Who are the "Oldie Moldies"?

[Jahlila]

lol I've been collecting since I was a kid, but I've been a member here since 2004. I know alot of people who used to be here back in the early 2000's are gone and it makes me sad, but it's nice to see all the new collectors and a few familiar faces. 

[MercuryStar]

I then started to collect nirvanas once I realized other ponies had been made in other countries. It
was hard back then. I thought $65 for a pony was a crap load of money haha.. as a high schooler it sure was. But now those ponies are worth
crazy amounts. Glad I got some of them when I did.

Speaking of Nirvanas, I remember when the Spanish Piggy ponies first started showing up on Ebay, usually in fakie lots!   Still kick myself for not bidding on any of those lots, I thought they were so cute, even if everyone else was certain they were fake.   Now I can't find piggies for those low prices!

[Ember1]

Yeh Nightwing. I got the first ever greek baby peachy ever sold on ebay for $40 because everyone on the tp thought she was a fakie. I knew she wasn't - don't know how but I just did. And around 6 mths later greek babies started to show up in their boxes and they became official
Spanish piggies are just the most adorable for sure. I remember when there was all this speculation around them too.. So crazy what we didn't know back then.

[FarDreamer]

Haha, one of the first things I ever bought online was a pony on Yahoo! Auctions in 2001! Does anyone even remember that existing? You know, when eBay had competition?


Yes!  The online auctions drove me nuts.  I think it was mountain boys that would pop up in the yahoo auctions and sell really cheap.  It might have been the BB's, something male.  My mom wouldn't let me bid on auctions because she didn't think using credit cards online was safe.  I could only buy directly from other collectors who would accept cash or personal checks.  There was a time when it was common to mail cash or checks for ponies!!!  She put the fear of God into me.  It took me forever to try PayPal thanks to all the paranoia.

[STLGusty]

LoL, I remember Yahoo! auctions, too.  I think that was one of the only times I sold a pony on line - the extra 10th anniversary Birthday Pony!  Wow, that was forever and a day ago.  It took me awhile to adopt Paypal, too, FarDreamer... I remember writing a check for all my pony purchases!

[Majesty]

I've been a member for six years.  Before the arena I was a member for a while on a pony forum called Pony Finders.  I am also a member on the trading post, also a member for six years.  I started collecting ponies around 1988 or 1989 and started with G1's. 

[tehrin]

I'm really trying to hunt down an old friend of mine who was a collector/customizer back in 2002 or so. ;_;  Unfortunately, I have no idea what her screen name would have been, and I can't find the custom she gave me. D;  Arg! I just know her first name was Heather and where she lived. :/

[red_velvet_rose]

I've been collecting as an adult since about 2004 and found both the TP and the Arena around 2005. So I've been around for some time now. My collecting has tapered off mostly because of financial issues, but I still add to my collection when I have some extra funds.   I actually just moved and am in the middle of re-displaying my ponies.

Rose

[Mermaid]

ME!!! I have part of the community since 96 when the TP was pink I went by MermaidSplash on the TP back of the day!

[dragonlady]

I joined the online community back in 2001; I just wish I had known about online communities earlier!

[ashes]

I've been actively collecting since 1993. 

[Snapdragon]

I'm not 'old' old, per se, but I've been here for a good few years! Joined in 2006, but I lurked for at least six months before hand, maybe more like a year. I was into ponies, but I wasn't as aware of how much fun the fandom was - I think what originally got me to join was an art contest (I wanted to win a pony!!), and I got more addicted as time went on!

[DiamondDreams]

I suppose I am an old timer who has disappeared...  And I have done so off and on throughout my collecting time, but that's bound to happen when you collect for this long, right?  I've been collecting for as long as I've had an eBay account as an adult (so since 1998 I think) but I still had my childhood collection at that point .  Now I don't do near as much collecting because I have a six year old who thinks it is only fair that if I get something, so should she...and damn, that gets expensive! 

Known as Diamond Dreams for fourteen years now! 

[okiegurl1981]

I started collecting in 2003.  I can't believe it's been 8 years!  I've been hanging out around here for almost 4 years now. 

[Loa]

I started recollecting in 2003 and joined the message boards then!