Do you only collect one generation?
Nope, I collect all generations except G3.5(I did once come across a 3.5 Starsong that I found cute, but generally they don't appeal to me).

Being my childhood generation, my main focus is on G1 and depending on what Hasbro does with G4, my collecting of those might be at an end.
I also only collect the playables and playsets. No merchandise, no petites/blind bags and such (I do collect some G1 merchandise though again because of it being from my childhood).

Do you keep your ponies in their boxes?
I can't afford collecting MIB/MOC's, but should I ever be fortunate enough to come across some, then I'll keep them in their boxes.

I do have some G3's MIB that I bought in stores and most of my G4's are in their boxes. I have no plans yet to debox them, but who knows, boxed G3's and G4's aren't that rare, so it wouldn't bother me as much to "release" them, should I ever need the extra space.

Do you collect every pony you can or do you only go for certain models/colours etc?
I simply go for the ones I like.

I have no prefered colours or molds or whatnot. I tend to add ponies to my want list if I have others from the set or think it's a nice set all together though (for instance, I don't really care much for G1 Hula Hula, but I love the Tropical Pony set, so of course I need her as much as the other three). I try not to lose my head though. I have fallen in love with some Nirvanas or really hard to find ponies (read exspensive ), but I've agreed with myself that I should stay within the borders of international and U.S. releases.

Is there a certain condition your ponies have to be in?
Not really. I am far from a picky collector.

I guess it's because of 1. couldn't afford all the ponies I wanted if I should pay for mint conditions and 2. I've grown up in a home where you couldn't avoid having the dogs "taste" your things. Many of my childhood ponies have either suffered the "brainless-child-hair-cutting-process" or the "dog-thought-it-was-a-new-chewing-toy".
Getting nice and pretty mint or good condition ponies is lovely, but my home is also always open for those with chew-marks, scratches and haircuts. Even smoozed ponies or ponies with a bit of age spots or fainted colours, are accepted ^^
However, I'm not fond of very large cancer/age spots that are very obvious when you look at it at a distance. Mismatched head- and bodycolour is also something I avoid and of course, while I don't mind chew marks, I don't want ponies with missing bodyparts.


Love reading how some members here are very similar to myself and others are almost complete opposites ^^

Thanks a lot both of you ^^

they should have given her magenta eyes and plastic glasses...that would have been cool! 

Exactly! I'm not a big animated-DJ fan, but I quite like her design (without the shades/glasses).

I think there's a good handful of danish collectors here, but unfortunately most of them are rather inactive (I tend to have long periods of time where I'm very inactive myself), so it always makes me really happy to see new members from our tiny little country 

Why have feet, when you can wear FAB SHOES!?

I will stop collecting when I have everything on my wishlist and no new ponies will be released. My wishlist haven't changed since it was first made (some ten years ago or so), except for a veeeeeeeeery few ponies I've fallen in love with after seeing them irl and when G3 and G4 was created, so I'm pretty certain that when I have everything currently on my wishlist, then that will be IT.

I fear however that it will take me a lifetime to get them or worse.. I won't ever get them all. I currently can't afford buying ponies and since I will most likely be studying for a couple of years ahead, it will be a while before I can buy anything again. I'm super worried that some of the things I want won't be available by then or to expensive for me to get.

So, I recently got my hands on a gorgeous G1 birthflower Holly. The alternate one. Now I've never been interested in this set. I like them, have been tempted to get the two versions of Cosmos (my month) and I think some of the alternate ones are really pretty, but no. They've never been among those ponies I just HAD to have, so when I got her I was like "Jackpot! This will get me money for another Weta Hobbit figurine." (I'm hooked on Weta's Hobbit products, but that's obviously off topic).

..but then I looked at her..

Gosh, she is just so pretty and sweet and and... she's a christmas-y pony and I love christmas and christmas-y ponies.

Now I don't know what to do.
Selling her have always been the idea. Even before I got her I've been thinking that if I ever came across a pony like that I would sell it and get other ponies I really want (or something else hobby-related), but she's just so pretty..

Have anyone else tried this? What did you end up doing?

Thanks everyone! You're too kind ^^