I actually like G4 better.  G3 just had way too many characters, many of whom weren't particularly distinct from one another.  While I wish G4 would release more of the blindbag characters as brushables (particularly the boys), I'm happy not to be overwhelmed with so many ponies any more.  I do agree though that I liked the G3 size better, and for those who collected playsets, I can see why the G3 playsets were better.

Too many ponies...I'm sorry, I don't understand this concept.  Can you explain it to me? 

Lovely ponies, congrats to your girls!

I still have my cassette from the pony story Lost in the Clouds, which I got when I was a little girl.  On the other side, I recorded my dog barking.  My dog passed away when I was in grade 6 but I can still put that tape in and hear her...she used to hum before she barked, she was so happy to see me.

Come on.  She asks you to style her hair and it sounds like a THREAT.  I cannot wait to buy her.

The arena wants me to go to bed and it's 6 am!!!

I want to say "soy cream" but it's not much use to me without coffee.

So:  Assuming I am in a place where typical fare is available but more exotic fare is not:  Soy cream. 

Assuming I am on survival exercise and I'm going to be eating sticks and bugs aside from the one food in my pack...Dammit.  I really want to say rice.  It's tasty and agrees with me.  But the honest answer is caffeine.

See aforementioned survival exercise and me being the officer who snuck six pepsis into camp.  When discovered, suggested to the sergeant that this being a survival exercise, if he wanted all the people on it to survive, I should not be separated from caffeine.

I collected and played with ponies as a child.  There are certain times of year I think of ponies and good memories.  I also like how ponies helped me make friends AS A GROWNUP when I was new in this city.  I still like handling and displaying my ponies, and...

This might sound goofy but...

When I was about twelve I told my ponies that even though I was going to grow up I would always love them and look after them.  So far, so good

I loved ponies as a child and had more than a hundred.  When I became a teenager my mom started pressuring me to stop buying toys.  I remember being kind of jealous of kids I baby sat for having ponies like Pony Bride (I know she's common, but she's so pretty!), Sweetheart Sisters, and other ponies that came out after I'd stopped getting toys as gifts.

Then I went to university and military service.  Suddenly no parents breathing down my neck and my own income.  I bought toys.   G2 Ponies!  I remember getting Sky Shimmer at the Base Canex!  I also bought Transformers and Gargoyles at that time in my life.  I wasn't yet buying or trading on the internet.

...I actually don't remember when I first came to the Arena.  I'd picked up a few ponies at yard sales, but wasn't thinking about them regularly.  Maybe it was because my mom wanted me to get rid of the stuff in her attic...I decided to sell most of my pony accessories.  But then I used the money I made to buy more ponies.  All the ponies I secretly wanted when I was a teenager.

So, my G1 collection is now:  139 of my original ponies, comprising most of Years 1-5 and a handful of 6, and 164 ponies bought in my adult life, mostly Years 6-10 and also any ponies from the first five years that I'd given away to other kids.

I also have G2, G3 and G4.