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More decisions....
May. 8th, 2015 09:51 pmSo yesterday the boy Ponies arrived! Squeeee. They're lovely. I kept being particularly drawn to the 4-Speed I decided to get. He was flawed, all were they all, but he kept sounding the least so to me. I still feel that way now that he's here, or even moreso. He does have that age spot very visibly on his leg, but I tied a strip of cloth around it like a bandage. He's standing on a stack of DVDs with Salty until/unless I can figure out a better place for them. Wind Whistler has now moved to a stack of books to continue her leap into flight. And she's in closer range for stroking now; she's one of the So-Soft Ponies, covered in a velvety-like flocking. I need to move her somewhere else, really, but usually once I plop a Pony down somewhere, they stay there.
Salty has a few highlighter marks, but they're actually not too visible unless up close. And he has no age spots, which was the big draw for me with him. Well, that, and the price. His hair is drier than I had thought and it looks like somebody trimmed it slightly. (Probably the same moron who used the highlighter.) But maybe that's all the better when he represents a scruffy old sea captain. I wish I could get his hair to curl at the tips, though, since Scofield's hair curls adorably like that. His hair most definitely isn't dry. ;)
I have a habit of taking in flawed Ponies, since they're cheaper, although there are some flaws I prefer not to deal with, like tail rust or mysterious brown or yellow stains. (Blech.) But age spots are okay sometimes, if it's hard to find the Pony without any. Flocking can be thin at points. I don't deliberately buy Ponies with hair trims, but I have a few with them anyway. Frizzy hair is okay, sometimes. I have a Pony with a small opening in the tip of her horn and another that looks like her feet were slightly scratched or even bitten (!!!!). The former flaw was known, the latter was not. One hazard of buying online is that sometimes the sellers don't see all the flaws and I can't always see them from the pictures. But I don't have much choice, since I can't find any clean ones locally (except, of course, the ones from the newest lines in stores). I might try Savers sometime; I hear that people often have good luck finding Ponies there.
And I finally have a couple of Amazon gift cards again and am debating what to get. Since I don't get to splurge very often, I spend hours and sometimes even days figuring out just what I want the most.
My original plan was to buy Mannix season 3, as the price had finally come down. Only now it's back up again, and worse than it had previously been when it was high. Aurrrgh. I could give up and get it anyway, but I really hadn't wanted to pay that much for it, even though it's a good price for a season set.
Then I thought maybe I should finally buy The Virginian season 2 set, which I've been wanting for ages because of one of the Joseph episodes on it. I saw it a year ago and it thrilled me to no end. Cozi doesn't air The Virginian anymore right now, so I have no way to own the episodes without buying the sets. I've been monitoring the DVDs for a whole year and the prices have not fluctuated more than a couple of dollars here or there.
The summaries for the season 2 episodes sound really intense and exciting. I wonder, though, if Trampas is season 1 levels of annoying. He seriously bugs me in season 1, but I love him later on when he matures a lot more. Season 1 also has more silly humor than later seasons and I wonder if season 2 continues the humorous nonsense. It would get on my nerves if so. A lot of the episodes definitely sound serious, though, and I would hope there wouldn't be misplaced humor in them. I felt that the humor in some of the season 1 episodes, like the one with the disturbed sister always trying to kill the other one, was really out of place and didn't fit with the otherwise grim tone the episodes set.
The other problem with buying it is that it's the only thing I could get. That's why I haven't bought any even though I want them; I prefer to spread my money as much as possible and get two or three things.
Another possibility is getting season 5 of The Six Million Dollar Man and Riverboat. Six Million is at last a decent buying price, considering that season doesn't have Richard in every episode, as all previous seasons did.
As awesome as it is to have great guest-spots with darlings, it's even more awesome to have an entire series with a darling in a leading role. I'd get that with both Six Million and Riverboat.
I do have most of the good season 5 episodes recorded, though, albeit I'm sure Cozi chopped stuff out. And with Riverboat, the problem is that it certainly isn't on the same production level as The Virginian. It's not a bad series and I love the Grey Holden character, but it's definitely not like watching the amazing, well-thought-out movie-length episodes of The Virginian. Also, I don't like season 2 of Riverboat and I just can't stand Noah Beery's character. I love Noah, but not that character. He just seems so obsessed with money all the time and very rarely acts like a genuine friend to Grey. He's always trying to get full control of the boat and leave Grey out in the cold. I liked Burt Reynolds' character far more. Even though Darren and Burt famously had trouble working together, it doesn't come through in the episodes. They were both complete professionals, and it's clear that Ben Frazer cares about Grey Holden very much, in spite of any disagreements they might have. I love the episode where Grey is shot in the water and Ben is so worried he tries to jump in after him and has to be held back by at least two people because it's too dangerous. That's not something one would do if they just tolerated working with someone. It's an impulse reaction over someone cared about very much.
Luckily, season 2 was only half the length of season 1. Most of the dud-sounding episodes are in season 2. The season 1 episodes mostly sound really exciting.
But so yeah. There's pros and cons for all things and I am finding it impossible to decide.
I wish I could get The Virginian and Riverboat both, but I can't spare all the money that would take. I could do it if I had another gift card, but I don't and likely won't get another for several weeks, at least. So I must try to figure out another solution.
Salty has a few highlighter marks, but they're actually not too visible unless up close. And he has no age spots, which was the big draw for me with him. Well, that, and the price. His hair is drier than I had thought and it looks like somebody trimmed it slightly. (Probably the same moron who used the highlighter.) But maybe that's all the better when he represents a scruffy old sea captain. I wish I could get his hair to curl at the tips, though, since Scofield's hair curls adorably like that. His hair most definitely isn't dry. ;)
I have a habit of taking in flawed Ponies, since they're cheaper, although there are some flaws I prefer not to deal with, like tail rust or mysterious brown or yellow stains. (Blech.) But age spots are okay sometimes, if it's hard to find the Pony without any. Flocking can be thin at points. I don't deliberately buy Ponies with hair trims, but I have a few with them anyway. Frizzy hair is okay, sometimes. I have a Pony with a small opening in the tip of her horn and another that looks like her feet were slightly scratched or even bitten (!!!!). The former flaw was known, the latter was not. One hazard of buying online is that sometimes the sellers don't see all the flaws and I can't always see them from the pictures. But I don't have much choice, since I can't find any clean ones locally (except, of course, the ones from the newest lines in stores). I might try Savers sometime; I hear that people often have good luck finding Ponies there.
And I finally have a couple of Amazon gift cards again and am debating what to get. Since I don't get to splurge very often, I spend hours and sometimes even days figuring out just what I want the most.
My original plan was to buy Mannix season 3, as the price had finally come down. Only now it's back up again, and worse than it had previously been when it was high. Aurrrgh. I could give up and get it anyway, but I really hadn't wanted to pay that much for it, even though it's a good price for a season set.
Then I thought maybe I should finally buy The Virginian season 2 set, which I've been wanting for ages because of one of the Joseph episodes on it. I saw it a year ago and it thrilled me to no end. Cozi doesn't air The Virginian anymore right now, so I have no way to own the episodes without buying the sets. I've been monitoring the DVDs for a whole year and the prices have not fluctuated more than a couple of dollars here or there.
The summaries for the season 2 episodes sound really intense and exciting. I wonder, though, if Trampas is season 1 levels of annoying. He seriously bugs me in season 1, but I love him later on when he matures a lot more. Season 1 also has more silly humor than later seasons and I wonder if season 2 continues the humorous nonsense. It would get on my nerves if so. A lot of the episodes definitely sound serious, though, and I would hope there wouldn't be misplaced humor in them. I felt that the humor in some of the season 1 episodes, like the one with the disturbed sister always trying to kill the other one, was really out of place and didn't fit with the otherwise grim tone the episodes set.
The other problem with buying it is that it's the only thing I could get. That's why I haven't bought any even though I want them; I prefer to spread my money as much as possible and get two or three things.
Another possibility is getting season 5 of The Six Million Dollar Man and Riverboat. Six Million is at last a decent buying price, considering that season doesn't have Richard in every episode, as all previous seasons did.
As awesome as it is to have great guest-spots with darlings, it's even more awesome to have an entire series with a darling in a leading role. I'd get that with both Six Million and Riverboat.
I do have most of the good season 5 episodes recorded, though, albeit I'm sure Cozi chopped stuff out. And with Riverboat, the problem is that it certainly isn't on the same production level as The Virginian. It's not a bad series and I love the Grey Holden character, but it's definitely not like watching the amazing, well-thought-out movie-length episodes of The Virginian. Also, I don't like season 2 of Riverboat and I just can't stand Noah Beery's character. I love Noah, but not that character. He just seems so obsessed with money all the time and very rarely acts like a genuine friend to Grey. He's always trying to get full control of the boat and leave Grey out in the cold. I liked Burt Reynolds' character far more. Even though Darren and Burt famously had trouble working together, it doesn't come through in the episodes. They were both complete professionals, and it's clear that Ben Frazer cares about Grey Holden very much, in spite of any disagreements they might have. I love the episode where Grey is shot in the water and Ben is so worried he tries to jump in after him and has to be held back by at least two people because it's too dangerous. That's not something one would do if they just tolerated working with someone. It's an impulse reaction over someone cared about very much.
Luckily, season 2 was only half the length of season 1. Most of the dud-sounding episodes are in season 2. The season 1 episodes mostly sound really exciting.
But so yeah. There's pros and cons for all things and I am finding it impossible to decide.
I wish I could get The Virginian and Riverboat both, but I can't spare all the money that would take. I could do it if I had another gift card, but I don't and likely won't get another for several weeks, at least. So I must try to figure out another solution.
