If G1 Were In Stores Now.....

[glitterball]

My dream scenario - like stepping into a time machine and allowing me to browse those lovely, new-plastic smelling, clean ponies! 

Yes, I would be in the store and spending way too much! 

[Taffeta]

..... if G1 were in stores now and you could just go buy them MIP or order them online, would they still be as much fun to collect?

If you don't collect G1 now, would you if they were avalable?

I thought about this a lot. In the past, I wanted them back i stores. When I found out they ended I was devastated. But now, with reflection - I don't want them back. I would like to be able to go back and SEE them, on cards, in boxes, on shelves, just so I know for sure what packaging was when and where and solve some of the mysteries - but I don't want to be able to go and buy G1 any more as new toys. Because the magic of G1 for me was probably born in my childhood, and it wouldn't be the same as an adult, with my own money.

I do wish G1 was less expensive, back like it used to be, when you could pick them up easily at second hand sales and trade them across the sea. But that's a different question entirely.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Probably for the best that there's not, or I'd be depressed and in deeper debt!  LOL  It was awfully hard to keep up with G3 when it was new and in-stores...

[EnaRocketQueen]

If G1 were in stores, I'd be buying them all! I can only buy ponies from stores and Amazon right now.

[Heart891011]

Just the babies because I don't have room for larger ponies. That's why I mainly collect G4, McD, and some G4.5

[Epona]

My dream scenario - like stepping into a time machine and allowing me to browse those lovely, new-plastic smelling, clean ponies! 

Yes, I would be in the store and spending way too much! 

Yes, yes, yes.

[scarletjul]

Totally. 

I've bought 2 of the Strawberry Shortcake re-releases and 1 of the CPK ones.  I'd buy the Rainbow Brite ones if I could find them in my area (Hallmark stores are few and far between around here.)  I would totally buy G1 MLPs.

And I would continue to look for them at the thrift stores as well.  I did the same for G3s, when they were in stores, and for G4s while I was collecting them.  Buying ponies in store, with instant gratification, is awesome but there is something to be said for finding someone else's discarded treasures. 

[northstar3184]

..... if G1 were in stores now and you could just go buy them MIP or order them online, would they still be as much fun to collect?

If you don't collect G1 now, would you if they were avalable?

I think they'd be more fun to collect. There's so many ponies that I love that are just out of my price range. For example, it'd be nice to add the Mountain Boys to my herd without breaking the bank.

[Leave a Whisper]

..... if G1 were in stores now and you could just go buy them MIP or order them online, would they still be as much fun to collect?

If you don't collect G1 now, would you if they were avalable?

I think they'd be more fun to collect. There's so many ponies that I love that are just out of my price range. For example, it'd be nice to add the Mountain Boys to my herd without breaking the bank.

Yeeeessss!

[SnorkMaiden]

I reckon I'd do the same as I'm doing with G4s now: I'd buy those I liked the look of and leave the rest be. And I'd probably still get most of my ponies from carboot sales or charity shops.

[Majesty]

If they were actual G1's as in I went back in time and saw G1's in stores I would buy them.  If hasbro remade G1's but in a different mold similar to G1 it would depend on how they look.  Nothing can replace the original.

[Broken Irishwoman]

Definitely! But they'd have to be EXACTLY like the old ones. Like they were never discontinued. Imagine all those new sets they could make...

[Kiwi]

I'd love it! I love their classic look, and different characters.

[Crowning_Glory13]

If it kept all the fun of the 80s. The back card art, the wiimsy... I would be into it.

[Tulips]

I'd definitely buy more G1 if they were readily available in stores, the shipping price on top of exchange rate is what holds me back from collecting G1 as much as I did when I first started collecting. I'd probably still buy them in store if I could, so I could check them over for flaws, so it would be equally fun and frustrating with modern distribution issues. I know as much I'd love it my bank account would hate it.

I would love to go back in time and see them on store shelves, to witness the glory days in person.