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Speaking of Rapunzel... How DID she become so expensive? Is there a story behind it?
On this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.
Quote from: Nemesis on May 01, 2019, 03:58:10 AMSpeaking of Rapunzel... How DID she become so expensive? Is there a story behind it?I put this down to fandom status seeking. Somehow, rather like Mimic, she became a "must have" pony in the minds of people, thus the price escalated.When I first came online though she was already expensive. I think in the late 1990s she sold around $150-200. Mine, I know, cost the original person who had her $80, but she's damaged, she's lost most of the length of her tail. I received her in a trade for some rare UK stuff which, at the time, sold for as much or more as Rapunzel, but at some point after that she rocketed whereas the other prices stabilised.So like Mimic, her price has been a problem for a long time. But something happened at some point between to make it escalate so much. And I can only put it down to a few collectors being obsessed with getting her and thus bidding her up and up until that became the benchmark.It's ridiculous really. She's fine, but she's not that thrilling. Of course, I would LOVE to have one with all the flowing locks in the tail as that's her chief crowning feature. But given that even with that flaw I wouldn't be able to afford her today, I'm just going to stick with the one I have and be glad of it. I much much much prefer Sweet Scoops, she's a lot classier - and I think, rarer - but Rapunzel is the fad favourite, so up and up her price goes...On this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.
G2 will be perfect if not for hooves. All of the faces are cute! And I like how boy and girl are not separated unless by history.
Quote from: Taffeta on May 01, 2019, 05:07:31 AMOn this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.Money is relative, if someone is a professional web developer without a family to support, spending four figure amounts on something they truly enjoy is not such a big deal.
Quote from: SpacePinto on May 01, 2019, 05:37:51 AMQuote from: Taffeta on May 01, 2019, 05:07:31 AMOn this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.Money is relative, if someone is a professional web developer without a family to support, spending four figure amounts on something they truly enjoy is not such a big deal.I guess on that note, it also means that the seller got a lot of money to pay the rent/other bills with. I think if one person has so much money to spare, its probably better for everyone to spend it rather than hoard it. On the other hand, humanity is incredibly inefficient at doing anything that actually promotes the greater good. No matter how we look at it, it's ultimately frustrating.
And as a feed on from that - I also hate when people decide to buy ponies because they're 'rare and sought after' rather than just buying the ones they like most. I remember some years back someone gave advice to a new collector that they should focus on Mimic and Crumpet and others because they're 'sought after'...I hate that. Pick and collect the ponies you like, not the ponies that will impress other people if you own them.