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Pony Talk => Pony Brag Arena => Topic started by: Gator on January 06, 2019, 02:40:38 PM
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I didn't know if this should go here or in the corral. I've read other posts where people faced the dilemma of buy the G1, or leave it behind. Most of my doubles have come from buying lots. I don't usually buy another pony I already have unless it's for my Satin N Lace army.
Well today I went to a flea market that I haven't visited in years. I haven't found G1 ponies in the wild in forever! In one booth at this market, there was Posey in a dress, Peachy, Shady, and two Parasols. Everybody looked in great shape! But I already have multiples of all these ladies. I don't need them, plus I had no cash on me.
Well, I left and went to eat lunch. I kept thinking about how pink Posey's hair was and how Shady is a favorite from the cartoon. I went to an ATM, got the cash, and went back and got Shady and Posey. I left the Parasols because I REALLY have too many of her and who needs another Peachy, right?
So I bought two ponies I don't need.
Who else is of the "leave no pony behind" frame of mind?
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nooope. not me.
If it's a pony I do not want, I leave it for someone else who DOES want it. (Although it seems like that is the uncommon thing for pony collectors to do). One time I left a baby pony behind, and someone even made a brag on this forum finding her after I did.
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At this point if they are in good shape, and a common pony I buy them to put in goodie bags for Halloween.
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I do left the ponies that I already have unless they are upgrades or of great value. But that kinda hurts leaving the common ones. I don't know what their fate will be but I really can't buy them all. I just live with the hope they'll be in real good care instead of a destructive kid or a dog. Same with way too expensive G1s/ponies I can't afford. (Thinking of you, sweet white Tootsie and others....I'm sorry.) People trying to sell G1s for an absurd price with the sole argument of "They are old" without knowing anything about them really get on my nerves.
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I haven't encountered many dupes of G1 ponies, but I figure it depends on who the pony is. If it's an early year pony I'll just leave her behind, but if it's a later year (like year 4 and beyond) I'll probably pick her up to clean. I love to clean ponies, and sometimes I figure I can get nice upgrades on some ponies as many of mine aren't in perfect shape.
If I end up with a pony that I don't need, it would likely be because they came in a lot/bag with one I did need.
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I also collect old pound puppies and purries. One time, I accompanied an old boss of mine to a dog show. A booth at the dog show was selling old stuffed animals as dog toys. There was a pound puppy in the pile. I had no money on me that day either. This was back in 1995-1997 sometime. To this day I regret not saving that pup. Someone's childhood toy ending up as a dog chew? Aweful. But then I have to remind myself that they are inanimate objects. But still, I hate seeing things destroyed.
I guess I should have left Posey and Shady. I'm not saving them, its just hoarding I guess.
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I leave no pony behind. NO ONE. If it's G1.
Congratz, they are fine!
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I'm not saving them, its just hoarding I guess.
You're not hoarding, you're starting an army. ;)
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Oh! Posey's hair is gorgeous! And Shady's flocking looks nice. She's one of my favorites.Well if you really feel you have too many you can always trade or something.
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I don't buy unless I don't have it and the price is right! Congrats on your new ponies! :)
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Hmm it depends on the price but if it's like a thrift store or flea market I usually grab all that aren't bait. I don't want to leave them for one of the many toy resellers around here to scalp a Moondancer for 17$ or such. Often I just put them up on the FB marketplace and sometimes it's fellow collectors who pick them up sometimes it's families
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Depends on price and if I have it or not. If I had an unlimited supply of money and didn’t need to eat or anything, I’d buy almost any pony I came across! My friend sometimes says it’s like a retirement home. These ponies used to have kids to play with, and now they can be in the old mew’s retirement village!
Good finds by the way! I’m super jealous of posey. I have never found a posey with that pink hair before!
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It depends on the price...but I'm a *Never leave a pony behind G1/G2/G3 or G4!!!*
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I find it so difficult to leave behind any ponies or Monster High dolls, and for years I could not leave Ty beanie babies either (I did rescue two out of a dog toy box once, which I'm glad I did). I've decided to stop visiting charity shops for a while because I don't want to add to my collection at the moment. I haven't found any doubles of G1s and I might find it easier to leave them behind for another collector if I did, but when it's a ratty-looking G3 or G4 I just think 'who else is going to appreciate it, I must buy it and restore it!'. I realise my mania for 'rescuing' damaged toys probably says something about me psychologically :blush:.
I also find it much easier to leave ponies or dolls that I've found in an actual vintage toy shop, because it's the sort of place collectors are more likely to go to.
Don't even get me started on trying to get rid of things, I am so bad at letting things go! I have to remind myself of that so as not to buy too much in the first place!
But your ponies look really nice, and if you're happy with them it doesn't matter that they're doubles :). As long as your possessions are making you happy and not stressing you out (I get stressed if I have too much stuff), then just keep enjoying them :).
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G1 are pretty rare now on flea markets over here, so if it isn't offered for a ridiculously high price I won't leave it behind.
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Depends on the price/place. If they're not scooped up at the Goodwill outlet, they head to the landfill, so they need rescue. If it's a seller at a flea market who seems to have some idea that vintage toys aren't just garbage then I'm more apt to leave some. I'd have taken that nice flocked Shady too even without needing. Maybe you can trade her within the pony community for a pony you do need.
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I won't take commons if I find them. I left a G1 Windy in a bag when I was at Value Village the day before yesterday...
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Because I find them so infrequently at my Goodwill I do buy any G1 or G3 I find. Two weeks ago I found a whole shelf of Breyer horses that were being put out (this was first thing in the morning). I chose two for me and two for my BFF and left the rest. Not wanting to be greedy nor having the money, I'd hoped that someone would have as much joy. As I did spotting them standing there.
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Maaan I wish I had that sorta luck at thrift stores, yard sales and swapmeets. The only G1 I ever found at a swapmeet was a manky Cotton Candy. G3s are ever so slightly more likely. I don't leave those behind, aside from the McDs G3s.
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...but when it's a ratty-looking G3 or G4 I just think 'who else is going to appreciate it, I must buy it and restore it!'. I realise my mania for 'rescuing' damaged toys probably says something about me psychologically :blush:.
When you find (or found) a support group for this behavior, give me a call so I can join. Just back from the thrift store with things I really don't "need" :blush:
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Poseys hair is so pink and Shady seems to be in really great shape! You are so lucky! :D
I only left a g1 behind one or maybe two times when the condition was really poor with chewmarks and dirt all over.
I can leave G3:s and G:2s behind if they are common and I leave newer ones behind quite often. :blush:
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G1's and G2's don't get left behind! Unless the seller is out of their mind price wise, of course. ;)
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I feel ya! It is no pony left behind if they're a reasonable price is my motto. Except for Parasol, she has been a plague pony for me, I can leave her in a heartbeat (I'm terrible, right?).
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Mlp4me I totally understand - parasol, cotton candy, moondancer and the Christmas baby/baby stockings really are like a plague lol
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Oh wow, I would definitely have snapped these two girls up. They are in beautiful condition :lovey: Even if I don't need a pony, I like to get it into the collecting circle if it is in good condition rather than risk it falling into the hands of a child and being ruined. Great buy! :cheer:
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Posey's hair is so PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK. I bet that if you left her behind it would have faded. Good job on saving ponies! :biggrin:
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I never leave behind any ponies in the wild that I don't have already - of any generation, since I collect them all. Regardless of condition, too. This includes different versions of the same pony. This is why despite me not enjoying how much Mane 6 Hasbro's been churning out for the past however many years now (I only get them new if I really like the gimmick or they come in a set with a new pony), I still have a whole bunch of different versions of each of the Mane 6 from my thrift trips. I do usually leave behind ones I already own though, unless I know they're in better shape than the one currently in my collection, in which case I'll get the new one as an upgrade to the old.
Like, in the antique mall I've been going to frequently lately, there's a Lickety-Split in one vendor's space that's been there longer than I've been shopping there. I feel bad that nobody's given her a home yet, but I already have Lickety-Split, and the one there is in worse shape than my own. And even mine I do plan on upgrading eventually.
I did have a recent exception to my "buy any pony in the wild I don't already own rule" though a few days ago. Found Glimmer Wings Fluttershy in a toy bag at the Goodwill, but she was flawed with highlighter marks around her symbol, was the only thing in the bag I was interested in at all, and they wanted $6 for the bag so I left her there. Felt terrible to do it but I didn't want to spend $6 on a small G4 pony that I would eventually want to upgrade in the future. May as well save that $6 and wait to find a cheaper, better condition one.
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What I said earlier? Forget it, they all come with me. I picked up a Parasol and she was much lighter than the one I already have, so I'm keeping her.
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They’re in such nice condition. Yes, I think I would have rescued them, too. If you’re like me, you would regret it later if you left them behind. Now common ponies that are not hard to find in good shape, ponies that are in poor condition or overpriced ... I can leave those.
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I do that all the time :P I even fall in love with the pony over and over and have a hard time letting them go XD
I never leave a G1 pony behind! (unless crazily overpriced :P)
Yours look really great!!
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I think i'm more or less of the same opinion as everyone else. Nope, i just can't leave any ponies behind, either, i dont worry if i have the same pony or not. i love them all so who cares? You're the one who's buying them!
I'm also like this with teddy bears, and some dolls. Also sindy and barbie horses, too! :lookround:
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I usually don't pick up thrifted ponies unless they're for me. I've seen some common ponies with bad haircuts at yard sales...Once I dug through a whole bucket and picked just one I wanted the most, to practice repinking. My Cocoberry isn't mint at all, but I did a lot of work to restore her <3 such fond memories.
On rare occasion if I find one *and* I know someone else is looking for that pony, I'll buy it so that we can trade! :cool:
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As a rule of thumb, I don't take G1s unless I want them for my own collection, at least in most cases. I would prefer to have a small collection, and if I picked up every pony I saw I'd have no space for displaying them. Nor do I have a strong desire to restore baits, it's time-consuming and I'm inexperienced. The more baity they are, the less likely I am to grab it. The way I see it, it would cost a ton to purchase all the random ponies I find that I don't want or already have, money I could be saving for ponies I DO want, even if it takes a lot longer to get them. Impulse control is super important to me, even if regrets sometimes come with it! But there are exceptions like upgrades, variants, factory errors and nirvanas. :P
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If I ever find MLP merch in the wild, I will buy it without hesitation. If I don't need it, it can always be cleaned and sold/traded. Honestly, I can't imagine leaving ponies behind.
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Those ponies are in such lovely condition, of course you could not leave them behind!
I have personally only ever found 5 ponies in the wild, over the course of a four year period, and I bought every single one. The only duplicate was Cotton Candy, but as she was the first pony I had discovered in two years of searching you better believe she came home with me ;)
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I would definitely buy ponies in that nice shape if the price was right. As someone else said, bringing them into the collecting circle is no bad thing and you can always trade them on if you decide not to keep them.
I don't see many G1 often. I have a little glut of G4 on my shelf in my university room here. All of them are from the local carboot or charity shops in my current area. I don't buy tons of mane 6 but a lot of these are ones I wouldn't have looked for but didn't have already back home, so I guess that's all right.
When G1 ponies were common at carboot sales I would buy as many as I could, especially ones that I could trade, so the area I grew up in is probably quite devoid of G1s now :D and I like to think of those traded ponies all over the world...
I found that Sugar Sweet last summer who I still have because after cleaning her up I really didn't know if I wanted to sell her. And that is kind of hoarding because I already have this pony loose and MIB, but when you spend time rescuing and cleaning up a pony to make her look presentable again, you feel like there's some greater connection somehow? I dunno.
I don't buy Peachy. I really just can't buy more Peachies. I don't usually buy Posey either, except if there's extenuating circs. Sister has a posey army so sometimes I buy one for her, but not often.
I only buy G3 if I don't have them (or think I don't have them -.-). But there was one exception, which was a really damaged Bow Tie, which I wanted to work on. Again, 'rescuing'.
I see a lot of G1 ponies at the toy fairs. I never try to buy them all, but if there's some which look especially nice or if they're cheap and I know someone here would be wanting it (like a UK pony or something), I'll pick it up.
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I always try to grab as many ponies as I possibly can each time I go the the flea market. Unless they're missing body parts or are being sold for a ridiculously high price, I do everything in my power to bring them home with me.
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The only G1 i ever left behind in the wild was some Glory encrusted with glue where plastic gems had been poorly placed and a few plastic gems remaining for something like $12.
For the most part i hoarde any pony i see, but since most end up in boxes for "later" i wonder if i've done a good thing.
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I only leave G1-G3 behind if they're ridiculously priced...I haven't had the time yet to be able to really go through all my collection, but when I do, all doubles will be cleaned up for trade or sale, so I don't feel bad about it.
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I Never leave any g1 behind 😁 I just left 3 g3s though..they wanted like $12.99 for them at Goodwill..was ridiculous
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I try not to buy EQG dolls now that aren't articulated, esp not if they are mane 6. But I found a RR Applejack doll in a charity shop while trekking around on my birthday last weekend and of course, because it was my birthday, she came home with me. She is in good shape, and I guess she'll move in with the Trixie who lives behind my lamp on my library book shelf when I've cleaned her up.
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I used to leave no pony behind but I don't pick up G3's or G4's anymore since I have too many doubles and I don't even actively collect G3's. I just buy them in case I decide to collect them one day, I don't want to regret passing so many up. Now I have 2 boxes full of G3's that I need to clean up some day and no where to display them. I mostly take home every G1 I find from the thrift store since they're cheaply priced. I've started leaving behind Peachy's and other ponies that I have multiples of like Applejack. But I am guilty of having a bin of doubles that I need to clean up some day and trade or sell. Then there's the ones that I can't bear to part with. After spending all that time cleaning them up and styling their hair I get attached and can't let them go. Or when I buy someone's childhood collection I can't bear to split them up. It's very difficult to resist but I do try to leave the ones I already have that are common. I know there are a few other collectors in my city so hopefully one of them will come across them. I rarely find G2's but I always buy those too. I also have a problem leaving behind other 80's toys so my pony room is now an 80's toy room, lol.
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I've never come across a pony in the wild. If it was a G1, I'd take it with me as long as the price is somewhat reasonable, just out of pure excitement to actually find a pony on a flea market/thrift shop.
Since I enjoy cleaning them up and fixing smaller things, and still need lots of experience here, it wouldn't be a waste. I've also just stepped into the world that is rerooting, found it pretty chillaxing, and now need more candidates to let me poke them with the pointy end, lol :lol:
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I also have that mindset hehe. I have a couple doubles because I don't like leaving ponies behind even if I already have them, especially G1s! Last year I found a second Pony Bride who was super dirty and I felt bad for the poor girl so I took her home and cleaned her up, and now I have two (and I won't be getting rid of either one because I became attached and I love Pony Bride so much oops). I have a few other G3s that are doubles because they either came in lots or I picked them up for cheap. I tend to do this with most gens with the exception of G3.5s and G4s, and I'll sometimes leave G3s behind if they're wanting a ton for them.
But I feel like G1s/G2s are rare enough to find in the wild that it's not a big deal to pick them up whenever you find them, regardless of whether or not you have them already, if they're fairly reasonably priced. I find most of my G1's for $1-4 at antique/thrift stores and that is 100% worth it IMO, even if you already have that particular pony. Plus, you can always trade them for ones you don't have if you dislike having doubles!