50 Cent Brag! (And a future restore project.)

[aintnobuffalo]

No, not a brag about the rapper; I paid 50 cents for these two ladies! Normally each would have been 50 cents, but it was half off everything day at Goodwill!

Flat Foot Blossom: When I found her she was brown! I thought, "Ooo, this will be a good sunfading and restoring project!" I have never restored a pony before and wanted to try my hand at it. But, it turned out she just needed a good wash! I wish I had thought to take a before and after picture.
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Now there are a few issues revealed by the wash (looks like I'm in for restoring after all). She has a small spot on her inner thigh that is a very faded light pink, so light, its really hard to see at first glance. (Had to take several pictures to capture it well, but you can see it in the the first a little and in the one above, if you're looking for it.) Is this regrind or some kind of restore-able mark? I've only ever seen pictures of regrind where the pink is very bright, so I'm not sure. I don't seem to see any other spots like that on her. On the other side she seems to have smooze? Can anyone more experienced confirm?
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And then there's Baby Firefly! After the difference between before and after in Blossom, I thought ahead to do some pics for this girl.
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Not too bad! Now after a wash:
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Turned out almost perfect! Just two small pin prick dots behind her ear on the other side. I like how her bangs flip backward! Not sure where I'll put her since I've only been keeping G4s and one G1 from my childhood.

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Maybe her and Dash can hang out.

[gemini_pony]

Oh awesome deal congrats!

[SeashellnBubbles]

Yay!! Awesome score!! And no...Blossom doesn't have regrind a little sunfading (or you can try nail polish remover or rubbing alcohol on a Q-tip swab first) and she should be good as new. The dots on her other side don't look like smooze to me, but i'm on my blackberry due to a thunderstorm and can't see it really well. You could try the alcohol or nail polish remover on them, too...it may work!

[invaderhorizongreen]

That is an awesome find, I got a gusty last year for $1.00 who was as grey as a dishrag, they also only needed a bath.

[achab1984]

Congrats on your new ponies

[aintnobuffalo]

No luck with the acetone. I've worked it pretty hard. It may have faded slightly, but I can't tell. Magic Eraser also has not been able to make further improvements.

[Hervoyel]

Great ponies at a great price!  Congrats! 

And good luck on the restoration that's left!

[kiwimlp]

50c each would still have been a bargain, but half price is even better.  Congrats on two very pretty G1 ponies

[BabiChuld]

Sweet deal, 50cent each would have been great let alone that for both! ^_^

[SpookyTrees]

Congrats on your beautiful ponies! What a find!