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« on: June 04, 2016, 06:16:30 AM »
I love Bubbles--one of my favorite ponies of all time. I wanted her desperately as a child but could never find her in the store. Had to wait until 1998 to buy her on eBay! Here she is hanging out poolside . . . visitors can't see pics , please register or login
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« on: June 03, 2016, 08:17:16 PM »
Bump: ending soon!
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« on: June 03, 2016, 06:32:19 PM »
I think that was a great offer--good luck! I love the common ponies (much more than the rares), and it's always fun to clean up a lot. I'm sure you'll find some gems in there! 
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« on: June 03, 2016, 03:46:04 PM »
Hello! Mmmmm . . . I think without better information on condition your PCs may not be too helpful. These are all very common ponies, and most of them can really vary in price given their condition. Majesty and Starshine are pretty hard to find in good+ condition, meaning nice even white body, little or no glitter loss, and silky uncut hair. A really nice one could sell for $20, a so-so one for less than $3.
If these are all in more or less okay condition, then I'd give them an average value of $4/pony, aside from maybe $3 for Peach Blossom and $1 for BBE Tiddly Winks. So altogether that's around $50.
I'd love to see pics!
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« on: June 03, 2016, 03:02:13 PM »
IMO if you're going to invest in something, don't invest in plastic that breaks down over time! I think G1s have held up *extremely* well over these 30 or so years--you can get *almost* any pony in mint condition if you're willing to pay for it. But where will they be in 60 years? 100? Also as the children of the 80s-early 90s get older and older, demand for G1s may decrease as people drop out of collecting, though the market seems pretty robust now.
One more point--many, many ponies sell for around what they sold for when they were in the store--and that is without adjustment for inflation. So in general, they are a bad investment for $$$, a good one for love!
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« on: May 31, 2016, 01:30:27 PM »
Oh gosh--I'd have to go lower. Maybe $50? If all the ponies there are mint/NM then yes, they are worth more than that as a bunch, but when selling as a LOT you don't get the price per pony you get if you sell them separately. Glory and Gusty look nice and white, and if they have excellent symbols they are good to have and easy enough to sell. The tropical ponies and Sugarberry look like they've had better hair days, and you may not be able to get their hair back in shape. Blossom and Baby Moondancer look like they may be duller/browner in color than optimal, and in that shape they are a dime a dozen and worth very little. So again, yes, if in excellent shape they are worth more than $50, but I personally wouldn't pay much more than that unless there is something there you absolutely have to have.
If this is a lot you're trying to get, I hope it works out well for you!
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« on: May 31, 2016, 01:21:26 PM »
Hello! I'm looking for Skydancer's brush and comb (dark green) and perhaps some purple Rainbow Pony brush/comb sets. Mint/near mint only. I usually charge $3.50 when I sell these sets.
Also looking for CF Butterscotch in excellent condition (must have silky mane and tail)--I'm pretty picky about the coloring of the one I want, so please send a pic if you have one for sale!
Thanks!
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« on: May 26, 2016, 08:42:31 PM »
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« on: April 19, 2016, 05:16:44 AM »
Hello! It sounds like you don't have much to lose really if you want to experiment with trying to remove the yellowing. My experience w/ my Pretty Parlor was that the discoloration on the blue sections didn't budge and the white parts did get whiter but over time began to yellow again. I have seen someone have great results on the roof of a Lullabye Nursery but I don't know if the results lasted. It's a lot of work, so I'd keep in mind that 1) you're planning to sell them and 2) you may not get much of anything for them. The stable and nursery are extremely common, and as shells you just about have to give them away b/c of shipping. So unless you're itching to try your hand as daily peroxide treatments for yellow plastic, I might just offer them to anyone who wants to pay for shipping!
Good luck giving some TLC to those poor ponies!
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« on: March 30, 2016, 08:21:15 AM »
Yes, we both like the fact that they are small. One hundred MLPs (esp G1) take up a lot of space. We have all the Shopkins in a plastic container smaller than a shoebox!
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« on: March 29, 2016, 07:27:02 PM »
Hello! I don't know if there has been a Shopkins thread b/c the search function isn't working for me right now. So hopefully I'm not repeating a recent thread . . . I've recently discovered Shopkins: http://www.shopkinsworld.com/Someone gave two of them to a friend of mine's children . . . and then my friend and I realized we really liked them. We keep buying them "for her children" and indeed they are in their custody but I LOVE picking them out at the store and enjoying the fun of playing with them with the kiddies . . . and they now have almost 100 . . .  Who has been bitten by the Shopkins bug? I missed Season 1 and 2 entirely. Started buying at the tail end of 3. I'm not interested in "collecting them all," just the ones that we like. Planning on buying some more Season 4 soon if I can find a pack that doesn't have too many of the ones we already have
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« on: March 17, 2016, 06:52:56 PM »
I think somehow Hasbro knew which ponies were most popular/sold the best. I think the ponies that Hasbro carried over to the following year (for instance, Blossom and Cotton Candy from Year 1 to Year 2) were due to sales. So they must have tracked it. In the switch from Year 3 to 4 US, it's interesting that Hasbro chose Cherries Jubilee to continue into Year 4 considering that the more obvious choice was Sparkler (to match the pairs that moved forward: Posey/Lickety-Split (earth) and Heart Throb/Surprise (pegasi). But I'm guessing CJ sold better so they put her in alongside Gusty.
So YES, I think *at least for Year 3 US* (the first round of babies), it was based on early Year 2 sales, except for the inclusion of Baby Surprise of course. I think the Hasbro designers decided that Baby Medley just didn't work aesthetically with the others.
To circle this back to prototypes--if only Hasbro had photographed a Baby Medley they then pulled . . .
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« on: March 16, 2016, 07:51:00 PM »
Hmm, interesting! Could Hasbro have switched things up partway through the run after seeing how well Moondancer was selling? It would make sense that they wanted Twilight to be well represented, because she is "the pink one" of the unicorns, but she's also the one I come across the least.
Moondancer and Glory were also sold in Year 3, which would also explain why there are more of them, but at the same time I also see a lot more Sunbeams than Twilights.
I don't think the script writers knew which ponies were shortpacked. I think Hasbro was like "So, these are the ponies for the year" and they were able to choose whichever ones they wanted to use.
First--I've always been interested in to what degree Hasbro modified what they shipped based on what was selling. Obviously they were keeping track of it, but since the ponies came in variety boxes I don't know how well Hasbro could or would respond to certain ponies selling better than others. Would a store have communicated to Hasbro that Moondancer was selling out while Twilight languished on the shelf? I wonder . . . Second--Yes, I think it's beyond question that in the US Twilight is the least common of the four. Sunbeam clearly sold very well b/c she comes up all the time in lots with her little worn-sun behind. Last--I have no evidence but yes, I'm guessing you're right. I think in Year 2 the Hasbro people also told the script writers "We are designing Rainbow Ponies, not fully worked out yet, let's just include a generic rainbow-haired pony, no one will ever think about it" and voila that strange rainbow-haired creature with Twinkles on her back was born.
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« on: March 15, 2016, 09:21:44 PM »
I also remember that the packing numbers were uneven for this group, with Moondancer being the most short-packed one (only two per box) whereas I think Twilight had six. This makes me a bit suspicious of these numbers b/c Moondancer clearly sold better than Twilight and Sunbeam (even if you count out the Year 3 reissue).
It is completely believable that there were more Cotton Candys than other ponies in the packs.
Maybe they flipped the names by accident? Just going by what I've found over the years, Moondancer is more common than Twilight - while neither is rare, I've seen more or as many Moondancers as Glorys, and more of either one than Twilight. Which is odd, given she's pink and we know how much Hasbro loved offering pink ponies.
It's possible! I think it makes sense they would short pack Moondancer b/c she's the one of the four you'd imagine on the surface would sell least well, with Twilight (or maybe Glory) selling best. But there is just something about white unicorns . . . I see more of Sunbeam than Twilight, so based on numbers (keeping in mind that Glory and Moondancer got at least a small bump from continued sales in Year 3 US), I agree that Twilight would seem to be the short packed one. In "the wild" (what I've seen over the years in lots, etc) I'd guess Glory and Moondancer outnumber Sunbeam by at least 5:1 and Twilight 10:1 or more. Although Twilight was definitely promoted by the TV special . . . hmmm.
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