Moondancer’s Dream was my favorite; Lady Moondancer is a member here, I believe.

The ID site Dream Valley, of course, was a constant haunt of mine. Like so many of us, it’s where I first ID’d my ponies.

The MLP Trading Post is where I bought many ponies; still exists today, of course.

There are so many websites and people I remember from back then, but my memory of them is fragmented.

Yesterday I found a Dream Beauty at the thrift store! There’s this awesome thrift store that has a ton of toys (unlike most these days) and it’s one of my favorite places to dig around. The owner knows the approximate value of the vintage toys that come through and doesn’t generally put G1s on the sales floor, which is fair, her prerogative. (Last she told me, she had an arrangement with another collector in the area.)

But Dream Beauties don’t look like G1s and I was surprised to find one stuffed behind some model horses and G4 plushes!

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I’ve never had a Dream Beauty before and never expected to find one in the wild. She was $2! She is in well-loved condition, for sure. I managed to get her respectably clean and I tamed her hair.

Before:

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This past year I also had some more luck finding G1 ponies and G3 ponies. Still very rare, but more than usual for me.

Wingsong was from the same thrift store as the Dream Beauty from yesterday (I assume because she also doesn’t look like most G1s).

Powder was buried beneath stuffed animals at a church rummage sale, quite randomly. She’s in poor condition, but I’m glad to have rescued her. The September birth flower pony was a happy find at a thrift store near me. I almost didn’t buy her because she was priced at like $5.99, but I’m glad I did since I would have paid more trying to buy her online!

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Finally, I found these four together at one of my other favorite thrift stores.

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I hadn’t found ponies in years, especially G1s, but this past year has been randomly modestly successful!

I'm bringing cash, but I'll also be leaving some money in the bank for Paypal use.

Gotcha! I’ll do that, too.

Hi! If you still need someone to pick up your merch, I can!

I recently started playing PoGO again. My code is 7464 1695 9059 and my trainer nickname is HoloAlleah.

Sent a friend request! My in-game name is PinkNinjaKitty.

Doedeardarling, I'm already your friend and sent you a gift today

I'm a very active Pokemon Go player, please add me! 0743 5955 6907

It's a bit last minute, but I'm looking to play as many Regigigas raids as possible... it's one of my favorite legendaries, but all the ones I've caught so far have had pretty mediocre stats. Will also invite friends to raids, just let me know what you are looking for.

I requested you! My name in-game is PinkNinjaKitty. I'm looking for Xerneas raids bc I missed the last round! But I'll usually fight in any raid if I can

It seems like there's something new every day anymore.  I'm just frustrated because I need to catch a Landorous to get a picture of him for a research task still but now the only legendaries in the raids are Xerneas and it will change to Yveltal soon. 

I'm so out of the loop that I didn't even know we can take pictures with Landorous for research tasks. Ay ay ay.

I did Tepig community day yesterday, though. My sister reminded me that it was happening and I got two shinies, which is all I need. One was CP 14, lol.

Do you guys plan on doing Pokemon Go Fest? I think I will, for the Deinos and the chance of a shiny Dratini.

My parents had their first vaccine dose this morning. It took a long time to find safe transport, but hopefully we did. They were able to go to a hub on the outskirts of the local town, so the whole trip including vaccination took around an hour. They had the Astrazeneca one, and their second doses are booked for April.

...Feels a relief to know they've reached that stage.

That's great, Taffeta! It must be a relief to know they're on their way to getting the whole vaccine.