This past week have been crazy busy with new arrivals. I've gotten a lot of new G2s, most of which has their backcard and accessories, and I now have 96 out of 187 G2s.. I really feel like finding the last half I don't have, but on the other hand I'm not sure if I really want all of them, or just my favourites (the later years releases). For now I'm not selling those I don't like, because they were fleamarket finds and very cheap, but they would still have a hard time selling for what I paid, LOL. But I'm not buying G2s I'm not drooling over anymore!
In fact, I'm not buying ponies at all right now. I will have to wait on my next paycheck, June 1st, to start buying again! That leaves... 25 days, ARGH! *faints* On the other hand I have gotten so many awsome ponies these past days (not counting the grails I got last month), so I should slow down and enjoy the hiatus. It might be fun, actually - and if I get really desperate, I have 96 G2s to photograph and put up on my site!
So.. who are all these amazing ponies I've gotten? Let's make a list!
- Applebelle (Italian Hybrid and one of my favs!)
- CP Posey from Argentine (gift from Jesper and a long time want <3)
- UK dragon - the yellow one, Flame?
- 4 Italian MOCs; Cherries Jubilee, White Tootsie, CP Applejack and CP Bowtie!
- My biggest nirvana grail... this one deserves a little explanation.
- 3 very HTF nirvanas, which I won't tell about before they're ready for their photoshoot.
So.. who is my biggest nirvana grail?
When I was a newb on the arena and the collecting field in general, I got to know one of the sweetest collectors, Babydoll. I've bought some of my favourite MOCs from her including Barnacle and Fizzy <3
One day, I noticed she had changed her avatar to a yellow pony in the shy pose - I had never seen her before. I asked her about it, because I really liked it and wanted it for my collection.
It was a yellow version of Applejack. She didn't know much about it; found it at a bootfair and had sold it to someone in the community. Nobody knew what country she was from.
Later, after Ember1 introduced us to all the Columbians, and Lars emerged, other AJs appeared and I finally found out what country she was from! But, as we all know, Columbians are expensive and hard to find - even if you have the money, they will be quite a bit of work to hunt down.
Applejack has always been the pony I wanted to collect variants of; unintentionally I ended up with more Lemon Drop variations, but rest assure, AJ has always been my fav variant girl! Needless to say, yellow Applejack became my ultimate grail.
And now I have her. Actually there's two variants of the yellow AJ, one with multicoloured hair (like Babydolls), and one with a blonde haircolour. Ember1 sold me the blonde, and I love her so much it's hard to explain. I will always be on the lookout for the other variant, but getting one of these girls have been the biggest ponydream for me as long as I remember, so I don't say that I am "okay" by having the other variant - I am in awe. Completely in love, too.
Granted, her Columbian features took a little time to get used to - the cheap plastic, her colour which is a lot darker yellow than I imagined, almost like curry!... her dark and small-ish eyes (where the dark part is amazing, the small part is a little annoying at first - I've always imagined their eyes would be more of a match to the greek or spanish, lol, don't ask me why!), and her mane has been rehaired with original hair from the columbian factory - but as long as it's original, I don't mind one bit. And her flaws doesn't annoy me either - now they're part of her personality! <3
Okay, enough rambling from me, I really can talk forever about lots of small things, lol. Cookies for you if you got this far!