After going through my entire life without ever doing a halloween customs swap, this year I did TWO!
One was a private one with a "real life" friend and one was for the Arena swap.

I've been wanting to do a carousel-esque pony for a while now, so I decided to try that for my private swap.  I used Apoxie Sculpt.  Painting the spiderweb blanket was the funnest part, it was much easier than I expected - luckily I thought to paint the white first, heh heh.  Not sure if you can tell, but the dark thing on her chest is a bat...
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This one was for the Arena simple swap.  She has some fine gold glittery paint on the pumpkins and on the text on her reverse side, and her eyes have fine glittery red paint on the iris. My partner said she liked the old timey vintage Halloween style, so I triiiiiied to emulate that. She has a kitty friend who is just a Schleich cat with a minor adjustment to the tail and a paint job. I went through about a dozen different hair color/pattern choices before finally deciding on this somewhat wacky stripe look
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In conclusion I enjoyed my first halloween swap experiences!

Back when I joined the forum around 2014, I remember seeing reference to something like "random acts of pony kindness" or "random pony acts of kindness," something like that.  But I don't remember ever finding out what exactly that meant.  With the 20th anniversary thread going, it made me think about those days and I was curious to know! 

We've seen many ponies that featured animals, from mammals like cats and mice to birds (looking right at you, Mimic!) and even insects like butterflies and dragonflies.  But there are many creatures that have never made it onto a(n official Hasbro) colorful plastic pony rump!

What animal would you like to have seen featured on a pony?  What generation?  Any special feature you would like to see for that pony?  Or maybe it is an animal that has been on a pony but you would present it in a different way?

I will start - I would love to see a lobster-themed twinkle eye G1 pony!   

I purchased a rainbow reveal Sunny to customize, but I'm stumped regarding tail access.  Does anyone know if the tail is just pushed in through the tail-hole and glued in there?  Or do you access it through the neck?  It seems like her body is solid so I doubt if it is the latter, but maybe?

Also: wow, the hair quality on the mane is awesome, I almost can't bear to cut it off to prep her ;_;

Yes, I've been wanting to make her since I first saw her, and finally I "finished" her! 
She's rehaired with a G1 Moondancer tail, plus white and pink DollyHair.  I didn't try to replicate her hairstyle since it was so short.    She's painted with acrylics and has burgandy and white microglitter on her face.  Overall I'm pleased with her, although I think think I made her red/burgandy paint color too purply.  Maybe I'll make another of her and try to fix that 

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You might notice that she doesn't have a symbol/cutie mark - hence why I said I "finished" her.  I didn't feel like I could tell what it looked like well enough to paint it on.  So I figure I'll add it later if we ever get a better view of it.

Each generation has its own challenges as far as bait prep, and these guys are no exception.  Prying the belly piece out is very difficult, as is cutting the head-ring out.  But I do like the ability to move the head on the ball joint instead of just rotating it. 

Looking for details on Sugar Moonlight!  Specifically, her coat color, hair colors, and cutie mark/symbol.

It looks to me like she is white...or silver/gray, or very light purple?  Almost like G1 Pillowtalk.  Her hair looks to me like it is red with white and maybe light pink streaks.  As for her symbol, I have no idea what it is supposed to be!

I just can't tell for sure on any of these, but I also don't have Netflix so I'm going off a few screencaps (and the lighting in the "show" scene is making it hard to see the colors accurately).  Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for any info 

I'm eager to get some of the new brushables to try customizing them (probably the unicorn party set).  I have a few plans already in mind for when I have "free time" again, like giving Sunny her leg markings, making Argyle, Alphabittle, etc.  But I'm wondering, do we have a sense of how rare these will be in the future?  I still feel bad about customizing a Feathermay, but at the time I customized her she was just...what was in the store, and didn't seem rare.  Maybe there is no way to know, but I don't feel like I have my finger on the pulse of toy scarcity, at all, so I'm asking all of you for your thoughts