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Quote from: LadyAmalthea on April 09, 2021, 02:14:09 PMOh goodness, I hope we don't see Bright Eyes and Quackers, or even Tic Tac Toe skyrocket in the future...they are on my want list and and hope I don't regret not paying the $30-$70 people want for them now instead of the $200 they might be next year... Unintentional pun there?? I'm not so surprised about Bright Eyes. She always seemed to be hit and miss on the price depending who was buying. Quackers it usually depends on the whiteness - also don't see her come up MOC that often either? I doubt TTT will go through the roof though. Unlike the others she had a more global release.
Oh goodness, I hope we don't see Bright Eyes and Quackers, or even Tic Tac Toe skyrocket in the future...they are on my want list and and hope I don't regret not paying the $30-$70 people want for them now instead of the $200 they might be next year...
Admittedly I've only ever had three or four in person, but I don't think there's a variation in her body colour so much as it's a really difficult colour to photograph well. It's a yellow-green colour, but the exact way to describe it otherwise, I'm not sure. I can't think off the top of my head of a pony with the same colour scheme (although I could go look...I can't think of any off the top of my head, they're all a shade or two out).The Mimics I've had in my possession were all exactly the same colour, anyway. And I know people sometimes say she looks whiteish, but that's a trick of the lighting imo.
Hm yeah, could someone w/ an account edit that bit out of Mimic's article? I'd do it myself but I don't have an account on there; maybe it could just be rewritten to make it clear that's speculation and not proven fact?
Quote from: Taffeta on April 01, 2021, 01:54:44 PMAdmittedly I've only ever had three or four in person, but I don't think there's a variation in her body colour so much as it's a really difficult colour to photograph well. It's a yellow-green colour, but the exact way to describe it otherwise, I'm not sure. I can't think off the top of my head of a pony with the same colour scheme (although I could go look...I can't think of any off the top of my head, they're all a shade or two out).The Mimics I've had in my possession were all exactly the same colour, anyway. And I know people sometimes say she looks whiteish, but that's a trick of the lighting imo.You know when you visit a hardware store (such as B&Q in the UK) and the paint section has this area with those little colour-swatch cards? It might be a fun challenge for our lucky Mimic owners to visit their store and post photos of the closest-match of these colour-cards (with the colour code reference number) against their version of Mimic? Imagine if Pantone had a shade called "Mimic"! LOLIt would be great for folk who want to make a paint-custom to have a better idea on what shade & hue to aim for
Quote from: glitterball on April 10, 2021, 03:02:18 AMQuote from: Taffeta on April 01, 2021, 01:54:44 PMAdmittedly I've only ever had three or four in person, but I don't think there's a variation in her body colour so much as it's a really difficult colour to photograph well. It's a yellow-green colour, but the exact way to describe it otherwise, I'm not sure. I can't think off the top of my head of a pony with the same colour scheme (although I could go look...I can't think of any off the top of my head, they're all a shade or two out).The Mimics I've had in my possession were all exactly the same colour, anyway. And I know people sometimes say she looks whiteish, but that's a trick of the lighting imo.You know when you visit a hardware store (such as B&Q in the UK) and the paint section has this area with those little colour-swatch cards? It might be a fun challenge for our lucky Mimic owners to visit their store and post photos of the closest-match of these colour-cards (with the colour code reference number) against their version of Mimic? Imagine if Pantone had a shade called "Mimic"! LOLIt would be great for folk who want to make a paint-custom to have a better idea on what shade & hue to aim for That would be helpful! I suppose hardware stores are all regional and vary by country, but if multiple people living in various countries did it, we could all get our perfect match. Call it the 'Mimic Paint-Chip Challenge'! I had a disastrous dye experiment yesterday trying to get that color right, and 2 bait ponies sacrificed their remaining beauty for science (Rit Neon Green is NOT neon green! ). I'm back to the drawing board for ideas to get this pony the color I need her to be.
Quote from: LadyAmalthea on April 10, 2021, 05:19:58 AMQuote from: glitterball on April 10, 2021, 03:02:18 AMQuote from: Taffeta on April 01, 2021, 01:54:44 PMAdmittedly I've only ever had three or four in person, but I don't think there's a variation in her body colour so much as it's a really difficult colour to photograph well. It's a yellow-green colour, but the exact way to describe it otherwise, I'm not sure. I can't think off the top of my head of a pony with the same colour scheme (although I could go look...I can't think of any off the top of my head, they're all a shade or two out).The Mimics I've had in my possession were all exactly the same colour, anyway. And I know people sometimes say she looks whiteish, but that's a trick of the lighting imo.You know when you visit a hardware store (such as B&Q in the UK) and the paint section has this area with those little colour-swatch cards? It might be a fun challenge for our lucky Mimic owners to visit their store and post photos of the closest-match of these colour-cards (with the colour code reference number) against their version of Mimic? Imagine if Pantone had a shade called "Mimic"! LOLIt would be great for folk who want to make a paint-custom to have a better idea on what shade & hue to aim for That would be helpful! I suppose hardware stores are all regional and vary by country, but if multiple people living in various countries did it, we could all get our perfect match. Call it the 'Mimic Paint-Chip Challenge'! I had a disastrous dye experiment yesterday trying to get that color right, and 2 bait ponies sacrificed their remaining beauty for science (Rit Neon Green is NOT neon green! ). I'm back to the drawing board for ideas to get this pony the color I need her to be. Yeah, I found that out the hard way, as I'mdoing a custom. After multiple dunking, its just pale green. Phooey!
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on April 10, 2021, 06:17:10 AMQuote from: LadyAmalthea on April 10, 2021, 05:19:58 AMQuote from: glitterball on April 10, 2021, 03:02:18 AMQuote from: Taffeta on April 01, 2021, 01:54:44 PMAdmittedly I've only ever had three or four in person, but I don't think there's a variation in her body colour so much as it's a really difficult colour to photograph well. It's a yellow-green colour, but the exact way to describe it otherwise, I'm not sure. I can't think off the top of my head of a pony with the same colour scheme (although I could go look...I can't think of any off the top of my head, they're all a shade or two out).The Mimics I've had in my possession were all exactly the same colour, anyway. And I know people sometimes say she looks whiteish, but that's a trick of the lighting imo.You know when you visit a hardware store (such as B&Q in the UK) and the paint section has this area with those little colour-swatch cards? It might be a fun challenge for our lucky Mimic owners to visit their store and post photos of the closest-match of these colour-cards (with the colour code reference number) against their version of Mimic? Imagine if Pantone had a shade called "Mimic"! LOLIt would be great for folk who want to make a paint-custom to have a better idea on what shade & hue to aim for That would be helpful! I suppose hardware stores are all regional and vary by country, but if multiple people living in various countries did it, we could all get our perfect match. Call it the 'Mimic Paint-Chip Challenge'! I had a disastrous dye experiment yesterday trying to get that color right, and 2 bait ponies sacrificed their remaining beauty for science (Rit Neon Green is NOT neon green! ). I'm back to the drawing board for ideas to get this pony the color I need her to be. Yeah, I found that out the hard way, as I'mdoing a custom. After multiple dunking, its just pale green. Phooey!It's weird, almost like the dye wasn't mixed well, even though I shook it up. I tried both a white bait and a yellow bait, but it didn't take to either very well. It looked an uneven aqua-ish green until I washed them off, and then most of the dye came off, leaving the palest tint that was not anything close to neon. Weirder still, the dye water I dumped out looked yellow! I dipped a corner of a microfiber diaper liner in to check what it would look like on cloth, and it was various shades of blue, yellow and green. I thought my dye was defective, but if yours wasn't neon either then it must just be that way. Either way, I'm glad I didn't just blindly throw my expensive HQG1C pony in there!visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHere is a moment of silence for poor Goody Scumdrop and Crud-ershy, who will live out the rest of their lives as Swamp Ponies! (The hind legs of the white pony are a different color due to a different failed dye experiment a few weeks ago...the whole pony went into the neon dye, not that you can tell!)
Quote from: LadyAmalthea on April 10, 2021, 06:46:19 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on April 10, 2021, 06:17:10 AMQuote from: LadyAmalthea on April 10, 2021, 05:19:58 AMQuote from: glitterball on April 10, 2021, 03:02:18 AMQuote from: Taffeta on April 01, 2021, 01:54:44 PMAdmittedly I've only ever had three or four in person, but I don't think there's a variation in her body colour so much as it's a really difficult colour to photograph well. It's a yellow-green colour, but the exact way to describe it otherwise, I'm not sure. I can't think off the top of my head of a pony with the same colour scheme (although I could go look...I can't think of any off the top of my head, they're all a shade or two out).The Mimics I've had in my possession were all exactly the same colour, anyway. And I know people sometimes say she looks whiteish, but that's a trick of the lighting imo.You know when you visit a hardware store (such as B&Q in the UK) and the paint section has this area with those little colour-swatch cards? It might be a fun challenge for our lucky Mimic owners to visit their store and post photos of the closest-match of these colour-cards (with the colour code reference number) against their version of Mimic? Imagine if Pantone had a shade called "Mimic"! LOLIt would be great for folk who want to make a paint-custom to have a better idea on what shade & hue to aim for That would be helpful! I suppose hardware stores are all regional and vary by country, but if multiple people living in various countries did it, we could all get our perfect match. Call it the 'Mimic Paint-Chip Challenge'! I had a disastrous dye experiment yesterday trying to get that color right, and 2 bait ponies sacrificed their remaining beauty for science (Rit Neon Green is NOT neon green! ). I'm back to the drawing board for ideas to get this pony the color I need her to be. Yeah, I found that out the hard way, as I'mdoing a custom. After multiple dunking, its just pale green. Phooey!It's weird, almost like the dye wasn't mixed well, even though I shook it up. I tried both a white bait and a yellow bait, but it didn't take to either very well. It looked an uneven aqua-ish green until I washed them off, and then most of the dye came off, leaving the palest tint that was not anything close to neon. Weirder still, the dye water I dumped out looked yellow! I dipped a corner of a microfiber diaper liner in to check what it would look like on cloth, and it was various shades of blue, yellow and green. I thought my dye was defective, but if yours wasn't neon either then it must just be that way. Either way, I'm glad I didn't just blindly throw my expensive HQG1C pony in there!visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHere is a moment of silence for poor Goody Scumdrop and Crud-ershy, who will live out the rest of their lives as Swamp Ponies! (The hind legs of the white pony are a different color due to a different failed dye experiment a few weeks ago...the whole pony went into the neon dye, not that you can tell!)I had that same exact problem, with it washing out and leaving only a faint tint. I dipped a piece of paper towel in, to see what color it would dry, and it was somewhere between neon and mint. l wish I could get my money back. The dye was a lie. The neon Easter dye I bought did a better job then that. Geeze! Wish I'd saved some.
If I was to describe Mimic's colours in terms of anything specific, it kind of makes me think that she's the colour of one of those chalky fizzy sweets if they made one in lime or lemon/lime. That's a really unhelpful description, I know, but she's always felt like that's the kind of colour she is.I've seen her colour described as chartreuse, neon green, yellow-green, pastel green, pistachio.I am not sure which of those is most applicable...Maybe I'll get mine out with some similar shaded ponies and see if I can create a pony rainbow.She's definitely not yellow. But she's also not a convincing green either. She's...Mimic-colour.Edit -ok, this is a super bad picture because the sunlight in my room doesn't want to be cooperative, but the closest colour match I found was the blind bag pony sitting on her leg. I don't know the name, someone else will - but her colour, while slightly greener, is the closest shade to Mimic in my collection as far as I can see. I'm only sharing the picture so that someone can ID what the blind bag pony is, if it's helpful.visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThe Tootsies in the image are Basic Fun and Spanish, not regular.
Quote from: Taffeta on April 10, 2021, 08:16:19 AMIf I was to describe Mimic's colours in terms of anything specific, it kind of makes me think that she's the colour of one of those chalky fizzy sweets if they made one in lime or lemon/lime. That's a really unhelpful description, I know, but she's always felt like that's the kind of colour she is.I've seen her colour described as chartreuse, neon green, yellow-green, pastel green, pistachio.I am not sure which of those is most applicable...Maybe I'll get mine out with some similar shaded ponies and see if I can create a pony rainbow.She's definitely not yellow. But she's also not a convincing green either. She's...Mimic-colour.Edit -ok, this is a super bad picture because the sunlight in my room doesn't want to be cooperative, but the closest colour match I found was the blind bag pony sitting on her leg. I don't know the name, someone else will - but her colour, while slightly greener, is the closest shade to Mimic in my collection as far as I can see. I'm only sharing the picture so that someone can ID what the blind bag pony is, if it's helpful.visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThe Tootsies in the image are Basic Fun and Spanish, not regular.Blind bag pony is Wave 6 Peachy Sweet!
Quote from: okamigirl64 on April 10, 2021, 08:51:14 AMQuote from: Taffeta on April 10, 2021, 08:16:19 AMIf I was to describe Mimic's colours in terms of anything specific, it kind of makes me think that she's the colour of one of those chalky fizzy sweets if they made one in lime or lemon/lime. That's a really unhelpful description, I know, but she's always felt like that's the kind of colour she is.I've seen her colour described as chartreuse, neon green, yellow-green, pastel green, pistachio.I am not sure which of those is most applicable...Maybe I'll get mine out with some similar shaded ponies and see if I can create a pony rainbow.She's definitely not yellow. But she's also not a convincing green either. She's...Mimic-colour.Edit -ok, this is a super bad picture because the sunlight in my room doesn't want to be cooperative, but the closest colour match I found was the blind bag pony sitting on her leg. I don't know the name, someone else will - but her colour, while slightly greener, is the closest shade to Mimic in my collection as far as I can see. I'm only sharing the picture so that someone can ID what the blind bag pony is, if it's helpful.visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThe Tootsies in the image are Basic Fun and Spanish, not regular.Blind bag pony is Wave 6 Peachy Sweet! Peachy Sweet?! She sounds like she belongs on the post about the Society for Ponies with Non-indicative Names! Hasbro seems to have a thing for making peach-themed ponies that don't actually have any peach coloring on them. Sorry for the off-topic comment...couldn't resist.