I'm probably echoing everyone else here, but first of all - back when G1 came out, it was a girls toy. There wasn't any adult collectors/fanbase. However when G1 Transformers came out - there were adults that bought them and collected them (same with Star Wars).

I think the problem is Hasbro really has no clue how to market MLP. G1 was short lived in the US when you think about other toy lines. G2 was even shorter. I think G3 started off on the right foot, but then they got into the whole Mane Core thing and decided Pinkie Pie was now the official MLP mascot and that went down hill.

I was thrilled for the Anniversary ponies because they were anniversary, but I never ever saw the Rainbow Ponies in any store and only managed to find the full set of the collectors pose.

I loved the art ponies and I was willing to buy them because they were different. I didn't think they were outrageously priced (compared to the "exclusives" for the G4)

So then g4 came out and somewhere somehow it become all about these Bronies. How when why, I don't even pretend to understand. I'm not saying MLP is only a girls toy, but I have issues with teen/young men telling me how ponies are supposed to be. What toys are supposed to be, what merch I should see in stores, how tv characters personalities are supposed to be. I also have issues with the fact that I have a 3 year old daughter who loves the show and who loves the few ponies she has and how sad she gets when we find blind bags that are torn open ever time we are at Walmart and Target, how ponies are ripped out of boxes or the shelves are empty because certain people feel they can do that because the show is so popular and in their minds kids shouldn't have them.

fact is fact - it's a *toy* line with a cartoon.

Now, I'd say a good majority of us are "adult" collectors because we had g1 as a child and we loved those ponies and we love that we have people who are as obsessed with MLP as we are. We liked the other generations for the way it reminded us of our childhood. We buy the current G4 because we have kids that love it or because "hey it's ponies".

I guess it bothers me that the line is lacking in variety. I'm used to lots of ponies. We didn't have 100 versions of Cotton Candy when I was kid. It also bothers me that somewhere someone in Hasbro HQ thinks that it's a good idea to have a gem encrusted light up pony for $50 because "it's a fan favorite". It's a statue, not a MLP toy IMO.

What I would love and would make me happy as a collector? First off better QC - and second. Make ponies Hasbro. Lots of ponies. Who cares if they are in the show or not. Ponies are meant for playing, for brushing, for pretending. Give my daughter ponies so she can play ponies, not PP's army of clones,.

Good luck!

That is just amazing to own something like that (not to mention those light up ponies, I just died when I went to that post and saw the giant Sweet Stuff - what I wouldn't give to have her!).

Congrats

I'm getting her not because she's PP and not because she's g4 - but because she's a chinese new year pony (DH is chinese ) and she's for the year of the horse (my zodiac/year).

Question, it says she's 8". Obviously bigger than the g4 ponies. Is this the same size as the fashion style g4s?

Last week I took my kiddos to the mall to check out another store and we stopped inside BaB since we had never been in one. I noticed they sold sound pieces and they had the MLP theme.

My question is, will they let you just buy the sound chip? My daughter already has a PP plushie and I'd like to get the sound chip and see if I can slip inside PP.

I just don't want to make the trip over there if they tell me I can only buy it if I buy a stuffed animal.

Lucky find! I wish I still had my She-ra horses. I had Swifty, Moonbeam, and Sunbeam. One day I hope to find them again.

I've had him for a loooooong time, though when I got him, I thought he was kinda an ugly girl pony. I never realized "she" was a "he" until I got back into collecting. One day I will get his little sister.

G1 Blossom and she's still with me. Sweet 'ol gal she has a mane cut and lost her tail many moons ago and then my mom made her a DMC floss tail, which she still has. I could never bear to part with any of my original herd.