After some time of lurking around I decided to join.
Actually I've been into MLP since ... I think 1999 or something, back then I used to play with my sisters' G1s (well we still do, also with the newer generations).
Then one day we were shopping, it was sometime after the first G3 release, and I was basically like 'Aw, Mama, can I get a pony? Please?'.
And that's when collecting started for me, some years I got/bought more ponies, some years less.
I also collect MH, by the way.
Oh, and please forgive my poor English.