It's been ages since I've been on the Arena. Hi everyone! 

For various reasons, I had sort of drifted away from Pony collecting for a bit--I think a big part of it was my focus shifting to doll collecting, and life in general. However, I do visit my local thrift store semi-regularly, and I always check for ponies...you know, just in case.

Back in March, I found Mimic--yes, Mimic--of all ponies, in a bag, on the floor, for $3.99. I actually gasped and snapped up the bag. I had always liked her (I love unicorns, neon colors, and parrots), but accepted that I would probably never have her in my collection, as I rarely buy ponies online and try to just find them locally. And as you all probably know, Mimic tends to go for a price out of the budget of most. However, here was one of the rarest ponies out there, in my local haunt, in a bag, on the floor, unnoticed.

Recently I've been going through my collection in storage and rediscovering my love of ponies, which is why I am finally sharing this story. I guess the moral is that even when you think you won't or can't achieve your dreams, opportunity may appear as a bag on the floor behind a pile of junk....and now, she rules from her throne on my bookshelf. Whenever I think I just can't seem to catch a break with work or my health, there she is, reminding me fortune still smiles on me sometimes.

I hope you all find your dream ponies too! And I hope you're all doing ok despite everything. I apologize if this story is too mushy, I just wanted to spread some positivity.

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Hey folks!

So I've been finding some slightly beat-up G1s at thrift stores and through craigslist to restore, so naturally I need to fix some issues with hair and tails

My twilight is missing her tail. I've been meaning to order a replacement from dollyhair, but I've never ordered from there before so I'm not sure what color would be a good match.
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The site suggests virgin snow for most ponies with white hair, but hers has a warm touch to it that looks slightly yellowish. I was thinking maybe marshmallow or white witch...? What do you guys think?

Also, I found two flutter ponies at the thrift store the other day--morning glory and forget-me-not. I think they were owned by the same person and stored together because forget-me-not's hair is stained with what looks suspiciously like the highlighter-yellow color of morning glory's hair.

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In her case, I was wondering if those spots could somehow be bleached without destroying the hair, or if I need to rehair her altogether. Any pony hair experts out there?

Thanks for looking!

Hey there everyone  I felt like sharing a little story and picture of one of my earliest equine companions, a 1995ish Grand Champions thoroughbred mare (though I christened her "george" when I was 4 and she's been male ever since  )

My sister and I used to play with our toy horses together as children, and we usually had our dolls ride on our my little ponies, grand champions, or other fakies/doll horses. I actually remember being most fond of George--or as I called him, "Dorge".  I still keep him in my bedroom, usually hanging out on my shelf below my ponies or next to my other figurines and dolls.

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As you can see, his hair is wild and poofy despite my attempts at taming it. He's also got some paint wear and loads of scuffs and mysterious stains. One of them is some sort of clay, since I used to like making clay pies to "feed" my toys You can even see my faded name that my mom wrote on his belly 20 years ago.

I think what's most funny about his paint wear on his nose, eyes, and feet is that those areas are so worn down because I used to chew on them as a kid. I'm amazed there's no teeth marks. That's how you know a little kid really loves their toys---they try to eat them 

Anyway, does anyone else have any non-mlp toy horses that hung out with their herds, such as breyers and the like? I'm curious to hear!


[moving to Toy Box ~ Kiwi]

Hey there! This month I spent quite a bit of my spare cash on pony things and I wanted to share them with you 


First up is a kohl's exclusive train car set that I got for 10 bucks after I applied a coupon my mom wasn't using. Score!


Then, an unboxed Princess Cadence and Applejack I bought from someone on facebook. They're in good shape, but I had to remove them from the box and throw it away because....DUN DUN DUN! They REEK like cigarette smoke! I was not happy about that, since I have asthma and smoke in particular is the worst thing for mine.   oh well. I got them and all the accessories for only 10 bucks, though--including shipping.


And last but not least, today's score! I decided to check out a Savers thrift outlet, where I found an RC G4 car (with no remote) and a mini herd of g3s! I was super happy to find a minty, but she came with some rather grungy small dolls that I'm probably going to donate. The rest were all bagged together. They were all very inexpensive and I've never had luck finding actual ponies at a thrift store, so i'm super excited and happy!

Here's a before shot so you can see just how grungy they all were I still need to get some stains off, but that's a project for another day.


That's all for now! thanks for looking!

Hi there! My sister saw me working on some of my customs and became very interested in making one of her own. However, she only wants to work with a tall/princess celestia/nightmare moon body type. The character she wants to make is white, so I figured a white celestia would be the best base for her

Since she's never tried anything like this before, she and I both think it would be best that she uses bait rather than a new pony. it's perfectly fine if it's a bit scuffed up or dirty. Anyone have anything like that?

Please let me know if this doesn't fit the rules for this forum. Thanks for reading!

While running errands today with my family, I suggested stopping at a Goodwill since my sister was looking for inexpensive silverware and we find some nice stuff there occassionally (although, if im being honest with myself, my ulterior motive was pony hunting ).

As I was digging around in the toy section, this little bag caught my eye.

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If I see anything that looks even vaguely pony-sized, I give it a once-over. Turns out this one is actually a my little pony g4 train set! It had no price tag on it, though. I asked an employee to price it for me and came back with a sticker saying 1.99 USD! Even though there's some track pieces missing, it's one heck of a deal.

The train still works, too! Hooray! I posed some of my newest additions on it

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I think it's pretty cute! thanks for letting me brag

Hello everyone! It's been a while.

So a few months back, I picked up a Trixie Lulamoon from Ebay. I'm not fond of Trixie in the show, but I love her color scheme and wanted her to break up all the pink in my pony shelf

Just about a half hour ago, I went on ebay with the search term "my little pony knockoff" to see what kinds of fakies were out there, and sure enough, my trixie was in the results! Knowing how search engines work, though, I was curious if it just picked up "my little pony" and not the "knockoff" part, so I did some googling to see Trixie's releases.

The only thing I found that resembled mine was a Cutie Mark Magic Trixie with 3 breezies that I haven't seen in the States (I only ever see Fluttershy or Twilight), and I don't even know if it's been released yet! (pic of that below).

As you can probably see, this Trixie has one of those heart-shaped stamps (QR codes?) on her front left foot. Mine doesn't. But she has a serial number and hasbro stamps and such on the bottom of her hooves. (here's some pics of her under the cut)


I consider myself a pony newbie, so I'm not really an expert on spotting good fakies or "prototypes" or weird variants. I'm not even sure if this pony has any! Do any of you know if she's fake or real? Please let me know!

I still like her either way, but I'd just like to know if I ever want to sell her Thanks for reading!