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« on: August 05, 2023, 12:53:43 PM »
I've since thought of another thing I'd collect, but there's kind of an explanation attached to it, so please bear with me...
I don't know if it's still going, but in the UK there is/was an unofficial magazine for PlayStation called "PLAY", which I first bought when it was, like, Issue 29 or something, because I was interested in the game on the cover, then I got Issue 31 at least for the same reason, and kept going until I stopped, but I also managed to find Issue 4 at some point. I have long since realized that my favorite era is where I officially started to Issue 50, plus the two earlier examples.
So, what I'd like to collect, is every Issue of PLAY from Issue 1 to Issue 50, so I can have not only more perfect copies of what I already have as a bonus (the copies I have are showing wear and tear, and some pages have fallen out), but more importantly all the Issues from that era that I missed out on. I'd been interested in getting that full era in the past, around 2008 or so when I re-read that era, and looked at the retrospective in Issue 50 which gave a reminder of what happened in each issue up to that point, and I'm starting to think of it again, since I recently moved my actual collection to my own home (and this is before I've even re-read them this time.)
So yeah, I'd like to collect perfect copies of that particular era of PLAY.
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« on: July 18, 2023, 11:26:32 AM »
I'd definitely collect Little Ponies - I'd genuinely love to have at least the majority of the G1 line because that seemed like the most imaginative line, and I have a lot of appreciation for it, but I'd also collect the G3s (because they're beautiful, IMO and, as I have said, my favorite generation) and the G2s.
This may sound silly, but I'd actually like to be able to collect DVDs of cartoons and animated movies, partly because I'm doing an Animation Review Show on YouTube, and I'd just love to have easy access to whatever I want to review... and if it's something I give a negative review to, I don't have to feel awkward about how I've now admitted that I bought something I don't like, because money isn't an issue in this scenario! That being said, I'd also like to have all the cartoons and animated movies that I do like as a collection, both for my review show, and also because... well then I'd have them, and could watch them whenever I felt like it (there's also something nostalgic for me about having a physical DVD, cover and all, of a cartoon/animated movie that I love or at least like - I'd even love DVDs of cartoons/animated movies that are purely streaming in real life.)
Thinking of it, I'd also like to collect videogames and the appropriate consoles - again partly due to YouTube as I also do Let's Plays, so it would be good to just be able to go "Oh, I'll do some episodes of of that game today!" but also so I can just have those games to play whenever I felt like doing so.
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« on: July 18, 2023, 10:58:58 AM »
I will say, it isn't always bronies, even though we are the worst offenders - I'm sure I remember arguing with someone who had grown up with Tales, and they thought it was G2, but I could be remembering it wrong (and could have said this before)... either way, the world can at least rest easy that at least one brony (me) got the message that Tales is G1. 
But you would have had that conversation post the beginning of G4, thus that person was probably influenced by the very vocal attempts of bronydom to redefine MLP entirely according to their animation preference. It doesn't matter what gen they grew up with. It matters what influenced them since - and you almost certainly had that discussion in brony space, so that person would've been surrounded by people saying it was G2.
Being a brony =/= growing up with G4. It would have been impossible for anyone to pick up that mindset in the older gen community, because of how the G terms came about. Anyone who had been an active older gen fan prior to G4 would also know G2 was an extant toyline, and so wouldn't call Tales G2.
Not sure if I'm supposed to see the first paragraph or not (if you deleted it, I apologize for bringing it back), but for the record, it was YouTube, and yeah it likely was in the throws of bronydom (I got into Tales in around 2014, so it would have been during or after that year), but yeah... that was probably it; even if it was someone who "grew up with Tales" they were probably mislead by bronies defining it as G2 - good point. Again, I don't even remember for sure it was someone who grew up with Tales, or even watched it as a kid - I just remember that they liked it. I think I may have even been wrong to say "argument" - I just corrected them, and they pointed out that they were just saying that they liked a character (I can't remember if it went back and forth or not.) Thank you for the information about how it basically was back then.
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« on: July 17, 2023, 02:40:39 PM »
As a brony, yes... I admit I likely screwed up with Tales... we all did. The silly thing is, I already knew that there was no G2 cartoon, because I'd already heard there wasn't one, but then by pure chance I stumbled up My Little Pony Tales, and for a moment, I probably did think "Wait... is this G2?" because I don't think I fully got how things worked... I soon got it though, I got that the generations are based on the toylines, so I got it, and I do find myself correcting others that Tales is G1; not G2, not G1.5, G1. I will say, it isn't always bronies, even though we are the worst offenders - I'm sure I remember arguing with someone who had grown up with Tales, and they thought it was G2, but I could be remembering it wrong (and could have said this before)... either way, the world can at least rest easy that at least one brony (me) got the message that Tales is G1.
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« on: July 15, 2023, 05:26:18 PM »
Pony Life certainly makes more sense as G4.5 than whatever was (briefly?) dubbed as it before, IMO for the following reasons; 1. Completely new model of toys - the stuff released around the movie still looked like G4, and were still released in that era (I highly doubt they were meant to be a new toyline, since they were still in G4 canon.) 2. Different canon - the cartoon is a whole new show, with different ponies, with the same names as the G4 cast. I know that the same generation is allowed to have more than one cartoon, but it makes sense as a new generation, like G3 versus G3.5 - so it's only part of G4 if you personally believe that point five generations are part of what they're... point five-ing from. I honestly never got why the movie-surrounding toys were thought to be G4.5, nothing happened as far as I can see to suggest that (no new show, no revamp of characters... yet Pony Life did both of those things.) Bonus, My Little Pony Tales: I didn't include it as part of the list as it is not a generation in itself, nor is it a sub-generation (although, I've heard it referred to as G1.5 by some). If it was included, I'd place it between G4 and G5. It's very modern, very much like G5 and G4.5, and is lacking in fantasy elements. They however do resemble horses and being G1, also look like G1s in particular which gives them some points.
It's G1, but I understand separating it to some extent if you're talking about the shows specifically, but... yeah, it's G1, not G1.5, G1 - it's just that G1 had two completely separate cartoons, which can confuse some fans (kind of understandable, as this is the only time My Little Pony has done this (G5 has two cartoons, but it's the same cast - Tales did a whole new thing)
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« on: July 14, 2023, 05:54:34 PM »
I only ever got into G3's, so G3's is MLP to me. 
At least you chose a beautiful generation. ^_^ (I love G3.)
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« on: July 14, 2023, 05:47:31 PM »
This a weird thing for me, because ultimately... they all feel like My Little Pony to me. G1 (both "friends" and "Tales"), G3, G3.5, G4 and G5 ("Make Your Mark") have that heartwarming, sentimental, nostalgic "I could have grown up with it" feeling to them, even though I grew up with none of them.
I'm not sure if G4.5/Pony Life has the feeling that I could have grown up with it, but it is definitely nostalgic, and I am very sentimental towards it (I think it might be one of my comfort shows) and it definitely feels what I view My Little Pony to be (cute, adorable, nostalgic, and as of G4 onwards - story driven*)
I think the only thing that I could put separately is Tell Your Tale in G5, I ultimately like it, and still have nostalgia for it, but it feels a few meters or so off MLP at times, but not always, but I don't mean it any hate.
Sorry if anyone disagrees with my view.
* I love the non-story driven MLP generations as well, but I personally like to view MLP as being story driven (or at least, I like to write it that way), because that is what speaks to me - I just find it nostalgic I guess, but episodic is good too (I basically like a combination, which is kind of what G4 and G4.5 does), but if I like the show, I'm fine either way.
EDIT: Once again, this is the show rather than the toyline, as I tend to think of that first, even though I fully respect that the toyline comes first, and it is all My Little Pony to me - if we are talking about the toyline, I would say that...
G1 is definitely first; imaginative, nostalgic, and feels like the best one to grow up with, IMO. Then G3, the most beautiful generation, IMO, which also shows in the toys, and not too far in looks to G1. Then G2, different, and kind of less imaginative at times (the literally have ponies with names like "Miss Teacher"), but still beautifully designed and still got that nostalgia vibe... and everything after that, I'm not too bothered about...
The Core 7 despite the controversy are okay, and I actually do have some G4 toys, but... I dunno, I kind of feel that from G4 they kind of forgot how to be a toyline show (I mean I see things in the cartoons that look like they'd be perfect toys, and... I don't think they ever are...)
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« on: July 03, 2023, 07:33:32 AM »
Yes, this is always open! My templates for the interviews are on my PC which is out of order right now. The new power supply should come on the 7th. So things will need to wait until then.
Got it.
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« on: July 01, 2023, 08:24:19 AM »
Sounds like fun, if these are still going. 
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« on: June 15, 2023, 09:50:51 AM »
Do I like her? Yes, yes yes!
Do I have her? No, no, no!
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« on: March 09, 2023, 07:51:14 AM »
Always loved his color scheme - definitely one of my favorite G2 ponies.
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« on: January 30, 2023, 01:21:43 PM »
Please Note: Although I acknowledge that My Little Pony is a toyline first and that I view all medias involved to be true My Little Pony, this will likely give the most focus on the cartoons, but this will not always be the case (especially with G2 for obvious reasons.)
Favorite Thing(s) About G1: The toyline has a childhood nostalgia feel to it, and looks like it would have been awesome to grow up collecting and playing with the toys (even though I did neither.)
Least Favorite Thing(s) About G1: As much as I like the G1 cartoon, I didn't really care about or even like some of the non-pony characters (Megan was alright, but they messed up slightly by having her look after the ponies in their own world at times.) I don't really like how most of the younger ponies were just younger clones on the adults with "baby" in front of their names.
Favorite Thing(s) About G2: Sun Sparkle! (a.k.a. Sundance) - I love her design and canon character (and sorry to say this here, but I'd love to write an episode for her.) I love the design of various G2 characters, including the rest of the core ponies.
Least Favorite Thing(s) About G2: They got pretty lazy with the names of the ponies at times (e.g. "Miss Teacher".)
Favorite Thing(s) About G3: How everything about it is is beautiful, in my opinion - the toys, the animation, the artstyle, the music, the voice acting... there's a reason I call G3 "The Beautiful Generation".
Least Favorite Thing(s) About G3: Um... that there are people who hate it? Seriously, this is difficult, as not only is G3 my favorite generation, it's also as close to perfection that MLP has ever gotten, in my opinion. I guess it's a shame that it only had movies and mini-movies rather than at least one season?
Favorite Thing(s) About G3.5: It had my favorite My Little Pony cartoon theme song. "Twinkle Wish Adventure" is adorable and heartwarming, in my opinion. The ponies in general are adorable, in my opinion. ^_^
Least Favorite Things About G3.5: From a toyline standpoint, releasing nothing but the same seven ponies made no sense. I like the Core 7 as characters, but it made no sense to reduce the toyline (and the show to some extent) to just them.
Favorite Thing(s) About G4: That it feels like something I could have watched as a child (though pretty much all generations feel like that, to me.) How (at least in the earlier seasons) it feels like a combination of the previous generations with its own flair, in my personal opinion.
Least Favorite Thing(s) About G4: It got really "Lighter and Softer" around Season 4, even for a children's show, like it was afraid to put the Little Ponies in any form of danger, compared to the earlier seasons, and the earlier generations. The Little Ponies were given weird facial expressions which took me out of the show. The story-telling aspect became more random and contradictory during the later seasons (like it contradicted the "lore", if you like, of the earlier seasons.)
Favorite Thing(s) About G4.5: It has an adorable artstyle, in my opinion. It does so well at having more than you might expect in what seems like a simplistic artstyle - it really makes the most of the animation it has, and gives a lot of detail for such a minimalist looking show, the episodes are short, but entertaining enough that I can never stop at just one, and the show manages to still be story driven, despite it's short episodes. It is the animated equivalent of "Good Things Come in Small Packages".
Least Favorite Thing(s) About G4.5: It ended too soon. I get that it was just paving the way for G5, but I would have loved Pony Life to have kept going, even during G5, even though I get that MLP doesn't work like that... at least there's fanon.
Favorite Thing(s) About G5: For both of these, it's pretty early, but... It looks beautiful, IMO. It still feels like something I could have watched as a child, like the majority, if not all, of MLP does. It is keeping the idea of being story driven, which I find nostalgic (I like both story driven and standalone, but the former connects to how I was as a child more.) It still feels like My Little Pony.
Least Favorite Thing(s) About G5: I don't like how tail-ribbons are further away from the pony now. While I don't feel it's "piggybacking on G4" at all (like some do), I have mixed feelings about G5 being in the same continuity as G4, even though I don't mind ultimately that it is (it's set too far away to matter anyway, at the end of the day) - I just feel that connecting generations should be a fanon thing, i.e. the generations are connected if you want them to be (but they're not if you don't.)
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« on: January 16, 2023, 05:04:15 AM »
To me, it already does and was nostalgic while it was airing for me, both in the way that it felt like something I would have loved as a kid, and as modern nostalgia. For the record, 99% of My Little Pony in general is "modern nostalgia" for me, due to getting into it as an adult, but the majority, if not all of it, feels like I could have grown up with it, including the stuff made while I was an adult. I have seen at least one person refer to G4 as "nostalgia" - this is also someone who watched as an adult. I'm 100% certain that kids who grew up with G4 will find it nostalgic, regardless of whether they felt nostalgic for it while it aired or not - I'd say that MLP in general is naturally nostalgic whatever generation it is, though that may just be my own biased view on the franchise.  Side Note: While it isn't always the same for others, "childhood nostalgia" and "modern nostalgia" are of equal importance for me - they both make me feel the positive emotions of nostalgia, and the level of it depends on the subject itself, rather than how long ago it was.
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« on: January 06, 2023, 09:01:30 AM »
These probably don't count, but I hope to write more for my MLP project this year, as well as hopefully upload some more FiM reviews on my YouTube channel, although I have other shows planned as well (I review animation in general.) Additionally, it would be nice if I upload other things relating to ponies, but I don't know if it will be this year - though I do plan to review one G5 animation this year.
I'm also planning to write my opinion on G5, which I planned on doing last year.
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« on: November 11, 2022, 12:07:29 PM »
I don't have any of them, but I love this group! I really got into them back when I was looking up G1 toys and imagining what it would have been like to grow up with them. There's something really nostalgic about night-time/bedtime from a child's perspective for me, and slumber parties also bring back memories, so I adore the theme of this gift pack. It would have been fun to see them animated, even if they only got one episode (because ultimately it would probably have been a slumber party episode, and then they aren't used again - but I'd be fine with that, because slumber party episodes can be adorable. ^_^) And yeah, my favorite of them is Pillow Talk too - I genuinely find her name cute and nostalgic (the latter due to a radio station I almost worked at in 2013/2014 using a song of the same name as a show's theme song.) I'm sure in this context it was supposed to mean something like just chatting with your friends during a slumber party. So... yeah, I love them, and feel that these would have been ponies I'd have loved to have owned as a kid.
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