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Pony Corral / Re: Why do you collect toys?
« on: June 30, 2016, 01:10:02 PM »
I'm quite similar in that I've always had an affinity for toys I've had. When I was younger I loved to collect every figure, although we aren't the wealthiest family so it never really happened.
I collected many toys throughout my childhood, from My Little Pony to Polly Pocket, dinosaurs to Littlest Pet Shop, to Barbie and My Scene, Trollz, Puppy in my Pocket and more...
I had a LOT of Polly Pockets (as in the newer, larger ones, but also many of the small older ones) when I was little, and from my bedroom to the upstairs hallway, I set up all of the playsets (as well as my large dollhouse, Sabrina the Teenage Witch house, My Little Pony G2 Royal Castle + Magic Kitchen, and others) and created a huge town for my Polly Pockets. I loved to set up and display, and then play of course. My dad cursed it - always tripping on things in the hallway.
I did this set up with all of my toys I had.
When I got rid of my toys, I was sad to let go.
I've always been the type that likes figures most out of merchandise for things. I first started collecting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a couple of years back after falling in love with the new show. My siblings used to have many of the old figures, but not now. I'm working my way through buying as many figures as possible. I didn't have a job for ages so I don't have many to be honest, but now that I have a job I'm working on getting more. TMNT figures are completely in contrast to MLP. I quite like having the opposites in my room.
On to MLP collecting, I had always wanted to rekindle a G1 collection (with potentially other gens mixed in) but also did not have the money for that. It's still hard work now, as a majority of ponies tend to be sold in the US naturally, and shipping is way too hefty to fork out for every pony. (Baby Sweet Stuff...) On a side note, my mum likes to pretend she finds it annoying but she's always attempting to find ponies in charity shops and car boot sales, however there's rarely any found here. She did snag me a 1992 Polly Pocket "Fairy Fantasy" though!
All of this collecting leaves my eBay watch list in a full state nearly all of the time!
Anyway, I just find it fun collecting figures. I like collecting things that can be posed and put on display. I need to get a nice, big display cabinet though. Currently my ponies are cluttering on top of my DVDs, making it hard to get DVDs out and my TMNT figures have ran out of room on top of my bookshelf.
I'd like to collect a whole bunch more figures, but I figure it'd be wise to stick to these 2 collections, as with many gens/iterations, they both get very pricey... I'm a child at heart, and as someone who works with children I relate so well. I talk about both MLP and TMNT with many of them.
I collected many toys throughout my childhood, from My Little Pony to Polly Pocket, dinosaurs to Littlest Pet Shop, to Barbie and My Scene, Trollz, Puppy in my Pocket and more...
I had a LOT of Polly Pockets (as in the newer, larger ones, but also many of the small older ones) when I was little, and from my bedroom to the upstairs hallway, I set up all of the playsets (as well as my large dollhouse, Sabrina the Teenage Witch house, My Little Pony G2 Royal Castle + Magic Kitchen, and others) and created a huge town for my Polly Pockets. I loved to set up and display, and then play of course. My dad cursed it - always tripping on things in the hallway.
I did this set up with all of my toys I had.
When I got rid of my toys, I was sad to let go.
I've always been the type that likes figures most out of merchandise for things. I first started collecting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a couple of years back after falling in love with the new show. My siblings used to have many of the old figures, but not now. I'm working my way through buying as many figures as possible. I didn't have a job for ages so I don't have many to be honest, but now that I have a job I'm working on getting more. TMNT figures are completely in contrast to MLP. I quite like having the opposites in my room.
On to MLP collecting, I had always wanted to rekindle a G1 collection (with potentially other gens mixed in) but also did not have the money for that. It's still hard work now, as a majority of ponies tend to be sold in the US naturally, and shipping is way too hefty to fork out for every pony. (Baby Sweet Stuff...) On a side note, my mum likes to pretend she finds it annoying but she's always attempting to find ponies in charity shops and car boot sales, however there's rarely any found here. She did snag me a 1992 Polly Pocket "Fairy Fantasy" though!
All of this collecting leaves my eBay watch list in a full state nearly all of the time!
Anyway, I just find it fun collecting figures. I like collecting things that can be posed and put on display. I need to get a nice, big display cabinet though. Currently my ponies are cluttering on top of my DVDs, making it hard to get DVDs out and my TMNT figures have ran out of room on top of my bookshelf.
I'd like to collect a whole bunch more figures, but I figure it'd be wise to stick to these 2 collections, as with many gens/iterations, they both get very pricey... I'm a child at heart, and as someone who works with children I relate so well. I talk about both MLP and TMNT with many of them.
I'll probably have to do a price check once I get it presentable. I can keep you in mind for it, if you like. 
