Do you like keeping/collecting ponies in their original package?

[NinaMarie]

I got into collecting when 3rd gen started. I'm the kind of person who wants to play with their toys. I knew they could become as collectable as the first gen but they are toys and toys are meant to be played with. Of course I made sure to save all the original packaging just in case. I have the 25th anniversary repro 3-pack of Snuzzle, Blossom, and Minty that I never opened. And the very last pony I bought before deciding as a poor college student I shouldn't spend money on ponies was the 25th anniversary Wysteria with cascading cutie mark, i never opened though I'm not sure why..


I tell you though, I may think toys should be played with but it nearly killed me to let some younger cousins play with any of them because "only I know how to brush their hair just right"   The collector in me


Now that they are no longer the sold in stores version if I happened upon some G3s still in their box i'd leave them that way.

[Flitter]

I let them free! That said I only collect G4 so I don't know how much it really matters....There are certain ponies I might consider keeping MIB if I got them but I like my ponies out on display.
If I ever came across a MIB G1 though.. actually I'd most likely take it out and keep the packaging. Of the pics of MIP G1 I see mostly the packaging looks kinda old and icky so I'd want to take it out.

[invaderhorizongreen]

I got two mib gen 3 but knowing how plastics can react negatively with each other i take them out for their sakes but keep the boxes nice.

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

If I were to find a G1-G3 in a box, and the box was in a good condition, I'd keep them in it. If the box was ruined, I'd take them out, and put the box someplace else. As for G3.5 and G4, I take them all out.

[Koudoawaia]

I'm typically not an MIB collector. My husband is keeping the Fluttershy I bought him MIB and she's the only MIB pony in the house.

[DazzleKitty]

If I have the opportunity to get a MOC G1 for a great deal then I will. I adore having them in the original packaging. I think it's really cool!

[babystarz]

Yes, I've run out of room for my G1 MOC collection and have started putting nails in the wall to hang them on to save space My den is going to look like a toy store soon. Also had sizable G2 and G3 MOC collections and have sold most of them, as I've decided to focus on G1 and G4. I have every non-exclusive G4 MIB ( and I'm only missing 1 exclusive loose). I also have all of the Fashion Styles loose and MIB, because they are my favorite G4's

I'm never tempted to de-box. If I want a pony loose that I already have MOC, I just buy it loose. I see no sense in de-boxing and therefore devaluing!

[okiegurl1981]

Most of mine are opened.  I don't have the room to display them MIB, and besides, I love playing with the hair!   I do keep special ones in the package.  Like all my fair, comic con, and other special edition ponies, the Core-7 inspirational ponies, and my birthstone pony.

[ZennaBug]

Not me.  I think it would be too tempting to open them up and brush the hair, so I just buy my ponies loose.  They like to BREATHE!  The only pony I would ever want MIB is Little Flitter.  Some day.  I have 10 loose, so I think I could handle leaving one in box.

[Water_Fire]

Oooh no, I could never keep my ponies in their boxes! I know it's daft but I find it a bit sad, because if they're in their boxes they can't play with the other ponies!


Toy Story clearly stuck with me as a kid.


For this reason I would never buy a G1/2 that was MIB, I know they're really valuable that way and other collectors would kill me if I opened them, haha!

[Xaniss]

I *mainly* collect G1's (though some G3's have squirreled their way into my home ) but no, I won't debox either generation I own... simply because they aren't made anymore, thus no more chances of getting them MOC.

... I'm never tempted to de-box. If I want a pony loose that I already have MOC, I just buy it loose. I see no sense in de-boxing and therefore devaluing!

Hear hear Babystarz!! I second your logical thinking! 

[lochnessmomster]

I *mainly* collect G1's (though some G3's have squirreled their way into my home ) but no, I won't debox either generation I own... simply because they aren't made anymore, thus no more chances of getting them MOC.

... I'm never tempted to de-box. If I want a pony loose that I already have MOC, I just buy it loose. I see no sense in de-boxing and therefore devaluing!

Hear hear Babystarz!! I second your logical thinking! 

Makes perfect sense to me.  On the one hand, it's nice to take a pony out of its box.  Whether people don't have the space or they just want to be able to hold it, play with it, brush its hair, etc., I can understand why many prefer to let their ponies loose.  On the other hand, we're not talking about easy-to-find G4s here or common enough G3s.  A mint-in-box (on card, or in package) G1 pony is so much harder to find and so much more expensive.  If you're a serious collector, it seems to make the most sense to keep them in their plastic prisons. ;-)

[hathorcat]

Um, well, no, not really but when I was young I kept all the cards and bubbles so if a pony was naughty they used to get recarded   Mum made me get rid of the bubbles though so I have no where to put the bad ponies any more

*giggle*....I have visions of you in casing them again in little plastic prisons if they had played naughty!

[Griffin]

There was one option missing: I would collect them if I could afford them.   That is, if we're talking about G1. But I like loose ponies better, so I picked "Yes, but maybe just a few special ones". I'd certainly love to have a MOC Gusty, for example! Or some of my childhood ponies, although I still have mine and they're in a pretty good condition, too. But it'd be nice to have one with the packaging and all. ^^

So far I've kept my G4 ponies in their boxes, except the mane 6, but I'm not sure yet if I shall keep them that way or debox them later. I'm not interested in buying any MIB G3s either, they're so much prettier loose.

[Lavender_Lace]

I used to buy as many ponies MIB as I could, but had to sell them all a few years ago due to $ issues.  I  miss my wall o ponies.  The only MOC ponies I have now are G2s (copper glow and the christmas baby) a bunch of G3s (I don't even know what I have) and a Diamond Rose...she might get opened though.  I bought her and Cherry Pie with the intention of keeping them MIB, and Cherry Pie needed to be released and played with. 

I had no problems keeping the G1 ponies MOC, but playsets are a different story.  I've bought and opened a Baby Bonnet School of Dance, a Poof 'n' Puff Perfume Palace, and a UK Kitchen.  I still have them and have no intention of getting rid of them.  I really enjoy being able to play with them with my daughters and have them on display.  I think part of why I liked buying the playsets MIB the most is because it drives me nuts having missing pieces.