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Quote from: Sunset on March 10, 2018, 09:46:31 AMI was just at the flea market and the solitary pony I found was a G3 Applejack. When I asked how much I got this reply, "$2, it's vintage." Now I didn't especially feel like spending $2 on her but it wasn't an unreasonable sum. It was calling her vintage that got me. I replied, " More like 2000's rather than vintage. Thanks." and then walked away. I could hear her grumbling that she knew her toys as I left.Ever find yourself saying something when you should have just shrugged and walked away?I'm glad you didn't. I would have said something similar. 2000s is NOT vintage. All anyone has to do is look on the bottom of the damn toy.
I was just at the flea market and the solitary pony I found was a G3 Applejack. When I asked how much I got this reply, "$2, it's vintage." Now I didn't especially feel like spending $2 on her but it wasn't an unreasonable sum. It was calling her vintage that got me. I replied, " More like 2000's rather than vintage. Thanks." and then walked away. I could hear her grumbling that she knew her toys as I left.Ever find yourself saying something when you should have just shrugged and walked away?
yeah it has to be at least 20 years old to be called vintage...
Part of me is saying that people don’t know the differences between gens so it had to be an honest mistake, the much less logical side is going “REALLY LADY I’m older than that thing!!”
Hmm, upon trying to look up a definition of "vintage" it's interesting to see what a moving target it is. Those who are really hard core about it say that it isn't about age at all but about something being representative of the era that spawned it or of the era in which the "best" of that item was made. I.e. This jukebox is vintage 1950's.Some say that vintage is something over 50 years old. Others say that it is something over 20-25 years old. And then the usage seems to change depending on what type of thing you are talking about, furniture, fashion, cars, etc.I also saw someone define it as something "old" with the potential to come back.
I had a lady in a shop refer to G2's as "vintage" just last year. I was appalled. I was like..."no, this came out in 1997, see here on the hoof?" I said it nicely of course, I just can't be rude to people, even when I really REALLY want to. lol! Anyway, she took it well and had thought it said 1987. I guess if the rule is that anything more than 20 years old is now considered "vintage" though, I guess G2's are already? That just seems very wrong to me because they came out when I was in high school. That wasn't THAT long ago....was it? O.O
Maybe it got her thinking tho? People throw the words vintage around now for anything without knowing the true meaning. They have the same issues in the clothing insustry, they even brought it up in the news. I myself refuse to be seen as vintage!