The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Khema on April 04, 2014, 08:54:39 AM
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I see so many people on here that have their favorite pony, sometimes even an army of them. How do you pick a favorite? How do you decide which one takes priority over the others?
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I couldn't tell you. It just happens for me, nothing I consciously choose. :P
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when you have one, you'll know :3
I think for some, it's the first childhood pony, for others it's a pony that has something to do with something they love... my faves are Tuneful and Lemon Drop. Tuneful was my first pony, and Lemon Drop just happened. I have no idea why! But I do love her, and have an army. :lovey:
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I'm a G2 collector and I have favourite characters and singular favourite toys. I love Sweet Berry and will have as many of her as you can throw at me, she appealed to me most as a child and I don't know why as I was never a pink and girly kind of girl and still aren't. I think I just love her name and design. I love Ivy for similar reasons, her colours and simplicity.
My current favourite toy on my shelf though is my wedding carriage Sky Skimmer as she's just so beautiful and her mane is so silky. I love how her eyes have green gems too none of my other g2 do.
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My fav' choice is simple: Tickle was my only MLP pony in my childhood, I am really a big fan of her even if now as a collector I have some other beautiful ponies, she is still the ONE ;) And I am really happy to have find some in very good condition. ^.^
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My favorite when I was little was Galaxy. I've had one or two but still looking for one with silky hair and an even purple body. I love the hair colour combos of the T.Es, the naivete of the CPs and the feyness of the wingers! So I really don't feel I could live without at least 145 ponies in my life, ha! I'm looking for the last few :)
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Bowtie has been my favorite ever since I was little. I don't think I really know why or how she became my favorite, she just did. I don't think you really sit down and choose a favorite. I think it something that kind just happens on it's own, and when it does then you will know who your favorite is.
~Jennifer
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Favorites pick you.
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Favorites pick you.
^^this
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I think that's just one of those things that happens - one of them just strikes your fancy more than the others, no selection process needed! :biggrin:
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Hmmm....I think it can be both intentional and unintentional. My favourites is Baby Fifi - I picked her though, favourite colour combo, her name is like a nickname of my mums and her symbol is perfect for a doggy person like myself. However my second favourite is Sundance and was completely unintentional - I ended up with a few to model pony wear and I just think she is so lovely.
So I guess it can come to you...or you can seek a favourite out for one reason or lots of them :)
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I could never choose one favorite, so I have many. :lol: The entire package has to "click" for me to consider a pony to be a favorite: body color, hair color(s), symbol, and pose. I have to really like everything separately and together.
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Favorites pick you.
^^this
It's all so clear now :D
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You don't generally pick a favorite; it just happens. ;) I don't think I've consciously chosen any of my favorites. Unless perhaps I consciously chose Tex as the favorite Big Brother, due to how I use him to represent someone in a Western. But aside from him and Posey (who is likewise representing someone), my favorites have just happened when Ponies have clicked with me. :)
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....Then one day you wake up and go "Where the heck did all these Fizzys come from?! And yet, it just seems right...
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Even as a kid I couldn't pick a favorite because I thought my other toys would be jealous. I guess that mentality has carried over to adulthood.
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My favorite when I was little was Galaxy. I've had one or two but still looking for one with silky hair and an even purple body. I love the hair colour combos of the T.Es, the naivete of the CPs and the feyness of the wingers! So I really don't feel I could live without at least 145 ponies in my life, ha! I'm looking for the last few :)
GALAXY <3 I just found one with an actual purple, not pink body, but her tail is a bit frizzy. I do feel I got lucky with her, and would love for her to become an army pony for me.
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I don't think I have a favorite but a few favorites that are Seaflower, Munchy, Okely, and others that don't come to mind right now. I just can't keep a favorite for long it's like I have ADD 'oh look Bannasplit!' Oh no Cranberry Muffins!' 'I forgot I had yum yum!' 'I like charry treats!'. Yeah that's about how I look at my collection. I wish I had a favorite.
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....Then one day you wake up and go "Where the heck did all these Fizzys come from?! And yet, it just seems right...
I think this should become the motto of the Arena
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Favorites pick you.
^^this
It's all so clear now :D
so true!
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For me I think they choose me. I tended to like the ones that were "obscure" like Tic Tac Toe or Shady, so when I saw stuff with those ponies on it I go nuts. I also really liked the bright colored ponies or unusual color patterns...
I don't have one favorite though....i love so many
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I don't have ONE favourite - I love ALL the blue ponies! My first pony was Ruby Lips, and then I fell for Bowtie, Nightglider, Sparkler, Moonstone, Shaggy... and I realised that I could never have a favourite blue pony - it's all of them! Even when G2 & G3 came out - Ivy, Sugarbelle, Rainbow Dash, Autumn Skye, Dream Blue (OMG, so pretty!) Moondancer, Picolo... so many pretties!
So I'm obsessed with the blue ones... Blue Pony Love!
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I generally don't have just one favourite, but when it happens, the pony tends to jump out at you and make you pick it. If you find yourself often looking at, thinking about, researching or playing with a certain one, it's probably a favourite! For me, I only started collecting during G4 and at a time in my life when I had never purchased anything online before without parental help. I was quite happy just looking at the older ponies online and only owning the new ones that were on shelf... until Tex. I saw him, I loved him, and he struck such a chord with me that I just had to get one. ^.^ So my first G1 pony was the only one I wanted enough to jump through hoops and sign up to eBay and get it mailed out to me, it was an easy choice for him to be the #1 favourite. I've recently put together a top 10 favourites list of G1 ponies and he is still at the very top. Also a hint about favouritism: if you're generally not a "complete with accessories" collector but you find yourself spoiling or treating a pony by hunting down their original accessories and reuniting them, they're probably worming their way into your heart too. ;)
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As people have said, it just happens!!! I absolutely adore Gingerbread - she is my favourite - yet I am slightly obsessed with all Twinkle Eye ponies and have a massive Twinkle Eye army. I also adore Bow Tie and Cotton Candy as they were my first ponies as a child and have small armies of them, and Lickety Split is also up there on the favorite stakes....and of course Pinkie Pie.........
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...Wait a minute....when did all these Starshines get here?
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It's actually kind of like getting a Cutie Mark.
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I think it just happens. :)
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I don't have a favorite, I have several. I don't even have a favorite color because why should I choose just one when I like so many? I have an easier time isolating things I don't like, most purple ponies for instance.
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For me, It was a no-brainer that I would love Fluttershy.
I started to watch MLP:FIM before I got into collecting ponies, and I had a natural fondness for Fluttershy since we are very much alike personallity-wise (it also doesn't help that she's my favourite colour combination either :P)
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I still remember the first time I saw Munchy. Yellow/pink is my favorite color combo as well, but what really sold me were her striking green eyes and the hot dog on her cheek. She was just so cute that I fell in love with her right then and there. :lovey: I patiently waited several months for a good price to pop up on eBay, and I think the thrill of the hunt intensified my fondness for her.
I still think that she's one of the most creative designs that Hasbro has ever done for the MLP line. Something about Crumpet-pose ponies makes them look really intelligent to me... I don't know. I like to think that Munchy is that eccentric girl who constantly says bizarre things, but gets straight As in class and also reads a lot. I feel like the other ponies wouldn't always "get" her or her (probably dark) sense of humor.
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Favorites pick you.
^^this
It's all so clear now :D
Absolutely this.
My favorite is Blossom. She was my first pony as a child. Then I found a blossom plushie at a yard sale as a child. Then I got another in a lot with other ponies, I had planned on selling her because she had a hair cut. But once I cleaned her and styled her it is such a cute little bob i had to keep her. Then I saw a custom g1-g4 blossom by Okami_Amaterasu that I just had to have.
....Then one day I woke up and thought "Where the heck did all these blossoms come from?! And yet, it just seems right...
As far as my other favorites it just happens. I dont choose them. Some of them surprise me, like leaper. I didnt like him in pictures, had no intention of getting him. But when I got him with a lot I fell in love with him.
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Even as a kid I couldn't pick a favorite because I thought my other toys would be jealous. I guess that mentality has carried over to adulthood.
THIS.
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Well Lollipop called to me in the shop when I was little, as soon as I saw her I loved her ^.^
Even though she is my favourite I have quite a few others who are close behind.... Katie because she has a cat symbol & she has Kitty & she has been with me as long as Lollipop, Dutch Cat for the same reason hehe, then Lollipop & Katie's sisters just because there a set ^.^ Then all my wingers because I just love butterflies so I always loved these since I was little too :biggrin:
So that is why I now have Lollipop Winger ^.^
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I just won an auction for an original G1 Butterscotch, still in the bag. I looked up newer versions of her, and love the symbol. I think I just found my favorite. Especially since I never thought I would have one of the original six, much less still in the mail order bag!