Any pony regrets?

[Tracks]

I think my biggest one was when a friend gave me Lightning and Fireball (Yes, gave) as he said his kids had outgrown them.

Turns out his kids were heartbroken at the thought of the ponies going and so in doing the decent thing, I gave them back!

I kinda regret that one somewhat now!

Whats your biggest regrets?

[cannibalism]

not getting into ponies when i was a kid, and getting some from all my friends who were into them. i used to be "the horse kid" in my class and i wanted to get away from that, and also anything girly i wanted to seperate from. so i never played with them. even though i distinctly remember my best friend at the time had a whole lot of g1s.

wish i had taken the time to appreciate their beauty!

[Khayman81]

I still regret not keeping my ponies from my childhood. They may come back, like Flurry did, but how will they be?
As Cannibalism said, I let them fade away because they were to girly stuff and I had already many troubles at school without them... but now I regret not being stronger and try harder to get more ponies.
The first one I got is Twinkler and I remember having her and Starhopper in my hands and I took the pegasus instead of the unicorn.
But I was really happy when I bought her early this year from
australia ^^

[Elfpony]

Giving away my childhood collection when I was 13 (if only I'd known!)

Not buying more G2s when they were cheap and plentiful and most collectors weren't interested in them.

Elf

[EnaRocketQueen]

It's a common one, but getting rid of my childhood collection when I thought I'd "outgrown" them.

[Shaiyeh]

Not buying more G2s when they were cheap and plentiful and most collectors weren't interested in them.

Yep. me too!

[Einhornbaby]

Trading away some of my childhood ponies... one came back, the rest will never. And I soo regret it... so much. :'(

[Thunderwing]

Not spending the $150 at the time for MOC Diamond Glow (the last G2 I need, the last G2 I have needed for 6 years!) because I was buying Golden Glow II at the time at that price and thought it was too much.

Finding a bag full of barrettes at Value Village for $2.99, and thinking "huh, several of those kinda familiar... where have I see those before...?" but not wanting to waste $3 on a chance, I left it there. Went home, later that day was on Dream Valley just read'in stuff, and realized those barrettes were familiar because they were Princess Crowns!  Ran back to the store, but the bag was gone... 

[gold.standard]

Had just got back into collecting and had passed up a Bright Eyes for 8 bucks because she was really dirty and I didn't believe in myself to fix her up and had no idea how much she was worth u_u

also not getting the non-mane 6 ponies when they first came out because I only really wanted rarity and fluttershy, silly silly me

[Strandperle]

I regret that I didn't start to collect earlier in my life. When I got started, ponies were already nearly gone from flea markets. If I only had discovered my pony addiction five years earlier... or when I was a child (at that time flea markets where flooded with ponies!)... I don't even want to think about that!

Oh, and when I started collecting I left a Baby Würfelchen behind at a flea market because she had white and not pink hair  silly me!

[Taffeta]

I think back to when I was 11 and I thought about getting rid of my ponies and my mum said, put them in the attic for a bit and see how you feel. So grateful to her for preventing that big regret because I would never have forgiven myself if I didn't have my childhood ponies. Sister and I were also really lucky with both our carboot timing and online timing, because ponies were cheaper and more plentiful and there was so much new info flying around. It was an exciting time to be a pony collector.

My regrets...

Not buying up Takara when I was first buying things from Japan 10 years ago. They would've paid my university rent for a while, sigh.

Selling Italian boxed Baby North Star is a regret of mine, because the box was so pretty. I have a US one but I don't really like it the same, although it's the same box style as the UK one had. Just the Italian boxes from 87 are really different.

I did regret selling MOC Applejack (y3) because I realised after I did it that I didn't have her at all, loose! But I put that right last summer, so it's no longer a regret and I hope the MOC one I had is still being enjoyed in her home.

Otherwise, I guess taking so long to trust the pony community again after stuff that happened 15 years ago. I spent a long time just on the fringes because I wanted to avoid confrontation with them and I feel a lot passed me by because of that. You should never let idiots stop you from enjoying something you love. I was so young and idiotically naive that I allowed them to damage my love for MLP for way too long. That was my weakness and I regret it, but I don't regret coming back, even if it is a bit late

[BethyVic]

Giving away my childhood ponies.  I didn't have many, but I loved them.  I also regret not keeping every pony I had in my collection as an adult.  As I was collecting, I would go through fazes where I liked seaponies or SS or flutters and then when I was no longer interested I would sell them or trade them.  There are probably 70 ponies that I sold and I wish I still had them. However, my biggest regret is when I left a bag of my most loved ponies in my apartment elevator and when I realized I left them, they were gone. $600 or so worth of beautiful and rare ponies and somebody took them.  Most of them were mint and I had spent years tracking each of them down. I was devastated.  Sadly, my goddaughter's wand from Harry Potter in Orlando was in there too. 

[SpaceButtPonies]

Regretting avoiding the early G4s when I had the chance. Working at TRU I could have gotten them all so easily at the time. Now I want them all and spending tripple the price for them

[Miniature Sheep]

My biggest regret would be passing up a TLC Bunny Hop for 99p on eBay. She didn't have her pocket symbol but I could've put in some practice on a fakie and learned to paint a new symbol for her - then she would've been unique! Still, I hope she managed to find the new lease of life she deserved with someone else.

[SkyCakes]

Giving away my childhood ponies to a bunch of little girls that came over to my house. They played with them and I gave them to the little girl or two girls. I regret that I never found them of course. I only have two childhood ponies. I was a teenager at the time and too cool for ponies. Sure I have more ponies than I ever did as a kid but I still regret it.