The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Ponyrama_95 on January 11, 2022, 07:28:02 AM
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Have you ever won a MLP auction on Ebay with very little money? Or what was your most precious find at the flea markets?
Mine was finding the Italian variant of G1 Bow Tie with coral hair (my favorite one) NMC for 15 euros.
Tell your luckiest moments in MLP research! And if you have photos, post them!
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I won G2 Hip Holly on eBay for 13 dollars and change. Her price was very high at that time, I don't know what it is now.
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The weekend the other local collector who lived in this area sold up their collection.
It was summer 1998.
We're talking around 600 ponies in total, probably, which were sold on and off over several weeks at the carboot sale. Plus boxes of accessories, ponywear, etc. Some MIP as well.
I don't know how many ponies Naynie and I obtained from there, but I do remember that we got a bunch on the day at the carboot sale, then went over to their home after to buy more...then ended up finding others over the next few weeks.
Some of the highlights - Sand Dollar and Night Glider (not sold in the UK). Baby Gusty. All 3 jewellery babies. 3 or 4 Macau ponies, several Italian ponies, 5/6 windy wing ponies...
Plus we picked up duplicates of a lot of European release ponies from them which we traded for ponies overseas. All the mountain boys, and a whole lot of others. In those days UK ponies were especially sought after and expensive, so thanks to that haul we filled in a lot of our mail order pony gaps.
Ponies were £1 or 50p each. I remember also a whole plastic tub of accessories for £10 which contained most ponywear, all 6 dragons, wands, hats for princesses, most hats and bandanas for big brothers, brushes and combs, newborn twin accessories and other bits and pieces.
In terms of trading, the best trade we ever did was with our first trade partner, who remains a beloved memory to us all since she and her family were lovely. They came over in Spring 1998 and brought a bunch of ponies. I think we traded about 98 ponies in total each - we'd been hoarding them from the carboot till their visit and that was the first time my sister and I saw ponies like Medley or Powder or FLutterbye. We'd never even seen photos since pics online were mostly just insert art. It was a magical day and the trade partner even got to visit the carboot sale and take home some extra mountain boys from it xD.
In terms of one individual purpose, obviously that's going to be Susie, at $21ish, given she's the only one known to exist :) That would probably have been around 1999 or 2000.
I did do a trade for a yellow minty back before we knew anything about these, I was told it was a fakie and she didn't want it, she wanted a regular Minty. So I agreed to send her one and she sent me her fakie. Which turned out to be an Italian yellow minty with magenta hair. The world before many pictures online was a bit of a wild west in terms of trades like that.
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The weekend the other local collector who lived in this area sold up their collection.
It was summer 1998.
We're talking around 600 ponies in total, probably, which were sold on and off over several weeks at the carboot sale. Plus boxes of accessories, ponywear, etc. Some MIP as well.
I don't know how many ponies Naynie and I obtained from there, but I do remember that we got a bunch on the day at the carboot sale, then went over to their home after to buy more...then ended up finding others over the next few weeks.
Some of the highlights - Sand Dollar and Night Glider (not sold in the UK). Baby Gusty. All 3 jewellery babies. 3 or 4 Macau ponies, several Italian ponies, 5/6 windy wing ponies...
Plus we picked up duplicates of a lot of European release ponies from them which we traded for ponies overseas. All the mountain boys, and a whole lot of others. In those days UK ponies were especially sought after and expensive, so thanks to that haul we filled in a lot of our mail order pony gaps.
Ponies were £1 or 50p each. I remember also a whole plastic tub of accessories for £10 which contained most ponywear, all 6 dragons, wands, hats for princesses, most hats and bandanas for big brothers, brushes and combs, newborn twin accessories and other bits and pieces.
In terms of trading, the best trade we ever did was with our first trade partner, who remains a beloved memory to us all since she and her family were lovely. They came over in Spring 1998 and brought a bunch of ponies. I think we traded about 98 ponies in total each - we'd been hoarding them from the carboot till their visit and that was the first time my sister and I saw ponies like Medley or Powder or FLutterbye. We'd never even seen photos since pics online were mostly just insert art. It was a magical day and the trade partner even got to visit the carboot sale and take home some extra mountain boys from it xD.
In terms of one individual purpose, obviously that's going to be Susie, at $21ish, given she's the only one known to exist :) That would probably have been around 1999 or 2000.
I did do a trade for a yellow minty back before we knew anything about these, I was told it was a fakie and she didn't want it, she wanted a regular Minty. So I agreed to send her one and she sent me her fakie. Which turned out to be an Italian yellow minty with magenta hair. The world before many pictures online was a bit of a wild west in terms of trades like that.
What an incredible story! If I saw a box full of pony wears, dragons, hats, wands (all extremely hard to find in Italy), mountain boys and their accessories I think I would go crazy !!
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I remember trading a regular Surprise and Baby Surprise for "Italian Sunbeam", who turned out to have rainbow hair. (This was before digital cameras or even scanners were common, so people just described their ponies in words.)
Also paid $50 for a lot that included mint in bag cartoon-eyes Spike, mint in bag Lucky, a mint in box Baby Bonnet School of Dance, and a load of mint ponies.
One time on eBay (also in the era where auctions without pictures were common), I bid and won a listing that was described only as "Mint On Card Love Letter Pony". I was pretty sure I was going to be scammed (which was also common, lol--no Paypal!) because even a very common international pony cost $30 and up at the time. But I had to roll the dice because how cool would it be to own a MOC Romance pony?? Well, when the pony arrived it wasn't Love Letter the Romance pony . . . it was this weird green pony with pink hair and a symbol of a letter with a kiss. And she was on a MLP Tales card. In other words, it was MOC Love-Pony, the Dutch pony. Not bad for $20!
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I had resigned myself to most likely never having any of the g1 playests (castle, estate, nursery, etc) because the sheer absurdity of shipping such an item, and the cost.
Then, next time I was at the antique shop, I found the lullaby nursery building. No furniture, a bit yellowed/sun damaged and some of the stickers were messed up, but it was there. I snapped that thing up and would not let it go, even when one of the store staff was like “we can put it in the front for you, to free up your hands.”
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@LM those were the days.
I have a strong feeling maybe that pony now lives with me, actually xD.
@Ponyrama - yes :D The 1990s was a great time for pony finds but that was one in a million.
Sadly we did not take photos in those days.
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So far my luckiest find has been getting a G3 Rainbow Treat for just $24 on eBay. I've been keeping an eye out for the EU-exclusive G3s for a long time and I finally got one for a really good price!
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the cashier at a thrift store let me have Oakly for free :biggrin:
I also found a dream beauty at a neighbor's yard sale for only $1
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the cashier at a thrift store let me have Oakly for free :biggrin:
Bro I would cry.
I think probably my best finds have been blue hearts Dazzle Glow x2 and Bright Glow at thrift stores. I had no idea they were priced so highly until recently.
I've also been lucky enough to find a few so-softs in really good condition at thrift stores.
I guess this counts too: I got Ice Crystal off ebay for $100 over 10 years ago, and from what I've seen his price has about tripled since then. So, I suppose I was lucky to have gotten him when I did.
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One of my best purchases was a BIN on ebay for $275 + $8 shipping. I can’t remember everything that I got, but it had Ice Crystal, the entire uk/euro flower pony set, all three Colorswirls, the set of UK/euro Playtime babies, multiple other UK/Euro ponies(or UK/Euro versions), 5 MIB ponies(including a Baby Brother pony and the entire USA Apple Delight family, and I think one or two UK/Euro babies), a MIB original 80s Halloween mask/smock costume, about 50-70 loose common ponies, and about a dozen MIP Totsy outfits. The seller sent it Priority mail for only $8. She taped multiple Priority boxes together into one 4 foot column of ponies. I’m sure she lost money on shipping, even at 1999-2000 prices. Even back then, that was an absolute steal at $275.
I also got a High Flying Beauty Glider for 50 cents at a thrift store. Absolutely lovely condition. Completely intact, barely any paint damage, even pink hair!
I also got a *mint* TAF Yum Yum at a collectible toy store for $6. She was just fell off the card mint - perfectly white, bubblegum pink hair - the works! I found a mint porcelain “Magical Kingdom”(the castle one) for $25 at the same toy store a few years later.
I found a Glow ‘n Show Starglow for $7 at an antique mall a few years ago too.
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Years and years ago, a lot from craigslist that had about 30 G1s, Dream Castle, the Sweet Shoppe, and the Perm Shoppe for $50.
Nearly complete collection of Petites at the flea market for $30.
Rapunzel in the 2016 MLP Fair raffle for the price of one $5 ticket.
Licensing Show Pinkie Pie a couple of summers ago on eBay for $25.
Diamond Dreams for participating in a drawing contest in the 2008 MLP Fair.
Most recently, years two and three sea ponies nearly complete with shells, So Soft Angel, and many other things in a Facebook lot for $240. (http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,402374.0.html)
Not MLP, but a complete first set of Fairy Tails with accessories at an estate sale for $10.
A really yellowed Dream Beauty Skysplasher in a Facebook Marketplace lot of horses for $5 total. She turned out lovely.
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I found Strawberry Scoops, Chocolate Delight (without their sodas), Springy, and Princess Dawn (along with some little dolls and a fakie) all in a bag for $5 (I think? :p I actually don't remember, but it was cheap) at a thrift store. That was super cool.
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I won Ice Crystal as a prize in a contest at the Trading Post. :)
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2 x Holly Dash in Wilco, Lincoln.
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Many years ago I found a brown My Pretty Pony at a thrift shop for less than $5. I never have seen another in the wild since! She still winks and swishes her tail with the trigger under her chin. I think it's a cool piece of MLP history :)
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the cashier at a thrift store let me have Oakly for free :biggrin:
My sister was a magnet for stuff like that when we were originally carbooting. She was what, 8 or 9 I think at the time and has always been small for her age, and so I guess people thought she was younger. She used to get things given her for free all the time. Ponies. Princess Dragons. Carebears. You name it.
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Oh wait, I remembered one.
I was at a local convention a number of years ago and noticed a G1 Sunlight standing on a shelf in someone's booth. I was too shy to ask about it to I got my friend to ask for me. The guy at the booth let me have her for free! Not a super rare pony but I was surprised he just handed her to me!
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the cashier at a thrift store let me have Oakly for free :biggrin:
My sister was a magnet for stuff like that when we were originally carbooting. She was what, 8 or 9 I think at the time and has always been small for her age, and so I guess people thought she was younger. She used to get things given her for free all the time. Ponies. Princess Dragons. Carebears. You name it.
Excuse me, what are these "princess dragons" you're talking about? I absolutely adore girly dragon toys and that sounds just like that!
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the cashier at a thrift store let me have Oakly for free :biggrin:
My sister was a magnet for stuff like that when we were originally carbooting. She was what, 8 or 9 I think at the time and has always been small for her age, and so I guess people thought she was younger. She used to get things given her for free all the time. Ponies. Princess Dragons. Carebears. You name it.
Excuse me, what are these "princess dragons" you're talking about? I absolutely adore girly dragon toys and that sounds just like that!
No, I meant the dragons that came with the princess ponies xD Sorry. She was always getting them given to her as freebies. :)
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Lil Litters MOC yellow dog set-$0.50 at flea market
Some petites, mommy charms and cartoon-eyed Spike-2/$0.25 at flea market
Baby Sweetcake in a lot of 4 or 5 other ponies for $16 BIN on eBay
Ice Crystal for $50 BIN on eBay
Strawberry Scoops w/float, purple MO Valentine’s baby, Chuck E. Cheese baby and others at antique store $20
Most of Baby Sugarcake’s accessories randomly included when I bought my PE.
Dream Beauty for $1 at thrift store
Peachy Pretty Pony at garage sale for $1
Brown Pretty Pony at rummage sale for $0.50
Baby Sugarberry and Baby Love Melody for about $0.50 each at rummage sale
Box full of ponies and Enchanted Kingdom Horses at flea market for $20
Won Mexican Snuzzle in game at MN Pony Meet
Goldilocks free at a thrift store.
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I got these for a dollar each at the flea market
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My luckiest find is probably a telitoy pajama case bowtie for $1 at an Australian 2nd hand shop!
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Not my picture but a reference :)
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I got these for a dollar each at the flea market
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How lucky is that?!