I have been crazy about MLP since 1986. I didn't know of their existance until 3 weeks before my 10th birthday. My best friend at the time got two ponies for her birthday and I thought they were really cute! So when asked what I wanted for my birthday by a school pal I replied "one of those ponies" and tried to describe them cause I didn't know what they were called; and I got Cotton Candy. I slowly got more ponies and I never grew out of them. They have been with me ever since my first one! In the late 90s I discovered MLP websites on the Internet and from 2000 to around 2004 I actually collected them and got loads of ponies during that time, but I didn't like being a collector so I quit that. But I'm still as crazy about MLP as always and still buy ponies! So, 26 years and I'm never going to stop!