Beefing with the sun

Hello, everypony!

I'm always late with showing you my new ponies. So late that today I'm bringing you ponies I got in April and May. But I know you folks will forgive me. ♥ I simply struggled to take some photos, because until now the only way to create some nice indoor photos was to take them on my windowsill at 11 AM, which means only on weekends (since I'm usually at my workplace by that time). And when I'm finally at home at 11 AM and I'm ready to take some photos, the sun doesn't always work in my favor. Luckily this will change now, since I've got an enormous ringlight from my partner. I finally don't have to wait for specific time and specific weather to make photos, yippee!

 

Rollerskate Party Cake with Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony G3 Ponyville)

Rollerskate Party Cake with Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony G3 Ponyville)

First I'm gonna show you this amazing brand new set! Perch.ponies found it back then on Vinted and sent it to me. It was a love at first sight! The house was mint in box, but sadly the box itself got damaged in transit. The seller only wrapped the original box in some paper and didn't put it into another box. The plastic parts of the box didn't survive it's journey from Slovakia to Czech Republic and I had to throw it away. The only thing I kept from the packaging is the paper background and the handle that was on top of the box, so that little girls could easily grab it. I plan to create something out of it, maybe a cute handbag or something, but for now I don't have any specific ideas.
Luckily the house didn't suffer any damage while shipping and no accessories got lost. I'm a bit autistic when it comes to houses and other playsets like this: when I see the set is not complete, I don't want it. As a kid I've always took good care of my pony accessories and tried really hard not to loose any of it. Oh, how much I cried when I lost a tiny vase from my Fancy Fashions Boutique set! So, finding a MIB Ponyville set was an instant buy for me, hehe.

 

Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony G3 Ponyville)

I'm so excited to get another figure of Pinkie Pie! As I said in the article "Huge trade with Perch", I used to collect mostly figures of characters I didn't have yet, but you know, there is no such thing as "too many Pinkie Pies"! Actually, Pinkie Pie is one of the characters of which I don't mind having as many different figures as possible.

 

Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony G3.5 Ponyville) & Yours Truly (My Little Pony G3 Ponyville)

Then we have these two cuties I bought along with the next two ponies. I already had one Rainbow Dash from G3.5 release, but facing the other direction. That means I'll keep her. ♥ The real reason why I bought this set is this pink pony named Yours Truly. She is one of the 6 Valentine Ponyville ponies. If I remember correctly, she was my very first Valentine figure! I love her so much, she is adorable. ♥

 

Toola Roola & Scootaloo (My Little Pony G3 Ponyville)

Then we have some doubles! I already had Toola Roola from Darovánek where I bought her mint in box with her accessories, and Scootaloo joined my herd in April 2023; I got her from my beloved friend Lumine! That means these two ponies are up for a trade for now. Purchasing the set was definitely worth it though. ♥

 

Rollerskate Party Cake with Pinkie Pie (MLP G3 Ponyville)

And here is the house with the new ponies! It's perfect for displaying Ponyville figures, because it is huge and there is a lot of space where you can put your ponies. Some of you has probably seen my instagram story where I have this house in my glass showcase with my childhood Ponyville figures on top of it. ♥ 

 

Bashful Bonnet (My Little Pony G3)

Now we get to big brushable ponies. On 1st April I received a package with these three ponies. Back then I was recklessly ordering any G3 pony that I haven't had yet, and now I'm running out of space on my shelf. xD Even though Bashful Bonnet was an impulse buy, I really like her color palette. She is so soft. ♥

 

Garden Wishes (My Little Pony G3)

Garden Wishes! I'm so excited to have another unicorn in my collection. She is perfect with Rarity and Brights Brightly standing next to each other, creating some sort of a color gradient. I also like that she somehow reminds me of a non-binary flag. ♥

Tink-a-tink-a-too (My Little Pony G3)

Third pony in the package was Tink. And even though I wanted her the most, she also dissapointed me the most. Turns out that a half of her body was sun-faded to the point it had a different color than the other half. I didn't notice this flaw from the photos and I was very mad about it when I found out. I'm usually not that picky when it comes to second-hand ponies; I don't mind some slight haircuts or very tangled manes, but having a pony that has one half of it's body in entirely different color than the other one, that just annoys me. There was no way I could restore her, except for putting her to a sunny place with the non-damaged half of the body facing the sun. But honestly, the shade of her sun-faded side was simply ugly. I sold her for 50 czk on Vinted, hopefully someone else will love her more than me. Anyway, that's another reason why I have a beef with the sun.

 

Sparkleworks (My Little Pony G3)

Now we get to another package. These three ponies were in a set with Frilly Frock's Boutique I bought for Perch.ponies! For a long time I was considering to keep this Sparkleworks, but as I started running out of space, I decided to let her go. I already had Sparkleworks, even though it was in a different pose. When it comes to brushable ponies, I like to collect more figures of one character when they are a bit more different; for example the colors of their body and/or mane. And since this pony had some spots on her body and a slight haircut, I decided to let her go, too. She was bought along with Tink-a-tink-a-too, so she won't be alone. 

 

Fluttershy (My Little Pony G3)

Along with Tink and Sparkleworks was sold this Fluttershy that also came in the boutique set. Not only because I already had her, but also because I got Fluttershy in this exact pose as a kid. She was one of my 9 brushable My Little Ponies from 3rd generation. Of course my childhood Fluttershy stayed in my collection and "new one" had to go.
Oh, and a little advice for you: don't leave little notes in your pony piles. I had a box full of ponies that needed to be cleaned, and to make it easier I created a little list that I've put into the box with them, so that I could check out ponies that are already restored. Turns out the ballpoint writing somehow imprinted onto this poor Fluttershy - you can see that around her cutiemark. I tried to wash it off with acetone, but it didn't work. Luckily the buyer didn't mind.

 

Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony G4)

And then we have this Rainbow Dash. I'm honestly not sure if this specific figure arrived with the boutique set, because honestly, I had 3 Rainbow Dash figures in the "stinky box" at the same time and they probably got mixed up. Long story short, this one won and stayed in my collection. Even though she has a slight discoloration comparing the body and the head, she has the prettiest face and also the prettiest mane. I like this figure, even though I really dislike the character.

 

Tempest Shadow (My Little Pony G4)

I kept the biggest pony for the end! Meet Tempest Shadow! I bought her after finishing the MLP movie she's in. I simply fell in love with the character, I needed her in my collection! I also ship her with Twilight Sparkle so hard, I might be even getting more various figures of her just to make some cute shipping photos. Right now I only have the huge Twilight Sparkle from G5 that matches her height, but she isn't "the real Twilight" in the proper G4 style, you know? 
I'm also very thankful for her short mane, because I didn't have the courage to wash her (since there is electronic mechanism inside of the pony). Her mane is in great condition though, so she didn't really need it, and even though she is bought second hand, her cutiemark and horn light up when the cutiemark is pressed.

And because I never know how to end an article, I'm just gonna wish you a nice weekend and a lot of Skittles in your life. That might come in handy, I guess.

~Eliška Poníková