Pile o' Ponies!

[altivo]

Got some cash for my birthday and Christmas, mainly from my mate's Mom. Usually I buy books or music with it, but this year I warned her I was going to buy plush toys. She knows we have a huge number of them in the house already, since she visits for a weekend now and then. She just smiled and said "OK".


Today we had a chance to go shopping and stopped at Toys R Us. I wanted a really big cuddly horsey. They had them, even some with wings. That would have been my first choice, hooves down, except they were only pink or lavender. So I settled for this big paint with a circus saddle. He's really huggy. I also got a couple of small sized ones to give away, and just couldn't leave behind the dark bay in the middle foreground. The others, including the small paint pegasus sitting on the saddle and the Clydesdale on the right, have been around for a while, but none were large enough to really cuddle.

A Pile of Ponies Christmas 2005: I decided to enlarge my herd of ponies. New members include the largest in the background, the small paint facing the camera, and the bay who is nuzzling the paint here.

My mate won't let me bring horses into the house, so...

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[doc-moreau.livejournal.com]

Moose was telling me about those huge ones they have at Toys R Us last night. ...from the little pictures they looked only half decent... (there are lots of cheaply manufactured low quality plush toys out there, unfortunately) ...but it actually looks pretty nice in your picture. ...I could see myself getting one like him. My bed's pretty small though. ;p

I have a big clydesdale at the head of my bed, one with a metal armature inside so it stays standing (not very much fun to cuddle. :-/)
Okay, with each sentence I write here I'm wanting one of those big ones like yours more and more...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well, you need to go to Toys R Us and see them in person. They seem to be well-made (in China or somewhere like that, I'm sure) from decent materials, but there is some variation in quality so examine your prize carefully before choosing it. All have saddles and bridles that are sewn in place and may not be removable. I suspect there is no plush under the saddle. They are firmly stuffed and will make nice body pillows for cuddling (or other nefarious activities if you're so inclined, I don't think I am.)

Besides the paint I got, they had a pink one the same size (must be the girls' version) and the pegasus models I mentioned before, in either lavender or pink. The pegasi were adorable but the colors were too much for me. Size wise they are a good three feet from nose to rump, tail not counted. Mine weighs nearly 10 pounds at a guess and has no hard wires or forms inside that I can detect, though one of them that I inspected at the store did seem to have a plastic support tube in the neck. The store in Crystal Lake, IL had lots of them in stock, bins full. I don't know if they expected to sell more than they did or if they are always stocked that way. If it's an overstock, they may well go on sale for even less in the next few weeks. Watch for advertisements. All of the big horseys were $59.95 each. They also had some lovely life sized dogs that were very cuddly, but no wolf, coyote, or donkey that I saw, which was a disappointment.

[jmaynard.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I've got a 5-foot tall Dot Warner plushie that's likely too big, and a 3-foot tall Wakko who would probably fit just fine in the saddle.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yep, a three foot tall child would be right at home in the saddle. I think these are designed to be used as floor pillows to sit on while watching television or whatever.