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Pony Corral / Share your best Pony luck ever.
« on: November 21, 2016, 12:35:05 PM »
What is the luckiest thing that ever happened to you Pony wise. And I aim at obtaining a rare/HTF Pony for a very low price or maybe even for free. And I am talking about real luck. Not trying to get a Pony for years and eventually pay loads of money for it and feel lucky you finally got it.
I myself was in luck when I was a child. A girl lived next to my grand folks and she was only 1 year older then me but much more "mature" then me so she got rid of her toys early. She gave me and my sister a whole bunch of Barbies but mostly Ponies. I can't tell you how lucky I feel for my grandma to be paying attention. It seems she was in the garden just about to throw away her Ponies and Barbies in the trashcan before my grandma interrupted her and told her she gladly takes the toys from her to give them to me and my sister.
I was so happy. The Ponies that I can still remember were: Ringlest (rainbow pegasus, not the Brush 'n Grow), Both Nurse Love Heart and Nurse Sweetheart + both nurse hats/working magic cutiemarks, Dance 'n Prance blue one with yellow hair (forgot her name), Waverunner, Bowtie and a few others but can't remember. Me and my sister both devided them equally and we had the most Pony fun for years after.
Another Pony luck I can think of was when I found Night Glider in this "give away" closet in the city. It basicaly a closet in the middle of the city where people put stuff, (mostly junk sadly) So that others may find some use for it. Like old toys, blankets, books, shoes etc. I walked by to pick up my son from kindergarden and I just saw poor Night Glider standing there. She was soooo dirsty. Hair all messed up, her tail was cut short, she had tail rust and she had some grey-ish spots on her body. I washed her up when I came home. I felt so lucky. I did ended up selling her on Ebay almost 2 years later. Because I was in the process of upgrading her. I do kinda regret selling her now, as she was my lucky Pony. But it's still nice to find a Pony in the wild like that.
Same goes for when I was a child and went with my dad to this huge thrift market to stand there with his own stand to sell stuff. I wandered around the stands myself and found a woman who had 8 G1's for sale. Not fully sure which ones they were, but I do remeber Kiss Curl and Posey were in the lot. She asked 8 euro. I went to my dad asking for 8 euros and he gave me the money but he did tell me to haggle a little. I was shy as a child so I didn't want to try and go too low. So I ended up asking nicely if she was ok with 7 euro instead. And the old lady smiled and gave them to me for 7 euro. I felt so happy. I remember playing with them when we were in the car on our way back home. So funny I didn't consider it luck back then because it was common to see G1's at thrift stores/markets nack then. But I was still happy.
And last one is recently when I got Ice Crystal for 40 euro. It's still quite a sum of money, but I know what he can go for on Ebay so I do consider myself very lucky to have gotten him for this price. It's one of those Ponies that you know is rare and wanted. It's on your list but you're like "Nah, I'll never get it but I just keep him on my list for the future". So it was such a surprise and great feeling for getting him so "cheap".
Phew...that was quite a lot to type.
I like to hear your guy's stories.
I myself was in luck when I was a child. A girl lived next to my grand folks and she was only 1 year older then me but much more "mature" then me so she got rid of her toys early. She gave me and my sister a whole bunch of Barbies but mostly Ponies. I can't tell you how lucky I feel for my grandma to be paying attention. It seems she was in the garden just about to throw away her Ponies and Barbies in the trashcan before my grandma interrupted her and told her she gladly takes the toys from her to give them to me and my sister.
I was so happy. The Ponies that I can still remember were: Ringlest (rainbow pegasus, not the Brush 'n Grow), Both Nurse Love Heart and Nurse Sweetheart + both nurse hats/working magic cutiemarks, Dance 'n Prance blue one with yellow hair (forgot her name), Waverunner, Bowtie and a few others but can't remember. Me and my sister both devided them equally and we had the most Pony fun for years after.
Another Pony luck I can think of was when I found Night Glider in this "give away" closet in the city. It basicaly a closet in the middle of the city where people put stuff, (mostly junk sadly) So that others may find some use for it. Like old toys, blankets, books, shoes etc. I walked by to pick up my son from kindergarden and I just saw poor Night Glider standing there. She was soooo dirsty. Hair all messed up, her tail was cut short, she had tail rust and she had some grey-ish spots on her body. I washed her up when I came home. I felt so lucky. I did ended up selling her on Ebay almost 2 years later. Because I was in the process of upgrading her. I do kinda regret selling her now, as she was my lucky Pony. But it's still nice to find a Pony in the wild like that.
Same goes for when I was a child and went with my dad to this huge thrift market to stand there with his own stand to sell stuff. I wandered around the stands myself and found a woman who had 8 G1's for sale. Not fully sure which ones they were, but I do remeber Kiss Curl and Posey were in the lot. She asked 8 euro. I went to my dad asking for 8 euros and he gave me the money but he did tell me to haggle a little. I was shy as a child so I didn't want to try and go too low. So I ended up asking nicely if she was ok with 7 euro instead. And the old lady smiled and gave them to me for 7 euro. I felt so happy. I remember playing with them when we were in the car on our way back home. So funny I didn't consider it luck back then because it was common to see G1's at thrift stores/markets nack then. But I was still happy.
And last one is recently when I got Ice Crystal for 40 euro. It's still quite a sum of money, but I know what he can go for on Ebay so I do consider myself very lucky to have gotten him for this price. It's one of those Ponies that you know is rare and wanted. It's on your list but you're like "Nah, I'll never get it but I just keep him on my list for the future". So it was such a surprise and great feeling for getting him so "cheap".
Phew...that was quite a lot to type.
I like to hear your guy's stories.
