Why do you Collect My Little Pony?

[xTic_Tac_Toex]

Hey everyone!

I'm really interested to know the main reason why you collect MLP. I'm actually doing a seminar in a couple of days on what motivates collecting, focused on toys and nostalgia specifically This poll would be a really nice thing to finish it with. You have 2 votes, so what would you say your top two reasons are for collecting?

Can't wait to see the results!

XTic_Tac_Toex

[Khema]

therapy for me. Washing and brushing the hair is very zen. I often take breaks from my school work to pick up a pony and just brush it's hair and kiss her nose.

I do enjoy the thrill of the hunt, but if that's all I wanted then I would sell the ponies once I found them, lol.

[ponycake]

Honestly, just because I think they're so pretty and I love how colorful they are. And definitely it's something to do, a hobby, that just sprung out of 'these are cute I want more.'

[InkyMilk]

You know...it's not something I've really given a lot of thought about since I started collecting. And when I sit here and try to think of a good response, I'm a little unsettled that I don't feel like I have one. I can say that they make me happy or that they're cute, but a LOT of things are cute and make me smile and I don't spend nearly the time, energy or money in collecting all those things. So why ponies?

I have to think on this a little more 

[doxiechic16]

I started to check all the boxes until I read the directions!   

I guess my top two reasons would be nostalgia and a sense of community, although I feel that all the other options apply to me, too.   

[OLumeVaSti]

I like the old memories they bring and hunting them down.

[achab1984]

I collect ponies cause I had them when I was little and they made me happy. I loved all of there pretty colors and there kind looking eyes When I look at ponies they bring back a lot of good memories and make me smile
I love to look at them and there pretty colors. So I have to say that its cause of my childhood.

[Salli]

I voted nostalgia and the hunt. But I also feel that all of these apply.

[LuckyTwirlerina]

It's mostly therapeutic for me. Washing ponies and brushing their hair or rearranging them is one of the few things that can consistently calm me down. I actually quite often end up styling ponies' hair as a way to wind down before bed, and didn't even realize until I thought about it just now!

Though I also find thrift store pony hunting incredibly fun and a bit of a thrill. The regular Value Village trips I make are always something to look forward to!

But again, unpackaging ponies and cleaning them up after finding them is really comforting. So it really is mostly a therapeutic thing for me. 

[ZamuelNow]

I believe I classify as "They make you happy".  Looking at things from an animation perspective, I seek out characters I like and am happy to get them when I find them.

[Violet CLM]

They're cute! okay and yeah some of that thrill of the hunt thing too

[Stars]

I love how they look and I think they're just so beautiful. I find combing their hair very soothing (another reason why I could never collect G4, not enough brushables)

I also only had one or two actual ponies as a child and mostly had my pony fix through the PC game. Collecting makes me feel like I'm claiming something back from my childhood that limited funds at the time prevented me from throughly enjoying.

[Sprintex]

Where's the option for "because the mrs does"?

Although that's probably the main reason for me as she's had ponies since childhood (and we share our hobbies anyway), I suppose the attraction was the atmosphere at last year's UK Ponycon - great sense of fun and a bit of silly escapism from an otherwise serious world

Seeing the way ponies make Clare happy makes me happy too, and makes me want to be involved


Paul

PS: OK they are cute as well

[Shenanigans]

I chose the first two but all of the options are really why I collect

[scarletjul]

I enjoy the thrill of the hunt and they make me smile.