The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Emerald on December 03, 2015, 03:05:56 PM
-
I was looking at some g1 photos online with my 5 year old and we came across a few shots of Rapunzel. I told her that we do not have her and may never considering how much she goes for now. My mom came up behind me and said "You had that one. You had two of them" :shocked:
Apparently I got one at a yard sale in my neighborhood and my cousin gave me one that her dad had sent away for but she didn't want.
My mom gave all of my toys away when I turned 10. I don't have any of my childhood ponies anymore.
CRY WITH ME!
-
:shocked: :cry: :wail: :wail: As someone who still has all of my childhood ponies, I can't imagine what it would be like to lose all of them, let alone to know you had one like Rapunzel and lost it!! My condolences, friend. :cloud:
-
I get super sad when I see my old favorites pop up on ebay (movie Firefly and Goldilocks) since I don't have money to buy anything right now. I had A TON of ponies as a child and don't even remember one Rapunzel, let alone two. I wish I had just oooooone of them still. I have to admit I get jealous of those of you who still have your childhood collections.
-
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry:
-
Oh, no!!! That's terrible!!! :sad:
-
Maybe your mom just had her confused with Goldilocks. She's not as valuable...
-
Maybe your mom just had her confused with Goldilocks. She's not as valuable...
That is possible. And think of it this way. If you don't remember having her, then she didn't capture your heart like some of the others. Pony value is measured in how much you love them, really, since prices fluctuate and the bottom could fall out of the sale market tomorrow for all we know.
I still have my childhood ponies, for which I am grateful, but all my original early backcards and rare stickers like the Mountain Boy stickers are gone for good, lost in one of the two moves my family made around that time. Also, of all my ponies, it would be Thundercloud and Sunburst who suffered cracked hooves. I won't ever upgrade them, Sunburst especially has a special memory, but it would be the Mountain Boys and the MB stickers and cards...rather than something more common.
Such is life ><
-
Well in all honesty, we really don't know what will become collectors items. As a kid, they're our toys, as an adult, they're hermagerd, holy expensive grail/easy cash/childhood loves.
That being said, I know how you feel. My mom gave away all my ponies and other toys and some I can't get back because they're hard to find or the prices are insane. This includes a MGR MLP, several Breyers long out of stock and even Princess of Power horses.I was fortunate enough to get my childhood Dazzleglow back, so to speak. May you get tons of pony luck and have a new Rapunzel again.
Big hugs Emerald.
-
brb, pouring one out for Punzie
-
Goldilocks was my favorite (with video Firefly) so nobody would confuse that one for another since I always had her on me. :rainbow: I have dreams of a complete G1 collection so having this one from childhood would be helpful there. If I had two I'd honestly give the other one to my kids. I don't have any interest in making money off of ponies, I just want to share the love with my babies and collect for fun. Not an option now though. Thanks, Mom. :pout:
-
:( :(
-
Well in all honesty, we really don't know what will become collectors items. As a kid, they're our toys, as an adult, they're hermagerd, holy expensive grail/easy cash/childhood loves.
That's very true, so let this be a lesson to you. Never let anything go or sell anything, even in a garage sale! Never throw anything out--even trash or McDonalds ponies (which are the same thing)--because a day will come when you wish you still had that McDonald's pony or empty milk jug!
JK, but maybe what you need is a good dose of sour grapes. Just look at Rapunzel's noodle leg, and tell yourself, "ugh, I could never get past that horrible noodle leg! What was Hasbro thinking?! It's like when professor Lockhart tried to heal Harry Potter's broken arm, and instead he vanished all the bones!" Then you will feel all better.
-
Ugh, I feel your pain; my dad gave away all my childhood ponies, fortunately those I loved most were relatively easy to replace (except for Sleepy Head, that elusive little blighter is still on the to-do list!) Hopefully you will be reunited with Rapunzel someday - pony luck to you! :heart:
-
Oh wow. that is devastating I don't know how to over come that statement. So sad. I think what makes me feel better about giving almost ALL of my childhood ponies away is that maybe they went to other collectors. However, the feeling that gets me is I never know if I had one of my childhood ponies and gave it or traded away. :cry:
-
Oh I know where mine went, but that makes it worse. My mom said that one of them I kept putting in my backpack and the hair kept getting caught in the zipper, so I tore the zipper apart the free the pony and she threw the pony away as a punishment for ruining my backpack. :cry: The remaining one went to my cousin who was like three years old when all of my toys were given to her. I don't remember the fate of my ponies with her but I know all of my Barbies got covered in sharpie so I can only imagine.
-
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! NOOOOOOO! :wail:
:cloud: :sad: :cloud: :sad: :cloud: :sad:
Rapunzel is my DREAM G1 pony. I will never get her....not in a quadrillion years! You had her!? Aaaaaa curse dumb parents donating the cool kid toys. That stuff is supposed to be kept for nostalgia! Mwaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh.....:wail:
-
I had TWO of her. :cry: :cry: :cry: I will never have her again, either, unless the market drastically changes. I can't afford her and even if I could I have NEVER seen one for sale.
-
Woooow I know that fell.... :(
I had two brazilian Baby Cuddles and one brazilian Love Melody when I was child and they were stolen for me... and the most curious part was I had completely forgot that I had two babies and the Love Melody..
The babies here is a quite easy to found but Love Melody.... I'd never saw other again.. :(
-
I dont understand parents that get rid of their childrens toys like that. I could never do somehing like that to my child. It should be the childs choice.
-
This may be a pointless chase, but do you know if your mom gave them to someone in particular, or to a thrift shop/yard sale, or what? If she gave them *to* someone, or to a preschool, or a church, you have a small chance of being able to track them down... Perhaps she gave them to a younger cousin or something?
-
I dont understand parents that get rid of their childrens toys like that. I could never do somehing like that to my child. It should be the childs choice.
I've been saying this my whole life!!! When I lived with my grandma from birth to childhood, she never got rid of her children's toys I got to play with my own moms childhood toys! Hence, I was introduced to G1! (Melody, Bouncy Glory, Moondancer, Seashell, Sunbeam ooooh how I miss you!)
When my mom decided to get married to an American guy (my first stepdad) he ALWAYS threw away our toys. And maaan I had a HUGE Star Wars episode 1 toy collection from Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Burger King. Yup- he even threw away happy meal ones! I used to HIDE my large Pokemon toys (aquired from garage sales) in the attic and play with them when no one was around. When he found my figures and Pokemon cards, he threw it all away when I was 8- and said I was 'too obsessed with "poke-man" and too old for toys'. what. Comin' from the guy who had a teddy bear from his mom who lived down the street... and dear god if if got misplaced it was nasty. Hypocrites!
Bottom line, child should be the one to decide! If not- it can be traumatizing. I myself had to go through therapy for loosing my Pokemon collection and my mom actually divorced that LOSER because I was depressed at 8 years old for not being allowed to play like a KID! :razz:
If I where to have a kid I would keep their favorite childhood toys in a box and put it in the attic to save for their kids- like my Oma did for me! Like a time capsule!
WHAT TWO RAPUNZEL!? :drunk: AAAAAAAAAH! Whyyy can't I time travel!? :cry:
-
You will find so many people who no longer have their childhood ponies - so plenty of people to sympathise with you. I do like Taffeta's point...if you dont actually remember her perhaps she was not a pony you were super attached to.
Yes, she is very pricey but she comes up for sale with reasonable regularity. Have you considered getting a custom of her? that will be much more affordable if you must have her again in your collection. Or perhaps when someone is selling her, seeing if they offer a payment plan? Or starting your own saving plan in order to afford her one day in the future...when the timing is better?
She is a very pretty pony but there are so many other stunning and adorable ponies out there, I am sure you will quickly track down someone who will capture your heart.
-
I was in a car accident when I was 8 and have significant memory loss as a result, so a lot of my childhood is gone. It sounds like I cared about her but I don't remember it. It's not the end of the world, but I do have complete G1 collection dreams and some day I WILL have her! :biggrin: I thought I wouldn't but my husband has informed me that he is on team ~complete~ so someday she's happening. The ponies I remember I mostly remember from photos and videos. I only vividly remember first hand accounts of video Firefly and Goldilocks.
-
I dont understand parents that get rid of their childrens toys like that. I could never do somehing like that to my child. It should be the childs choice.
Well it has to do with space. We all only have so much space in our rooms and houses and toyboxes. Some of it is about passing down stuff for younger relatives to enjoy too.
I do give away some of my kids toys to younger relatives or charity, I just make sure its the ones she doesn't play with anymore, I never give away her favorites. If I kept every single toy she's ever been given, the poor kid wouldn't be able to sleep in her room. :lol:
-
Waaaaaaah! I will cry with you. That is incredibly sad, and it's even worse after hearing what happened to yours. I'm glad to hear that you plan to replace her someday.
-
I dont understand parents that get rid of their childrens toys like that. I could never do somehing like that to my child. It should be the childs choice.
Well it has to do with space. We all only have so much space in our rooms and houses and toyboxes. Some of it is about passing down stuff for younger relatives to enjoy too.
I do give away some of my kids toys to younger relatives or charity, I just make sure its the ones she doesn't play with anymore, I never give away her favorites. If I kept every single toy she's ever been given, the poor kid wouldn't be able to sleep in her room. :lol:
This is sensible, but would you give away your child's toys without consulting your child - and while that child is STILL a child herself? 10 is a bit young to decide for the child that she's too young for something you know she still loves. That's what happened with Emerald's toys.
I think some people in this thread are being kind of cavalier and insensitive in the way they're trying to just shrug off something - just because it wouldn't bother you doesn't mean it isn't worth being sad about. :huh:
-
I struggle with hearing these kinds of stories - my mom was adamant about saving my toys even when I was begging her to let me sell them.
Well now that you are an adult, you can ask your mother why she felt she needed to be so disrespectful of your property! I would demand an answer... why was her need for clutter-pick-up more important than your emotional well-being? And are you free to select some items from her personal property and dispose of them?
-
Right people...everyone is entitled to their opinions and has their own experiences which may let us see the background to this story from a different angle. Lets not assume anything or cast our own opinions on other people.
Keep to the topic of the original post please.
-
No way!! im crying right now with you!!
-
I dont understand parents that get rid of their childrens toys like that. I could never do somehing like that to my child. It should be the childs choice.
Well it has to do with space. We all only have so much space in our rooms and houses and toyboxes. Some of it is about passing down stuff for younger relatives to enjoy too.
I do give away some of my kids toys to younger relatives or charity, I just make sure its the ones she doesn't play with anymore, I never give away her favorites. If I kept every single toy she's ever been given, the poor kid wouldn't be able to sleep in her room. :lol:
This is sensible, but would you give away your child's toys without consulting your child - and while that child is STILL a child herself? 10 is a bit young to decide for the child that she's too young for something you know she still loves. That's what happened with Emerald's toys.
I think some people in this thread are being kind of cavalier and insensitive in the way they're trying to just shrug off something - just because it wouldn't bother you doesn't mean it isn't worth being sad about. :huh:
She's always there when I do it, and can be very helpful pointing out which toys she does want and which ones she doesn't want. It's not a bad thing to give away stuff she no longer wants to someone else who might love them and as I said before she only has so much space in her toybox and in her room.
Not everyone is cavalier and insensitive just because they give away stuff their kid has outgrown or doesn't want anymore. Would appreciate it kindly if you did not broadbrush. Thank you.
-
Aw I feel bad now that this thread got a little fighty. ClawleenMeowlen is my sister (actually I'm married to her brother but I basically married her too LOL), so she's super protective and understands the situation. I didn't mean for anybody to get upset here, just bumming out over what could have been and looking for some commiseration.
We try to keep our kids' toy collections down to a minimum so that we don't end up needing to downsize a lot to avoid them missing stuff when they're older. Obviously they can't keep EVERYTHING but the important things and/or stuff that we assume may become collectible (like zelfs, etc.) we keep. My mom made me get rid of my stuff when my younger brother was born because I basically became the live in nanny and nobody wanted me to be distracted by toys. >_<
Either way, though, thank you all for your support! I actually got another pony today as a gift that I never thought I would own and I'll be making a post about it in a minute. :)
-
:( sadness re your childhood ponies. :) happiness re current ponies :)
Jules x
-
:sad:
Totally get you're frustration and I'ms ad for your sake! I had some rare accessories with my childhood-ponies that got trashed by my dad when he did a cleaning... little kitty that goes with baby katie for instance, I still remember that cute little kitty with her raised paw *someday* Thankfully he didn't throw away the larger toys, such as the ponies, so they are still with me :heart:
-
Spoiler
I dont understand parents that get rid of their childrens toys like that. I could never do somehing like that to my child. It should be the childs choice.
Well it has to do with space. We all only have so much space in our rooms and houses and toyboxes. Some of it is about passing down stuff for younger relatives to enjoy too.
I do give away some of my kids toys to younger relatives or charity, I just make sure its the ones she doesn't play with anymore, I never give away her favorites. If I kept every single toy she's ever been given, the poor kid wouldn't be able to sleep in her room. :lol:
This is sensible, but would you give away your child's toys without consulting your child - and while that child is STILL a child herself? 10 is a bit young to decide for the child that she's too young for something you know she still loves. That's what happened with Emerald's toys.
I think some people in this thread are being kind of cavalier and insensitive in the way they're trying to just shrug off something - just because it wouldn't bother you doesn't mean it isn't worth being sad about. :huh:
She's always there when I do it, and can be very helpful pointing out which toys she does want and which ones she doesn't want. It's not a bad thing to give away stuff she no longer wants to someone else who might love them and as I said before she only has so much space in her toybox and in her room.
Not everyone is cavalier and insensitive just because they give away stuff their kid has outgrown or doesn't want anymore. Would appreciate it kindly if you did not broadbrush. Thank you.
The second part of my comment was meant generally, I only referenced what you said in the first part, because Emerald's experience and yours are two completely different situations. I'm sorry if you took it as being directed at you; I thought separating my thoughts into separate paragraphs would make that clear, but misunderstandings are always going to be a part of text-based interaction, I guess! :drunk:
To clarify my previous comment, I didn't mean that it's cavalier or insensitive for a parent to respectfully downsize a child's belongings when they've outgrown them - I meant that the attitude some members have responded with in this thread was a bit cavalier and insensitive, in that they seemed to be pretty much along the lines of "oh well," and started really veering off topic.
It just always bothers me when people completely brush off another person's feelings simply because it's not something that would have bothered them, personally. That sort of attitude especially surprised me in this thread, because since we are ALL collectors and lovers of MLP, I would have thought everyone would sympathize when stories like this are shared. :huh:
-
I'm sorry you're having to go through this. I miss my childhood ponies too :( But as a parent, I do understand a parents need to often down size on some things a child has. my daughter has a large room and too much to fit into it, too much for one child thats for certain. Somethings I can put into storage because she won't use them. But others, I know she would never miss. In fact, I've gotten rid of a lot of my daughters toys and she never even realized they were missing. But I'd never get rid of ones she obviously cares about <3
All my love hunni <3
-
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I totally understand having to downsize for whatever reason. I have three kids myself and most of their toys are in storage because of our current living situation. My toys were taken from me when my younger brother was born because I had to "grow up and help the family," which was essentially code for parent your brother. It is what it is now (a looooong time later) but it definitely fuels my need for getting my childhood toys back.
-
I get super sad when I see my old favorites pop up on ebay (movie Firefly and Goldilocks) since I don't have money to buy anything right now. I had A TON of ponies as a child and don't even remember one Rapunzel, let alone two. I wish I had just oooooone of them still. I have to admit I get jealous of those of you who still have your childhood collections.
Don't worry, you aren't the only one who 'lost' a lot of your childhood toys. Hopefully you will get her eventually. :)