I haven't found anything stupendous at thrift stores or flea markets lately, but while I was in my favorite thrift shop the other day (lots of bags of toys for $3 or less), I found a pony. She was hidden by a giant fakie, but then I cast another glance at the bag and saw the MLP mark on her feet. She has her crown and robe; pretty cool.
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loginMy mom and I went pony hunting the following Saturday, and after a disappointing half-inhabited flea market, we went to a thrift store and found Butterscotch and a fakie. Fun to at least find a pony.
And they were each .25, so I can't complain. The cashier reminisced with us about how her daughter loved My Little Ponies back in the day.
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loginThe thrift store we went to next had fakies, a G3.5 Pinkie Pie, and a bubble gum machine with a purple G3 on it. I didn't buy these, not knowing much about them. My mom bought a G2 Lightheart plush in dirty condition. At least she's rescued. I did get some Pokémon plushies for my sister.
I was pretty disappointed that that afternoon there was practically a monsoon -- terrible rain and tornadoes and flooding -- and I couldn't get to the flea market forty minutes away that I knew had G1s. They had been advertised on Craigslist and the seller had sent me a picture -- two Princess Sparkles, the purple pegasus Brush and Grow, and Baby Rainfeather. He also had quite a few newer ponies. And some of the other sellers there have had ponies in the past. But it's probably for the best that I couldn't make it, since I later got a response from him saying that they range from $2 to $8. I'm sure the G1s would have been $8.
And when we got home from thrifting, we found a huge box at the door -- maybe 2 feet by 2 feet. I had purchased a Craigslist lot of Littlest Pet Shops. I'd found it because I'd searched for ponies, which she was also selling, but she had mostly buildings, and I have most of them already. I hadn't realized how extensive and amazing the LPS lot was. They had many of their accessories and there was lots more than the kind of fuzzy and hard to see pictures had shown. There were even Polly Pocket houses in the lot and a My Pretty Dollhouse that my mom had been wanting. And, surprisingly, there were these:
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I think this is the Happy Hoofs Inn, maybe.
The lot had some LPS I've wanted for a while -- these guys were my best friends' characters. The polar bear was Dr. Polar, who prescribed terrible medicine. The cheetah was Cheater, the dumb boyfriend of the most obnoxious of the cats.
And I would stare at the catalogues when I was younger, wanting the Prize Winning Pups, like the husky in the picture. That complete set was there, and the Splashtime Puppies, but the other dogs have pink nail polish or something. I hope it comes off. The lot as a whole was very good, though.
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loginTo finish up, last month, a nice Craigslist dealer in another state let me purchase these over a distance:
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