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Title: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Gator on November 28, 2019, 02:31:26 PM

I... am not, unfortunately.  Most of my collection has lived in boxes for years.  A few weeks ago I got a nice, large, used curio cabinet.  I want to display some of my nicer and hard-earned ponies, but don't know where they are.  There are boxes under the bed and boxes crammed floor to ceiling in the closet.  Then, to prevent rubs, every pony is wrapped in tissue paper.  So to find a pony, I have to unwrap and unwrap and unwrap.  A few boxes, I wrote who is in it on a piece of paper, but that is very few.

So I'm very disorganized. 

I want to find Snowflake, mom and baby Hopscotch, and Honeycomb to display.  But it's gonna take me awhile.  I did find baby Honeycomb though.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Safflower on November 28, 2019, 02:45:12 PM

I’m organized for my actual collection, but not what I have to sell (which is over 200 ponies, a couple of play sets, and a lot of merch, all G1).

I’ve downsized, so my actual collection is about 20 ponies, a My Pretty Pony, some accessories, and a few pieces of merch (takes up sooooo much less space!) so I have the ponies in a box under my bed and the rest not even packed since I’m planning on displaying them soon. My goal is to not have any packed up, so that should stay organized, right?

With the to sell ones... yikes. They’re packed neatly but I have no idea who is where or which box is which. At least I’m going to sell them as a lot locally so it doesn’t matter too much :P

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on November 28, 2019, 03:12:53 PM

Sort of? Most of my G1 are on risers that I snagged at some Homegoods-esque thing and I DID organize what few accessories I did have in plastic bags, but it's fallen into disarray and a lot of ponies are just on the floor or under the bed now.
We don't even start talking about my G4 collection.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 28, 2019, 03:14:49 PM

I see-saw.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Gator on November 28, 2019, 04:24:13 PM

Well, since posting I found some of my other non-US ponies: Cascade, Good Weather, shy pose Confetti, and baby Lemon Drop.  They can move into the cabinet too.  Now I need to find mommy Lemon Drop.  I want to group my moms and babies together.

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Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 28, 2019, 04:36:53 PM

Quote from: Gator on November 28, 2019, 04:24:13 PM

Well, since posting I found some of my other non-US ponies: Cascade, Good Weather, shy pose Confetti, and baby Lemon Drop.  They can move into the cabinet too.  Now I need to find mommy Lemon Drop.  I want to group my moms and babies together.

Instantly jealous of your Cascade. That pony is gorgeous!

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: caseysealia on November 28, 2019, 04:45:39 PM

Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 28, 2019, 03:14:49 PM

I see-saw.

This.

Certain parts are insanely messy. Other parts are just tossed together. Of course I'm  putting together a holiday display for my collection, so there's decor everywhere.

Some ponies are kept nicely on the shelf while others are just...tossed together. I plan on organizing after the holidays

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: achab1984 on November 28, 2019, 06:11:26 PM

I am an organized collector. I don't like messes!

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Taxel on November 28, 2019, 07:23:16 PM

I'm kind of organized?

I have a website for my toy collections (MLP, Neopets, and various dolls) that I used to be really on top of updating. I still have a record of most ponies I own including a picture and when/how I got them organized by generation. Since donating a lot of G3s and G4s I need to update who I still have, as well as take new pictures when I get a new camera, but overall its still pretty accurate. I haven't gotten many new ponies (or dolls) since I stopped updating it.

As for storage, that's a whole different beast. When I moved out in early April my boyfriend put my ponies in a one of those big plastic tubs that can fit a ton of ponies standing up. Whatever fit in there, I took. He just put them in completely at random and I did very little to interfere with that. They're almost all still in there, although the lid has been open and just resting on top for months. No tissue paper or anything. However I do at least know where all of my ponies are. Only a few aren't in that tub and I know exactly where they are.

My dolls, on the other hand, are a disaster. Some are out, some are in specific boxes, and some are god knows where. Its a total mess. Trying to find a specific one is almost impossible.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: SunbeamV on November 28, 2019, 11:32:36 PM

I'm decently organized I think? I'm still working on making risers for my shelves but my G3s are organized by year and then by set (they're my biggest collection), G1s just by sets, and then my G2 and G4 collections are small enough that I don't really feel the need to sort them.  :lol:

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: kingluke on November 29, 2019, 12:51:40 AM

My collection is mostly organised. The rest not so much.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Barnacle_lady on November 29, 2019, 05:46:38 AM

I have about 7 boxes with G2 and Ponyville that I want to display but have nothing to put them on. I do want to move to boxes into a closet but I still have to clean that one out.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Taffeta on November 29, 2019, 07:01:23 AM

I am probably more organised about my ponies than I am other things in my life.

But they could serve to be more organised, however I do now have a spreadsheet which lists them (most of them, I did realise a while back I forgot to put Up Up and Away on despite having had her 20+ years) and their locations (some of which are now wrong as I am no longer in London)...but you get the point.

My backcard filing spreadsheet is probably better down to price labels and stuff.

I do know pretty much where all my loose g1s are. But occasionally one runs away.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: BlackCurtains on November 29, 2019, 07:15:13 AM

My ponies and Hot Wheels are organized nicely. My other collections are a mess :P

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Carrehz on November 30, 2019, 02:07:00 AM

No, not really. Half of my collection is in storage atm (and not nice, neat, organized storage, either :P) and the other half... It's about 50% "themed shelves" (i.e. boy pony shelf, winter/Xmas pony shelf... at least, half of that shelf is winter/xmas... I need to redo it) and 50% "whatever would fit on the shelf".

I do always keep families/other "related" ponies together, though.

As for spreadsheets... I have one, and I keep it up to date (probably one or two things missed being put on there, but, oh well), but that's kind of a mess, too. XD Everything's all lumped in together; G1s cheek-by-jowl with McEQGs and Dollymixes and whatnot. I guess my collection itself is the same way, though.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: RoseNoire on November 30, 2019, 02:47:45 AM

I'm very unorganized as my only way to remember which ponies I have is my own head.  :lol:
I have no spreadsheet and most of them are in boxes or bags. A few have the privilege to be displayed somewhere in my room but this is just very temporary. I plan on moving soon and I don't have enough shelves.
I open some boxes from time to time, just to make sure they are doing good, have no issues and to keep my inventory fresh in my head.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: cyberunicorn on November 30, 2019, 09:49:12 AM

Am i organised. Oh yes everything is tide on a nice display.......

.........

Ok honestly no yes everyone is on a shelf but you cannot see said shelf for the stuff stood in front of it. Think in the new year i will possibly start to sort things out but i say that every year start and do not finish 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Chibiskittles on November 30, 2019, 12:09:44 PM

I am most decidedly NOT organized xD

Ponies are all over my desk and the pony/dinning room xD

they were for a few days organized and sorted.  >>

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Taffeta on November 30, 2019, 04:41:34 PM

I said my ponies were the most organised part of my belongings and then I remembered that right now my retro ponies are standing on the floor in front of the pony cupboard because I wanted to get them off the desk and out of the sun but have yet to figure out where they can go...

And that has been the case for four weeks now, meaning that it's kind of hard getting in and out of the pony cupboard without causing dominoes.

Also some of my clothes are near the cupboard, and when I go to get socks I can smell Rainbow scent.

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: caseysealia on November 30, 2019, 07:24:46 PM

Reorganized yesterday....I find I hate order on my shelves. Ponies shelved by set is not appealing IMO. I shelve them however. Firefly is smooshed between Sunsplasher and Tiptoes, with My Pretty Pony hidden behind them. I guess I like the treasure hunt! XD

Title: Re: Are you organized or not?
Post by: Elfpony on December 01, 2019, 04:23:23 AM

Yes and no. My ponies are very organized and everyone is nicely on shelves not touching each other and displayed so you can see everyone.

The rest of the pony room is a mess. Some elements, like pony accessories and (finally) plushies, are well organized and displayed/stored.  Others, like G4 ponies I haven’t opened, my small book and merchandise collections, are a mess.

Also, I use my Flickr account to track my collections through pictures, and I’m quite good at keeping that up to date, but my spreadsheet hasn’t been updated in over a year. I have no problem remembering which ponies I have, but I like to also make notes on their condition, their accessories, and such and I’ve been quite bad at that lately.

Elf