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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Pheasant on August 14, 2013, 08:31:29 AM
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The question is in the title: Do you actively collect ponies anymore?
I've been seriously collecting since I was about ten. When I became a tween, I was a bit more selective and only chose the ones whose colors I liked. Now, I've thinned my herd considerably and have only kept the ones that I absolutely can't do without. I don't have the money or space for the hobby anymore, and I'd much rather have a few of my favorites then none at all. :)
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Yes I am, but only for ones I like ^.^
I took a year long break last year when I became obsessed with MH, and violently burnt out, sold off all my dolls (have three left) and focused on my pride and joys again: ponies. :)
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I'm active at the moment, but I'm also pretty choosy. :lol: I only tend to buy ponies that I really like, and lately I've been customizing new ponies for my collection more than buying.
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I'm more of a retired collector. I do pick up ponies I might happen across when I actually get to a fleamarket, but my days as an active collector are pretty much gone. I still do pony trades occasionally, but really I just no longer have the funds to actively collect. Ponies are much more expensive now that everyone knows they are worth something. ;)
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I must admit I'm somewhere between "only the ones I like" and "no".
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Unless there's a deal too hard to pass up, I am not actively collecting at the moment. Now that I'm out of uni and earning pennies I really have to contain my spending. It's very sad and I'm actually selling off part of my collection at the UK ponycon in September but it's for the best!
That said... I still cannot say no to accessories :D they're my one weakness!
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I haven't been actively collecting for a while now.
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I just came out of a four or five year retirement, lol! I collected CRAZY actively from 2003 until about 2009ish when the Core 7/G3.5 transition came along. Then, I fell off the face of the collecting community. The G4s almost helped until I saw how trendy they became, then whenever I mentioned anything about ponies I was either instantly mugged by "OMGAREYOUABRONY?!" or "UGH! I can't *believe* you're one of *them*" and it really disheartened me. My husband urging me to make a couple customs one day got me to buy three G4s... that I ended up feeling guilty for baiting because I didn't already have them in my collection, so I had to go get three more... and then... then... well... Now I'm collecting again, lol!
*DISCLAIMER* I have no problem with Bronies or people who are only into MLP due to FiM. It's just frustrating being an old-school collector who's into MLP for a different reason having those assumptions being made just because that's what's "in" right now. I love all Pony people :)
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I am retired but i pick them up when i find them, how can I not? :)
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The G4s almost helped until I saw how trendy they became, then whenever I mentioned anything about ponies I was either instantly mugged by "OMGAREYOUABRONY?!" or "UGH! I can't *believe* you're one of *them*" and it really disheartened me. My husband urging me to make a couple customs one day got me to buy three G4s... that I ended up feeling guilty for baiting because I didn't already have them in my collection, so I had to go get three more... and then... then... well... Now I'm collecting again, lol!
If anything were to make me step away from pony collecting, it would be this. I have a tendency to back away from things I like when they become super, super popular, because I'm really fairly anti-social and don't like to have to discuss my personal hobbies with everyone in the world. Fortunately, we have such a great collector community, and when I go to our local pony meets I have faith that the collecting community is still alive and strong, and not being overrun!
I love the new TV show, and the new line of ponies, and I have used the Brony phenomenon to sway some of my non-pony friends over into liking ponies, but sometimes the volume of new pony stuff surrounding me at all times gives me a headache.
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I'm not an active MLP collector anymore, but I have more ponies than I could ever want, and then some. I've actually been slowly going through and getting rid of a lot of them, and only keeping the ones that really mean something to me. I sold off all of my G2's, and all but one of my G3's (March Daffodil was always my favorite). I'm good on G1's, which is what most of my collection is comprised of, but every now and then I'll grab a G4.
I love the FIM cartoon and I was really excited about G4 when it first premiered, but admittedly, the toy line has gotten a bit stale for me. I have a few of the blind bag-sized figures, and while I think they're cute, they're not something I wish to collect, and this seems to be where Hasbro's focus for the franchise is at the moment. I much prefer their brushable ponies, but they're not putting out anything that's new and different enough in this regard to hold my interest for long. Wysteria and Sunset Shimmer appeal to me though, so I may have to pick them up eventually.
All in all, I haven't purchased anything but a Funko vinyl when it comes to ponies this year. I still love MLP, it was the toy that defined my childhood and it will always hold a special place in my heart, but aside from the random addition here and there, I think I'm pretty content with my collection at the moment. I've also been more into Monster High dolls for the past three years, and for my wallet's sake, I'd like to only focus on one collection right now.
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I am a very ACTIVE collector!.....I put all on the poll....but what I really mean when I say all is all G1s :biggrin:
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I pick up one every now and then but accessories are my first love :lovey:
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I went with "No, but I might pick up one everynow and then." because I don't actively collect all the time. Probably once or twice a year I get pony fever and purchase a handful of ponies over a few weeks, but that's usually it right now. In college I averaged buying a pony once per week (plus any new G3s that were in stores) but that was when I first really got into collecting and also lived at home! ^^; After the first year and a half to two years of initial buzz of collecting, I tapered off.
I'd say I'm more of an off-and-on collector rather than retired though!
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I said I pick up the ones I like but I'm not sure how true that is. I still go to the thrift store at least once a week, mainly for pony hunting and I have a decent wishlist but at the moment I'm not actively hunting. That's mainly a budget concern but even when I have money, I'm still only actively hunting ponies (like eBay) every few months.
I do still buy g4s on occasion but I'm also selling off parts of my collection so that sort of evens out in my head. :)
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I've come back from being away, for most of 2010-2012. Prior to 2010 I was active and had a decent G3 and small G1 collection. Real life forced me to change a lot of things, so I'm a retired collector.
I'll snag three or four BB's when I find them. Or merch, when I have the funds. But the days of seriously collecting are over for me. It's been fun but the recent glut of brony/FIM driven fans. Have chased me off.
Frankly if it wasn't for my connection to this board (since 2009), I would be keeping well away from the fandom. I like the show, strongly dislike how trendy/in/popular/brony MLP has become.
As someone else said earlier in this thread, folks reactions are either "hey cool" or "ugggh". Being a guy, I mostly get the later. I don't hide that I like MLP, just annoying to have to deal with the fall out.
Aside from that real life and funds are keeping me from being more active. Not sad about that just the roll of the dice. I still snag what I can and enjoy being here.
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I still actively collect ponies. Just not as often as I did last year. :/ two things my shared ebay account got hacked. :/ So that has slowed me down. I haven't done any swaps either which is a bummer too. I have a smaller list of G1s now. I have plenty of G1 MO's also too. I still have tons of other ponies G3s and G4s to get though. I think I am still busy enough. G4s kinda have slowed me down too because I don't have many places to search. Since I travel by foot or bus. Im not a super FIM fan either but I do just collect the ponies. I still did pretty well this year. However, just not as many ponies as last year.
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I still collect. I collect the ones I want most (that I have access to) first and then get the others after. As with when I first started collecting, I want to eventually get every official MLP item, though I am aware that will be a difficult feat to accomplish with how large the franchise is.
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This is an really interesting thread! :)
I'm with a few of you in the "not really collecting but if something is really special" group. I casually pick up new G4s but only the ones that are a new character, no repeats as I don't feel as connected to them due to their style/size/trendy popularity.
It's cool to hear I'm not the only one that has felt like taking a step back because of the current following. I'm a very private/quiet person so it's disturbing to be constantly stopped if I have a pony keychain or a short sleeved shirt on that shows my G1 tattoos.
Add to all this the normal change in lifestyle, I don't have the space to display anymore, they sit looking sadly out of plastic bins, and very little money to continue collecting. I have found that G1s have gone up in price, seemingly due to the genre's popularity, in order to get a nice condition one. So that kinda stopped me there as well.
I'd love to get into collecting again but between the G4 line being so stagnant (which in a way is good for the wallet, lol), and not being able to enjoy the ones I have, I guess I *am* currently retired. >_<
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I forgot to mention I don't count sets that only come with different accessories as getting every official item. I don't do this so I don't get a lot of doubles of one pony. The only time I'd get more than one of a certain pony is if the pony itself is different, for example ponies with tinsel or glitter or having a different display side and whatnot. I count those as different items, but I'm not going to, say, buy two EG Fluttershy's to get all the differently colored accessories, that'd be overdoing it IMO.
And even when I get ponies that are very similar but technically different, I only display one of them, and keep the other because they aren't exactly identical.
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My kids collect. I pick up something I like now and then. See sig, lol!
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I only collect the ones I like. I've never been a completest and wouldn't have the room for it even if I was. Mostly buying G4 ponies right now.
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I'd say I'm active in the sense that I do buy ponies still. But only the odd one and due to lack of funds,generally a very cheap flea market pony or a little thrift store find.Sometimes accessories too.Any new ponies I tend to get as a present.I simply can't afford to buy them anymore!
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I am an active collector but I only buy what I like. I'm also trying to focus a bit more on the ponies themselves and am clearing out almost all of my merch. I've been slowly culling the G3s for a few years now but still have more than I'd really like to have...I do want to have one of each unique character brushable for G4, and I actively look for G1s and G2s that I need. G1 is my main focus though :) At one time I wanted to have a complete US/UK collection and one Nirvana from each region, but I've now sold off almost all my Nirvanas and am clearing out the sets that I'm not all that fond of.
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Active... I'm trying to severely cut back and sell off doubles, plushies, and every pony that I can live without. I just don't have the space or money for the hobby.
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I have been collecting since 2000, but had a 5 year break from active collecting because of having small chidlren. I got back into it seriously last year.
i only buy what I think is pretty ;) Though I cant walk past a cheap bargain bin or charity shop pony!
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I had a small collection back in the late 80's till the early 90's. I stopped collecting when the G2 ponies came out. I was able to find a few G1 ponies second hand. I kept all of them and put them away till I moved out my parents house. I got back into ponies when the G3 ponies came out. I got my G1's from my parents house and started to collect more. I collect them till the core 7 ponies came out. I stopped collecting and sold off most of my ponies. I did not come back to the hobby till 2011. I was not sure when the G4 ponies came out at first. I gave them a try and now I am back. I built all of my collection back up. I am not sure if I have more or less then last time? I did not save pictures from my old collection. I really wised that I did :(
Oh well I am so happy to be back into the hobby. I keep telling myself if the ponies stop coming out I am going to stay into the hobby. I will just collect the G1 ponies that I do not have.
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I'm active currently. I started off selling ponies 1995(?)-1999. Was off ponies until 2009, maybe. Now, I'm making up for lost time! :D. I have small children, which takes away restoration time, but I have the funds and room now to devote to ponies again, so that helps. :)
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I am a VERY active collector. :lol: I stopped collecting ponies in the late 1980s and only restarted collecting a little over a year ago. In the past 14 months I have collected at least 300 but probably closer to 400 ponies (all generations). :lookround: A bit excessive, perhaps! :blush:
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Active. But when I knew I was going to fall for G1's again hard about 6 months ago I researched a wishlist of ponies with a rationale behind each one. I have about 40 or 50. I am only actively seeking ponies that are on my wish list (link in my sig) and any that I get that are not on this list are always part of a job lot or an ebay bargain (sometimes you can get the second thing cheap and combine on postage so it feels worth it). I just got Baby Quackers for 99p. I don't like the first tooth gimmick but I reasoned that because she is white she might be OK. If so that means I'll have to look for baby sugarberry too which might burn a hole in my pocket! But so far I've been pretty good at sticking to the list. The exception was that I bought Starglow for £15 in a moment of madness at the weekend. Oops!
I have also been lusting after bright ponies this week so I might have to add Tootie Tails to the list, she can hang out with Shady and Beachball. Need a bright peagsus now too! Oops, I can see how people end up with these massive collections. The ones that are killing me are the second generation of Rainbow ponies (US versions with glitter symbols). I only ever seem to find Confetti but I don't want her as I don't want any wedding themed ponies. I have also been collecting a few small bits of merchandise but mostly just finding pictures online and and saving them since it's the design work that I'm interested in more than the items themselves.
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I am active but I pretty much only buy what I like. My wallet does not allow me to collect ponies, Monster High and La La's, so I have to be picky and choosey.
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Aw, this thread's a little sad to me. Seems like the older collectors are retiring and MLP is being overtaken by Bronies.
I'm active. Not VERY active, but active. I buy new ponies often, all generations. Today my G2 Flash just got here, yesterday I managed to pick up the new G4 Wysteria, got a few blind bags last week and before that I grabbed G4 Sunset Shimmer. I have 150+ ponies right now, seems very smal compared to the collectors on here. xD I keep them at the top of my closet because I'm 15, live with my parents, and only have one room, so my closet has become sort of the "pony room" that I can close the doors on if I wish, the rest of my room is dedicated to rock and metal and I keep the two separated. Running out of room in there. xD
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I'm active. I buy what I like. I might go 5 months without buying ponies and that's okay. It's fun to pick and choose.
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I consider myself an active pony collector. But pony collecting doesn't mean just buying something new all the time to me though. I also enjoy pony styling, rehairing, rearranging my display, pics, the Arena, learning new info etc :)
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I am an active collector. But that does not mean I am buying all the time. I am at the collecting stage where I am only looking for a handful of items so that in itself reduces the speed/regularity with which I buy things.
For me too pony collecting is not about buying and buying - its about the joy of having and maintaining and learning about my collection :)
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I'm a 'no' for ponies. I just don't have the same joy with the actual toys that I used to and feel that they can be better loved by someone else. I do love usable pony merchandise, though, so I'll pick that up, along with the odd Blind Bag of a pony I like, since they're smaller.
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I am quite active but will be cutting back on the collecting due to me moving soon and buying a house.
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More like semi-retired. My collection is the smallest it's been in years, and I'm not actively collecting. That may or may not change in the future; who knows? If I decide to collect again, it'll always only be G1 and G3. One thing that has never changed is that I love classic My Little Pony. :heart:
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I'm an active collector! I collect the ones I like, which are any G1 and G2 I find since my collection is pretty small and certain G4's. But I try to only buy in stores/thrift shops/flea markets so I don't spend my money too fast. Especially since I'm moving into an apartment in a few weeks.
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I am an active but slow collector, meaning that I mostly get new ponies only a few times a year - pony meets, the Fair, conventions, a handful of new items that come out that I deeply love. I also collect Transformers and am working part time now, so I have to budget carefully for toys, and not spend beyond my allowed amounts. Since I have limited money, I buy only the things I truly love, not just anything because it is pony.
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Active - especially new ponies in stores. Older ponies are just as they come - I don't do much on Ebay, but any in thrift stores or swaps are good.
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I am an active collector, but not as active as I'd like to be due to lack of funds!
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Active G4 collector, but I only buy one of each character (with some exceptions) and some of the Equestria girls :)
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I retired sometime during the G3 reign, then came back with the G4s out. I am just buying what I really like at this time.
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I love collecting all sorts of things, and my big thing is fashion dolls. But, it's a good thing I consider ponies fashion "dolls " :lol: So my collection kinds changes as new dolls and ponies come out. ^.^ And I have to display everything!!
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Aw, this thread's a little sad to me. Seems like the older collectors are retiring and MLP is being overtaken by Bronies.
In the last few months so many members of this forum who joined around the same time as me or before have disappeared. Yeah... it is pretty sad! Unfortunately the way pony collecting is these days can't suit everyone!
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My sister and I had a few ponies each as kids in the 80s and shared a pile of garage sale ponies. We could never agree who the garage sale ones belonged to. When I started dating my husband back in 2006, I asked her if I could keep the ponies so his daughters could play with them when they came over. She agreed, and that's how I tricked her into letting me have the ponies! :lol: So I guess I became a collector then, and I really haven't stopped adding ponies to my collection since.
My goal is not to have every single G1, just the ones I like... but I like most of them, so I will be collecting for the rest of my life! I've recently been buying G3s, only the ones I like, and my youngest and I still play with them. She likes to display them on top of the toy cabinents in her room, and I display my G1 in a glass case in my room. It's getting a bit cramped, so I'll upgrade my case when we move probably next year.
Don't feel bad for my sister- she admitted later that she felt she outgrew our ponies. She likes picking up G1s for me when she finds them, and she's happy that the three ones she got as gifts when she was little live in a case with many new pony friends! ^.^
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I do collect, but my collection has focus. I only get certain characters to limit myself. I go in and out of G1-3 collecting though. Lately there has been so much G4 stuff that I haven't bought an older gen in 6-9 months.
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I am a very active collector too.
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I'm an active collector, but I only buy what I like, or bargain lots. Sometimes ponies from my 'NO' sets make it into my collection, but I only get them from lots, I don't go out hunting especially. I currently have 400 + ponies, and I've officially run out of room, so I'm going to have to slow down a lot now.... but the ponies keep arriving.. beats me how that keeps happening... :P
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I actively collect, some months are slower than others. I'm really trying to concentrate on set completers!
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I went with "No" because I haven't purchased a pony in many years.
How it all started...
I had a whole bucket of G1s from my childhood in the 80s, and when I pulled them out in 2005/2006 I went online to research them. Long before mylittlewiki there was Dream Valley http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/ (http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/). I scanned through each and every page to identify my girls. And then.. well, then I wanted so many others! I had pony fever, and I started buying :P G1 only, of course. Soon after that my mother told me that she had a couple of MOC G1 babies in her closet which she had purchased years before, but never gave to me because at the time I had been moving on from ponies. What a treat!
After a few years of active collecting, I tapered off. A year ago I sold or traded "extras" I had gotten with lots, and now I am selling some more. The poor girls live in bins in my closet, so I am putting them back out into the pony world! It is tempting, though, to pick up a cherished G1 from time to time!
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I get really into collecting off and on. I'm set to "on" right now. :) Also, what I focus on collecting changes. Right now I'm into G3 and G4.
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I rejoined the arena to sell off some of my collection and pullips and ended being hooked on G4 and trading for ponies I really like. I feel guilty when I buy a new pony but I have so much catching up to do with the G4. I'm pining to get my hands on a Zecora.
I never stopped buying ponies at flea markets when I saw some, but the previous years I simply did not actively collect.
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Definitly active!!!! I will be for quite some time, maybe even into my thirties!!
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I completed mi first year of collecting last month :) so very active on the collecting, G4's and G2's are my favorite gens:)
I'm runing out of space in the pony room ,posters fighting for wall space now ,also the mlp comics wants wall space , so it is getting tight on wall space, and specially after deciding that I like the new ponies MIB now ,some still get open, but becoming a bit more selective on what makes it to this room now :)
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I am not really actively collecting at the moment... I have a small collection of about 100 ponies and I'm pretty happy with it the way it is, in all honesty. There are a couple G2's I'm still looking for, but otherwise I'm pretty much done. However, there are some upgrades I need, and I enjoy having complete ponies (I mean with everything, including the backcards and stickers!) so there are still some accessories and backcards and such I'm hunting for. I check eBay almost every day but I haven't bought a pony for me in... oh, probably about a couple months now. I have found several backcards and stickers though, which is great.
I have had a bigger collection in the past but it just gets to be too much for me. And now I just like to sit and enjoy the ones I have, rather than feel like I have to keep adding to them.
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I only collect specific ponies so there are long stretches where I don't get anything new. Either because I can't find them for sale or they're out of my price range (Nirvanas, heh). I'm always on the look out though and the longer it takes to find the ones I want, the longer I get to collect them ^.^
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Aw, this thread's a little sad to me. Seems like the older collectors are retiring and MLP is being overtaken by Bronies.
In the last few months so many members of this forum who joined around the same time as me or before have disappeared. Yeah... it is pretty sad! Unfortunately the way pony collecting is these days can't suit everyone!
I have to agree, there are older members that were quite active on here over the last few years that aren't so much anymore and they are missed... ::cough, cough, tuney::
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I collect only what I like, but I don't buy that often. Only a few times a year.
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I'm retired from collecting but I like to stay active in terms of looking at what's new. I guess I'm an older member which seems odd to say, since it doesn't feel like I've been here for 7 years. haha. I may occasionally buy a blind bag every 3 months, just because I enjoy the element of surprise, but I usually give those away.
I used to have 300-500 but now I only have my small collection of 40. Large collections can be overwhelming, and I had to move mine 3 times in like 2 years...and yeah. Moving any significant collection multiple times is good incentive to cull the herd as it were.
I think after you've enjoyed collecting ponies for many years, your focus will start to shift to other ways to appreciate your hobby, like through art, and very selected collecting. The burn of "gotta catch em all" is no longer flowing through your veins!
I also get a kick out of checking out the brag sections and seeing how excited other people are with their awesome finds. :3
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Heh, reading through this thread, it seems I'm the only one insane and crazy enough to want every official piece of MLP merchandise. :P
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Heh, reading through this thread, it seems I'm the only one insane and crazy enough to want every official piece of MLP merchandise. :P
There is nothing wrong with that :)
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Heh, reading through this thread, it seems I'm the only one insane and crazy enough to want every official piece of MLP merchandise. :P
There is nothing wrong with that :)
It'd be less stressful is Hasbro didn't decide to have European exclusives. =P
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I am active, for only ponies I like. I am mostly active during the winter and spring, and only active in summer for pony fair! I do tend to pick up one or two here and there but that's about it :)
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I started collecting back in 2002 or so, so I've long since gotten all the ponies I really wanted. Haven't actively collected for at least 8 years, though occasionally I'll pick up a lot of ponies to customize or resell. It kinda goes in waves for me, I'll spend a year or two not thinking about ponies at all, and then a year doing lots of customs and selling. Rarely, I may keep one from a lot, or buy one in the stores just because I like it. My collection has pretty much stayed around 100 for the past several years.
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I'm an off and on collector. I'll buy ponies for a few months and then I'll drop off for a year or more before getting back into it. Admittedly, pony collecting is the thriftiest of my collections. So, when I collect, it's generally because I don't have as much money as I normally do. I'm not rich or anything, but I'm frugal, and I save well. I know how to find good deals on things like homegoods, and even groceries, since I cook from scratch ( I have celiac's disease, so no wheat, and I'm too cheap to buy box kits of this and that. I can literally make pasta from scratch without any flour, just because it's so much cheaper. ), most of my furniture is antique or vintage, which, surprisingly, is much cheaper than new, and also holds up better AND holds its value.
So, I collect kimono and antique dolls ( Japanese, American, and German, nothing that is any newer than the 50's, and most being from 1890-1940 ) and they're. . .very expensive. The kimono aren't so much, but shipping prices out of Japan have gone up so much, and I've collected enough daily wear and dance stuff to manage that I only collect antique and special ( special being Geisha's kimono ) and those ARE expensive, unless I'm sneaky on ebay and spot something no one else has! :P But, most of my dolls and antique kimono are worth several hundred dollars a piece, but I can't afford that every month. Now, with additional bills ( I live somewhere nicer now, since April ) I can't afford that. Well, I could, but I wouldn't be saving any money. That's where the ponies have come back in play. I can buy a nice something one a month that doesn't break the bank. Heck, most of my spending hasn't even made it to the bank since I've been selling and trading ponies for a lot of these nice somethings. << >> Plus, they're small, and shipping isn't so bad.
So, I'm back for the time!
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I have been collecting for the majority of my life. I played with the G1s as a kid, and only really stopped collecting ponies during junior high and high school which was right around the time that they stopped making them. I started right up again once I found ebay when I got to college:p
I have been collecting pretty consistently since about 1997, and I've been in the pony community since then as well. I collect all generations, and was able to keep up with the G2s for the most part while they were in stores. I *really* got serious about collecting the G3s while they were out in stores. I did slow down considerably when the Core 7/G3.5 thing really was in full force. I still picked at it, but I didn't go for everything. When the G4s came out, I got back into the swing of things more. Now that they've started up with the "we're only releasing the Mane 6" thing again, I've backed off a bit. I have space issues, and I just can't store it all. I'm currently going through my collection, and boy is it going to be interesting trying to get everything to fit!
I also used to like to pick up a lot of non-pony merchandise, but space issues and cost issues have curtailed that quite a bit as well. I also have several secondary collections, the biggest being Doctor Who. That draws quite a bit from my pony collecting at times. So, from the time I got my first pony in about 1983/84 until now, the only time that ponies were not coming into the house was when I was in junior high/high school. Other than that, I've always collected, though some times the pony flow has gone down to a trickle:p I also sometimes focus on a particular subset of ponies. I had a good year of buying LOTS of petites. Almost all my pony purchases were petites. I eventually finished my set(minus any stray variants I find), but it took a while. I'll sometimes find a new set of something I want, and I'll just go for it until it's complete. I'm also going through my collection looking for things that need upgrading or holes I didn't know I had. Once I know what I need, THAT hunt should keep me busy for a while! And since I collect all sorts of things from all generations, I don't think I'll ever run out of stuff to get:p
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Retired here too, I had a huge collection a few years ago, but some life changing events made me want to purge the majority of it. I do still occasionally pick the odd pony / pony plush up, but it's very rare. I have a very modest collection of around probably 20 all up, and they are all I want unless something takes my fancy.
I still hang around because I do still enjoy pony things, and also like to help some of my pony pals get their hands on some of the G4 stuff they may not be able to grab themselves, or stuff from evil bay in my area to send off to them.
Also the new line although I approve, has gone a little too "trendy" for my likings.
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Heh, reading through this thread, it seems I'm the only one insane and crazy enough to want every official piece of MLP merchandise. :P
There is nothing wrong with
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It'd be less stressful is Hasbro didn't decide to have European exclusives. =P
Totally agree with you on that!
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Heh, reading through this thread, it seems I'm the only one insane and crazy enough to want every official piece of MLP merchandise. :P
Your not the only one, I'm the same way, I collect anything and ever thing MLP from all generations. :)
At the moment I'm in between, well I'm not actively collecting or doing anything with my pony displays, I do pick up every pony I find second hand with the very, very rare new purchase from a store. Every pony I do get gets dumped into the not sorted MLP stuff bins. I've been collecting like that for a few years now. I'm starting to get more into them again here recently and have been thinking about tackling the to sort bins, weeding out duplicates and updating the checklists. Just need to find a free week as its amazing how many MLPs you can amass when your not paying attention. (4 huge bins of ponies O.o )
So long story longer lol I'm an active retired collector that's thinking about coming out of retirement, if I can find the time LOL
I think taking breaks from collecting is a good way to keep from getting burnt out.
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I collected as a kid and spent the past few years buying the assorted limited edition art ponies and the sdcc ponies. This year I went to the Pony Fair for my first time and I have to say it's re-ignited my pony collecting full force! I don't plan to collect them all or get into the merch though. I've been working on collecting the various baby ponies, the big brothers and family sets, as well as whatever G1s catch my eye. And of course I'm still trying to complete my limited edition ponies from before. It's getting closer!