Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Unblinded "Blind Bags"

I was all set for a day of Pony photography. I set up the studio, rounded up everything that needed to be photographed, and then I grabbed my camera. Unfortunately, the person who last used said camera (that would be me) forgot to charge the battery and can't remember where they put the power cord.

 
Instead of a Pony photo shoot, I decided to open the boxes and packages of "blind bag" Ponies that have been patiently waiting since I bought them last spring. I purchased complete cases because while I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, it just became too much to mess with running around town only to find that many of the packages had been ripped into on the store shelves.  I repeatedly found ponies scattered in the display box, or empty packages with the pony missing completely... no doubt pocketed when no one was looking. To this I shake my head. Petty theft is taking all the fun out of the whole "blind bag" aspect of it. Plus, as a collector it irks me on a whole other level.

Anyway, These sets have been waiting to be opened and admired and today was the perfect day for it. I opened 72 blind bags from sets 2, 3, and 4. I suppose I never really paid attention to their names before and a few are pretty great, my favorite being Sassaflash. Fun stuff!


Now, I just need to track down set 5 and I think I'll be up to date on everything that has been officially released. I really like the blind bag ponies and enjoy seeing all the different characters. I hope that we see more of these characters in regular pony size in the future.

What are your thoughts on the "blind bag" ponies. Have they won you over or do you still typically stick to the regular sized ponies?

6 comments:

Cayci said...

I love the blind bags. 1) I have space for them. 2) I like background ponies.

Do you count the blind bags in your official pony "count"? I'm on the fence. I count petites, but not McDonald's toys...and these seem like something in between.

Cayci said...

I love the blind bags. 1) I have space for them. 2) I like background ponies.

Do you count the blind bags in your official pony "count"? I'm on the fence. I count petites, but not McDonald's toys...and these seem like something in between.

Niccole said...

The blind bags have totally won me over. At first I said, no I'll only get brushables... but then there were such interesting ones... and yep I got hooked! I would have loved to sit and open them all. I just got wave 4 and spent a day photographing them all, but I'm revealing one day by day on my blog so I can savor it just a little more :)

dannyscotland said...

My daughter and I love the little blind bag ponies. She's 3 1/2 and is into ponies, but we both prefer the G1 style over the newest ones. I don't like the way they look, but the little tiny ones for some reason I don't mind. Every time we see my mom, she gives my daughter another one. We have, um, a lot. :-)

Summer said...

Niccole- That is a great idea to open one a day. Maybe I'll try that with Wave 5 when I get them. :)

Dannyscotland- The G1s have those really sweet looking faces. You know, my grandma used to surprise me with ponies everytime I visited her as a little one too. Ponies seem to multiply really fast and before you know it you are a collector!

Summer said...

Cayci- I don't count them, but that is because I haven't done an official count in years. Once I hit 2000 I figured it is best not to really know the extent of the obsession. If I were to sit down and actually count up everything I probably would count them since there are unique characters in the blind bag sets that haven't been released any other way.