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« on: September 01, 2018, 07:58:19 PM »
Gorgeous haul! And flea market inspo for sure.  —mari
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« on: September 01, 2018, 07:38:44 PM »
After scrolling through this thread, everything I thought I knew about fakies has been completely turned on its head. Some fakies are lovely! AND they have Hasbro stamps? Tricky tricky but cute nonetheless. That light-up NZ G3 is particularly cool. —mari
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« on: September 01, 2018, 06:55:16 PM »
Test McTestersons! Quick signature test with a few other sig options below. I think I have the right dimensions. Going to play around a bit more once I take more pics. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
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« on: September 01, 2018, 11:23:12 AM »
They are extremely addicting! I'm starting to think this was a bad idea, haha.
I now have 46 ponies and another 5 coming my way, Apple Delight Mama and Baby -brother?- And now of course I want to find daddy and sister ...
Guess I will have to hold back now ... My pony funds are way out.
Woo 46 already! I'm not doing any better—my herd has gone from 21 to 26 in the last 5 days. I may have a few sparkle pony doubles so the trade threads may be my next move to maintain at least some of my pony funds. —mari
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« on: September 01, 2018, 11:11:58 AM »
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« on: September 01, 2018, 10:58:58 AM »
Thank you Kiwi! Will do.
—mari
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« on: September 01, 2018, 10:57:52 AM »
I wouldn't use Oxiclean on every pony that I would get. I made sure that Lemondrop didn't have any glitter or other paint issues like that before giving her a soak. I always give my ponies surface cleanings first. I mostly wanted to experiment with this and see how much it would clean her. But I wouldn't give her one again, just because it might be harsh on ponies. I only used a little amount of Oxiclean. I just like knowing that a pony has been really cleaned and rid of germs.
Post Merge: August 30, 2018, 07:07:31 AM
OxyClean is overkill for 99.9% of ponies.
It happily ruins glitter, iridescence, metallics, most of the neon hair colours (charteruse, red, orange), weak flocking, certain paint colours, magic message symbols, glues, and can further damage nylon hair. Unless your pony has a serious fungal problem or other biological contaminant that requires sterilization or is already 'bait' quality to begin with, I wouldn't go near OxyClean. There are plenty of other cleaning products that are safer for you and your ponies.
It also does NOT fix ink, stains, or yellowing. Safest to start with the easiest and mildest treatments before moving to more aggressive ones. Even soap and water can damage certain types of ponies; there's a risk with any efforts, but minimizing them will save you a lot of potential grief.
I don't think I would use Oxiclean again on any future ponies, this was more of a 'test' I suppose. Even though Lemondrop came out good and no damage that I could see I might get a different result with another pony and it could turn out damaged.
Thank you everypony for laying out the situations where OxyClean would be useful! I'll definitely be starting out easy when a few G1 sparkle ponies arrive in the mail soon. The bodies are such a unique opacity, I wouldn't want to cloud them up or #ponyfail them in any way during a cleaning.  —mari
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« on: August 29, 2018, 09:58:07 PM »
These are stunning, Anna! Thank you so much for sharing them.  —mari
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« on: August 29, 2018, 08:43:26 PM »
Hi team and happy Wednesday!
If possible, I'd like to change my username.
Old username: OGTwinkler
New username: TravelingTwinkler
Thank you so much for your help!
All the best,
—mari
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« on: August 29, 2018, 08:07:17 PM »
I'll just be happy to find her at all.
Haha same here Kiwi! Honestly, hearing about the consistent low-quality conditions of these 35th anniversary ponies really break my heart. May everyone find an unsmudged, unbespoiled anniversary rainbow pony.  —mari
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« on: August 29, 2018, 08:03:19 PM »
SO glad Lemondrop emerged from her bath sparkling clean!
After your experience with Lemondrop, do you feel Oxiclean is an all or nothing soak-it-in kind of approach to cleaning ponies? Or can you lightly surface-clean with Oxiclean without a soak?
I've had a ton of success with Dawn, Magic Eraser, and all-natural shampoos and conditioners. No experience with Oxiclean tho.
—mari
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« on: August 29, 2018, 07:58:07 PM »
Hi Sarah and welcome to the Arena! Happy pony-finding! —mari
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« on: August 29, 2018, 06:02:26 PM »
Hi and welcome to the forum, QuillHeart! Love how you said you want to bring their sweetness back into your everyday. That's totally where I'm at too—their sweet, happy look still melts hearts. Happy collecting! —mari
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« on: August 29, 2018, 05:31:03 PM »
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« on: August 28, 2018, 08:06:18 PM »
Hi Princess, welcome to the forum!
Thrifting for ponies sounds thrilling—which ponies have you found that you never expected to find in a thrift store? You've inspired me to take a crack at some thrifting. Looking forward to seeing your favs on the Pony Brag boards.
Happy collecting!
—mari
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The whole set of German rainbows is sooo pretty. Too bad they are expensive or I would have an army! Rainbows are awesome to see no matter where they come from 
Brazilians look a bit shy which is very cute, Argies are so bright, Italians have tropical hair (Starshine is quite pretty from there too 
Now I've fallen down another googling rabbit hole to see what all these ponies look like. 
It would be awesome if you could make a brag if you got any more!