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Title: G1 Haul from work!
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on January 09, 2023, 09:44:49 PM

Hello everyone! I've got my first MLP collection additions of the year! I work at a thrift store of sorts, though not one that generally takes things like clothes or toys. That being said, today toward the end of my shift (maybe about two hours before I was scheduled to clock off), a lady donated a lot of houseware items. Things like a cute set of dishes, some books (dishes and books both being things we do generally take), but also some older toys, including a decent number of G1 MLP (plus a fakie and a handful of G3.5s). People at work know I collect toys and specifically MLP since I've talked about it before, so they accepted them for me. I bought all of the ponies I didn't already have, plus a gross looking flat foot Cotton Candy just to clean her up even though I had one already. Included among them was also a Moondreamers toy, Roary.

Here they are! My manager priced them for me (we obviously cannot price items we intend to buy, leadership positions have to). Prices ranged from $2 for the gross Cotton Candy to $7 for Mimic, most were $3 or $5 depending on size. And yes, I did show her how much Mimic goes for. :P

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I have given them a pony spa but they're still drying. I removed the heads of some whose heads seemed easy to remove to let them dry more effectively. I will post nice post-spa photos of everybody tomorrow, for now here's post-spa Mimic since she's obviously the star of the show.

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Post by: BlackCurtains on January 10, 2023, 05:45:17 AM

Wow! Congrats! It was cool your manager still priced her low for you.

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Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on January 10, 2023, 06:15:35 AM

wow oh wow congrats!!!

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Post by: StarryEmerald24 on January 10, 2023, 10:35:08 AM

That's so awesome! It must be so cool to work at a thrift store.

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Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on January 10, 2023, 11:04:35 AM

Quote from: StarryEmerald24 on January 10, 2023, 10:35:08 AM

That's so awesome! It must be so cool to work at a thrift store.

It is! Though I don't think I would want to work at a Goodwill or similar one whee they have all sorts of rules for when employees can buy stuff lol. Working at the one I do not normally taking toys is a blessing on the wallet, too. I buy stuff from work sometimes but not constantly. We take furniture and I've bought a few furniture pieces for my room there.

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Post by: Heart Of Midnight on January 10, 2023, 01:47:37 PM

WOW! Congratulations!  :happy:

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Post by: Goanna on January 10, 2023, 04:56:54 PM

Wow, what an amazing lot of ponies!!

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Post by: Minty_Magic on January 10, 2023, 07:02:44 PM

Wow, your boss sounds awesome! I’m glad she let you still have Mimic for a thrift store price! :biggrin:

Congrats! That is a really awesome haul!

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Post by: Ponybookworm on January 11, 2023, 06:22:26 AM

What a fantastic bunch of Pony goodness!!! And your manager let you have a bargain too!!! Congrats!!!

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Post by: BubbleTea on January 12, 2023, 12:59:55 AM

OMG you got Mimic! That's so cool! Once upon a time I also worked at a thrift store that let us get first dibs on items... it was pretty awesome  :biggrin:

Spoiler

on one of my off days someone donated megan's place and it sold the same day. I only ever found out because some of the accessories got left behind and I asked about them  >_<

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Post by: ponyproblem on January 12, 2023, 07:47:14 AM

Wow congrats, you're very lucky!  :lol:

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Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on January 12, 2023, 01:56:15 PM

Quote from: BubbleTea on January 12, 2023, 12:59:55 AM

OMG you got Mimic! That's so cool! Once upon a time I also worked at a thrift store that let us get first dibs on items... it was pretty awesome  :biggrin:

Spoiler

on one of my off days someone donated megan's place and it sold the same day. I only ever found out because some of the accessories got left behind and I asked about them  >_<

Oh noooo I'm so sorry. :( I can't imagine how gutted I'd have been if these came in on my day off and Mimic sold to a customer lol. Maybe then I would have been alerted via text of the ponies then lol.

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Post by: TheClassCalico on January 12, 2023, 02:21:19 PM

Nice! Congratulations on Mimic especially. :heart:

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Post by: Carebearnmbr46 on January 12, 2023, 08:07:08 PM

That’s AWESOME!!!  Mimic and Baby Crumpet are great finds!!  And only $7 for Mimic, you lucky girl!   :whoa:

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Quote from: BubbleTea on January 12, 2023, 12:59:55 AM

OMG you got Mimic! That's so cool! Once upon a time I also worked at a thrift store that let us get first dibs on items... it was pretty awesome  :biggrin:

Spoiler

on one of my off days someone donated megan's place and it sold the same day. I only ever found out because some of the accessories got left behind and I asked about them  >_<

Bubble Tea, Darn! Isn’t Megan’s Place the one with the turquoise, heart shaped grooming brush?  Or am
I thinking of a different playset?

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Post by: Lady Frostbite on January 12, 2023, 10:28:28 PM

Holy guacapony! I don't know much about prices, but I know from the forums that Mimic is rare and sought after. I did a look on eBay earlier last night and ... DEAL OF THE DECADE?!?!? I think you win it!!!!

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Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on January 13, 2023, 08:02:07 PM

So uh, one more pony. I thought I already had Powder for some reason when I saw her, but it turns out I didn't. So I bought her today toward the end of my shift. :lol:

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She cleaned up pretty nice besides she has a pink stain above her right symbol. I also feel like she has a minor case of head/body mismatch. Swear her head is a little darker than her body.

Quote from: Lady Frostbite on January 12, 2023, 10:28:28 PM

Holy guacapony! I don't know much about prices, but I know from the forums that Mimic is rare and sought after. I did a look on eBay earlier last night and ... DEAL OF THE DECADE?!?!? I think you win it!!!!

It's still hard to believe it's real!!! Mimic is one of the ones who was in the best condition, too. She doesn't really have any flaws that really stand out. The pink in her hair is a bit lighter than it should be, but it's not pure white. There are a couple tiny spots that didn't come off with the magic eraser but I might try again later, it's possible I just didn't scrub hard enough. But she is in overall very good shape. No major marks, her hair is soft and silky after I conditioned it, etc.

Most of the ponies in the lot had some sort of sticky pink stuff on them, I suspect from whoever had them as a kid having sticky candy hands and touching the ponies with them. This is why Cotton Candy was/is (still a work in progress lol) so gross because she had a lot of it all over her. And this stuff stained a good portion of the ponies. Mimic had a little bit on her, but thankfully it came off stain free.

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Post by: glitterball on January 14, 2023, 08:05:43 PM

What a wonderful haul, just WOW!!  :faint: :enthralled: :happy:

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Post by: brightberry on January 15, 2023, 12:42:06 AM

WOW!!! That’s amazing. Congrats!

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Post by: Chi on January 15, 2023, 03:44:41 AM

Wow this is amazing! I have only rarely encountered ponies in thrift shops here and most of the time they are gen 3 and onwards. On a very rare occasion, I found a lady giving free ponies which included 2 Dutchies but nothing for many years after! That will certainly not deter me from looking, though!!! Congratulations on these ponies! ☺️

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Post by: Leave a Whisper on January 15, 2023, 12:01:33 PM

Holy smokes!

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Post by: ponyproblem on January 15, 2023, 05:00:52 PM

Congrats on powder too! She is very pretty.  :lol:

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Post by: ladygodiva on January 20, 2023, 06:22:47 AM

lucky girl!Congrats :)