Oh, I like the bottom ones with the white flowers the best!


SkyCakes, I actually wore plastic barrettes like that in kindergarten! The poodle and bunny ones specifically. They could grow uncomfortable, but they also hardly ever popped out.

So after finding my two childhood fakies who were lost for years, I've cleaned them up! I also had a wooden stable that has been down in the basement for years as well. I can't remember if it was stored or just left to it's own to sit, but that basement has unfortunately flooded several times. My mother made a comment recently on how a mini wooden tree house also down there could be in great condition, or it could be rotting away and we'd never know it. I haven't been down to check as our basement is a cross between an uncarpeted horror maze and a box filled hazard. Since the stable is also made of wood, it could be rotting too. :c

To prepare myself for this potential loss, I decided to write a little drabble about my ponies in the condition they were found in.

Here are the only 'before' pictures I have, for reference:



The top of a hill is brought into view. It is no longer a picture perfect spot for a picnic, there is no longer lush green grass swaying in the gentle breeze, nor a bright sunny day.

The hill top is in the middle of a heinous storm, and between the rough, battering winds everything is a  dreary washed-out grey.

Upon the hill a figure appears. It is a pink pony. As she makes her way to the top, she staggers before regaining her balance and reaches her destination. Her colorful mane is swept up and splayed out unflatteringly behind her back, revealing a prominent head wound.

The three yellow hearts on her haunches seem very out of place, as the pony is neither lovely nor cheerful. She stands on the hill, her motions stopped. She is clearly exhausted, but does not make any effort to sit down. She is waiting for another.

Trailing close by our pink mare is a smaller pony, who is practically dragging herself up the hill at this point. Her purple body is caked in mud and dirt, as if she had slipped several times during her journey. The horseshoes displayed across and beyond her flank are hard to make out beneath all of the grime.

She curses the rain for being so incessant, and her once long pink locks are now a tangled mess from trailing across the ground in the muck.

The smaller pony is just as miserable as the first, but as she meets her companion at the hilltop it becomes clear why she had become so dirty; her eyes are unusually positioned, almost cross-eyed but away from the bridge of her nose. She simply could not see straight through the thick sheets of water pouring down.

There is a hike in her step as she reaches the larger pony waiting for her and shouts to be heard over the wind:

Miss n' Chance: Look!

Both ponies turn to the scene left behind them. Beyond the hill is a barn caught up in a treacherous flood, and in the process of being torn apart debris swirl haphazardly around.

Miss n' Chance: Our home!

The larger pony does not respond at first, before pulling the smaller mare away.

Limone Mellow: We have to find shelter! We made it to high ground, but we can't be stuck out here!

Miss n' Chance: But what about my family? They were supposed to come live with us! She wailed.

Limone Mellow continues to guide her friend away from the disaster.

Limone Mellow: W-we'll find them!--Later! We can still do that, just like we planned! We need to find a new home first!

Miss n' Chance: But what if they come here and don't find us? What if they think we're dead? WHAT IF THEY WERE ALREADY HERE AND GOT SWEPT AWAY?! She cried.

Limone Mellow: They're smart, just like you! They probably delayed their travels because of the storm! They are alright, Miss!

She desperately reassured the panicking mare, but truly knew nothing of the sort.

Miss n' Chance: But what about your family? How will they know you're alright?

Limone Mellow started, before gazing at the ground. She looked far away.

Limone Mellow: It doesn't matter!

Miss n' Chance: But what if they assume the worst?

Limone Mellow: They can think what they like! It's NOT our concern!

Miss n' Chance: But--

Limone Mellow: Missy please! The pony begged. The barn's gone, let's GO!

The purple mare did not press it anymore. They both made a mad dash to get out of the storm.


So, does anyone have made-up stories about how your ponies got in unfavorable conditions? Have you fixed them since, or tried to work with their misfortunes?

My goal is to actually get some legitimate G1-G3 mlp toys, preferably the ponies themselves but accessories would also be interesting. That, and to find more, if not all of the meritus ponies out there, they would be amazing to collect and make a herd of!

Aww, she's too cute! What a nice gift. And such a bright pink, wow. It's like she almost glows!

Thank you for the welcome, Tracks!

Makaroni, I hope to possibly get some legitimate mlp ponies to join them eventually (I miss the G1 show a lot), but I'm not opposed to happening upon a few more fakies if I see them! It's really fun to come up with personal characters for them.

Ugh I know I've been spamming this thread with pictures, but I promised a group photo of all my other horses (that I know of) from the box. Honestly I'm surprised that I didn't catch on to playing with more fantasy looking ones like mlp, I loved shows like that. Then again my twin sister was strictly into 'boy' toys, so I was also playing with tmnt, transformers, legos, army men, hot wheels, power rangers, and rescue heros.

Prepare for really bad phone pictures and lighting issues, but I really cannot bring them down to a larger room at the moment. I have no space to display them, and many are realistic horses instead of mlp, but I may at least clean them up before storing them again. I'm sure I got them over the years as a kid instead of all at once, so some of them are in worse condition than others.

My favorites were always the pearly unicorn and her baby, even at that age I could tell they were of nicer quality then my usual horses. Almost all of them are plastic, with only two fuzzy horses, and many are Barbie related I think.

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These are the smallest ones I have, they're thumb sized.

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Most of the small ones at the front (there are 5 of them) are Barbie I think (not the ones with the baby horses), as they look in the same style as my three biggest ones with the saddles in the back. Yes that's Bullseye from Toy Story lurking behind them, I treated him like he was just one of the other horses, haha. The pink one next to him is a fuzzy one, as well as the black one next to her.

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I've only had time to clean the white one with the purple hair and matching gate, as I saw her on several fakie sites despite being from an official toy line. The white one with the bright pink molded-on saddle to the left of her has wings, but I've only found one of them so I'm assuming she lost the other or it was thrown away accidentally. The dark horse behind the white one with purple hair and matching gate is actually a donkey (or a mule?) I believe!

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The weird looking one to the left of the three largest (grey, white and pink) horses is rubbery and could talk at one point. I think her batteries are removed and she's got a switch underneath.

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Here's my favorite unicorn and her baby. They both have marks on them, but I will definitely try to clean these two up at least.

Okay I'm done with these massive posts! Hopefully now I can start making separate threads for questions and pictures.

Oh gosh Makaroni, your G1 looks so much better now! As for the weird cutie mark thing, it makes sense that it could be a fakie of a fakie so to speak, haha. Limone Mellow just has a secret second talent I guess!

I was able to get most of the dirt off of Miss n' Chance, she looks quite clean now except for the paint chip on her hooves!:

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Maybe if I actually become artistic I can repaint them some day. At least her eye paint is still very nice. Her hair is now cleaned and detangled, but her ends have constant frizz. I may take your advice to get rid of it!

As for Limone Mellow herself, I ended up trying nail polish remover with 96% acetone instead of a full oxiclean bath and the stain is practically gone! It's amazing how quick it came off after nothing else seemed to work. There is still a very, very faint stain left behind on her forehead, but I'm just lucky she's pink and it's not too noticeable!

You've already seen the full-blown stain as it was intially.

Here is after I scrubbed at it with toothpaste and a tooth brush:

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And here is after applying the acetone (which was washed off after), as well as post clean-up:

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It's the best it's going to get and I couldn't be happier.

As you can see they don't have their tails put back yet. Limone Mellow came with a metal clamp, and foolishly I submerged both of them in water for a day before finding out. I'm terrified of potential body and tail rust, even though the clamp looks 'okay', so I will probably have to buy a new one.

Miss n' Chance presents another issue. She's got a ton of tail hair and a much smaller tail hole than the mlp mold, as well as a much smaller head hole to put her head back on, so I will be only doing that after I can learn how to put her tail through.

But overall they are clean and look wonderful now!

Luna, thank you for linking me to that site, I can tell it will be very helpful in the future!

I just got the acceptance mail, so I'm finally on this forum!

Well, there's a few reasons I decided to sign up. I watched the G1 show as a kid, and have been watching the G4 show since! So I love the characters and story. I haven't thought to buy the merchandise, but it certainly looks cool!

But on most site forums I'm a lurker, so what really prompted me to join was Christmas. It was Christmas Day, and I was cleaning out my closet. Long story short, I ended up finding an old box full of my childhood toy horses and the fold-up wooden fence that would connect to this wonderful wooden stable stored down in my basement.

You can guess a wave of nostalgia crashed over, as I had believed I had given these away when I cleaned out the basement several years ago.

Many of the horses aren't mlp, but I found the two I remember playing with, a pink one and a purple one.

Turns out they actually aren't legitimate mlp, but look similar.

Even so I really missed them, so now I'm working on restoring them the best I can. The pink one has a really bad red stain on her forehead left from an unfortunate accident, and the purple one was quite dirty. They both have marks in various places too, but I've cleaned them up, disassembled them without issue, and got the stain to dull a little with toothpaste.

Anyhow, I guess I'm using the forum in my research to learn how to fix them. I don't plan on getting more, but cleaning them up was a really cathartic way to spend Christmas, so maybe the next time I'm at Goodwill I'll check out the toy section?

Now I'm just working on identifying what they actually are and where they came from! Sorry for such a long intro, but I just was so excited to find them again.