Wow, thank you both so much for that info!! I love this forum!

I recently stayed in San Diego at the Best Western Seven Seas. It's def a no-frills sorta place, but it was decent and less than $100.

Mine would probably either be MO Sweet Scoops or my MIB Princess Sunbeam.

I got Sweet Scoops at Savers (Value Village) in a bag with other G1s for $3.99 and I received MIB Princess Sunbeam for my birthday about 10 years ago from my aunt who purchased a bunch of MIB Princess Sunbeams when they were in stores and stored them in her attic. She ran a youth group called the Sunbeams, so that is why she bought them.

Oh my gosh I LOVE them!! I'm so sad they were never created! Pretty interesting they decided to include this art in the little book.

It's here it's here!! My box has arrived!! Ok, well it technically came yesterday. I heard the post person knock on my door as I was getting changed to go to work. I saw the package and knew immediately it was from my swap partner, Cricket! I got out of work around midnight, so I opened this box this morning. I'm so freaking in LOVE with this box!!

So after opening the shipping box, I pulled out this beautiful box (seriously, I love the colors!)
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When I took the lid off the box, it was so exciting to see all of these beautiful gifts waiting for me!
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Here's everything out of the box. The wrapping paper is lovely!
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And after neatly tearing through all of these packages (I loved the variety of wrapping styles!), here are the amazing goodies/extras that I received!
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Seriously, the G1 hot chocolate!? Are you kidding me!? I am SO excited about this I just love it!! I can't wait to get into all of the chocolate, especially the Frozen egg. I've never had a Kinder egg or anything, and this seems very similar. The nail polishes and files are much appreciated! I have nothing on my nails now, so I think I'll have to try one of the polishes out soon!

And of course… the ponies!!
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Flurry! Oh my goodness, she is so gorgeous, just look at that PINK hair! I cannot believe what great condition she is in!
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Baby Brightbow. She is my first baby rainbow pony, which is a collection I have wanted to start for YEARS! Thank you for getting me the first of this set =) I love how long her mane is, I didn't realize that about the rainbow babies!
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NSS Shady. She is a pony I've wanted since I watched the MLP Movie when I was a kid! I have SS Shady, and I've even (unsuccessfully) tried to de-flock a SS Shady. I can't believe I finally have her!
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Baby Glider. So random that I have wanted her for so long. She's not really elusive or anything, I just always wanted her and never got her… until now of course  I just love her symbol and I adore her neon green forelock!
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Last but not least, High Flyer! I am SO excited about getting TWO wingers!! I cannot tell you how much I love wingers and I am slowly working to collect them all!
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Cricket, you did an amazing job. I love everything in this package, I can't even explain how much! I feel so spoiled, I love that you found me such a variety of ponies! Now that I've been collecting for so long, I know it's tough finding ponies I don't have. But because of that, it makes each pony from my want list that much more meaningful. These are all ponies that I have wanted for ages.
Thank you so much for these ponies and all of the extras. I hope you have a wonderful holiday!!

I remember walking through a store (Walmart maybe) and all of a sudden seeing "My Little Pony". I remember being shocked, I hadn't heard anything about it before. So I purchased my first G3 just because I couldn't believe they were back. I picked up Kimono. I was surprised mostly at the very different packaging, which was almost disappointing. The colors were very different, more bright and harsh with all the plastic instead of the soft, simple, pastel packaging I remembered. But the pony had similar eyes and you could tell it was made by Hasbro. I remember thinking why couldn't Hasbro have just used the same old molds? But I've got to be honest now thinking back, I'm glad they didn't. No ponies will ever be quite like G1s again and I'd rather a company not even bother trying. With that in mind, I am ok with what Hasbro did with the G3s.

They seemed to follow a similar pattern to the original ponies by releasing ponies in sets. However, I am never a fan of rereleases. I liked seeing different ponies, and the G3s just didn't have enough different ponies for me. But I don't think MLP collectors were exactly the audience Hasbro was going for. They are children's toys after all. I can sort of see how it was easy for kids to have a favorite pony that they loved and maybe wanted all of that pony. I see collectors doing a similar thing when they have "armies" of ponies.

By the time Core 7 came out, I was over the G3 fad. At this time, it seemed Hasbro was really focusing on the younger audience of children (which makes sense. They are a toy company after all), and they lost my attention. I never really got huge into G3s anyway. Beyond purchasing Kimono when they were first released, I purchased only a couple more MIB G3s from the store, and I think that was only because I picked them up for $2 or less.

Anything after that I haven't really paid attention to. The G3.5s are so odd, I just don't understand. It's like the focus group went from kids to toddlers. It was just TOO young. I think the G4s are doing a great job for Hasbro. They clearly have a huge following. For me as a collector? I'm not interested at all.

I love hearing about all the different types of cards people will be sending! I haven't gotten mine yet, but I'm still debating between handmade or buying. There are a bunch of vintage stores I plan to go to by next week, so I am hoping to find something great there! If not, I've already gotten some ideas for handmade cards =)

Sorry I don't have an answer, but I am curious about this as well!