Hi everyone!
I'm a backcard enthusiast and was wondering about some later released G1s and how their backcards looked, and if they had stories on them like the earlier releases...

 - Fancy Pants babies

- Brush N' Grow (I think I remember that the box they came in was not artwork but photos instead? And no stories about the ponies? But I really can be wrong about that!)

- Windy Wing ( I know the Summer Wing's came with stories and lovely artwork, but not if this was the case for Windy Wing's as well?)

Hoping that the pony communtiy and all the pony knowledge combined can help out! Thanks in advance everyone!

So I was a little inspired by the "sets you don't want" thread - and thought it would be fun to see which sets that you all really, really want? I know that a lot of you don't collect sets - so for all of you (me included), just choose the sets you like the most ponies from?

Soo - if space and money were not an issue - these are the sets I really, really would like:

- Play and care original baby sets (love the original babies and have most of them!)

- NBBE Play and care sets (love all of these except baby Hearthrob..)

- Alternate Birthflowers

- German baby ponies (baby Honeycomb, baby Buttons, baby Hopscotch, baby Cherries Jubilee etc.)

- and first release of flutters 

So I haven't bought a pony in YEARS and today I saw a poor tail-less Gypsy on ebay (she has always been one of the ponies I dreamed off but never got around to actually buy - she is a childhood fav!) and I bid on her - and won!

I paid  4,50$ for her which I thought was pretty good, even though she has no tail and is in "played with" condition. I'm super excited and hoping she will clean-up good as it didn't look like the seller had tried to do so at all... 

Soo anyone know where I can buy some Gypsy look-a-like tail hair?

EDIT: She is HOME!! And she is really really pretty! I am amazed - after a clean-up she is so to speak flawless

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Gypsy by KatWoods, on Flickr

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So I'm trying to find out which ponies were released together and so far I think I got it right, but not entirely sure... If someone can help out with their prices as well that would make me super happy!

So the Play and Care varients released in Germany and Scandinavia (UK as well?) included:

Baby Gusty
Baby Ribbon
Baby Hearth throb
Baby Lickety Split

The baby ponies released in Germany (not sure if they were released anywhere else? But I'm sure someone in here knows!  )
Baby Lofty
Baby Hopscotch
Baby Lemon Drop (was this the Lemon Drop in Blossom's pose? Or in baby Bowtie's pose?)
Baby Cherries Jubilee
Baby Buttons'
EDIT: I forgot about baby Honeycomb!

And I know there was a 7th baby pony released in this set as well? But I'm not sure who it was?

I know that the Play and Care sets came with puffy stickers, but did the other set of German baby ponies also come with puffies? I've only seen a puffy sticker for Baby Lemon Drop but that might have been the other release of her? Anyone knows?

Thank you so much for all your help!

So, this surely have been asked many times before - but I am in the process of cleaning up and reducing my pony collection and was wondering about the following: if you only where to keep 10 ponies - who would it be and more importantly WHY would you choose to keep those over any others?

Here is mine:

1) NBBE Baby Ribbon - because I wanted her ever since I first saw her as a kid and it was a little bit of a dream come true when I was able to finally get her (even though I was all grown-up at the time...)

2,3,4) Baby Glory, Baby Blossom, Baby Firefly because they are all childhood ponies of mine and I loved them so much as a kid and they are so much played with it makes me smile every time I look at them

5) Bowtie - my very first pony. Ever. Need I say more?

6) Majesty - because Dream Castle was a present from my grandfather and he died shortly after. It was the best present I ever got as a kid!

7) Glory - because she is the perfect unicorn! And she was a present from my sister.

8) Macau Jenny - because I would need to keep a Nirvana and Jenny is the most awesome pony ever made!

9) Firefly - because of the pose. She looks like she is about to take off, and that makes her the most happy-looking pegasus

10) Barnacle - because he is too awesome to give up, and all my girls would need a boy pony. And also - he is a pirate;)

Some photo art from me to all of you 

I love taking pictures, and I have a soft spot for ponies. It is a perfect combo!

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Jingle Jangle by KatWoods, on Flickr

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Be Glorious - Always by KatWoods, on Flickr

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I have always thought I was not a completionist. I never felt the need to have all ponies, or even all the ponies in one set. Simply because I only wanted the ponies I really, really liked or the ponies that fitted in my collection. I have been away from the pony-community for some years now, and when I got my self back into it a couple of weeks ago it really hit me. I might not be a set-completer or a generation- completer, but none-the-less I AM a completer.

Already when I bought my first pony as a grown-up I was a completer. The first ponies I bought was Firefly, Glory, Blossom and baby Bowtie. To complete my childhood collection - as I already had Baby Firefly, Baby Glory, Baby Blossom and Bowtie. The second thing I made sure off was that all my ponies had all their accessories - down to their backcards and stickers (which is still an on-going process...). The same thing happened with my pony wear - even though I don't particularly LIKE pony shoes I just had to have those too, because they completed the outfit. My ponies NEVER wear any pony shoes, but I still need to have them.

So from thinking I wasn't a collector that worried about completing, I might be the "worst" (or maybe best!) kind of completer of all. It is not just about buying the pony, but getting everything that is associated with that pony too. So even though I only have around 35 ponies in my collection I have a TON of stuff for them all. Even the stuff I don't like, just because it belongs to the pony ( it sounds so wrong when I write it like that, but I hope you guys understand what I mean).

So how about it? Maybe, on some strange level, all collectors are completionists? I thought it would be interesting to hear all your thoughts on how you collect? Is it only ponies, or are you like me, collecting accessories and pony wear, puffy stickers and backcards as well? What is important to you in your collection? What motivates you to buy the MLP things you decide to buy?