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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Safflower on October 24, 2020, 12:03:36 PM
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What are some pony things that have been frustrating you lately?
I've been trying to separate the colors of Bouquet's tail since I hate the color they mix together as. It's going soooo slooowly.
Also the fact that there's no way to replicate Twinkle Eye shine.
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well there is something that frustrates me and looks kind of stupid! it's my ponies' hair because I can never fix them! :blush:
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I miss watching new content! I stopped watching Pony Life because I do not enjoy it. I really want G5 to start.
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The crazy amount of glue in G3 heads :shakefist:
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My current frustration is trying to find Aurora Mist. I'd have better luck seeking out hen's teeth at this rate!
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My current frustration is trying to find Aurora Mist. I'd have better luck seeking out hen's teeth at this rate!
I had to import her :/ She was worth it tho! Good luck!
My frustration.
Why will my website not revamp itself?
Seriously, you guys have no idea how many G1 ponies there actually are unless you have had to write/code a page that connects to other pages for every single one of them...
Sometimes I am inspired, sometimes I really don't want to go near it xD.
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-Finding G1s that seem to have been dunked in buckets of ink, sharpie, and highlighter ink.
-Curled hair that does not stay curled.
-Poses that are wobbly/don't stand perfectly still.
:enraged:
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Being unable to find Pony Life batch 2 blind bottle ponies online, preferably opened since I really just want the translucent balloon ones.
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Glued heads. WHY??? Even as a youngster I'd always loosen heads or get Dad to. It let the Ponies be more dynamic & they could see all sorts of things. Now I get the B&G heads, & maybe the D&P heads, as the former are part of the mechanism, while the latter are right next to it. But for a common or garden Pony, what's wrong with allowing her/his head to turn???
On the subject of heads, need I say G2 lowering head mechanism??? Didn't think so...
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My current frustration is my own inability to set limits on myself! I often dream of the perfectly curated pony collection, only the absolute best on display in a way that is charming, yet simple. But then here I am adding new pony after pony to my wishlist with no end in sight!
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Cut forelocks. Why, why, why did so many kids do this to their ponies? It's my biggest pet peeve, and I won't display a pony with a cut forelock. It's a flaw that I think sellers should disclose openly. It's been a big frustration several times when a pony has arrived with a cut forelock and the seller had artfully styled the hair in the photos so that it was not visible.
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-Finding G1s that seem to have been dunked in buckets of ink, sharpie, and highlighter ink.
-Curled hair that does not stay curled.
-Poses that are wobbly/don't stand perfectly still.
:enraged:
Oof, all of these too >_< Whatever I try, my Pina Colada does not want to stand.
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-Finding G1s that seem to have been dunked in buckets of ink, sharpie, and highlighter ink.
-Curled hair that does not stay curled.
-Poses that are wobbly/don't stand perfectly still.
:enraged:
Oof, all of these too >_< Whatever I try, my Pina Colada does not want to stand.
Tried a pen between the front and back legs?
That usually works for me when they want to topple.
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-Finding G1s that seem to have been dunked in buckets of ink, sharpie, and highlighter ink.
-Curled hair that does not stay curled.
-Poses that are wobbly/don't stand perfectly still.
:enraged:
Oof, all of these too >_< Whatever I try, my Pina Colada does not want to stand.
Tried a pen between the front and back legs?
That usually works for me when they want to topple.
That and boiling water. I should probably try leaving her for longer, though.
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Cut forelocks. Why, why, why did so many kids do this to their ponies? It's my biggest pet peeve, and I won't display a pony with a cut forelock. It's a flaw that I think sellers should disclose openly. It's been a big frustration several times when a pony has arrived with a cut forelock and the seller had artfully styled the hair in the photos so that it was not visible.
My G3.5 Rainbow Dash's mom (why didn't they name them?) came from a thrift store. I spent a bit more than I wanted to since she and her baby were in separate bags. I only noticed when I got "home" (on vacation in home state, staying with relative) that her bangs were gone! And then I discovered that only the outside of her mane is rooted, and she needs the ponytail to cover the bald spot! So that was fun.
In general, G3.5s frustrate me. Don't get me wrong, the toys are great, but they could have been SO much better! Perhaps I'm biased because it's my favorite art style(!), but the toys have so many nitpicky little flaws.
Why do the mom ponies have different eyes (and no names)? Why don't the Newborn Cuties have tails (that goes for G3 too)?
Why don't the ponies have more hair? I mean, they have THICK manes, but only Cheerilee has a full head of hair like the artwork, and the tails are SUPER thin, especially compared to the voluminous ones seen in the artwork. The closest I can get is by using an elastic at the base.
Why aren't they sized correctly? Rainbow Dash's body is only marginally larger than Pinkie's/Scoots' (and yes, it is a different mold. Don't believe me? Ask a set of G1 Ponywear shoes.) and only Sweetie is significantly smaller, which makes her look so out of place. Speaking of Sweetie Belle, her head mold is... bad. She has her angles, but... ick. Perhaps I resent her since mine wasn't the one in the picture on eBay and had significant symbol rubs? Almost all of the molds are in the same pose, as well, which there should be no excuse for since there are so many (Cheer/Toola is the exception, but there's Dash, Pinkie/Scoots, the moms, StarSong, and Sweetie).
The eyes don't match the artwork and kind of give them the appearance of constantly screaming. At Toy Fair, they had ponies with artwork-style eyes that were clearly a work in progress. They pointed away from each other and had thin eyeliner and something else about them that made them look dead, but other than that they looked fine... alright, that's a stretch, but they could have easily reworked them.
And they are prone to head/body mismatch since they're made of two different materials. And then there's the complaint that they don't have Cutie Marks on both sides, but... that was the norm by then.
And almost all of the plushies have those faux fur manes, which make them look pretty silly compared to the artwork.
Getting away from the toys, Twinkle Wish Adventure was the peak of G3 writing. Don't get me wrong, G4 was better, but it's a shame there wasn't more animation for G3.5...
Except for the series nobody seems to know the name of, Once Upon a My Little Pony Time! It's... not the best. At all. But its distribution method makes it hard to find, which makes it difficult to answer a question I have...
You see, there's two versions of the episode Over Two Rainbows. One is an early version which lacks lip-synching, sound effects, some backgrounds, etc. and has a G3 logo, and one which has a G3.5 logo and is on par with the other episode. Where did the early version come from? Did all of the DVDs have the finished episode? Why didn't they get better voice actors? It drives me crazy whenever I think of it.
(And yes, I know about the webisodes, that was just a good transition)
Well, that's enough ranting about the least popular generation. How about lost media? Don't get me started on that, though...
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I have another: the limit of G3 & Retro media available in formats other than Region 1!!! I had to buy a portable DVD player to watch some of the DVDs, including World's Biggest Tea Party
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I have another: the limit of G3 & Retro media available in formats other than Region 1!!! I had to buy a portable DVD player to watch some of the DVDs, including World's Biggest Tea Party
Region Free DVD player. Essential equipment. ;)
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Hasbro not even caring to name their ponies anymore. Like, there were new characters in the Potion Life blind bags- but nope. If they aren’t the mane 6, then screw them.
Way to go, Hasbroken.
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Hasbro not even caring to name their ponies anymore. Like, there were new characters in the Potion Life blind bags- but nope. If they aren’t the mane 6, then screw them.
Way to go, Hasbroken.
Supposedly, if the package is to be believed, there is a character list on the MLP website. I haven't found it yet. I keep checking, hoping they'll add it someday... I REALLY need a better name for the green alicorn from Batch 1- I've been calling her "Princess Seasick."
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Was playing around with a lot of ponies I acquired, and I must have knocked something loose inside a brushwoolie because sand came out it’s bottom. It has never done that before and...well now there is sand everywhere.
Also, but ponies but don’t have the space to display them all! I either need to get rid of some books and knickknacks, or put the ponies on a rotation schedule because I cannot get more space anytime soon.
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Glued heads. WHY??? Even as a youngster I'd always loosen heads or get Dad to. It let the Ponies be more dynamic & they could see all sorts of things. Now I get the B&G heads, & maybe the D&P heads, as the former are part of the mechanism, while the latter are right next to it. But for a common or garden Pony, what's wrong with allowing her/his head to turn???
The fact that in half the poses, the location of the neck joint makes the head turning looked cursed :P This was actually the subject of an episode of My Little Transformer.
An additional factor specific to G1s is that if the heads weren't glued on (or, more commonly in G1's case, slightly fused on in places) it would be very easy for them to pop off and get lost.
Pony frustrations for me:
* No windfall to make up for lost spring job
* Not being able to find Basic Fun ponies at Target last I looked
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I'm definitely ever thankful G1 heads aren't glued on nearly as strong as G3 heads! They're absolutely nasty to try to get off.
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Glued heads. WHY??? Even as a youngster I'd always loosen heads or get Dad to. It let the Ponies be more dynamic & they could see all sorts of things. Now I get the B&G heads, & maybe the D&P heads, as the former are part of the mechanism, while the latter are right next to it. But for a common or garden Pony, what's wrong with allowing her/his head to turn???
The fact that in half the poses, the location of the neck joint makes the head turning looked cursed :P This was actually the subject of an episode of My Little Transformer.
An additional factor specific to G1s is that if the heads weren't glued on (or, more commonly in G1's case, slightly fused on in places) it would be very easy for them to pop off and get lost.
My Braided Beauty actually does have a head that goes all the way around. She's always been like that. Amused me like anything as a kid xD
Though I don't really care for moving heads on G1 if it isn't by design. The peekaboo heads also flop around when they're loose...><
For me loose g1 head = someone has tampered inside that pony.
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I had a few G1 ponies that had loose heads when I was growing up. I don't know how they got that way; we never intentionally pulled them off. It didn't bother me in most cases, but our Baby Firefly's head was loose to the point of being annoying. As an adult, I can appreciate being able to pull the head off in the event of needing to check inside for mould/mildew, but if it's intact and I don't have a pressing reason to get inside the pony, I leave it intact.
Weird, random thought...it would be a really sneaky way to hide some cash...inside a pony...if you needed to keep a stash safe, haha.
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Weird, random thought...it would be a really sneaky way to hide some cash...inside a pony...if you needed to keep a stash safe, haha.
How people used to pay for ponies internationally before the advent of paypal.
Cash in a fakie.
No word of a lie.
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Weird, random thought...it would be a really sneaky way to hide some cash...inside a pony...if you needed to keep a stash safe, haha.
How people used to pay for ponies internationally before the advent of paypal.
Cash in a fakie.
No word of a lie.
Wait...what?! That's so interesting! I never thought about how people paid for things before PayPal. I was a late bloomer to internet buying and PayPal has just always been an option. So the buyer would send the cash-infused fakie to the seller, and once it was received the seller would send the pony? Scary should it get lost...but creative!
'I'll send it via Pony Express!'
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Yep.
I know I'm not the only one, but I bought my first pony from ebay in 1998, it was August, I was 16, and it was $5 with $4 postage. I went and asked the PO for $9 and I sent it via mail. I used to pay my ebay fees by sending them cash (not in a fakie!) too since MOs were not transitional and international MOs were way too expensive.
It's horrifying to think of now but sending and receiving USD in cash was really normal. And when paypal began everyone was a bit suspicious about whether it was safe (the context, the irony...).
True, PP is not perfect, but yeah.
I remember having a conversation with another ponyperson at a station somewhere...forget where...about this new paypal thing, which she used, and how it worked, and whether it was ok :)
Back then pretty much all transactions were done in $USD.
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Funny, now that I remember it, my first Ebay transactions were back in 2004-ish, and I used to just send the seller a personal check. I would always stick a handwritten note on fun paper, too...talk about antiquated! Not so much that I didn't trust the security of PP as much as the fact that I've always been a bit fearful of doing things that are new or outside my element (to this day I don't know how to use a bank drive-through!). I was bartending way through college back then, and made most of my money in cash; I don't think I even had an ATM or debit card, and I knew I couldn't figure out how to link my bank account to this 'new PayPal thing'. A kind Ebay seller I frequently bought from convinced me how easy it was (she was probably sick of going to the bank to cash a check every time I bought something from her!) and I never looked back. Sorry for going off topic a bit.
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I got Sugarberry, I love the design (in my top 10)...but I put her in the shelf right other side off my bed, and now that I look at her a lot, her pose looks so, so bad! :(
Almost Moondancer-bad. Why.
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When looking for ponies online I try to get hair that doesn’t need rerooted. Now I normally love taking ponies that are dirty and really need tlc and fixing them up, but with rerooting I can do it but money wise I have to be careful! So sadly I have some ponies with no hair!
I also have frustration with trying to whiten my Peru ponies Starshine and Confetti, I tried hydrogen peroxide soak but it doesn’t seem to be working that well. I’m worried about sun fading cause I heard stories where it could burn the pony and it would just look worse.
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My core 7 ponies are slightly too large for my risers and they keep falling forward. I should really find some larger risers for them, but the store I got my other ones at is out of my way and I don't like driving all that much.
I also have frustration with trying to whiten my Peru ponies Starshine and Confetti, I tried hydrogen peroxide soak but it doesn’t seem to be working that well. I’m worried about sun fading cause I heard stories where it could burn the pony and it would just look worse.
I mean, hydrogen peroxide DOES involve the sun so either way, you're putting them at risk...