What did you do with fakies as a kid?

[CrazyCatPony]

I was never given a fakie was a kid but i could tell the difference at the store and i think that had a lot to do with it. My family knew i liked the MLPs not just ponies in general. Now when i win a lot on ebay, or buy a bag at the thrift store they normally come with at least one fakie, but my 2 year old loves all her ponies equally so i buy her MLP and when i get a fakie it goes into her collection. (but i dont buy fakies at the store for her, she only gets the tag alongs) Its funny tho, i've got my family trained to spot a fakie lol, my husband has gotten really good at it.

[Saber-Toothed Crow]

I never had fakies as a kid. I actually only had a few Hasbro ponies, and they were all purchased second hand. I'm sure if I did have fakies I would have loved them the same, since I would have been so happy to recieive any colourful horse toy.

[mlp4me]

I had one Buddy L fakie that lit up and made galloping noises. I treated her well.

[Honey Bunches]

I never had a fakie. I didn't know they existed until adulthood.

My mother's a little OCD, and apparently didn't like the fact that fakies didn't match the Real ponies. So, since the real deal cost more I only had a small handful of ponies.

Now, however... I de-hair them and let my 7 month old use them as teething ponies!

[Sumire]

As children my sister and I never received fakies.  I think it was because we liked the stories on the backs of the cards so much that my mom and grandma (the two present buyers) knew to get only real MLPs.

[HavACrumpet452]

I wouldn't let your 7-month-old use fakies as teething ponies. Some brands have had recalls for lead and other nasties. They exist largely under the regulation radar.

[bladed]

Another thing I did with fakies - as a child, I had about 3 petites, IIRC, given to me by my sister, and the fakies, the only other pony I had with the petites at the time (I got rid of my other ponies by then) was their god and they worshipped her. If I am correct, one of the ponies (one of the pizza mark ones) saw her and shortly went insane and was put in the mental asylum (aka the top of the shelf.) I hated pizza and I hated pizza pony. I felt bad and she soon became the kind princess of the other two petites. (both GID I think)

[Lady.Arachnia]

Ohhh fakies! :-) My very first pony was a fakie...she was al white with middle blue hair. I still know how i got her...it was around this time of the year when the toystore cataloguses came out and i really really wanted to have a pony for Sinterklaas (the Dutch variant of SantaClaus...and we celebrite his birthday on dec 5 with presents for the kids) but they where a little expensive in the beginning. So by the time another store has a cataloge out with "fake" ponies and much cheaper i got one from my parents! I even still know how we get to the store and bought it! And my first real mlp i got when i was at the hospital for my asthma, that was Skydancer and when i got home my granny got me Blossom. I also remember i had a little fake donkey glow in the dark and a fake Edgar, but those i keep with my glowbug doll's.

[invaderhorizongreen]

I loved the fakes we had I had a magic meadow and a remco one who was an earth pony who was mint green , with light pink hair and pink hoofs. I loved her and somehow lost her .... I would love to find one again in those colors I miss her dearly.

[sugar_apple]

I remember playing with my fakies as much as with the 'real things', I especially liked my Lanard ponies and I also had (actually still have) three weird cabbage patch fakies that had bendable legs. Those are actually quite awesome At some point I got rid of most of my fakies, while only one MLP was put away (still regret doing that..) so perhaps they weren't as dear to me as MLPs after all.... but now I wish I hadn't let them go...

[sweetstuff]

I knew my Remco's weren't MLP, but I still loved them, since they were unicorns. I loved  their hairbands too. Wish I still had them...

I know I had one that was a glow in the dark pony/horse, but no idea if it was Remco or not.

[Honey Bunches]

I wouldn't let your 7-month-old use fakies as teething ponies. Some brands have had recalls for lead and other nasties. They exist largely under the regulation radar.

Eeeps!  Thankfully I just started this yesterday. 
So I guess one of the Sophie giraffes will have to be purchased. It's almost a pony.

Thank you for being candid.

[Candy_Bang]

I think how I treated my fakies depended on who they were to me.

I had one or two Takara fakies and at least four (possibly six, or eight) neon coloured baby ponies with string hair. My Gran got me them at different times that she took me to the shops and I would play with them for hours. Since I didn't have any of my real Ponies with me whenever I picked out fakies I didn't really notice the difference, and by the time I got them home I had bonded with them. Also, because the babies were from MLP moulds it was only their hair that I found glaringly fake.

I also had three or four neon-coloured fakies that my parents bought me at the hospital shop when my younger brother was born. I can't really remember how they looked other than the colours, but I'd been told they were from my baby brother because he was excited to see me (or something like that). I just accepted them and liked how bright they were.

I had a My Little Angel horse called Dallas that came with a charm I wore everywhere. The horse was chubby like a pony and had clear wings with glitter inside! I was/am a big fan of kiddy cups with liquid and glitter inside, so although a little different this pegasus was loved.

I had a shiny white horse (maybe a little smaller than a Barbie horse) that was made by Crayola or PlayDoh or somebody and came with various gems you could stick to her. I don't think she had hair, just gaps to put playdoh maybe. She had a teardrop stone that I always stuck on her forehead. Most of my herd were MLP Princess Ponies so although she was a realistic horse the gemstones made her fit in. I think I tended to make her Princess Tiffany's noble, loving mummy who was adored by all the baby ponies, fakies and dragons.

Not technically fakies, but I bought some of the Strawberry Shortcake pets secondhand as friends for Brandy the Dog and Peachy's cat. I didn't know they weren't fakies until a few years ago!

[Koudoawaia]

I only had one as a kid myself and I loved her dearly and miss her. It was a small bright yellow glittery glow in the dark pony. She was one epic pony and I'll never find her again.

[Candy_Bang]

I only had one as a kid myself and I loved her dearly and miss her. It was a small bright yellow glittery glow in the dark pony. She was one epic pony and I'll never find her again.

She sounds gorgeous!