Glad I am not the only one who feels a bit sad about customizing G1's.
I just hope it is not done too much. Same goes for rehairs...and I mean rehair that makes the pony look completely different then what she should look like. I really don't like it. People who rehaur Ponies to look completly different and then try to sell them...To me it is just weird to see a pony like for example Big Brother Steamer with neon green hair, twice the lenght that it should be with weird curls. It is just not appealing to many people. Just leave the poor Pony be!!!!!
I have nothing against a professional looking rehair that actually uses the same hair as the original. In order to restore her natural looks.
Not trying to restrict people from being creative. I just don't like to mess with the originality of Ponies. Hence I am a picky collector. Especially when it comes to flocking or hair.
I always think flocked ponies were made with two lives (like cats have 6? xD) just cause once their flocking gets all gnarly, you can strip it off of them and they look like a brand spanking new pony right out of the box!Exactly! I feel the same, they have a new chance, as for bait ponies that can become another one after customization or restoration.
SpoilerGlad I am not the only one who feels a bit sad about customizing G1's.
I just hope it is not done too much. Same goes for rehairs...and I mean rehair that makes the pony look completely different then what she should look like. I really don't like it. People who rehaur Ponies to look completly different and then try to sell them...To me it is just weird to see a pony like for example Big Brother Steamer with neon green hair, twice the lenght that it should be with weird curls. It is just not appealing to many people. Just leave the poor Pony be!!!!!
I have nothing against a professional looking rehair that actually uses the same hair as the original. In order to restore her natural looks.
Not trying to restrict people from being creative. I just don't like to mess with the originality of Ponies. Hence I am a picky collector. Especially when it comes to flocking or hair.
The Magic Star looks great! Good job!
I got a lot of So-softs recently, a Shady and North Star in very poor condition. Shady is almost done, and North Star is coming along. I already had duplicates of these ponies so I went for it. poor North Star was filthy - and her flocking was coming off.
I'm in this boat too w Pierlala.... I just ordered a big order from DollyHair to fix some ponies I got -- a flat foot Blossom w no tail and a bad haircut, several baby ponies with no tails or cut trails... their bodies are completely fine, but the hair is gone to the point I can't live with it. I guess my passion is restoring.
But, I do have some true bait ponies in my stash right now. A horribly pin-dotted newborn twin with giant chunks of its face missing, a Cloud Puff with a bad haircut and awful regrind........still on the fence as to what to do with these. But I guess I'll decide once I finish up the first round of restorations.
She looks amazing, and so much happier now without all that patchy flocking! I'd love to try reflocking as well some day, but for now, I feel like deflocking is the way to go on some of these poor girls. ^.^
I like deflocks of ponies Hasbro didn't make in the regular form. Last year I picked up two abused SS ponies from ponycon, Twilight and Hippety Hop, and thanks to the hard work of Artie here, they are now stunning deflocks. She also finished off a Best Wishes who was really bald and she looks amazing too. The only other proper deflock I have is Ribbon, and to me she's the proper Ribbon that ought to have been released in the UK but for some reason wasn't (even though she is in backcard stories). She matches baby Ribbon perfectly that way.
I am more iffy about deflocking ponies that have almost identical regular counterparts (Truly and Cupcake especially) because of the risk of confusion. But there are a lot of SS ponies for which those counterparts don't exist, or exist in a different form, and with them? If they're beat up and worn, deflocking seems a smart thing to do.
She looks great, even better deflocked I think :) Never knew it was so easy to do. Now I'm tempted to deflock some of my bad thrift flocked ponies XD
She looks great, even better deflocked I think :) Never knew it was so easy to do. Now I'm tempted to deflock some of my bad thrift flocked ponies XD
It's generally nowhere near that easy!
She looks great, even better deflocked I think :) Never knew it was so easy to do. Now I'm tempted to deflock some of my bad thrift flocked ponies XD
It's generally nowhere near that easy!
Magic Star is not the norm. The other ponies I've been deflocking are way WAY more involved.
She looks great, even better deflocked I think :) Never knew it was so easy to do. Now I'm tempted to deflock some of my bad thrift flocked ponies XD
It's generally nowhere near that easy!
Magic Star is not the norm. The other ponies I've been deflocking are way WAY more involved.
I think it just depends on how much the glue has aged, although my Magic Star was easy too :)
I'm having terrible trouble with Loftys. I've had one Hippety Hop that was easy and one that was really awful!
I know I do mine. I haven't had one yet that the flocking was good enough to keep. Most the flocking was half rubbed off anyway. I also agree it varies so much. I had s few it came right off and then others it had to attack it. I love customs and doing rehairs. Most of my herd are rehairs. I know it's not for everyone but also don't care since they are mine. :lol:She looks great, even better deflocked I think :) Never knew it was so easy to do. Now I'm tempted to deflock some of my bad thrift flocked ponies XD
It's generally nowhere near that easy!
Magic Star is not the norm. The other ponies I've been deflocking are way WAY more involved.
I think it just depends on how much the glue has aged, although my Magic Star was easy too :)
I'm having terrible trouble with Loftys. I've had one Hippety Hop that was easy and one that was really awful!
Do you deflock all your SS ponies?
Yeah it's not always the best to deflock a pony that is perfectly fine, it decreases the value