Interest: Sisterhood of the Travelling Ponies

[Salli]

Ok,
Hyenacub, Varkolak has first dibs on the Midwest, but I'll put you as 1st standby for it if she decides not to.


Carlabarla, that sounds so cool! You are in


Wiccanpony, that's so awesome! And I'll PM you about Twi-sites once this gets the go-ahead.

coinoperatedgril- I LOVE Rhode Island! It's so lovely, you are so in!

Pythia, I LOVE the idea of having New Zeland in, so I am putting your name on it, but I need to get more postive feedback from you, I'll PM you about it.


I will PM everyone who has 1st dibs about the final details so I can get this puppy- or pony- rolling.

[Varkolak]

Ok,
Hyenacub, Varkolak has first dibs on the Midwest, but I'll put you as 1st standby for it if she decides not to.

if Hyenacub wants midwest area, they can have it if they'd like. they're probably closer to more fun places than i am. i'm in farm land! just let me know! i'd be happy to let them have the spot, but would be just as happy to keep it as well. either way works.

[AnnaPommes]

hm, this sounds very nice. ^^ but i´m still not sure, also because of the shipping costs.
do you still need someone in germany? but i don´t live close to anything spectacular. i could take a picture in front of our well where all our old local tales/myth are represented. that wouldn´t really represent germany but my hometown, anyway. ^^"
the next bigger thing i can think of, is the university in Münster, for example.

could we send in also another light-weight doll or plush?
 

[jelzar]

What an amazing idea! good luck with it, i cant wait to see al the photos!!

[KiwiSquirtBottle]

I sent a reply to Salli, but I'll also make mention of one of the points here:

In the US, it's -probably- cheaper for us to ship at once instead of individual, but that quite possibly changes for people who're international. Non US people may want to check shipping costs to the countries listed so far and see what'd it be like, roughly, for single vs herd shipping.

I'm also not against sending a few dollars to non US people to help defray the costs of shipping. I know prices are fairly high (Canada and NZ/Aus for example) and wouldn't mind helping with that.

[carlabarla]

for shipping from canada small package is roughly $6-7 to US and to most of europe. the down side to this is it can take 2-4 weeks to go to the states and up to 9 week to go to europe and farther its longer because it goes by boat not plane.
air i know can be $7-10 to US and up to $17 for across the sea, but the wait time is shorter.

[Varkolak]

i plan on picking up a G4 travel rarity from the store to use, i'll probably customize her a bit, but that way she'll be a little smaller and shipping will be cheaper.

[EmberBright]

I could always take it to the RCMP heritage museum we actually train pretty all the Mounties here in regina, and could take it to see mega munch our trex

Been there! I wonder if my husband would let me take pictures of ponies on his Stetson... probably not!

This would be so cool. I might join if we only had to ship once or twice- shipping anywhere from Canada is really expensive, so to mail a dozen separate ponies could be over $100.

EDIT:  PS- I'm in Eastern Canada. Lighthouses, oceans, fun stuff!

[Salli]

So, picture me in front of a big world map with tacks in it and string Phones ringing and people running about. I may need a big, fluffy white cat to stroke as I plan our ponies' tour....


I am seriously thinking that all at once would be the best. Some of us (I know me and Kiwi at least) can chip in to help those who have to ship it internationally. I can also be the last stop so I have to pay to ship everyone's back to them individually. I was going to send a g1, but I think Varkolak's idea about customizing a smaller pony would be best.


If you really, really don't want to do them all at once, let me know and we can work something out Carlabarla, I think I will have you ship to me in Oregon so maybe it will be faster. I am not going to post an open sign-up unless someone backs out. I will send you the entry form in a PM as soon as I get approval.
I will definitely require people to hang on to their receipts for shipping.


Emuel: Thanks! But I think we want people who are willing to go to some landmark-place. I'll PM you if this changes though

Post Merge: March 19, 2012, 12:53:12 PM

Emberbright, how far from you is Prince Edward Island?
Your location sounds amazing! I am thinking I am going ahead with the all-at-once program.

[wiccanpony1]

Im so looking forward to this:) Im going to get a G4 at the weekend and customizer her ready for her holiday x

[EmberBright]

OK, I definitely want to be a part of this, but I just looked at the timing; we're moving either at the end of May or the end of June (from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, so still eastern Canada), so if I could be toward the end of the list, it would work best (I should know in April when exactly we're going). If that's a problem, no hard feelings, I don't have to participate. Just thinking.

[Salli]

I have you as the 2nd-to-last on the list Ember That should work- happy moving!


Ok, I just sent the low-down to one of the mods for tweaking/approval. I'll let you know when I know

[coinoperatedgirl]

I'd be in! New Zealand represent!
I was thinking maybe it would be best done one pony at a time rather than all together - like, I send my pony on to to Wiccanpony, who sends theirs to fiwen who sends theirs to Squirtbottle, etc. Then, once you've taken your pics with the pony you've recieved, you send it on to the next person again. That way it would also possibly save on shipping if they could kind of hop their way across the world and we could send to someone close-ish to us, rather than having to go from NZ to the US then back to Australia and over to the UK etc.

Plus, it would also mean ponies hit the same locations at different times.  For instance, depending on how many people are participating, some ponies may be able to hit the beaches, while another pony may be here later and get pictures while the leaves are changing.

[puuush]

I'd love to call dibs for Germany. If emuel is not getting dibs already? This is such an awesome idea!

I offer Hamburg, the second biggest city in Germany including some sightseeing. Also we could hit some bars or heavy metal parties. Depending on time we also drive to the north sea or baltic sea and go to the beach.

I have no problem with shipping oversea, too.

[Tinker]

LOL, my "region" was gone before I even saw this thread.

Fist bump to mah Oregon peep, yo!