Hi everyone,
Thank you for welcoming me into the community.
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I've been a My Little Pony girl my whole life and being in Australia, I found it difficult throughout my childhood ('90s) to have decent access to the toys and TV series, so I used to obsessively watch the 1986 movie and bring my Sundazzle Sunbeam everywhere with me until she was destroyed (not by me and I've never gotten over it
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which is why I replaced her recently
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).
My favourite as a kid was Firefly and to this day, I am still obsessed with the G1 Sundazzle ponies: Sunbeam, Sunglory and Sunsplasher.
I spent from 1992 onwards trying to collect them all and just never seemed to be able to find them.
MLP was a great help to me growing up with a physically abusive father. My Sunbeam and the movie (and the few occasions I got to see the series and get more ponies) provided the perfect escape into fantasy and even today, provide a great deal of solace. Since I got Sunbeam again, I just hold her and smell her all the time. It's the smell of my childhood!
![Blush :blush:](https://mlparena.com/Smileys/default/redface_001.gif)
Anyway, thanks for having me!
![Smile :)](https://mlparena.com/Smileys/default/smile_001.gif)