Your last g1 find in "the wild"?

[HelloGoodbye]

I was at a comic con and few weekends back, and they had a big tub of G1s, G3s, and fakies at a vintage toys stall.  Unfortunately, they were all very grubby and very over priced.  The cheapest ones (fakies included) were $5 and had missing tails, cut manes, etc.  I felt weird leaving without buying one, though, since it was only my second G1 find in the wild.  In the end, I settled on a slightly grungy Peachy for $10.  I know that price is high for Peachy, especially since she's far from perfect, but aside from a little ink she should clean up fine.  Anyway, I didn't have to pay shipping and the day before I had been wishing that I had a Peachy since she's so cute!  I wish the prices hadn't been crazy, then I would have bought more than one.  To be honest, if I hadn't just made an impulse buy earlier that day I probably would have grabbed a second, but as it was even one pony was violating my "You are NOT buying anything else rule!!"  So I just stuck with Peachy lol

[katrine2309]

hmm, my last find "in the wild" would have been in the toy store in the early 90's. I haven't seen any G1s in the wild since I was a kid

But my last buy back then was these 2 cuties - my last addition to my childhood herd!

Newborn Baby Tappy
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Tappy by Katrine, on Flickr

And adorable - newborn baby Wiggles!
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Wiggles by Katrine, on Flickr

[buttonso]

I just had a once in a lifetime score yesterday- 17 ponies, Megan, accessories and play set. That's probably not going to happen to me again.    before then, I once found some at an antique store but they were not cheap. 

[JazzMatazz]

A g1 hearthrob would be my last in the wild find. Only g1 this year.

[apanda0622]

I found a paradise baby (the orange one I think is Beachball?) at a flea market a couple of months ago.  I seem to find one or two when I am out thrifting every now and then but I never seem to find a lot of many all at one time.

[Purpleglasses]

I have a pretty decently sized G1 collection and they've all been tracked down in the wild! A toy store in my area specializes in selling used and vintage stuff, and they get new g1 ponies in all the time. I guess people figure it's more convenient than Ebay, and more folks than you might expect still have their old G1s. Other than that, I type my little pony into Craigslist a lot. Once found a girl who had collected ponies through out her childhood and was selling off a very complete g1 collection for not very much per pony because she wanted extra money for college.

My most exciting recent find was a sea pony with her shell for $25! She was very clean.

[Mermaid]

Well guys. When I made this post I was all sad that I hadn't found anything in a while....but....
TODAY I walked into Salvation Army killing time before an appointment and found a few fakies, and then I turned around and BAM right there was a NM firefly! I started frantically looking for more and ended up with firefly, glory, Apple jack, cherries jubilee, sparkler, windy, te speedy, and baby firefly. All priced at 99cents each!
But it doesn't end there, I get to the register and the kind old man ringing me out says "oh yes! We just got these in, there's more in the back that we hadn't gotten out yet today." I asked him if I could buy those as well and he brought back a big bag of them! Inside were cotton candy, baby cotton candy, baby glory, tootsie, trickles, posey, Sky flier, majesty, flutter morning glory, sundance, peachy, masquerade, bbe baby shady, ss North Star, and a sea pony sea light!

I was ecstatic then his co-worker came up with a bag of more! Inside that bag was: G3 kiwi tart, G3 dazzle surprise, G3, Avalonia, G3 wishawhirl, G3 moondancer, g2 sundance, g2 petal blossom and...g1 mo stockings!!

It was one of those "am I dreaming" kind of days! I couldn't believe it! I just had to share!

[little.fox]

Congrats on your lovely find, Mermaid!

This year I think I've only found Baby Diamond and Baby Stargaze in the wild.

[Sunset]

Well guys. When I made this post I was all sad that I hadn't found anything in a while....but....
TODAY I walked into Salvation Army killing time before an appointment and found a few fakies, and then I turned around and BAM right there was a NM firefly! I started frantically looking for more and ended up with firefly, glory, Apple jack, cherries jubilee, sparkler, windy, te speedy, and baby firefly. All priced at 99cents each!
But it doesn't end there, I get to the register and the kind old man ringing me out says "oh yes! We just got these in, there's more in the back that we hadn't gotten out yet today." I asked him if I could buy those as well and he brought back a big bag of them! Inside were cotton candy, baby cotton candy, baby glory, tootsie, trickles, posey, Sky flier, majesty, flutter morning glory, sundance, peachy, masquerade, bbe baby shady, ss North Star, and a sea pony sea light!

I was ecstatic then his co-worker came up with a bag of more! Inside that bag was: G3 kiwi tart, G3 dazzle surprise, G3, Avalonia, G3 wishawhirl, G3 moondancer, g2 sundance, g2 petal blossom and...g1 mo stockings!!

It was one of those "am I dreaming" kind of days! I couldn't believe it! I just had to share!

Wow! That sounds like a dream find!  Seriously, I've dreamed of having finds like that and always wake up before I'm able to get my hands on them.

Congratulations!

[Strawberry Swirl]

Well guys. When I made this post I was all sad that I hadn't found anything in a while....but....
TODAY I walked into Salvation Army killing time before an appointment and found a few fakies, and then I turned around and BAM right there was a NM firefly! I started frantically looking for more and ended up with firefly, glory, Apple jack, cherries jubilee, sparkler, windy, te speedy, and baby firefly. All priced at 99cents each!
But it doesn't end there, I get to the register and the kind old man ringing me out says "oh yes! We just got these in, there's more in the back that we hadn't gotten out yet today." I asked him if I could buy those as well and he brought back a big bag of them! Inside were cotton candy, baby cotton candy, baby glory, tootsie, trickles, posey, Sky flier, majesty, flutter morning glory, sundance, peachy, masquerade, bbe baby shady, ss North Star, and a sea pony sea light!

I was ecstatic then his co-worker came up with a bag of more! Inside that bag was: G3 kiwi tart, G3 dazzle surprise, G3, Avalonia, G3 wishawhirl, G3 moondancer, g2 sundance, g2 petal blossom and...g1 mo stockings!!

It was one of those "am I dreaming" kind of days! I couldn't believe it! I just had to share!

WHOA! Remind me to pay a visit to your Salvation Army!!

[LunaDehligt]

I found 2 g1:s in a secondhand stor some weeks ago and the ponys i found was daddy and mommy sweet Celebrations

[BlueyBirdy]

At the beginning of the year I was just strolling along when suddenly I saw a basket of G1s in a local charity shop window. I stood there for a second because I was honestly awestruck. Of course I then rushed inside to buy them, panicking the whole time in case someone had somehow managed to get there before me. I was successful of course and managed to get the lot for around £10. Don't remember all of them and I've misplaced the photo, but included were Newborn Twins Bunkie/Fleecy and Speckles/Fluffy and their comb, Trucker/4 Speed, BBE Baby Half Note, a Petite, UK Applejack, and a bunch of miscellaneous combs including a Fairy Tail Bird one. There was also a 1988 Annual which I don't collect, but it was the year I was born so I figured it was a good luck charm or something. 

[buttonso]

Well guys. When I made this post I was all sad that I hadn't found anything in a while....but....
TODAY I walked into Salvation Army killing time before an appointment and found a few fakies, and then I turned around and BAM right there was a NM firefly! I started frantically looking for more and ended up with firefly, glory, Apple jack, cherries jubilee, sparkler, windy, te speedy, and baby firefly. All priced at 99cents each!
But it doesn't end there, I get to the register and the kind old man ringing me out says "oh yes! We just got these in, there's more in the back that we hadn't gotten out yet today." I asked him if I could buy those as well and he brought back a big bag of them! Inside were cotton candy, baby cotton candy, baby glory, tootsie, trickles, posey, Sky flier, majesty, flutter morning glory, sundance, peachy, masquerade, bbe baby shady, ss North Star, and a sea pony sea light!

I was ecstatic then his co-worker came up with a bag of more! Inside that bag was: G3 kiwi tart, G3 dazzle surprise, G3, Avalonia, G3 wishawhirl, G3 moondancer, g2 sundance, g2 petal blossom and...g1 mo stockings!!

It was one of those "am I dreaming" kind of days! I couldn't believe it! I just had to share!

Wow what a great story!! Congratulations, I'd be stoked too!

[Artemesia's Garden]

I found Fizzy once at a jumble sale, she had a mohawk.  I sent her away to be re-haired but she got lost in the post. Sadly the only pony I found in the wild and the only one to get lost in the post!

[Mermaid]

Thanks guys! It's been years since I've found a g1 at an actual thrift store like goodwill or Salvation Army! I've had a little luck at garage sales and flea markets/antique stores but no thrifts like I used to!!