Lol those are what I bought...only at an offer of $36.   It was 2x peachy though and one bowtie I made a mistake before.  I am glad you say they were not too bad condition, I think they will be ok with a clean and a tidy up

Ooooohh thanks for answering, I was beginning to think I had posted in the wrong place/ asked such a ridiculously stupid question that nobody wanted to answer LOL.  100 views with one answer!  Thanks a lot that helps, plus I can maybe go about finding an unloved greek until I can afford a minty one 

Oh wow,  I love your birthday pony she is just beautiful  congrats!!

Thanks for all the help . Would never in a million years have thought of  the toothpaste !  The ponies that need fading are moondancer (just her horn), wind whistler NSS and the one I am most concerned about is banana sundae, she still smells a bit but is covered in pink highlighter, I would like to fix her without causing any more damage as she is just so pretty 

Oh and no Blue Belles fore locks are cut so the hair is still in there.

Here's the list of questions my job lot of ponies have thrown up.

1.  FF Blue belle - missing fore locks...should I attempt to replace them?
2.  Pen marks and highlighter marks- how can I get rid of them? Have tried a wash in washing up liquid and magic eraser (not having any luck with the magic eraser and wondering if I have the wrong brand? As I have heard that this works?)
3.How can I get rid of stains from tail rust in tail hair?
4. Re pinking hair...should I? And how do I?
5. Snowflake's symbols are well rubbed and barely visible, am I correct in thinking I can repainted them with metallic acrylic paint? If not advice please.
6. Legs which look squished  :(can they be fixed and how?

Hope that's not all too much, I figure they are all questions I will only have to ask once 

Hi everybody and thanks for having me

Well where to start now...I am 33 and live in the UK.  I have only very recently started collecting so right now I only have a few ponies (12 with a bundle buy of 15 which I am waiting to be delivered!) and I  am still very much learning as I go.  I owned a couple ( and I mean literally a couple) of ponies in my childhood but my parents would never buy me more.

  I started off my collection with just one of the ponies I had originally(reliving my childhood) with no intention of buying more.  Then following the birth of my son I was diagnosed with M.E/CFS and as a result have been forced to accept some pretty extreme lifestyle changes, the biggest being reducing my activity levels.  Bordom set in quickly as I was previously an extremely active person and I guess I was looking for something to do that didn't require too much of my physical energy.  I started doing amigurumi as a stress reliever/ boredom breaker and just happened upon a pony pattern which I made.  From there I honestly don't know what happened but I have quickly become addicted (I am thinking it's because as an adult I can buy them myself and no one can tell me no.....although  husband is already enforcing a pony allowance  )

Should have said its G1 ponies all the way for me and I have discovered that I am not too picky about condition ( I am a sucker for the forlorn and unloved).  I love anything purple so I love ponies with purple!!  I would like to explore some restoration once I get the confidence to give it a go.  Also my husband is Greek so I would just love to get my hands on a couple of Greek ponies when I can.
 
I'll be very grateful for all the knowledge and info you guys are sure to have. I haven't really been involved in a forum before so give me a nudge if I inadvertently do anything wrong. Thanks again.