Just your everyday, average morph...?

[ladywhipple02]

I was cleaning cages today, and was thinking about how I used to think the Spider morph and the Pinstripe morph were, well, boring. There didn't seem to be much to them... a little bit of a different pattern, maybe some lighter or darker shades of brown here and there, but nothing noteworthy or eye-catching.

After purchasing my spider and my pinstripe, however---and only because I had plans to use them to create other morphs---these two base morphs have quickly become a couple of my faves. I simply cannot get over the golden color of my spider girl, nor the deep, rich chocolately carmel colors of the pinstripe.

It's just funny how opinions can change, I guess, when you see something for yourself instead of just in pictures. Made me realize that no morph is everyday, nor average!

I was wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them? Have you ever purchased a morph thinking, "Eh, it's all right, I can use it to make something better." And then found that the base morph was excellent all on it's own? If so, which morph?

[LeviBP]

Yes, actually my first pair that I purchased, a pastel and spider pair, I was dead set on making a Bumblebee, and selling the pair, since they were just "basics".
But now I really appreciate their coloration, and they are really beautiful animals, I don't think I'll ever be able to sell them.

[DellaF]

Something about the spider. I don't know what it is but I had to have one. Picked up a baby today. I'm so excited.

[m00kfu]

I was the same with pinstripes! I really didn't care too much for them or their combos just based on pictures I had seen at the time. As far as I was concerned they were basically a spider with less bang to it. I'd still probably pick spiders over pinstripes if I could only work with one of them, but I've really come to appreciate the subtleties that pins have.

[SlitherinSisters]

A nice bright gold spider will always hold a soft spot in my heart. When I have non snake people come over it's always the spider and the pin they like the most. Granted my collection is that big yet, but I still love that non snake people pick out the bp world's 'boring' morphs. I love my pin and spider, they are my favs.

[alan1]

I was wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them? Have you ever purchased a morph thinking, "Eh, it's all right, I can use it to make something better." And then found that the base morph was excellent all on it's own? If so, which morph?

lessers and fires

[OhhWatALoser]

honestly I never thought much of lessers, I just wanted to make BEL's. but after watching my boy grow up and getting my girl, I think they are one of the top base morphs. the rich color, way the sides fade out, blushing is way crazier on some of then then I ever thought. I love the morph now.

[Serpent_Nirvana]

I used to view mojaves as just a means to an end (that elusive white snake!); even after I got my first mojave girl, chosen specifically for her black-back pattern, I liked her but still wasn't hugely fond of mojaves in general ... They've gradually grown on me, though, and have started to become one of my favorite base morphs.

I think maybe the reason for that gradual appreciation is that their pattern isn't so extreme as to stand out amidst some of the crazier stuff (bumblebees, lucies, etc.), but when viewed in its own light, it's simply gorgeous

[Rorschach]

Used to feel this way about the illusive yellowbelly

[loonunit]

So I don't own a pinstripe? But every time I see one in person I'm blown away. I love the olive color, and the pattern is just so insanely different from a normal.