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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: ValhallaLilly on July 24, 2016, 10:22:11 AM
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So this might take some homework.
Who was in your original herd? And then who was the pony that got you into collecting again? Maybe you never stopped collecting or maybe you had all the original ponies?
For me they were separate times. I had a very small original herd and aside of one G3 pony that I was embarrassed to buy there was a big span between my originals and when I started up again.
Here are my originals. These are my actual ones not replacements of ones. I include the Crimp-and-Curl pony because she was treated as a pony and was included with their playtimes. But the first 4 were bought for me I believe as I have just found an original brush and ice cream barrette for them (!) I think I have a pony bib as well. I'm surprised I don't have more because I apparently kept everything as I have backcards for some other toys. Anyway and the last three are ones that someone was getting rid of when I was about 11 and I was embarrassed even then to want them but thankfully I did get them!
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And here is the pony that re-started it. I think I'd been looking ponies up again on-line and then I got her at a garage sale and was so happy to find a "real" one! And I got her out of a box for this picture and was sad to see I haven't even fixed up her hair yet! She's not great cond. Because her hair has been cut I think and her twinkle eyes are scratched but I like her.
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I forgot to add that maybe you don't have your originals anymore so you could post pics of which you did have?
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I still have G1 Ruby Lips, Sweet Pocket, and Sunset of my original herd, most of the worldwide-issued G2's, and a handful of G3's that I had when I 'grew out of them'. Once g3.5 came out, I quit buying ponies. But I was out at the shops one day, and came across a core 7 Royal Bouquet, and since I hadn't seen a real G3 in forever, I grabbed her, not really knowing what I intended to do with her, which initially was to leave her MIB and forget she existed. One day I was cleaning the house and came across her, so I went online and had a look for ponies. I believe I found the trading post, and came away with Sweet Stuff (common re-starter of collections I see) and Firefly, possibly from Ianthe? My memory is terrible! But I started collecting again, and now I have around 1000 ponies, and am headed to my first ponycon in the UK in October!
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My only original herd contained Twinkler and Curly Locks. I also had: Medley,Firefly,Bowtie,Applejack,Majesty, Sunbeam, Lavender with pink hair Ember, Morning glory, Morning glory the mail order, Blossom, Cotton Candy, Moondancer, Glory, Baby glory,Baby moondancer, Baby firefly baby Surprise, Surprise, Baby cotton candy, baby blossom all the accessories they came with, all the mail order Rainbow ponies, tootsie, cherries jubilee, Megan, Sundance and memories get fuzzy by that point. I know I had about 100 ponies at one time.
I build up from there. When I got back into collecting. I think it was around 2007-8. That is when they had the G3s in mid launch. So I saw them in the stores and bought more from there. I have beyond 1000 ponies now. The one pony that got me back into collecting was Medley.
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My original herd as far as I can remember is
Windy
Sweet Pop
SS Gusty
Baby Wave Dancer
Shady
Salty
Princess Tiffany
Sweet Stuff
Mirror Mirror
MGR Sunnybunch
Dancing Butterflies
Fizzy
Whizzer
Baby Starflower
Moondancer
Lickety -split
Dazzle Glow
The ones that re started it all were 4.
Sparkle works
Rainbow dash
Denim Blue
Star Dasher
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My ponies from my childhood:
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I also had Baby Bowtie, Kingsley and Baby Glory who were later found at my parents'. You can see them all cleaned up in my cleaning/restoration thread :)
Once I brought all of them back from my parents and started collecting, the first pony I got was Nightglider:
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She was just soooo gorgeous and I love everything to do with astronomy, so I had to have her! Still one of my favourites!
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My original herd consisted of: August Poppy, Baby Cotton Candy, Baby Countdown, Baby Drummer, Blueberry Baskets, Glory, Lofty, Majesty, Mirror Mirror, Moonstone, Morning Glory, Napper, Paradise, Peachy, Raspberry Jam, Star Hopper, Sunspot, Sweet Stuff, Water Lily, Wave Jumper, MM Windy, and the 3 sets of ponytail petites.
Then came the Great Pony Purge where my parents pushed for me to get rid of my ponies in a yard sale. The majority were sold, but I kept Moonstone, Morning Glory, Sweet Stuff, and Water Lily. I missed my ponies greatly and so I bought two more at the store in the next year: Baby Toe Dancer and Sweet Notes. I also picked up two more at yard sales in the next couple years: Sprinkles and Waverunner. A short time later was the second pony purge and all of them were sold.
I didn't get into collecting again until 16 or 17 years later (~2008 or 2009). I started by buying petites. I debated buying G3s for several years and finally bought my first ones in 2014. The one that drew my attention most was Autumn Skye, but I bought Sno Glo first. Then this year, I bought my first G1s since childhood, beginning with MM Cuddles, Fizzy, and Galaxy. I now have ~50 G3s and ~20 G1s.
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I couldn't honestly tell you all of my original herd. I still have all of them, as I've never stopped or even paused my collecting. I do know that I am the original owner of my Birthday Pack, Baby Fleecy and Baby Wooly, Ruby Lips, Bootsie and Tootsie, and Baby Sea Princess. I know there were more, but those ones I distinctly remember de-boxing.
These days, they all blur together as "mine" and that's the important part. :)
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I think my original herd was the swan pony twins, mint dreams, party set ponies, then came the flea market finds ever sense. I think the one that restarted it was swirly whirly who went missing and was later found.
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My originals were Firefly, Moondancer, Moonstone, Squeezer, Sand Dollar, and Half Note (plus a petite w/house and a mummy charm). My first pony that kicked off collecting was Powder, just before the G3s started releasing.
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My childhood herd was very small as my mom told me I didn't seem interested enough in ponies for her to buy them. I do have memories of picking out Sherbet myself and opening her package. I also remember playing with Kingsley the lion as I was going through a phase where I loved animals with tails so I guess she stood out enough for me to have mom buy her. Besides Kingsley and Sherbet I had baby sweet stuff, Raincurl, Barnacle and Tex. I can't remember if I had bbe half note from childhood or another bbe because I never owned the ballet playset originally. This pic is old, but shows my original collection when I got into collecting:
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Only Kingsley managed to come with me when I moved houses and sat atop my bed post for 5 years in my room. I did manage to go back and rescue the others from our old barn at grandmas and find most of their accessories. I did also pick out the dalmation hearts mom and pups as a kid but don't have a pic of them yet. Only the comb is in the picture.
I entertained the idea of getting more ponies years later (2004) and get a bride pony (with a pierced ear complete with earring from her previous owner) and a Princess Tiffany from a lady I did toy trading with. She had found them at a thrift store out in California. I later found a birthflower holly, bowtie and applejack at the flea market.
It wasn't until 2006 when I finally decided to look for more online when I joined the arena and on ebay. I bought a tiny lot with a Party time wearing the top to Neon Lights, and can't recall the rest at the moment. One year later is when I finally took the plunge and began buying off ebay and getting various ponies. I remember anxiously waiting for the mailman to bring my box which consisted of a 6 pack carry case filled with ponies including a goldilocks and peachy. I was disappointed in their dry hair and tried combing them. Then I discovered the magic of conditioning. Cotton Candy seemed to catch my eye for some reason so I guess she could have started my recollecting of ponies.
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Mmm I'm a G1 gal so among the 14 or so members of my childhood herd were Bow Tie and Shady (they were my first two), Princess Sparkle, Nightglider and TAF Buttons, Little Flitter, Cocoberry and Peppermint Crunch, Foamy... Big Top and Toppy, Honeysuckle (I think that's her name... I should know!), Gingerbread, SS North Star, Braided Beauty and Sanddigger was my last ever pony (wow, I think I remembered them all!)
As to who re-started it all - that's an argument between two ponies.
One could say it was Cocoberry, who became my daughter's fav pony when I presented my then toddler with my childhood herd, fresh from the attic. When I realised I wasn't quite over my ponies and didn't want them ruined Cocoberry and co were reclaimed by me (and substituted with G3's, lol). Toddler was still happy.
Or, it was Powder who (after I'd reclaimed my childhood ponies) was sitting on my local online auction site (since, you know, I started getting curious and googling ponies) and who reminded me of how I'd always like her as a kid. So, blow it, I thought. I'll buy her.
Powder was just the beginning.... :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
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My answer's kind of complicated, haha.
I think I had some G2s when I was reeeeally little - I can vaguely remember having the Magic Rainbow Forest playset - but I can't remember who I had or what happened to them. So I count my first pony as G2 Ivy, who I got later on, around 2005/2006ish probably. I collected G3s for a bit when they were still being released.. my original herd consisted of Twirlerina, Baby Honolu-Loo, Silly Lilly, Tumbletop, Fluffaluff, Tiddly Wink, Cloud Dancer, Spring Treat, Royalette, Cute Curtsey, Fairy Dust, Precious Gem, Summer Bloom, Sunny Sparkle, Sweet Breeze, Amazing Grace, Fluttershy, Wind Drifter, Azalea Bloom and Dollymix Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. I was also really into Ponyvilles and collected them pretty avidly, but then I lost interest after the switch to more anthro figures and then to G3.5.
For a while I still liked ponies, but didn't really collect them. My first G1 was Cool Breeze, I got her a couple of years later. I loved her but didn't really start properly collecting until late 2011. Dollymix G1s came out and I was instantly hooked.
In early 2012, my mum found the G1 Pony Bride at a vintage toy shop and got her as a present for me. I found two G3s (Sparkleworks and Daisyjo) at TK Maxx around the same time and bought a lot of G3s off eBay too.. I went back to the vintage toy shop later, and came back with Baby Applejack, Posey, Little Honey Pie and NBBE Baby Ribbon and Baby Half Note.. and I've been hooked ever since. :D
So - I count G2 Ivy as my first, and G1 Pony Bride as the one who pulled me back in :).
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My childhood herd is:
Buttons
Wind Whistler
North Star
Twist
Lofty
Magic Star
Peppermint Crunch
Twinkler (Sparkle pony)
Forget Me Not
Tropical Breeze
Morning Glory
Glory
Baby Firefly
Bright Night
Mimic
Gingerbread
Masquerade
Fizzy
Sky Rocket (TE)
Galaxy
Chief
Barnacle
Baby Ribbon
Baby Gusty
Baby Shady
Baby Tiddlywinks
Baby Half-Note
Baby Tic-Tac-Toe
Baby Fifi
TAF Fifi
Sweet Tooth
TAF Sundance & Megan
Up Up & Away
Braided Beauty
Primrose
Tiffany
Starburst
Sparkle (princess)
Bright Night
Cloud Dreamer
Secret Beauty
Tabby
Buzzer
Glow
High Flyer
Whirly
Baby Dots & Hearts
Baby Yo Yo
Jangles & Tangles
Sniffles & Snookums
Water Lily
Misty
Wave Dancer
Baby Noddins
I don't think it was any one pony that got me into collecting, it was more that Aadra310 had a ton of ponies too and we decided to combine our collections and look for more!
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My original herd I actually played with was fakies. I know when I was REALLY young I had the movie version of Firefly because I had Firefly's Adventure on VHS. The fakies got me into the bug of actual My Little Pony collecting. So at the age of 9 (I am 28 now), I was a hardcore pony collector. I was at the age where MLP was gone from stores, so I would scour local flea markets every weekend. The pony that started it was Majesty. She was the first G1 pony I found and I loved her. Then my friend gave me her Pony Bride which I fell dearly in love with....actually, wait.....I traded a fakie for her. So.....my original herd had about 150 ponies in it. It even had a Mimic I bought on the early days of eBay for about $30. I think the rarest one I owned besides her was Tux n' Tails, but I can't remember how I acquired him.
What happened to my original herd? Well at the age of 13, I started to become ashamed of my collection. I was being made fun of for it, so I let my brother sell them all on eBay so we could go on a cruise. :/ I cruise I was sick on the WHOLE time with a serious flu. :( So the $500+ the ponies made me was a waste. I was so miserable on that boat that when we finally docked back in the US I was ecstatic to get off. I also sold other toys like my Lady Lovely Locks dolls, Keypers, amongst other things for that horrid vacation. I even sold one of my AIBOs, for those who know what that is.
Fast forward two years. The G3s came out. I somehow heard about them on the internet. I don't remember how. I saw them and felt nostalgia and love. They looked just like G1s! I was 15 and asked my mom if she would buy them for me. She thought I was stupid and it would be a waste of money. It was not. As soon as I saw them in Toys R' Us I fell in love. It was the first wave with Sunny Daze, Kimono, donkey pose Minty, Rainbow Dash, etc. I got them all except Cotton Candy and her playset which I got later down the line. I started going to flea markets again and ponies were much harder to find, but I did find some. I started going on eBay again and joined the MLP Arena. I was part of the MLPTP too but I liked the Arena more. Thus, started to new collection. So my original collection had 150 ponies and I now have over 1,000 ponies. Yes, those G3's started a real problem. :lol:
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My original herd started in year 2...I didn't even know there was a year 1 until I found a friend that also collected MLP and she had one or two of them. I did find them after I started searching a bit, though. I always wondered who those ponies were that were on the name tags for the Pretty Parlor! :)
I know for sure I had Sunlight, Windy, Twilight, Firefly, Applejack, Moondancer, Baby Moondancer, Glory, Baby Glory...I did end up getting most of the first few years. I just remember those specifically, beyond Lemon Drop, Majesty and Peachy, because I also had the playsets. I got the Waterfall at some point, so also Sprinkles. I learned the hard way to NOT take the ponies with glitter symbols in the water...my original Twilight and Firefly have very faint/worn symbols now.
Who restarted it...I think was a combination of Kimono and Rainbow Dash. I'm so sad they dropped Kimono...she was so pretty with her purple and purple color scheme. Once I found them, the pony hunting fever started all over again. :)
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The original herd that my sister and I shared was:
Baby Backstroke
Baby Surf Rider
Hopping Pocket
Shining Secret
Cotton Candy
Baby Cotton Candy
Posey
Magic Hat
Moonstone
Rose Dust
Ringlets
Princess Brilliant Bloom
Little Giggles
Little Honey Pie
Little Lullabye
Wind Whistler
Cherries Jubilee
Parasol
Sunlight
Majesty
North Star
Skydancer
Starshine
Shady
Applejack
Bow Tie
Baby Bow Tie
My sister kindly allowed me to have them all now as an adult collector. (Good old Mum for keeping them all in the loft all those years!)
The one that restarted it was Masquerade.
Jules x
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Aww! What a great starter collection ^.^
I cannot remember my entire starter from Pre-K, but a rough estimate is;
G2; Light Heart
G3; Desert Rose
Forsythia
Sunset Sweetie
Sunny Daze
SparkleWorks
RainbowDash
Rainbow Flash
Pinkie Pie
Styling Size RainbowDash
So Soft Petal Dove
I had a couple of fakies, I know cause the smell of them was so bad, I can still smell it today.
And the two that got me into collecting again are;
Tap Dancer
Marshmellow Cocoa
Edit; Reworked collection, I forgot some!
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I remember having Peachy, Cotton Candy and Cascade. Gusty was the one I wanted when I started collecting again but the first one i got was Wind Whistler who I think is gorgeous as well.
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My original herd was tiny and included:
Glory (who was actually my sister's, but I'm counting her)
SS Windwhistler
Raincurl
Sundance
* my sister may have owned more but I don't remember them.
The ones that re-started my collection were g3s Merriweather and Silver Glow. :)
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I know lots of people here on the area started their original herd with G1. But my original herd when I was younger was all G3. I don't have any pictures obviously and I sadly lost all of them in storage, but from my memory I had the main girls, Minty, Sparkleworks, and all of the McPonies. I didn't have any ponies for a long long time. I lost all of my ponies when I was around 8. At that time I was out of toys and all into build-a-bear only. So up until I was around 14 all I had was build-a-bears for "toys". When I was 17 I found a Pinkie Pie g4 plush in Micheals marked down and I thought she matched my room decor (my room is all pink) so I bought her. After that I kind of fell in love with ponies again. I started with the Funko ponies and then branched out from there! :blush:
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My original herd had...
Two Poseys
Majesty
Windy
Sleepy Head
Pink Dreams
Baby Up Up and Away
Baby Sugarberry
Cherries Jubilee
Peachy
and the MacDonalds version of Princess Silver Swirl
The first pony I got when I started collecting again was Posey - she's always been my favourite! :heart:
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My original herd consisted of a bunch of DG fakies and other fakies,
Tuneful
Bridal Beauty
G2 Berry Bright
G2 Morning Glory
mcD g2 Sweet Berry & Sundance
and the one who re-started it all was Tuneful, when I found him again ^^
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My original herd, as far as I remember, was:
Braided Beauty
Strawberry Surprise
Cherry Treats
Star Dancer
Tootie Tails
Magic Hat
Baby North Star (separate @Grandma's place)
Minty (I think, also @Grandma's)
Who got me back into ponies were these:
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Most particularly I think Applejack was the one I saw first that got me interested, and probably Rainbow Dash may have been the one I wanted to get most once I learned about all 6.
As you can see my collecting started with a different gen. than I had as a child. Therefore, I don't really equate them with each other. I did dabble slightly with G1s at one point a few years ago but found that while I have pleasant nostalgic feelings for them, I only want to collect G4.
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My original pony has a bit of a sad story behind it:
My first was a fakie that was pink with red hair, blue eyes and had a strawberry as it's symbol. I don't really remember much about my childhood, but my mom told me that I got "Berry Berry" when I was just starting pre-school when I was 4 and used to carry her everywhere with me (being autistic, she was my safety toy. When getting overstimulated, I would be allowed to play with her to wind myself down) I would take her with me when I would go for visits to my Dad's (my parents divorced when I was 3, so i would visit him every other weekend) and apparently when I was 7 or 8, I accidentally left berry berry at my dad's and he was moving everything of mine into a new room to make room for my half-brother since he was due that August and he decided that I was getting too old for pony toys and he only wanted boy toys for his new family to have and tossed her out. I was apparently inconsolable for weeks and my mom was rightfully mad at her ex-husband for doing that to his only daughter.
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I didn't start collecting again until I was an adult and was re-introduced to ponies through the MLP:FIM series. The ponies that re-sparked my collecting was from the Canterlot Wedding series of ponies, specifically Fluttershy and Rarity (images from MLPmerch.com)
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I had no ponies as a kid, but my best friends did. Applejack and Bowtie were my favorites! I also remember using Moondancer as the boy when we played with them, and how scared I was of the eyelash princess pony lol
At some point in High school my friends unpacked their old herds and found the TP. They started collecting more ponies and I got my first look at Masquerade! :lovey: I was in love! Oddly enough I still don't have her in my collection. She's one of the ones I don't want to buy unless she's perfect :lol:
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I know my originals included Parasol, Windy, SS Sundance and Megan, and flutter pony forget me not. I know I had sea ponies too but I'm not sure which. I remember when I was about 5 my best friend had a bunch of the princess ponies and I thought they were so awesome!
I restarted collecting in 2005 after looking up my little pony online and finding eBay! :) I think the first lot I bought included Baby Quackers, Lucky, Bubbles, and some of the Newborn Twins.
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G2 was not quite as easily avalible in the mid 90's, but after getting 2 of the 3 G2 McDonald's ponies (and finally got my 'green pony' Ivy a year ago XD) I went to toys r us to see if they made a normal sized version of this pretty green pony - Ivy. Sure enough, I found her and a few other G2's I don't mind the colors of. I later found Skyflier at a yard sale I'll never forget with my mother, and somehwhat still on the package ponywear. Some quite 80's clothes, pink shoes, blue skirt and a yellow shirt with a pink belt. Not sure the name of the set but someone here probably does XD
After that I got fakies that I liked, mostly REALLY weird ones lol.
I treasure those ponies, especially Skyflier. My first G1 ever. <3 not many people can say they de-carded ponywear today...It was already coming off and I was just 6 or 7, but trust me I enjoyed it XD
I later tried hard to get into G3, I mostly wanted to complete the 1st McDonalds set as I liked the G2 ones so much. Minty was the main reason I stayed intrested in it, never got a regular size Minty untill recent years used, but I did get a bunch of G3's as gifts during it's run. :)
And my main collecting was simply from G4, and I remembered how much I wanted certain G1/2/3's again :P
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I don't remember much of my childhood herd, except for my beloved Minty. She went everywhere with me. I had forgotten about my Minty, until one day I found her at an antique store. And that was it- I was collecting again!
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My original herd was;
Collector pose Bowtie
Posey
Baby Blossom
Baby Glory
Baby Firefly
Megan and Sundance
Flutterbye
Majesty (and Dream Castle and most importantly Spike :P)
Baby Cuddles and her buggy
Barnacle
First tooth Baby North Star
First tooth Baby Splashes w/reverse hair (pink mane/tail and blue forelock)
Newborn baby Tuggles and Toddles (UK names)
Newborn baby Tappy
Newborn baby Wiggles
Brush n' Grow RInglets
Summer Wing Skydancer
Windy Wing Starry Wings
Windy Wing Cool Breeze
Pearly baby Ripple (UK version)
I don't have a seperate collection picture of my childhoods, but my whole collection is in this picture and they are all there :biggrin:
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When it comes to the pony that started it all - well, it was several of them actually, it more or less started when I found all my childhoods (with my sister and her childhoods) and we started looking online as we didn't remember all their names. We found the arena and then that was it. But the pony that made be start buying MLPs again, was this little girlie as I always wanted her as a kid but never got her;
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(https://flic.kr/p/6A4mvK)Baby Ribbon meets a flower (https://flic.kr/p/6A4mvK) by Katrine (https://www.flickr.com/photos/katinthewoods/), on Flickr
The first pony I actually got though was this beautiful lady (not the baby though, she is childhood^.^):
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I think my original herd started when i was a little girl, one of my friend had one.I ask her if i could have it and she gave it to me.I think it was Applejack.After that mom would ask what i wanted for my birthday or when i was good or something like that, i would always say a pony. My herd was large at one time.When was16 mom gave some away. I started collecting again when my youngest started liking my ponies so,i got her some g3 ponies. After she didn't want her ponies she gave them to me. Not sure of there name right now.
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I had around 80-90 ponies in my original herd.
Bowtie was first. (birthday gift from grandparents)
Baby Moondancer was my first baby pony. (birthday gift from babysitter a year or two later)
Sweet Pocket was my last pony. (my mom bought it for me at the grocery store while I was sick)
I actually don't remember the first pony I bought when I started collecting again! I remember I was in denial that MLP weren't sold in stores anymore. It was a couple years after G2 died and before G3 came along. I think I just bought randomly the ponies I liked on eBay, I definitely went on a binge. One of the first was a custom but I don't think she was THE first. I remember I wasn't totally clear on what a custom was and didn't realize I was getting a hand painted pony.