I know I'm just repeating what others have said, but I would say Firefly, Glory, Cotton Candy, Peachy for G1.

Rainbow Dash for G4; I can say this because I knew nothing about G4/FiM until very recently when my son got into it, but prior to that, I still knew who Rainbow Dash was because she is plastered all over merchandise and the internet.

As far as G2 and 3 go, I can't help, sorry...I don't know much about those gens.

These are cute!

These look great, what technique/materials did you use? I have a few ponies (including these same two girls!) who need new glitter symbols and I've been afraid to try it.

Oh my goodness, it's so funny you posted this today...I just bought this set on Ebay as well (because they were the only G4 brushables I could find with show-accurate bangs!) and I searched the internet high and low for an answer to get the glue out, with no luck.

I tried washing, boiling (that just made a big old gooey mess) and a fine comb. What finally did the trick was soaking the affected hair in Goof-Off pro-strength remover. I had gone to the lengths of ordering a second set of ponies in case this destroyed them! I was looking for Goo Gone, but options were limited at the Dollar General near me, and we live in a remote area and I knew with the quarantine I wouldn't be hitting a Walmart any time soon, so I took a chance and bought this.

It worked. I recommend gloves of some sort; the chemical melted right through the food service-grade latex ones I used, so I'd try something different if you have them. It's a tedious process, since you still have to comb the adhesive out with a metal fine-toothed comb, but it does break down the glue. Once you get it all out, wash the hair, condition it, and style it as normal! I have before and after pictures I took, but I don't know how to post pictures on here. It didn't seem to damage the pony or the hair in any way. I hope this helps!

It means that I'm old. 

I personally consider the anniversary to be 1982 because that's the earliest date I have seen hoof-stamps within my collection.

Wow, that is really cool!! Wish I had the space to set mine all up like that...maybe someday! My little son is hanging over my shoulder while I am looking at your collection and he's pointing out all the ponies he recognizes, and he is also quite enthralled with your giant Rainbow Dash.

I find G1 ponies have the most fun to style hair. I used to be mostly big on G3 but finally owning G1's made me just adore them the most. They are so chunky and nice to hold! Their size is just perfect!

Another thought, am I strange for liking to get more dingy and dirty ponies? I get satisfaction from cleaning them up and making them new again! Seeing the Before & After always makes me proud. It also just gives me something to put some time and work into. It also makes me feel more attached to them because I'm the one that made them look good as new again, they didn't just come that way!

Same! I love picking up lots that have dirty ponies with frizzy hair and turning them into something that looks brand-new!

Okay, I have a random pony thought:

I also went through my entire life thinking I had one pony, when in actuality I had a completely different pony! Let me tell you the story:

I must have been five or six when I received a pony in the mail. It was a blue baby pony with blue hair and no symbol and it came in a small box. Of course I was thrilled to get it and that’s really all I remember: just the excitement of opening a small box to find a pony in there. I don’t remember if it came with any papers telling me what the pony’s name was or anything like that. All my life, I figured the pony was Lucky. Obviously, as you may have guessed, I had a blue Ember. You have to remember this story takes place in the ‘80s, a time before we had a wonderful thing called the Internet. It probably wasn’t until a few years ago when I was doing some MLP research and made this discovery. The pony I had was clearly not Lucky; I just thought it was him because my pony was all blue! And I just assumed they forgot to print the horseshoe symbol, so what do I do? Get out my purple magic marker and draw a crude horseshoe on its haunches! I still have that little pony and it will probably always be known as “Lucky” to me.

That's so funny, because I thought the same thing about my blue Ember! I didn't actually go through the mail-ordering process to acquire mine, since a friend actually gave me her Ember when I had to go for a hospital stay as a child. I also thought it was Lucky, as I had seen the little package inserts for the mail-order Lucky and figured since this pony was also blue with blue hair that it must be him. Lucky/Ember got me through that scary time, and is to this day one of my favorite ponies. I didn't find out until years later when looking up other ponies' names that I came across the Ember series and realized that not only was my blue pony Ember, not Lucky, but she came in a couple of other colors as well. I noticed that mine didn't have a rump symbol, but I figured that since my friend had owned her for a while first, it had rubbed off or something. I had just liked her because she was blue, which was my favorite color, and because my friend had given her to me.

I also didn't realize until recently that the actual Lucky came with a chopped mane. I couldn't figure out why every time I saw a Lucky for sale, it seemed like some kid had chopped all his hair off.

Other ponies that I called other names:

Sparkler: This was my very first pony, and I don't think I realized that ponies came with names, and the package probably got thrown away with all the other birthday wrap, so I named her 'Tiffany'.

Tootsie: Well, I didn't actually rename her, but I think I pronounced her name wrong; I think it's actually supposed to be like Tootsie Roll, right? Well I was just learning how to read, and pronounced it Toot-sie, as in toot a horn. To this day I still pronounce it that way in my head because I called her that for so many years.

Sugarberry: We always just called this pony Strawberry...for obvious reasons.

Noodles and Doodles: I know the blue twin was supposed to be Noodles and the pink twin Doodles, but I reversed them, for no reason other than I just wanted them to be that way.


Post Merge: April 16, 2020, 09:50:43 PM

Quote from: Leave a Whisper on April 16, 2020, 03:34:15 PM

Quote from: brightberry on April 16, 2020, 02:26:00 PM

One of the reasons why I loved mail-order Ember was because only one was the "Ember".  The other two were literally blank slates that I could give whatever name I wanted to. 

I named my blue Ember "Blueberry" and she went with me everywhere.

That's cute

I have both the purple one (like in the show) & the pink one. The pink one is her twin, Emma.

That's cute...Ember and Emma! The only one I don't have is the pink one...I received a purple one kind of by accident in a lot that I ordered, but she is kind of scuzzy and gray-looking. Her hair is nice though; I thought about making a custom out of her, maybe a Baby Snuzzle?