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I don't get how its ruining a pony when a practiced and talented person restores it. If it doesn't ruin old buildings, works of art, dinosaur skeletons, your 30 yo gaming system, or your rusty bike, then it won't ruin a toy.I understand of course that its unscrupulous to not disclose that it had work done and sell it for full price as mint condition. Or that inexperienced people can muck it up in their quest to learn, but an honest seller and a good restoration is not a bad thing.I respect that this is a personal preference for many.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on March 11, 2020, 08:31:07 AMI don't get how its ruining a pony when a practiced and talented person restores it. If it doesn't ruin old buildings, works of art, dinosaur skeletons, your 30 yo gaming system, or your rusty bike, then it won't ruin a toy.I understand of course that its unscrupulous to not disclose that it had work done and sell it for full price as mint condition. Or that inexperienced people can muck it up in their quest to learn, but an honest seller and a good restoration is not a bad thing.I respect that this is a personal preference for many. I am fine with restoration so long as it is openly disclosed so that everyone knows where they stand. I don't buy rehairs, but have no issue with other people having/doing them so long as there's a way to identify it. And for some reason that's unpopular, but this is the thread for that. I can't understand how people are happy to rip out all the remaining original hair but flip out about making a small mark on the hoof to indicate a rehair. But that again is just my opinion.
-nod- I don't mind restoration, rehairing, whatever, just mark it if you alter it. I mean, I get not wanting to ink up its hooves or w/e, I guess it's that instinctual "aaaaa ponies and pen don't mix!!" reaction... or I know some people have suggested carving a little "RH" or w/e into their hooves... I dunno, I can see how the instinct is to NOT do stuff like that. But, yeah, if you've already rehaired, taken off the head, etc then you've already altered it, it's no longer "original", so what the hell.
Rapunzel's continued popularity baffles me. Whenever the topic comes up, very few people say they like her! But she's been a highly sought after, expensive pony since I began collecting in the early 00s. It's funny that a pony so few people seem to actually like remains so popular. My unpopular opinion is that I don't like (g1) Spike. He's whiny and annoying. The entire series could have done without the human kids. I've always loved the flutter pony toys, but the Flutter Valley episodes are some of my least favorite.
Quote from: dragonfly on March 13, 2020, 08:29:40 AMRapunzel's continued popularity baffles me. Whenever the topic comes up, very few people say they like her! But she's been a highly sought after, expensive pony since I began collecting in the early 00s. It's funny that a pony so few people seem to actually like remains so popular. My unpopular opinion is that I don't like (g1) Spike. He's whiny and annoying. The entire series could have done without the human kids. I've always loved the flutter pony toys, but the Flutter Valley episodes are some of my least favorite.I see this opinion way more than i see people who actually like her and it's so surprising to me that people want her as a status symbol I absolutely adore rapunzel for her colouring and her hair, but I'm pretty obsessed with the story of rapunzel already so maybe that's why she's so appealing to me? I absolutely refuse to pay the going rate for a real rapunzel and I'm not bothered about the status symbol of an original so im having a fakie made by a lovely arena member and will most certainly have her hoof marked so she is a known fakie, but I totally get why she isn't the pony for everyone, it's just a shame for the people who genuinely want her that she pops up every 6 months or so for like £1000
I don't get the big deal over Lady Bird and Lambaditsa. They're okay.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on March 18, 2020, 08:16:13 AMI don't get the big deal over Lady Bird and Lambaditsa. They're okay. Same.