Rescuing the nastiest (free!) ponies ever

[flowersinherhair]

Okay, I'm sure someone has found nastier ponies, but these are the worst I've gotten my hands on!

I haven't posted in ages, but this warrants making an appearance. I often check the free section of craigslist, but generally I'm hoping to find farm supplies or furniture. There was a normal post about a barn clean-out, but when I opened the first image I spied a familiar shape...

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Enhance!

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I went the next day and got to poke around in the barn - I think many of the things in there hadn't been touched in at least ten or twenty years, judging by the thick layer of dirt on everything. Poor Sweet Pop was luckily still there, and I found an equally grimy Sprinkles in a box of other toys!

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They are definitely not going to clean up gorgeously - they have physical damage and stains and other problems, but it was so much fun to find these abandoned in a barn and get to rescue them. It's so rare to find G1s in the wild these days, especially for free!

I'll post an update after they're cleaned up!

EDIT Fixed images!

[brightberry]

oh nice! These ponies are so lucky you found them!

[Heart Of Midnight]

Wow, what a great find and rescue!  Congratulations!

They will surely become beautiful girls! I can't wait to see the pictures when you've cleaned them!

[Leave a Whisper]

Great find, can't wait to see them cleaned up.

[SnorkMaiden]

Those poor girls are lucky you found them. I'm sure they'll clean up nicely.

[Ponybookworm]

Well rescued!!! Congrats on the finds!!! I look forward to seeing them clean & full of life again xxx

[Leave a Whisper]

Well rescued!!! Congrats on the finds!!! I look forward to seeing them clean & full of life again xxx

Ohhh I'm sure they're full of life already. 

[Moonbreeze]

Congrats on finding them! And... good luck cleaning them

[flowersinherhair]

Thanks, everyone! I think they'll be ready for their "after" shots tomorrow.

Well rescued!!! Congrats on the finds!!! I look forward to seeing them clean & full of life again xxx

Ohhh I'm sure they're full of life already. 

Ahahaha I am working hard to reduce the amount of life in these ponies!!

[Mewtwofan1]

Talk about some diamonds in the rough, good job finding them! I cannot wait to see them all tidied up!

[flowersinherhair]

Okay, they're all cleaned up! They're honestly still in poor condition (yellowed, animal chew damage, stains, and Sweet Pop has bad hair and both her eye jewels are crunched), but this was more about the experience than getting mint ponies.

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Sweet Pop has never really been on my radar because her color scheme doesn't do anything for me, so I'm thinking it'd be fun to give her a custom rehair and new eye gems! And Sprinkles I will likely sell at some point.

[Ponybookworm]

You did such a good job on them!!!

[Leave a Whisper]

Okay, they're all cleaned up! They're honestly still in poor condition (yellowed, animal chew damage, stains, and Sweet Pop has bad hair and both her eye jewels are crunched), but this was more about the experience than getting mint ponies.

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Sweet Pop has never really been on my radar because her color scheme doesn't do anything for me, so I'm thinking it'd be fun to give her a custom rehair and new eye gems! And Sprinkles I will likely sell at some point.

They look much better.

[Mewtwofan1]

what a good job! They look so good!

[Heart Of Midnight]

They turned out really pretty!  Good job!