The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Wind_Whistler on September 27, 2017, 10:11:02 PM
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Across all generations what do you think is the most inflated pony of 2017 in regards to popularity resulting in a price increase?
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I am not that into the prices I just noticed german Ponies reaaaally rised in prices
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Rapunzel is pretty pricey.
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Any g1 pony
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The TAF babies.
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The TAF babies.
This! I need one more but just added her to my list in the last few years after getting her mom and she jumped in Price from around $30 to $80-90!
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I would say the little baby birthday ponies. Baby Gametime and Sugarcake. They never come up and when they do everyone piles on the bids from what I hear. That or any Nirvana that is rare.
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I would say the little baby birthday ponies. Baby Gametime and Sugarcake. They never come up and when they do everyone piles on the bids from what I hear. That or any Nirvana that is rare.
Yeah, I have seen them go from $250-around $500 for just one lately!
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I would say the little baby birthday ponies. Baby Gametime and Sugarcake. They never come up and when they do everyone piles on the bids from what I hear. That or any Nirvana that is rare.
This is my absolute agony. I have Gametime and have been trying to reunite her with Sugarcake for about the last 18 years. Her price goes up at a faster rate than my income and she's still impossible. I don't have that kind of money, so Gametime remains lonely. Poor baby.
She's my grail and my last pony from what I consider the regular line of MLP, not including Nirvana. Unfortunately she's been that for a long time. And she probably will stay that way.
Re the TAF babies, that sounds more like the kind of price they used to be, so it's more like they had a huge drop if $30 was normal for a while.
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I would say the little baby birthday ponies. Baby Gametime and Sugarcake. They never come up and when they do everyone piles on the bids from what I hear. That or any Nirvana that is rare.
i saw one going for 300
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Re the TAF babies, that sound goods more like the kind of price they used to be, so it's more like they had a huge drop if $30 was normal for a while.
I have actually seen the TAF babies around $125-$150 lately when they are usually $60-$80
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I feel like mail order Scribbles has really jumped up in price in the past year or two. I remember when she used to go for about $50-$75 US and now I've seen her sell for $130-150 or sometimes close to $200.
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Re the TAF babies, that sound goods more like the kind of price they used to be, so it's more like they had a huge drop if $30 was normal for a while.
I have actually seen the TAF babies around $125-$150 lately when they are usually $60-$80
THAT makes more sense ;)
Scribbles and Dabble used to sell more than that. Even back when I first came online her price was around the 90-100$ mark, and that was 20 years ago. Rapunzel used to be $80 or so back in the late 1990s, but she went up a lot at speed...
Another problem with Sugarcake (at least for me) is that even if the price is lower, they're usually GSP and if they are GSP, it adds on another $120 or so for customs charges (which is much higher than the actual rate of custom charge that UK borders would add) and then shipping on top of that. Additionally GSP doesn't guarantee signature on delivery so items can get left in plant pots. I have had that happen with other things.
So basically I am not going to spend an extra $150 on an already expensive pony so that some courier can hide it like a bone around the front garden.
It has made it much more difficult to get anything valuable. I have more or less given up :/
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G4 starswirl!
Also second sugarcake and game times prices. I am sure they will drop again in time just need to be patient
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G4 starswirl!
Also second sugarcake and game times prices. I am sure they will drop again in time just need to be patient
If 18 years waiting isn't patient, what is? Will I need to wait till retirement age? xD
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It will come :) I have seen 2 sugarcake a year ago sell for $180, I regret not buying and 2 gametimes sell for $120. I find fb pages inflate prices so much that everyone accepts these high pony prices but you can still pick them up on eBay (of all places) for decent prices. Most pony people on fb are against the high eBay prices but actually pay more on fb ironically. Anyhow getting of topic one day taffeta I am sure will you get her even if you are 65 ;)
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It will come :) I have seen 2 sugarcake a year ago sell for $180, I regret not buying and 2 gametimes sell for $120. I find fb pages inflate prices so much that everyone accepts these high pony prices but you can still pick them up on eBay (of all places) for decent prices. Most pony people on fb are against the high eBay prices but actually pay more on fb ironically. Anyhow getting of topic one day taffeta I am sure will you get her even if you are 65 ;)
Yeah, but even when her price is lower it's either US only or GSP with idiotic inflation of the custom charge. Those two issues have made even more affordable ones out of my range. And when she comes up in the UK everyone else who has the same problem and just as much right as me to own her is going after her so the price shoots up.
There are now few realistic ways to get sugarcake without breaking the bank if you live outside of the country where she was released. I am just glad that I got gametime way back when, because she's not quite as expensive, but would probably be just as tricky now. I have seen Sugarcake lots of times in real life at ponycon and at Wondermint's exhibition in Dudley a year or two back. But it always makes me sad that I can never take her home with me. I don't want her accessories, and I can deal with messy hair, lost curl and even maybe fading if the price was right (I usually hate fading) but so far, no Sugarcake for me. Last year she even came up around my birthday, but because of the above custom charge GSP thing? Not possible.
Gametime is very lonely :/ but that's life. I know there are other people who have exactly the same issues with other ponies over long periods. It just seems so ridiculous that it's been eighteen years and I still can't afford to buy her.
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@ Taffeta, I make use of a reshipping service for US delivery only sellers. Because as you know I am in SA ;) Their pricing is on par more or less with the post office, they deliver to my door, I have to sign for the package - not my bush - and my ponies are with me within a maximum of 2 weeks, not a minimum of 2 months. I have been very impressed with their service levels so far. You can even ask them to take a photo of your item when it arrives with them so that you can rate your seller correctly (i.e. when the item is delivered to the address they sent it to). I have seen your grail come up in several group lots recently on eBay.
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I do that with Japanese stuff quite often but I don't really want to be dealing with middlemen. I do have a pony friend or two stateside but again, it's a big hassle for them with something like that.
I keep a close eye on lots and I haven't seen her - I don't think she's common enough to come up in several lots so I am wondering if you're thinking of the same pony as I am? Either that or my eyes need testing ;) but I really can't afford her most of the time she comes up so :/
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Sandcastle and Shovels, from the Year 6 Newborn Twins set. Was astonished to see them being sold together for as much as $100, excluding accessories.
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Any g1 pony
This.
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What about Baby Squirmy? She's now $30+ on ebay. What the heck happened?
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What about Baby Squirmy? She's now $30+ on ebay. What the heck happened?
my theory is that g4 fans love to buy ponies that there based on
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Either that or its Yellow Pony-itis. Squirmy is imo the cutest of the bunch. Which will not please Daughter Dearest who is trying to actually complete the NB set.
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Sandcastle and Shovels, from the Year 6 Newborn Twins set. Was astonished to see them being sold together for as much as $100, excluding accessories.
I paid £12.50 for them MIB two years ago. If that's their price now then something insane happened in the meantime. I know that £12.50 was low but still the other MIB twin prices have dropped so I would really advise people not to pay that stupid price hike.
Squirmy was one of my childhood ponies so I hadn't noticed. But I have noticed that the others from the set appear more. I have three Yoyos in my box at the moment, one Tappy and I just sold a Dangles. But no Wiggles or Squirmy for a long time...
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It seems like the Rainbow Babies really have gone up in price lately. I still need two of them...
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perfumepuffs and munchy too
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Any g1 pony
This.
Agreed. I have recently returned to the pony collecting world after taking a step back due to family health issues, and I have found that prices for G1 ponies seem to be much higher across the board in general.
~Jennifer