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Sets you don't want?
« on: June 15, 2013, 06:43:55 AM »
Just wondering...

Imagine price and availability weren't an issue... would there still be any G1 sets you just wouldn't want to collect?  And why?

For instance, while I'm snapping up the newborn twins, I'm just not so keen on the Drink 'n' Wet babies.  They have cute colours, but the perpetual open mouth doesn't appeal to me. -_-

How about you?
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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2013, 06:45:55 AM »
I've decided not to collect sea ponies, they just really don't do it for me, although I LOVE sea ponies in real life.
Hmm, I actually think that might be it as far as G1s are concerned :)
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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2013, 07:14:38 AM »
There are a few sets I actively avoid:
BBEs -Does it need an explanation?
Eyelash Princesses -Don't like the pose, can't stand those huge caterpillars.
Flutter Ponies, Sweetheart Sisters etc. -Can't stand the slimmed down, "Barbie-fied" body type and most of them are too pastel and girly for my liking.
Fancy Mermaid Ponies -I'm not really sure what these are, they don't look like ponies or seahorse to me.
Ballerina Ponies -I suppose a poseable pony should appeal to me, but they look disproportionate in my eyes.
Drink N' Wet Babies -Don't care for the weird open mouths and the entire concept of a pony that needs diapers changed.
Sweet Talkin' Ponies -Ponies don't talk! Duh.
Princesses -I really dislike tinsel.



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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2013, 07:22:01 AM »
I don't collect sea ponies and Sweetheart Sisters. In fact I've sold all the ones I've ever acquired through the years. For the SHS, I just hate their design and how they look. Just not G1 enough for me (too skinny and their faces look funny). As for the sea ponies, they are ok and I remember playing with them in the bath as a kid, but they don't display well (unless you have all their shells, and babies don't display well even with their floats).
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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2013, 07:29:20 AM »
Ah durr, of course, BBE ponies :P I am only interested in these after they've been "fixed" by the likes of Pinkkittywinks
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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2013, 07:33:14 AM »
I've been sticking srictly to the regular ponies that do not have extra features or different looks, so as not to get carried away! I have been having a really hard time talking myself out of the sea ponies and the sparkle ponies. I do collect the so-softs from time to time, but I have plans to deflock mine to give them that original look.

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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2013, 07:52:59 AM »
I have a lot of these, but I have changed my mind about ponies in the past and won't say it won't happen again :P

Babies of any kind, including Baby Sea ponies. Exception: I have a Baby Crumpet. Baby Pony Friends are welcome.
Male ponies - mine is a lesbian separatist herd  :|
Mermaids
1st set of Rainbow ponies - none that appeal to me here
Wingers for now - there is a chance that I change my mind on these (it has happened in the past), but I don't like their, ahem, infantile look.
Surprise Twins Mommy - does she count as a set?
Any B'nG ponies
Secret Surprise
Precious Pocket and Sweet Talkin' Ponies - the poses don't appeal to me
2nd set of princesses - I might have to take this back as Pristina and Moondust are pretty, but very low down in priority at the moment
Light-up Sparkle
Sweetheart Sisters
Romance ponies
Cookery ponies
I don't like 75% of the Flower ponies either, but there's one I want back - Snowdrop. I lost her in a stupid trade back when I started collecting and have missed her.
Happy Tails - there's something I don't understand here, aren't horses supposed to twirl their tails when they are irritated? Then again, I guess "Cranky Tails Ponies" wouldn't have been a big hit.
Trim 'n Grow Dream Beauties - I thought I didn't like the Rainbow Beauties either, but there is Skysplasher.
High Flying Dream Beauties - I have two but intend to get rid of them sooner or later
Anything in the Pony Bride pose
Anything in the Gingerbread pose - exception: SS Shady because I like her as a character
Tootsie pose - exceptions: 7-Tales Bright Eyes because I want to complete the set, Cherries Jubilee because cherries
Moondancer pose

I wonder if I got everybody? :huh: Also, I'm not actively looking for most pegasi. I don't dislike them, they just fail to appeal to me. Unlike some collectors, I love Flutter ponies and adult ballerinas. I guess I would sell most random nirvanas or try and trade them for Lemon Drops.

Edit: I've forgotten at least the following:
Nurse Ponies
Rollerskaters
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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2013, 08:05:18 AM »
Sets I actively won't touch:

BBEs - I am genuinely freaked out by them.
Eyelash Princesses - Hate them caterpillars.
Drink N' Wet Babies -Not an open pony mouth fan.

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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2013, 08:21:30 AM »
No Drink n Wets, Sweet Talkin' (or anything else that takes batteries), Ballerina, Dream Beauties, Soda Sippin', Secret Surprise and...I guess those are the only hard rules. Even BBEs could be fixed, maybe (well, of course they can but I've had one sitting on my desk unfinshed for the longest time...)

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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2013, 08:22:26 AM »
I'm not overly fond of the pearlised baby ponies. The princesses Groucho Marx can also take a hike.

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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2013, 08:39:10 AM »
Overall I like most G1s, but there are some I like less than others  :blush:

-BBEs, I think they could have designed these somehow better, piggys don't look creepy to me at all like BBEs do
-Drink 'n Wets, don't like the holes
-Newborns, foals should have longer legs in my opinion
-Teeny Tinies, the same reason as above
-Pony Friends, they just aren't ponies :lol:
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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2013, 09:14:22 AM »
I can't think of any US sets I wouldn't collect. It's mainly some Nirvanas I wouldn't collect just because it would mean a lot of the time I would just be getting variants of the same ponies over and over again. So I only get the ones that really appeal to me. Like I don't think I'll ever collect piggy ponies.... though I've said that all along about g2s and they are slowly growing on me.... so who knows....  :)

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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2013, 09:32:02 AM »
There are definitely some I am not ever going to collect and they seem to be the same as other people haha:

- Drink 'n Wets
- BBE (and yet I seem to keep accumulating them... they freak me out but they keep find their way to me)
- Sweet Talkin'
- Eyelash Princesses
- Secret Surprise
- Happy Tails
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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2013, 09:35:27 AM »
I don't like the dance n prance ponies, the ones with the big ugly knob in their chest?

BBEs freak me out as well. they look like something from a nightmare especially when their eyes a rusty *shudder*

the brush and grows dont appeal to me much either. :P

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Re: Sets you don't want?
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2013, 09:44:54 AM »
Dream Beauties and seaponies. Some of them are pricey and I don't really like them.

 

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