I for one have a dvd/bluray collection because I'm old school;

Always good to have the physical media: it won't expire from some service.

I used to pick up toy robots back in the 90s; nothing expensive or exceptionally collectable.
At one point we used to collect Depression Glass, but that's pretty much over now that my mother and aunt are gone.
Starting in the late 80s we collected Pocket Dragons, only stoping when the manufacture moved out of the UK.

White pony with a jewel? Gimme two!

Epic finds!

Welcome to the Arena!

Wow, what an amazing collection!

What is that name? Bramley? It sounds like pony Chad.
She's new to me.

A type of apple used in cooking because its sour.

Not sure about the sour part but she certainly is bright.

I would nominate the original "Mini Set" blind bags.

• Lots of original and interesting characters that were rather accurate to the show. Two of three figures were, typically, new and non-mane 6 six, so good there.
• As for value, they were comparable in price to individual figures but you knew what you were getting. And most paint jobs were pretty good.
• I found them fun to collect, and of the bunches of blind bags I have, some of the first sets from that run are still out for display because they make me happy. In particular, the twins from "Cake Family Babysitting Fun" *squee*

The Funko minis were better looking characters than the blind bags, equally static poses though, but they were blind purchases and a lot pricier.

The Nightmare Night Friendship is Magic Collection of blind bags is pretty great too, but I have to fault it for poor availability and distribution which drove up the costs in secondary markets. Four years on, I can't find Spike's set at a reasonable price. Hard to say something is "best" when you can't get it.



Post Merge: January 19, 2020, 07:50:25 PM

Wacky Extra:
Stratos Skyranger Movie Sounds Action GOH-
Buyyyyyyy this guyyyyyy while he is cheap. He's an old school giant action figure with wing flapping light up and sound action. And ironically, he's the most pony like thing G4 ever produced. I'm gonna say it: He's MOST!
But he's not like the movie and he's not even a hippogriff because they didn't give him a beak/bird head, but a real horse nose. So he's not even accurate. But he's actually fab looking with accurate horse-back-legs, beautifully done hair, excellent proportions and is actually really graceful with the big wings. They wrote him out of the movie, but don't write him out of the collection.

I got him for Christmas a couple of years ago and he was a hoot to mess around with. First, his trigger-tail, then his snappy claws! And his eyes light up, right? He only lost his display spot because of his size. An invasion of G3s pushed him back into storage.

In a similar vein, for my "wacky" extra, I'd have to nominate GoH green fire loogie-spitting Spike. Too bad I never had Shining Armor saddle him up and fight... well, who ever they were supposed to fight. 

For MLP: First, this year I want (need) to be a little more discriminating in my purchases; I failed utterly in December, because "it's on sale". This leads to the second goal which is to have more things on display. Way too many ponies are stashed away and forgotten.
Everything else: Find more G.I. Joes and accessories to rebuild my original sets. Finally, get the Tenchi Muyo! Series 3 "Super D" figures that seem non-existent.