My Show Stable is complete!

[mul-ta]

Why a Show Stable brag? Because of the 5-year-old me. I've shared the story of my stable before, but this would perhaps be the place to share it again. As a child, I never had one, but the kids next door had. To my disappointment, they treated their ponies pretty roughly, like cut their mouths open. The stable saw some equally rough play, and I secretly wished I could rescue it and it would become a home for my ponies. I didn't, and the stable was forgotten.

When I started serious collecting, the 1st issue Show Stable and the associated yellow droplet pony were among my first wants. I got mine in fair condition, with most of the interesting accessories missing but with its original, albeit tattered, box. I've sold most of this first collection, which was to be the stable's fate as well. I listed it on an online auction site. No one bid. I thought about it again and didn't relist. Luckily. A few weeks after the auction closed I got an inquiry about the stable. I told it was no longer available - I had decided to keep it.

This year, I set about the quest for the missing accessories, which was madness: it would probably have been easier to sell the old stable and get a complete or near complete one on evilBay or whatever. I just couldn't give up on the original that had survived the ups and downs of my collecting. The awesome little.fox forwarded the last few harder-to-find things to me from a Swedish auction site. (Okay, the purple ribbon is still missing.) I'm at my parents' right now and finally able to put all my Show Stable stuff together for photos.

This is Galaxy, my childhood no. 1 pony, at the home I wanted him to have. The dogs are called Brandy (on the bed) and Cognac. Galaxy may look like a D'nP Player, but is actually called Galaxy. Also, he is a he. Don't let the lipstick fool you.

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Lastly, because one can never have too many Lemon Drop variants, here's one more thing to do with the Stable: stuff it fulla 'Drops. Starring a pair of Limone, a Gotitas, a HK Lemon Drop and Macau Folly.

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[stickied 20/6/13 - kiwimlp ]
unstickied 24/6/13

[achab1984]

Congrats

[Lightning Twirl]

I think  G1 show tables are so adorable! If only they could be bigger or fit more ponies! x'D 

[PitterPatter]

Awww, all your Lemon Drops look great in there. Congratulations ^_^

[little.fox]

The awesome little.fox forwarded the last few harder-to-find things to me from a Swedish auction site. (Okay, the purple ribbon is still missing.)

I'm so happy I could help! Your Show Stable looks amazing, I love the pic with the Lemon Drops poking their heads out!

And best of luck finding the ribbon, I bet you will find it when you least expect!

[Shy Violet]

Congrats!!

[kiwimlp]

I love brags like this.  It's so nice to see the Show Stable from your childhood is now loved and appreciated.  Huge congrats on finding all of those accessories!! 

[mylittleponylover92]

Congrats!  Very cute 

[Diamond]

Congrats, that is awesome.

[mul-ta]

Wow... I logged on to the Arena this morning just to discover my thread had been stickied! Thank you, Kiwi, and everyone for their comments and congratulations!

I love brags like this.  It's so nice to see the Show Stable from your childhood is now loved and appreciated.  Huge congrats on finding all of those accessories!! 

Thank you! It's not the mintiest stable one can get, but has a story to it and will stay with me.

I'm so happy I could help! Your Show Stable looks amazing, I love the pic with the Lemon Drops poking their heads out!

And best of luck finding the ribbon, I bet you will find it when you least expect!

Hello Fox, I'm glad you dropped by! Yep, I've yet to hunt for original ribbons but I believe there's a suitable purple one somewhere out there.

Awww, all your Lemon Drops look great in there. Congratulations ^_^

Thanks! Lemon Drop's my favourite pony, and I have a variant army that's slowly growing These LD's are from my first collection that has mostly been sold.

I think  G1 show tables are so adorable! If only they could be bigger or fit more ponies! x'D 

The stables are my favourite playsets. Granted, the first one's a bit of a Lemon Drop of playsets, but to me it's the most memorable (and hey, I love Lemon Drop too!) I hope to find a Megan's Place some day, it has the sweetest color scheme of them all. One can dream, right?

[Clarabel Sapphire]

Aw, what a lovely story to share and I'm thrilled to see you have the Show Stable you always dreamed of! 

[Chinabun]

It looks amazing! How wonderful that you decided to keep it and make the effort to complete it <3 I am missing ONE flag for mine (I think thats all) and would LOVE to find it to complete Thank you for sharing! LOVE your "box of drops"

[mul-ta]

Aw, what a lovely story to share and I'm thrilled to see you have the Show Stable you always dreamed of! 

Thank you for the lovely comment!

It looks amazing! How wonderful that you decided to keep it and make the effort to complete it <3 I am missing ONE flag for mine (I think thats all) and would LOVE to find it to complete Thank you for sharing! LOVE your "box of drops"

Thanks! I have a few extra flags around, maybe there's one for you? I'll drop you a PM right away!

[katrine2309]

ah, what a sweet brag! I like that brags have a story behind them - I'm sentimental like that I guess

[Tiella]

Awww what  great story, grats!