Who was your first pony?

[McKinley]

my first pony was SS Scrumptious!! I LOVE watermelon and well she was the perfect pony for me. I still have her, just no pics

That was my first pony, too! 

To answer the question at hand: I think what got me into collecting MLP wasn't necessarily any one particular pony, but rather a resurgence of fondness and nostalgia for the ponies I had and cherished as a child. I still have 3 of my 5 childhood ponies, and even when I was a teenager who was "too old" for toys, I never would have considered giving them away.

That said, the ponies who launched my post-childhood collection were:
G1: Sunlight, Glory, Firefly, Windy
G3: Sunny Daze II, Rainbow Dash II, Daisyjo, Petal Blossom
(I started collecting at the end of 2003)

[scarletjul]

My first pony was SS Windwhistler, whom I gt when I was four for Christmas (and then lost.)

The pony that got me I to collecting, though, was g3 Merriweather who was a birthday gift from my best friend.  I needed a friend for Merri, so I bought Silver Glow and then I went on eBay and from there I was hooked. 

[lalalei2001]

Ivy and Lightheart.

[Bow Tie]

I can't remember my first pony. I remember I had the Party Gift Pack and Daddy Apple Delight as they were hand-me-downs from a couple of my cousins, who were born in the early 80's. So those were my first ponies.

[OLumeVaSti]

My first pony was Tassels. I have a soft spot for her. But the reason I got back into collecting in the G4 line. I think Fluttershy was my first in that line.

[mlp4me]

Glittering Gem or Happy Tails Tabby... don't totally remember...

[hathorcat]

Cotton Candy! She was my first pony as a little girl and the first pony I purchased when I started collecting

[Silver_mirror46]

the second issue of G3 Rainbow Dash was the pony that started everything <3 I picked her up on a trip to the US with my grandparents. I was in a TRU deciding whether to take her or Sunny Daze

[josiekat]

My pretty pony was my first pony. My first actual MLP was Bluebelle. She's the one that drove me into collecting as an adult too.

[Everythings Peachy]

My pretty pony was my first pony. My first actual MLP was Bluebelle. She's the one that drove me into collecting as an adult too.

Same, my mom got her for me in the 90s, I dont really remember getting her but i,ve still got her now!

[KarentheUnicorn]

Moondancer and Firefly.

[Dibbles]

I remember vaguely that I used to own a pink pony with a strawberry cutie mark back when i was a little girl... I don't know if she was a fakie or not, but she helped me feel better when I was younger and my family was changing drastically around me.

Was this your pony??
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I think it's so sad that you got separated from your pony.

My first MLP was Ivy. But I didn't start collecting until over a decade later, when I got G3 Soda Float.

[Dusky]

Never had pony toys growing up, they discontinued before I was born. But I got into the TV series reruns in the '90s and MLP remained very nostalgic for me.

When I was 14 I felt very nostalgic again so I looked up some old pony cartoons- then sort of remembered something about there being toys, so I googled it. Oddly, I never had pony toys, but they looked so familiar! Like I remember them from somewhere. I just loved how colorful and adorable they were.

Anyways, I started buying off ebay back in 2006 until I found this site The first ones I got were the whole set of Year 1 Rainbow Ponies and baby Cherries Jubilee. They all arrived the same day!

Wait, you're younger than I am?! That's kind of surprising! I had always assumed you were older than me.

Ponies *did* exist for me growing up, because I was born in 1989 and ended up in Switzerland from ages 3+, when ponies were still on the shelves! That, and people leaving the school I was at were the right age to have had ponies, so they put them into the school's junk shop, and thus, Ponies! I never got rid of them, I did lose Lullaby Nursery in the move back to the UK. I've tried buying replacement Lullaby Nursery sets but it's not 'my' one.

I got into ponies again with G2, and then dropped off...and suddenly found G3s in a back-of-beyond Pharmacy! I blame Rainbow Dash and Strawberry Swirl for making me find the collector community, in about 2004/2005, and I've never left. YOU SHALL NEVER BE RID OF MEEEEEE!

eta: .. Duh... Did it again. The first pony that I viewed as mine would be my G1 Majesty, whom I still own.

[JazzMatazz]

My Pretty Pony (Peachy) Was my first pony from a garage sale in the 90s. However due to her bulk I hardly ever played with her! Then my first brushable ponies were hand me downs from my Aunty/Cousins. Among them was a bunch of Year 2 ponies like Firefly, Melody, Bowtie, and Parasol
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[Dainty]

Hmmm... My first ponies were G3. I remember Butterscotch and Sparkleworks especially. I was always more a pokemon kid when i was growing up, but when i was introduced to mlp i loved them Then I sort of forgot about them.. until two years ago i found old butterscotch in a drawer, and decided to start looking at custom mlp online. That's where I fell in love with G1 My first G1 was a pinwheel I found at our flea market who was squished and had cancer and mold and was sticky x_x but, I found her the first time I went to the flea market, and I think that kept me from giving up because it showed me there were in fact ponies to be found there once in a while! Now i have a bunch that i've found there!