Hi,
Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm 35 and I live in Massachusetts. When I was little I had a smallish herd of 14 adult G1s and 2 or three babies (if I recall correctly) though it's funny -- I've been trying to remember who I had. For certain I had Bluebell, Firefly, Sprinkles and Moondancer, but mostly it seems I can find my sister's old ponies! Peachy, Medley, Glory, Majesty, Baby Surprise, Confetti.... Pretty sure she had a Flutter pony (not sure which one). Unfortunately I'm 99% sure that our ponies were tossed or given away after one move or another (Navy brats, you know...) so my childhood ponies are long gone.
I happened to come across a G3 Candy Apple for 50 cents at a thrift store last month and suddenly I've been hooked back in. I'm primarily into G1. (Okay, I think G4 ponies just look awful. That's me. More for everybody else, right?) I've picked up a few G1 ponies now, with an eye towards rebuilding the old herd, though I've been getting baity lots (it's what I can afford!) and doing what I can towards restoration. I've got Moondancer again (she's a bit yellow, but otherwise very nice) -- Two Medleys and two Fireflies! And a Sprinkles. And a MM Windy that I totally messed up -- soaking in vinegar does nicely for tail rust and works well on regular ponies, but her magic message was sort of messed up already and both her hip marks lifted up and came off in the vinegar. Oops. She has age spots, too, I think. And a few others. I should do an inventory and todo list for each at some point. I'd forgotten how calming washing ponies and styling their hair is.
Reading the forums has been really useful for me, and I'm excited to be able to see the pictures now! I'm grateful y'all are here. Thanks!
Vibrato
Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm 35 and I live in Massachusetts. When I was little I had a smallish herd of 14 adult G1s and 2 or three babies (if I recall correctly) though it's funny -- I've been trying to remember who I had. For certain I had Bluebell, Firefly, Sprinkles and Moondancer, but mostly it seems I can find my sister's old ponies! Peachy, Medley, Glory, Majesty, Baby Surprise, Confetti.... Pretty sure she had a Flutter pony (not sure which one). Unfortunately I'm 99% sure that our ponies were tossed or given away after one move or another (Navy brats, you know...) so my childhood ponies are long gone.
I happened to come across a G3 Candy Apple for 50 cents at a thrift store last month and suddenly I've been hooked back in. I'm primarily into G1. (Okay, I think G4 ponies just look awful. That's me. More for everybody else, right?) I've picked up a few G1 ponies now, with an eye towards rebuilding the old herd, though I've been getting baity lots (it's what I can afford!) and doing what I can towards restoration. I've got Moondancer again (she's a bit yellow, but otherwise very nice) -- Two Medleys and two Fireflies! And a Sprinkles. And a MM Windy that I totally messed up -- soaking in vinegar does nicely for tail rust and works well on regular ponies, but her magic message was sort of messed up already and both her hip marks lifted up and came off in the vinegar. Oops. She has age spots, too, I think. And a few others. I should do an inventory and todo list for each at some point. I'd forgotten how calming washing ponies and styling their hair is.
Reading the forums has been really useful for me, and I'm excited to be able to see the pictures now! I'm grateful y'all are here. Thanks!
Vibrato