Second Favorite Generation?

[Leave a Whisper]

Gen 3 definitely gets my vote. Beautiful and diverse toys, nice animation, tons of fun merch. Not crazy about the cartoon, but its not bad.

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

G3! They're made very well (the playsets too), have such vibrant colors, a wide variety of ponies! The reason they're my second favorite and G1 is my first is because G3 doesn't have many pegasi and unicorns (unicorns especially) compared to G1, nor as many interesting and unique gimmicks. But man, they sure are made well!

[orangepeachmango]

g3 definitely. i feel like they're comparable to g1's quality and character design, much more so than the other gens. 

[Mami Tomoe]

g3 because of variety and humor

[icecreamgirl]

Gen 3 here  I love all the holiday ponies that this generation produced

[brightberry]

Generation 3!  There are quite a few I just adore.

[Gingerbread]

G3 because of the variety. If you ignore the Bore 7 and the overuse of pink/purple they are awesome I love the different poses too.

[Safflower]

Generation four! I grew up on it and G3, but I remember G4 the most. The early seasons of the show were awesome, and are probably the reason why I love cartoons so much. I also loved styling my target bagged brushables like the show. I also played with McDonald ponies and used their accessories as magical items in my stories. I find the chibi-ness cute So much nostalgia

[Shy Violet]

G4 for me because I have been actively collecting them for the last 6 years or so and I have an attachment to my herd.

For all practical purposes I should like G3 more because of the diversity, holiday themes and I like that they look more like G1. But they all were in stores when I was not collecting so I don't have any attachment to them. I keep boxes of my daughter's, Niece's and thrift find G3's just in case I fall in love with them someday.

[ColdRuru]

As second, so after the GEN1 I love the actual GEN "Friendship is Magic" the most!
Beeecause of the cartoon!! I'm in love with it, did like the toy less because as toys, it's the vintage GEN1 & GEN2 who stole my heart.
But in real, I love all the ponies (except the GEN3.5 with their big heads and tiny bodies. Hugh).

[Miniature Sheep]

G3 is my second favourite after G1 for many of the reasons that have already been stated - variety of poses, colours, cute animation (The Runaway Rainbow melted my heart to the Nth degree) and the pegasi with the tints of colour on their wings are just plain sublime! It also holds a special place in my heart because when G3 came out, that was a little bit before the *urrgh* of teenage years - it always brings back memories of simpler times in life.

[northstar3184]

G3. I love the throwback to G1 and all the seasonal/holiday ponies.

[Taxel]

G2! They're just so cute, and Sundance is still around (albeit pretty different).

[Mermaid]

G2!!!!

[Shaiyeh]

It's a very VERY hard choice for me between g2 and g3, but in the end I went with g2. One thing that puts them slightly higher is how nice their packaging is. I absolutely love g2 packaging. g3 packaging isn't as sweet to me, only the special ones like the crystal princess line (I'm a sucker for gems and gem-shaped stuff haha) and the heart-shaped, pumpkin or snowglobes . But yeah g2 wins for me!