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Title: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Strawberry Swirl on April 25, 2019, 02:50:49 AM

Last night I got this idea while looking at my checklist via MLPMerch (how many of you also use that btw for your checklist and wishlist? I'm nosy about other peoples'.)- because it adds up how many ponies of each gen you have.

So I added up just the standard brushable figures- your run-of-the-mill My Little Pony. So not including plushes, the G4 blind bad-type figures including CMC, or random misc merchandise I happen to have as well (of which I have plenty and am always wanting more of, lol.) I also naturally did not include ponies I know I definitely have waiting to be washed, but don't know if I have duplicates of, so that probably drastically reduces the number of G3 ponies on the list for now.

After all that...my grand total was 532. Can you believe it? That makes 226 G1 (196 if you don't count Euro/Nirvana), 17 G2, 179 G3 (again not counting ones I need to wash and account for), and 110(standard brushable) G4. That's a LOT of ponies. It feels like yesterday, I was a 15 year old kid who didn't know a thing that FiM did not tell me, looking at an avatar of a random person that happened to be a G1 cartoon screenshot and thinking "what's with the knock-off MLP?" (You ever want to go back in time and give your younger self a talking-to?) It just makes me think of how far I've really come and it's heartwarming.

So, Arena members who may or may not also have a checklist on MLPMerch to make it possible for even me to do this, what does your collection add up to?

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: freezestime on April 25, 2019, 03:05:50 AM

I currently have 12 G1 in person (including nirvana) I'm expecting a few more like Baby Noddins, Baby Cuddles, Twist, Baby Jangles, Baby Pineapple, Rosy Love and Ruby Lips.

Those would bump it up to 18 G1s. I'm also going to get a Basic Fun Moonstone for my birthday.

I have no G2's in person but I'm expecting some baits to arrive, also Princess Fuschia and Her Majesty Great Romance for my birthday.

I have 19 G3s in person, none on the way.

And G4s, I have 4 which I'm keeping plus 2 baits which I'm gonna make into their show counterparts.

Edit: Including my checklist https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/2156/ (https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/2156/)

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: kingluke on April 25, 2019, 03:07:05 AM

what a fun question:

my totals are:

grand total of all generations : 130.

g1 (inc nirvana) : 37
g1 (ex nirvana): 30
g1 (nirvana only) : 7

g2: 1 (I love my nightshine so much tho <3)

g3: 0

g4 total : 92

g4 blind bags: 66
g4 brushables: 19
g4 build a bears: 2
g4 extras (eqg mini doll, aj plushie, some fashems): 5

So there's that. Hope you like it.

https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Einhornbaby on April 25, 2019, 03:53:17 AM

Oh yep thats interesting :)

So, I currently have (not counting BlindBags, Plushies, Customs, Merchandise)

G1 : 734
G2 : 55
G3 : 316
G4 : 172
Fakies : 137
___________
1414 ponies.... OMG, I ... ehm. *fallsoffchair*

Well, I didnt think it was sooo many XD Last time I answered such question I didnt have that many :P
I use Excel btw

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: mlp4me on April 25, 2019, 05:35:27 AM

I haven't counted in ages. A few years back was 800ish without counting duplicates or the few G3's... Maybe I'll get to it this weekend.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Rodneytheponydude on April 25, 2019, 06:06:55 AM

Im pretty sure if my totals correct ive got 636 ponies of all gens :)

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on April 25, 2019, 06:40:01 AM

I did it before over a year and a half ago (maybe almost two years ago at this point)... when I counted and included all ponies - regular ponies, other pony figures, plush (also counted MLP figures that are creatures other than ponies), I was over 500. Basically and three dimensional figure or plush of a pony character counted. I ended up forgetting to keep adding to the count every time I got something new so I don't know what my count is now.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Mewtwofan1 on April 25, 2019, 06:50:56 AM

     Hmm...I have been meaning to do a quick count of who I have, just for population numbers. I’m not sure how many I have, but I’m definitely going to use that mlp merch website you guys are talking about!

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Barnacle_lady on April 25, 2019, 06:51:47 AM

So I have:

G1 667 also including petites
G2 172  yes I am near complete :)
G3 599 also including blind bags and ponyville
G4 645 also including blind bags and FIM collection sets.

And ofcourse stuff that doesn't belong for counting :)

I use an excel spreadsheet for counting and for lists a word document. For G4 I use the mlp merch site

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on April 25, 2019, 06:52:43 AM

MLPMerch is a life saver in this regard! Not sure how accurate my G4 count is but here's what I got:
170 G1 USA releases
23 retro G1
8 G2 ponies
110 G3 ponies
6 G3.5
72 G4 blind bags (more, I just dropped a bunch of them under my bed)
174 G4+.5 brushables (possibly more/missing ones)
6 GoH figures
66 Cutie Mark Crews
6 Build a Bears
78+ misc figures
646 cards (crowning jewel :3)

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Taffeta on April 25, 2019, 09:02:14 AM

MLPMerch's system is still too riddled with gaps and filing mistakes in the G1 category for me to use it. But I do have a spreadsheet of my ponies. It's not totally up to date though I don't think, but each pony is listed by generation and set and so on. I also have a separate sheet for G1 backcards which alone (my record includes both loose cards and cards that are part of MOC ponies) tops 300.

I was a little startled to realise my G3 were in three figures and my G4 are about 100ish now as well.

G2 is my smallest generation but that's not totally surprising.

G1 is my largest, but the figures aren't totally up to date right now.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 25, 2019, 10:09:33 AM

Well, let's see here.

G1: 45 (one of those is on the way.) 13 Earth Ponies, 9 Pegasus, 16 Unicorns, 4 Sea Ponies, 2 Flutter Ponies, 1 Winger. Of those I've reobtained 6 childhood ponies so far.

G3s: 23. 15 Earth Ponies, 5 Pegasus, 3 Unicorns.

G4s: 24. 2 Earth Ponies, 5 Pegasus, 6 Unicorns, 4 Winged Unicorns, 6 Merponies.

So 92 so far.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: PoserBeachball on April 25, 2019, 02:00:09 PM

Yikes! maybe I shouldn't have done a headcount............


G1 - headcount of 201, but that includes multiples of some ponies and alternative rehairs.
There's 'only' 145 different 'official' ponies from a few different countries ;)

G2 - 3

G3 - a lonesome Lulabelle

G4 - none, unless a Fluttershy nightlight counts

then there's 3 Anniversary ponies and 12 HQG1C as well

Actually I'm rather glad I've started an inventory as I really need to make notes of what ponies have had what repairs, what colours I used for rehair and other info.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Pumpkin_Tart on April 25, 2019, 02:18:21 PM

Wow those are great collections!
Mine is getting there.. My head count didn't take too long..
I have 21 G-3's and 8 G-1's 
 :)

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: lonewolf on April 25, 2019, 03:55:20 PM

Since mine are confined to 3 areas, I managed to do a quick head count. Here's the rundown:

G1:     119 incl. 39 customs
G2:     2
G3:     88   incl. 12 customs
G3.5:  3
G4 (brushable, blind bag, plushie, Funko, bootleg, & other) - 473 (incl. 257 BB size), not counting 3 dozen or more doubles (most are brushables in reserve for customs and spare BB's)
G4 custom (incl 3 plushies of people's OC's and 3 purchased customs): 69
G4.5:   2
Fakie:  4 (incl. 1 custom)
Equestria Girls:  4

Total: 764
Probably closer to 800 with the extra G4 BB's and brushables

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: brightberry on April 25, 2019, 04:38:42 PM

G1 ponies: 77 Most are childhood ponies plus one big lot bought on Ebay 5 years ago.
G2 ponies: 5 LOVE Berry Bright
G3 ponies: 11 (incoming Mochanut)
G4 brushables: 27 (these kids add up fast)  :blink:

G1 Retros: 20 I'm scared I'll want them all.

I'm not going to try to guess blindbag ponies :nope:

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: banditpony on April 25, 2019, 04:52:36 PM

In my collection:

G1 US release: 13
G1 Nirvana: 1 (I don't count the takaras. I see them differently)
...
G4: 1... Still debating if I want it or not.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Mermaid on April 25, 2019, 11:38:49 PM

I do not have a break down but I’m at 962 with the last census of all 4 gens including doubles!

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Shaz on April 26, 2019, 01:31:16 AM

We did have a grand total of 450, over 300 of which were G1. But that got a bit overwhelming and too massive to enjoy, especially as we have other collections too, so we've put a lot of them away and may even send some to other homes one day (my gf wants to keep all her childhood ponies, of course, but we might send on some of the later acquisitions).

So now we have 106 ponies on display and feel able to enjoy them again. The breakdown of generations is thus:
G1: 81 total. Includes 2 Petite Ponies, 1 Mummy Charm and 9 Nirvana ponies (from Greece, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Spain). Of course, living in the UK, a lot of my ponies are UK or Europe releases, e.g. Barnacle and the Sweet-Talkin' ponies came from Germany, I have Snowflake, Gypsy, Honeycomb, some Mountain Boys. But there are a few US-only ponies too.
G2: 4. 2 adults, 1 baby and 1 McDonald's pony. I have a total thing for Princess Twinkle Star, so I have both versions of her and her baby. The McDonald's pony is Light Heart, one of my girlfriend's childhood herd.
G3: 4. Meadowbrook, Thistle Whistle, Spring Fever and Petal Blossom, if you were wondering.
G4: 14. A mix of blindbags, brushables, and 1 Ty plush. And of course 2 baby seaponies <3.
Fakies: 2. A Remco deer from my girlfriend's childhood herd and a cute flocked Magiki pony.
Also 1 custom seapony made in a G1 style.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: bladed on April 26, 2019, 05:44:52 AM

G1: 5 (Hopscotch, Sea Breeze, Lady Flutter, blue Ember & baby Ribbons and Hearts)
G2: none yet :P
G3: 2 brushables (easter cheerilee and charm bracelet) & 22 ponyvilles (too many to list here but i have 4 pinkie pies and 2 sweetie belles :P)
G4: 22 brushables (the princesses + a water cutie luna, mane 6, sunset shimmer, the cutie mark crusaders and a lot of the early toy exclusive G4s), 14 blind bags (i only display 6 - sugar grape, bumblesweet, cherry spices & a translucent blue male with a white mane, i dont know his name,cadance and alicorn twilight), 2 CMCs (twilight and spike) & 1 plush (rainbow dash)
aaand a lady baby fakie (cream and green with a pineapple mark) and a lalaloopsy pony (an orange one) :) a nice round 70!

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Strawberry Swirl on April 26, 2019, 08:28:02 PM

Wow, so excited to read everybody's head counts!!

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Shaiyeh on April 27, 2019, 01:34:33 PM

I didn't know about the checklist on MLPMerch! I just started one :) I haven't added everything I have (because it's all still packed up from moving ;_; Can't wait to get those shelves), but so far I've added

G1: 81 (+ intl/nirvana: 13)
G1 Retro: 7
G2: 29
G3: 25
G3.5: 1
G4: 3


This is all not counting my Lemon Drop doubles. I have an army that's quite big... and I didn't log almost any collector's pose ponies because again, army, and I'm not sure whom I have xD

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: OleGrayMane on April 28, 2019, 11:56:56 AM

From my MLP Merch list (https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/1521/):

G1 through G3

G1 Ponies	3
G1 Retro	12
G2 Ponies*	4
G3 Ponies	13
G3.5 Ponies	6
Total	38

^* Estimate

G4 Figures

Blind Bags	176
Friendship is Magic Collection	51
Brushables	83
Equestria Girls	2
Equestria Girls Minis	20
Guardians of Harmony Figures	16
Cutie Mark Crew Figures	7
Hasbro POP	4
Plush	43
Other Figures	48
Basic Fun	5
Funko Figures	46
Total	501

G4 Non-figural items

Trading Cards	113
CCG Cards	428
Dog Tags	45
Media	4
Total	590

Full disclosure: Some of the items under G3 and G4 are partials, with I have some or most of the accessories but no figure. With play sets, I might have the building or vehicle, but lack one or more figure. For all categories, because of the nature of MLP Merch's record keeping, duplicates aren't counted.

Thank heavens for the checklist! So much comes in, gets identified, cleaned up, and then sent to storage because I lack space to display them. Of all the above, only the Funkos and Rarity Army is on display, along with perhaps a third of the blind bags.

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: NightGliderSA on April 29, 2019, 01:43:43 AM

I keep track of my pony herd through a spreadsheet. I like to do things my own way, so it's my own design with things on it that matter to me.

Right now I have 228 G1 ponies in the herd. A further 7 are 'en route' to me in that I have paid for them but they have not as yet arrived so aren't included in the count  :) I have 8 G2 including McDonalds releases, but that is only because I received some recently in a lot. I only plan on keeping 2 of them. G3 are a round 50, and there are 4 G4 who made it in there somehow. No clue how they snuck in  :)

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: lonewolf on April 29, 2019, 11:18:43 AM

Quote from: OleGrayMane on April 28, 2019, 11:56:56 AM

From my MLP Merch list (https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/1521/):

G1 through G3

G1 Ponies	3
G1 Retro	12
G2 Ponies*	4
G3 Ponies	13
G3.5 Ponies	6
Total	38

^* Estimate

G4 Figures

Blind Bags	176
Friendship is Magic Collection	51
Brushables	83
Equestria Girls	2
Equestria Girls Minis	20
Guardians of Harmony Figures	16
Cutie Mark Crew Figures	7
Hasbro POP	4
Plush	43
Other Figures	48
Basic Fun	5
Funko Figures	46
Total	501

G4 Non-figural items

Trading Cards	113
CCG Cards	428
Dog Tags	45
Media	4
Total	590

Full disclosure: Some of the items under G3 and G4 are partials, with I have some or most of the accessories but no figure. With play sets, I might have the building or vehicle, but lack one or more figure. For all categories, because of the nature of MLP Merch's record keeping, duplicates aren't counted.

Thank heavens for the checklist! So much comes in, gets identified, cleaned up, and then sent to storage because I lack space to display them. Of all the above, only the Funkos and Rarity Army is on display, along with perhaps a third of the blind bags.

Oh I didn't think of non figure pony stuff. I've got 2 G1 annual books, a G2 puzzle, original VHS copy of Escape From Midnight Castle, and a few odds and ends.
Then in G4: 3 of the  card game sets with extra cards (and I've never played them XD), almost all of the series 1 trading cards, plus series 2 and others, 3 lunchboxes, a tin, 2 card boxes, (I also have the display boxes for a few of the BB series), one of the records of songs from the series (Luna ver.), t shirts (2 Welovefine and a few from pony cons), more odds and ends (buttons, both official and fan made, fanart and items incl. an Andy Price drwing of 80's Luna I commissioned from him), my custom pony themed car, truck (incl. radio control), train, and plane models, and complete sets of every MLP comic IDW has made (though I don't go after  cover variants), some autographed by the creators and/or VA's of FiM (which reminds me I need to get the latest ones).

Title: Re: Pony head count- can you do it?
Post by: Carrehz on April 29, 2019, 04:15:37 PM

Don't use checklists, etc but I do have my own spreadsheet... I've come up with 837. Can't easily do a breakdown since they're all listed together, but I can say that includes all gens, customs (inc. HQG1C), Equestria Girls and some non-brushable stuff like blind bags, Ponyvilles, Kinder Surprise, etc. Also includes some pets. Basically everything except plushies and other ephemera (books, videos etc). It's kind of a mess XD but it works for my purposes so I've never felt like redoing it.