Current project: G1 Windy & Ruby Lips, G2 McD Sundance, Ursa Major

Love it when a pony's hair ends up perfectly smooth and silky. Baby Moony came out beautiful, though her neck glue crumbled. Took her apart to check for filth, but she was clean. Lofty was decent enough, a couple smudges on her flocking, and some missing on her wings and tips of hooves. Party Time's tail ended up frizzy, not too concerned about that.

This is the best I could do with the rusty scum inside G3 Scootaloo. Still some left, though much better than before.

There she is, cleaned up and good to go. Zip ties on her tail, yanked it through with some fishing line. Had to soften up her plastic with a hair dryer so I could put her back together. Overall I'm content with how she turned out.

Previous projects:
G1 Moondancer, TE Fizzy and G2 Morning Glory
Before:
After:
Fizzy definitely failed the white cloth test, the others weren't too bad. Hair wasn't terrible, though I don't have the tools to make it perfectly smooth and straight. Just conditioner and a comb.
Moondancer's either an italian variant or a factory defect, her symbols aren't symmetrical.

G3 Scootaloo, TE Party Time, SS Lofty, Baby Moondancer
Before:
Not too bad on the outside. Scootaloo has it rough unfortunately, be warned when opening the following spoiler tags

That mess is everywhere inside her body/head. Can't easily get a pipe cleaner in the harder to reach spots to clean her out, every reasonably mild cleaning method I tried (Vinegar and baking soda, Oxiclean), that rusty stuff won't budge. The worst is her tail.

Wasn't much left to her tail washer and clamp. Turned the water a thick shade of brown when soaked in oxiclean, still having to scrape bits of clamp off. I can smooth out her tail eventually, and have some spare zip ties in place of metal components.

After:

I"ve got a similar problem. I started off collecting G4 ponies around 2011, when the G4 craze really started taking off. Couple years later I found two dozen G3's at a thrift store (And a tail-less G1 Cotton Candy). Currently have nearly 30 G1's and around 75 G3's, and it's only growing from there.

brightberry, that Bluebelle had no tail, I didn't pick her up.

Got a couple more pics of what that shop had to offer:

G2's? The white pony on the right lost the twinkles in her eyes

Looks like someone grilled this Lickety Split

Some twinkle eyes

Other ponies, including a so soft and... a bear? The shop owner said that bear was part of the G1 show, though I haven't watched too much of the original series. I do have that Shout Factory collection released a couple years ago.

The stuff I bought:

The variation of G3 Pinkie with her name on leg, baby Surf Star, G1 Moonstone
I don't know the two in the middle, briefly looked on Strawberry Reef, the purple pony with a 3d ice cream symbol and that rainbow maned beauty with glittery umbrellas. Sparkler and what looks like a 25th anniversary blossom on the end.

Another thing I like about this plush, it's soft and squishy enough to cuddle with. Compared to WhiteDove's plushies for example, WhiteDove crams so much stuffing in her plushies that they're more like fabric statues than plush toys.

On an amusing note, I showed Knoxie to my parents and got some lighthearted teasing in return. Considering we're from Connecticut and my parents are die hard UCONN fans, showing them a Tennessee themed pony wasn't the best of ideas.

Got that myself a couple months ago, cute pet. Still nothing tops Uuna. She gives you hugs!

Also did you know of this Pandaren NPC named Pink Peony who sells assorted pastries?
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=64099/pink-peony

Thinking about upgrading, I've been carrying around a flip-phone for a while. Anyone got any recommendations on which carrier to go with?

-Aside from the cost of the hardware and accessories, I shell out around $120 a year with Tracfone. Might as well be unlimited talk/text considering how rarely I use it, I've got more minutes than I use.
-In terms of data plans, occasional facebook/discord use, probably a World of Warcraft app, light browsing, and rarely a GPS app if I ever go out of state.
-I'd prefer to avoid contracts if possible.

Thanks

Got back from Everfree NW yesterday.

Got pics with Ashleigh Ball, Bill Newton and DustyKatt.


Bought a handful of plushies and a couple wall scrolls.

That Marina mascot plush is adorable! And those Celestia & Luna scrolls are amazing as well.

Overall I had a mellow pleasant time at Everfree. Nothing too exciting, attended the usual VIP guest panels, stayed up till midnight playing Buck Legacy.

If I end up here next year, there's a restaurant called Dukes Chowderhouse a short shuttle ride from the con venue. Had some delicous chowder and a macadamia encrusted chunk of halibut. Any Seattle residents or visitors ever been there?

Only regret, I wasn't able to get deeper into Seattle. Traffic was rough, train rides took too long and Hiring an uber looked too pricey. Would've liked to get a few pics of the ocean.