Hello, my fellow MLP Arena members! In one month (March 9), we are going to start culling our gallery. Part of the reason our old site went under was all the bandwidth being used by all those images. As such, we are having to prioritize how many images we will have in the gallery and what their purpose will be.
 
 Fear not, not all of the albums will be culled. The Nirvana gallery, the coloring books, the custom tutorials, and the G2 Encyclopedia will stay. We'll also use the the gallery to host Arena specific events, like contests - photos, coloring, and the like.
 
 We are making announcements nearly everywhere so everyone will know ahead of time. (I may also attempt to send out emails if I can get my computer and the Arena to cooperate.) If you have images in your album(s) that you need saved back to your hard drive, this is your first warning to get to it. This involves the art, adoptables, customs, collections, sales and doll albums.
 
 The link to the gallery is in the navigation bar. But here you go in here, too.
 
 http://mlparena.com/gallery2/main.php
 

Hello, my fellow MLP Arena members! In one month (March 9), we are going to start culling our gallery. Part of the reason our old site went under was all the bandwidth being used by all those images. As such, we are having to prioritize how many images we will have in the gallery and what their purpose will be.
 
 Fear not, not all of the albums will be culled. The Nirvana gallery, the coloring books, the custom tutorials, and the G2 Encyclopedia will stay. We'll also use the the gallery to host Arena specific events, like contests - photos, coloring, and the like.
 
 We are making announcements nearly everywhere so everyone will know ahead of time. (I may also attempt to send out emails if I can get my computer and the Arena to cooperate.) If you have images in your album(s) that you need saved back to your hard drive, this is your first warning to get to it. This involves the art, adoptables, customs, collections, sales and doll albums.
 
 The link to the gallery is in the navigation bar. But here you go in here, too.
 
 http://mlparena.com/gallery2/main.php
 

Hello, my fellow MLP Arena members! In one month (March 9), we are going to start culling our gallery. Part of the reason our old site went under was all the bandwidth being used by all those images. As such, we are having to prioritize how many images we will have in the gallery and what their purpose will be.

Fear not, not all of the albums will be culled. The Nirvana gallery, the coloring books, the custom tutorials, and the G2 Encyclopedia will stay. We'll also use the the gallery to host Arena specific events, like contests - photos, coloring, and the like.

We are making announcements nearly everywhere so everyone will know ahead of time. (I may also attempt to send out emails if I can get my computer and the Arena to cooperate.) If you have images in your album(s) that you need saved back to your hard drive, this is your first warning to get to it. This involves the art, adoptables, customs, collections, sales and doll albums.

The link to the gallery is in the navigation bar. But here you go in here, too.

http://mlparena.com/gallery2/main.php

All of these ponies I have gotten locally. Yard sales, kijiji, and Value Village - over the past 6 months. I figured now is as good a time to gather them all together and take pictures. Sadly, many of them would qualify as custom bait, but they are for my collection. I will do my best to pretty them up, maybe over the next few months. Only a few are duplicates, ponies I already had in my collection.

Also, some of them (not pictured) were given to my children, including G1s. 

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Moondancer is a duplicate. Galaxy is filthy, but I think I can clean her up. Party Time (did I get her name right?) has regrind. Sweet Stuff is in good shape. Locket has uber-frizzy hair and her twinkle eyes are pushed in. I wonder if that's easy to fix? Parasol and Dancing Butterflies are duplicates.

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These are pretty standard ponies to find in an average collection, but in my case, only Cotton Candy is a duplicate. The rest are new to me. I forgot to make sure the birthflowers' symbols were showing, but it's Water Lilly and Cosmos. Cosmos was horribly filthy but I was able to scrub her up some months ago.

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Primrose likes to lean, Nightglider is a duplicate with a bit of wear on her ear, Shorelines is sunny! Woot! Lemon Treats is a pony I wanted for a long time, Wig Wam too. BOTH have uber frizzy hair and hopefully I can get that fixed up one of these days. Bunny Hop is in pretty good shape, actually, except a little forelock trim. Her hair, despite the pic, is pretty smooth and nice.

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These would be my first beddy bye eye ponies!  They actually aren't as scary in person as they always seem to be in pictures. Sadly two of them have eye rust. My non BBE Tiddly Winks is missing a tail, but I think she's still cute. Pinwheel is also in fairly decent shape. The SHS was also very filthy and I scrubbed her brains out. The rainbow baby's head doesn't match the body. I love pearly Glory though. Ack! I just realized I didn't get a picture of Sparkler! She's going to be pearly Glory's mom, since they almost seem a perfect match color wise. Sparkler has a bit of marker on her side though. She's probably feeling all neglected that I forgot a pic of her.

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Here are some G3s. I never had breezies before. Kimono is new (and has ratty hair ).  I used to have Wish-a-Whirl but I traded her to Annie Msson for a lovely commission drawing. But I kind of missed her. So it's nice to have a new one. Peach is new. Daisy Jo, duplicate. Heather Winds, duplicate. That flower one on the left, new. Baby Flower Flash, duplicate.

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These are the only new ponies I bought from the store, my only two G4s at this point. Honeybuzz and Lily. Lily I bought just so I could say "I have one G4 pony". Honey I bought because her colors are awesome. Remind me a little of Brights Brightly.

And now for some non-pony brags, from the Value Village.

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I flipped when I saw that Nala and grabbed her right then and there. I was out on one of my walks, too. It takes me an hour to walk to VV, and so I was also hauling her home for an hour. Gabumon is cute and I couldn't pass up a toy Scrooge McDuck.

By the way, my ol' Simba - bought new as a graduation gift back in 1995 - approves highly of Nala. See for yourself!

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So, these are my new acquisitions and I am pleased by them all. Maybe in the future, as I'm doing some major salon work on these ponies, I'll do some before/after pics, hm?

Woo-hoo! Roughly based on the mint-ice colors from the Arena, too.

My Little Pony Acronyms:
 
 BB = Big Brother
 
 BBE = Beddy-bye Eyes, eyes that open and close on ponies.
 
 BnG = Brush n' Grow
 
 CF = Concave Foot
 
 CP = Collectors Pose
 
 Deflocked = referring to the flocking on the So Softs being removed
 
 DnP = Dance N' Prance
 
 DnW = Drink n' Wet
 
 DS = display side of pony
 
 Fakie = not a real MLP
 
 FF = Flat Foot
 
 Flocking = the soft fur like stuff on So Soft ponies
 
 FT = First Tooth
 
 G1 = Generation one ponies released from 1981-1996
 
 G2 = Generation Two ponies, released from 1997-2003
 
 G3 = Generation three ponies, released in 2003-2009.
 
 G4 = Refers to the current line of ponies, also known as FiM (Friendship is Magic)

 GITD = Glow in the Dark
 
 Grail = most sought after pony
 
 LSPP = Licensing Show Pinkie Pie
 
 LSR = Licensing Show Rarity
 
 MB = Mountain Boy Pony
 
 MLP = My Little Pony
 
 MO = Mail Order
 
 MgR = Merry-Go-Round
 
 MM = Magic Message
 
 NBBE = non beddy-bye eyes
 
 NBT = Newborn Twin Pony
 
 NC = no country
 
 NDS = non display side
 
 NSS = Non So Soft
 
 Nirvana = Foreign pony, rare variations or prototypes
 
 SHS = Sweet Heart Sister
 
 SLH = Super Long Hair
 
 SS = So soft
 
 SW = Summer Wing
 
 TAF = Twice as Fancy
 
 TE = Twinkle Eye Ponies
 
 WW or Winger = Windy Wing
 
 
 
 Other Commonly Used My Little Pony Terms:
 
 Bait = Pony in very poor condition, chew marks, holes, permanent marks, etc.
 
 BIN = Buy It Now - found on Ebay and other auction sites
 
 Brony = Refers to a male collector (or possibly a FiM fan in general)
 
 CB = custom bait, good fodder for making a custom pony
 
 Cancer = Referring to the breakdown of plastic over time on a pony, usually brown in color. Does not spread from pony to pony but can get worse on a pony once it begins.
 
 Chibi = referring to the ponies in the Ponyville line, another name for mini
 
 Cutie Mark = referring to the ponies symbol
 
 DC = Dream Castle play set
 
 ETA = Edited to add
 
 EUC = excellent used condition
 
 FBR = full body repaint
 
 FiM = Refers to the new line of Friendship is Magic
 
 IMO = In my opinion
 
 LPS = Littlest Pet Shop
 
 MIA = missing in action
 
 MIB = mint in box or bag
 
 MIE = mint in egg
 
 MIP = mint in package
 
 MLP Fair = Big pony meet run by the fair staff held in the United States. Usually it is held sometime around July each year.
 
 MOC = mint on card
 
 NARU = Not A Registered User (on ebay)
 
 Nirvana = Nirvana is the original home of the Variant MLP collector niche! Originally tagged as a type of ponies for the "advanced" collector, since gaining notoriety in the Spotlight, these stunning ponies have grabbed the eye of new and old collectors alike. Their unique color combinations and exotic appeal make these girls among the top-sought vintage MLP Items. Pony Nirvana, the first forum of its kind, launched at the Arena in 2003 and has been the go-to hub for rare pony information and (every so often!) new variant discoveries by collectors worldwide.
 
 NM = near mint (condition of pony)
 
 NRFB = never removed from box
 
 NRFC = never removed from card
 
 NRFP = never removed from package
 
 OOAK = one of a kind
 
 OOB = out of box
 
 OOP = out of package
 
 OP = original poster or post
 
 PC = price check
 
 PE = Paradise Estate Play set
 
 Pin Dot Mold = Mold splotches on a pony, usually brown with a dark brown or black spot in the middle. Can be treated and can spread from pony to pony.
 
 PO = Post Office
 
 Pony Con = Also known as the UK Pony Convention, like the MLP Fair but held in the UK, also once a year, usually in the fall.
 
 POTD = Pony of the day
 
 PP = PayPal
 
 PM = Private Message, Arena's email system
 
 RAOK = Random Act of Kindness
 
 RAOPK = Random Act of Pony Kindness
 
 Regrind = Where old plastic is melted down and used with new plastic to create a pony. Over time the old plastic breaks down and shows up on the pony, sometimes looking like highlighter marks. Incurable.
 
 SDCC = San Diego Comic Con - each year Hasbro releases an exclusive pony
 
 Shill Bidding = Where the person selling the items is also bidding on their item to drive the price up, usually under another username/ID they have created or a family/friends account.

TLC = Tender Loving Care
 
 TRU = Toys R Us
 
 VG = very good
 
 WIP = work in progress

Adoptable Rules.

1. Newbies. This forum is open membership and you may start requesting at any time. A minimum of posts and membership is no longer required.

2. Adoptable requesters. Read the title of the thread. If it says OPEN - then it's open for requests. If it says CLOSED or ON HOLD (or suchlike) - then please wait. Don't get in line, don't ask. Just wait. General comments and compliments are, however, fine. Thank you!

3. Adoptable requesters. Read the requirements. For example: If it says "Choose a Hasbro pony" - then do not ask for your persona (unless your persona is a Hasbro pony). Another example: if the maker has his or her own rules, and it says "type 'all hail queen of the goof balls' if you read the rules" - then do so. Thank you!

4. Adoptable requesters. Please do not hoard adoptables. Adoptables are not like Pokemon in that you need to "catch them all." Three (3) requests per week is the limit. Chronic adoptable hogs are often banned from the Arena.

5. Adoptable makers. Please state clearly in your thread title whether you are OPEN or CLOSED. You may ask the thread be locked and unlocked if you really need it, but please try to keep it at a minimum. Thank you!

6. Adoptable makers. If you are offering to make adoptables for others using someone else's template or lineart, you must have their permission* and you must credit them in your original post. Stolen lineart will result in the thread being locked. Thank you!

*(Which is automatic if the lineart is in the Arena Artists Coloring Book.)

7. Everyone. Keep in mind the signature rules when you put the adoptables in your signature. All signatures must fit within an area 500 pixels long and 200 pixels high. Total signature "weight" (or file size) must be less than 60k. Sigs without graphics may have up to five lines of text. Sigs with graphics can have up to two lines of text. Tickers count as two lines of text. Thank you!

8. Everyone. Adoptables made at the Arena are for Arena members. Banned members may NOT get around the rules by sending others over here to ask on their behalf. On the other side of the coin, please do not request for adoptables on the behalf of banned members. Doing so would be at the risk of your own adoptable forum privileges.  (rule added on Oct 28, 2010)

Adoptable Privileges.


1. Everyone. We now have an adoptable gallery. A place to store the ones you've collected and/or to store the ones you are making. Go ahead and request one if you'd like, PM SourdoughStomper or Kiwi. Do keep in mind, though, that you have a certain quota of cumulative kilobytes you can use in all galleries. For example: the more adoptables you upload, the less room you have for your collection album. Thank you! Not offered anymore, sorry!

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