)
- 90s Puppy in my Pocket dogs
- some 80s-90s Trolls

Hi there,

apologies for opening this topic here and not in the Dollhouse - the reason for this is that I am asking about synthetic hair discoloration, and we have more hair experts around in the Customs section. I feel the fact that the particular hair in question is on a doll is secondary in the current situation, however, if you feel this topic does not belong here, please feel free to move it to the Dollhouse.

I'm turning to you for help regarding fixing a flawed wig belonging to a doll I recently purchased. The doll in question (a Pullip Snow Miku) arrived to me with parts of the wig discoloured/yellowed. The discoloration only affects parts of the hair, in particular the top of the head, and slightly also the pigtails, as if the source of discoloration was coming from the top&the back. A stripe where the earmuffs used to be remains unaffected (but one of the earmuffs' white part also shows yellowing).
I wasn't aware of this, nor was the seller, who is lovely and seems helpful, but she also doesn't know what we could do. My first thought was light, so I asked about light conditions in the glass cabinet where she was stored (I knew she was stored this way), but the cabinet was apparently standing in a shadowy spot of the previous owner's bedroom, and the doll didn't get exposed to the sun. Another possibility I had in mind was a chemical reaction... probably the glue used to secure the wig was seeping out, causing discoloration? Hovever, how did it seep down the pigtails, our out to the outer, white part of the earmuffs? The fact that only the top layer of the hair is affected (so if I "dig" into the hair on top/back to check the hairs closer to the scalp, there is intact hair beneath) makes me believe it is not the glue though. Whatever the cause may be, the hair (and the earmuffs, but I am more concerned about the hair) is yellowed, and a gentle partial shampoo-wash sadly didn't change anything. Have you ever seen something like this, and do you possibly have any recommendations on how to fix it (other than changing the wig...). It would be nice if we could fix her up especially because she was a limited edition doll, and there are only so much of her available.

Here are two pictures to demonstrate the discoloration (on the first pic, the bottom of a pigtail is pulled closer to show the colour difference; on the second pic you can see the band of unchanged colour where the earmuffs were while she was on display):

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After years of dreaming about it, this year I had the chance to visit the Netherlands during Kings day. To boot, I had lovely company: Barnacle_lady has offered to come pony hunting with me! These are all the things I came home with (apologies for also going off-topic, but I wanted to share my non-pony finds too ):

First, the ponies The baby G2s and G1s were all found as a big lot on our very last stop! It was so awesome to find them all together, they are quite the handful: the lady who sold them wanted to take a picture of us holding them (because she was happy we are taking them all, and she liked them too ), and we had some trouble trying to hold them all at once
Silver Swirl also came from this lot (her baby stayed with Barnacle_lady because she didn't have her yet ).

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The rest of the ponies were found earlier separately. Many have haircuts, but I don't mind that. I think I'll try to restore, or at least rehair some of these.

The single G1 adult pony we found was Parasol - she too needs some TLC: she has a forelock cut, her tail is also shorter, and there are pen marks on one of her legs, but I'm still happy to have her back. Back, because I used to have her in the past (found her in a lot) but sold her because I was a self-supplying student on a student loan back then, and I needed all the little money I could get. I regretted that sale ever since.

I don't collect G3s, but I do have a few I bought because I liked how they look - the same thing happened with this pair. They were found separately, and I only realised it at home that they actually are both 2006 Pegasus ponies, which might be the reason for their similar characteristics - they look super cool together, so I'm sure I'll display them together somewhere after I cleaned them up

The Equestria Girls boots will be for my hybrid Novi Stars Una Verse who is on an EG Rainbow Dash body

As for non-pony finds... first, the Furbies:
I was most looking forward to find a Dutch G1 Furby, as I only have one like that (even though my herd? flock? of Furbies now  counts over 100 furbabies ). Sadly noone was selling G1 Furbies that day, but I did find some G1 merchandise: a beany baby and a small plastic figure. The pair of G1 slippers (it might not show up well in the picture: that's what looks like black and white Furby twins ) were found by my husband, and were a surprise! He brought it back to our hotel secretly, so I only saw them when we arrived back home They are even my size, but I want to keep them as is, so I won't wear them.

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While I also don't extensively collect G3 Furbies, I bought the white furball, because I like all-white Furbies, and he was cheap. He was said to speak English, but I'm hoping that may prove untrue, as I do know there were Dutch boxes, so I believe Dutch G3 Furby also existed - and this one has an instruction sticker in Dutch in his battery compartment, which seems to be a good sign. Sadly the poor guy is mute, so his language remains a secret for now. I plan to open him up and repair him (I found a good explanatory video), but right now I am still gathering the courage, as even though I've opened up and repaired several G1 Furbies, I've never done it on a G3.

The McDonald's plush G3 comes from an abandoned (and soaking wet) box I came across in the evening - I had to take the poor soaked guy - and even the husband, who normally wouldn't even like any additional collection item (we have space issues), said I should take it. After a swim in the wasking machine he should look much better

Then I got some dolls - most of these I plan to customise, some I was even specifically looking for, so I'm really happy about those

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LPS Blythe dolls are not something I collect/owned so far, but I found these too cute to leave them there (the same goes for the Lalaloopsy doll with yarn hair). I have to admit that the LPS Blythes have grown on me a lot since, I can see myself purchasing more of them in the future And I already have specific customisation plans for these two (one will get a new body - I've finally found what to do with my extra Picco Neemo body!).
I'm also very happy about the mermaid Clawdeen, because I was contemplating buying her (I seem to have a big love for blue-skinned Monster High dolls, and especially the sea creatures), but never came across her IRL, and I wasn't sure if I would like her in person.

I forgot to take a pic of these, but I also got 2 IKEA dollhouse furniture items that I was also eyeballing for some time already, but didn't want to pay the full price for the set.

And finally, some random other items: two frames, a jewelry holder (that I will repaint), a plush manta, a Hello Kitty PEZ holder and some decorative string (silver stars and beads) - the latter two (and also one of the IKEA furniture items) also came from the free soaked box that contained the Furby McD toy.

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Aaaand it's still not over :3 These are not only Kings day brags, but come from the whole trip, but I still wanted to share them, as they gave me similar joy as my Kings day finds. So, I have this accidental collection of camera parts found on trips we had abroad. I did not start collecting these on purpose, in fact, the very first one I picked up because it matched the viewfinder of my camera, and I thought it may come handy if I ever lose mine. Since that time I somehow keep on spotting them, and (of course ) picking them up. Funny how these two small boxes of camera parts give me as much joy as my other collections: I open the boxes, take one out and I immediately remember the situation when and where I found it, and then the whole trip and the fun we had there
With my new finds (the top 3 ones in the middle - since this picture these too have tags that contain when and where I found them), the count is at 13 pieces - 2 of these come from the Netherlands (one, the one on the left from among these 3, I found on Kings day, when we were walking on the street with Barnacle_lady and with my husband. As I type this I remember the exact location, and Barnacle_lady looking back at me, smiling, when I rushed to catch up with her because of me stopping to pick the viewfinder up), and one from Germany where we also spent some time after we left the Netherlands. The latter is broken, and seems to have chew marks - it makes me wonder what animal might have tried to taste it

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I am the type of toy collector who mostly enjoys finding her collectibles out in the wild, it never excites me as much to search for them&buy them off eBay. As a result, I love flea markets where people sell second-hand everyday stuff from their homes rather than vintage stuff/antiques (oh how I miss some of the flea markets of Helsinki ). For this reason I've always wanted to visit the all-around-the-country flea market extravaganza that happens on King's Day in The Netherlands. This year we decided to visit - things aren't going well currently*, so in the end we might not make it, but I thought I'd still gather information, because if we can't manage to visit during this year, I'd definitely love to next year, and the information will still be useful then 

*I won't rant here, but my father keeps on making sure we cannot go because of his carelessness... long story short: we were to go together by car, but it turns out he forgot to tell he and his girlfriend want to go earlier during the month, and they already booked plain tickets. He told us we can take the car and go with my husband, but now it turns out he also promised the car to my sister for that weekend...

We don't have a specific city in mind that we would like to stay at, we plan to spend 4-5 days there and travel to major cities with the car - therefore we can choose which city to spend this particular day at. Do you have any recommendation on which city would be the best to visit during this day with thrifting goals? If there are any, could you please also recommend me specific places (areas, squares, cities) that are the best to check out? Will this event only be taking place on the 27th, or also through the weekend?

I would mainly be looking to find G1&G2 ponies, Furbies (Dutch Furbies! I think I only have one so far *wishful eyes* ) and (non-vintage) fashion dolls and doll stuff (like clothes, furniture, car, accessories), and I'm also always on the lookout for tiny female wristwatches (the recent ones with the huge dials look super weird on my tiny wrists, but older ones used to come in smaller sizes).

Thanks to everyone who can help - any tips are welcome!

Dear UK members,

would any of you be able to help me bid on an item that does not ship outside the UK, have it sent to you, and then forward it to me to Hungary? Unfortunately even the question section is disabled, so I am unable to try and ask if the seller really isn't willing to ship outside the country...

It is a 0.99 GBP starting price auction that ends in 4 days, for a pair of boots that have been discontinued for years now I've had a notification set for it for years, and based on this they show up less than once a year. I am lucky to own one that came up for sale about 1.5 years ago (technically the last one I've seen up until the current one - I'm not counting one that I saw in the meantime, because it was in wretched condition, not really wearable anymore IMO), but I truly dread the day when mine will become spoiled/will no longer be usable, so I would like to have another pair for backup.

Thank you for the help in advance!