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I also agree with the yellow bubbles, it would look better to open them up and maybe display them separately so the pony isn't ruined (but keep the card! Like Taf said those are really cool pieces of history) but that is just my opinion!
Quote from: Esbayne on May 19, 2020, 08:01:14 AMI also agree with the yellow bubbles, it would look better to open them up and maybe display them separately so the pony isn't ruined (but keep the card! Like Taf said those are really cool pieces of history) but that is just my opinion!Just to be clear, they are pieces of history SEALED on the original card. Once loose they are simply more loose ponies in a world where there are already thousands of loose ponies. So that's not exactly my point. I would keep a yellow bubble MOC pony. I would never open it. I also collect the backcards, but MOC and backcards are not the same thing at all and it wasn't my intention to imply that they were. For me decarding a G1 is the same as cutting a Nirvana pony's hair because you think it looks better that way - they are a complete unit and after this many years, should stay that way unless the package is seriously mouldy and disgusting.
Those who have baity ponies on display or MOC ponies intact in yellowed packaging how can that not bother you? The reason to collect ponies (or toys in general) is to be able to look at pretty things. But if it's in bad condition it's not pretty at all.
I should mention that by baity I mean really bad. Like haircuts and heavy uneven discoloration or permanent marker all over the body or badly scuffed factory paint. Not minor marks that don't detract from a pony's beauty. I don't have that many G1s but one has words under the hoof where it isn't visible and one has a tiny dark dot that's kinda like a beauty mark. Those I don't consider baity and would never customize them.Quote from: Taffeta on May 19, 2020, 08:08:18 AMQuote from: Esbayne on May 19, 2020, 08:01:14 AMI also agree with the yellow bubbles, it would look better to open them up and maybe display them separately so the pony isn't ruined (but keep the card! Like Taf said those are really cool pieces of history) but that is just my opinion!Just to be clear, they are pieces of history SEALED on the original card. Once loose they are simply more loose ponies in a world where there are already thousands of loose ponies. So that's not exactly my point. I would keep a yellow bubble MOC pony. I would never open it. I also collect the backcards, but MOC and backcards are not the same thing at all and it wasn't my intention to imply that they were. For me decarding a G1 is the same as cutting a Nirvana pony's hair because you think it looks better that way - they are a complete unit and after this many years, should stay that way unless the package is seriously mouldy and disgusting.But think about it this way. A museum, when it displays a mummy for example, they open the sarcophagus and display what was inside with it along with it. They would never just display a dirty sealed sarcophagus. They would keep it together of course for the sake of preservation. Then again I'm not talking about slightly yellow but when it's at the point where you can't even tell what the pony actually looks like anymore.
But that's just my onion. It's why I don't buy MOC ponies. I obviously don't expect (or want!) anyone else to decard their MOCs. I just don't see the appeal at all. I know that's a wildly unpopular opinion, lol.
If we're on the subject of MOC ponies, I personally feel that keeping a pony MOC is an absolute waste of a pony. It just looks terrible to me, it doesn't display well at all in my eyes, and the pony would look so much nicer mint off-card. Even factory errors display better off-card, imo. MIBs are different for me - they actually stand up on their own, for one. I actually collect some MIBs, but I consider them kind of a different collection from loose ponies.
I have some ponies in my collection that came from a decarder. They are absolutely pristine, and I have their cards and all their accessories as well.They are some of the saddest ponies in my collection, though, because they are so pristine and perfect on display.They're neither one thing nor the other. They were never a loved childhood toy, but are also no longer the pristine sealed on card collector's item that they should have been