I don't own any of these myself so i can't check, but did they use the FF mould as a base, instead of the revised collector pose?  That would explain the tipping; the original FF's are only semi-stable because of their very heavy tail washers - without them, they go nose down at the slightest touch.

The collectors pose repros were flat footed, yes. I tried opening one once to try and weight down their back legs and found that they had plastic washers, too. So that explains the tipping over all the time. 

I think more accurate to original packaging would've been a better hit with the repros too, though. I was only 12 or so when they did the collector pose rereleases, but by that age I'd already read about previous generations online so I was super excited to be able to "buy old ponies from the store just like kids in the 80s would have!", so I think there's a market for slightly older children with repros as well? I was so incredibly disappointed when stores here never got the rainbow ponies, so I really wish Hasbro has tried a little harder to make them more accessible, like packaging them singly to make them easier nostalgia-impulse buys for adults. $15 on ponies at once was a lot as a kid 

I seem to recall g3 having two very similar pink hair shades, one was the usual fading pink, and the other looked like almost the exact same colour, but slightly more... fluorescent? And it didn't fade nearly as easily. I just grabbed a couple ponies to compare and I believe Secret Wish has the latter type of light pink hair.

Is it just me, or do some of them look less proportionate than others?

I would probably buy at least Firefly though, her wings seem to balance out the big head a little better to me

These are all such nice stories!

I got four "first ponies". I remember pretty clearly that I was 7, and I'd just finished grade 2 so it was summer of 2003 right when g3 launched, and my parents brought me to the local TRU so i could pick out a couple of toys as a reward for getting a good report card.
We were kind of just wandering through the store (I was just "getting over" Barbies so I didn't have a "type" of toy) when Razzaroo really caught my eye, and I was like, wait I found someting I like!  My parents said the sign said that there was a sale, something like "buy a playset, get a single pony 50% off", so I could get both of the playsets and choose two of the single ponies if they were something I really liked. I looked around and found the other playset with Moondancer, and then I chose Sunny Daze (she looked so bright and pretty up on that highest peg!), and Rainbow Dash.
Here's my original crew as of a few days ago


The whole time I was trying to choose, my mum kept telling me to "get the orange one!" so a couple weeks later, we ended up back at the store and she bought me Sparkleworks too because she liked her that much.

The other day I took some ponies out of a plastic bin in my closet to switch out my display, and upon unpacking a few I noticed that some of my g3s had acquired spots on their plastic in the last few months?

They were mostly brownish-black looking spots on purple ponies, and a few also had spots that were lightening to a pinkish colour. I tried to get pictures, but my apartment lighting wouldn't cooperate. The spots wouldn't come off, and the pink spots looked incredibly similar in nature to my regrind-y g1s.

They were stored very carefully. Each pony was wrapped with tissue, and those with hair colours know to transfer like chartreuse were also placed in (unsealed, to prevent trapping moisture) ziploc bags. They were in a plastic tote, in my own closet, and I live in a very dry climate, so my only guess is that they're beginning to have aging problems? Has anyone else experienced age related issues with their g3s already? (ok, maybe "already" isn't quite right, these things are 13 years old now and I'm just trying not to make myself feel too old )

Hi! I'm Cynthia. I know it sounds girly, but I'd appreciate if people could use gender neutral language in reference to me, ie "they" instead of he/she, "person" instead of man/woman.

I'm 20 years old, and I started collecting g3 ponies as a 7 year old kid when they hit stores, but around highschool I had also moved into collecting g1-2 ponies secondhand. I love restoring the really beat up ones! I'm not big on g4 but I still try to scrounge up some new pony fun when finances allow. :9 I have around 350 ponies total, I think? g3s and g1 restoration projects are definitely the majority round these parts, though.

I'm from western Canada & I'm struggling with my health right now, but when health permits I'm planning to go to law school, and I'd like to live abroad at some point. My non pony hobbies are drawing, writing, cosplay, cooking, and I'd like to get into videogame design eventually!

Looking forward to chatting about ponies with everyone here!