How's your thrift store pony luck?

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I wanna know how much luck you have for any gen

G1: I find G1 at the thrift store sometimes, But the ones I find aren't on my want list...I buy them anyway:tongue:(one of the ponies on my want list is peachy....never found her, BUT i did find a pearlized baby Cotton Candy once)

G2: None at all.

G3: I ALWAYS FIND THEM. THEY'RE FOLLOWING ME. I don't mind though

G4: I find them less often than g1...
 
My thrift store luck? I have to say null. :sadpony: I don't have any thrift stores near me, and the few I've gone to barely have toys, much less ponies...

I did find some interesting VHS tapes once, but didn't buy any when I had the chance. 00)
 
I find G3 fairly often, I've got 3 bags worth waiting for cleaning right now, matter of fact. Oddly enough, I sometimes find a lot of the same G3 (not at the same time). In 2013 I found 3 Velvet Bows at the same thrift store!

G1, G2, G4 are very hit or miss. I do find them, but it can be months between finds. Just two weeks ago though I found a Tootsie suffering from 'saddle sores'. Someone left a purple saddle on her that left pink marks all over her. I'm trying to sun fade the blasted things out before I offer her for sale.
 
I always find G3's and G4's in thrift stores and I don't want them. I will rarely find G1's, but recently I found a bunch of them at the flea market so that was awesome, I will be going back again soon. I have never seen a G2 at all though except for today when I found a G2 Mc Donalds pony from 1998 along with a G1 Birthday Pony at Value Village, a really big thrift store.
 
I never find any generation other than G3! Lol, and it's always the McDonalds ponies, too. :tongue:I also almost always find them scattered around different stores, and it's very rare when I score a big lot.
 
It varies. Sometimes, I go into thrift stores and find absolutely -nothing-. Or if nothing else, the McDonald ponies. Oftentimes, I can usually find two or three G3 ponies... and sometimes even more. Occassionally I'll find a couple G1 ponies, too. And then, once in a blue moon... I'll hit a motherlode of ponies! And sometimes with some very hard-to-find ponies, too! :D
 
I never find ponies at thrift/flea markets, I might run across a G3 now and then but I don't think I've found a G1 in several years :( Sometimes I've had this reoccurring dream where I'm at a thrift store and I turn the corner and find a whole room of old toys, with bins of ponies and I'm scrambling to get them all before someone else does :surprisepony: I keep hoping one day that dream will come true but with ebay and the fact that it's been over 20 years since they stopped the G1 line I think the days of G1s at yard sales or thrift stores for .50 a piece are long gone :sadpony:
 
For me it varies. Last year during the summer I had so many G1 finds! It then changed to G3, but I haven't had any good finds in ages. The best find was probably Kiss 'n' makeup for 50p or perhaps a Euro exclusive G3...

I can't wait for the summer, I am hoping to go nuts in car boot sales and stuff!

I haven't actually bought a pony in ages now I think about it >.<
 
I have fairly awful luck. Before I started really collecting ponies, I'd seen three G3s for 90p each in... I think it was a Sense charity shop? But I let my mum put me off them. *doh* And of course the very next week I started going crazy hunting for them and ran back to Sense, but they were gone. =(

Went on a hunt just a few weeks ago and all I found were really, really cheap-looking fakies. I don't really need fakies. Waaah!

One day my luck might change, I hope. ^^ My mum reckons I should go car-booting too, so I might look into that in the summer.
 
The only thrift stores I know is the Salvation Army shop and the goodwill store. They both never have ponies. In fact I never found one.
I picked up a few G3s at some garage sales last year.
 
I only rarely find Ponies at the thrift stores here. Generally it's G3 or 3.5s and lots of McDonalds Ponies. Once or twice I've found G4s or G1 but never a G2.

It's my understanding that many thrift stores are starting to just bung toy donations in the trash rather than sell them, because of toy recalls and potential lawsuits. I know none of the area Goodwills have toys anymore. Such a pity, thinking people are donating toys only fot them to be tossed like so much garbage.

Poor ol' toys. :cry2:
 
I have tons of luck at flea markets and thrift stores. I think some of it may be how long I've been doing this. If you look often enough for long enough, you'll find something eventually. So far the really good stuff that comes to mind is:

- 3 mimics
- 2 pearly babies
- several big brothers
- mo valentine twins
- sweet blossom
- a mint Glory (she's one of my favorites so this was big for me)

Nearly all my fashion star fillies are from these types of places.

Just this past year I've found 3 porcelains, an affectionate moment, apple orchard, and wedding prance.

Keep in mind though, I've been doing this for going on 15 years now, so I've had a head start.

:winkpony:
 
I think I might head out today and see if I have any luck.
I'll let y'all know!
 
Depends on how often you go - I used to go a few times a week to different stores around Toronto. That was about 15 years ago. Found loads. Back then it was only G1's. Even when G2's were out a few years had gone by, I never really found any. When I slowed down thrifting and only went out about once a month (that thing called day job that isn't thrifting got in my way), I'd still find the occasional G1 and a few G3's,

Now I only got to go thrifting three times a year (Christmas, vacation & 2nd vacation) and found a few G1's and G3's and zero G2's and zero G4's.


But! Do you only look for ponies? Or do you look for other stuff? Like pony Sheets, lamp shades, notes books, shirts, and so on? All the other wonderful stuff ponies were licensed out for?? That's where I had fun finding stuff - oh the stuff I found!!
 
I have tons of luck at flea markets and thrift stores. I think some of it may be how long I've been doing this. If you look often enough for long enough, you'll find something eventually. So far the really good stuff that comes to mind is:

- 3 mimics
- 2 pearly babies
- several big brothers
- mo valentine twins
- sweet blossom
- a mint Glory (she's one of my favorites so this was big for me)

Nearly all my fashion star fillies are from these types of places.

Just this past year I've found 3 porcelains, an affectionate moment, apple orchard, and wedding prance.

Keep in mind though, I've been doing this for going on 15 years now, so I've had a head start.

:winkpony:
3 Mimics? 3 MIMICS??? I want your pony luck...
 
I never have any luck at thrift stores :cry2: All I ever see are fakies!!!
I have however had some amazing luck at yard sales, but its been years!! Probably close to 7 years ago, my best friends mom told me she saw an ad in the newspaper for a yardsale saying they were selling old childrens toys and ponies so I had to go! That was the luckiest day yardsaling ever!! She had the full set of Birthflower Ponies, Munchy, Baby Blue ribbon with her game and a handful of others ( its been so long I cant remember!!! ) but it was a very exciting find to say the least, And they were all in near mint / mint condition!
Ahhh those were the days :)

I haven't hit many yardsales in the past few years but I haven't seen a single pony of any generation at any, so its been pretty disappointing! Heck, I'd even settle for a G2 :tongue:
 
I've had lots of luck at a thrift store close to my house. To my knowledge, it's the only one in the area that sells toys, which has been nice. I mainly find G3's and G1's (many more G3's, and when I find G1's, it's like finding gold), but I've also found G3 playsets, a G1 lunchbox and a G1 thermos. I also found three funko pop ponies: Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie. One very lucky day, I also found the Peachy My Pretty Pony.

This past weekend, I came up with nothing, but last weekend in a bag of fakies, I got a G1 Moonstone with evening gown ponywear.

I'm debating whether or not I want to take a bus ride there on Tuesday, since I'm off from work.
 
Went to the thrift store...
Quite a few newer type ponies, but I collect g1's.
So, didn't buy anything.

Afterwards, I went to an antique mall, this particular mall has different vendor booths. There were lots of g1s but really expensive and were in really bad shape. Poor girls!
I spent a long time looking around though.
And so glad I did. I looked in a basket in one of the booths in the back corner and found a milky way, a dancing butterflies and the best find was baby sea shimmer! :LOL:
 
i tend to find g3 and g4 at one thrift store i like to go to because they carry toys. there was one time i saw a bag with misc ponies in the bag. it had fakies and a g1 pony, but they dont sell things without a price tag or price written on the items. and of course the bag was open. dang kids arent being watched by their parents. they think its their playground and they can play with things that havent been paid for. it really bummed me out. i could have taken the bag and said i'll give you 5 bucks for it.
 
The thrift store in McKinney is like that, babyblueducky! I think it's called Thrift Palace. There might be some in the Dallas area too. McKinney's pretty close. If the bag is open they refuse to sell it. I found a couple of great bags there twice, but each time they had been ripped open so I didn't get to purchase them. It's a silly rule as they're missing out on sales that way.

I wish there were better thrift shops closer to me.

I need more Ponies. MOAR! :LOL:
 
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