G4 Collection Highlights + Taobao Errors/Prototypes

SilverCascade

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My pony room is in the middle of a chaotic renovation at the moment, so it's a bit hard to get all of my shelves in a clean picture together!
A feasible look at what I've got in total can be interpreted from my Insta, as I've got *just about* every brushable variant of each character (with a ton of extras). Here are a few personal highlights from the past year.
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But the real gems of my collection are definitely my prototypes, of which there are a few.
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This Ploomette is sealed in a sketchy 'Target Single' bag with a misprinted or alternate cutie mark; the purple layer is missing entirely! She also has 'P1' written on the opposite side of her head (I can post some better views of her if y'all want).
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The unfinished Sweet Song seems to have had something written on the left side of her head, but it was removed somewhat messily.
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A bunch of forelock ponies with extended/unstyled bangs.
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This Shining Armor is something else. The eyes are bigger, the hair is totally different and a little longer, the cutie mark is on the wrong side, and he even has the tail of the Target exclusive Luna (tinsel and all)!
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A few unfinished EQG minis as well, kinda freaky-looking...the Applejack also has 'A3' written on the back of her head.
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Then just a few oddities; the Wild Rainbow CMC has extended (yep, even MORE extended) hair without the pattern prints, and the four on the right never had their zapcodes printed.
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I'd be happy to post some pictures with better angles if y'all are interested, some of these really stand out!
 
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They're all so awesome! Thank you for sharing! :ponylove:
 
How do you even find so many prototypes.
 
How do you even find so many prototypes.
I have a reasonable number of places that I keep vigilant tabs on (and a small amount of luck!)

The ones I have so far are from all over the place; sellers on eBay, MLPArena, Aliexpress, Etsy, ThePonyBusiness, Mercari, Gaspode's Ponies, some private sellers on social media, and even a couple directly from Taobao. They've flown in from all over the world, that's for sure.

Kinda leads to these awkward spans of time where I'm just waiting for one that I don't have yet to be listed somewhere, but at least I'm ready when it finally happens!
 
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Prototypes are so cool! Thank you for sharing these with us here, they’re absolutely amazing and very interesting :ponylove:
 
Yes! Pony room pictures please! When it’s ready, of course. I’m so glad that those prototypes have someone to treasure them.
 
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