2023 was quite different from the former years.
 
It was the first full year of quitting from official custom commissions and is something I can easily adapt to as it is way less stressful and customizing feels like having fun again.
I realized own projects (like my resin stands for the G1 rearing ponies or customs that stay in my collection), discovered new art materials (pigments), restored some ponies back to former glory and did a few ponies for dear friends which were based on really cool ideas.

Ponies with pigments:

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Restorations:

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Hi pony peeps,

After 20 years of customizing I seriously play with the idea of starting a membership with Patreon.

Update: As a membership would mean to step into the wonderful complicated German world of taxes and tax returns I ditched the idea. Patreon incomes are subject to income tax. As this would not be doable for me additionally to content I stay with my projects and that's it.

As you know I post every year what I have done the year before. My first source for uploading pics is and stays deviantart. So if you know where to find me (https://www.deviantart.com/customsbypandabear) you can see me posting there new stuff regularly.

2022 was ... other than the years before. You probably know I'm doing mostly Hasbro replicates. But that brought me to a point last year where I said: Nope - I'm done.
Done for being commissioned with the 60th regular Rapunzel, the 3rd Baby Nightglider, the xth this or that. I didn't have fun in doing this anymore, so I quit from taking commissions officially. It was a big relief but necessary.
It was the beginning of a new chapter in life "Do the things you love when you want, for whom you want and what you want.

So the first goal was to have some ponies in order to present (and hopefully sell) at the Germany pony con in Düsseldorf in July. I was wrong - most of them went in an instant.

Prototype Nightlight, Raindrop and Moonstone as being advertised on the German rainbow's backcard.

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Then I tested more things with the electrostatic gun: fiber sizes/density and glues mostly

Baby North Star, Newborn Buttons, Baby Firefly with a darker blue hair color and a new interpretation of Milky Way

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I seriously love the last girl.

Of yourse I made a few ponies for dear friends but slowly and on a "if you like and are bored I'd love to have the following..."base

2 New Colorswirl ponies

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Carebears x My little Pony

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Popples x My little pony (gosh these girls took an eternity to be rehaired, magnets inside make the little pom poms moveable)

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Baby Casscade (3rd?)

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Daddy Nightlight

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Sleepunzel II

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Brazil Baby Lofty (2nd)
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Ladybird (xth?)

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My first attempt on a Breyer called "S'Wonderful" who was done only once and I was asked to make another (phew, gave me lots of days of frustration but the end result turned out great)

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Finally I started some own projects!

Peachy- She never appeared to me with her heart symbols, so I gave her a "very peachy" makeover

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Universe Boy - Yeah clever name but I'm not good at giving names. This one was done as my version of a HQG1C Pony that was teased years ago (2015) but didn't made it into production so far. He has tiny gitd bits inside his body, being dyed and during the day he impresses with his glorius hair as well as his incredibly stunning color-shifting symbols. 

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The last thing I started were 2 new repro accessories. Stands and guitars / keytars because hey these 80ths girls need some glam in their lives don't they?

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These are by far not all I have done but give a small inside what is possible. I make the stands occasionally 4x a year in larger badges - the next one in February - so if you like, drop me a message here and let me know in case you want one.

Thank you for reading until here - this year will be filled mostly with own projects. Can't wait to start!

I saw that I haven't started my lovely tradition of showing you my customs that I did the previous year. So as always I'm very happy to show you which sweeties were done during 2021.

This sweetie was done after the commissioner backed out but found a new loving forever home of course.

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I did a lot of variant customs including these girls.

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I had to make some set completeter for people that bought bits from my first So Soft Newborn set:

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And I made serious progress on reducing my commission list 

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These girls were refurbished to give them an all brand new look. Some of them were realized according to their appearance in print media, like SS Angel.

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And I made a Rapunzel version with the longest hair I ever used on a pony.  It is not really visible due to styling but you know why I show you only the NDS side - the DS one is only barely visible.

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Of course some I restored some ponies too incl. this gal.

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My most favourite part comes last - the prototypes, so here you go.

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I hoped you like all these any maybe some of you own a pony of these?

Dear members,

I planned to honor some of the older custom pony artists and cleaned my custom pony glass cabinets. These ponies below do not have any artist signature or at least I could not read it - like with the hermit crab pony.

Sadly I have most of the ponies over 10 years now and in this time the old mlparena has been archived so I could not find any information.

Do you probably know who created these beautiful ponies?

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- found, thank you so much

Thank you
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Dear pony peeps,

With the very famous "Dinner for One"scetch quotation "Same procedure as last year Miss Sophie? Same procedure as every year James.", let me show you what I have done in 2020. If you follow me on deviantart, that's where I regularly post new creations. As different 2020 was, it didn't affect my customs at all. Much more important for me is that I will take another break from commissions when my current list is done. Even though commissioners are (mostly) super patient these days, a list of over 20 people with different (mostly more than 1 pony) is simply too much. I need a bit of personal time to realize own projects that I planned with other artists during 2020 yet as well as to improve and develop new techniques.

But here's what I did in 2020.

Restorations

Brazil Ribbon got new hair (partially self-dyed), symbols and pink marks at her muzzle removed.

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HQG1C 2019 UK Con Brittania: I gave her new hair which resembles the UK connection more. They look like the Union Jack now.

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Original Art

Gingerbread Cookie: This G3 pony is a personal project that I finally completed during the 2020 Christmas Celebration days. She is done after the beautiful "Christmas Cookie" picture by AnnieMsson in 2010. She's and will stay part of my collection.

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Rapunzels

The first Rapunzel that I lost in the mail towards UK

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The replacement Rapunzel for this commission:

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Teeny Tiny Rapunzel for our dear Annapommes

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Purple Rapunzel: She was made after the famous Rapunzelvania by ScribbleDabble / Angelus (retired as customiser in 2008). I always admired his Rapunzels that inspired me a lot. So she's part of my collection now.

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Non-Hasbro Commissions

Jean Paul Gaultier Custom

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Hasbro inspired Commissions

Of course the main part comprises the Hasbro-inspired commissions, so they are picture intense

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Some customs created in 2020 have not been sent out yet, therefore they will come in "Sit back" 2021. Deviantart is most recent.

Hi guys,

it seems that I post about my customs here only once a year, so let me show you what I have done in 2019. Some of these guys are in the Custom Sales thread here, but people don't tend to look there.

I finally can show some more of my repro accessories. Besides the resin guitarrs I offer Repro Aprons for the Cookery Ponies. They are almost identical in their texture than the originals. Right now I did them in the original colors and pastel rainbow. 

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Then I attended UK Pony con as seller and created some special customs for this event.

SHS Nightlight (still looking for a new home)

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Resin Symbol Princesses - what do you do with Princess Ponies missing their symbols? You create new ones with a sweet touch - the symbols are all little resin shakers! (still looking for new homes)

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Italy Moondancer (still looking for a new home)

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Coral Hair Tickle (still looking for a new home)

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Purple Hair Tootsie (still looking for a new home)

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Mermaid Pony (still looking for a new home)

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Of course I had a Rapunzel to do at UK pony con 2019 (sold)

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Venezuelan Cotton Candy Custom (sold)

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Newborn Rainbow Curls (won 1st place in the Newcomer category, sold)

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Ladybird and Lambadsita (sold)

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Except Love Token all other ponies are customs (Love Story and Letter rehaired to match the prototype pamphlet they were advertised in and Love in a Mist completely redone, sold)

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Gingerbread Joy - the Cookery Pony from the prototype pamphlet (sold)

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Prototype Baby Lickety Split (sold)

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Another Prototype Masquerade (traded)

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Of course commissions were part of 2019 as well...

Shamus - a realistic horse

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Teeny Tiny Nightlight - she's this year's German "Nachtlicht Con" mascot as well

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Nightlight and Daddy Nightlight

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A few Sugarberry Customs for my lovely friend Sarah (yes the first one is a So Soft Pony)

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So Soft Teeny Tiny Gusty - not a commission but a trade with a lovely friend

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TAF Baby Dancing Butterflies

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G3 Cheerilee

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Mountain Boy Ice Crystal

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Daddy and Baby Nightglider

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Some Ponies for my lovely friend Letizia

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And a little personal project - I upgraded my Sea Pony Brittania which was the exclusive pony for the UK pony con 2019 - her hair has been redone in a way to match the Union Jack way better

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This thread can be deleted, I'm in contact with someone who has the catalogues.