I wish I had her, but she seems hard to find without rubs to the paint on her wings.

Her design is certainly a break from the usual. Although... I do think she looks incomplete somehow without a symbol on her rump. Like twice-as-fancy, but then one-third less fancy. I guess that would be 1.33 times as fancy?

Augh, why did I click?! *shudder*

We get ant invasions here in the summer, but I've never seen them go for ponies. (They usually prefer the cat kibble.) The ones we get are just foraging, so a few strategically placed baits of sugar and borax usually kills them off pretty quickly. I don't know what I'd do if they were trying to actually move in!

After you kill off the ants, be sure to give Octavia a good wash with soap. Like you wouldn't anyway! But I know some ants can leave pheromone chemicals on surfaces to lead their comrades to whatever sweet spot they've found, and I wouldn't want them to try to set up shop all over again.

And now, I must go shower and try to scrub my brain. 

So. Many. Dancing. Butterflies.

I've had to actively seek out every other TAF pony, while Dancing Butterflies seems to throw herself in my path.

And Little Flitter for the wingers. Whenever I come across a winger, it's her 90% of the time.

I also used tweezers, plus a pair of tiny nail scissors to trim off the strands that broke and couldn't be salvaged from the other end. Sometimes I'd come to a pony that wasn't caked in glue on the inside and the tinsel strands would just slide right out in one long piece. Oddly satisfying! I never fully detinseled my G3s though, just reduced the tinsel load 50-80%.

I second the use of mindless background entertainment to keep boredom at bay. And if you're doing a bunch at once, be sure to take breaks every now and then to stretch and relax your hands and eyes! 

It's awesome to see Fizzy on some merch! I can't wear flannel to bed without roasting, but if we had them in the US, I would totally buy them and turn them into a pillow sham or two.

Hello everyone!  It's weird to think that this might be my first proper post at the Arena even though I've been in and out of the MLP community since 1998.  I mainly hung out at Ye Olde TP back in the day, but I'm happy to still see quite a few familiar faces (er... names?) around.   

I never really know what to say in intro posts... I'm mainly a G1 collector, although I do have ~300 G3s as well.  I recently celebrated my thirty-*cough*th birthday, and my amazingly supportive MIL gave me Flower Bouquet and Stripes, which about sent me over the moon.  (I'm a sucker for a Posey pose!)  I enjoy the G4 show -- finally caught up on S3, thanks to Netflix -- but the toys don't really do it for me.  I don't have a lot of discretionary income, so this works out okay. 

I'm really excited to finally attend my first MLP Fair this year.  I didn't think it and I would ever be in the same city, but the stars seem to have aligned at last, and hopefully I'll get to meet a bunch of you in person!