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My collection does not belong to or exist for the community.My collection is for me to enjoy.Not for someone else to enjoy.My collection is appropriate and appreciated by me, for me. Right now. In the present. Plastic ponies are not real living endangered species.
But anyway everyone is entitled to their own opinions
(...) but the moment you start bragging about all the things you customised or decarded, then you bring it into other people's faces, and that has an impact on those people and how they feel. I think it's fine to do what you believe in, but it doesn't hurt to consider other people's positions before making that kind of a post.
Quote from: Lollipop on September 07, 2017, 07:21:29 PMBut anyway everyone is entitled to their own opinions And this is the most important motif of this thread As for the MIP/decard debate, it is I think still the most controversial thing in the community, with people firmly on both sides for different reasons. When I first came into pony collecting online I didn't understand anything about MOC. A lot of ponies we got from clearance stores in the middle 1990s (a lot of which are htf now) got decarded or deboxed because I was still mostly a kid and didn't think about the consequences. I wouldn't say I regret that, because I was still a teenager and I didn't know any better.But I guess with time I've come to a very firm position about ponies in packaging. I think it came about mostly because I collect UK ponies in package, and they are not like the US release ponies. There are a lot of US release ponies on card still from some sets, like the TAF ponies and the TE ponies from the first set. I don't personally like the idea of decarding those, but in a sense, if one or two are decarded, it doesn't obliterate the existence of those items from our community. Maybe this makes me a hypocrite, I don't know, but I feel it's best to be honest. UK MOC examples from the old years are already scarce. I feel like that means one decarded pony basically removes a piece of our knowledge going forwards.For me decarding a MOC pony is the same as tossing a Nirvana pony into the incinerator, or cutting it into pieces. If someone wants to do that to a Nirvana, or a OOAK pony, they can. It's their property, right? I suspect that there'd be much more outrage about that than there is about decarding though. For those of us for whom specific MIP ponies are the grail item, it's very upsetting when people post bragging about decarding, post images, videos etc. I don't say that you can't do as you like with your own property, but I find those threads really provocative.Not liking something is not a reason to disrespect the people who do, basically. That's how I feel about things like this. I don't like Takara ponies or piggy ponies, but if I had one, I'd sell it. I wouldn't take time to mutilate or customise it and then post images or video about it on the forum bragging about how much I had enjoyed the process.If you have something in a form you don't like, then it makes sense to me to sell it, get the money and buy the thing you actually want. I don't understand the mentality of anyone who has something they don't like, knows someone else wants it, and instead of selling it so it can be appreciated, they choose to destroy it "because they can."Basically it's more than about an individual's personal right over their property. I think that everyone does have that right, even if that is decarding or customising, but there are ways and means in which to tackle it and sometimes discretion is the better part of valour. It's fine to consider your collection yours to do with as you like, but the moment you start bragging about all the things you customised or decarded, then you bring it into other people's faces, and that has an impact on those people and how they feel. I think it's fine to do what you believe in, but it doesn't hurt to consider other people's positions before making that kind of a post. And now I'm expecting to be pelted by the fakies, but that is my unpopular opinion in favour of the community over the individual in pony collecting
Well, this will clearly be an unpopular opinion. But I say if you are going to unbox a MIP g1 anyway, go ahead and record it. At least that way there is a record and others can vicariously enjoy the moment with you. I did that exact thing with a carded Blueberry Baskets. She was water damaged and moldy inside the bubble. But I recorded the opening and clean up so others could vicariously experience something they hadn't experienced in 30 years.
Are the Sunshine ponies popular? I love Waverunner and Beach Ball. Ponyfan
Are the Sunshine ponies popular? I love Waverunner and Beach Ball.