#plastic horses

[vamprey]

Found these photos on a bid on aucfan. I haven’t seen a set so complete for sale : o

The listing said the set was called Cute Pony Awa no Bath, don’t know if that’s a perfect translation

[williammarksommer]

Plastic Horses

California

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[meta-holott]

2020 Paris

[bimboarsonist]

I didn’t know how cool the model horse community was. I went out to Hobby Town today and I was amazed by these horses.

I’ll put up the photos I’ve taken and rate each of these horses.

This is a pretty basic horse and what I use as my starting point. This is the most normal looking horse and I like it. A simple black horse sculpt with a flying mane and tail, what more could you want of your basic horse. And as a bonus, it comes with reading material! Nice. 6.5/10

There’s also a girl version of this horse called Black Beauty who I’m not including here but is basically the same thing so I’m rating that horse the same.

Ok next horse! What do we have…

Ooh! A butch-ish unicorn! The mane, tail and feathering on the legs is beautifully sculpted and comes with glitter which looks nice on the all black horse model. I like the silver horn as well.

This unicorn would own a cool, bespoke leather jacket and go to gay bars on Friday nights. They look intimidating, but they’re really a sweetheart. 7/10 very good unicorn.

A water horse! This horse has the same sculpt as the black horse from earlier but a really radically different color scheme. It looks like the sculptor wanted the mane and tail to look like a wave but it kind of reminds me of glass a bit more. I love the effect anyway! The legs and hooves are also translucent, really leaning into the ocean theme which I like. The dappled silver and blue is pretty, looking like foam and ocean water. What a cool horse!

This horse would give me an hour lecture on different species of local fish and ocean wildlife and I would be delighted. 7.5/10 Good horse.

Peace and love on planet earth. This hippy unicorn looks tranquil, and the pastel color scheme is really pretty. I like how the body colors fade into the mane and tail, as though you are the one tripping out when you’re looking at the unicorn. The big ‘ol peace sign is gonna be divisive I imagine but it works for me. It gives it some fun and camp that I appreciate in a plastic unicorn.

This unicorn dodged the draft, protested the Vietnam War, and has done every psychedelic. 7.7/10 a good and lucky horse.

Oh I love this horse. I mean, you know that this is The Gay Horse. This glossy rainbow horse is rearing and ready go and the musculature really standing out thanks to the finish they applied to this horse. I’m immensely delighted by this horse.

I also know for a fact that Jewels is this horse’s drag name and that their name is Jules when they’re not performing. This is a gay drag horse that fucks other gay horses. The unicorn from earlier sees this horse at the gay bar all the time but is too shy to get this horse’s number. 8.5/10 great horse.

The 90s Throwback horse is ALMOST PERFECT. If they had dipped this horse in glitter then there was a good chance I would have adopted this plastic horse. I love the blue and purple leopard print with all my heart. I love that sassy prancing pose! I love the platinum blonde mane and tail with purple tips!! I love the blue hooves! This horse was made for people who love the 90s and maximalist kitsch. I just want them to cover it in glitter and it would be perfect.

This horse is the Britney Spears of horses. They own at karaoke. In 2001 this horse would be sold out. This horse has platinum pop records. 9/10 fantastic horse.

I feel nothing but loathing for the America Horse. I struggle to review it objectively. I am angry that such a pretty sculpt went to this horse. The mane and tail look like Art Nouveau sculpts which is appealing to me. The soft pink gradient on the muzzle is a nice touch, I guess.

But this horse is definitely homophobic. This horse tried to shut down a drag show and calls people groomers. I hate this horse -4/10.

I’ve saved the best horse for last. This was one of the only horses that came with accessories and my god. This horse has everything. A beautiful sculpt. Perfect winter colors. INCREDIBLE SKILL FOR ACCESSORIZING.

This horse has it all. This is the Beyoncé of plastic horses. Opulence. They own everything. I give this horse a 10/10.

[snaildreamzzz]

1989 Rainbow Curl Ponies, Gen 1 (spreading the gospel)

[sergle]

looking graceful as always

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Celestia has made an unwise choice, lying upon chips.

Somewhere in Devon, England.

[foursaints]

rosekiller but evan is the antisocial son of a pastor who is only known to interact with his twin sister. brainwashedly pious and celibate until human roadkill barty crouch is sent to the local church to "get better" (he ends up corrupting evan in many unsavoury ways)

[marking this ask with a comically large red stamp that says ‘EROTIC’] this is really hot. co-signed.

maybe this is cancellable but some of my favorite rosekiller dynamics are those where barty takes a more predatory role. he’s weak & taking it out on someone weaker… especially in religious aus i think evan is particularly susceptible to these attentions because there is always something ineffable about him that is just visibly Wrong.

no matter how quiet & well behaved & generally bland and plain and unassuming evan rosier is (in his beige hand-me-downs two sizes too big) there is something about his face that says: i skin squirrels in the woods & if you pinch me i won’t scream

[egophiliac]

If you don’t mind my asking, how did you get the Malleus nenderoid? I’ve been considering getting myself one as a Christmas present that definitely won’t arrive until after Christmas, but I don’t typically order things that aren’t sold in my country, and I don’t know where to look. I’m pretty sure? You’ve mentioned also not being in Japan? So I figured I’d try asking

I did get your other message about seeing that he's no longer available -- I think all the Twst nendoroids were preorder only :( -- but figured I'd answer anyway just for reference!

I ordered directly off the Aniplex+ website since they allow international credit cards; for the address I went through Blackship, which is a package-forwarding service (you have things shipped to them and they'll reship it to you). the shipping costs can get a bit expensive depending on item size/weight, but honestly that would be true no matter what, and it ends up being a lot cheaper than going through a proxy-shopper or reseller. (WhiteRabbit/JapanRabbit is the same company's proxy-shop service -- I haven't used that side of them personally, but I see good reviews for them.)

the nendoroids in particular have about a 1-2 month preorder period, and then I think they basically make them depending on how many orders they get, and finally release them about 6 months later. so getting in on the preorder window is, annoyingly, kind of the only way to guarantee getting a semi-reasonable price. (they would announce the preorders on the twst_jp twitter, which is where I saw them; not sure about anywhere else.) it is possible they might re-release them at some point, given they were sort of unexpectedly popular -- I think they weren't originally going to do them for all the characters, just the dorm leaders -- and if we are very very lucky they might even be globally available instead of Japan-only? but that might take more luck than is humanly possible. 💀 I am once again begging Twst to release international merch so I can spend too much money on tiny figures and not just shipping

[horsefigureoftheday]

Your ability to identify small plastic horses astounds and intrigues me. How do you do it?

[heckyeahponyscans]

Happy Fakie Friday! Here's a brand new fakie line: Wild Manes from Jakks Pacific!

[fablepaint]

I painted a horsie

[tallymali]

abusers are rude as hell for making u think you gave them a legitimate reason to be abusing you when you were actually just acting normal. theres a degree to which i think i shouldnt be online in any capacity bc the internet thing of people twisting ur words to make it sound like you said something deserving of punishment is one of the most trauma-triggering things i encounter and sometimes the thought of someone not understanding what im saying sends me into complete terror lol. but also im an adult and its my responsibility to not dodge accountability and to respect how others feel about what i say regardless of my original intentions and im trying so hard but oooooooo there was a scary man when i was little and now i cant act normal ooooooooo

[cold-neon-ocean]

Me describing Baatar as "horse coded" on a discord stream and folks going "Um, please explain that?" because I genuinely forget sometimes people can't hear every thought I have about him and have no context for what I just said.

To explain: Big, awkward, anxious, needy, capable of irreparable damage without really knowing or meaning to. Surprisingly fragile for their size like if they trip and fall over there is genuine chance they could just die. If their tummy hurts a little bit they could die. They will bite your fingers off if you do not feed them properly. They look like dinosaurs when you shave their hair. Horses - Afraid of things they shouldn't be: plastic bags, small puddles on the ground, stationery flower pots

Baatar - Afraid of things he shouldn't be: things that were on sale, low thread count bed sheets, Great Value brand items.

[burningice303]

Drawing feenie as one of the fire emblem classes because i've been watching jello playing through path of radiance and radiant dawn, she's a pegasus knight (might do the rest of the neo trio later)

[tiredassmage]

well, what are you waiting for? introduce yourself, boy!

and today i have learned that talking should've-been-a-corpse great wyrms somehow are within expectations for tyr, but magicked talking and 'walking' brooms do not make that list. xD