As you know I post every year what I have done the year before. My first source for uploading pics is and stays deviantart. So if you know where to find me (https://www.deviantart.com/customsbypandabear) you can see me posting there new stuff regularly.

2022 was ... other than the years before. You probably know I'm doing mostly Hasbro replicates. But that brought me to a point last year where I said: Nope - I'm done.
Done for being commissioned with the 60th regular Rapunzel, the 3rd Baby Nightglider, the xth this or that. I didn't have fun in doing this anymore, so I quit from taking commissions officially. It was a big relief but necessary.
It was the beginning of a new chapter in life "Do the things you love when you want, for whom you want and what you want.

So the first goal was to have some ponies in order to present (and hopefully sell) at the Germany pony con in Düsseldorf in July. I was wrong - most of them went in an instant.

Prototype Nightlight, Raindrop and Moonstone as being advertised on the German rainbow's backcard.

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Then I tested more things with the electrostatic gun: fiber sizes/density and glues mostly

Baby North Star, Newborn Buttons, Baby Firefly with a darker blue hair color and a new interpretation of Milky Way

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I seriously love the last girl.

Of yourse I made a few ponies for dear friends but slowly and on a "if you like and are bored I'd love to have the following..."base

2 New Colorswirl ponies

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Carebears x My little Pony

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Popples x My little pony (gosh these girls took an eternity to be rehaired, magnets inside make the little pom poms moveable)

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Baby Casscade (3rd?)

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Daddy Nightlight

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Sleepunzel II

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Brazil Baby Lofty (2nd)
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Ladybird (xth?)

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My first attempt on a Breyer called "S'Wonderful" who was done only once and I was asked to make another (phew, gave me lots of days of frustration but the end result turned out great)

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Finally I started some own projects!

Peachy- She never appeared to me with her heart symbols, so I gave her a "very peachy" makeover

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Universe Boy - Yeah clever name but I'm not good at giving names. This one was done as my version of a HQG1C Pony that was teased years ago (2015) but didn't made it into production so far. He has tiny gitd bits inside his body, being dyed and during the day he impresses with his glorius hair as well as his incredibly stunning color-shifting symbols. 

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The last thing I started were 2 new repro accessories. Stands and guitars / keytars because hey these 80ths girls need some glam in their lives don't they?

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These are by far not all I have done but give a small inside what is possible. I make the stands occasionally 4x a year in larger badges - the next one in February - so if you like, drop me a message here and let me know in case you want one.

Thank you for reading until here - this year will be filled mostly with own projects. Can't wait to start!

You will very rarely find them for sale on eBay. I bought mine from another collectors, this is how most people acquire Takara's. There are auction site in Japan, and Takara's do pop up for sale on them, but there is still competition for them and they will still go for in a region of $800-2000 USD.

The Takara ponies were only made for one year (1986 I believe), and not many were made before the line was discontinued. There is just isn't the same volume of them compared to "regular" release or even some "nirvana" ponies that were produced between 1983-1994.

Love pkw xxx

Pinkkittywinks is absolutely on point here.

In general Hasbro made a trade with the company Takara Tomy in the 80s. While Takara got the ability to produce their own ponies known as "Osharena Ponies" (Osharena is the Japanese word for elegant) - Hasbro got the ability to produce Transformers. Takara ponies were only sold in 1985 (almost right @pinkkittywinks ) and sold only in Japan. Japanese people tend to throw stuff away rather than keeping it. Therefore a lot of Takaras might gone missing over the decades.

They are sold on Japanese pages now and then (perhaps 3-4 per year). You need good connections to get one of them and in can take a very long time. It took me about 4-5 years to get the 6 I own now.

Does anyone know how many hanks a styling size G3 takes?

I've never made one, only stripped a couple. I suppose I can figure it out from the hair I saved from them... but if anyone knows, I'd appreciate it.

It depends on the length of hair to be used. But for my MlP x Popples G3s I used 3 hanks of white which was then dyed in several colours.

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Awh thank you so much guys again for the lovely comments.

Great Job pandabear_chan They look Amazing!!!!! is Rapunzel a restore or a custom out of curiosity?

She is indeed a custom - no restored pony.

Panda, the info about your airbrush is interesting! I have whatever came with my Paache, three sizes of needle, a couple of paint jars and the friction paint cup. I've always wanted to get more jars for premixed paint.

Powder pigments are also something I've always wanted to try.

Your list makes me remember some things I forgot to add.

Yes I pretty much adapted my hobby supplies with the experiences from my work life. These Eppendorf Tubes I used in a lab, are just so easy to use and paint gets stored for such a long time. If you cover the lids even with so called Parafilm they will last even longer.

Powder pigments are great for metallic symbols (I use PearlEx from Jacard) but I discovered recently color-shifting pigments (Chameleon from Let's Resin) that I haven't used yet.

In case you ever need something that I can get easier in Germany feel free to send a PM and maybe you can get something for me from the US?

I'm looking for the Mountain Boy Lightning, without a head / body mismatch. I'm also trying to grow my Macau ponies...i'd quite like all the CP Macau's eventually!

I have a Macau Palomino Cotton Candy if you still need her?

As for me I'm loosely looking for the last adult Takara I'm missing - as always.

that diva toola-roola/kimono/wysteria is perfect!! ever thought about making a custom of winter variant cute curtsey? she's a prototype too, and i've always wished she wasn't, lol
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Cute_Curtsey#Winter_Variant

Oh yes I just need a carriage which might be difficult to find for a good price as it needs some changes in color. I'd only need a white bait for her.

Wow another wonderful set!