The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: DazzleKitty on September 21, 2012, 04:18:30 AM
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I've noticed that it's very hard to sell or trade G3 ponies in this community. Even on eBay they don't seem to sell for much based on what I've seen. I have been picking them up at flea markets recently for trading purposes but I am finding that people are practically giving them away and it seems like it was a waste of my money to pick up these ponies. I have almost all G3s released in the US so I am going to only pick up ones that I don't have from now on I suppose.
Has anyone else noticed this?
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i perosnaly love g3s lol i'm trying to fill out my collection. i think that they might just be more common then the g1s? there the ones i find most often. then agiani love anyhting shiny or sparkly XD
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Well considering how common most G3s are, and the economy the way it is, it's no wonder people can't shift them. Also it seems to me that G2 is having a bit of a surge in popularity lately, so maybe that combined with the G4 craze doesn't leave much room for G3 on the market? But there are exceptions. The unicorns seem quite popular, and the babies. Also we have the rares like Caribbean Delight, Beach Belle, Tinka Too II, Ribbons & Hearts etc.
But on the whole the market for G3 is indeed very bad, and I don't see it getting any better, unless the economy does.
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I want G3s. My only problem is that I am not ready to buy/trade yet. :(
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I'd love to be getting g3's but I really don't want to have to pay shipping from overseas, unless I bought a bulk box, and I can't really afford that right now. Tis unfortunate, as it's really a buyers market atm, but we're all in the same boat I guess!
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yeah lol theres a bunch of people who want them the problem is the ecomony XD and the fact shipping is killer! i have a few doubles i want to trade as well."
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I've noticed. I've had a bunch of G3s (like 3 garbage bags full) for a long time now and even when I clean them up I can't seem to sell them for $2 or even less.
It always makes me sad when people buy my G1s and I'm sitting on my mountain of G3s saying "But those aren't the ones I want to see go! T___T"
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maybe..do a b1 g0 or a buy 2 get 1 type thing or free g 3 with purchae?
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I have a few and I'm willing to let them all go for $5-10 just to get rid of them. Though a few of them seem to have hair that likely can't be saved. It's a whole new breed of frizzyness that I haven't met before.
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Yeah I've noticed that too. If I get G3s mixed in with lots of G1s I sell them on... or at least I try to! They usually go in the end but not for very much.
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I have a few and I'm willing to let them all go for $5-10 just to get rid of them. Though a few of them seem to have hair that likely can't be saved. It's a whole new breed of frizzyness that I haven't met before.
lol yeah they seem very prone to frizzy. and fluffy. ii swear i never seen so much poof!
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yup! they arent worth anything really. not worth the trrouble of selling anyways.
i have a box in my car at all times to give to any little girls i may encounter :)
its really fun ^_^
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I want them but only certain ones like I'm missing Fun Fairy, I want BeachBelle, rainbow Bubbles and Snowdrop Swirl...rare ones really. I also want the Disney princess ones.
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Man, if I could I would buy them all from you guys xD
Really, I want nearly all of the G3s, but I can't afford to buy anything right now ! That, and I still give priority to G1s... Although sometimes I see a lonely G3 girl on Ebay and I just have to give her love <3
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I personally love G3s and really I just started collecting them recently so I've been buying, I do unfortunately have limited room though. All my G3s must fit in one bookshelf and I have it pretty well calculated how many more I can fit and have narrowed down my wishlist accordingly, unfortunately most of the ones I chose to keep on the wishlist are proving to be troublesome to find >_<
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Really? I absolutely love G3 ^^
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yup! they arent worth anything really. not worth the trrouble of selling anyways.
i have a box in my car at all times to give to any little girls i may encounter :)
its really fun ^_^
Oh that is soo cute, how perfectly sweet of you! I can imagine the amount of good karma that gets you! Just make sure you don't give away a Tinka-Too Diva!
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I like G3's just fine. They're just not my focus right now as far as collecting. And maybe the reason why others aren't as interested in them is because they're so recent most collectors have them already. Another factor might be that Hasbro cranked this line out like crazy. Seems like there was a big surplus in stores well after I went on collecting hiatus from what I still managed to observe.
Anyway, it's still good that you're taking them under your wing and/or trying to find loving homes for them. I still buy ponies if I see them at thrift stores because I see it as "rescuing them" just like rescuing an animal from the pound. You don't know if those ponies will end up in the garbage later and be lost forever!
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I like g3s. I buy most of mine at thrift stores. I've thought about buying a big lot of them off of Ebay or something since I don't have very many.
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I think also G3s are soooo common it's hard to shift them....I mean I find them 50% of the time I go to thrift stores/bootsales/charity shops, yet I find G1s once every couple years lol.
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I saw a diva Tinka in stores years ago. Oh why, oh why did I not get her?!
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Ooh, do you have Tropical Surprise, Chocolate Chipper, Birthday Cake, Party Cake, or Apple Spice?
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I personally started with G3s and would like more of them. Just that the sellers with the ponies I want won't ship to Malaysia >.<
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I saw a diva Tinka in stores years ago. Oh why, oh why did I not get her?!
This is the eternal question! I'd soo love to get my paws on that girl!
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I too am trying to round out my G3 collection but most of the ones I want seem to be a tad harder to find or sellers want ridiculous prices for them most of the time. I have sat on huge bunches of them from getting doubles when buying others that I wanted. I have started leaving them when I find them if I already have them for this same reason. However, I have been able to sell them in one big lot on eBay. They aren't worth retail prices most of the time, especially if they are not MIB and aren't in mint condition. I have bought a few on eBay of ones I really want to finish my collection, but like I said many of the ones I am missing now seem to be htf ones for the most part.
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I agree with the others. They are so common (except for a handful of rares) plus with the economy the way it is. I like G3's but I already have quite a lot of them from when they were in stores. Now I'm only looking for the handful that I really want that I don't have yet.
I also think that the G4 popularity has a good deal to do with it. I suspect that if there were no new ponies being released in stores, then the older ponies might be getting a bit more love. I have a few G3s that I will probably sell in the future, but I think that I'm going to sit on them until a time when there are no ponies in stores (after G4).
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In a few years, when the kids who grew up with them are older, they'll be more popular.
G1s were once "everywhere" in thrift shops too. :)
For now, though, G3s are just not worth much. I think a lot of collectors got "collector's fatigue" over them . . . They came out in such massive numbers, so quickly, that it was hard to get attached. I do like them very much, I just don't have the emotional connection to them like I do to G1s.
I also think they're hurt by not having many proper sets. Like, with G1s you could say, "I'm going to collect all the Merry Go Round ponies" or "I'm going to collect all the Sweetberry ponies". Usually there were six ponies to a set (or four in later years), so that was easy to keep track of, and then it was like a mini achievement to get them all and display them together.
G3s are much less ordered. The average G3, I have no idea what year she came out or what other ponies were sold at the same time. She didn't come from a special set of six that had their own special set name and backcard. The G3s all blend into one massive ocean of G3-ness.
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you guys think in 20 or 30 years the g3 will be as popular as the g1s are now? lol i mean most not all but most g1 collectors fromw hat i've observed had them growing up in the 80s and are looking to get them for there colelctions again. whats to say that g3s get that way in a few years. its only been about 4 or so years since they releaed the g3s, but they are a lot eiaser to get then g1s ususaly. but i sitll pick them up when i se them at thrift stores flea markets and such. becuase its a lot liek resucing them. and cleaning them up and giving them a nice palce to live before they get traded or sold.
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I have sooo many G3's most of the MIB and while I would like to get rid of them I don't want to sell them off for less than I paid for - so I just keep them all stacked up in their boxes -maybe in another 5 years or so I can get what I paid into them...
For me the thing that bugged me most about the G3's and still does to this day is the symbol only being on one side...
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I DO I DO :wave:
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does anyone else take issue with the g3 babys? i mean the problem i had was there the same size as the older Mcdonalds toys. so i never knew what was a g3 baby and what was a mcpony. they both had hte hearts they both had the little magnetic thingy on there hooves. they both had the bruashable mane and tail. i could never tell teh difference.. i thought they werej ust mc ponys i recnetly found out there were actual g 3 babys.
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I started with the stigma of only wanting g1s, but after getting some g3s I fell for them. I have a lovely collection growing...
I buy lots and resell the extras, and I actually have been doing really well with resale, I think it is always a matter of timing and desire of the consumer.
For example, I had a royal beauty I was selling and no one would buy it. I then got another one in who was in worse condition then the previous one and it sold for more than I was selling the better one for!
I just see it as there is someone out there who would like it, they just have to be looking at the right time. ;)
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I like them! I only have a few but that is because I was resisting them when they came out in stores.
There is a bit of a problem with them all looking so much alike. There are not special sets (as someone else said) and I agree that it makes them more amorphous. I want some of them, but I don't feel the need to finish a collection of them. Plus there are so many!
I have been picking them up at thrift shops and was thinking about putting them up for trade/sale here as baits or such (some are in great condition, many are baity). Wasn't sure how much love they would get. I don't plan on keeping many of them. Only the few I really like. I found a couple G3.5s too and some of the bigger G3 fashion styles.
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Oh yeah I am sure in 10 years, they will have value. Just like with G1, we have to wait. :)
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does anyone else take issue with the g3 babys? i mean the problem i had was there the same size as the older Mcdonalds toys. so i never knew what was a g3 baby and what was a mcpony. they both had hte hearts they both had the little magnetic thingy on there hooves. they both had the bruashable mane and tail. i could never tell teh difference.. i thought they werej ust mc ponys i recnetly found out there were actual g 3 babys.
Nope, I can tell them apart fine. They look nothing like each other in my book.
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If you're planning on selling G3s then wait until the Christmas shopping season starts on eBay. Put them in lots of 3 or more up there and they'll go like hot cakes. I unloaded so many spare G3s last Christmas this way. :awake:
Personally I love G3s. I think their time will come again as all fads go in cycles. I can imagine that the G1s must have gone through a period of being fairly unloved after their commercial run ended (I used to find them in charity shops when I was younger) and look at them now!
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When I see them, I will only pick them up if they are not the really common ones :) Beach Belle, Midnight Dreams, and so forth.
The common ones do well for baits, so I'll pick them up if they are less than $1.
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I agree I think the G4 craze has played a big part in G3 popularity going down a bit. I myself have had to stop collecting G3s in order to have money for G4s! I'm sure once the G4s slow down or end then G3s will be wanted again. And totally in a few years when the girls who played with G3s are adults they will be sought after very much!
I still love G3s and there are more I would like to have, but they will wait a bit. I do think it's not as exciting to collect them since they are just one mass of G3s and no smaller groups to fulfill or sepparate them.
Good luck with your G3s!
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I love G3s. I am crazy about them actually! I collect them MIB, but I can't afford to buy all the time since I hardly have spending money- it all either goes to paying bills or college. >.<
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I do art commissions for them, but no one bites. I don't think people even want to pay shipping for them! :lol: They're so abundant that they're nigh worthless. It's a shame but after they start disappearing (from customization, tossing out in the garbage, etc) they'll start becoming "collectible" again.
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I am starting to collect G3s after swearing I wouldn't. But I really don't want them MIB, and that's how a lt of them are. So for now I just collect them by accdient - I buy G3s for custom baits and keep the ones I like that are in good condition. I don't actively shop for them because I just can't justify spending the cost - most of them I see are about $5 plus $5 shipping - not worth it to me to buy them inidividually.
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I wnat G3's. I'm trying to finish off my regular release collection (everybody minus ones from fairs and such). However, everybody wants paypal now and I refuse to have some questionable website link up to my bank account. I haven't bought online in years simply because of the Paypal only bs.
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I have a friend that is starting to collect MLP again. I will definitely send her this way to snatch up ponies from y'all. :)
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Does anypony think we should just hold on to all our G3s... and their value will go up in 10 years?
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Well, not even all the G1s have high prices. Some are not expensive at all. I think it is going to be based on rarity and demand.
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crumpet you dont have to have a bank account to use paypal. i dont have one.. lol you can get paypal to issue you a check and then go get it cashed (which is what i do) and i ahve a prepaid debit card.. if this helps any.
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I have tons of MiB G3s that I've been trying to sell for less than what I bought them for (most are $7, and they were 7.99 plus tax). I do occasionally sell a few here and there, but it makes me sad that they're not even worth what I paid for them. I've never sold a loose one for more than $3, and that's in mint condition, with charm.
Part of the problem with buying, for me, is that I bought most of the ones I wanted. I don't care about the same characters in new poses, like getting all 20 Mintys. My want list is now pretty short and HTF. And, I do love my G1s the most, so those are my priority right now.
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Does anypony think we should just hold on to all our G3s... and their value will go up in 10 years?
I think prices over all will go up, but as Marigold said, it will fluctuated according to how common a particular pony is. I also think that they will never go as high as a comparable G1 simply because there were way fewer adult collectors during the G1 era. Thus G1s are in general going to be more rare than G3 since everyone who was already collecting during the G3 run went out and bought what they wanted when they were in stores. But I do believe that in another 5-10 years they will be worth more than they are now.
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I have been able to sell many ponies for $5 or more, but it depends on the pony. Many are $3, but there are just as many over that. I seem to find cheerilee sells like a hot cake, so does rainbowdash. It just depends on their condition and which pony you have.
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I don't collect G3's for a few reasons, mostly that they're too big for what I prefer, and because there are practically NO unicorns and I'm not a huge fan of the few ones there are. This makes me a very, very, very sad pony collector. I adore the G3 babies because they're so much tinier and there's not as much of them, so I do collect them, but once again, there are NO G3 baby unicorns! I couldn't believe it :sad:
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I love G3's and if I had more cash i would be snapping up as many as I can!
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I love them! Still looking for maaaaaany!
Put up nice photos here, and I'm sure they will sell!
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I found a lot of the G3 and G3.5 playsets today and bought them because I have an addiction and can't let pony merchandise sit on thrift store shelves. Only problem is, I don't actually want them. I'd like to find good homes for them though.
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Oh I love g3s and buy them off here all the time even with high international shipping. Having brought some job lots of trademe/ ebay and getting many in shocking condition I have decided I would rather spend a couple bucks more to get nice ones from collectors cause at least there condition is explained.
But it is true they dont sell for much.. well the common ones that is.
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I love them and these are the last gen 3 I am looking for and no one seems to have them!
midnight dream Northern Lights Snow'El #2 Heart Bright
Silver Song rainbow dash, fair weather
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I need more G3's!!!
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I love them and these are the last gen 3 I am looking for and no one seems to have them!
midnight dream Northern Lights Snow'El #2 Heart Bright
Silver Song rainbow dash, fair weather
No one has Rainbow Dash? :blink: I thought she was super common! I even have one for sale myself (not that I'm pimping my sales or anything as I'm sure that's not allowed)
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I like g3s just fine and I have a decent (but rarely displayed) collection of them. As a buyer, I have a select few on my want list (birth flowers, Silver Rain and a few others) but I find them so often while thrifting that I often just hold out in the hopes I'll find the ones I want at the thift store. :)
As a seller, it seems buyers come in waves but my g3s, with some exceptions, never sell for more than $5/each. But I still like picking them up (unless they're super common) and cleaning them up and hopefully finding them a new home. :)
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.... But I still like picking them up (unless they're super common) and cleaning them up and hopefully finding them a new home. :)
Me too!
I really like G3s, they have a lot of character and spunk!
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i do. i like the g3s. i used to have a lot, then started selling them to make some money, but now i want some back. there are still some out there i want to add to my collection, just the ones i really like and interest me. i dont need every g3.
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I like G3s but I wasn't aware of them (for various reasons) for most of the time they were on the shelves so I am just now looking into which ones I want to buy.
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There is a city-wide yard sale going on tomorrow. I am thinking about picking up some G3s if I come across them. Seems more people here are looking for them than I thought. I guess my timing in posting them on the trading boards isn't good. Well, we'll see what I find. I am very much so hoping for G1s, though.
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I really love them. I am going to look at all of your sale lists now!
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I'd love to be getting g3's but I really don't want to have to pay shipping from overseas, unless I bought a bulk box, and I can't really afford that right now. Tis unfortunate, as it's really a buyers market atm, but we're all in the same boat I guess!
I have G3's that I'm willing to give away providing postage is paid, pm me if you're interested. :) sadly the G3's really aren't popular it seems, imtrying to give some away, yet, no luck.
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I'll take free g3s lol! Also if you're trying to sell g3s, please include pictures! Sometimes the names are so similiar I get them mixed up.
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I :heart: G3s after a long time of resisting them. :blush: But I'm trying (unsuccessfully, but trying anyway!) to keep my collection smallish due to space constraints.
That being said, however, my stable doors are always open to a Dream Drifter... so pretty, love the tie-dye pattern! :heart:
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I want g3s. I collect g3 and g4 only. I recently had to sell off most of my collection but when I'm rich again, hopefully soon, I'll buy everybody's g3s:)I even love doubles. I'm a bit of a hoarder lol:)
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I love G3s but I think there is one major issue for the reason they dont sell - shipping!!! Common ponies may be worth the $3-5 price bracket but when you then factor in even the as cheap as possible domestic shipping it suddenly makes common ponies expensive. So when they sell they sell for under their "worth" as that way the price of the shipping on top of the price of the pony doesnt put a buyer off - so yes this feels like you are giving them away. In addition when a new line comes on to the market the most immediately preceding versions of that line will suffer slightly on price and immediately devalue.
Yes, on an initial principle I agree over time G3 prices will go up...however, [outside rares] they will not increase in the same way G1 has. There were collectors around at the same time as G1s but there were many many many more collectors around throughout G3 [just look at the date this forum started!] - for that reason there are many more MIB and loose G3 ponies in the collecting world and in collecting hands than there are G1 therefore demand will never quite be the same.
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there's lots of g3s for sale in the For Sale - Auction forum. just sayin. :3
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I think they're just so common no one really wants them. There's quite a few G3s I'm after but at the same time I'm trying to focus on G1s right now since I need to balance things out. (And I might downsize my G3 herd) but yeah I think the best way to shift them seems to be in lots or doing deals on them since 1 G3 isn't 'worth' the same as 1 G1, G2 or G4 pony.
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I told myself I was going to stop picking up G3s but I find a bunch at a flea market today and gave them a temporary home. They are all duplicates. Maybe I can get some trades. TE Fizzy was in the lot too, however! She'll be up for trade too and I think she will turn out lovely. :)
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well shoot just saw some other gen 3 ponies that came with play sets and added them to my list.
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I've got a lot of 24 or so on eBay right now (starting bid $1) if anyone is interested.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280974050944?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
A couple have "thrift store hair" (frizzy and maybe cut), but most of them are ones I bought for my collection, and are in great shape. (Oh, also some faded pink hair on some.)
Chocolate Chipper, in particular, has the most AMAZING curls. Like, G1 style curls. I don't know how it happened, since I bought her new and never styled her or anything.
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I think some of them are hard to get rid of because the same ponys were released several times.
It can work in your favor though. I got a MIP TAF pony project pony for $30 and she was going for about $150. Although this seller said they found several of them in a storage thing they bought...so they were just looking to make a quick buck. They also said there was several other HTF toys in it
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I LOVE G3's...And I am always happy to take any unwanted G3's...*wink, wink* :3
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I love G3's, but I tend to only look for them at the thrift store so I can get like 3 for a dollar. G1's are my biggest passion, but there is a list of G3's I wish I had to be honest. I adore them. They are beautiful ponies and it really doesn't matter to me how common they are...I still don't have several I wish I did have. Like those winter babies for one..Northern Lights, Winter Ice, Jingle Jangle, Ribbons and something...I want those badly. I want my birthday pony also..the gem one/flower one. I may keep them in bins but I still love them. They in my opinion far surpass G4 in quality and beauty. I really feel though there are plenty of people out there still wanting these, we just know their prices and won't pay high for them...sometimes won't even pay factory cost either...doesn't mean the collectors aren't there. Some folks really do want these. I think a lot of collectors over bought the line and now are trying to get rid of them...and trying to do it way too soon. That doesn't work well, because people still know what they did cost and they are not going to pay "retired" prices yet.
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Hold the Press.. . all this G3 talk has led to my Discovery of... the "Seaspray Pose!" ADORABLE... Flower Wishes I think is my next G3 hunt....
(what happened!?!)
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Yeah, mine that I had for sale didn't go so well, so what I've been doing with mine is cleaning them up, tagging them, and putting them away for later. In good news though, unless you want a really hard to find one, they are pretty inexpensive, especially in lots. I've been able to increase my bait collection by a bit- because unless its flawless (since its so new) most people don't want them!
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Give it time, plus the job market being what it is (or isn't). There are a few that I'm on the hunt for but money and space limits are curbing things.
It seems thrift stores aren't carrying toys as much as they did back in the day (80s/90s). Heck I'd buy a G3 if I could find one, most stuff that I run into is McD's toys,puzzles,board games or plushies. And that's not even really looking just a quick glance.
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I want them but only certain ones like I'm missing Fun Fairy, I want BeachBelle, rainbow Bubbles and Snowdrop Swirl...rare ones really. I also want the Disney princess ones.
Yeah, me too. I'm only looking for a few rare, international-only release ones and some Breezies.
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I am not sure about them not selling, I am sure someone wants something you may have, just gotta find that person.
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I had a tough time getting rid of mine about a year ago. The only way I could get them to move is if I sold them in lots. I've just got the remainder of mine in storage until the market comes back for them. Not only that but my free time is so slim lately with work and school, I don't know if I want to hassle with listing them for sale unless I know there's a decent demand for them again.
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Would anyone be interested in a G3 trade thread? I have a few, but as cat said postage puts people from buying them unless you're buying in bulk. With a trade at least you both pay P&P and get a pony, or two ponies. There are so many common G3s that I don't yet have, I'd be happy to trade for ponies in similar condition to mine.
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I love G3s but I think there is one major issue for the reason they dont sell - shipping!!! Common ponies may be worth the $3-5 price bracket but when you then factor in even the as cheap as possible domestic shipping it suddenly makes common ponies expensive. So when they sell they sell for under their "worth" as that way the price of the shipping on top of the price of the pony doesnt put a buyer off - so yes this feels like you are giving them away.
Yeah this is the main reason why, while I'll snatch up any G3s I see at a yard sale or the thrift store unless it is just a single one in a bag with a bunch of baby junk, I have no desire to buy them online. Why pay for shipping when I can get them at the thrift stores and yard sales near me for less? I think they would sell better if you tried to sell them locally.
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I am also looking for the breezes gen 3 as well
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Im always looking for G3s I have plenty on my want list I don't have. I think now is the right time to buy them. If I wasnt so busy concentrating on my G1 list. I would grab some more. I usually find my G3s locally. I agree with the price of shipping its crazy. I do like g3s and g4s but g1s have my heart. :)