G2 Appreciation?

[Epona]

I didnt like them at all at first. But they have grown on me since my mom found one at a thrift store (she has the best pony luck). She has found 2 for me so far and there are a couple that I actually really want. My favorites are the walking baby pose. They just look soo happy.
I really dislike the fused legs though

Check out HoustonCollector72's brag thread on here. Its what really changed my mind on them. I love seeing the new arrivals.

[Elfpony]

Although G1 are my faves (childhood ponies), I think G2 are my second faves.  I loved them right away when I found them in a Zellers in 1997.  I was in 2nd year university and we happened to see them while shopping.  My friends and I all bought one (I got Sky Skimmer - that was my favourite pony colour combination).  It was actually getting her that propelled me into "adult" pony collecting and looking for G1s again.  Eventually, I ended up with the other G2s my friends had bought too.

I like the look of them (except those giant ball necks some of them have - ugh) and I think they have some of the best accessories since G1.  I wish I had bought up more of them back in the early 2000s when they were cheap and so few collectors seemed to be interested in them.

Elf

[MoonStars]

I love them and their sparkly eyes. 

[diamondshy]

Oh man.  Even though my friend's childhood G1 collection got me into MLP, it was my own, first pony that was a G2.  She just looked so much more elegant to me and I loved her~

[Star Spark]

Wow, so cool to see other G2 fans! It feels like they get completely forgotten sometimes. I do think that a supporting cartoon or other fiction would have really helped it along (it worked for Beast Wars, though admittedly not so well for G.I. Joe Extreme). I think Ivy and Clever Clover are the favorites of the ones I have, though I'd love a unicorn someday.

I have a quick question, though- I found Birthday Sundance at a local thrift a few months ago, but collector sites are showing this set as Europe only- did this particular version of Sundance ever have a North American release? Just trying to figure out how she ended up here.

[PinkRosedust]

I have loved G2 from the first time I saw them. I had G1s very early (since before I can even remember), but I was only 7 when G2 came out, so they were still childhood ponies for me right along side G1. They have REALLY grown in popularity in the last several years. When I first started collecting (2003), the European ones were considerably more affordable. =P

I have a quick question, though- I found Birthday Sundance at a local thrift a few months ago, but collector sites are showing this set as Europe only- did this particular version of Sundance ever have a North American release? Just trying to figure out how she ended up here.

Yes, that was released in the US. I have that set from childhood. =) Looks like it's a mistake.

[Pheasant]

Did someone say G2s? 8D

My collection is fairly small, consisting of MM Ivy, Princess Sweetberry, Sky Skimmer, Clever Clover, Drifter and Dreamer, Seabreeze, and Berry Bright(?). I've been a fan ever since I was about seven, when I was given the PC game as a gift.

[hilamb]

I love G2's. My fave generation ever. 

[Icecrystalline]

They're not my favourite, nor are they my least favourite, but I will say this, they will always have a special place in my heart, since they were the ones in stores that I grew up with, and I remember my mum buying my Ivy and her Beauty Parlour brand new from Mothercare. I doted on that Ivy.

[daisyd]

I like G2s, and it makes me slightly happy that I'm in the minority in some ways - because it makes it easier to buy them almost, as less people want them *greedy person here*

[Rainfeather]

I appreciate them.

When they first came out (I was 14 then) I didn't like them. But they have grown on me over the years. Probably because by now they make me nostalgic lol!

I only collect G1's now though.
But I think in the feature when I have room, and allmost all of my G1's I will start to collect them too.

I find them regularly here on fleamarkets. But I live in Europe.

[Zapper]

Those are the ponies that starte to emerge when I was already done with ponies, but they were also the ones I remember commercials of and saw in stores. The thing is: they never registered as MLP to me. They looked like some other product because of their drastic change in look.

But I can appreciate them! I'm honest, I'd like to have one or two one day. Just to make my collection complete (G2 is the only gen I'm missing in my herd).
I really covet Ivy. She's everybody's favorite, could that be?

[Dreamer]

I think G2 ponies are unique and elegant. I don't have any of them yet, but when I find one... hehe

[lovesbabysquirmy]

When I was a kid, I hated that they were smaller and thinner.  I remember being very sad about it. 

Now they are super hard to find and I get excited when I do see one at the thrift store.  So far, I have only found two.  They are definitely growing on me... I would rather have a G2 collection than a G3 or a G4.  Guess that says something.

[Moonbreeze]

Awh yeah, the G2s were my childhood ponies! <3 They were the MLP's for me. I really disliked the G1 at the beginning because I didn't know them
I've got them all a few years back, but I'm still on the hunt for accessories and merch!