Not a pony, but a playset. I got the Perfume Puff Palace sans accessories with a bag of baity, moldy, rusty g1s, and while the ponies could be taken apart and thoroughly cleaned, that playset was so horrendously moldy and I was terrified of what god awful sickness inducing germs could be floating inside the puffer piece that I'd never be able to get out, so I ended up tossing it in a dumpster on my way home. 

I prefer g1, almost entirely for toy quality reasons as I'm not much of a pony cartoon person outside of g3. G1 ponies are made much sturdier and with better quality materials, whereas my g4 brushables are proving more difficult to maintain because they're fading/deteriorating so quickly and have rougher hair.

Though I understand that's a case of them both being products of their time, as regulations on toy safety and the mindsets of companies and consumers alike have changed a lot in 30 years. I think it's quite likely that the growing list of materials disallowed in children's toys these days has affected how stable they can make the plastic/synthetic hair, and I notice with many things that the 80s and 90s had more of a "built to last" mentality, with today's market being much more "cheap and easily replaceable" oriented. I find it particularly noticeable with computers, and well, ponies. 

Here's a couple pics of tiny me with my ponies around the end of 2003. I took some snaps quickly of out one of my scrapbooks


By the time 2004 rolled around I'd already found out about pony collectors on the internet, only a handful more ponies made it in after these photos before I started calling myself a collector! 

I only have a handful of g2s, but these girls are my personal favourites! A couple years ago I received a large lot of ponies from a friend who was downsizing and it included some mip g2s, and unfortunately, they obtained a fair amount of water damage in transit and had to be decarded because I feared they would mould or rust, but on the bright side, they really feel like my very own g2 ponies now despite being from before my time as a pony person! 

Never :9 my "playing ponies" transitioned into collecting so smoothly over the last couple years of g3 that I honestly just can't remember a clear line between the two reasons for buying them. And I still play with them sometimes still at 20 years old.

I have the sunny scent pony set from 2005, but it's been a while since I last sorted through some of my g3 ponies, and I've developed a lavender allergy in the recently, making me a little nervous about handling Lavender Lake and Tropical Surprise who were advertised as "floral scented". Does anyone happen to know if the perfume ingredients were ever listed on these ponies?

I've got a handful of ponies I'm looking to trade!

I'm in Canada & I will ship worldwide!
Please keep in mind that it may take me up to 7-10 days to get to the post office to send things out due to unpredictable health concerns.

More pictures available upon request.

G1 SS Hippity Hop - hair is faded, has two small flocking rubs: one on lip, one on NDS wing, small amount of flocking wear on bottom of hooves and a tiny ink mark.


G4 Fashion Styles - Fluttershy: tiny black mark under chin, Twilight: no flaws that I can see, RD: two thin purple lines on back display side leg


misc. G3s - Gardenia Glow II: no flaws that I can see, Spring Fever: small, thin black line on chest, Sweetberry: obvious pen marks, about an inch of hair cut off


I'm looking for:
-G3 Starsong (1st release, with tinsel in hair and no cutie mark design additions)
-Baits! Any generation, any flaws except bald/buzzcuts, just make me an offer, I'll take any ponies I don't have!

Darn, I really wish I could go but I already got passes for a convention just up in Vancouver that same day.