I stopped by the playmobil booth at toyfair this year and they gave me this neat princess toy; I was taking photos for a website but I don't know much about playmobils and i want to write down in like my personal toy inventory who she is. I did some googling tho and I couldnt find like a comprehensive guide or anything. Anybody got advice? Picture of her included

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I was watching some G3 specials on netflix and I noticed something I hadn't before; a character twinkle twirl called Desert Rose had.... pink hair. not white. And I kinda went, uh, wait.

so this is my desert rose:

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and this is the desert rose on strawberryreef....
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And I'm like, I know pink/red hair is prone to fading. I'm familiar with repinking. But I've never encountered a g3 that had faded pink hair this starkly? She's still got glitter on her symbol, but somewhat less than what pictures on google lead me to believe is normal. bleach maybe??? left out in the sun too long????

she's from 2004, this strikes me as very very stark fading; I would assume it would take more than 12 years to get this white?? Is this a typical desert rose problem? Do they usually fade this badly, or is it just some, and I might be able to find a suitable replacement, or should I just repink her?

Thanks!

Hey, earlier I was asking about how people find pony meetups and since I can't actually find a proper northeast pony meetup, I figured I'd make an interest post. I'm in central new jersey, sorta near Princeton. Anyboy in nj, pa, southern ny state, general area interested in a meetup? (Sideways, if I'm a big dummy and there's already a meetup for this area, let me know? Thanks!)

Hi! I'm nate. :3c

I'm at a convention this weekend and a seller had a box of "old gen mlp" for sale at 3 dollars apiece. I found some g3s I wanted, and twelve g2s! (I also picked up a g1 baby fakie heheh) I don't know anything about g2s though, I've never had any before! And now I have twelve lol. Anyway I've done my best to ID them but I want someone to doublecheck my work, and also, a price check would be really helpful!

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Pretty sure this is seabreeze? Isn't seabreeze mail order? The rest appear to be what I think are relatively common US ponies so I'm uncertain the likelihood this is actually the mail order pony

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Tipsy Tulip, right?

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Morning Glory? She looks REALLY orange, but strawberry reef cateogires her as pink. Is she badly faded?

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Ivy, the my pretty parlor version, yes?

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Sweet Berry, basket surprise?

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Clever Clover (is this a boy? :0)

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sky skimmer

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Sugar belle?

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Berry Bright?

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Petal Blossom?

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Cupcake?

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Basket Surprise Ivy?

Thank you so much! :3c

So I live in a wee little apartment and don't really get the ads. I've been looking them up online, but... I must be doing something wrong. >_> I know there's a unique twilight plush at walmart for just black friday but, that's about it, outside of toys r us big sale last week. Oh! And hot topic's ten dollar t shirt sale has lots of really cute pony shirts. But that's definately all I know. Anybody know what sales are going on?

As far as I can tell most people consider Toywiz a really reputable pony dealer? They get featured on EQD a lot.
But I ordered some pony stuff from them back in february while I was still in China and set my parent's as the shipping address. When I got back to america in August and got all my packages from the year it wasn't there. Turns out they never shipped it. I emailed them a bunch of times but they never got back to me. The charged me when I made the order, too. Finally I cancelled the order and it took over a week to get a refund and they STILL never returned any of my emails.

Has anyone else ever had problems getting ponies from toywiz or toywiz's communication?
(also sorry if this is the wrong forum wasn't sure if this was corral or off-topic stuff. Feel free to move it.)

[moving to Trader Support ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]

Hi! My very first two customs ever. I'm still working on them though. They're not finished and I wanted to ask some questions while I'm waiting for my hair to come in.

1. G4 Wigwam!
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Eugh. The cutie mark looks really bad in the picture but much prettier in person. Head isn't attached yet, no neck plug.

So yeah questions:
I've read all the reviews on sealants. I've never had modge podge get tacky on me, but I'm told it does. Does it?
For the hair, I want that great front floop that you get on G1s where it falls forward, should I poke an extra hole in the front of the rows of hair for rehairing?
What should I make his bandana out of?
Should I paint his hooves a different colour or leave them as is?
For a first custom, what do you think?? :33 I bulked up the hind legs and snout and did the footies.

ALSO I made him a little hat.
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2. Sleipner pony!
Made from a brushable Celestia bait.
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GOSH hacking off those wings was the worst thing ever, I must have hacked away at the neck plug fr an hour before I realized exactly why it wasn't going to work. Pony.
Anyway if you do not know what Sleipner is, Sleipner is the 8 legged horse Odin rides in Norse mythology. Fun fact, Sleipner is Loki's son!

The paint job isn't finished, still needs more black on the insides of the legs and more grey on top to smooth out the colour a bit. And obviously eyes.
I added on four extra legs and bulked up the snout to make it more masculine.
(btw, head isjust sort of stuck on with a bit of sculpey since it's not attached yet)

I'm having an issue with how to ix the back though. I took the wings out which is apparantly necessary if I want to rehair the tail. I can't do that until the paint is all finished but I can't seal the hole until it's rehaired. Should I just rehair it, clay over the hole and repaint the area very carefully?

Also, I ran her head through the oven and her neck plugholes closed up! D: I was not aware that would happen. If I poke through with a needle will it still go through do you think?

Also, flank. cutie mark yes or no, and if so, what do you think?


Thanks!!

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Updates! :33

Wigwam is finished! Or at least, as finished as I really can finish him. I made him a little fake neckplug out of tinfoil but... his darn head really is loose and bobbly. Need to find some solution to this. Ah well!
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GOSH he looks so light in this photo next to the real deal. I promise he's much brighter in person. Maybe it's the light reflecting off of the shiny sealant...? IRL they're a fairly close match.


Sleipner has his paint finished. (other than his back which has to be done after his tail is finished.)
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More pictures under the cut!

Also, a new project I'm working on: Starswirl the bearded! Starswirl is a wizard often referenced in friendship is magic. He's never actually shown but twilight wears his costume once for nightmare night and princess luna remarks on it's accuracy! (being immortal she knew him. ) I am very much a fan of the Discord-Is-Starswirl fan theory and plan to paint him that discordy shade of brown, and also give him bushy eyebrows and a long brushable wizard beard. :33 SO MUCH HAIR! I also hope I can make him a little cloak and hat. Maybe use some actual tiny bells and paint on the little symbols.
Anyway here is the bait having been sculpted (one ear got brushed off whoops gotta fix that)
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As you can see I have buffed up his chest, snout, and his hind legs. Only partial hooffluff. Most of his fluff will be actually fluffy. And pointy eras to show his discordyness. Made from a lyra bait. Not yet baked so he hasn't been sanded yet.

Okay, so, years ago, before I collected ponies and just really liked the show I had a very very good friend. We were takling about our favorite ponies and I said Rainbow Dash because he hair was so much fun. Heeeee said his favorite was Wigwam, and I was like what! Who is that? And he showed me a g1 pony and I was super startled because until then I did not know about the big brother ponies! I don't talk to that friend much anymore which makes me sad because he used to be my best friend, but ever since then i've really really wanted a wigwam because it reminds me of him.

and then this happened!
 

Eeee, I'm just, so, excited! Sure he doesn't have his hat and I know the hat is more valuable than he is heehe, but I will get it one day! For now I am content to be SUPER DUPER PUMPED FOR WIGWAM ON MY SHELFFF AHHH
(I so hope he is in as good a condition as he appears to be. <3)