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« on: January 26, 2013, 10:59:42 AM »
Spot the weird: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThis is a Lady Flutter whom I got as bait, the kind of bait where you open the box of ponies and are hit by the smell of mould, rust, and that 'stored in the attic' scent. She had no wings, a body full of rust and was covered in grime... and she wasn't the worst in the box! I've cleaned/scrubbed the rest (all G1s) but wanted to give her a chance, as it was sad that someone had cut her wings off. As it happens, about eight years ago I made a custom winger from a Sky Dancer and I kept her mangled, chewed-up wings for some unknown reason. They've been in my old desk since then, which I just cleared and found. So, FRANKENWINGER! She's got dry hair, scuffed symbols, and crumply wings, but she looks happier (and CLEANER after several hours of soaking and scrubbing) for the effort.
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« on: January 23, 2013, 06:56:57 PM »
I bought this Baby Mischief TWO WEEKS ago on eBay and paid ~£3 for her. The seller has faffed, and just said that the pony was returned to her because the postage stamp was put on the same side of the parcel as the return address. Yeeeeaahhh. This is the pony: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThat's a Baby Mischief. The ribbon in the photo is obviously pink, and her hair does not appear faded. Is she white? Faded? Variant? Am I now dealing with a seller who has realised she has some kind of rare item and has 'lost' it? To be honest I bid on her because I like the set and I'm missing that one. Now I'm just paranoid. eta: My Little Wiki image: http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:Baby_Mischief.jpg
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« on: January 07, 2013, 05:23:16 AM »
I'm a Ponywear nut, I love the outfits. I'd love to see what Nirvana variants there are! I'm also trying to figure out if this cape thingy is Nirvana or actually Fakie wear, since it's so well made and looks very similar to the main line Ponywear release: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2s86lwwci06xs5/Ponywear%20tiny%20ponies.jpgBut anyway, Ponywear! Accessories! Brushes! I'd love to see what exists out there!
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« on: January 06, 2013, 12:07:03 PM »
Photo: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2s86lwwci06xs5/Ponywear%20tiny%20ponies.jpgRealising that My Little Wiki doesn't have a page for this set (yet) and Dream Valley doesn't either, are these two bits that I've got spare the pieces of the UK Ponywear Night Time set? This set is shown as a pony in a mob cap with a ...cape, gown, thing: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAnd the colours appear to be white, however I've got the UK Party Time here MOC and the tiara is red, not silver. If it IS Night Time that'd be great, and I thought that would mean I've completed the UK sets however I've just noticed that my Royal Pony set (loose) is missing. I have no idea where I put it or who is wearing it. Oh dear. There are 5 baby pony bow shoes, but they are made of rock solid plastic, are these fakie-wear? The other things are these tiny, hard plastic ponies. They are all marked 'CC' and have brushable hair. What are they? I had a few when I was very young, mixed in with second hand Ponies, and now I've got these guys from random lots. I'd love to know more about them. (And if I can' find my Royal Pony feel free to tell me if you're selling it. Oops.) eta: Oh yeah, what are those pants from? They're not pony shaped!
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« on: January 01, 2013, 01:02:36 PM »
And this is an excuse for me to drool over eeeeverything.  I am making a Microsoft Excel 2010 spread sheet of all the G1 Pony Wear outfits and associated items - pretty packs, pretty ups, etc. I am currently pulling information from my own limited collection, and from Dream Valley. This is mostly because My Little Wiki is down, and because I'd rather generate a 'hard copy' database of all the Pony Wear that can then be given out via email, rather than rely on a Wiki site. What I need from you: -MOC/MIB Photos of ANY and ALL versions of pony wear! This is to check for variations between countries, like the varying show colours, and variations in names, because there are three 'Party Time' outfits that I know of. -Photos of Ponies in Ponywear - and the name of what they are wearing, and what it consists of, with the colours for each item (i.e. red plastic mask, pink bow shoes...). With input from the Arena this will go much faster, and mean I can compile a document for people to 'tick off' their pony wear collections on their own PC. ETA: I should add, I'm not going to use the photos in the database itself, just as a reference to get things entered correctly!
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« on: January 01, 2013, 08:58:20 AM »
Looking at my 'Nirvana' shelf, I only have Italians, plus one Macau (red-drops Lemondrop), Dutch Diary and a Spanish Hopscotch (had from childhood). None of the Italian ponies cost me more than £5 a throw and they're varying from lovely to 'well loved' in condition. Whilst I love Nirvana ponies, I'll never have the budget for some of the rarer ponies!
I simply couldn't justify spending the value of some Nirvanas, I'm kind of scared to seek them because I don't want to get a seller's hopes up saying 'Hey, I'm after your [Whatever] Medley!' only to then say 'Actually I can't afford that...'. Even Diary was pushing it for me and she was only ~£30 or so when I got her years ago!
I ramble. What's your Nirvana budget like? How do you save/justify/spend your pony budget? Do you only seek Nirvana ponies? And heck, how do you get them insured or do you insure them at all? It's all a mystery to me still!
Oh, and do Princess Variants count as Nirvana? I can't remember.
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« on: December 22, 2012, 03:54:31 PM »
Sellers:
1 - winifred.sweeney
2 - lolscollectablesuk
1 - Bought 6 ponies, all of them stink, when asked the seller replied with "yes i am a smoker ,but these ponys have been in the attic for awhile now,hope they ok for you " and no offer of a refund despite me pointing out the condition of the ponies.
The listing didn't mention anything about the smell, or that the seller was a smoker.
2 - Bought 1 pony that also reeks, worse than the 6 mentioned above. When asked the seller claimed she had found the pony in a charity shop and had listed it. The listing mentioned nothing about the pony smelling bad, though did cover basic body condition! Again, no offer of a refund or such like.
I don't want to be That Guy on eBay but these ponies were not as described and given both sellers' equally awful grammar/spelling I don't think I'll be able to argue the case via PM... what should I do?
All the ponies when into a bucket of hot water and bicarb for 12 hours today, they smell slightly less awful.
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« on: December 17, 2012, 11:06:42 AM »
So I bought a relatively grubby LOOKING pony off eBay and thought 'Hey, I have time, I will clean her up for my swap partner since she wants that one!', and sure enough the seller sends her to me, in her own lil' box, all neatly wrapped, fast delivery...
She stinks of tar, not smoke, tar. It's that nasty, acrid, crawls-up-your-nose bite of cigarette residue that comes from the house of a heavy or chain smoker.
Firstly: ARGH I can't give her to my swapper like that! I'm already getting a spare of this pony in case I can't fix this one.
Secondly: Even if I keep her I am NOT putting her on a shelf like this.
Thirdly: The real kicker? Her eyes, symbols, blush, body condition and hair are otherwise gorgeous. She just smellls bad!
She's currently in a plastic bag with some dry rice to soak out the remains of her bath without making my room smell awful.
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« on: October 26, 2012, 04:53:18 PM »
Ohhh dear. I bought ten of these when I spotted them in Forbidden Planet, purely to trade them off as I've gone off the blind bags at the moment anyway. These are the wave 5 YELLOW bag blind-bag ponies with Luna, Celestia and Cadance as the special ponies.
I popped Junebug out first, and her hair paint is on her ears as well. Gently moving it with a nail, it sort of... glooped off her ears, but it stayed on her mane. The same happened with a Diamond Rose, who looks like they gave her pink hair in two-tone and then decided 'Buck it!' and slopped red-scarlet all over her instead.
I'm really dissapointed with these guys.
eta: Oh, additional: some of the ponies came out of the bag with dirt/black marks, and their hair paint is thin.. I can see the pink/purple 'glowing' through the lighter hair colours on the darker bodied ponies.
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« on: September 21, 2012, 06:49:24 AM »
I bought my Lily Blossom when she first came out, along with some Blind Bag ponies from Germany. She was ~4 EU. So I happily deboxed her and she has been on my shelves. Recently I saw her MIB going for as much as £17.00, which seemed a bit nuts...
I saw one MIB in WHSmiths here, for a whackingly overpriced £9.99, and despite that I still picked her up because what I am seeing is that her single release is 'rare' now. Has this been the case? I realise she's going to be released again with AJ as a twin pack, so I am keeping this one MIB indefinitely.
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« on: September 21, 2012, 06:38:17 AM »
Can you hear that? .... Nothing. It's quiet, too quiet... and we're nearly out of shells and pillows.
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We need to crib the street, we need to reach the rescue point, and hope that they can hear us on the radios.
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We've been...
Left 4 Bed...
Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Star Dreams. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAB: We must get to the bed! We can't stay here... SD: Wait, Apple Bloom, what's that? visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginAB: Oh, that's plain' obvious, that's the Horde. SD: ... SL: ... SB: ... visitors can't see pics , please register or loginRUN!!!!visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBRAAAAAAAIINNNSSS!!!visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWill the Cutie Mark Crusaders & Star Dreams make it safely away? Will they reach the rescue crib? Will I ever stop posting in rhetorical questions?
Find out, next time... in LEFT 4 BED. So, yes. I have reached a truly silly amount of BBE ponies. I have a Horde of 34, 35 if you include the Frosting that isn't pictured as she's MIB in her Party Pack box. Here they all are: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginAnd just for fun, a shot with their mum ponies: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAs shown, a lot of them are in awful condition. I thought I'd snap these photos before scrubbing them all and giving them some TLC. Huge, huge thankyou-s to Rosencrantz for sending me the bulk of these guys, as, in his words 'I think I can hear them breathing'...
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« on: August 31, 2012, 09:20:17 AM »
This is pony related and work related...
I've seen photos of ponies stood on these clear acrylic 'step' shelves, and I could do with getting a whole ton of them both for my collection and for my hobby-business when I run stalls. Where can they be bought, or do they have to be custom ordered? I can buy from a wholesaler, I think, as I am technically a business now.
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« on: August 25, 2012, 12:48:08 PM »
I have a 'fakie' here, I've had her since I was about 3 and I remember picking her up new in a toy shop. She's one of the so-named 'Buddy L' fakies, with a light up horn, pink saddle and wings. I remember when I saw photos of a blue one in a fakie thread that it was mentioned that no one has ever seen a working on. My girl still works, and makes all the lights/noises/movements as she should (aside from one wonky wing), would it be worth me taking a video of her for collector reference? ETA: here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-SsnpQDdQ&feature=youtu.be
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« on: August 24, 2012, 06:27:09 PM »
...Aside from Paradise Estate, that is! I just rehomed my Paradise Estate to somewhere that will love it and play with it and enjoy it. It's the castle of castles, and the biggest thing Hasbro ever made for the ponies.
So why aren't the other sets moving at the moment? Or are they? I have several up and they've had no interest, similarly the G3 sets. Is it because they're bulky to post? Do people just not want to bother with them? I'm confused as to what the reasoning is. I know I am having to sell mine because of having no space / impending 'less space than before, argh sell everything'.
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« on: August 23, 2012, 08:46:09 AM »
I just found these in the loft. They are all in varying condition. I am IDing them now, but a rough guesstimate or information on the following would be really great. For reference, none of them are scented anymore.
Sugar & Shine Crystal - with her hat and skirt, hair frizzed, no comb.
Sugar & Shine Sweet Sue - with her hat. No skirt, hair frizzed, no comb.
Tropical Treat Coral Spash - has brown hair, not blonde? has her hat and her skirt (I think).
Princess Parfait Bonnie Bride - Has her hat and necklace.
Annoyingly I think I passed through some of their stuff whilst boxing things up to donate to charity shops and I have accidentally donated the Bride's skirt. OOPS.
And finally:
Playset: Dessert Shop Pie: shell intact and works, I am going through all the bits and pieces now, but I think most of them are still there! Dusty, but otherwise good.
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