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Title: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: pixusponies on January 17, 2022, 01:25:46 AM
Hi all, I’m new to the forum. I was watching old G1 pony ads and came across this jaw dropping GIANT pony carousel (not sure how to attach images, so I’ll just link the YouTube video below) I’m positively mystified and desperate to find more info about this thing. Have any of you guys read about this anywhere? I would literally do anything to see this thing in person…. WOW WOW WOW.  :shocked:

https://youtu.be/_7ER158lNX4
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: DazzleBright on January 17, 2022, 02:10:33 AM
I know that MustBeJewel has the purple one! :D
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: starscout on January 17, 2022, 04:12:51 AM
What DazzleBright said. Jewel has some photos of her on her site (http://mustbejewel.com/collection.html).
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: Leave a Whisper on January 17, 2022, 08:10:26 AM
What DazzleBright said. Jewel has some photos of her on her site (http://mustbejewel.com/collection.html).

I always knew Jewel's collection was awesome. I had no idea  it was that spectacular!
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: starbritesprinkles on January 17, 2022, 09:59:40 AM
As the others above have said, MustBeJewel owns the purple one. Long-time member Woosie has the pink one, and the yellow was purchased by a collector who isn't active in the online community. They were found in a warehouse in Florida in 2006 and auctioned on eBay. Each one ended around $500 (would be a steal today) and cost $200-300 to ship. Here's an old, old thread about them.

https://www.mlptp.net/index.php?threads/lifesize-g1-sweetheart-sisters.17224/
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: Dragonflitter on January 17, 2022, 12:40:46 PM
This is so cool! I have been a collector for 20 years but I still learn new pony stuff all the time!
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: Carrehz on January 17, 2022, 01:07:23 PM
Oooh thanks for digging up that thread, Skig! I knew Jewel had one but I don't think I've ever seen the thread before.
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: SweetNightmare on January 17, 2022, 03:19:04 PM
Wow these are so nice! And I'm so glad that all of them found a loving homes. I always get happy when a collector gets one and then shares it with the others.
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: rybett on January 17, 2022, 03:39:59 PM
Jewel, can I be adopted please?  I have baking skills.
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: pixusponies on January 18, 2022, 10:30:10 AM
Thank you all for your replies!!! This is seriously the coolest thing ever, I’m so glad these ponies aren’t in a landfill somewhere :-)
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: starscout on January 18, 2022, 12:18:06 PM
Thank you all for your replies!!! This is seriously the coolest thing ever, I’m so glad these ponies aren’t in a landfill somewhere :-)
Couldn't agree more! I hope we can find out where the yellow one is.

Also, I just remembered an unofficial fully functional G4 carousel I saw on "some other site" awhile back. I believe it was somewhere in China, but I could be misremembering. It had fanart on it, including an Applejack X Rainbow Dash ship pic.
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: Purpleglasses on January 18, 2022, 10:05:26 PM
This is really cool! I clicked the MLPTP thread and it references a few photos of the big ponies that aren’t hosted at the embedded links anymore. Does anyone have copies of them they could share here?
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: LadyMoondancer on January 18, 2022, 10:35:26 PM
Also, I just remembered an unofficial fully functional G4 carousel I saw on "some other site" awhile back. I believe it was somewhere in China, but I could be misremembering. It had fanart on it, including an Applejack X Rainbow Dash ship pic.

Oh, I came across one of those on Taobao!  There also used to be a video of it on Youtube but it appears to have been taken down.

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Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: Artemesia's Garden on January 20, 2022, 02:33:57 AM
I've never seen these before, thanks for sharing :heart:
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: Ponyfan on January 21, 2022, 06:14:44 AM
I'm so happy that the ponies ended up in the hands of collectors that will treasure them and they weren't thrown away or destroyed.    :) 

The G1 carousel was featured in a few commercials in the 90's.   It's also in the Drink and Wet ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL5f2tWtVG4

I remember the video of the G4 carousel on Youtube.  It was interesting.

Ponyfan



Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: paradiserain on January 21, 2022, 06:50:03 PM
Holy cow, I saw this ad for the first time earlier this week on Tumblr. Those ponies are just absolutely gorgeous. So happy they went to good collectors who actually treasure them and they weren't just left to rot.  :hearts:
Title: Re: FULL SIZE rideable pony carousel??
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on January 22, 2022, 11:53:56 AM
This is neat and never knew it was a thing till now.
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