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November 20, 2014 at 7:20 am in reply to: Grab Bag Pebble ARCTIC Fox Show Off thread! 09/25/14 #922058
Well I got about as lucky as one can getβ¦ my mom decided to give me the money for my bβday a bit early (My Bβday is the 30th) and in perfect time that I was able to snag 2 more arctics before they sold out (they were gone minutes after I completed my order!) I got them on Monday, but have been running around crazy like and havenβt gotten a photo of them! But when I loaded this thread earlier, I glanced the store photo from the beginning of this thread and noticed that Iβm mostly certain one of mine is in it!
So, Iβm not 110% sure, but I think one of mine is this lil cutey!
<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1966834_844297705641438_6872718798074682968_n.jpg?oh=bf3060ace5ab5aa8c37b64ba2500b84a&oe=54D99993&__gda__=1428010926_b634c179df1bdbb19134809728a5262a"
There isn't a lot of detail to compare to, but what little there is, mine matches upand I LOVE him! He's different enough from my near black one that I am happy as pie to keep them both!
and this isn't the one I have, but mine is darn near identical to this one so I figured it was a good example of what I got
Until I get photos of my own to show off!
Iβm also in love with this lil one, and currently not interested in trading.. Iβm adoring my two super dark foxies and my near white baby!November 14, 2014 at 9:21 pm in reply to: Grab Bag Pebble ARCTIC Fox Show Off thread! 09/25/14 #921834How come nobody told me these were so FRIGGEN CUTE!!! I was hoping for a dark coloured one, and that is just what I got! Thank you so much Melody! Thank you Windstone staff!
He insisted on using the packing peanuts as snowβ¦instead of me taking him outside in the real snow!
They are cute and like potato chips, you canβt have just one!
Gosh darn it, thatβs the truth!
lol
Iβm pretty sure we are just seeing a lot of grab bags at the moment because a lot of new sculpts are being introduced. I know if I had a new sculpture Iβd test paint a bunch of ideas before settling on a production color, so with all these new pebbles, colts, poads, etc. I have noticed, once the grab bags make their debut, production colors HAVE been following. Example with the Grab Bag Mini Keepers, Colts, and Tad Poads that have been coming out in production/limited production colors now that the introduction of the new sculpture has come and gone. I donβt think we should discourage Melodyβs creativity if she wants to paint a few grab bag batches first to see how she wants to release the sculpt in the future. Itβs impossible to make everyone happy, and though the holidays are coming up and we all have limited money, we can also request them as gifts as well. Just my 2 cents about it. Iβm pretty tight on money myself right now, but I still look forward to grabs bags as much as ever. Iβm pretty confident the seemingly LOADS of grab bags will die down and production colors will come out secondary to the sculpt initial introduction. ^_^
Interesting point. I thought Melody said that she is trying to have one Grab Bag a month, but maybe youβre right.
Pretty much the entirety of what I was saying/agreeing to was in response to the comment Mel made about wanting to get a GB out a month, which leads me to think she will keep doing this beyond the release of new sculpts..
What DragOn has said makes perfect sense if Mel is enjoying what she is doing (Iβm more worried about burn out) and also makes perfect sense that the volume of GBβs recently released are new sculptsβ¦
I do find it very fun to get new sculpts in GBβs, and good for Mel because she can test paint ideas for production line and actually have a productive place to put those test paintsβ¦ and have some fun filling in the rest of the volume for a GB batchβ¦
Also makes me feel better knowing the leftover in the store are what Mel intentionally made in excess, not that the demand has gone down, just the numbers of how many being done have gone up..I personally realize production line arctics, reds, wolves etc etc are probably not happening yet because production painters are working on snow white uniβs, jet black uniβs, MKβs, Blue Morphos etc.. Iβm sure the pebbles in production colors are in the queue.. theyβre just not at the front of the line yet.. because though many here want the pebbles, lots in other portions of the forum wanted unicorns, and morphos.. and I can only imagine how hard it is on Mel, and Windstone in general to try and keep up with the overall demand everyone has.. trying to keep them balanced.. This is in part where I worry about the monthly GB release, (I would think) Mel would get stressed with an absolute demand for a GB every single month.. on top of the demand to design a new uni color (or whichever sculpt it may be at the time).. on top of the demand for new sculptsβ¦ She is, after all, one person! (Iβm beginning to think Superhero, maybe? lol)
So I dunno.. Personally, Iβm good with spreading GBβs out more.. but the final decision is Melβs, and so long as she is having fun.. then more power to her..
I would agree with you except for three not-sold-out Grab Bags currently in the store (or two if you want to argue that 500 GB tadpoads never would have sold out). The Arctic Foxes and the baby Poads tell me that Windstone is exceeding their collector base and Grab Bags no longer bring the guaranteed infusion of cash that they once did. I cannot see that a longer space between Grab Bags would hurt people who want to have a special piece without paying ebay prices, and it might make it easier for them to get one.
I believe that Windstone has considered the social aspects of trading Grab Bags to be part of the whole βGrab Bag experienceβ. It sounds as though more frequent Grab Bags have made that less enjoyable also.
As a side note β¦ Melody does most of the painting of Grab Bags, which means that she has less time available for sculpting, and Iβm not sure that is a good long-term trade off either!
^^ That
November 13, 2014 at 7:43 am in reply to: Grab Bag Pebble ARCTIC Fox Show Off thread! 09/25/14 #921766Here are my special little group of grab bag arctics! I just got the toasted marshmallow one in the front in today.
The two in the center and one on the left were all ones I got in from the store and the one on the right I purchased from another collector. Iβm still looking for a dark black-grey one to complete my collection. If you have one available that youβd be willing to let join my arctic pack, please give me a holler!
Is it bad that Iβm trying to figure out which red foxes you have in the background? lol
The arctics are very cute, though! Nice catchesMan, I want another one of these so badly! Darn bills being paid and not having any funds left over! (At least my bills are paid, though! heh)
In my view, Grab Bags are not as special as they used to be. βOh boy, another Grab Bag!β is shifting to βOh man β¦ another Grab Bag β¦β which is sad. I would much rather have production color red foxes, bat eared foxes, arctic foxes and wolves than have these pieces as Grab Bags (and this is even though I have accumulated a number of Arctic GBs).
However, it sounds as though most people are not suffering from Grab Bag Fatigue.
I do agree with thisβ¦ I havenβt been absolutely butt hurt lately because I have been waiting for the pebble foxes for ages, and super excited for them.. but if Bat Eared or Wolves come out in Dec, I likely wonβt be able to buy one.. and that is a sad deal! Cause I really do want to get them in GBβs! But with the Holidays and all I have spent lately on Windstones, itβs a very realistic issueβ¦ and I donβt think Iβm the only one facing thisβ¦
Personally I think a GB batch every 3-4 months would be great! Theyβre still special and fun then, Mel isnβt stressed painting them, collectors can recoup funds! and I can regain some sanity between batches with the whole trading portion of it (Which is a large part of the fun of GBβs, the trading.. but my goodness, I have been working with foxes only and I am burned out!) β I know Mel is trying to break up what the sculpts are.. but sadly, some of us like to collect everything o.o .. and that is very problematic with the wallet! Not to mention.. the very real issue many of us face, and that is not wanting to pry from the pc because weβre worried weβll miss a GB batch, it would be very nice to go a couple months without needing to worry for 3 weeks in a row if Iβm going to miss a GB batch or not, hehβ¦ lately itβs been βYay I caught this one!β β¦ *one week later* .. βAm I going to miss it?! or do I have time?! Someone ask Susie!β *50 people FLOOD Susie with questions about the GBβs* β I found it quite sad that I was really quite relieved when I decided to not try for a Baby Poadβ¦ I had one week where I was on Poad watch for a friend, and when she came back, I stopped paying attention to everything that had to do with themβ¦ I just needed to not think about themβ¦
I really think Dec, and maybe even Jan should be skipped for GBβs, just so we can all concentrate on the Holidays
and those who want to buy Windstones anyway, have many to pick and choose from that are new production line pieces!!
I think a pebble big cat would be awesome. It could be painted so many different ways. They could be tigers, lionesses, cheetahs, leopards, my very favorite snow leopards, mountain lions. Would be kind of cool, I would think!
Complicated markings on something the size of a mouse? β¦oog. Makes my head hurt to think about it.
We need to develop a breed of simple ball-shaped animals that are all one color.
Silkie chickens! Angora bunnies!
Steif used to make little furball animals, theyβd have the exact same shape for bunnies and chickens, just give βem beaks or ears.What about making a pebble big cat the size of the wolves? Would be very similar to painting the baby uniβs then..
Yes, if I do any future pebble things, theyβll need to be on the large side, so they can hold their own against the blast of air from the airbrushes!
haha! Yes, that does help! No more sculpts that run away from the air brush!
If you ever decided to venture down the big cat route.. he would look awesome if he mirrored the wolfDouble post
I think a pebble big cat would be awesome. It could be painted so many different ways. They could be tigers, lionesses, cheetahs, leopards, my very favorite snow leopards, mountain lions. Would be kind of cool, I would think!
Complicated markings on something the size of a mouse? β¦oog. Makes my head hurt to think about it.
We need to develop a breed of simple ball-shaped animals that are all one color.
Silkie chickens! Angora bunnies!
Steif used to make little furball animals, theyβd have the exact same shape for bunnies and chickens, just give βem beaks or ears.What about making a pebble big cat the size of the wolves? Would be very similar to painting the baby uniβs then..
Stumbled into this photo.. whatever happened with the other two kitties?
Aww! Iβm happy he arrived all ok for you! An adorable pair!
I want a morpho mk sooooo badly! The perfect color on this sculpt! (in my opinion)
I am so sorry! He can now romp and play without pain or worry.. though it is impossible to not miss them.. You know he is watching over you from the Rainbow Bridge <3 he has some great company up there as well⦠many of paws romp and play, carrying pieces of my heart up there⦠some hooves carrying pieces of my heart as well! They will be good friends for Maks <3
Thank goodness for double boxes!! Would love to see a photo of your mk and Halloween fuzzy!
A mountain lion pebble cat would be so pretty!
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