I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
Or use Surprise/Baby Surprise? She maybe wasn't released there? Still may be cheaper buying from US?I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
YIKES, why would you customize Honeycomb, or especially Baby Honeycomb who is a German/Austrian exclusive?? Why not just save your money until you can get the G1 ponies you want? :/
I love this girl! Although I wish the adult had honey colored hair like her baby. It would fit in so well with her bee theme.This! It drives me a little crazy that mom is basically Surprise with a different symbol. Kind of interesting because it's like twins, but not that much. I will need to get another Honeycomb to have her hair changed to match Baby Honeycomb. Mom and baby were both some of the first non-US ponies on my list when I discovered them.
I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
YIKES, why would you customize Honeycomb, or especially Baby Honeycomb who is a German/Austrian exclusive?? Why not just save your money until you can get the G1 ponies you want? :/
I love this girl! Although I wish the adult had honey colored hair like her baby. It would fit in so well with her bee theme.
I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
YIKES, why would you customize Honeycomb, or especially Baby Honeycomb who is a German/Austrian exclusive?? Why not just save your money until you can get the G1 ponies you want? :/
EXACTLY OMG! You'll spend more on multiples of each than you'll spend trying to get the actual pony you want! Learn patience!
Or use Surprise/Baby Surprise? She maybe wasn't released there? Still may be cheaper buying from US?I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
YIKES, why would you customize Honeycomb, or especially Baby Honeycomb who is a German/Austrian exclusive?? Why not just save your money until you can get the G1 ponies you want? :/
I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
YIKES, why would you customize Honeycomb, or especially Baby Honeycomb who is a German/Austrian exclusive?? Why not just save your money until you can get the G1 ponies you want? :/
Some of the ponies that are in the firefly pose, I don't like the pose, hence why I need three Honeycombs to make Medley, Firefly, and Skydancer.
As for the baby version I need five ponies, Baby Lofty, Baby Medley, Scootaloo, Baby Pockets, and Baby Paradise.
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Want! :D But:I love this girl! Although I wish the adult had honey colored hair like her baby. It would fit in so well with her bee theme.
This. WHY did they give her chartreuse hair? She's just a copy of Surprise now. Not that that's a bad thing as I love Surprise, but that beautiful (honey-coloured!) golden hair... :|
Want! :D But:I love this girl! Although I wish the adult had honey colored hair like her baby. It would fit in so well with her bee theme.
This. WHY did they give her chartreuse hair? She's just a copy of Surprise now. Not that that's a bad thing as I love Surprise, but that beautiful (honey-coloured!) golden hair... :|
Why does that make her a copy of Surprise? :brow: A lot of ponies have very similar or exact color schemes, but are still their own pony. She's a bee pony, Surprise is a balloon pony.
I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
YIKES, why would you customize Honeycomb, or especially Baby Honeycomb who is a German/Austrian exclusive?? Why not just save your money until you can get the G1 ponies you want? :/
Some of the ponies that are in the firefly pose, I don't like the pose, hence why I need three Honeycombs to make Medley, Firefly, and Skydancer.
As for the baby version I need five ponies, Baby Lofty, Baby Medley, Scootaloo, Baby Pockets, and Baby Paradise.
Post Merge: October 05, 2017, 10:42:02 AMQuoteEXACTLY OMG! You'll spend more on multiples of each than you'll spend trying to get the actual pony you want! Learn patience!
LM is right, though - I remember you saying you wanted Rattles and Tattles to customise to make Sandcastle and Shovels but I am fairly sure from my own experience they are worth about the same and neither of them were sold in the UK so you will spend a lot of money to get them when you might as well spend that money buying Sandcastle and Shovels.
As for Baby Honeycomb, you won't find her here, either. You'd do better looking for very beat up baby Surprises, because although she wasn't sold in the UK either, there are more places she was sold and a greater chance of getting one. But I will emphasise that there's a growing amount of people who worry about ponies going up in price a lot because of customisation. I think it's fine if you're customising ruined ponies (I know we've had this conversation before ;) but maybe better to leave the good condition ones alone.
@LM, nessa - it's logical for bright rabbit to look for Honeycomb baits because Honeycomb is sold here. I don't personally agree with customising ponies that could be in someone's collection, especially g1-3, but it's also what's most easily available. I may be wrong but I think bright-rabbit is ony able to buy from the UK so that limits what she can get hold of and some US ponies can sell for more on ebay here.
It isn't so easy to get Surprise here, which is the obvious alternative, as she wasn't sold here. But she is popular here, because she was in the comics, so there is a demand. So that means Honeycomb is more common. So while I agree with the sentiment, I think that probably that decision came mostly from the fact Honeycomb is here and an assumption that because of that, the baby probably is as well. (Only hasbro doesn't make sense, as we know, and sold Mother here and baby in places where mother wasn't sold.)
Also, @Brightrabbit, if there are ponies that exist in G1 that are on your 'to make' list, let me know. I tend to randomly accumulate ponies from the US looking for specific variations in production, so I end up with doubles and if I come across any of the ones that you need I can let you know. That way you don't have to customise to get them. Obviously I know you have some custom ideas in there as well, and I promise to let you know if I get any baity babies from the US you might need, if you promise to try not to customise good condition ponies ;) That seems the best way to resolve it as you can't make all of the ponies you want at once anyway.
In terms of the ones you mention above, Baby Pockets is also not as expensive as Baby Honeycomb so I suggest you look for her directly. You'll save a lot of money and time that way ;) AND there is a firefly in Honeycomb's pose already! She's the movie release version. Try looking up Movie Firefly or Firefly's Adventure Firefly!
@Broken Irishwoman - Honeycomb is not a copy of Surprise. I really hate when people say that.
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Back to the topic - the plush :)
I am proud of this as I was the first person to find one and put pictures of her in the community!
Of course everyone told me she was a fake.
But they were wrong. Yay!
So here she is :)
It's a very old photo, but she is one of my few plush g1 not in the attic.
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Pass. To me, she's very bland.
Suggest adding honey. Honey roast ;)Pass. To me, she's very bland.
:biggrin: You write this like you are talking about a mundane pot roast or something :lol:
Taffeta: I love your Honeycomb "army". She is one of the best looking G1 plushies in my opinion.
I want both the mum (army) and baby (army)
This way I can use them as customs for other ponies. (G1 ponies I can't get ahold of, and turn some into G4 ponies only my favourites)
Trouble is anytime I want to buy her from eBay.uk they're either priced very high or have been sold.
YIKES, why would you customize Honeycomb, or especially Baby Honeycomb who is a German/Austrian exclusive?? Why not just save your money until you can get the G1 ponies you want? :/
Some of the ponies that are in the firefly pose, I don't like the pose, hence why I need three Honeycombs to make Medley, Firefly, and Skydancer.
As for the baby version I need five ponies, Baby Lofty, Baby Medley, Scootaloo, Baby Pockets, and Baby Paradise.
Post Merge: October 05, 2017, 10:42:02 AMQuoteEXACTLY OMG! You'll spend more on multiples of each than you'll spend trying to get the actual pony you want! Learn patience!
LM is right, though - I remember you saying you wanted Rattles and Tattles to customise to make Sandcastle and Shovels but I am fairly sure from my own experience they are worth about the same and neither of them were sold in the UK so you will spend a lot of money to get them when you might as well spend that money buying Sandcastle and Shovels.
As for Baby Honeycomb, you won't find her here, either. You'd do better looking for very beat up baby Surprises, because although she wasn't sold in the UK either, there are more places she was sold and a greater chance of getting one. But I will emphasise that there's a growing amount of people who worry about ponies going up in price a lot because of customisation. I think it's fine if you're customising ruined ponies (I know we've had this conversation before ;) but maybe better to leave the good condition ones alone.
@LM, nessa - it's logical for bright rabbit to look for Honeycomb baits because Honeycomb is sold here. I don't personally agree with customising ponies that could be in someone's collection, especially g1-3, but it's also what's most easily available. I may be wrong but I think bright-rabbit is ony able to buy from the UK so that limits what she can get hold of and some US ponies can sell for more on ebay here.
It isn't so easy to get Surprise here, which is the obvious alternative, as she wasn't sold here. But she is popular here, because she was in the comics, so there is a demand. So that means Honeycomb is more common. So while I agree with the sentiment, I think that probably that decision came mostly from the fact Honeycomb is here and an assumption that because of that, the baby probably is as well. (Only hasbro doesn't make sense, as we know, and sold Mother here and baby in places where mother wasn't sold.)
Also, @Brightrabbit, if there are ponies that exist in G1 that are on your 'to make' list, let me know. I tend to randomly accumulate ponies from the US looking for specific variations in production, so I end up with doubles and if I come across any of the ones that you need I can let you know. That way you don't have to customise to get them. Obviously I know you have some custom ideas in there as well, and I promise to let you know if I get any baity babies from the US you might need, if you promise to try not to customise good condition ponies ;) That seems the best way to resolve it as you can't make all of the ponies you want at once anyway.
In terms of the ones you mention above, Baby Pockets is also not as expensive as Baby Honeycomb so I suggest you look for her directly. You'll save a lot of money and time that way ;) AND there is a firefly in Honeycomb's pose already! She's the movie release version. Try looking up Movie Firefly or Firefly's Adventure Firefly!
@Broken Irishwoman - Honeycomb is not a copy of Surprise. I really hate when people say that.
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Back to the topic - the plush :)
I am proud of this as I was the first person to find one and put pictures of her in the community!
Of course everyone told me she was a fake.
But they were wrong. Yay!
So here she is :)
It's a very old photo, but she is one of my few plush g1 not in the attic.
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If you can get your hands on some baity babies or adults please get in touch with me.
And you're right I can only buy ponies here in the U.K. Found some baby glory and Moondancer on the U.K site called Preloved but the seller wouldn't post; then I seen the same seller on Gumtree saying she'll post them.
Trying to find the Firefly in the pose I want her in is hard, I might try my luck and find another Heart Throb to make into her.
I knew I was going to get tomatoes thrown my way for this. XD I'm sorry, but I really think she looks too much like Surprise. They missed a golden (pun intended) opportunity with her.
I have this gorgeous girl from my childhood - :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :whoa:Great childhood story :D Those make childhood ponies special, moments like that. Simple and yet you never forget them ;)
Glittery bees - genius!
Lilac eyes - so sweet!
I have this gorgeous girl from my childhood - :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :whoa:
Glittery bees - genius!
Lilac eyes - so sweet!
I also have a mini-army as it was one of the first ponies (along with Gypsy) that I looked for on Ebay a few years back when I had a spurt of nostalgia... then more recently when when I joined the Arena.
I always picture her on a hot, sunny day, in my Gran's garden. I was combing Honeycomb's mane as I sat at the garden table; along would come a tray of cheese rolls and sweet, milky coffee (Gran let me drink it at a young age!) and a jam donut. Great memories!
I have a soft spot for white-bodied ponies, I suppose that design-wise I personally find them... I don't know, complete? I mean that a neutral white body off-sets what ever the colour of the hair is so that the pony design *works* without clashing/contrasting too much. Yes, even with that crazy neon hair!
If I *had* to make-over a Honeycomb, it would be tempting to re-hair a baity one with the golden yellow colour of the baby version... and maybe add a few tan freckles to her blushing cheeks? Just a pipe-dream... I certainly do not have the time to do it in the near future! :lol: or swap heads with a Majesty for a G1 Alicorn!
I have this gorgeous girl from my childhood - :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :whoa:Great childhood story :D Those make childhood ponies special, moments like that. Simple and yet you never forget them ;)
Glittery bees - genius!
Lilac eyes - so sweet!
I have often thought about the need for a unicorn Honeycomb like the factfile suggests.
@LM, the comic is a bit of a side point in my main point really, but while I do think the comic artists worked from images and information from Hasbro, whatever they had was not just a generic US file. Hasbro wasn't that coordinated back then as it is now, with stuff like that. The comic came about the same year Hasbro UK established itself (their word,' inception') and by that point some UK only ponies were already out (Baby Applejack, Surfdancer, Seaspray) and they were included in the comic. A generic US bulletin would omit them. Also, the ponies we didn't get were released in Europe for the most part, and many were released on UK art style English cards marked Hasbro UK. This for me is the strongest evidence they were in the mixup to be released here, but ultimately ended up being exported. The fact this happened - and the fact that even by 1984 Hasbro UK had its own packaging style suggests they were controlling the information themselves, not just sending out generic material. I think it went on the same way, because we never see Truly or Cupcake, and the comic gets the names right for Sweetie and Wavebreaker as well. True, we see Ribbon and Lofty but Ribbon's inclusion on club material and Megan and Sundance's backcard suggests she was under consideration for release and Lofty may have been as well (like Paradise, pulled at the last minute). Probably there were sets they were undecided on, for example the BBE, or there were sets they left in because they were marketing some of these comics to the continent too, where these ponies were on shelves. And of course the comic was just one piece of merchandise. UK merchandise generally included UK and non-UK ponies together in stories and on other media.
Basically I think they had a bit of everything and threw it all towards the comic people while some decisions were still pending - but I genuinely think with the packaging and everything that we were getting those sets. We just didn't. Maybe as a country with the recession it made more sense to package them for abroad. Who knows? But I think for the most part what they sent the comic had nothing to do with a generic bulletin from the US.
I don't think either the 1986 set were the first set seen in real life particularly. I think that more likely Hasbro were excited about this release as being a moneyspinner and thus worked with the comic to promote them in an offer and make them prominent so that kids would want them. I imagine they spent a year or so wondering how to fill this marketing gap whereby they'd got a comic that was selling well but marketing a lot of ponies they weren't putting on shelves, and to me this seems to be a way of combatting that.
Wow, I didn't mean to spark a debate like this. :lookround:
I appreciate your explanation Taffeta, and it's very interesting to learn more about the background of certain ponies. :) But these facts are just not things that I take into consideration when I decide if I like a pony or not. Of course she is a unique pony with a unique personality, and I would love to have her, too. But she will never be at the top of my wishlist because my "hunger" (for lack of a better word) for a white pony with chartreuse yellow hair in this beautiful pose has already been answered by having Surprise. Now if she had golden hair like her baby, she would express an entirely different mood, and I'd be after her in a heartbeat.
Wow, I didn't mean to spark a debate like this. :lookround:
I appreciate your explanation Taffeta, and it's very interesting to learn more about the background of certain ponies. :) But these facts are just not things that I take into consideration when I decide if I like a pony or not. Of course she is a unique pony with a unique personality, and I would love to have her, too. But she will never be at the top of my wishlist because my "hunger" (for lack of a better word) for a white pony with chartreuse yellow hair in this beautiful pose has already been answered by having Surprise. Now if she had golden hair like her baby, she would express an entirely different mood, and I'd be after her in a heartbeat.
You don't have to justify your opinion ;) I was just explaining mine :) You can hate them all if you like ;)
I just felt that calling her a copy of Surprise was badly worded, since what you actually mean is that she looks too much like Surprise, rather than implying her existence to be irrelevant because she's just a 'copy'.