ooo, I love Sea Ponies! She immediately brightened up after you removed all the yucky mold from her  Congrats!

So about a week ago I obtained my first G1 ponies! ... sorta. I know I own at least Melody from before, but she's lost with all the other ponies I had for now.

Anyway, the bigger thrift stores gave no luck but a smaller one gave me these three: Lemondrop, Posey and... Posey again, though I believe it's the magenta flower variant?

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As for condition, Lemondrop has unfortunately had most of her bangs cut off, and she also has a large, blue sharpie line on her off side which did not disappear even with acetone. She was also suffering from tail rust. Despite this, I still love her.
Posey (reg.) was in pretty good shape, only some surface dirt which came off with a scrub.
Posey (magenta) was scribbled all over with a green pen, though luckily that all came off with a magic eraser. She did also have an onset of tail rust.

Then came the intense cleaning.
Lemondrop and Posey (magenta) both had their tails removed and cleaned, as well as their metal clamps and washers replaced to prevent any more rust. For my first time doing this, it went quite well!

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(Poor Lemondrop post tail-cleaning)

Now, here they are all cleaned up!

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That's actually not where the post ends though, because this Monday I went back to the same thrift store and found these two: Parasol and Baby Cotton Candy! Unfortunately I forgot to take pics of them before I cleaned them up (guess I was too eager), but here they both are now.

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Parasol was dirty but luckily it was all surface dirt, and Baby Cotton Candy was surprisingly clean!

Anyway, that's it for me! Sorry for the picture-heavy post, but I look forward to updating y'all with future pony finds!

/Riley

Thank you both so much! I'm still trying to learn how to use this site but I think I'll enjoy my stay! 

Heyyo everyone! My name is Riley and I'm quite new to collecting and ponies in general, so please excuse any mistakes I may make.

I'm just a 17 y/o High School student from Sweden studying art as a major (I don't quite understand other school systems, sorry!)
I'm extremely shy and quite nervous but value friends more than anything else in life, so I'd love to make some new ones who share my interest in ponies.

I actually properly started collecting about a week ago, but am already enjoying it quite a lot! I did previously collect a little bit of G4 when I was younger and watching FiM, though I sadly do not know where I stored the ponies (I am searching for them, however!)
Right now, I'm interested in mostly G1 with a little bit of early G4.
My interest comes from childhood memories (even though I'm still young, haha) and my general love for horses.

My current collection is very small but I am actively working on more additions and cleaning up the ones I do have (these ponies are older than I am, they deserve some TLC).

I look forward to learning more and making friends on here!