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Since I'm old (35), I was sucked in during my youth with the original version, the G1s. Perhaps not-so coincidentally, that is also my favorite generation.

When I got to my pre/early teens, I quit collecting. I can't remember if it's because I "grew out of them" or because my parents said "ENOUGH already!" Either way, no ponies for a very long time.

It was the G3s that got me back into collecting. :)
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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 07:44:55 PM »
G1 first and always!

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 07:47:00 PM »
At first it was a "family" of purple flocked g1 fakies we played with when I was a kid.  And then the g1 plushies and g1 Magic Star (the real ones were reserved for my sisters apparently LOL)

I didnt ever hear of g2, but g3 resparked my interest as an adult, just like you!

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 07:47:24 PM »
G1s for me too :)  I can't think of a time when I didn't collect them, though after the mid 90s they seemed much harder to find, even at yard sales.  I also collected g2s and g3s as they came out :) 
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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 07:47:37 PM »
We came in with the G3 but found out after we started that Thoth's first ponies where actually two G2's!  We thought they where fakies till we got involved with the boards.
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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 07:47:51 PM »
I'm a G1 baby. I had so many as a kid. Those were the good ol days. Ha ha

I'm in love with the 4th generation right now. And thats the generation that I am collecting right now.

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 07:48:24 PM »
yepps.. Uk Magic Star, Baby Applejack and Sunlight drew me right in along with the tv-show. I'm starting to feel old.
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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 08:13:04 PM »
I believe it was the G1s with me that I played with as a kid. Then I grew out of them too as a teen. I went back to them again as an adult the G1s sucked me into the vortex of collecting again.

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 08:15:37 PM »
I chose G4 as the generation that got me into collecting. I had G1s as a child but they are long gone and though I feel nostalgic about them, which I suppose is one of the reasons I looked into G4 in the beginning, I no longer have an interest in owning G1s. G4 are the only gen. I currently collect.

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 08:17:28 PM »
G1 :) I had some in my childhood (still have), and it was when I came across them in the basement I got curious about their names. Then later I found Twilight in a thrift store.... right around the time that G3s were starting (which most of my collection is due to accessibility), but still G1 that got me started.
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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 08:19:35 PM »
G4, cause I'm an FiM bandwagoner.

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2012, 08:22:07 PM »
G1s forever.  I kind of went off them around preteen time and started collecting breyers for many years. Mum and I always bought them at thrift stores and yard sales when we found them though. G2 weren't real ponies in my eyes the first time I saw them. But I did collect nearly every G3 i could get a hold of when they were coming out. I kinda like G4s  but I've only bought 2  so far. They are cure but I'm not that enthusiastic about them. If I found them cheap at thrift stores I'd buy them though

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2012, 08:30:15 PM »
G1's all the way.

For me, also parents tried to grow me out of MLP's, and for some years I abandoned (almost) all my hunting trips... or in them didn't bought ponies because 'your (insert person close to you) has it already!".  With G2's returned full way into collecting.

Bought G3's, but since the core 7 I've been bored of the new ponies...  (and with G4's?  Still stuck in wave 3 here ¬¬X  I only have like 11 ponies =P)

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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 08:40:08 PM »
Well I mean, I did have G1s first in my childhood, and I guess you could say I collected them (plus, I never did want to get rid of them). But a couple years after G2 I had put all my ponies away for a while. Then I spotted G3s at Wal Mart and was pretty drawn to them - it was neat to see Ponies back in stores AGAIN! So really, I have to say it's G3 that started me collecting. They stirred my curiosity enough to make me look up MLP on the internet, learn about collecting and the whole online community, dig out all my old ponies, and want to keep them out. =)

I have to wonder what would have happened had I not bought any G3s at first...I'm sure eventually I was bound to break down and do it, heh.
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Re: Which generation of ponies first drew you into collecting them?
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2012, 08:49:48 PM »
Well, G1's from my childhood, but as far as actually starting to collect, that would be G4 FiM. At the moment there are only a few G1's i am seriously after, G3's are more of a shelf filler, and not bothering with G2's. G4 is definitely the main gen im collecting~
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