So, my fiance and I went pony hunting this weekend - and started out on a really rough note! We had a list of thrift stores and resales shops in some nearby towns, and when we started out, 5 of them (basically our whole list) were either out of business, or closed! I mean, side rant - but what kind of thrift store is closed on the weekends? Seems like that's PRIME time for people to be out spending money. Anyway!
So, we saw a sign for an "antique mall" with "acres of stuff" over in the next state, only about a 30 min drive from where we were.
We're looking around (this place has like 77,000 sq. ft of booths - so we were looking for a LONG TIME) - and the first thing we saw was four G1 ponies inside a locked case. Moondancer, Majesty, Bluebelle and... one other I can't remember who. Each one was priced at $15+ and I wasn't enthused enough to have the person come open the case... so I was a bit sad, and almost was feeling like, "Well if I want pony score today, I'm going to have to pay above retail just to "rescue" one"...
Then my fiance (he always is like 3 booths ahead of me, he always finds the scores!) picks up this:
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loginAnd is like "Hey babe, what is this pony thing?"
So of course from a distance I'm like, "It's a fakie carry case" - and as I start to walk over to it he goes, "It's full of stuff!"
He was sweet enough to let me open it to see what was inside, as the tag just said "Carry case with 10 ponies"
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loginOh my gosh! G1 faces poking out at me!
I couldn't even believe it. So, we look around some more and then go to the register. Another surprise! "Oh, that booth is having a 60% off sale, so that pony case is 60% off" - we had asked if we could call the booth owner and haggle, they offered us 10% off without calling them, but I guess once the code was in the computer, their own sale came up, so major score on the price!
When I got them home and really got a chance to look at them... I realized they are all in really really nice shape! Sure they need their hair tamed, but both the SHS have intact earrings and beautiful glitter... the pink hair ponies still have pink hair (even Sunspot's mane is still LIGHT pink, not totally white), and the Sweetberry pony smells SO amazingly that ALL the other ponies have taken on the scent... and look at how PERFECT the ringlets are on Stripes? Ponies that had curly hair still have curly hair (like Sparkle Firefly and Romper)... I think they were maybe played with lightly and then thrown in this case and stored away for a long while...
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loginI can't wait to get them cleaned up but I am totally excited to have been able to bring these gals home!
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