The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: CastletonSnob on June 25, 2017, 07:21:11 PM
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Have you ever tried to hide the fact that you’re a brony in public? some other site calls this, "Hiding your powerlevel".
A couple of weeks ago, I was at Gamestop and I saw MLP plushies on clearance. I was really tempted to ask the guy behind the counter how much they were, but I didn’t want people to know I was into MLP.
What has your experience been?
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Well, I don't consider myself a Brony, but as an adult collector I do tend to play it close to the chest. I've started sharing at work in the past few years but I don't generally share with random people. I've even taken a couple of coworkers to task for pointing me out to a patron (in one case) or introducing me to a new coworker (in the second case) as "She collects My Little Pony." Ponies are something I love but I don't want it to be my defining feature or the first impression.
In terms of shopping, I know I have it easier than the average Brony. I'm female and the right age to be purchasing for a child so I don't generally get odd looks.
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......... what age is the "right age to be buying for a child"? ANYONE of ANY AGE buys gifts for others of many ages ... the LAST thing that cashier cares about is "Oh my gosh this person is buying something for themselves that some jerkwad might think is funny" they are thinking "Get this person out of my line with as many add-ons as I can get them to buy so I don't get fired and my boss doesn't scream at me, and I wish this day was going faster so I didn't have to be dealing with the public." If it really bothers you, ask for a gift receipt, then BOOM! it's a gift.
life is short, buy what you want if you can, broadcast your love or keep it bottled up inside, share your collections with people, or keep them secreted away ... just do it for YOU! People are so conceited and self-centered they rarely see past their own shadows.
life. is. short. be you. love what you love. don't give yourself the opportunity to regret something just because "that one person i will probably never see again might possibly think this purchase is for me." who knows, they person you afraid of might be a fan too.
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I know EXACTLY what you mean, Sunset. I don't hide the fact that I collect--I have some of the G3 art ponies at work--but I have a coworker who says "How's the pony selling business?" EVERY time I run into her in the elevators or restroom, and it's super annoying. (I mentioned once that I had a few MLPs on eBay, which was not usual for me, I just happened to be selling a few at the time.) In front of other people, too--like I almost feel she is making a point of it?
When I'm buying MLP items, if the clerk asks who it's for then sometimes I'll say "for me" and sometimes I'll say "for my niece." Yep--I tell a little white lie. And I don't feel bad about it at all. Because it's none of their business, it doesn't hurt them in any way, and it means I don't have to talk about collecting when I'm not in the mood to. ;)
So if you are feeling self-conscious, just invent a child that you are "buying for", lol.
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I have no shame in being out there. We don't have a uniform at school, and a few of my shirts are my little pony shirts. If kids can wear their fallout boy, pink Floyd and sports shirts, I can wear and flaunt my pony wear. I agree. Life is short. If you want to hide what your into, that's fine. But I'm going to walk in wearing my berry punch shirt like I own the damn place! Because I'm fabulous!
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I don't consider myself a brony either, definitely an adult collector though. I think I do the same as someone above mentioned, it depends on if I feel like being asked about it or not. If I'm not in the mood to talk about collecting I'll use my daughter as my excuse for buying toys. If she's with me she plays along too, lol. And then there's other times that I'm checking out and they ask if I need a gift receipt and I'll proudly say, "Nope! These are for me!". I think it's so common nowadays to have adult collectors for so many different toys that no one batts an eye. I will admit though that I got called out last month at a garage sale. They were starting to pack up and I pulled up, got out and asked if they had any ponies. She showed me what she had, pinkie pie's train, I told her that my daughter already has that but thank you. Then she said "are you sure it's for your daughter and not you? You have a MLP key chain." :blush: busted!
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Dont really refer to myself as a brony, cause I pretty much only collect g1-3 but if im buying pony stuff im open, half the time I have ponies on my clothes anyway so they probs already know :biggrin:
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I'm not a brony but I am a big pony fan and don't bat an eye about wearing my pony shirts in public.
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I haven't considered myself a brony in a long time, not that it's the actual point here.
When I am buying ponies in store, I have no shame. The only thing I was ever embarrassed to be buying was a Barbie movie. It's bad enough that I have to keep my gender a secret when I leave the house (I'm trans and don't pass at all, so as frustrating as it is my main option is pretending to be a woman regardless of my actual identity) - I'm not lying about anything else about myself. Buying ponies isn't a big deal, especially when the people around you don't know you're a dude. Plus when I'm out shopping, I'm usually with another member of my family and the main thing we're trying to do that day is buy food and various other important things for everyone in the house. For all the people around us know, the ponies and such could be for a kid.
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I wouldn't call myself a brony, but my take on being a "fan" in public is that I'll do whatever I want so long as it doesn't disturb anyone else, and I'll trust others to do the same.
I wear Five Nights at Freddy's shirts sometimes, for instance. I've worried a couple of times that people will harass me because the fandom has a fairly poor reputation online before shrugging it off and putting the shirt on anyways. Nothing bad has happened to date. I think the vast majority of people know it's none of their business and act accordingly.
I also don't go out of my way to talk about my interests in public unless I'm asked first. I'm a pretty private person -- I have my friends, and with everyone else, I'm polite but not particularly eager to share about myself. Again, this seems to work for me pretty well.
Of course, I am a young, petite woman. I imagine my experience would probably be different if I was a man, or even if I was physically larger; people tend to be more indulgent with those they don't perceive as a threat in any way, which is both useful and annoying, lol. :)
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
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I'm not a brony/pegasister but I don't hide the fact I buy MLP, even when I'm in Gamestop. If I need to I just put the thought in my head "They'll think I'm buying it for a child" and that was what the cashier thought when I was buying a few horse toys and some beads over at Dollar Tree, at least judging by the fact of what they said when I was checking out XD
Also what Sunset said about having it easier than an average brony, being female and the right age for having at least 1 kid.
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I'm a brony but I don't say it out loud.
If I buy ponies people don't ask me questions because I look younger than I look. (I'm 28)
My folks tell me to grow up but I put on I don't want to Grow Up they just leave me alone.
Mum was shocked that I showed her the Brony documentary on Netfix showing that they are people older than me watching and collecting MLP.
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......... what age is the "right age to be buying for a child"? ANYONE of ANY AGE buys gifts for others of many ages ... the LAST thing that cashier cares about is "Oh my gosh this person is buying something for themselves that some jerkwad might think is funny" they are thinking "Get this person out of my line with as many add-ons as I can get them to buy so I don't get fired and my boss doesn't scream at me, and I wish this day was going faster so I didn't have to be dealing with the public." If it really bothers you, ask for a gift receipt, then BOOM! it's a gift.
life is short, buy what you want if you can, broadcast your love or keep it bottled up inside, share your collections with people, or keep them secreted away ... just do it for YOU! People are so conceited and self-centered they rarely see past their own shadows.
life. is. short. be you. love what you love. don't give yourself the opportunity to regret something just because "that one person i will probably never see again might possibly think this purchase is for me." who knows, they person you afraid of might be a fan too.
I didn't mean that anyone can't be buying presents. But me personally, I was a lot more self conscious when buying ponies when in my teens and early twenties. Now I definitly look like I'm old enough to have a couple kids and I rarely get the question "who are these for" at the checkout counter.
.I know EXACTLY what you mean, Sunset. I don't hide the fact that I collect--I have some of the G3 art ponies at work--but I have a coworker who says "How's the pony selling business?" EVERY time I run into her in the elevators or restroom, and it's super annoying. (I mentioned once that I had a few MLPs on eBay, which was not usual for me, I just happened to be selling a few at the time.) In front of other people, too--like I almost feel she is making a point of it?
When I'm buying MLP items, if the clerk asks who it's for then sometimes I'll say "for me" and sometimes I'll say "for my niece." Yep--I tell a little white lie. And I don't feel bad about it at all. Because it's none of their business, it doesn't hurt them in any way, and it means I don't have to talk about collecting when I'm not in the mood to. ;)
So if you are feeling self-conscious, just invent a child that you are "buying for", lol.
I've totally used my nieces as excuses before :)
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I've not been shy about liking or purchasing ponies for a long time. I really just cannot make myself care if somebody else has a problem with it. It's like, c'mon they're just cute plastic horses! Lighten up!
Although luckily for me I have yet to run into someone who has told me they don't like it. I suppose that's what happens when you look like a preteen. ;)
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I don't consider myself a brony anymore, but i really don't care about what people think of me when i buy ponies.It's none of their business.
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I'm not a brony but there have been a few times when I've bought pony stuff that I've been thrown off guard by people's reaction. One time I was at Walmart buying some DVDs and had a pony one on top. There was one lady in front of me and the cashier asked if those movies were hers. The lady in front of me rudely said "I wouldn't buy those types of movies" and I said "Those are mine" or something like that. I went to Gamestop and saw they had the Guardians of Harmony Chrysalis statue with two Changelings. It was on the top shelf and I couldn't reach it so I had to ask a store employee for help. I told him exactly what I wanted and he said "You want what?" I then had to point it out to him because he claimed he couldn't see it on the top shelf although it was in plain sight. The last time was when I bought BAB Starlight Glimmer at the BAB store that just opened at my local mall. The employee asked me if I was buying her as a gift for a special child. (I think I read somewhere that BAB employees are required to ask who the animal is for.) I replied it was for me and that I had several of the BAB ponies that I bought online.
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I've been liking MLP for 34 years, not really what you'd call a brony and I don't identify myself as a brony.
But, I've never found a need even as a teenager/young adult to hide the fact that I like MLP (since I started liking MLP at about 11 years old back in the 80's). I really didn't/don't care what people think about me liking MLP.
If people wanted to talk about me or make fun of me for what I like, well that's on them not me. You gotta realize, people are going to do it anyway, no matter what you do, so why worry about it?
You can't control what people think, do, or say so WHY let those same people have control over you?
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Ehhhhh I stopped caring long ago what cashiers say when I spend money... unless they get too judgemental. Then it's straight to their manager to explain that as a retail employee, their opinion means nothing. Take the customers' money, don't make commentary... :(
I mean, I used to buy really odd things together JUST to weird out the cashiers. Try walking up to a register with fruit, rope and Vaseline in your cart. ;) Or toothpicks and tampons. Ponies seem pretty normal compared to little ol' me in a creative mood!
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I mean, I used to buy really odd things together JUST to weird out the cashiers. Try walking up to a register with fruit, rope and Vaseline in your cart. ;) Or toothpicks and tampons. Ponies seem pretty normal compared to little ol' me in a creative mood!
Haha! :lmao:
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I mean, I used to buy really odd things together JUST to weird out the cashiers. Try walking up to a register with fruit, rope and Vaseline in your cart. ;) Or toothpicks and tampons. Ponies seem pretty normal compared to little ol' me in a creative mood!
Disposable painter's coveralls and six rolls of duct tape, when I started to make my pony fursuit. :blush:
I wear my bronyness on my sleeve. I have a little plushie Applejack hanging on my backpack, I wear pony shirts sometimes, and I plan to embroider some cutie marks on my hat!
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I think if you've seen the way the brony fandom conducts itself, and then still self identify as part of that, you may indeed want to keep that under wraps in public. :blink:
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I'm an adult collector, but secret about it. My ponies are hidden away. If I find something to buy, I lie and say it's for my sister or niece.
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First, I'm no Brony...not that I'm any better or anything; I'm worse.
I wear pony T-shirts everywhere except to work. I forget I'm wearing them and once I had a lady working at the music store ask me why adults like to watch my little pony and I was wondering, why's she asking me? then I remembered I was wearing a Rainbow Dash shirt, haha. My shirts are getting pretty worn out and I need to get new shirts; I'm getting G1 ponies next time.
I buy all sorts of pony stuff, not just mlp but generic unicorns and such (even Wells Fargo horses) and sometimes I've had cashiers ask about my kids and I'm like, I don't have any kids. These are for me. A worker at my thrift store once said that I always find her such nice things, and I was like, You know she's me right? The result is they sometimes tell me if there is a pony in the store I should check out when I come in, and casual conversation about if I found any ponies that day. There's a babies n toddlers store near where I work that I go through a couple times a week and I don't think they get many adult collectors and a couple of times they've had a pony for me behind the counter when I come in. A few weeks ago they had a used Starlily for $25 in superclean perfectly working condition and when I pointed at it they said We thought of you when this came in.
I'm right out in the open with it, and I'm very sorry to hear about any negative experiences anyone has had by being judged according to the misbehavior of those few who ruin our public image. I'm also very sorry the OP missed out on some discount plushes because of being shy about it. I understand not everyone wants to deal with the potential judgment.
Oh this reminds me, I was taking my Masquerade picture for the Bathing Beauty contest in a little pocket-park yesterday. I brought a log in my Radio Flyer wagon and a bucket full of my stuff for the shoot and I was right there on the grass setting up and shooting openly on a bit of grass towards one corner while people had their kids playing in other parts of the park. I was all comfortable and into it, on my stomach shooting upwards and such. At one point a young man tapped me on the shoulder and said Little Pony? and I nodded and we grinned at each other for a second and then he moved on and I went back to shooting.
Lastly, a lot of workers at Build-a-Bear have their own ponies at home, or Sonic, or other characters. They hire people in particular who like that kind of thing and who aren't going to be judgmental of adult collectors. When I went in there all persnickety about how I wanted my Luna wings and picking out the right one (their individual head shape etc does vary a little), the girl was happy to help me find the right one and stuff her exactly the way I wanted, and said she's more used to the kids and didn't get to help a collector every day. I guess the kids are thrilled to have their ponies and not so OCD about the details as I am. I think if any worker was judgmental about an adult collector in any way, that worker would quickly be fired. BaB is a class act, and you never need to be shy about going in there to buy for yourself so those of you who are timid about doing so should really make an exception for BuildaBear.
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Post Merge: June 26, 2017, 06:29:23 PM
I'm a collector, I neither hide nor flaunt it.
Post Merge: June 26, 2017, 06:33:04 PM
Ehhhhh I stopped caring long ago what cashiers say when I spend money... unless they get too judgemental. Then it's straight to their manager to explain that as a retail employee, their opinion means nothing. Take the customers' money, don't make commentary... :(
I mean, I used to buy really odd things together JUST to weird out the cashiers. Try walking up to a register with fruit, rope and Vaseline in your cart. ;) Or toothpicks and tampons. Ponies seem pretty normal compared to little ol' me in a creative mood!
:lmao:
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Def not a brony either, But I do like G4 and fim, I have a fim shirt I wear quite regularly and it has unfortunately caused bronies to talk to me. I wear g1 shirts sometimes too, but I like to keep them nice so it's not as often.
I don't hide my pony love, I'm at the thrift stores several times per week buying ponies and toys. Never get asked about it. On the rare occasion a cashier does say "oh is this for your kid?" (And I always say no, it's for my huge toy collection!) I've found they actually just ask as a segway to talk about their own kids...
And having cashiered in the past, I literally didn't even look or notice what people were buying. I just wanted to get them out of line asap. Small talk about the weather or day and get you out.
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I wouldn't consider myself to be a part of the brony fandom (I've got some online friends in the fandom and do follow the works of some people in it however) since I love every generation of MLP to death, but I don't hide my interest in MLP from people.
I don't really care if people see me going through the toy aisle in stores looking at ponies or going to the toys in thrift shops searching for them, I like what I like and I don't care what others think. Ponies make me happy.
Of course I don't like try to make it obvious that I collect ponies either. Just like everything else I like, maybe some times I'll wear a T-shirt with a pony design on it when I'm out.
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People I work with know I like ponies. I have mini funko Luna and Celestia in my office, next to my Dobby Buddha, Smaug Funko, and Jiji (Kiki's Delivery Service) bean bag plush. I got paid to go to Comic Con last year (I love my job) and the other girl that got to go with me saw that I'd bought a bunch of G1s from one of the booths (and the seller gave me a discount because I made a comment about deflocking the so-softs I was buying and making them pretty again because they were in very sorry shape).
But sometimes when I buy stuff from the store I do use my 13 nieces and nephews as an excuse to buy toys and kids DVDs. It depends on my mood that day and how "open" I want to be with strangers who decide to have random conversations with me because I'm not really a people person to begin with.
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I'm a collector of ponies and I would never call myself a Brony (too many negative connotations) but you bet I don't hide it. Why should I? It's a part of who I am. Plus, the more people know, the more eyes you have on the lookout ;)
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I'm more of a toy collector and cartoon fan in general than a brony. But weird thing is especially when I was younger I was more worried that they would think I was buying them for my (actually nonexistent) child than that I was "too old" to be buying toys.
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Haha, I like to imagine it like that but it probably looked more like
"PONY!!!"
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Also not a brony - I think that term has other connitations here so a lot of us don't identify with it, but as a pony collector I have got to the point where I don't care what people think.I buy ponies and or dolls from toy stores without any issue. I am not much of a G4 collector but occasionally when there is a nnon Mane 6 one on clearance I can be tempted (as I was recently with Honey Rays). I got two gothic G4 from a second hand stall at the summer fair near where I live in London the other week and the lady asked if they were for me. I said yes.
With Monster High too, I have had people in the shop assume they are for a child (I am 35 and I don't really look my full age so it wouldn't be at all weird for me to be buying for a child) and others who have realised they were for me. One cashier even commented on one of the dolls - it might have been Amanita - and said that sometimes she's tempted to buy them and take them home because they are so pretty.
When I was younger, as a teenager carbooting I always had my sister with me and she was young enough for people to mostly assume the ponies were for her. At that time I didn't want kids at school to know I was still collecting ponies so I sort of let that happen. But these days I'm fine with it.
The only time I play the ignorant adult looking at toys for a kid card is if I am at a second hand sale or or toy fair and my opponent is a dealer. If a dealer thinks you are a collector they are more likely to push up the price. If they think you haven't got a clue they are just keen on making a sale at their original price. With MH this is especially the case. I am not an expert on MH but I do recognise characters and sometimes I find one that is rarer than the ones the dealer is selling for the higher prices. In those situations I have been known to just casually pick up the rarer one and ask for a price. In those circs, excited collector behaviour is a hindrance. If items are not clearly priced on a dealer's table, it's far better to play it cool.
My university room in London is a mix of ponies, dolls and academic stuff. One maintenance man once commented on the dolls and asked if I was a bit old for them. I smiled at him and said, not really, you'd be surprised how many adults collect dolls. And that was that. No issues since.
Most of my friends know I collect. Most of them haven't seen my full collections, but they are aware and they really don't care.
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I don't consider myself a brony at all, just a collector. But so far, I haven't really gotten any negative or strange comments about liking MLP. A Gamestop employee didn't care when my mom and I were curious about the Guardians of Harmony figurines behind the counter; he was actually pretty positive about it. A seller at a flea market even remembered me once time after I bought several ponies from him, and even gave me his contact info so he could let me know if he ever found something I might be interested in. Even when I wear shirts that say "Brohoof" I don't get any rude comments. I guess I'm pretty lucky.
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I'm not a brony but a MLP Collector, I mostly enjoy G1's and G3's but I do watch FIM but in my opinion it isn't as good as the earlier seasons.
Anyway, when I first found out about G3's I was in my early 20's and thought I was too old for MLP and I was ashamed that I wanted to collect MLP again. When I actually started to buy them I was sort of a closet collector but as I got older I didn't care anymore who knew or what people thought. It was mostly my Mom who gave me grief: tell me I was too old, I was wasting my money on junk, etc.
I'm 33 now and I have a FIM lunch bag I bring to work, sometimes people look at me like I have 3 heads but I keep on walking.
You don't have to be ashamed to like MLP whether your male or female or whatever generation you prefer.
The only one who can actually make you feel shame is yourself and if you like MLP who cares. All you need is to take one step to show people in public you like MLP and it's easier from there. So, next time you're at game stop and you see that plush take that step and ask the guy or girl at the counter how much it is. If he looks at you like you have 3 heads just look at him back the same way.
I know you probably think it's easier said than done but I've done it many times.
Last year I was at Target and bought some Disney's frozen bedding and the lady that was ringing me up said some kid is going to be really happy and I told her flat out they were for me and I could tell she thought I was weird for buying kids bedding and she also felt embarrassed for assuming the wrong thing. I didn't care.
I always liked having brony associated with male mlp collectors so they feel they can have a group to identify with. I realize now it's expanded into fans of FIM and what not but both male and female but I'm a MLP Collector and that's all.
Post Merge: June 27, 2017, 08:56:06 AM
Also not a brony - I think that term has other connitations here so a lot of us don't identify with it, but as a pony collector I have got to the point where I don't care what people think.I buy ponies and or dolls from toy stores without any issue. I am not much of a G4 collector but occasionally when there is a nnon Mane 6 one on clearance I can be tempted (as I was recently with Honey Rays). I got two gothic G4 from a second hand stall at the summer fair near where I live in London the other week and the lady asked if they were for me. I said yes.
With Monster High too, I have had people in the shop assume they are for a child (I am 35 and I don't really look my full age so it wouldn't be at all weird for me to be buying for a child) and others who have realised they were for me. One cashier even commented on one of the dolls - it might have been Amanita - and said that sometimes she's tempted to buy them and take them home because they are so pretty.
When I was younger, as a teenager carbooting I always had my sister with me and she was young enough for people to mostly assume the ponies were for her. At that time I didn't want kids at school to know I was still collecting ponies so I sort of let that happen. But these days I'm fine with it.
The only time I play the ignorant adult looking at toys for a kid card is if I am at a second hand sale or or toy fair and my opponent is a dealer. If a dealer thinks you are a collector they are more likely to push up the price. If they think you haven't got a clue they are just keen on making a sale at their original price. With MH this is especially the case. I am not an expert on MH but I do recognise characters and sometimes I find one that is rarer than the ones the dealer is selling for the higher prices. In those situations I have been known to just casually pick up the rarer one and ask for a price. In those circs, excited collector behaviour is a hindrance. If items are not clearly priced on a dealer's table, it's far better to play it cool.
My university room in London is a mix of ponies, dolls and academic stuff. One maintenance man once commented on the dolls and asked if I was a bit old for them. I smiled at him and said, not really, you'd be surprised how many adults collect dolls. And that was that. No issues since.
Most of my friends know I collect. Most of them haven't seen my full collections, but they are aware and they really don't care.
I'm the same way, I don't look my age either.
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I'm pretty open about it. I don't call myself a brony, but people are aware that I like MLP, that I'm a collector, and pretty much everyone who has talked to me knows about my pony room.
My husband also doesn't call himself a brony either, but he has a Muffins shirt that he likes to wear. He's never been ashamed of it.
This is coming from a couple whose living room is totally Pokemon themed. So as soon as you walk in our house, you can see just how much we don't care about what people think of our interests. We're nearly 30 and our family and friends have just accepted that we're huge kids. :lol:
I'm a firm believer in never hiding who you really are.
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Also in the "Not a Brony" camp, but absolutely a collector and I'm absolutely proud of that fact. I've made wonderful friends via MLP, my desk at work and a good portion of our living space is devoted to ponies, Sailor Moon, and Jem.
Being 41 years old, I've long since given up on caring what anyone else thinks. I'm the person in the office with "the fun desk" and "the crazy hair and nails".
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When I used to work at the library, before it closed, my desk in the office had a G3 pony living on it. And my colleagues used to 'play' with her. For example, she inherited in her time at the library a fuzzy bug from a promotional display, a welsh flag (?!) and L-plates (that one colleague made for her as if she were a learner driver). She was absolutely accepted as a part of the office team ;)
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Haha, I like to imagine it like that but it probably looked more like
"PONY!!!"
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Does anyone else relate to this? I know I do.
Once or twice I've had a kid pick up something I wanted in the thrift before I got to it, and I keep an eye on them because they'll change their mind and put the item down, and that's when I look like the character above. Once an adult has their hands on it, they never put it down dangit. I was disappointed when a guy grabbed a Bab Twilight Sparkle just before I saw it and I small talked him to see if he was going to keep it or not....yup, for his daughter who loves ponies. Even though I have at least 4 of her already and it was going to a child who would love it more, I was still disappointed...I'm so inexcusably pony greedy!
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Haha, I like to imagine it like that but it probably looked more like
"PONY!!!"
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:haha:
Note to self; Steer clear of Shaiyeh when she sees a toy she wants, or else she turns into frightening, underworld warrior with flame swords and woe betide anyone in her way.
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Sometimes I ask the store owner to wrap the "toy". - Now they never know.
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Haha, I like to imagine it like that but it probably looked more like
"PONY!!!"
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:haha:
Note to self; Steer clear of Shaiyeh when she sees a toy she wants, or else she turns into frightening, underworld warrior with flame swords and woe betide anyone in her way.
Approach only if in possession of an authentic Rainbow of Light.
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Haha, I like to imagine it like that but it probably looked more like
"PONY!!!"
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:haha:
Note to self; Steer clear of Shaiyeh when she sees a toy she wants, or else she turns into frightening, underworld warrior with flame swords and woe betide anyone in her way.
Approach only if in possession of an authentic Rainbow of Light.
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
yep! XD My ponies! My own... my precioussss..... xD
Seriously though, lostpony, about keeping your eye (sometimes possibly a bit of an evil eye) on kids with ponies in their hands - yep, guiltyyy. xD even with this one, I actually had to have the sweet old lady to put the pony away for me because we didn't have any cash (sweden is like... nobody does cash anymore, especially not around the capital, we live in a small town just outside), so we had to get to an ATM. she put the pony on the till clearly visible to any kids with parents that might have entered the shop... safe to say I positively ran through town and back, eyeing/staring down any little kid coming from the direction of the shop... prooobably kind of intimidating. Not my proudest moment. well, luckily, the pony is safe here with me now. xD
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Haha, I like to imagine it like that but it probably looked more like
"PONY!!!"
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:haha:
Note to self; Steer clear of Shaiyeh when she sees a toy she wants, or else she turns into frightening, underworld warrior with flame swords and woe betide anyone in her way.
Approach only if in possession of an authentic Rainbow of Light.
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
yep! XD My ponies! My own... my precioussss..... xD
Seriously though, lostpony, about keeping your eye (sometimes possibly a bit of an evil eye) on kids with ponies in their hands - yep, guiltyyy. xD even with this one, I actually had to have the sweet old lady to put the pony away for me because we didn't have any cash (sweden is like... nobody does cash anymore, especially not around the capital, we live in a small town just outside), so we had to get to an ATM. she put the pony on the till clearly visible to any kids with parents that might have entered the shop... safe to say I positively ran through town and back, eyeing/staring down any little kid coming from the direction of the shop... prooobably kind of intimidating. Not my proudest moment. well, luckily, the pony is safe here with me now. xD
I don't think a pony, even the rarest nirvana, is worth getting arrested because someone thought you were a pedophile. :lol:
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But I was staring at the pony! The jury's tooootally going to buy that.
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O: I did *not* mean staring like that. more like you know, evil stare because don't you DARE go for my ponies *hiss* xD
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When I'm in the toy isle- I am protected by the fact that unfortunately, I look like a "mom." So I don't get weird looks. BUT there are a lot more teenage/young adult people in the toy isles these days- and I KNOW they are not all parents. Especially the young men who see me and scurry away as fast as possible, trying to pretend they were not eyeing up the products... (not just ponies either).
I want to tell them "DON'T WORRY! I'M ON YOUR SIDE! I ALSO LIKE PONIES AND THE RANDOM ACTION FIGURE! but I don't, because I'm sure that would scare them even more, haha
At the check out- (why do they ask anyway?) I do sometimes lie when they ask who the ponies or dolls are for. "My Niece" I might say.
At work I have various POP stuff on my shelves- but I hide the ponies and fashion dolls (well, except a few Funko vinyls and POPS).
Even so, I've been here long enough that people do know that I collect ponies and fashion dolls and other weird things... honestly I feel like I get WAY more judgmental looks about the fashion dolls than ANYTHING else...
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I am quite nice to kids actually. At the carboot sales with MH dolls (it is rarely MLP that I see there now) if there is a kid looking, I let them decide what they want first before I get involved. In shops there is rarely any competition because kids looking at MH are usually telling Dad (who is ready with his smartphone to take pictures) which dolls they want for their birthday or Christmas and so they are not buying there and then. I don't often buy G4 from stores unless it is on discount and then I am usually at stores on days/times when kids are not.
If it were a G1 pony I didn't have...I don't know whether I might be more...erm...assertive. As a child I remember standing guard over the 'orange' stall at my Dad's school fete (he was a teacher) to get Gypsy because they would not let me buy her until the fete opened and I swear anyone who had got in my way that day would have been trampled. But I was nine...so...
In carboot sales my sister and I used to use a two prong attack but it was usually Naynie who dove into boxes and on one occasion actually threw herself on top of a box...
But then this is the sister who I went to a Thomas the Tank Engine Santa Special with last year because we both felt nostalgic and wanted to go, so I think we're both a bit late to be worrying about people's opinions on our maturity...(my sister is 30 this November).
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@Galactacia: Awww I feel sorry for those young men who feel they have to scurry away. I think it's not any of a cashier's business to ask who things a customer is buying are for anyway also.
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@Galactacia: Awww I feel sorry for those young men who feel they have to scurry away. I think it's not any of a cashier's business to ask who things a customer is buying are for anyway also.
I know, poor guys. It really is a shame that society basically believes that adults (and especially males) should not be interested in toys and if they are, there must be something wrong with them. :(
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@Galactacia: Awww I feel sorry for those young men who feel they have to scurry away. I think it's not any of a cashier's business to ask who things a customer is buying are for anyway also.
I know, poor guys. It really is a shame that society basically believes that adults (and especially males) should not be interested in toys and if they are, there must be something wrong with them. :(
I think that guys have it a lot tougher than girls do in these situations. For some reason society still associate "girl" with "weak" or "lesser" so that if girls buy 'boy' toys nobody comments, but if guys buy "girl" toys, they get mocked far more easily. Society is pretty messed up on both counts. When I worked at the college I had several brony pony fans and one in particular who I used to have long conversations with about G1 and G4. I seem to remember I had to take a photo of the G1 ponies that went with the G4 "Concept art" image for him, because he wanted to see what they looked like. I think it's a shame that more guys aren't able to feel confident in their interest because of silly social stereotypes that do nothing positive for either men or women.
I don't think it helps either that a few noisy and silly 'bronies' have made a negative reputation for the guys who just want to buy ponies and enjoy them. It shouldn't be harder for guys to buy ponies if they want them, but I can totally see how it could be, and why they'd feel like that.
Society sucks.
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Never did and would fight someone for being rude about it! Actually had to in school. A lot. I can't stand rude people.
Every time I hear someone say: "Wow, seriously, ponies? Are you, like, five?" I get mad :pout:
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...but that's why they say it.
I just say I'm 4. It's not far from the truth.
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Not a brony, but occassionaly I buy G4s that I like. I used to look around and see if anyone saw me buying, but now I just don't care. I might buy it for my little sister(who I don't have lol).
My pony collection is a bigger secret, only one friend knows about it. I don't see the need to brag around with it either, my collection is small and nothing special. People mostly understand when I say I collect model horses, but collecting ponies raises eyebrows.
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I'm somewhere between a collector and brony/pegasister. I'm a huge fan of the show and it's good character development and writing, but I grew up on the G1 show... when I first started re-collecting, I had roommates and they obviously thought it was weird, and I was super embarrassed, but now I've got my own place and my friends that come over love my collection :)
For some people, it becomes your defining trait (which is stupid because tons of people have hobbies that they don't get identified with), but those are people you interact with regularly. If it's at a store, I just assume they can't assume anything about me unless I'm decked-out in pony gear. If I'm buying a toy, it could be for me, a random kid in my family, or an art project. These stores see adults buy toys everyday.
I say just buy stuff you want without any concerns about it and if you live in an area where being a Brony can be dangerous (I've read about Bronies getting asked to leave or being beaten up by crazies etc) if someone asks you if you're a brony or if the toys are for you, say it's for your niece, kid sister etc. I'm ok with people not being open about it if it's a matter of safety. Some people are stubborn, ignorant, and dangerous, and I'd rather they butt-out of your business and you feel safe and enjoy your hobby without confrontation and negativity.
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I'm somewhere between a collector and brony/pegasister. I'm a huge fan of the show and it's good character development and writing, but I grew up on the G1 show... when I first started re-collecting, I had roommates and they obviously thought it was weird, and I was super embarrassed, but now I've got my own place and my friends that come over love my collection :)
For some people, it becomes your defining trait (which is stupid because tons of people have hobbies that they don't get identified with), but those are people you interact with regularly. If it's at a store, I just assume they can't assume anything about me unless I'm decked-out in pony gear. If I'm buying a toy, it could be for me, a random kid in my family, or an art project. These stores see adults buy toys everyday.
I say just buy stuff you want without any concerns about it and if you live in an area where being a Brony can be dangerous (I've read about Bronies getting asked to leave or being beaten up by crazies etc) if someone asks you if you're a brony or if the toys are for you, say it's for your niece, kid sister etc. I'm ok with people not being open about it if it's a matter of safety. Some people are stubborn, ignorant, and dangerous, and I'd rather they butt-out of your business and you feel safe and enjoy your hobby without confrontation and negativity.
i used to be quite embarassed about shopping for toys, especially by myself, but ive all about gotten over it. i used to care a lot about how the store ppl thought about me and what i bought, but then i got a job working retail and now i understand that they just couldnt care less. Adults buy toys all the time. wether it be for themselves, or for their kid, or whatever, if they dont tell me i dont care and i dont assume anything about them. its just one more customer out of a million.
ive lately being trying my hardest to get over my fear of FILMING in the toy section, so i can start toy vlogging.
while checking out buying tons of toys is one thing, i sometimes feel like pointing cameras at all the toys is different. but, with this day and age and how many toy channels there are on youtube, i feel more and more like they wouldnt care about that either.
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The previous post reminds me, I do feel a little awkward when I hold up a pony in stores to shoot it looking at things, but I just push past that feeling and do it anyway. I pose ponies in all sorts of settings for pictures, and just wait long enough for people to clear out of my shot. Some of the glances I get are priceless. I keep waiting for the moment someone's going to grab my pony and I have to chase them down but it hasn't happened yet.
I am a little glad that we're on G4 because this means I can take a G1 anywhere but the thrift store and not worry about security asking if I'm going to pay for that, haha. This makes me realize I need some pictures of G1s looking at G4s in packages. I don't know why...all I know for sure is ponies do something to my brain chemistry, so I obey.
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The previous post reminds me, I do feel a little awkward when I hold up a pony in stores to shoot it looking at things, but I just push past that feeling and do it anyway. I pose ponies in all sorts of settings for pictures, and just wait long enough for people to clear out of my shot. Some of the glances I get are priceless. I keep waiting for the moment someone's going to grab my pony and I have to chase them down but it hasn't happened yet.
I am a little glad that we're on G4 because this means I can take a G1 anywhere but the thrift store and not worry about security asking if I'm going to pay for that, haha. This makes me realize I need some pictures of G1s looking at G4s in packages. I don't know why...all I know for sure is ponies do something to my brain chemistry, so I obey.
Ha! Good point and yes I'd love to see that. You take such fun pictures.
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I am loud and proud to be an adult MLP G1-G4 collector. I used to be a bit shy about it, and still am with my brothers just because they can be mean and they just don't understand. However, even back in high school my friends knew about it. People try to find me pony stuff and no longer ask me why or say that I am silly. My mom and husband are great about it.
I wear pony shirts all the time as well as belts and socks. I use my MLP backpack and have vintage G1 artwork binders from Zazzle at work and a couple ponies on my desk! I have MLP keychains on most of my key rings and one on my purse. I use a canvas G1 retro tote as my everyday work tote in which my G1 book by Summer has been the whole time. When I had my ponies in my "pony room/study room" when I lived with my parents, I would show anyone I hadn't shown yet. I have ponies displayed in a couple different places on our house along with pony art on the walls. Hey, my whole MH collections is in our bedroom on shelves.
I don't hide it from people. I used to work in labor and delivery and most of my closer coworkers knew I collected. Then I got a day phone nurse job in the OBGYN clinic and we have one MD who is CRAZY about Star Wars, huge huge fan. His wedding ring even has a Star Wars symbol on it and he cosplays and goes to conventions (still haven't asked if he's been to SDCC). We got to talking when one of his pt's had a Care Bear tattoo and I told him that I collect MLP. He thought it was awesome. He was on call that weekend and was talking about me to the L&D nurses I used to work with, "There's a nurse in the clinic now that's crazier than me, she collects My Little Pony" and he said that everyone knew who I was and that they missed me. I get the warm fuzzies when I think of that.
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Honestly, if I were a brony, I'd probably hide it, there are so many crazies, both bronies and brony-haters where I am! It has been asked if I was a brony, hubby was buying me a pony, while I was at a display nearby, and the cashier asked if he was a brony, and he said it was for me. He then asked if I was a brony, to which hubby snorted. I think the poor cashier might have been one, he looked a little dejected! Oops, bad hubby!
Everyone in my family and our circle of friends knows I'm a pony collector, or as hubby calls it, a pony hoarder... I really need to get back to selling my extras, LOL! I don't hide it, I don't usually flaunt it THAT much, I have the occasional pony thing, like shirts, or stationery, or sometimes a phone case, etc. I'm always buying pony stuff, so I dare say most of the cashiers at my usual haunts have figured it out by now - meh! I don't really care.
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Thanks, LaW, I appreciate that.
I love your story Nessa16. What a great thing to be known for at work.
YES pony hoarder. Me too!
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I'm also in the not a brony camp, but definitely an adult collector (g1-g3), and I... literally leapt spectacularly through a 2nd hand shop just yesterday and grabbed a pony. And bought her. xD I alsosometimes wear pins or stuff on bags, and I have a few primark and h&m pony clothing items. other than that, it's not really too obvious until you enter my house xD I have all my army ponies displayed in the middle of my living room and in case someone is visiting that doesn't know I collect I just go 'oh, yeah, that's 1/3rd of my MLP collection. I collect ponies'.
I just imagined you executing an amazing leap over the heads of several customers, before doing perfect pirouettes all the way up to the cash register with pony in hand.
Haha, I like to imagine it like that but it probably looked more like
"PONY!!!"
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That picture is me when I want something.
This one time in Tesco the Gloom n Bloom Monster High dolls were on clearance. This dad and his daughter was looking through the dolls, the dad was about to pick up Venus McFlytrap for his daughter but I swooped in and got it. The girl had a distraught look on her face but I just smirked and walked away with it.
A shop had two ponies that I wanted, this person wanted them for their child, I picked up the one I wanted and left the other for this person.
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The other day I went to a second hand store, but it´s a store that sells kids´clothes, toys etc. I bought a figure of HTTYD. The lady said: Who is the lucky kid that will be so happy? I responded my nephew, but in my mind: My inner child?!
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I've always kept it on the down low. I live in a small town where gossip travels fast, and since I'm sure some people already think I'm a weirdo I don't need that to fuel it. It's why I seldom buy pony stuff from the Dollar General here (those G1's I purchased at a garage sale earlier this year were really pushing it). I've only been asked a few times, and if asked I say it's for my niece. I have been asked if they were for me a couple times at Hot Topic and Vintage Stock (the one at HT was OK to admit to as she had on a t shirt that featured a G1 with a pentagram cutie mark).
I do have a covert sign on my car in the form of Dash's cutie mark. It's plain white so it just looks like a cloud and lightning bolt, which goes with the tornado one I have also and my license plate sign saying I'm a storm spotter. I have several pony shirts I either bought or got for being a sponsor level at a convention, but I don't wear them unless it's somewhere way out of town (and even then I usually don't. I especially don't wear one when going to buy pony stuff!)
The only people who know about me being into MLP is my uncle (who lives with me), my railfanning friend (though he doesn't know how into it I am), and of course my sister and her 2 kids (that are full time brony/pegasister). I used to have a good chunk of my stuff on display in the 2 main rooms of my house, but I've moved most into my bedroom. Still have enough out though to make it awkward if someone comes over (my MH dolls are in my mom's hutch and I'll just say they were hers. :P Same with my unicorn collection, though some of those were actually hers).
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well Im not a brony but I never hid the fact that I collect ponies, Pokemon or anime stuff.
Don't really care what people think.
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i used to be quite embarassed about shopping for toys, especially by myself, but ive all about gotten over it. i used to care a lot about how the store ppl thought about me and what i bought, but then i got a job working retail and now i understand that they just couldnt care less. Adults buy toys all the time. wether it be for themselves, or for their kid, or whatever, if they dont tell me i dont care and i dont assume anything about them. its just one more customer out of a million.
ive lately being trying my hardest to get over my fear of FILMING in the toy section, so i can start toy vlogging.
while checking out buying tons of toys is one thing, i sometimes feel like pointing cameras at all the toys is different. but, with this day and age and how many toy channels there are on youtube, i feel more and more like they wouldnt care about that either.
Oooo, what's your youtube channel?
I can see how you might be shy about filming while you're in a store, but you're right, I hardly bat an eye when people have their phone out and look like they're taking pictures or filming.
On a side note, my neighbors see me outside spraying finish on ponies and dolls that I'm customizing. I can't imagine what goes through their heads when they see me spraying toys? :art:
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So today was the first day of my new job working at the thrift store where I hunt for ponies. I confirmed today it's OK to wear a T shirt and printed is ok. So...even though there's a uniform vest that covers much of it, I will be sure to wear pony T shirts that stick out a little under the vest. I think I'm going to wear some pony pins on the vest too maybe; I don't see any rule against it.
I also got to use my Pinky/Twily/Dash soup thermos for the first time but didn't have any company for lunch so it went unobserved. All the staff there already know I'm a pony nut so it's like coming out or anything but still, I'm going to revel in being pony-branded at work.
I got me some G1 looking at ponies in Target pics yesterday, and no one even seemed to notice I was setting up stuff all over the floor to take pictures. I wanted to get pics at Walmart too but the pony selection at the one I went to is bad so I'll try again at the other walmart near my other job.
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Congrats on your new job lostpony. :)
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Maybe it's been said but I think cashiers ask "is that for your daughter/sister" ... etc. because they want to make themselves feel better - for whatever reason they have an insecurity about it. I don't take it personal and half the time I say it's for me and half the time I don't - depending on my mood.
I just figure they see a guy in his 30s buying a pony and they feel unsure about it so internally they tell themselves a story and then ask. Not my problem but either way I try to respond cheerfully And positively.
Working in retail is tough and annoying, especially interacting face to face and I genuinely have empathy for that.
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And let's be honest: How good is your Poker Face? If I'm buying ponies ... I've just made a conquest!!! I'm gonna keep it at arms distance or closer, I'm gonna be reading the box, look at accessories (if it's new), the endorphins are running.
On the other hand if I was REALLY buying for a nephew , I'd toss that WWE figure (Noah Fence) on the belt and peruse the candy shelf for Caramel M&Ms.
So it's probably obvious we got that pony for ourselves anyway.
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Maybe it's been said but I think cashiers ask "is that for your daughter/sister" ... etc. because they want to make themselves feel better - for whatever reason they have an insecurity about it. I don't take it personal and half the time I say it's for me and half the time I don't - depending on my mood.
I just figure they see a guy in his 30s buying a pony and they feel unsure about it so internally they tell themselves a story and then ask. Not my problem but either way I try to respond cheerfully And positively.
Working in retail is tough and annoying, especially interacting face to face and I genuinely have empathy for that.
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And let's be honest: How good is your Poker Face? If I'm buying ponies ... I've just made a conquest!!! I'm gonna keep it at arms distance or closer, I'm gonna be reading the box, look at accessories (if it's new), the endorphins are running.
On the other hand if I was REALLY buying for a nephew , I'd toss that WWE figure (Noah Fence) on the belt and peruse the candy shelf for Caramel M&Ms.
So it's probably obvious we got that pony for ourselves anyway.
Haven't tried the caramel MnMs. The coffee ones are weird.
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Working in retail is tough and annoying,
the endorphins are running.
So it's probably obvious we got that pony for ourselves anyway.
Having worked now one day in retail, I have to say it's tough. I'm glad I respected that in the first place or I'd feel pretty bad. Small talk about the purchases is probably all that's getting those poor people through their day that just drones on and on and on, with another day just like it to look forward to and not exactly a lot of pay.
You're right, I don't think I'd be much able to hide pony excitement if I wanted to. Now off to my second day, the first was like 2, 2, 2 days in one. Ack. I'd rather try and get schizophrenics to come to their appointments all day, at least that job is only half days. Oh goody, that's tomorrow.
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So today was the first day of my new job working at the thrift store where I hunt for ponies. I confirmed today it's OK to wear a T shirt and printed is ok. So...even though there's a uniform vest that covers much of it, I will be sure to wear pony T shirts that stick out a little under the vest. I think I'm going to wear some pony pins on the vest too maybe; I don't see any rule against it.
I also got to use my Pinky/Twily/Dash soup thermos for the first time but didn't have any company for lunch so it went unobserved. All the staff there already know I'm a pony nut so it's like coming out or anything but still, I'm going to revel in being pony-branded at work.
I got me some G1 looking at ponies in Target pics yesterday, and no one even seemed to notice I was setting up stuff all over the floor to take pictures. I wanted to get pics at Walmart too but the pony selection at the one I went to is bad so I'll try again at the other walmart near my other job.
Congratulations on your new job :happy:
We have a lot of toy collectors where I live, so much so that we have a convention once a month for toys from the 80s/90s, so I know lots of different toy collectors in the area and will see them at thrift shops etc. In addition, we have tons of comic cons as well, so I see lots of bronies too. We all get to observe each other out in the wild ;)
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That's it, I'm moving to Canada.
Do they accept Trump refugees?
And thankses for the congratses
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That's it, I'm moving to Canada.
Do they accept Trump refugees?
And thankses for the congratses
I hope we accept Trump refugees! I'd love to have more pony collecting pals! We literally have a fantasy/scifi convention/comic con/toy con etc every month and all over the Greater Toronto Area. I buy way too many things D:
I fully support you moving here to pony-it-up with me :D
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I...was joking, but now I'm going to do a little research...
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I...was joking, but now I'm going to do a little research...
:happy:
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No. But I feel a lot of shame about buying Transformers. I don't want people to know I'm a TransformHER :lol:
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I get embarrassed when I'm rooting through the toys in charity shops, hunting for any G1s, but I figure people will just think I'm buying for a cousin or other child. Really though, I'd rather get the pony even if people think I'm weird, than go without but be normal in the eyes of people I probably wont see again.
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No. But I feel a lot of shame about buying Transformers. I don't want people to know I'm a TransformHER :lol:
Ha ha, omg!
Although I think of the TF fans I know in real life, there are actually more girls than guys. :D
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No. But I feel a lot of shame about buying Transformers. I don't want people to know I'm a TransformHER :lol:
Ha ha, omg!
Although I think of the TF fans I know in real life, there are actually more girls than guys. :D
Thing is I wouldn't want to be confused with most of these girls, either :lol:
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No. But I feel a lot of shame about buying Transformers. I don't want people to know I'm a TransformHER :lol:
:lol: You people crack me up. I'm a TF fan.
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I'm a fan of the Transformers animated movie with Leonard Nimoy. It was awesome.
I don't really know TF otherwise. The little I've seen of the current series of movies seem hard to watch. Some of the old toys are pretty darn cool and the middle-east oil metaphor "carbomya" clips are delightfully awful.