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« on: October 08, 2018, 08:01:52 AM »
Hi everyone!!
It's been a long time since I posted on any message boards - and even when I did I didn't make it over here, I think I stayed on the MLPTP (I would've used the name Coco Berry or Iora Rua, I believe! But it was a very long time ago now) and various role playing games that were around fifteen years ago
I did post an introduction here, but as it happens I ended up taking a long break from collecting after that, so I don't think I even came back to say hello!
I'm a (more or less) lifelong collector who lives in Ireland. I'm 27 now so I JUST caught the end of the G1 run. My first pony was Happy Glow and my second was Hula Hula (I vividly remember receiving the latter but nothing about poor Happy Glow!) and after that, who knows! I collected G2 ponies while they were out, as well as some of G3, but I do remember slowing down a lot circa Butterfly Island because there were just so many releases. I have a couple of G3.5s, but any G4s I have were gifts. G1 will always be my first love so I need to keep space/money for them
As everyone seems to eventually, I took a break from actively collecting for a long time. Actually, as we speak I'd say 2/3 of my collection is in a closet, where they've been for a few years now. Last year, one of my other loves brought ponies back to the forefront of my mind, though - I love makeup, and ColourPop's My Little Pony collection was beautiful! After that, I started to get more into ponies again. I started to look on eBay, and when has that ever stayed at JUST looking and not buying? Towards the end of last year I acquired a few ponies I never thought I'd have - including Mimic, who my younger self would never have expected to have in my collection. I was incredibly lucky with timing when it came to her. I'm also a big fan of the HQG1 ponies.
What brought me back to message boards specifically though is a much more recent development. A couple of days ago I saw an advertisement for someone's childhood collection being sold for €100 so of course I jumped at the chance! When I got them I found three ponies I don't know a lot about - Italian Moonstone with blue hair, Italian Tickle with coral hair, and Italian yellow Moondancer without the purple stripe (and there are no plugs so it hasn't just been cut out or anything). I'm hoping to find out some more about them while I'm here, but as well as that, now that I'm collecting actively again it'll be nice to share the experience with other people who do too
I hope you're all having a great Monday and I'm looking forward to talking to you all around the forum!
It's been a long time since I posted on any message boards - and even when I did I didn't make it over here, I think I stayed on the MLPTP (I would've used the name Coco Berry or Iora Rua, I believe! But it was a very long time ago now) and various role playing games that were around fifteen years ago
I did post an introduction here, but as it happens I ended up taking a long break from collecting after that, so I don't think I even came back to say hello! I'm a (more or less) lifelong collector who lives in Ireland. I'm 27 now so I JUST caught the end of the G1 run. My first pony was Happy Glow and my second was Hula Hula (I vividly remember receiving the latter but nothing about poor Happy Glow!) and after that, who knows! I collected G2 ponies while they were out, as well as some of G3, but I do remember slowing down a lot circa Butterfly Island because there were just so many releases. I have a couple of G3.5s, but any G4s I have were gifts. G1 will always be my first love so I need to keep space/money for them
As everyone seems to eventually, I took a break from actively collecting for a long time. Actually, as we speak I'd say 2/3 of my collection is in a closet, where they've been for a few years now. Last year, one of my other loves brought ponies back to the forefront of my mind, though - I love makeup, and ColourPop's My Little Pony collection was beautiful! After that, I started to get more into ponies again. I started to look on eBay, and when has that ever stayed at JUST looking and not buying? Towards the end of last year I acquired a few ponies I never thought I'd have - including Mimic, who my younger self would never have expected to have in my collection. I was incredibly lucky with timing when it came to her. I'm also a big fan of the HQG1 ponies.
What brought me back to message boards specifically though is a much more recent development. A couple of days ago I saw an advertisement for someone's childhood collection being sold for €100 so of course I jumped at the chance! When I got them I found three ponies I don't know a lot about - Italian Moonstone with blue hair, Italian Tickle with coral hair, and Italian yellow Moondancer without the purple stripe (and there are no plugs so it hasn't just been cut out or anything). I'm hoping to find out some more about them while I'm here, but as well as that, now that I'm collecting actively again it'll be nice to share the experience with other people who do too
I hope you're all having a great Monday and I'm looking forward to talking to you all around the forum!
i've never actually joined the arena before, but why not try it out! i've been collecting ponies my entire life, though i don't actually have the biggest collection. i won't lie, though - i'm primarily a g1 collector because they're what i grew up with; even when the shops were selling g2's here, the g1's were being sold alongside them until i was in secondary school. i do have a considerable amount of g3's too but i'm considering selling the ones i don't love most... not for sensible reasons, of course, but for more pony money for g1's and the occasional g2! i've only seen one episode of friendship is magic and i'm not sure i'll be collecting the toys (that may change!) but i think it's great that they expanded the fandom to people who otherwise may never have realised their love for these little ponies.