One of the librarians I work with is looking for a physical copy of "Do It for Your Mum" about the band British Sea Power.  He says that every copy he's ever seen has been outrageously priced-I think it might not have been widely available in the US and that might be the reason.  So I thought perhaps I could ask if anyone out there has a copy or could find a copy cheap that they'd be willing to part with.

Edit to add: He just sent me the link from Amazon UK and it's outrageously priced there, too.  So I guess it didn't have a large print run.  But I figure if I ask and the answer is "Nobody has one for cheap" then we're not any worse off than we were before.

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I've said it before.  If Basic Fun would open up an online store and let us buy directly from them, they'd make bank.  I know that you can buy some things from Amazon, but I'd really like access to their full line, which I think they could easily manage via their website.  Relying on Walmart and Target to choose our options for us is part of why they didn't make Flutter ponies and who knows what else they decided we wouldn't want.

But they've had to do a bunch of layoffs and paycuts during the shutdown so even that might not be enough to save them. 

I'd really like to see Basic Fun continue with the pony lines at least long enough to make us baby and big brother lines of ponies.

Edit: fixed the link--apparently the first one I posted didn't work.

So I'm trying to get all the Vivillon forms (and extras to have on hand for my nieces and nephews) and I have a UK 2DS and a US one.

My question concerns the Elegant pattern.  I've been looking online and some sources say that it can be found in the USA (no specific location setting to narrow it down) and some say France (again, no specific location setting).  But other sources say it is only available in Japan.  Does anyone know for sure if I can get this pattern without purchasing a Japanese DS?  The GTS is apparently shutting down in February so trading that way may not be an option for much longer and I know that my younger nephews will likely play X/Y or Sun/Moon after it shuts down so having a replenishable source would be nice.

I've been working on some crafts including some custom cutie mark crews!  They were painted with Testor's brand acrylic model paints.  I'm going to be taking these to Big Easy Con in New Orleans (booth B-05) so if any of you are there, come say hi!

First off, a group shot
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Wind Whistler
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Starshine
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My friend has gotten a booth at the Con and wants me to go with her.  I know nothing about New Orleans (except what I've seen on Pit Bulls and Parolees  ).  Anyone been to the Con?  Any tips or tricks for the Con or New Orleans?  I've looked at the Big Easy Con site but it's too early for them to have a lot of information about guests for this year yet.

using a G4 reboot head on a G4 body?  I haven't decapitated a reboot yet so I wasn't sure if it was even possible to do, but I had an idea for a custom and I wanted it to have a bit more expressive expression.

Just curious.

(I hope I have this in the right place)

I think I'm going to sell off my G3s.  They're just sitting in the closet and taking up quite a bit of space.  They range in quality from poor to very good (I won't label any of them mint as most were purchased from thrift stores).  Some have frizzy hair or have marker (mostly on bottoms of hooves but some have been drawn on by someone-I'm assuming a child).  Some have other damage (such as teeth marks) but overall they're in decent shape. They are all in definite need of a spa day as they have terrible box hair and I don't have time to make them look pretty for a photo shoot.  I just did a count and I have 395 (not including the yellow Breezies that will be going with them).  There are a lot of duplicates but a good range of characters as well.  I haven't decided if I'm going to add in any accessories as I haven't sorted through those recently.

I have been going back and forth with putting them on the arena and selling them piece by piece, or putting them in a lot on my local classifieds.  I know that selling on the arena can take a lot of time, but then people here know what they're looking for and that might make some of them sell faster.  But that's also a lot of trips to the post office and a lot of packing things up and since it's right before Christmas, that's a lot of extra work. Unless anyone wants to pay shipping for such a large package as a single lot, then I think the mail is out. I would also hesitate to do international shipping because it's so outrageously expensive.  I kind of want to clear out some space, but if I wait until after the holidays things won't be so crazy so that might be better for selling.  On the other hand, if I put them in my local classifieds as a lot, buyer pays cash and they can come pick them up rather than dealing with postage and the chance that it would get lost in the mail. And maybe some lucky kid (or collector) will get a big chunk of ponies for Christmas.  And if they don't sell at all then after the holidays I can try again or maybe put them on here when I have more time to sell them in smaller bits.

So I guess I'm wondering if $600 is too much to ask for them as a lot.  That's still less than $2 a pony but where they're not all perfect, I don't know if that's aiming a bit high. Currently on the local classifieds there's a "huge" lot of vintage ponies that has 65 G1s for $500 so I guess my lot would have to be labelled "ginormous"?  I haven't really done a lot of pony sales so what do you guys think?