The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Loa on December 31, 2020, 07:27:42 PM
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Do you have a generation that has won you over?
... Not you G3.5! Though shall be shunned!
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G2. Absolutely love the style. Wish it didn't get so much hate when it's not just being forgotten...
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G3. I didn't know much about them when I first started collecting, I was in it mostly for G1 and the occasional G4 then. But after being exposed to them on here for months on end, I finally purchased a rather large lot of them on Ebay just for something to do, and I've found that I really like them!
ETA: although I have not yet crossed over to the dark side and purchased any, I'm starting to warm up to some of the 3.5s...especially the 'mom' ponies!
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G3. I didn't know much about them when I first started collecting, I was in it mostly for G1 and the occasional G4 then. But after being exposed to them on here for months on end, I finally purchased a rather large lot of them on Ebay just for something to do, and I've found that I really like them!
ETA: although I have not yet crossed over to the dark side and purchased any, I'm starting to warm up to some of the 3.5s...especially the 'mom' ponies!
I had some of the mommy ponies that I gave to my niece, the way their hair is rooted is very interesting...
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G3.5 really grew on me a lot! Yeah they’re kinda blobby and weirdly proportioned, but they have a weird charm to them!
For me I actually needed to hold one in my hand to fall in love. Despite their odd appearance they are really high quality! Their hair is thick and silky, and each rooted in a unique style. They’re heavy! They feel more expensive than they are. And the paint jobs are generally pretty good!
I also really grew to love G2. I didn’t feel as strongly against them as I did G3.5, but I certainly didn’t love them when I first discovered them either! :lol: Now I do really love them, it’s too bad they didn’t have more of a chance to thrive here in the states. Some of the later designs are really cool!
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G2. Couldn't stand them when they were released. I remember seeing them for the first time while waiting in the checkout line at Rite Aid and telling my mom, "Those are NOT My Little Ponies." But now that I've seen the variety that international folks got opposed to our two-year-long US run, I really like them. Not as much as G1 and G3, but more than G4. And a whole lot more than G3.5 and G4.5. I've also seen some beautiful G2 customs that helped to sway my opinion.
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G3. I grew up with G1 and only learned of G3 when looking up ponies on the internet for the first time about 13 years ago or so.
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G2 but it's so hard to find secondhand
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G4 honestly. I liked G2 when I discovered them and I have some G3.5 in my collection. It wasn't until
this last year that I finally caved and bought a bunch of G4 Applejacks. I had Blind Bags before that, they're okay. The things I hated about G4 was the big foreheads, big eyes, upturned nose and the fact they look like deer rather than any type of horse. I'm not sure if I just got used to them so they bothered me less or what.
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I quite liked each as it came out, honestly. I was pro-G2 when they were in stores, I loved G3 and the G4 ponies were small and cute. Probably of all of them it was G4 that took the longest, but I don't think I had any particular hesitation over any generation so far.
...I'm not really sure what to make of PL and I don't really like G3.5 though.
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G2-I had never seen them when I was a kid. Seeing how drastically different they were while I was trying to find out a G3 pony's name, was a bit of a shock. But I've got one now and she's so cute. I woulda been open to more, but the prices on my wishlist ponies jumped up drastically. :(
For all that I whine, gripe about and belittle G4, I have warmed up to them "just enough" to buy some. Sandbar is the last one I need. I do like some of their colors, symbols and themes. But I still can't stand their dreadful quality, bloated, bulbous chihuahua heads, enormous eyes and shapeless facial features. Its sortuva like-ish/hate.
Will never warm up to 3.5 or Pony Life.
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I always loved the first three gens. Especially G2 <3 might be hard to tell from my sig/av, but actually my absolute favourite pony is Ivy.
I think I've warmed up to G3.5 a little over the years. Still don't own one! But at first it was like "omg ew no, get those away from me!" and now I'm like "wellllll... maybe I might let one of the mama ponies join my herd one day". G4 took a while to grow on me too - though I always liked some of the designs (Lyra!), but it took me a little bit to warm up to the toys themselves. Still don't care for the show though.
Not a generation but I think they're big enough a part of G4 to deserve a mention - at first I hated Equestria Girls... then they made Trixie.... and eventually I fell head-over-heels for 'em. :silly: Though I STILL hate the reboot EQG dolls.
G4.5/PL... I dunno.... at first I was like "ewww what the heck!! those eyes! those heads! those scrawny little legs!" but when they finally showed up in my neck of the woods... I had to admit "they're not my style, but they DO look better in person than they did in the photos". And, I dunno, I think they're starting to grow on me. I got two of the blind bags in the mail yesterday (well... one Lyra and one Angel Bunny... feels silly to count Angel since the pets still look pretty much the same x) but you get what I mean) so they've started to grab me. >P I just wish they'd tone the expressions down a little, at least. Too manic for my taste. Not a fan of what I've seen of the cartoon, either - too over-exaggerated.
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I would proooobably go with G2, although its more that I just wan't exposed to it much until I started collecting as an adult. They were coming out when I as an older kid out of the intended age range, AND we had just moved to a very rural location with not much in the way of stores...or broadcast TV...so I don't even know if I was aware of them at the time.
Currently, I think they still don't look fully "my little pony" to some part of my brain, but they actually look the most like an actual horse of all the generations, so I do like them quite a bit. I think they could have had more awesome action poses, with those long legs, but that's an aside!
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G3!
Even though I grew up watching the 80's cartoons, I didn't actually own a lot of of actual official My little Ponies so I don't really have as strong an attachment to the toys as others my age might. Of course I still greatly appreciate them and think they're lovely, but as I really started getting into collecting a few years ago, the variety and charm of G3s completely won me over!
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G2, I really fell in love with them this year :)
Love pkw xxx
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G2, I really fell in love with them this year :)
Love pkw xxx
Only this year?! :P
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G2, I really fell in love with them this year :)
Love pkw xxx
Only this year?! :P
I guess I meant last year :lol: I don't know what day it is so how can you expect me to know what year it is? :P ;)
Love pkw xx
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Honestly Gen 4, I was really annoyed with them for a long time, having been mostly a fan of the G3 and G1 Figures. I have enjoyed them a lot more lately, especially after finishing the FIM series... Sadly they are moving into what I would consider G4.5 figures... and those are really scary.
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G2, for sure. I'm still not a collector, but I've developed an appreciation for them! I used to think they were fug. They've got fantastic color combinations.
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well i like all generations a lot! but the generation I have the most attachment to and love the most is G3 because I grew up with G3 and I don’t know how to explain that I kind of have a history with G3! :biggrin:
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g2.. when they first came out i did not want to buy them but then then i had to
the later years some of them are really nice looking and cool
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G2, I really fell in love with them this year :)
Love pkw xxx
Only this year?! :P
I guess I meant last year :lol: I don't know what day it is so how can you expect me to know what year it is? :P ;)
Love pkw xx
I still think we should have stuck with 2019.
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G2, I really fell in love with them this year :)
Love pkw xxx
Only this year?! :P
I guess I meant last year :lol: I don't know what day it is so how can you expect me to know what year it is? :P ;)
Love pkw xx
Psst! Its secretly the year 3021, but you don't know that yet, because you've been cryogenically frozen and sent through time and space on a mission to gather ponies from the future. ;)
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Recently I have been looking more into g2. I hope to get a few this year. I also love g3.
I used to have alot of g3 when I was younger but when we moved they got left behind. :sad:
I'm sure I will be able to get some of them back. :lovey:
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Recently I have been looking more into g2. I hope to get a few this year. I also love g3.
I used to have alot of g3 when I was younger but when we moved they got left behind. :sad:
I'm sure I will be able to get some of them back. :lovey:
I'm sure you'll have fun recreating your collection.
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Recently I have been looking more into g2. I hope to get a few this year. I also love g3.
I used to have alot of g3 when I was younger but when we moved they got left behind. :sad:
I'm sure I will be able to get some of them back. :lovey:
I'm sure you'll have fun recreating your collection.
Thank you I defiantly will ^w^
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I suppose G3.5 & G4.5 grew on me in a sense that I bought Potion Nova, & like her honestly, & want Rainbow Dash's Mom.
However I am perfectly content with keeping those gens to just those two. I just like to be able to say I have one of each gen, and those are my faves from each, + unique characters to boot.
I love all the other gens. :lovey:
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G1, G3, G4, G3.5 so far...
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I think all of them aside from G1 had to win me over. Though G3 didn't take very long at all. :P I even like g3.5 a little.
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To be perfectly honest? G1. When I was little I never saw that many and I always thought they looked chunky and weird. I watched MLP 'n Friends growing up and I loved that but it took a very long time for the toys to grow on me, it was really only in the past couple of years that I took an interest in them (and as much as I love them now, I still think some of them look odd tbh...).
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G3, with all its might. I was not into them at first. When they were in stores I considered them a relative of G1, yet not as good as G1. That totally changed when I got my first G3 in an ebay lot. I realized how good their quality was compared to G2, I liked how they looked next to G1 and then I discovered all the many different poses, colors and designs. Nowadays G3 makes up the bulk of my MLP collection and one of my favorite artists even designed one of them - winwin situation.
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I almost thought that I wouldn't be able to answer this, because cartoon-wise the answer is basically "All of them, and none of them", because (aside from seeing a bit of G1 one, and finding it intriguing) it took me until G4 to get into My Little Pony at all, so you could say they all won me over, especially pre-G4, but on the other hand, none of them grew on me, because each time I first watched one I was already a fan.
But then I thought about it toyline-wise (which is likely what was meant anyway), and I remembered what the G4 toys looked like when they were first out. Even during that small time when I was only interested (and aware of, for the most part) G4, I had no interest in the toys whatsoever; most of the ones I saw looked more like deer than ponies, and they didn't capture the show's style very well at all from what I remember (believe it or not, Pink Celestia was pretty show accurate, apart from the color) so I didn't care about the toys.
But then I got given some, and they had improved in design anyway by that point. So now I like the toys enough that I at least wouldn't mind getting more of them (not counting my plushies - I chose to start that collection), though I still feel that the G4 toyline isn't the best, due to seeing what G1-G3 were like as toylines.