Hi everyone! I haven't been around as much lately and haven't posted in a while, but I'm still collecting. Just busy with work and life, and online ponyhunting is time-consuming as it is, leaving little time for chats.

Anyway, can someone tell (or preferably show) me the difference between 4-Speed's regular hat and his Spanish yellow hat? Are they both yellow with blue print? If you have both, can you please post a side-by-side photo?

I know Spanish 4-Speed has a white version of his hat too. (Well, at least that one is easy to tell apart from his regular yellow one.) All the Spanish Brothers had both white and yellow hats, right? And I think the white ones have pink print, while the yellow ones have blue print, is that correct? Thanks!!

I've fallen woefully behind on G4; there's so much stuff available, I just can't keep up! So I'm trying to catch up when I can get a good deal.

I only collect officially licensed MLP stuff. I know there's a lot of unofficial stuff on Ebay, and for the most part I can tell the difference. But some of the plushes have me scratching my head. Specifically the ones like Double Diamond, Twilight Velvet, Sugar Belle, Fleur de Lis, Cherry Jubilee, Daring Do, etc.; there's a whole bunch all made in the same style. They have some sort of tags and I can tell they're factory-made. But are they officially licensed, or just high quality knock-offs? I hope they're official, because they look a lot better than all the other licensed plushes except maybe Build-a-Bear.

It looks like Paypal has a new service salled Xoom. Has anyone used it? It looks like it provides a way to send bank transfers from America. If so, that would be great, because a lot of sellers in Europe don't want to accept Paypal. Usually I have to ask other members here for help with bank transfers.

Is there a fee? Well, I'm sure there must be a fee; they need some way to make money. But does anyone know how it works? It looks like the needed info is bank name, IBAN code, BAC code, and recipient's name, address, and phone number.

It would be great if this is a way to buy things from European sellers who don't want to accept Paypal! Hopefully the fee isn't too bad; Western Union charges $50 per transaction!

I just listed a bunch of stuff on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/kellyponyfeathers/m.html?item=183390104352&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

After 35 years of collecting ponies, I've amassed a really huge collection of all gens. I don't know how many, but it's got to be close to 2000 by now, plus plushes, merch, and other vintage toys.

I've been moving around a lot for the last 10 years trying to launch my career. I've finally landed a permanent salaried job and am happy to put down roots for a while in southeast Ohio.

My collection has mostly been boxed for many years, but I'm looking forward to finally displaying them in my new home. The last time I was able to display them all, they numbered around 600. One bedroom probably won't be enough to show so many toys now, ha ha! Wall space will be precious, which brings me to my problem.

I know most collectors recommend Billy bookcases from Ikea. They're cheap, look nice, and have glass doors to keep out the dust. But they're only about 11 or 12 inches deep, enough for about two rows of ponies per shelf, maybe three if you squeeze in some babies in front. And many playsets don't fit.

With so many ponies, I really need a system that can accomodate four rows of ponies per shelf, plus playsets. So I need something twice as deep as Billy, at least 20 inches, preferably 24.

I've read that Ikea recently started a new line of deeper Billy bookcases. But they're still only 15 inches deep; that's not going to cut it for me. I'm considering systems of customizable Ikea wardrobes or pantries. The Pax wardrobe system looks good, though it doesn't seem to come with glass doors.

I'm wondering if anyone else has found a good shelving system for huge collections. Any suggestions? I know I'm not the only one here with a giant collection.

French Windy variant with lavender hair and gold streak:  How many of her are there, approximately?  20?  30?

Thanks, everyone!

Over the last few weeks, I've set a few snipes on eSnipe that have failed. When I check my history, they're not showing up at all, as if I had messed up and forgotten to finish placing the snipes. At first I thought I had messed up, but it just happened again. It's unlikely that I would mess up twice. Has anyone else noticed this?