I Love My Little Pony

Sales/Trade List

2009-12-07T13:36:00.000-08:00

Updated 5th March 2010

Hey every pony person out there,

Sorry but I'm not getting out of collecting. lol I'm just doing some pony housekeeping. I have heaps of extras and what zits lying about that I really want to sell or trade away for something I don't have. I simply have too many extras that I can't bear to let go, but I know I have to force myself or I'll become an old ugly hoarder. lol

Anyway here they are with description. I try to be as detailed as I can, but I am human and do left out details sometimes, so PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS.

***I don't do refunds sorry, so please make 100% sure before commiting to purchase.
-Some prices are negotiable, feel free to PM and discuss. I list what i feel is fair and you list what you feel is fair, I normally compromise if I can.

-I only accept PAYPAL (any mode of payment) for anyone out of Singapore
- I am based in SINGAPORE and do ship internationally.
- Shipping for 1-2 ponies is $7, and $11.50 for 3 adult + 3 baby ponies
- Aussies & Kiwis automatically get $1 off shipping.
- Singaporeans can request for local cash and pick-up

Please note that I do not hold ponies unless given prior notice and I agree to it. I sell on a first come first serve basis, and as long as payment is not made, anyone is welcome to offer a higher price. Whoever confirms their purchase and pay up first - the pony goes to you. I really want to make space for new ponies, so I don't really want to hold a pony for 3-7 days and then have the buyer change his/her mind.

Right... the HOT stuff (ok maybe not so hot~lol):

Glamour shot

Mexican Moondancer - When I got her, she was YELLOW. I went through a lot of effort of cleaning her up, so if the offer doesn't match up, I'll just keep this pony. ^^ Letting her go because I have another one of her, and I'm trying not to be a hoarder. Please look at 1st pic compared against Sundance. She isn't 100% true white. She's still off white, and is somewhat like G3 Sunny Daze's eggshell white, so she looks a little creamed. Lighting makes her look maybe 25% more white than she should be. Mane is rough, tail is great,but tail end is rough even though it's combable. Symbols have factory flaws - one star missing head. Moons are intact but not perfect as I didn't know and carelessly ran through with Magic Eraser, almost ate off the paint!!! Eye paint rubbed. Has permernant body marks. The browns are faded age spots on display cheek and body. Non-display side has blue marker spots. Please make offer for this pony.

Mexican Blossom (CP) - is a little purple gray. Can't tell what she is exactly depending on lighting. All hair intact but rough. She has a weirdly painted eye. SOLD

Mexican Alt Pose Blossom - She's quite HTF as you don't see her very often. Mane is full but rough and tail is thin and frizzy. My other Blossom has the same thin tail problem, so it's probably a factory thing? She fair for a pony, but considered very nice for a Mexican. She would have been really nice and complete if it weren't for the blue highlighter marks on her non-display side. The lighting has washed out the colour a bit, but they're definitely there. You can still faintly see on the picture. Eye paint is rubbed and cheekblushes have faded to white. I tried repairing it a little so it looks a little pink now. Faint marker mark on symbol. SOLD

Brazilian Baby Cuddles - Mane and tail are rough but still very combable! Body is great but cheek blushes are gone. $45

Mummy Ribbon - This pony is DEFLOCKED. Is not 100% flock free. It's quite hard I think. Most glue and flocking are removed that this pony feels like a regular plastic pony. Symbols, eyes and cheekblush are the original and not repainted.

NBBE Baby Ribbon - Please see below for description.

Make me an offer. Not sure what price to ask. Prefer to keep mum & baby together, but willing to split up if price is right.

ONLY ONE BABY RIBBON IS FOR SALE. BUYER GETS TO CHOOSE #1 OR #2.

Baby Ribbon #1 - Used to have pink lightlighter on lower lip but it's so faded now it's hardly there, but if you want to notice, it's there (need to use a lot of eye power and white lighting). I decided that she looked quite bald when I first got her so I added 3 plugs of hair right up to her horn, so she does have more hair than any other Baby Ribbons out there. Symbols has minor hardly noticeable scratches. She has better symbols than #2.

Baby Ribbon #2 - Also the same as #1 except she doesn't have extra hair, in fact she's missing her first plug of hair, although you barely notice it as her mane is still quite complete. Symbols have more scratches than #1. #1 and #2 both have their own set of flaws so buyer gets to choose according to his/her preference.

Lil' Sweetcake - lovely baby excpt flaws on feet. See flaw pic for detail. Make offer.

Flaw on Lil' Sweetcake. This started out as a brown age spot. It was very small but it was VERY BRIGHT AND BROWN. I left this baby in storage for years and when I took her out, the brown spot has faded but spread over a large area. She was browner at first, but seems like it's been fading since as it's much paler now. I'm hopeful that it may fade completely with time. She's up for sale or trade. She's been in my collection for over a decade, so the sentimental value is there, if I can't get my price in mind, I'll continue keeping her.

Mexican Cherries Jubilee - hair frizzy. Symbols rubbed. Has very faint marks on non-display side like she used to have markers on her, but it's so faded that you can hardly notice they're there. Took me a while to notice she's got them. $6

Mexican Applejack - Most fantastic Mexican I've seen so far. Great hair, great body, great everything EXCEPT paint rub on the eye shown. Can be easily repaired with dark brown paint. I can offer my service if buyer wants. She looks almost just like 2nd release of long hair AJ except this baby has no curls. Plastic feels slightly different too.SOLD

Mexican Peachy - Great body, symbol has 2 rubbed hearts pictured. Hair is faded to white and is rough. Tail is poofy. She has crimps in her hair that I guess only an iron straightener can fix. I don't own one, so I can't fix her $8

Mummy Dancing Butterflies - GREAT, eye liner painting is chipped as can be seen from pic. 1 butterfly under wing slightly faded. Hair is good but feels flat.

Baby Dancing Butterflies - Very nice shape. She isn't problem free though. She has ingrained dirt around her feet corners and some on the bent leg shown above. Some marks under the wing on the other side. Overall, good condition, and looks fabulous on display. Still a rare treasure for any collection. Tooth paint is rubbed, and head turns, her tail was removed before as I got her with tail rust, the washer was beyond rusted, so it's gone. She's at least rust free! Tail is curly but slightly rough. Mane is fabulous!

Asking total of $65 for mum & baby duo.

Unico - MIB $15

Raspberry Jam - Good/Great $12

Tootsie - Good/Great - minor faults, tail slightly rough $5

Sparkler - Hair thin, body very nice, horn tip pinkish from playwear $5

Speedy - Great, but eyes iridescent coat is gone and scattered bite marks on her hind. Still great on display. Tail is uneven. $5

Sweet Pop - custom by Pink Kitty Wink. Badly scuffed jewel eyes were removed and hole filled and painted over to give her normal eyes. Legs were very yellowed, sun didn't work and ended up becoming my little sand papering experiment. Did make her look better, but has a powdery effect left on her leg as side effect. For the non-picky. $5

Mexican Peppermint Crunch - Head & body diff colours. Don't even think the head belongs to the right body as it is too heavy for it and pony keeps falling over. Great variant though, her head is the exact same as my Mexican Swirly Whirly/Butter Kiss' NOT US/Regular Pepp Mint's fat head. $5

Paradise - slightly off white, not gleaming white like pic. It's the lighting. Is missing small patches of fur in common areas like wings, lips, ear tips, feet corners. Generally clean and nice. Hair is curly but rough. Has a faded marker A on on foot. $5

Lavender Lace - dirty and possibly ingrained dirt. Hair is a mess,but hey that's why she's a Perfume Puff! Forelock is rough. She still smells a little like soap and other bad plastic smell, I think. lol $5

Shady - Head fur looks lusher and thicker than body. Body fur looks dry and lumpy, but she's generally good. Like Paradise, she has common So Soft woes like fue loss on regular areas. Hair is curly but rough.

Lofty - fur HUGELY INTACT, but bane to her, some parts of her glue has turned black :/ See the lip, knee, wing tips and feet corner? Yah, they're not the camera angle, it's the playwear. Quite a waste. She's nice still for any collection, and prolly a deflocking bait since I bet she'll look much nicer without the fur, but I just don't have the heart to strip her since SS ponies rarely come with their fur intact. Hair is curly but slightly rough. $6

Sundance - Has 1 brown spot on symbol. Has pink pearly paint over display eye, but doesn't affect her much. I haven't tried cleaning her hair, but feels okay, maybe slightly rough or perfectly silky. Will leave to new owner. $3

Banana Surprise - Dirty, and factory curls are still intact but messy. I got her in a lot, but I have so many Banana Surprises that I have to let this one go. No time to clean her but she's great. $5

SS Cherries Jubilee - Hair slightly rough but still very nice. Fur has missing bits in regular areas, but biggest flaw are the 2 missing patches on hind leg as seen on picture. $5

Magic Star - foreflock trim, missing flocking and red marker drawn on both cheeks, should come off if flocking is removed. She's okay condition but also a great deflocking candidate. $4

Sherbet - very nice condition. Reason for letting go is because I already have 3 MINT Sherbets, so I have to stop keeping another one before I build an army of her. I have no idea if it's on purpose but this Sherbet strangely stands on 3 legs on and kicks up the last in a very pretty way like she's receiving her first kiss. ^^

Baby Lofty - Discoloured. Is pinkish hue. Eyes are great and works. $2

Baby Frosting - Discoloured. Neck seam has a bright neon green but rest of body has faded to a duller green. Eyes are great and works. $3

Truly - flocking is like every other SS I have, regular problems. She has problems standing though, not 2 and not 4s. She needs pen therapy. Hair slightly rough. $5

Galaxy - Sucks to be this pony. She is GREAT everything except she has discolouration spots everywhere. Hair is fabulous, eye still has tons of iridescent paint. Great for a body paint over project. Body is quite hard as well. $4

Braided Beauty - Pink streak faded, mechanism works. Has ingrained dirt. They're not dotty like the regular ones are, you just see a light patch of dirt but magic eraser and acetone can't seem to clean up her completely. She also has quite a few faded age spots on her. Not really brown but spots nonetheless. Hair still looooooong. $5

Still trying to clean her up again, will update if she ever improves.

TAF Babies

2009-11-08T13:41:00.000-08:00

Remember my old post of the first Singaporean pony meet 2 years ago in August 2007? Then, I only had Baby Dancing Butterflies and Baby Sweet Tooth, oh and a custom earth Baby Sweet Tooth. Last year, I acquired Baby Love Melody and Baby Milkyway when I visited the USA in 2008 June-August. Finally, after a loooong time of separation, I've finally COMPLETED my TAF Babies today 9th Nov 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Top row: Baby Sweet Tooth(custom), Baby Sugarberry, Baby Love Melody

Middle row: Baby Up, up & Away, Baby Sweet Tooth, Baby Milkyway (custom)

Last row: Baby Dancing Butterflies, Baby Milkyway

Mexican Ponies

2009-11-08T13:35:00.000-08:00

I normally couldn't care less about variant ponies, but Mexicans are just some of those "other" ponies I need to have. I'm not out to get them all, and I think I am quite focused on what I want. I aim to eventually own the following:

Moondancer - rivals the US regular version because I like her pose better (owned)

Rainbow Medley - why, she looks just lovely with the rainbow hair! (owned)

Alternate Pose Blossom - when I saw her it was OMG, MUST HAVE, I love her 100 times over the regular US version (owned)

Blue Belle with sky blue eyes (Auriken)

Baby Moondancer - I love her darker hair colour than the US one

Rainbow Firefly - this is not a must have, but nice to have to go as a pair with Medley

Starflower & Pinwheel - I just love their hair colours!

MOONDANCER

Notable difference is that Mexi Moonie has a pink streak instead of lavender, and much longer hair that touches the ground. She has metallic symbols like Italian Moondancer does, and has a forelock. Considering how shitty Mexican ponies normally are, this pony is what a lot of people would consider as GREAT condition. She was yellowed when she came, but I think sunning did her some good. She's still off white, but much better than before. She has some stray marks, but still lovely!

BLOSSOM

When I saw Renee's Blossom in NYC, I feel in love with her even though Renee's Blossom is in terrible condition with the poofy hair and discoloured body. Mine's not the best, but she's pretty decent with some faded marks on her. Her cheek blush has discoloured to white, and has a nick on the display side. I tried to recover it with pale pink paint, so now she looks like she has baboon's arse for her cheeks.

MINTY

This pony wasn't an intentional purchase. I was bidding on something else, and since she doesn't look too bad, I decided to buy her to bulk ship to save on shipping. She's not my favourite colour, but still a lovely addition nonetheless.

Twinkle-Eyed Ponies

2009-11-08T13:21:00.000-08:00

Ok, I've decided to keep my post count down by grouping ponies up instead making individual posts for every character. I'll update the posts bit by bit as I get new pics of my ponies.

SWEETPOP

If I have a choose a favourite among the Twinkle-Eyed set, it has to be Sweetpop. Even though I was more well acquainted with TV featured characters like Gingerbread, Galaxy and Fizzy, I'd still pick Sweetpop over them any day. It is kind of funny since my friend and I deem Sweetpop, Sky Rocket and Speedy to be rather "Singapore" -ish ponies since unlike the other countries where they had a second set of TEs carrying later characters like Locket and Tic Tac Toe (even if they didn't get Mimic like North America did), all we got in Singapore were the first 6 TEs and these 3 additional mid-set ponies. The oddest part was that we had Sweetpop, Sky Rocket and Speedy in abundance!!! I remembered walking into the shopping centre and finding no other TEs (or maybe a sparse one or two hiding right to the back of the peg), but just these 3 ponies. It made me wonder if they were just unpopular, or was Hasbro just pushing the sales of new characters. Anyway, their impression on me has cemented. I love Speedy and Sky Rocket, but they're less unique because they came out in Europe as well. In fact, I still love Speedy, but somehow Sky Rocket's colour just doesn't stick for me. Sweetpop must exude some mysterious charm of her own that made me fall for her. Normally, I will choose a unicorn as my top favourite since I am almost always partial to unicorns over pegasus ponies. However, Sweetpop's colours smoothly won me over. She had to be in my favourite colour - BLUE and a nice cool looking one at that, and her hair colours just shout "POPSICLE", coupled with a matching name and symbols. She is simply perfect. Mimic may have won the majority vote for mayor, but I'll always choose Sweetpop.

ALTERNATE SWEETPOP

I bought this pony off PKW on the MLPArena. She gave Sweetpop alternate hair colours that I thought were quite fitting as well. I purchased her in a wink. PKW also specialised in one thing - de-BBEing & de-TEing ponies. She can remove their flawed eyes, clay them and paint them to look like they never had externally implanted eyes before. I do not Sweetpop even without the jewel eyes but I still feel rather sorry for her. I don't why but I see the jewel eyes as a TE pony's most treasured asset, and to lose them is SHAME! How can I let my pony live in embarrassment for the rest of her life? She's plastic and can live at least a few hundred years down the road without deteriorating, so that's quite a few centuries of shame - BAD. Lucky for her, there's a craft store near my place that sells flat base rhinestones in many size. Seems like the a trend to buy these nowadays for sticking onto an iPhone. I don't own one, but I'm happy that my ponies benefit from its popularity. Sweetpop is now a TE again, and best part is that her eyes are detachable, so that I can choose to let her be TE or normal, according to my mood.

UNICORN SWEETPOP

FIZZY

NEON LOCKET

I'm not sure why my camera wouldn't pick up the right colour, but when I bought this Locket, she was so discoloured that she's evenly neon pink throughout. The photo makes her look normal, but really she's discoloured. Not the regular lavenderish pink you normally have. It's kind of a waste since Locket's hair and eyes are almost perfect, and she comes with her comb pick and original ribbon. I've decided to keep since seeing how interesting she looks ^^ I'm getting a new Locket soon, hopefully, that one won't be discoloured.

WHY Nirvanas?

2009-04-14T00:28:00.000-07:00

This is actually my quick response to a comment on the MLPArena regarding nirvana. I know it's kind of long .... as said it's a quick response, so I used a lot of "quick language". lol

"I think a lot of the foreign ponies look cheap and kind of... crummy.So, apart from being rare, what's the appeal?"

Honestly, Hasbro produces every pony for about 8 cents each, so I doubt any pony is actually considered "good" quality. And some were made from recycled plastics. The good news is though, plastics last for a very long time! Bad news is, some plastics don't retain their qualities (such as colours...etc) for as long. Wherever the ponies are made, they all have their own fair share of problems.

Not expounding nirvana holy scrolls here, because even I don't favour all the nirvanas out there. I only care about those occasional ones I am interested in. Normally "nirvana" interest sets in when either you have most of the common ponies out there, or you come from the country that sold them, and hence directed relates to you in many ways more than one. IMO, nirvanas are more considered an "add-on" aspect of MLP collecting, but you won't die if you miss out on them. And nirvana is such a wide and blanket term used that it's meaning is somewhat inaccurate, because I normally refer to nirvanas as super grails that are extremely hard to come by and cost anything above a pair of limbs, however, some people use it to refer to ponies of exotic origin, and some of which like some Argie ponies or Italians, aren't neccessarily hard or expensive to acquire.I do agree that a lot of the nirvanas are not as durable to play, mainly the hair, which goes frizzy easily. Most of the South American ones fit that description, but definitely not the Greek and Italians. What I find interesting about collecting these ponies is that1) They're of a different make, and come with a "flavour" or style of their own that you don't normally find in mainstream ponies, and it's not always for the worse. Some I feel are actually made prettier than the US ponies.2) They come in interesting colours that the US normally wouldn't sell, and hence makes collecting a whole lot more interesting with a larger variety to choose from.3) They provide a new avenue of extra "new" characters for us veterans to collect, especially for those running out of ponies to collect, eg. owning all US ponies.4) They sometimes make characters that collectors thought should have been made in the 80s, but weren't done by the US. An example would be Baby Minty. Lots of collectors love Minty, and some wished she has a baby, and the Greeks answered that call. However, she's super htf, so those desperate to own her would pay through their nose just to own her. Maybe that's partially due to sentimental value, but hey whatever it is, it's called a "nirvana/grail" pony - if it is not, then you probably wouldn't care paying for one in the first place.5) It provides insight on how ponies were adapted to fit a different culture in the past, which from a cultural or marketing point of view are all equally interesting.

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Just in case anyone cares to know more, here's my little summary of each origin:

Italian - Normally easily available and quite cheap to obtain. A few select ones go for decent mid-high prices mostly due to popularity such as Italian Gusty, which has green hair very different to the US counterpart. All Italians have blue eyes, and normally have painted matte or metallic symbols instead of glitter in the US, and their colours tend to be more intense and vibrant. Only downside is their often shoddy paint job, eg eyes not painted within contours.

German - Some don't consider these as nirvanas as they are produced in HK/China. Commonly known as "German exclusives" and only extends to certain sets of ponies like the Nestie Babies, the Play & Care Babies with Baby Buttons, CJ, Hopscotch...etc, alternate hair colour Sundae Best & Princess Ponies and the 3rd set of Rainbow Ponies with Raindrop & Nightlight. Their prices range from $25-80, depending. The baby ponies are sought after mainly because many collector own the adult version of the ponies to later discover they have babies too. I don't know why, but collectors have a strong major inclination to reunite the mums and the babies together, which also explains why Greek Baby Minty is such a must-have!

Greeks - Only refers to early releases from Greece that were made by a factory called El Greco, and NOT Hasbro. Plastics are normally soft and squishy, and smell "sweet" - personally I do not find the smell sweet, but that's how a lot of collectors describe it. Eyes are thickly painted on with small pupils - some would describe them as "Egyptian eyes". Symbols are matte or metallic. Ponies have extremely intense and vibrant colours, which makes them very different from their US counterparts, some even come in different poses & colours. The Greek releases are a bit like G3 core 7s now. They will make let's say Firefly, but you can find the pony in many different colour combinations. It also seems they have a thing for releasing all the characters at least once in the colour orange, persoanlly, the only orange variant I like is Twilight. Very sought after Greeks are normally Baby Medley (baby never made in the US), "Ladybird", an easter Greek pony not sold anywhere else in the world, Baby Bluebelle and Baby Minty.

Basically what I love about Greek is them making all the ponies that I already love, but they make ponies like Sunbeam and Windy so much pretty in Greek style! Normally greeks are found in pretty decent condition, but the big killer for them is their symbols, which are paint that are known to "bleed" into the plastic through the years.

Argentinian - These ponies have normal looking pony poses, but their colours are all haywire, and the element of green seems like a favourite in their midst. Green body, green hair, green streak....it's green heaven for collectors. Green is a rare treat in US ponydom. These Argies use it like there's no tomorrow. These ponies were quite common at one point of time, and aren't as common now. A year or two ago, it was like a factory blowout on ebay, and I think that was pretty much all the MOC & MIB supply there is lol cos they're not as common anymore that prolly explains the slightly jack in their prices. Some US ponies are made in rather interesting colours in Argie. My fav has to be cream coloured Love Melody and first tooth Baby Moondancer, whom I'll own someday and call it Baby Nightlight instead.

Mexican - I used to think these ponies look horrible, not them really, just the condition they're often found in. I heard the Mexican sellers realy dig them out from the ghettos LOL don't know how true! However, we are starting to find rather decent condition Mexicans on ebay as of late, so that's a good sign! Quite a few ponies are made true to their US design, but they show characteristics of much longer hair, painted symbols, or even spotting a different pose!!! One of the favourite grails will be Moondancer who is made in Glory's pose. For those who find that the US version looks a bit deformed, the Mexican one is for you. Mind you, she won't be cheap, because there's more than 100 ebayers who want her just as bad as you! The Mexicans do have some very nice looking ponies, but they can do better with the hair. It is also note worthy that Mexican has some very odd looking baby poses, like what looks like a Baby Firefly's head on a Baby Cotton Candy's body for the earth baby pose, and what looks like a Baby Ember's head on a Baby Firefly's body for the baby pegasus' pose. Baby Cotton Candys are normally quite easy to come by on ebay, and range roughly from $9-15 for pretty good condition ones. The baby pegs tho....hmmm, you might get a chance at Baby Surprise, but if yu are aiming for pegasus Baby Blossom, please raise your credit card limit!

Peruvian & Columbians - I can't say much on these, we need other nirvana collectors to shed light on these ponies since I don't own or keep check on them. They do seem pretty similar to Mexicans IMO, and I think if you are to go for them, you might as well go for the Mexicans which are the cheaper alternative.Brazilians - Not made by Hasbro, but a factory called Estrela. Also notorious for frizzy hair - it seems like a common fare for many South American ponies. They are also very recognised for their "shiny" plastic, and extremely well loved for making some of the very popular characters such as Magic Star & Paradise as normal ponies instead of So Soft ponies with flocking in the US. Also, some characters end up as a different breed. Example would be Truly as a peg. Most notable is the lack of unicorns in Brazilian releases, all of them are converted to earth ponies, such as Ribbon, Twist & GUsty. Gusty seems like the most popular of all, and her baby receives no lesser attention - always expensive to afford. They also make unknown characters that collectors assume are hybrids of US ponies fused together like the rainbow pony in a sitting pose, which has the colours of Sunlight, but more aqua-ish, but has Bowtie's symbol. The Brazilians babies are rather popular as they are the non-BBE answer to some of the US ponies like Baby Cuddles, Baby Tiddly Winks and BabY Lofty. Baby lofty is the most sought after because she is the only one not to have a NBBE counterpart at all in the US or Europe, and set completers are all out to get her. I was one of them, and I finally own my own

Africans - last but not least, Africans. I can't remember what the last verdict was on them, but I know someone on the board is the expert on these. I'm not sure if they are real MLPs OR very well done fakies, because they come in all these hybrid poses and have tails sewn on in plugs rather than stuffed in as a bunch. All I remember was seeing an African Bubbles (colours are all correct, but she's in Moodancer's body with some other's pony's head) on Aussie ebay. I wanted it so bad, but it ended at $75, which is a no-no for me. The seller was in Sydney.

I hope this explains why some collectors collects nirvanas. Not everyone collects them for the value or is nuts over them to get heightened attention, but there really is something VERY INTERESTING about these ponies that nirvana collectors (or rather...pony archeologists) are crazy unearth and discover. Call us extreme pony fanatics, we're not only crazy about ponies, we want to know all and more about them.

Wish List

2009-03-28T06:37:00.001-07:00

Last Updated 28 Feb 2010

Generation 1

Upgrades Wanted:

-Bright Eyes
-Quackers
-Sweet Stuff
-Deflocked Angel
-Deflocked Paradise
-Deflocked Truly
-Deflocked Twist

Ponies I NEED to join my collection:

-Deflocked Scrumptious

-Love Melody
-Sugarberry
-Sparkler (must be made in CHINA)
-Sugar Sweet still with smell (am in for the smell) lol
-Mint Dreams
-Faded to WHITE Windy
-Fancy Pants Baby Splasher (HK version with lavender hair)
-Fancy Pants Baby Glider
-Italian Lickety Split
-SS Lickety Split (deflocking condition is nice too)
-Deflocked SS Lickety Split (even BETTER!)
-Deflocked SS Surprise
-Deflocked SS Heart Throb

Mail Orders/Euro/Nirvana/Dream Ponies:
-So Soft Heart Throb with winged symbols
-So Soft Buttons with stars in symbols
-Satin & Lace (regular version, not So Soft, not magenta)
-Mexican Blue Belle with sky blue eyes
-Argentina Moondancer - body has to be nice
-Greek Windy
-Greek Moonstone
-Greek Sunbeam (offering at least $120)
-Greek Baby Minty

Custom Ponies (for commission - please send me link to pictures of your works and prices):
-Greek yellow Twilight - yellow body in Glory's pose with aqua hair and a yellow streak

Custom Baits:
-First Tooth Baby Lickety Split, can be destroyed everything, but no chips, nicks or cuts (repaint as Baby Up, up & Away)
-Newborn Nibbles (pink pegasus twin), body needs to be nice (for a Newborn Heart Throb)
-White newborn unicorn (for a newborn Majesty)
- Glory with poor symbols, great everything else (I want to repaint her symbols with matte paint ^^)
- Sweet Tooth with nice hair but crappy body (want to give her a horn and a paint over)
-Windy with poor symbols, great everything else (want to repaint with Greek symbols)
- any newborn unicorn or pegasus or earthling with 1 leg up pose
-any first tooth
-baity baby Noddins
-Magic Message Cuddles or Mummy Sweet Celebration with poor hair & symbol but great body (want to make alt pose Bluebelle out of it)
-Mummy Bright Bouquet with nice body & hair but poor symbols (making alt pose Blossom)
-Rainbow Curl Ringlet X 02 with nice body (make alt pose Lofty/Skydancer)
-North Star with nice body, poor hair (to make a paler version of Hippity Hop)
- any unicorn in Milkyway's pose
- any unicorn in Fizzy/Beachball's pose
- baity Gusty/Sparkler/Boysenberry Pie with nice bodies
-Sweet Tooth X 01 with hair (inserting horn and repainting as Moondancer)
-Any pony in Sweet Tooth/Love Melody pose (inserting horn and repainting as Majesty)

Generation 2

-MO Seabreeze (want it to be bright clean aqua, mine has discoloured to green :/)

Generation 3

- Carribean Delight
- Beach Belle
- TRU Pack Cotton Candy
- TRU Pack Gardenia Glow
- TRU Pack Rainbow Delight (is that her name?)
- Cherry Blossom (very first version)
- Cupcake (very first version)

Combining Posts

2009-03-22T04:14:00.000-07:00

I am combining certain posts to make my navigation side less cluttered.

Ponyville Customs

2009-02-25T09:20:00.000-08:00

My new custom Ponyvilles!

Customising Ponyvilles has always been on my agenda list, BUT the cost is always a factor. Here in Singapore, it costs $19.90 to afford a duo pack Ponyville with accessories. Not like I care too much about accessories. Anyway, FINALLY, the stores have begin to realise that their toys are overpriced and started adjusting them since February. I found some of them for $9.90 at first, and then OG started having a super sale for $5 each. Got tons with Sweetie Belles in the set.

It was so much fun customising Ponyvilles mainly because I don't have to change the hair, which is the most tedious part. I hate hair rerooting. The symbols are hard to paint because of the size so I had to paint using a needle. I am happy how my first 3 turned out.

Moondancer - Love the hair, and I painted her symbol with a violet moon which is how she is always coloured in the cartoon and comics.

Majesty - She is actually given a slight pearly glaze that is only evident up close in person.

Magic Star - She was meant to be Cascade, but her hair paint dried out to be darker than I thought, so Magic Star it was.

Baby Ponies Who Can Finally See

2009-02-20T12:34:00.000-08:00

EDIT: Added new pictures of de-BBEed babies. Just realised that I am missing Tiddlywinks to complete the set!

Do these babies look familiar? Yes, they were once BBE baby ponies. I've sent them to this awesome UK lady to get their eyes fixed. Many thanks to my awesome awesome friends Brigetsmum (owner of MLPArena) and PrincessLuna for donating most of the BBE baits to me during my US trip. I have alway loved the BBE poses, but thought they could be just as cute with normal eyes. I do not destroy good BBE ponies as I love the mint ones like I love So-Soft ponies.

Many moons ago, I finally had the money and rusty BBE baits at hand, so I decided to get a complete set of non-BBEs in BBE poses. These baits were personally hand-picked for wicked rust in their eyes, some could beat Chuckie (from Child's Play movies) in the horror contest. I was kind of sad sending off a few ponies from my personal collection, which includes Baby Shady, Lickety Split, Baby Sundance, Baby Half Note, Baby Tiddly Wink and Baby Cuddles. They were in good condition when I first got them like a decade ago, but when I took them out from storage, their eyes already showed signs of paint wear and spots of rust spreading all over the eyes. Rust is the worst thing that can happen to a BBE baby pony. A BBE is special mainly because of its eyes, but if they start rusting, not only will the pony stop being special, she'll stop having eyes too.

I wasn't clear on how the process of de-BBEing the babies was carried out. I roughly remember the lady said something about sticking a screwdriver into their sockets and gouging their eyes out whole. Then she filled the holes with something white and sticky at first, but eventually dries solid with a texture. She paints them over to cover up the mess with beautiful paint jobs, and TADA, you get a new baby that looks mint with "normal" eyes.
I'd definitely recommend the lady to whoever wants to get their babies done. She did a very good job.

Unicorn Colours

2008-09-06T10:19:00.001-07:00

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I Draw When I Am Bored

2008-09-06T00:34:00.001-07:00

Stress in life doesn't get me as down as the one single thing called BOREDOM. I can handle stress (perhaps a bit too well), but I can't handle boredom! When I am bored, I get suicidal. Fortunately I have learnt many ways to ferret out of that pit in my emotions. lol Other than shopping, my other forms of therapy include cleaning ponies, keeping my room tidy, write rubbish on the internet, harassing friends and DRAWING. See problem is... on a normal day, I don't draw very well or colour very well. However, when I am bored, my autistic....I mean my artistic..."talents" start to show.

After I draw, I tend to get the compulsion to colour them. It's a hardwired attribute of mine.

And the results:

I wouldn't say these are the best works I have done, but they are definitely some of the more decent ones. lol Very sad...I know...but at least I am NOT NOT bored!

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OMG Core 7 Fakie Already?

2008-09-05T23:47:00.001-07:00

OMG Look, Core 7 Fakie already surfacing! This picture was taken off ebay. The body pose is wrong, but the head is very close to the Core 7 ones. This is too interesting to pass up. I hope they will turn up in Singapore!

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Minty

2008-09-05T15:27:00.001-07:00

There are many Mintys but this one in this pose is my favourite. The clothes were taken from the 1st Xmas Minty and given to this one from the butterfly wear series. She is IMO one of the nicest Minty out there next to the one that came out in the special release for the World's Biggest Tea Party Live Show.

In stories and cartoons, Minty always plays the comic relief. Sometimes she is funny, but sometimes, she tries too hard. lol It is well known that she likes SOCKS, which was how the term "rock socks" came from. Indeed, Minty rocks socks like no one's business.

Although Minty is not on my top 10 favourites list, it did sadden me a bit that she didn't make it to the Core 7 during the selection round. If Hasbro didn't sell her with an ugly 3D symbol the last time, she would have probably sold much better. I blame Hasbro for everything because who else can I blame? They make all the horrible decisions that make collectors scream in pain! Little girls probably scream in pain too at what is happening now, but they're easier to manipulate, so maybe it's time to set them up against the pony makers. Collectors need to coalesce into an opposing force that helps to maintain a balance in the pony line before Hasbro goes overboard and kills My Little Pony altogether. They seem to know what they are doing with all the market research and stuff, but they seem not to know exactly what they are doing at the same time. It's like they're drowned in what they are doing due to overexposure from pony radiation. Things tend to go off-tangent a bit...and sometimes, A LOT.

The Core 7 may be doing well, but my Minty isn't very happy that she's been dropped out of the Re-release Pageant. "Not cool", she says, "ain't no rock when you lose your socks."

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Meadowbrook & Minty

2008-09-05T15:01:00.001-07:00

Meadowbrook

It makes me wonder why of all ponies, Hasbro chose some of the more boring ponies to re-release. It was nice having Royal Bouquet with painted symbols, but I wanted to see Meadowbrook even more. She was one of the first ponies to be released in the G3 line, and has to be one of the prettier yellow ponies around. She's also one of my favourite characters. ^^

I remembered when the G3s were first released in 2003, my friends and I ran out to buy all the new ponies. And right on the shelves with the single packs, the Cotton Candy Cafe and an odd playset with European packaging. Although the playset had a proper name, it was more commonly referred to as "the Flower Shop" by Hasbro in their advertising materials. From there, she ensnared my imagination, and I always had stories for her going on exciting adventures that did not include having tea, even if tea contains a lot of antioxidants.

Sadly, Meadowbrook does not appear much in media materials. She only made a single appearance in a storybook titled "Hide n' Seek". If only Hasbro gave her a little more presence!

All along I've assumed that all Meadowbrooks are the same, re-released or not. Apparently, Hasbro had actually subtle changes that I didn't bother noticing. Below tells you the differences.

Left=Flower Shop version(v1), right=later version that came as a bonus pony(v2)

Difference? V1 has a more honey yellow, while V2 is more a solid vibrant yellow. The heads are also slightly different if you can tell from the picture. V1 is slight tilted back. V2 is more leveled with the ground.

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Minty

There are many Mintys but this one in this pose is my favourite. The clothes were taken from the 1st Xmas Minty and given to this one from the butterfly wear series. She is IMO one of the nicest Minty out there next to the one that came out in the special release for the World's Biggest Tea Party Live Show.

In stories and cartoons, Minty always plays the comic relief. Sometimes she is funny, but sometimes, she tries too hard. lol It is well known that she likes SOCKS, which was how the term "rock socks" came from. Indeed, Minty rocks socks like no one's business.

Although Minty is not on my top 10 favourites list, it did sadden me a bit that she didn't make it to the Core 7 during the selection round. If Hasbro didn't sell her with an ugly 3D symbol the last time, she would have probably sold much better. I blame Hasbro for everything because who else can I blame? They make all the horrible decisions that make collectors scream in pain! Little girls probably scream in pain too at what is happening now, but they're easier to manipulate, so maybe it's time to set them up against the pony makers. Collectors need to coalesce into an opposing force that helps to maintain a balance in the pony line before Hasbro goes overboard and kills My Little Pony altogether. They seem to know what they are doing with all the market research and stuff, but they seem not to know exactly what they are doing at the same time. It's like they're drowned in what they are doing due to overexposure from pony radiation. Things tend to go off-tangent a bit...and sometimes, A LOT.

The Core 7 may be doing well, but my Minty isn't very happy that she's been dropped out of the Re-release Pageant. "Not cool", she says, "ain't no rock when you lose your socks."

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My G3 Harem of Concubines

2008-09-05T14:55:00.001-07:00

Well to start off this section, I'll show off some of my G3s. These ponies reside in my "favourite" cupboard. I was getting bored for the Core 7 stuff, and took time to revisit some of my older G3s, appreciating them more this time, instead of just buying them, open, wash and then chuck them into storage. lol They will feel very neglected, okay...maybe they already did.

Pinkie Pie (pink), Starbeam (blue), Apple Spice (yellow), Daisy Jo (purple)

Rainbow Dash (blue), Fluttershy (pink), Sweet Sparkle (white), Crystal Crown (green - yellow hair is dyed), Twinkle Twirl (purple)

Poinsettia (green), Velvet Bow (aka Russian Pony, pale purple), Dazzle Surprise (aka Razzle Dazzle, pinkish purple)

Wysteria (purple), Moondancer (aka Moondreamer, blue), Fluttershy (1st version, pink)

January Carnation (white), Meadowbrook (yellow), Tea Leaf (pink)

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Henna Ponies (Core 7)

2008-09-05T14:39:00.001-07:00

There's no one way to call these ponies, because I call them Face Design Ponies, while some others refer to them as Eyeshadow Ponies or "Henna", whatever that means. lol Having been staring at the same Core 7 ponies on the shelves had finally taken a toll on me. Don't get me wrong, I did love the Core 7 ponies for a time, but it's getting painful seeing them and nothing else. Kids don't care, I don't care, only Hasbro cares...I think they care.

Anyway, when I heard these gals out were out, I couldn't be bother because I thought I was over and done with the My Little Pony line. A day finally came when I really decided I wanted to quit collecting ponies... . Visiting friends is always a bad idea, especially pony friends. I was at Yuanie's, and to my horror, I actually thought her Henna Scootaloo cute with the new head. Next moment I knew, I was running out to buy her. Then I spotted Cheerilee at Carrefour, and decided her new face was pretty too. I ...... bought her too. Naturally I had to get Toola Roola because she shared the new face I like with Cheerilee. The unicorn and pegasus were ponies I'd definitely get because well....they're unicorn and pegasus ponies! After owning 5 of the 7 ponies, it seemed natural to get Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to complete the set. OMG....I collected Core 7 stuff again.

I'm not big on the ponies that still look the same old, pose wise. However, the new heads injected a new lease of life on the Core 7. I fell most easily in love with Cheerilee. Not only does she have the most beautiful hair, the green spray and the leafy extensions on her symbols and face are what I felt were comple- and complimenting touches that enhanced her beauty overall.

All in all, the Hennas were good buys, and definitely recommended to all. As for the normal Core 7s, they're better off bought as custom baits.

Meet Cherry Blossom. I can't seem to bring myself to call her Cheerilee.

Toola Flash - I thought she's kind of cute with the new head and green eye shadows

TAF Scootaloo - so I guess most of us are sick of her, but she's cute in this pose.

Scootaloo meeting her friend Guava Lava. Look, they have the same mouth!!!

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I is so smart. I made NEW PONY!

2008-09-05T14:17:00.001-07:00

So...I was VERY bored. And this is what I did. I just made a core 8th and 9th pony....

Meet Pinkity

Now meet Rari Pie

The End

LOL so what do you think do my Frankenstein head switching? They make pretty interesting poses.

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Retros G1.5 Aren't Up to the Originals?

2008-07-31T00:18:00.001-07:00

"Some of you can be alittle to picky.You have to appreciate them for what they are. A remake of a classic.And how many remakes can ever live up to the original? They are definatly not the same but they are cute in their own way!" - these are the golden words from Skylar on the Mlparena. Unfortunately, Mountain Cai doesn't think so! If a mountain doesn't think so, then nothing matters as they all seem small and trivial.

I don't think it is so much a problem living up to standards, but rather, Hasbro is in fact cheating on the materials/quality of the repros compared to the real G1s. Get it? CHEAT, like a husband cheats on a wife kind of cheat. For G1s, they get ribbons with a "thick" feel that you only find being used on Godiva gift chocolate boxes today mostly. The new ribbons are shorter, and they're really thin. The symbols are cheaply slapped on with a layer of gloss smeared across to ensure they stick on like a sticker.

Next, for the mold, it could have been better. Problem is not because it is a repro off an old pony, but rather, the Hasbro sculptors themselves don't really see much difference in the details! At the pony fair, the guy Kirk said he was quite impressed that their technology allowed them to so-call "scan" an existing pony into a computer and they produce a new mold from there. Pretty much like a photocopy I guess. He claims that the new mold is just like a replica. I did voice out that I thought the new molds did lose out some details, but he didn't seem to think the same way. :P I think Hasbro could have tweaked and improved the molds if they wanted to, but it just didn't seem important to them. I mean if you are really interested in catering to the collectors' community, surely you will at least make the effort to execute aesthetics with a little more precision? And I can really see why MLPs are losing out to LPS, new or retro release.

I would say if Hasbro cared a little more, the retro releases would have lived up to the originals in terms of quality standards and expectations. Sadly, Hasbro's idea of meeting standards is very different from us collectors, so there is nothing much we can do, but take it or leave it. I don't think sales is too bad, but neither is it so good that Hasbro is encouraged to rush out more. Anyway, even though I think I may sound quite negative about the retro, they're not exactly lost causes. I do realise that the Rainbows look better OUT of package than in the package. I took mine out because I had to ship them home to Singapore, and they look much prettier, even with the smaller eyes! I guess you can call it making the best of what you have ^^ They're not thaaaaaaat bad, yet, they could have been better. I think it's probably the "could have been" part that turns a lot of people off, and it's within Hasbro's ability to achieve that is not being done. AHHHHHH, the horror on how Hasbro stinges on us and still expects us to fork out the money; just makes us feel like we're only worthy of borderline importance sometimes.

Leeching in Monterey

2008-07-24T23:51:00.000-07:00

Ok after 1.5 months of living on the east coast with my friend princessluna11706, I'm dead broke, because everyone knows how expensive things in New York can get. And not to mention how unfathomably one can spend over one short weekend in Rhode Island at the MLP Fair. I became broke as naturally as breathing air. God knew that way in advance, but he didn't bother telling me, not even in my dreams... . Of course I was upset, but SO HAPPY that I had all the ponies I wanted at the same time. I've been planning to visit my cousin in Monterey, but have been dragging my plans because princessluna11706 said we had to go to Boston on 4th of July, which was not a regretable trip by the way! It was AMEN haven there. I had such a wonderful time admiring the Museum of Fine Arts and dancing in the aquarium, taking videos of every fish or fishlet I came across. Anyway, I've finally DONE it! After my trip to San Jose and Fremont to Bridgetsmum & Chief's, I took an expensive 1.5 hour airbus for eeek $35! It only costs me $15 to travel from NYC to Boston - URGGGH so cheap!

Monterey in summer has the temperature of winter in Brisbane, Australia - LOL! A weak summer I'd say, but the view was breathtaking. The harsh sea coast with all the eroded rocks and sparse patches of remaining plateu reminded me of a time long gone. An epic tale of a tragic hero started playing in my mind of a charming adonis with curly dark hair, with clear cobalt blue eyes. Then suddenly, somehow his face was replaced by my own, and then I realised what an ugly dream it was. I don't like to diss myself, but even I can scare myself sometimes. It's a fact, not fiction.

General Design of a Typical My Little Pony

2008-07-24T23:40:00.000-07:00

There are many ways to design a pony, and that's probably why there can be so many pony fakies out there. Cute ponies are no longer a niche in a toyline. If you look at every popular toylines out there like Barbie or Strawberry Shortcake or something as sad as Bratz, every toy manufacturer wants a bite of the pony/horse pie. Everyone saw the need to diversify, ALL EXCEPT Hasbro. Hasbro created My Little Ponies and started a trend that's true, but they don't have the guts to challenge their competitors in saturated areas such as human dolls that they tried to perpetrate back in the 80s with the Megan doll, and eventually the Moondreamer doll line that didn't do too well, but was an obvious extension from the seeming success of the past 3 different releases of the Megan doll. I would say there is too much market research but too little actual experimentation from Hasbro. They may have focus groups and so on, but these are only small representative samples that are daringly used to reflect the world as a whole. That is simply biased qualitative research I feel. Ok, so this may sound too much like vindictive personal attacks on Hasbro's marketing moves, and in truth, I admit 90% is true!!! I can be very honest and hurtful most of the time.

Anyway, my point is - after a long sidetrack ranting - Hasbro has lost sight of making MLPs an age 3-6 toy. They claim they are trying to make toys for a younger age group, but yet they're not willing to shake off the "I'm so hip and cool" impression that their ponies now have that clearly belong to toys from the older age groups. Not that it is always a bad thing, but Hasbro is seriously putting in a luke-warm effort, making the ponies standing neither here nor there. They're not cool enough for the older children and too cool for the younger kiddos to relate to. Therefore, in my grading system of design success, they get a capital F (for FAILURE!).

The initial design moto from Hasbro was that they intent to make ponies an innocent toyline, free from fashion and bohemian strive from existing toylines on the market. Barbie is the typical OMG dropdead grogeous exemplar of fashion and the "it" girls club. As for Bratz with their unconventional attractive ugliness, it's definitely part of the bohemian sect. I mean which boy in the world wants to marry a girl with a head bigger than his football when he's 18? And little girls see Bratz as their "role model"? I can't help but LOL, ROFL and LMAO at the same time. If words can be animated, you'll see my action abbreviations fly. Instead of what they set out to do, Hasbro actually made a simplified version of the above said things. It was pure horror when I discovered my beloved ponies were all suffering from full time work that involved tea parties and costume balls 24/7. Even at slumber parties, they can be having crumpet magic.

I can't say I am a talented designer or anything, and my only credential is that I babysit my baby niece and little cousins, and by watching how they interact with other children, I roughly understand what makes them tick and want to react, and therefore, what kind of looks and play endears easily to them most.

In my opinion, small children don't understand what being cool and fashionable means. Age 3-6 is the time when they like to "monkey see monkey do"; they tend to either copy older kids or they find someone who looks their age and they copy each other. Therefore, the quickest way to create a pony that hits off directly with a child would be to make a pony look like a child. A pony is not gimmicky like some other toys on the market, nor do they have a strong storyline or successful cartoon to back them up, so their appearance is extremely important. In the illustration above, I've noted what I think are defining traits that are attractive to a child of age 3-6.

Baby Sweet Tooth

2008-07-24T23:07:00.000-07:00

As many of you would know by now, I can such a purist when it comes to breed and colour when it comes to my ponies. Oh sounds so racist :D If you ever get to know me better, you'll discover that I'm actually an open-minded and endearing person to hang out with! Most people do not give themselves a chance to find out, SADLY! The above picture was taken at our first Singapore My Little Pony Meet last year 2007! The yellow baby pegasus is obviously Baby Dancing Butterflies. As for the blue baby, it's my custom Baby Sweet Tooth. The official mail order from Hasbro made her as a unicorn, which was a big NOOOOOOO. She looked nothing like her mum! She's too blue, wrong breed and symbols too bold. The purist in me manifested innately like a mutant ability when I chanced upon a baity Baby Fifi. Poor baby knew what was coming even before I threw her my signature dirty look. I had to tell her verbally just to confirm her fears. It wasn't too bad. 3 hours of nip-tuck and she's looks like a factory made rare baby pony. Her hair was from a fakie by the way. I don't even remember what the fakie looked like because I've used her and she's done and so had to be gone. Good riddance!

Sweet Tooth thanked me many times for her baby that looks like her. Do you know how many times she took her unicorn baby out shopping and people didn't think it was her baby? She jokingly said she picked her baby up from the garbage and everyone believed her. Even I believed her! Geez and I know everything in Ponyland like God knows the world!

If you are wondering who the odd looking adult Twice As Fancy (TAF) pony is, then LET ME INTRODUCE YOU! She's Argentina Love Melody. Why is she so screwed up looking? I have no idea. She's a yellowed cream colour, almost like a discoloured white pony, but her colouring is so solidly even it's impossible to be discolouration. She's weird but beautiful. She was really common on ebay at one point of time, but has suddenly disappeared into oblivion, so now I guess, she can be quite expensive.

Mum & Baby Majesty

2008-07-24T22:34:00.000-07:00

It all started out with a baity Gusty. She had a bad haircut, and most of her symbols were gone. It seemed like the perfect excuse to give her a thorough session of nip-tuck into someone brand new! First I had to decide on who I wanted to make. There were many possibilities, but having an ugly Majesty at that time made decision making rather simple. Majesty has always been one of my favourite ponies, having read about her in storybooks and the UK comics. I had a storybook with her that my mum brought from Toys'R'Us when I was about 6, and in it, Majesty tripped and fell, and broke her ankle. That part of the story scarred me for life. It was terrible - a pony - FELL!?!?!? HURT!?!? IMPOSSIBLE. Then, I developed a compulsive need to constantly want to help make Majesty feel better. I vowed that someday I'll own her and make her all okay, although I can get quite lazy at keeping vows and promises.

I never had the castle when I was a child, and mail order wasn't available to Singapore despite the common American packaging with pamphlets and MO offers that came with them. A huge anticipation built up over the years, but when I finally got her in an ebay lot, she looked like some cheap grade fakie as if Hasbro was going out of business. Majesty had untameable choppy hair and a discoloured head. I just can't stop nagging about how they have recklessly destroyed a perfect pony with their lazy quality - oh does that sound familiar with the G3 ponies as well?

Anyway, first, I pervertedly stripped Gusty of both hair and symbol, and thoroughly outraged her modesty with a brush until she was sparkling white. Then, I brazenly pillaged hair plug by plug from a baity Firefly that was stained beyond recognition, bar her symbols. Ok, so I did recognise her, but I chose not to when I wanted her hair for my nefarious purpose of converting a virgin Gusty into a Majesty. I continued to shock my Gusty bait into submission by constantly poking plugs of hair into her hair holes with a needle. She thought that was extremely invasive, but I didn't care as I derived sadistic satisfaction from watching the pony suffer. I just carried on until I was happy of what she had become. Just like an ugly duckling who required a terrible childhood to become a beautiful swan, Gusty's dark past has polished her into the most beautiful Majesty ALIVE! Snort, barely alive after all the pain, but... STILL ALIVE!

Majesty's symbol was something I was quite proud of. Don't be deceived by its simple appearance, there're actually quite a lot of complex emotions that went behind the cognitive process!!!!! I thought the actual Majesty's symbol looks decent, but it is nothing like the ones in the storybooks! The illustrations always draw Majesty with round petaled blossoms for symbols, so my own Majesty will have to look like that. Somehow, the new symbol did not look right, and I decided that I need to rearrange the blossoms to make them more classy and aesthetic, hence the diamond arrangement! Don't you think she looks more regal now? Ahhhh my majestic Majesty!

As for Baby Majesty...the process is almost too paedophilic to describe :P Ok so I am exaggerating. I guess she's a bit less sad than her mum. She came to me as a completely yellowed Baby Glory, in fact, she was more like yellow-brow pee colour. She smelled really bad too. Her symbols were almost gone. I removed all her hair (that came off easy), cleaned her up and set her out in the sun. Turns out, she whitened under sunlight. That was quite a miracle indeed. Her hair came from a cat fakie and I painted her symbols just like I painted her mum's. Then WALA, a cute Baby Majesty was born to her mum via the MountainCai manual labour sweat shop factory that was surprisingly not set in China, but SINGAPORE.

San Jose, very large and American

2008-07-18T12:31:00.000-07:00

After hours of aggravating flight - it wasn't fun being trapped in for more than 15mins even though the plane arrived half an hour early - I'm finally in SJC. I must say I'm impressed. I didn't think the place was that big or maybe what I saw from above ground was California as a whole. I'm ranting on here while waiting to be picked up. The geography here is wonderful indeed. It was completely what I wanted to expect from American off TV.

EDIT: Continue...

Ok then I was picked up by Chief to his house, where I met Bridgetsmum. Their house was GORGEOUS!!! Their kids were fun to hang around too. I had too much of a good time there that I didn't feel like leaving. LOL But you know, it's not my house after all..... .

Bridgetsmum has SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many rare, foreign and prototype ponies that my eyes were constantly in swirls like this @.@ I wanted to live in Bridgetsmum's house for eternity!!!!!!!!!!! I have taken heaps of pictures and I intend to start a "rare" pony section on my blog with them with my critiques and observations.

Portfolio - Summary Gel Post

2008-07-18T00:17:00.000-07:00

Fire Topaz - Newest Rage!

2008-07-14T22:46:00.000-07:00

I have always liked precious stones, but recently one stone caught my attention, a fire topaz. A fire topaz is almost in a class of its own as it is open knowledge to everyone that its colours are not natural, yet the sheer beauty of it commands high popularity from stone lovers. This stone truly deserves its own category of precious stones.

I was introduced to a fire topaz when I was browsing ebay for a gift, and later learned that a fire topaz had to be artifically heat-treated before it gets its kaleidoscopic play of coruscating colours. A normal topaz can never achieve such a display naturally. Unlike jade, where natural-occurring colours play a huge importance in its collectible value, a fire topaz is only as important as how beautiful it looks. The best thing is it is so easy to afford one because it is almost man-made, and widely available. Gotta love fire topaz! I have bought one like the one in the picture for a friend as a present, but she doesn't know it yet. :D Not that I am trying to be cheap or anything, but I love things that are beautiful and this one is simply too gorgeous to pass up. Tee-hee!

My Little Pony Fair 2008 - Summary Gel Post

2008-07-14T22:41:00.000-07:00

Rhode Island - 21st-22nd June 08 - this is more of a flash back. I originally posted this on the MLPTP right after the meet, but there are valuable information that I am afraid will disappear eventually in time. Most importantly, I want the information for myself. I am reposting it on my blog so that I can retain it for an infinite amount of time.

Saturday - 21st June 08
We got into the convention, set up the tables and had everything arranged. I scooted off to see goodies surfacing from tables. I was the rare few male collectors on the online community, and rarer still, because I was Asian as well. It wasn't difficult to recognise who I was even if I went there as a pile of ash. I got to meet heaps of great people on the boards, but I had problems remembering names even though I recognised their faces. I forgot who I told that one of my aim was to bring home a Mountain Boy - Tornado in particular - because I've been waiting one for ages but never really had the motivation to go all out (ie. sell my parents, pawn my baby niece...etc) to acquire one. The same lady came back to me 5 minutes later and kindly notified me that a table at the front had the WHOLE SET of MOUNTAIN BOYS for sale! My mind swirled blankly for a split second and then went "!!!!!!" for the next few hiphenated moments as I took giant sweeping steps, literally flying towards the front table, and had to jam-brake myself as I made a rough halt in front of some of the most coveted ponies in the collecting community standing on little steps, showing off (at the very least) very good to mint conditions, sporting great shiny hair, clean bodies and minimal to no paint wear. Boy, I was excited. I caught myself chanting "MINE! MINE! MINE!" and felt relief when no one seemed to notice. I did some massive buying at the table (scored all the Mountain Boys at one go), and almost had to leave on a stretcher because I was overly thrilled and broke at the same time; a pauper's bliss that will eventually lead to a stroke.

Anyway to start off the true highlights of the fair, below are pictures from the Hasbro booth display. The first one is made from some celebrity I think. She looks like a porcelain pony and she's literally made up of dots that are raised. Then there's the other 2 ponies everyone have seen, Twinkle Hope and the large version of the fair exclusive pony which I named Providence - lame I know, but it is easier to remember. I didn't get to attend the Hasbro tour on Friday, but the Sunday session with Hasbro more than made up for it.

Also, just thought I'll add one interesting detail to the pony fair. It just so happened that we had the Pony Fair, a gay parade and a Baptist Convention all taking place on the same weekend in Rhode Island. It was so coincidental that I found it HILARIOUS! God sure has a way of smiling his wisdom on his children on earth. :D

Porcelain Pony

Literally made up of raised dots, the style some what reminds me of work from [Theodore van Russely-link]. I normally refer to her as Porcelain Pony, but for some unknown reason, the name Cheap China sounds highly appealing to me. The artist who made this pony must have a love for beautiful china designs, and probably Asian as well.

I enjoyed the artist's careful eye for detail. The design was definitely no easy feat, being so intricate. On top of that, they were constructed from dots, and furthermore, on an uneven canvas on a shape of a pony.

Providence: Giant version of fair exclusive pony

On the right is a picture of what I suppose to be the "prototype" of the fair exclusive pony, albeit in giant form. She is pinkish magenta with intricate pink designs. Although there was no official name given to the pony, she was easily named by many collectors after the city she was showcased in, aptly called Provience. I said "easily" because the name came almost too naturally from so many people concurrently.

Providence was indeed the right name for the pony because despite strong opposition raised by collectors against more pink ponies, Hasbro still insisted on coming up with YET another pink pony for this year's exclusive. If it is not fate, then there must be some divine intervention somewhere that prohibits ponies of other colours from being made. How odd that Hasbro claims that they produce toys based on market research when they make pink ponies for collectors who outrightly declare that they want some colour else. I must say it is retardness at work. Somewhere deep under the Hasbro psyche is a pink demon telling that everyone loves pink even when no one said so. Reminds me of my Maths teachers in primary school where they keep telling us children that Maths was fun and we all love their subject. I scored 12/100 for one of my Maths exams - that was how much I loved Maths.

We're currently under the painful occupation of the Pink Crusade.

Twinkle Hope

This pony was designed by I think a Japanese artist who's apparently extremely famous. Twinkle Hope was meant to be mass produced as a charity pony for orphanages. Hasbro did one a few years back, and now they're doing another one in Twice As Fancy (TAF) style.

The great thing about this artist is that she keeps her design simple and kiddish, which I guess makes it easy for most people buying a toy easy to relate to. Stars - who can't relate to stars? It may not look the most sophisticated, but it sure is my favourite among the 3 giant ponies on showcase.

The Hasbro Q&A started at 11am and people started gathering to the announcement stage. Sadly, I feel the Q&A wasn't such a success. Hasbro's responses were mostly generic. They were not anything collectors haven't already know, so it was a little dry and boring. The things they showed werent very exciting either. The "upcoming products in fall" have all been released in Asia and Australia a month or so ago. It got a little sad towards the last 10-15mins since people starting walking off and you can hear the background noises growing louder than the Hasbro panel using a microphone. The Hasbro crew that day were VERY nice, but I just felt their content that day weren't too engaging.

Why were G2s left out of the timeline?

My question to the panel was why the G2s were missing from the Hasbro timeline. Hasbro admitted that it was a blatant mistake on their part and they are looking to revise the timeline.

Chirpy Hasbro Marketing Girl

The lady shown in the picture is part of the marketing team for MLPs. I forgot her name, but if anyone remembers, please let me know! She's holding a picture done by Bonnie just for her. She was easy going and had a chirpy personality.

I didn't take pictures of Bonnie since I assumed other collectors would have taken heaps of pics of her, and personally I wasn't too excited to see her since I thought that even though it was great that she started the collector's pose, it wasn't her concept that took flight. In fact, I feel that it was the 2nd year ponies such as Bubbles, AJ, Bowtie and the unicorns and pegasi that really made MLPs popular.To see pictures of Bonnie and the Saturday Hasbro crew, please see SkyFlier's post:http://www.mlptp.net/forums/mlp-disc...es-posted.html

Ponyville - Pinkie Pie's Balloon House Concept Art

Sunday - 22nd June 08
After a not a exciting day with Hasbro, I went to the convention just hoping to find ponies on my wantlist, and not quite interested in paying attention to the Hasbro table. At about 10 or 11 I think, everything changed. PhyllieBean (was it you!? I was so excited it didnt register well!) came up to me and said "Hey, you see that lady? She's Lyn Fletcher, just as you requested on the board..." and I freaked out immediately! Lyn Fletcher was fabulous and on top of that, I saw a different Hasbro crew stream in later at 1pm with awesome stuff in their hands. Before I go into intricate details, allow me to introduce the awesome people on that day:

Jessica Mariah

First there was a marketing lady named Jessica Mariah(?? not sure of her last name) whom I forgot to take a picture of. She answered a few of my queries. Our convo sort of went like this:

Why are there so little pegs and unicorns for G3 as if they are "ethnic minorities"? Is there any reason or religious rational for that?

Ans: No, as far as Hasbro is concerned, there are no religious reasons behind that. We do not have such kind of restrictions here in the USA. We choose to focus on earth ponies because we think that they are what My Little Pony is all about.

Is there a particular system that Hasbro had employed to select exactly which pony gets to become part of the core 7?

Ans: Er....actually I don't think so. We mostly select the ones we think will sell best with little girls representing a colour and develop their characters.

Ok, then how come 4 of the 7 ponies are in varying hues of pink and not the rainbow?

Ans: Personally, my favourite was Minty, but she wasn't included because she didn't sell well. We did try to sell other colours, but at the end of the day, little girls still want pink ponies. However, do keep a lookout this year or next, Minty *MIGHT* make a brief appearance. We did try during product testing, but some colours just don't sell. I think the ponies might look slightly different in 2009 but not for sure *trails off thinking about what else to say*....

This was the rough gist of what Jessica siad, but I cant remember in full detail after a sleep.

Yeah, I noticed that in Singapore, yellow ponies always get left on the shelf.

Ans: I seem to recall a yellow pony we recently released. She's Royal Bouquet.Ans: Thank you, yes, I think she sort of got eliminated.

Kirk Hindman (aka Father of My Little Pony) Then there was first and foremost Kirk Hindman, who literally laboured to create ponies. He has been working in Hasbro for almost 20 years and was responsible for making quite a few of the G1 molds. He was a senior sculptor and shared a lot of his production knowledge with us. It was to drool for! According to him, the Collector's Pose has been edited/modified 3 times, and each time they get taller and taller.

Grace GarciaNext was Grace Garcia, who is the next upcoming sculpting starlet talent for Hasbro (just to make it sound glamourous ). She didn't do much MLPs previously, but according to her, she is starting to receive more and more MLP sculpting assignment, and Kirk seemed eager to pass on his skills and knowledge to her. In fact, Grace actually sculpted a pony head right in front of us. She also said something about her experimenting with a few pony poses, so we shall wait and see if anything at all passes the marketing department's approval litmus test.

Jess Rosemary & Lyn Fletcher

Sitting beside the sculptors were Jess Rosemary and Lyn Fletcher.

Jess was the licensing representative of Hasbro. She is the one who does the Licensing Show stuff, and in her hand is a Liencing Show Pinkie Pie who is her daring favourite. She was very friendly and had licensing guideline samples for us to flip through. I forgot to take a picture of the books she had, but anyone who has a picture of those, pls share! Jess is also somewhat Lyn's "boss" as she represents Hasbro in liasing with Harper Colins in the production of G3 storybooks.

Lyn Fletcher, in case no one has any idea, is one of the artists drawing for G3 storybooks commissioned by Harper Collins. G3 storybook illustrations have been done by several artists, but Lyn's style is always easily distinguished from the rest. Her ponies always have beautifully drawn hair with elaborate curls and soft & rounded facial features that reminds you of a perfect cherubin baby with fair skin, sparkly blue eyes and perfect blonde curls. To top that off is Lyn's signature trademak of always giving her ponies cheekblushes. When I talked to Lyn and Jess, Lyn jokingly expressed that Jess didn't like the cheekblushes, but I could tell from Lyn's satisfied facial expression that at least someone appreciates the details she puts into the G3 ponies. I completely enjoy her illustrations and only collect G3 books done by her, and wish that she can continue to do so as she brings onthe innocence to G3 ponies that were so reminiscent of G1s.

Lynn told me that Harper Colin might be moving her from My Little Ponies to doing illustrations for Fisher Price instead.

Hasbro Supermodel Marketing

Last but not least, is another marketing representative from Hasbro. I have her picture but stupid me didn't get her name. She was at least a head taller than me, and looked like a supermodel. She has been an intern at Hasbro for 4 weeks so far, but she's witty, open and highly accepting of opinions. I had a wonderful time chatting with her and thought she deserved some recognition.

Prototypes - White Ponies

These prototypes are pearly, shiny white, and they are VERY STICKY to the touch. Oh every prototype was also scribbled some description notes and the cost to produce them. On the average, it seems to cost Hasbro $0.08 to produce a single pony.My favourite one is the clear pony with violet hair. She is SO PRETTY!

Prototypes - Pink Ponies
Nothing too interesting. Sorry if I am being painfully pedantic, but I tried to take picture of all the prototypes on the display side and the sides with description and the cost of producing them.

It might be of interest to take note of the pink pony in the hoochie pose with the orangehair. If you noticed, her non-display front leg is actually STRAIGHT and not bent like the actual products that we own - a true prototype in its own right. Wish i can own her :/

Giant Dancing Pinkie Pie Trivia
Kirk Hindman claims that he is partially blamed that Pinkie Pie was made. He was showing us some rubber material, and said that he was originally asked to make a blue prototype of a dancing pony. But he convinced the designers to let him make it in pink, the original colour so that he didn't have to go through another tedious process of "fighting out the pink with the blue". Eventually somehow, maybe out of convenience, the designers went with making Pinkie Pie instead.

G1 Prototypes

Pretty PonyI am not sure if the lavender Pretty Pony was a prototype, but it was something I've never seen before.

Copper/Bronze Mold & Prototype

Kirk showed us the copper/bronze mold of a Collector's Pose pony. Shared with us a few facts and properties of plastics. He was saying that if you soak a pony in a bucket of acetone, it can grow a few times bigger than the original size. He described pony plastics as plastics with "no memory". You can soak it in boiling water, take it out remold it and it adheres to your manipulation when it cools. Another tidbit was that, the plastics are extremely porous, so if you get a marker smear on it and try to rub it with a solvent like acetone, the colour goes deeper into the plastic and stays permernant there. To get rid of marks, it is better to "scrap" it off.

Another trivia from Kirk was that about 80-90% of the original pony molds have been MELTED AND RECYCLED to make molds for other stuff. Most of what was left from the 80s were actually saved by packrat employees like him. ^^

Bell Jar Pony

In the jar is a pony that looks like a Sweet Talking Pony pose. According to Kirk, the prototype is made of jewellery wax. He said something about creating something using the reduction method that I have no memory about, so if anyone remembers anything at all, please contribute! Kirk was very nice. He was quick to remove the jar cover to let collectors take pictures of the ponies, but I intentionally wanted to take the pony in the bell jar itself as it reminds me of the magical rose locked in the bell jar in the Beauty and the Beast movie from Disney.

Re-released G1 Ponies
The molds for the Rainbow Ponies were gone. Kirk explained that what they did was to do a digital scan of an existing toy onto a special computer and reconstucted a mold from there. He claims that they were virtually a replica of the original, but being a painfully detailed person, I'd digress. I think the new molds have lost quite some details somewhat.

Footstamp

See the little metal piece? Recognise the wordings? I intially thought it was weird that the stamp was a little cylinder.

Pony Bride Pose

When we showed Kirk a Pony Bride, his response was "I don't remember who created her, it wasn't me", although I wasn't sure if the pose was created by him or not. He also noted that he made Gusty's pose, and even though he didn't create the shy Bowtie pose when I showed him a Bowtie, his first response was "Ah Applejack is in that pose too!"

Megan Prototype

Megan's legs fall off when you pick her up and some of us thought she'll look slightly more interesting with her legs wide open! LOL It was a lousy joke.

Sea Ponies Prototype Trivia
Kirk mentioned about seaponies and how he had fun with them. He also mentioned that he still has a seapony prototype in Hasbro that was never produced which has a poseable tail!!!

Prototype Combs for Pretty
Kirk mentioned having some problems making the combs, but I wasn't really listening, so someone else who was tuning in and remember, please fill in the blanks! The combs were huge, and I've put in my Sweetie Belle as a guage for you to see how long they were. I was told by princessluna that these were later miniaturised into accessories for the Brush & Grow Ponies - kewl isn't it? Even Kirk didn't remember that.

With the sorts of molds they were using, they needed to be able to lift the molds straight up off the object. The problem comes when designers come up with things like raised hearts on the sides of the brush. The sculptor then has to deal with the problem of following the design without creating undercuts on the mold that will make it impossible to lift it straight up. That's why the bottom of the hearts on the brushes almost fade flat into the brush.

An undercut is a place in a mold where it goes under a protrusion on the object that's being made. It's an area that will catch as you try to separate the mold from the object it just made. Depending on the casting method and what sort of object it is, it can even be difficult to get the resin/plastic/whatever into that area. They're tough to work with, so not good in a mass production situation like ponies.

G1 Pose Sketches

Thanks to girlbuffalo1 for sharing what the purpose of the G1 line art is for. Jessica (the marketing lady) has reworked that line art to give to vendors who want to produce things like t-shirts with G1's on them and other licensed stuff. I think it's really great art and will look quite nice--now if some companies can get on board and start producing stuff with it on it!

Applejack Sign

Hehe, this has nothing to do with the fair, but on the way home, we caught sight of a restaurant called Applejack Diner, and I had to take a picture of that!

I like to R@#$%n^&*(T .

2008-07-13T21:38:00.000-07:00

This post marks the start of my blabbering blackboard ... ... sorry... ... I mean "blog" ( don't get frightened away - COME BACK!). I never bothered myself to write one, but I've fallen bad on lazy times, and never have the patience to maintain any of my websites for more than a year and let them slip into oblivion even before my hosting account expires. I guess the more prudent option is to get a free blog and throw all my lunatic ranting and mad raving up here. It's free and blogs hosted by big companies normally hold onto everything for forever. This is great as I intend to use this mainly as my My Little Pony archive, with the occasional sidetrack and sometimes my ...what's that called in a resume???.....ah right, a portfolio. I can never understand the need for one, since most people normally slap one together the night before, and if the boss likes you enough, he/she hires you anyway.

After uploading several pictures, I've still decided to pick Sweetpop as the "starter" pony for my blog. There is something about her that always reminds me of my childhood, and although it sounds like poor justification, it always makes me feel good. It is odd since she was never the best looking pony, but was cherished like gold anyway. I think she is really special, especially the part where she comes with four legs, two eyes, a mane and a tail. It makes her really pony-like!

G3 Prototypes

2008-06-22T23:39:00.000-07:00

White Ponies

I can be painfully pedantic, and had tried to take picture of all the prototypes on the display side and the sides with description and the cost of producing them.

Pink Ponies

Applejack Diner Sign

2008-06-22T12:26:00.000-07:00

Hehe, this has nothing to do with the fair, but on the way home, we caught sight of a restaurant called Applejack Diner, and I had to take a picture of that!

G1 Prototypes

2008-06-22T12:24:00.000-07:00

Lavender My Pretty Pony

Pretty PonyI am not sure if the lavender Pretty Pony was a prototype, but it was something I've never seen before.

Copper/Bronze Mold & Prototype

Kirk showed us the copper/bronze mold of a Collector's Pose pony. Shared with us a few facts and properties of plastics. He was saying that if you soak a pony in a bucket of acetone, it can grow a few times bigger than the original size. He described pony plastics as plastics with "no memory". You can soak it in boiling water, take it out remold it and it adheres to your manipulation when it cools. Another tidbit was that, the plastics are extremely porous, so if you get a marker smear on it and try to rub it with a solvent like acetone, the colour goes deeper into the plastic and stays permernant there. To get rid of marks, it is better to "scrap" it off.

Another trivia from Kirk was that about 80-90% of the original pony molds have been MELTED AND RECYCLED to make molds for other stuff. Most of what was left from the 80s were actually saved by packrat employees like him. ^^

Bell Jar Pony

In the jar is a pony that looks like a Sweet Talking Pony pose. According to Kirk, the prototype is made of jewellery wax. He said something about creating something using the reduction method that I have no memory about, so if anyone remembers anything at all, please contribute! Kirk was very nice. He was quick to remove the jar cover to let collectors take pictures of the ponies, but I intentionally wanted to take the pony in the bell jar itself as it reminds me of the magical rose locked in the bell jar in the Beauty and the Beast movie from Disney.

Hasbro Licensing Department & Associates

2008-06-22T12:11:00.000-07:00

Jess Rosemary & Lyn Fletcher

Sitting beside the sculptors were Jess Rosemary and Lyn Fletcher.

Jess was the licensing representative of Hasbro. She is the one who does the Licensing Show stuff, and in her hand is a Licensing Show Pinkie Pie who is her darling favourite. She was very friendly and had licensing guideline samples for us to flip through. I forgot to take a picture of the books she had, but anyone who has a picture of those, pls share! Jess is also somewhat Lyn's "boss" as she represents Hasbro in liasing with Harper Colins in the production of G3 storybooks.

Lyn Fletcher, in case no one has any idea, is one of the artists drawing for G3 storybooks commissioned by Harper Collins. G3 storybook illustrations have been done by several artists, but Lyn's style is always easily distinguished from the rest. Her ponies always have beautifully drawn hair with elaborate curls and soft & rounded facial features that reminds you of a perfect cherubin baby with fair skin, sparkly blue eyes and perfect blonde curls. To top that off is Lyn's signature trademak of always giving her ponies cheekblushes. When I talked to Lyn and Jess, Lyn jokingly expressed that Jess didn't like the cheekblushes, but I could tell from Lyn's satisfied facial expression that at least someone appreciates the details she puts into the G3 ponies. I completely enjoy her illustrations and only collect G3 books done by her, and wish that she can continue to do so as she brings on the innocence to G3 ponies that were so reminiscent of G1s.

Lynn told me that Harper Colin might be moving her from My Little Ponies to doing illustrations for Fisher Price instead.

Hasbro Sculptors

2008-06-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

Kirk Hindman - "Father" of MLPs

Then there was first and foremost Kirk Hindman, who literally laboured to create ponies. He has been working in Hasbro for almost 20 years and was responsible for making quite a few of the G1 molds. He was a senior sculptor and shared a lot of his production knowledge with us. It was to drool for! According to him, the Collector's Pose has been edited/modified 3 times, and each time they get taller and taller.

Hasbro Marketing Representatives

2008-06-22T12:06:00.000-07:00