Okay Im a little late and I know some of these hot takes were mentioned before in this thread but um. Here are my super strong hot take opinions
Beddy Bye Eyes are THE CUTEST PONIES IN THE UNIVERSE. Sure they have rust issues but once you clean them up? I don’t care what anyone else says they are cute.
I hate hate hate deflocking. (But of course people can do whatever they want with their ponies. I would just be very sad if I ever found a pony wither her flocking removed)
I love tinsel and hate hate hate detinseling. (But again: people can do whatever they want with their ponies. I just would Immediately rehair and retinsel whatever pony it is if I got one and it was missing her tinsel lol). I don’t find it hard to work with in the slightest, and I’ve gotten ponies with messy horrible hair and tinsel.
I personally do not understand it when collectors get so upset about minor “flaws”. If the pony has frizzy hair, if they have a few age spots but none of them are that bad, if their head is a slightly different shade than the body: I don’t think “minor flaws” really matter. I love restoring ponies but I only really bother if the flaws are big (cut hair, TONS of marker, rust, ect).
I love unboxing ponies. Including old vintage ones lol I don’t even care. I bought it, it’s a toy for me so I will do whatever I want and open her so I can play with it >:3
This isn’t a hot take with all you collector folk but apparently it’s a hot take in the greater internet culture to say “Gen 1 is my fave and I don’t care as much about g4 and g5”. Not that I dislike those generations (I grew up with g4 so I do like it a lot
) just that my main interest isn’t focused on it.
And finally: I wish people would stop getting mad at people for customizing vintage ponies. It really isn’t a big deal to customize a vintage toy, I think you’re just giving it new life. Most people don’t care if it’s a common or damaged pony: But I think people should be able to customize whatever ponies they want, including super rare ones, because at the end of the day it’s THEIR toy that they own and they should be able to do whatever they want with it.