G2 Sky Skimmer

Some photos of G2 Sky Skimmer that I took probably in 2005 or 2006.  I still love these!  One of these days, she deserves a more recent photoshoot with the fancy camera I have now.

Appreciation post - Surprise

Today I'm going to spam you with photos of my Surprise (and Baby Surprise).  This pony's gained a lot of infamy in recent years due to the story of her being one of Pinkie Pie's original inspirations.

I BINed the two of them together, along with most of Baby Surprise's accessories, for $25 back in '05 or '06, and I couldn't be happier with my purchase.  Baby Surprise is flawless, like she was just taken off her card.  And mommy Surprise doesn't have her factory curl for some reason, but other than that, she's pure mint.  Most of my collection is not in this great shape (though I do prefer my ponies to be near-mint or at least look nm on display!) and sometimes I wonder if I should put them in a clear plastic case to protect them. (I always wonder if such things are a bit excessive; it's not like Surprise is rare at all.)

Kimono

I've wanted Kimono since I started collecting.  But I missed out on all the first main eight ponies except for Sunny Daze when they first came out.  I wasn't seriously considering collecting yet and by the time I was, these guys weren't on the shelves anymore.  Kimono got released once or twice during the G3 run, but never in her proper pose.

By the time I really looked into getting the first main eight, Kimono was going for well over $10.  It might even have been more, my memory's getting fuzzy in my old age.  And I couldn't justify it.  Well, I just got ahold of her from another collector for $4.  Even the once-popular G3s have gone way down in value :\  But to my benefit, I suppose!  I wish I'd looked into acquiring her sooner.

While the G3s aren't my collecting focus right now ("right now" being the last few years and onward), they're also rather cheap at the moment.  Everyone's either into FiM or nostalgia-bombing on G1, so G3's gotten a bit forgotten in the fandom these days.  They're going for so little since all the collectors got them as they hit the shelves.  I have a lot that I want to unload, thinning the G3 herd and all, but I'm happy to use them as trade bait or just to sell very cheap to friends.

But anyway, Kimono. 

I don't even like purple very much.  But there's something gorgeous about Kimono.  Her pose is one of my favorites in the G3 line.  I do like purple and yellow together.  The particular shade of her mane is a purple that I do rather like.  And her green eyes are such a nice touch, such a great pop of a new color in there, that she's just overall very beautiful and simple.  I dig that in a pony.

Now I believe the only pony from the first main eight that I still need is Sweetberry.