Hello Everypony~

[Cassafrass]

Hi MLP Arena! I'm Cass, a fellow MLP enthusiast who's very happy to have found a community like this! I'm 16, a furry, brony, an avid artist, and a dragon lover! I will admit that growing up, I never really collected ponies, although I did like them to some extent - Star Catcher is still one of my favorites! I was more of a Littlest Pet Shop collector myself {unfortunately I've since gotten rid of my whole collection.} However, I've since grown out of that {although I still think they're cute}, and the past four years or so have been a pony-filled blast.

I discovered my love for ponies through FiM, and started taking more of a liking to the small collection of older gen. ponies my mom and sister had kept in our basement, gathering dust. I finally broke down and decided to bring them up to my room the other day, and they're sitting on my shelf now, begging to be cleaned up and loved. I will say that I discovered this forum quite some time ago on accident, probably while searching for MLP related sites or something of the like, but decided against joining it. I'm glad I've since rediscovered it, while finding myself looking up topics such as "how to fix your ponies manes" haha! I'm so happy that there's a community of people who have a broader interest in MLP as a whole - not just the fourth generation alone.

TL;DR - I didn't really imagine that ponies would ever become such a large part of my life, but here I am. I'm hoping that this newfound interest of mine sticks around, as the ponies just make me so... happy! As I browse through different pony guides, sales posts, etc. I can't help but feel the need to get them and give them some much needed love. Now I have a lot to learn, watch, see, and do!

I suppose I'm officially a collector now, eh?

I'm excited to hopefully stick around on here and make some friends, share my pony passion, increase my collection and overall just have a great time!

[Diamond]

Welcome to the Arena.  Yup sounds like you have well and truly been bitten by the pony bug.

[Cassafrass]

Thank you for the kind welcome Diamond, I appreciate it! And definitely - a pony bug indeed.

[Spinky69er]

Welcome to the Arena

Now that you caught the bug, you realise the only cure is to keep adding to the herd yes?

[Cassafrass]

Thanks for the welcome Spinky!

I do realize that, aha...! This bug must be extremely contagious. Now I just need to figure out how to break the news and say things like "hey mom, heading to the thrift store to try and find some more ponies!" LOL!

[Bekuno]

Hello, Cassafrass! Welcome to the Arena!

You sound a lot like me! We share the same hobbies and I used to collect LPS myself (I've thought about customizing them now..). Have fun collecting and enjoy the forums!

[Cassafrass]

Hi Bekuno! Thanks for the warm welcome!

Ohhh, that's awesome! I've thought about customizing LPS as well, but I don't know if it's for me hehe. Thank you, though!! Maybe we could chat sometime? Btw, I love the OCs in your siggy and avatar - so cute!

[achab1984]

Welcome to the arena

[Cassafrass]

Thank you for the welcome, achab1984. Love your icon!

[Taffeta]

Welcome to the Arena! (And the dark side of older gen MLP, of which there are approximately millions waiting to lure you into buying them...)

Ok, so millions is an exaggeration, but I hope you know what you've got into

[Cassafrass]

I apologize for the late reply, but thank you for the welcome Taffeta! Oh, I do - I keep on drooling over the lovely ponies every time I look up older gens, but also get intimidated by there being so many to collect! Haha, but you are right indeed.