On saturday I felt like hunting some ponies, so I decided to go to my local thrift store first thing in the morning since I usually always find a pony or two there. It seems I arrived at a very good time, because instead of the usual small amount of ponies I could find in the box of old toys, there seemed to be ponies scattered all over the store. I got a few strange looks from other customers as I almost ran through the store, snatching pony items left and right as I passed through the isles, but it was all worth it.
I got 18 ponies in total, a giant talking Pinkie Pie, a twist and style petal parlor and plenty of accessories that match with some of the ponies I bought. Had to take 6 fakies as well because they were included in some pony bags.
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loginI ended up paying 45$ for everything. Unfortunately my thrift store seems to have realised the ponies are still worth something and have driven up the price a bit (might be because they know I'll often come by to buy them
) since last time. But I suppose it's still reasonable since many ponies still have their accessories and they were all in good condition (aside from one Zipzee whose head is almost torn off).
While I was marveling over my new ponies that evening, my dad came by and told me there would be a big flea market the next day and offered to drive me there so I could continue my pony hunting. I went and began to think I went for nothing because I could only find fakies.
But after an hour, I found a street where almost every person was selling a few ponies.
Ended up with 16 ponies (one mcDonalds pony is still in a box in this picture), 2 baby ponies, a twilight sparkle bag, a dvd of the first mlp movie and a small box filled with Majesty's accessories.
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loginGot all of this for about $20
(note to self: go to more flea markets, your wallet will thank you).
The only thing that was slightly annoying was that I didn't get Baby Pinkie's original bottle. The lady selling her told me she had her original baby bottle, but after a quick glance she told me she couldn't find it immediately and handed me a random baby bottle, telling me that it would work with that one too. I would've liked to have the original one but it looked like the lady couldn't be bothered so I left it at that.
I might find it at some other flea market I suppose.
I'm really happy I found so many ponies in one weekend ^^ I'm running out of space though, so It'll be a challenge to display all these lovelies