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[NoPonySpecial]

  Hello there!  I've been a lurker on this site for a while, and have finally decided to join in!

  I'm a 22 year old, female Brony - yes, FiM is what got me into ponies in the first place. We had a nice basket of Gen 1 ponies when we were small, but I foolishly decided to sell them (mostly due to their poor condition) just a year prior to discovering FiM (although I could not part with Baby Glory  ).  Watching the show and exploring the Brony community caused me to regain interest in the 80s ponies: I could see echos of the older generations in the show, and frequently become impatient with Brony friends who gave no respect to the older eras of My Little Pony.  I wandered onto Ponyland Press one day, and was hooked; I had no hope of limiting myself to Friendship is Magic.  As a collector, my main interest is in expanding my collection of the smallest ponies (blind bags, Ponyville figures, etc) but I now also have the goal of recreating my childhood collection.

  I look forward to being a part of the community of The MLP Arena. This place has the most polite forum community I've ever seen, and it great to come to a pony community that retains a feel of innocence, because as fun as it is to make kids' shows raunchy just for the laughs, a place that treats childhood innocence and security with reverence is quite refreshing.   I admit I don't speak up too much, but when I do, I make sure to say something worth saying. Although, it seems I have gone on a bit too long here, so: Hello everyone, glad to meet you all!

[StarDragon]

  I look forward to being a part of the community of The MLP Arena. This place has the most polite forum community I've ever seen, and it great to come to a pony community that retains a feel of innocence, because as fun as it is to make kids' shows raunchy just for the laughs, a place that treats childhood innocence and security with reverence is quite refreshing.

Must say, I agree. ^^ Though you can never fully say too much when it comes to ponies, that's for sure!! lol Welcome to the arena, it is great to see a brony who also appreciates the older gens. It is also a neat thing you had some G1s as a kid. Baby Glory is a cutie too.

 

[Firestorm]

Greetings! And welcome. Welcome to City-17 where you have chosen or been chosen... I too am guilty for not respecting/liking the older generations, before FIM and even a bit after. But learned differently after seeing the amount of work that went into it, etc. Still wouldn't watch them though! This does not apply to G 3.5. No respect for that.

[Shenanigans]

Welcome! There's lot to learn and love from older generations And FiM puts a fun new spin on things! Each generation makes pony collecting a little bit different, but no matter what gen we all collect, we ALL LOVE PONIES!

[NovelNerd]

Welcome to the Arena! I think for a lot of people FIM has helped revive their love of ponies. Mine was kind of in the opposite way as someone made me watch an episode. I was all grumbly "these are not the ponies I remember!" Then I had to look up the old ponies, and now there are old ponies everywhere in the house.  I suppose the new show can be thanked for my revived interest.

Shenanigans is right though you'll find such a diverse group here in different generation love. It's nice to meet you.

[Eviecorn]

Welcome to the Arena!  Enjoy your stay.

[SourdoughStomper]

Greetings and welcome to the Arena, NoPonySpecial.

[teresat]

Welcome!

[kittybethy]

Hello and Welcome to the Arena!

 We are so glad to have you here!

[FayMandy]

Welcome here & nice to meet you

[Tiella]

Welcome, I hope you are able to recover some of your childhood ponies!

[Diamond]

Welcome to the Arena, always nice to meet someone who eventually realizes with out the past history there would be no current history.

[ZennaBug]

Welcome to the Arena!    We're always happy to have new fans, especially ones who can be respectful of all the gens.    I hope you'll enjoy it here as much as we do!

[kaoskat]

Welcome to the arena!