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Well, since I don't drive, I'm dependant on my dad to take me to car boot sales...and let's just say he's not an early riser! So I didn't get to many boot sales all summer. Finally, with the boot sale season just about over, my mum and I finally managed to wake David up in time to take us to a local car boot sale three times in the last six weeks. (It doesn't start until 9.30, so we figured even HE could get up for this one!)
The last two took place on bright sunny days and were HUGE...but for the most part there wasn't much 80s stuff to be seen at all. Although I did manage to come away from the first with some treasures:
I don't believe the Gumball machines were ever sold in this country, so I was really pleased to find Twinkle Twirl for 50p! And Sweetheart and Highlights for 30p each were a great bargain to my mind...especially when I noticed what was hiding in Highlights' hair!
I had never even seen a Great Hair Pony's hair tie in real life before, and since one of my main pony goals is to get all the European ponies and accessories from the early 90s (when I kind of vaguely remember the last of the ponies being sold off in clearance sales), I was very excited.
Second car boot sale was not so good, really. Despite being massive, all I found was a Tassles bubble bath bottle and BBE Baby Lickety Split for 50p (not too bad though, since Tassles is near mint, and the BBE Babies were never even released here in the UK!) and a chipped Cotton Candy pomander for a further 50p. I was still happy with my finds though, and decided I really wanted to get back to the car boot just one last time...
So we returned today, attending what we labelled as our "last boot sale of the year". It POURED with rain all last night, and it was really dreary this morning, so I wasn't expecting anything too good. And when we arrived, it seemed that I was sadly right. The car boot was much smaller than usual and packed with market stalls rather than second hand goods...presumably all of the 'ordinary sellers' had been put off by the weather. :frown:
But it works both ways, you know? I guess the usual toy dealer buyers had been put off too as the few typical 'boot sale' stalls that were there were PACKED with 80s/90s toys. I mean, I actually left some pretty nice plush Care Bears, Nosy Bears, Fluppy Dogs, Puppy Surprise, Polly Pocket, Wuzzles and Popples etc. just because I didn't have enough money to bring them back and risk nobody online wanting them anyway.
But you don't want to know about the stuff that I left, do you? You want to know what I actually bought. Well, here we go...
(Sorry, I know they look scruffy, but I still need to work on cleaning them all up - I was just too excited and took the photos as soon as I got back)
Can you spot the gems?
Well, let's start with the one non-pony item - plush Wuzzles Koalakeet, who set me back 50p. I was intending on selling him on to someone who actually actively collected Wuzzles, but my mum seems to have fallen in love with him.
Mum spotted the TAF mug. It's very dirty inside, but I was still pleased to find it as it goes with a bowl that Mum gave me one Christmas years ago. And at 20p you can't go wrong! The cassettes were in a horrendous state when I found them, with the tape all wrapped around everything else in the box (!), but I managed to wind them back up again and bought them for 5p each. Haven't tried them yet, but fingers crossed as the tape itself seems undamaged.
And now I present to you, her royal highness, Princess Rinse 'n' Spit!
Her tail has been chopped, but otherwise she looks really nice. Probably a bit pricy at £1 especially as I already have the white one (she'll most likely be looking for a new home once she's been cleaned up...if Mum doesn't decide she wants her as well!), but I just couldn't leave her there amongst the other fakie rabble! :silly:
Then came the real find...well, to my mind at least. I must admit, I actually walked straight past them, my mind set on another box where I'd seen some Popples and Wuzzles, when my mum called me back to look at a box my dad had spotted behind an armchair... A big box of ponies! G1 ponies!
They cost £1 each, so I didn't buy them all, as the woman who was selling them wouldn't do a good deal on the lot (we did ask!). So I left a Peachy, Lemon Drop, Posey, two Speedys, Sky Rocket, Baby Brother Bright Bouquet, Baby Quackers, Floater, Little Giggles and a few others. I kind of wish I'd bought Quackers now though, as she was a lot better than mine. Oh, well. We did manage to knock £1.50 off of the total... So I got all twelve ponies for £10.50. (About $20, I think) Not too bad, I'd say!
So which ponies did I buy?
Magic Star and Star Gleamer!
Magic Star has a bad rust problem which I didn't notice until I got her back here, but I think she'll clean up nicely. I popped her head and tail out this evening and will get to work on getting all that icky brown stuff out of her tomorrow. Star Gleamer had some pony make-up nail varnish on her hooves, which came straight off, and is otherwise gorgeous.
Baby Paws and Little Lullabye (Tabby)!
Baby Paws probably has a slight tail trim and Little Lullabye's curls are a bit, um, uncurly (!), but she's still far better than my poor childhood Lullabye!
Tug (Salty) and Wig Wam!
Both look as though they will be in excellent shape after a bath. Tug even has a little of his original curl.
Barnacle and Daddy Apple Delight
This is the most unfaded, gorgeous Barnacle I have ever seen, and he has some lovely original curls, too. They just need some tidying. And Daddy Apple Delight is Spanish! And in pretty good condition for a Spanish pony, if I must say so myself. His hair is so soft!
Chocolate Chip (Coco Berry) and Surfing Days (Tropical Breeze)
I literally almost fainted when I saw these two. The photo doesn't do them justice, but their hair is just so PINK! And Chocolate Chip has THE most gorgeous original curls in her mane that I have ever seen.
Baby Tippy Toes
But even those two couldn't come up to the standards of this baby. She honestly looks like she just fell off the card. I can't see a single flaw with her except for a tiny factory flaw air bubble at the front of her leotard.
Oh, but who's that blue pony at the back of the first picture, you say? Well...
..........
TORNADO!
Well, no car booting season would be complete without a Mountain Boy find, eh?
He has a lovely pink tail, too. His mane's rather more cream-coloured with a hint of pink, but who cares? Any Mountain Boy find is a good Mountain Boy find, right?
Some of these ponies will probably be going up for sale in the near future, but I need to look at my own collection and figure out which are upgrades first. (I have a feeling that most of them will be actually, since the condition of most of my collection is rather pathetic!)
Thank you so much for reading, everyone! I just had to share my excitement with some fellow pony lovers! And remember, even though as the ponies have grown older, hitting the boot sale jackpot seems to have become a rarer occurence than way back when, it could still happen to you! :heart1:
The last two took place on bright sunny days and were HUGE...but for the most part there wasn't much 80s stuff to be seen at all. Although I did manage to come away from the first with some treasures:
I don't believe the Gumball machines were ever sold in this country, so I was really pleased to find Twinkle Twirl for 50p! And Sweetheart and Highlights for 30p each were a great bargain to my mind...especially when I noticed what was hiding in Highlights' hair!
I had never even seen a Great Hair Pony's hair tie in real life before, and since one of my main pony goals is to get all the European ponies and accessories from the early 90s (when I kind of vaguely remember the last of the ponies being sold off in clearance sales), I was very excited.
Second car boot sale was not so good, really. Despite being massive, all I found was a Tassles bubble bath bottle and BBE Baby Lickety Split for 50p (not too bad though, since Tassles is near mint, and the BBE Babies were never even released here in the UK!) and a chipped Cotton Candy pomander for a further 50p. I was still happy with my finds though, and decided I really wanted to get back to the car boot just one last time...
So we returned today, attending what we labelled as our "last boot sale of the year". It POURED with rain all last night, and it was really dreary this morning, so I wasn't expecting anything too good. And when we arrived, it seemed that I was sadly right. The car boot was much smaller than usual and packed with market stalls rather than second hand goods...presumably all of the 'ordinary sellers' had been put off by the weather. :frown:
But it works both ways, you know? I guess the usual toy dealer buyers had been put off too as the few typical 'boot sale' stalls that were there were PACKED with 80s/90s toys. I mean, I actually left some pretty nice plush Care Bears, Nosy Bears, Fluppy Dogs, Puppy Surprise, Polly Pocket, Wuzzles and Popples etc. just because I didn't have enough money to bring them back and risk nobody online wanting them anyway.
But you don't want to know about the stuff that I left, do you? You want to know what I actually bought. Well, here we go...
(Sorry, I know they look scruffy, but I still need to work on cleaning them all up - I was just too excited and took the photos as soon as I got back)
Can you spot the gems?
Well, let's start with the one non-pony item - plush Wuzzles Koalakeet, who set me back 50p. I was intending on selling him on to someone who actually actively collected Wuzzles, but my mum seems to have fallen in love with him.
Mum spotted the TAF mug. It's very dirty inside, but I was still pleased to find it as it goes with a bowl that Mum gave me one Christmas years ago. And at 20p you can't go wrong! The cassettes were in a horrendous state when I found them, with the tape all wrapped around everything else in the box (!), but I managed to wind them back up again and bought them for 5p each. Haven't tried them yet, but fingers crossed as the tape itself seems undamaged.
And now I present to you, her royal highness, Princess Rinse 'n' Spit!
Her tail has been chopped, but otherwise she looks really nice. Probably a bit pricy at £1 especially as I already have the white one (she'll most likely be looking for a new home once she's been cleaned up...if Mum doesn't decide she wants her as well!), but I just couldn't leave her there amongst the other fakie rabble! :silly:
Then came the real find...well, to my mind at least. I must admit, I actually walked straight past them, my mind set on another box where I'd seen some Popples and Wuzzles, when my mum called me back to look at a box my dad had spotted behind an armchair... A big box of ponies! G1 ponies!
They cost £1 each, so I didn't buy them all, as the woman who was selling them wouldn't do a good deal on the lot (we did ask!
). So I left a Peachy, Lemon Drop, Posey, two Speedys, Sky Rocket, Baby Brother Bright Bouquet, Baby Quackers, Floater, Little Giggles and a few others. I kind of wish I'd bought Quackers now though, as she was a lot better than mine. Oh, well. We did manage to knock £1.50 off of the total... So I got all twelve ponies for £10.50. (About $20, I think) Not too bad, I'd say!So which ponies did I buy?
Magic Star and Star Gleamer!
Magic Star has a bad rust problem which I didn't notice until I got her back here, but I think she'll clean up nicely. I popped her head and tail out this evening and will get to work on getting all that icky brown stuff out of her tomorrow. Star Gleamer had some pony make-up nail varnish on her hooves, which came straight off, and is otherwise gorgeous.
Baby Paws and Little Lullabye (Tabby)!
Baby Paws probably has a slight tail trim and Little Lullabye's curls are a bit, um, uncurly (!), but she's still far better than my poor childhood Lullabye!
Tug (Salty) and Wig Wam!
Both look as though they will be in excellent shape after a bath. Tug even has a little of his original curl.
Barnacle and Daddy Apple Delight
This is the most unfaded, gorgeous Barnacle I have ever seen, and he has some lovely original curls, too. They just need some tidying. And Daddy Apple Delight is Spanish! And in pretty good condition for a Spanish pony, if I must say so myself. His hair is so soft!
Chocolate Chip (Coco Berry) and Surfing Days (Tropical Breeze)
I literally almost fainted when I saw these two. The photo doesn't do them justice, but their hair is just so PINK! And Chocolate Chip has THE most gorgeous original curls in her mane that I have ever seen.
Baby Tippy Toes
But even those two couldn't come up to the standards of this baby. She honestly looks like she just fell off the card. I can't see a single flaw with her except for a tiny factory flaw air bubble at the front of her leotard.
Oh, but who's that blue pony at the back of the first picture, you say? Well...
..........
TORNADO!
Well, no car booting season would be complete without a Mountain Boy find, eh?
He has a lovely pink tail, too. His mane's rather more cream-coloured with a hint of pink, but who cares? Any Mountain Boy find is a good Mountain Boy find, right?
Some of these ponies will probably be going up for sale in the near future, but I need to look at my own collection and figure out which are upgrades first. (I have a feeling that most of them will be actually, since the condition of most of my collection is rather pathetic!)
Thank you so much for reading, everyone! I just had to share my excitement with some fellow pony lovers! And remember, even though as the ponies have grown older, hitting the boot sale jackpot seems to have become a rarer occurence than way back when, it could still happen to you! :heart1:
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