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Quote from: pinkkittywinks on September 08, 2020, 11:12:59 AMTakara ponies are tricky, they are waaaayyyyy out of most people price range, so I think most people will blank them out.I am not sure you were saying this... But people don't have to physically own things to be fans of them. People can be fans of any pony, regardless of price, and own none.
Takara ponies are tricky, they are waaaayyyyy out of most people price range, so I think most people will blank them out.
Quote from: banditpony on September 08, 2020, 11:25:05 AMQuote from: pinkkittywinks on September 08, 2020, 11:12:59 AMTakara ponies are tricky, they are waaaayyyyy out of most people price range, so I think most people will blank them out.I am not sure you were saying this... But people don't have to physically own things to be fans of them. People can be fans of any pony, regardless of price, and own none. Of course they can I think PKW meant some people decide to not get into things they won't be able to afford. I do that, haha. I absolutely adore the Takara ponies, but choose to not get too into them because I'll just be sad I won't be able to get one of my own. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's like that ^^' But of course people can be into something they don't have.
Within the community, I would say no...my pony interests are pretty mainstream. But in real life, I don't know anyone who is into ponies other than my 5-year-old son, who is obsessed with g1 ponies and won't talk about anything else (to the point of being annoying sometimes!). If my family or friends knew the extent of my collection/interest in them, they would probably raise an eyebrow at my being a 40-year-old woman who collects/restores 30+-year-old toys, so I don't talk to anyone about it. My husband straight-up rolls his eyes. My sister knows I have our combined childhood collection in my possession, and that I am cleaning them up, but I doubt she realizes that I'm involved to the point of reading up on them online and interacting on a forum about them, and I feel like she might ridicule me a bit about it if she did, especially since I don't do social media (apparently that's weird to some people?...'so you won't get a Facebook account to talk to me, but you'll go online and talk about My Little Pony?'...) I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong, and it's all in my head, but I feel like that's how the people in my life would react, so I keep it to myself. It's okay...I've always been, maybe not really a loner, per se, but someone who enjoys time to myself, and my happiest moments these days are when my son is in school and my girls are napping, and I can clean and style a pony, and I can organize and set them up in my bathroom closet...by myself. This forum is a good place to come when I want to talk about ponies (unless I'm in the mood to listen to my little guy chat my ear off about them!)
Quote from: Ponybookworm on September 09, 2020, 10:06:30 AMAmalthea, I'm OVER 40!!! And I still collect MLP, Customise MLP & have a plushie sharky perched on my leg right now!!!If that's weird then we're the weird brigade xxxGlad I'm not the only one! And I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that there are others...anyone who enjoyed g1 ponies in their heyday is either in their 40's or getting close to it, so there are probably more of us 'weird brigade' members out there than we think!Post Merge: September 10, 2020, 10:44:06 AMQuote from: Mana Minori on September 09, 2020, 09:43:23 AMQuote from: LadyAmalthea on September 09, 2020, 08:06:42 AMi don’t see anything the slightest bit weird at a 40 year old being a collector and restorer of pony toys. That’s an actual profession. It’s cool that your boy is into pony toys, too, especially g1. Not weird at all. I hope you can find more people irl to share your pony joy with, if ever you want a change of pace in enjoying them alone.Thanks for the support! Maybe someday I will, but if not, my enjoyment of them won't be diminished any. My stepdaughter is coming for a week-long visit around Christmas, and I'm excited for her to see my collection...she is in her 20's now, but she and I used to play with my childhood ponies together back when she was 10 or 11. If anyone can appreciate the nostalgia of them, it's her!I guess it is a profession...it makes me think of the guy that comes in to fix Woody in Toy Story 2, my husband made a joke about that once when he was referring to my bin of pony-repair supplies!And yes, I'm happy that my son shares my interest...it's exasperating sometimes when he talks incessantly about it (he is autistic and when he develops an interest, he clamps down hard and it becomes his entire life focus!), but I try to remember that when he is 12 or 13, he will want nothing to do with me and I will wish I had made the most of this time with him when we had the opportunity to bond over something in common.
Amalthea, I'm OVER 40!!! And I still collect MLP, Customise MLP & have a plushie sharky perched on my leg right now!!!If that's weird then we're the weird brigade xxx
Quote from: LadyAmalthea on September 09, 2020, 08:06:42 AMi don’t see anything the slightest bit weird at a 40 year old being a collector and restorer of pony toys. That’s an actual profession. It’s cool that your boy is into pony toys, too, especially g1. Not weird at all. I hope you can find more people irl to share your pony joy with, if ever you want a change of pace in enjoying them alone.
TBH...as an autistic person who started with pony age 2 and is still into pony age 38...I don't think it's a guarantee your kid will outgrow them necessarily. I know it's a 'girl toy' but generally autistic kids don't seem to be as hung up on gender as neurotypical people, nor so fussed about keeping to stereotypes or age expectations. So he may yet surprise you (Though pony does seem to be a thing that attracts autistic people o.O. BUT that is another topic of discussion for another thread xD.It's the people who judge others for their hobbies that have the real complexes in this society. So you're fine I don't think we're a weird brigade, though. I mean, people collect dolls. Trains. Cars. Teddy bears. They aren't called weird :/ TBH, it's a harder row to hoe when you're in your late teens and early 20s and you have the judgemental peer group eye on you. Once you reach 30, it seems to be a bit more relaxed...Ignoring of course the unpleasant pony press in some quarters.
Collectors are generalised and stigmatised, but again it's the people who do that who have the real complexes. At the end of the day, if someone is more concerned with judging what other people are doing than thinking about how to enjoy their own life,they're the one with the problem, right? At the very least they're wasting time and energy disapproving of something that's nothing to do with them...There are a lot of people out there who need more imagination I'll let the other stuff alone because it's going way off the topic, but I have a lot of theories why pony is so popular with people on the spectrum.
G2s. I know I’m not the only one who likes them, but there are so few, especially in the US (which makes collecting them a pain).G4 Hasbro Pop/Design-A-Ponies. I think I’m one of the only people who likes these things. I hope to have a complete collection of these some day, and the fact that I have as many as I do is one of the prides of my collection G4 EqG Minis. I actually do have a complete collection of these guys (aside from the last few Sunset Shimmer variants I need for my Sunset army) and I LOVE them.