GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Pony Name: Loa

Real Name: Laura

Location: New Zealand

Age: 27

Occupation: Student

If you could be a cookie what kind would you be? A Crispy Chocolate chip with a gooey centre.

Pants or no pants? No pants thanks!

What do you like/dislike most about yourself? I like my brain, I dislike my height!

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Japan

Do you collect anything other than ponies? Pullips & Books

PONY BASICS
Collecting Since: 1988

Who was your first pony, EVER? How did you get it? How old were you? Peachy and her Pretty Parlour! I was 5 years old.

What generation(s) do you primarily collect? G1 and G3

Who is your favourite pony and why?Twisty Tail, as I remember getting her new in box as a kid, and loving her instantly.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Pony Name: Dazzle Surprise

Real Name: McKenzie


Location: St. Louis, MO USA

Age: 22


Occupation: Central switchboard operator at a hospital

PONY BASICS
Collecting Since: Since I was about nine years old, with a few breaks and regrets in between.


Who was your first pony, EVER? How did you get it? How old were you?
Majesty. I'd guess I was around nine years old and in fourth grade. I started out with fakies in my collection. I found a Majesty at a local flea market and fell in love with her. I then started to look for authentic MLPs.

What generation(s) do you primarily collect? I collect them all, but I tend to spend more money on G1s. They are my favorite generation.

Who is your favorite and least favorite pony? Why? It is impossible for me to pick a favorite as I have so many I like. To name a few - Applejack, Sparkler, Red Roses, Posey, etc.
My least favorites would be Tootsie, the Brush n' Grow Ponies, and BBE babies. None of them really appeal to me at all.

How do your family and friends feel about your pony habit...or are you still in the collecting closet?
They supported it when I was in my teens. They'd get up at the crack of down with me on weekends and drive up to an hour away to attend certain flea markets. They even bought me most of my collection.
But now, they think I am wasting my money. My mom even tries to get me to sell them. I will never do that, of course.


Do you ever see yourself *not* collecting anymore? What do you think would make you stop?
I could certainly stop, yes. I have taken several times of hiatus in my collecting over the years. But I will always love them.

Tell the truth! Do you ever still play with your ponies?
The only thing I really do is dress them up or mess with their hair.

Hasbro offers you a position on their MLP design team, but you must give up one of the following to get in: your collection, your friends/family, or your bank account. Which will it be?
I'd say forget that job!

How many pony meets/cons have you been to?
None, unfortunately.

Can you leave ponies behind at boot sales/ thrift shops etc, or do you have to rescue them?
Certainly! If it's overpriced and I already have it, why not? Or if it's in such manky and gross condition that I don't even want to touch it, then yes. But if its super cheap and in decent condition, I usually try to take them home. But I have no issues with leaving G3s behind. I just try to get G1s.

YOUR COLLECTION
What got you started collecting as an adult? I basically collected into my adult years. When I was 13 I sold off my first collection to go on a vacation. I regreted it a couple years later and started collecting again at about 15 years old.

About how many ponies are in your herd right now?
- Total?
- From each generation?
I have no clue! I'd say in total I have somewhere between 500-700 ponies. I haven't counted in a long time.

What is your ultimate collecting goal?
To have as many ponies made as possible. I'd love to own them all but that is impossible.

What's your biggest collecting accomplishment to date?
I guess getting my Brazilian collector's pose Gusty. I wanted her forever and got her off of eBay years ago.

What's your biggest collecting regret?

Selling off my collection when I was 13 for a stupid vacation I didn't even enjoy. I still beat myself up over it.

What's the one pony that just seems to elude you?
Tootsie. I think she's ugly as sin but she's so common and yet I have never managed to snag her.

Who is your grail pony and why? Do you have it yet?
I have seen a Sparkler that's white with blue hair in the collector's pose. I'd love to have her but I don't think I'd ever be able to afford her, let alone found someone selling her.

BACK IN THE DAY...

Did you have ponies as a kid? If so, how many?
A couple hundred, including fakies.

Who were the good guys and bad guys of your childhood herd?
My cousin and I always played ponies together. We'd randomly pick evil girl ponies that try to steal the boyfriends away from other ponies.

What's a fun or funny memory you have about ponies from when you were little?
When my cousin and I were little we went to church and each brought ponies with us. I had Bubblefish and she had Hula Hula. She kept on playing too loud during the service and my aunt had to keep on telling her to be quiet.

THE REAL WORLD


What do you like to do for fun? I love to read, play with my dog, play video games, watch anime, and spend time with my boyfriend.

Do you have any other hobbies? Please share!
I am very into collecting anime DVDs and manga books. My collection of them is huge in a very scary way, people tell me.

What's your most embarrassing moment?
It's a wee bit too personal and graphic to actually put here, lol!

Got kids?
Nope. I'm not really someone who is crazy about children.


Got pets? I have a cute, fat little Chihuahua named Dixie. She is my best friend.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Pony Name: puuush

Real Name: Jeanette, but common nickname is Jenny

Location: Hamburg in Germany

Age: 28

Occupation: copywriter

Do you collect anything other than ponies? ATCs

PONY BASICS
Collecting Since: 2009

Who was your first pony, EVER? How did you get it? How old were you? Heart Throb (Italy), I got it for my 4th birthday from my mom I think.

What generation(s) do you primarily collect?
G1 and customs

Who is your favorite and least favorite pony? Why?
I love Heart Throb because she's my first. I also love Moonstone.
I don't like Lickety-Split and Posey. No idea why but it's not the pose.

Who is the one pony you have sworn you'll NEVER OWN IN A MILLION YEARS and why?
Nightlight, because it's too expensive... but I'd love to have her.
Rapunzel and other nirvanas, because I don't see why I should pay this much money for them...

How do your family and friends feel about your pony habit...or are you still in the collecting closet?
Hubby understands and is pony hunting on flea markets for me.
My family thinks I'm crazy and absolutely can't understand me.
My friends think I'm crazy and cool.

Do you ever see yourself *not* collecting anymore? What do you think would make you stop?
Maybe, my interests do shift from time to time.

Tell the truth! Do you ever still play with your ponies?
Sure. They tend to play tricks on hubby...

What rare/popular pony just makes you ask...WHY?
Lambaditsa

Hasbro offers you a position on their MLP design team, but you must give up one of the following to get in: your collection, your friends/family, or your bank account. Which will it be?
My bank account. It's empty anyway.

How many pony meets/cons have you been to?
zero

Can you leave ponies behind at boot sales/ thrift shops etc, or do you have to rescue them?
I can't leave behind G1s. I leave G3 behind.

YOUR COLLECTION
What got you started collecting as an adult?
This forum. I joined just for customizing.

About how many ponies are in your herd right now?
- Total? 12 (and about 25 in my bait box)
- From each generation? G1: 12

What is your ultimate collecting goal?
to get the most beautiful customs.

What's your biggest collecting accomplishment to date?
Alt. Birthflower Poppy in a bait lot for about 25 Euro. Sold for 160.

What's your biggest collecting regret?
customizing my childhood baby seapony foamy. I started her four years ago and she still isn't finished, as I don't know what to do with her.

What's the one pony that just seems to elude you?
So soft Heart Throb

What is your favorite pony pose and why?
Raspberry Jam pose. It's forceful stomping forward. Love it.

Who is your grail pony and why? Do you have it yet?
So soft Heart Throb, still eluding me...

Who's the one pony you'd never, ever get rid of and why?
Baby Yoyo. I find them everywhere and can't get rid of them. I need to customize them away.

BACK IN THE DAY...

Did you have ponies as a kid? If so, how many?
Yes, 5: Heart Throb, Pinwheel, Ringlets, Wave Runner and Baby Seapony Foamy.

Who were the good guys and bad guys of your childhood herd?
They were all good.

What's a fun or funny memory you have about ponies from when you were little?
Heart Throb and me fell off the skateboard doing a dangerous stunt and got several scratches.
Mine healed, but you can still see hers.

THE REAL WORLD

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What do you like to do for fun?
customizing

Do you have any other hobbies? Please share!
LARP, go out with the trick-kite, writing, drawing, knitting and puzzles.

Got pets?
Chameleon (called Stanley Chamelowitsch), Budgies (Bendir, Eyrie and Tellur) and a Hamster (Lord Snow)

FILL IN THE BLANK
What sets me apart as a collector is....
…I hunt for baits, not ponys. I cherish customs more than the real thing. I think a good custom is worth more than rescueing a near-bait pony. ^^"

GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Pony Name: Baby-Paradise.

Real Name: Christina (or in Aguilera's new song, "X-x-t-t-i-i-n-n-a-a!" :P)

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada.

Age: 21.

Occupation: I'm a jobless student of the finest making.

If you could be a cookie what kind would you be? Nuts they go, Macademia, they go so ballistic, whoa. (...btw, Macademia :P)

Pants or no pants? My place or yours?

What do you like/dislike most about yourself? I like that I can get along with pretty much anybody (I mean, who in their right mind can resist my sparkling personality? AMIRITE!? :P), and I dislike the fact that I lose interest in things quickly and am only into what I have going on at that point in time. Therefore, I love something one second and go on and on about it, then the next I tend to lose interest. Yay, ADHD!

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? New Zealand. Second least corrupt coutnry in the world, AND they have hot girls named Loa there? Where do I sign?

Do you collect anything other than ponies? Dust.. *looks at messy room*

PONY BASICS
Collecting Since: 1999. My first name on the TP was oOxBabyParadisexOo. Lol, I was 11, okay?! X's and O's was to me as having "Edwardluvr" is to the kids now.

Who was your first pony, EVER? How did you get it? How old were you? The first pony that I remember having as a kid was actually Munchy! I remember throwing her over the wall at Daycare so I would get attention, LOL. And ironically, the teachers didn't even bother with it.

What generation(s) do you primarily collect? Only G1.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Pony Name: mlpk

Real Name: Karoline

Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Age: 21

Occupation: student

If you could be a cookie what kind would you be? chocolate chip

Pants or no pants? no pants, I prefer dresses

What do you like/dislike most about yourself? I like my kindness, creativity, and willingness to try new things. I dislike how I can feel guilty about some things I do or don't do.

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Switzerland or Canada