Who are the "Oldie Moldies"?

[kellyponyfeathers]

I've really been collecting since the very beginning, though I just returned about a year and a half ago after an 8 yr break due to lack of funds (which I still don't have, but I'm pretending that I do).  I knew about the online community in the Arena and TP back when they were new, but didn't participate; I dunno why, guess it was just my dislike for computers.  Didn't buy much from ebay back then either; too expensive.  But my friend did make a trade page for me called "Pony Feathers," and I did a decent amount of trading with other collectors whose trade pages I found online.  I remember the Ring of Rainbows and Dream Valley when it used brochure images.

Edit:  That means that I've been collecting for 29 years, since 1983.  My first pony was Peachy w/ Pretty Parlor (for Christmas when I was 6), followed by Blossom.  I think my username pegs me as an "oldie but goodie" too, ha ha!

[TickledPink]

I've been collecting for 28 years....lol. I'm OLD.

[LadyMoondancer]

I've been part of the online collecting community since 1997, so that's . . . wow, 15 years?!


I remember when Dream Valley, Dream Castle, and the Trading Post were the only major sites around . . . Everything else was small personal websites.


I don't really buy ponies any more, but I still enjoy being part of the community.  One of the things that really makes me happy about FIM (aside from how good the show is) is that people seem to be writing fanfics again.  I remember when EVERYONE seemed to be working on a little story (or an epic story!) of their own in "the early days" and was very sad to see that get superceded.

[StoryDreamer]

Remember when people would write "trailers" for their fanfics?  That was awesome!

[Oneleo1]

I've been collecting for 28 years....lol. I'm OLD.

LOL, one of the ancient ones! But I have you beat....not by much though!

[SweetScoops]

Old enough to feel nostalgic about Dream Valley when it was still using illustrations instead of photos for its pony guide: http://web.archive.org/web/20010606093926/http://dreamvalley.freeyellow.com/ponies_list.html

This! That brings back some wonderful memories <3 Ah, the good old days.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Oh geez...  *totters out onto the porch with a  sparkly rainbow cane*

I admit the first thing I did when I got an Ebay account in 1998 was buy ponies.    So that makes 15 years of online collecting.  Previous to that, it was 11 years of garage and yard sales, consignment shops, and thrift store hunting...  So collecting for 26 years now! 

I have been around some form of online collectors' community since before the MLPTP's second move, I do know that.    Some Yahoo Groups, stuff like that...  It took me awhile to join and post with a MLP screenname at places like the Arena and start sharing. 

[LadyMoondancer]

Remember when people would write "trailers" for their fanfics?  That was awesome!

Yes!  That was awesome!! 

[Ember1]

since freshman year of high school when I was 14 circa 1999. Only the my little pony trading post existed then but it was really fun to look for ponies
I never had growing up or ponies I had lost. I then started to collect nirvanas once I realized other ponies had been made in other countries. It
was hard back then. I thought $65 for a pony was a crap load of money haha.. as a high schooler it sure was. But now those ponies are worth
crazy amounts. Glad I got some of them when I did. I think Ill be moving away from avidly collecting as I have been for the past few years.
Time to go on autopilot and enjoy the new finds everyone else brings to the table..

[Elisto]

I admit the first thing I did when I got an Ebay account in 1998 was buy ponies.

Haha, one of the first things I ever bought online was a pony on Yahoo! Auctions in 2001! Does anyone even remember that existing? You know, when eBay had competition?

[mercynova]

2003 for me but I don't think I count as an oldie...

[bigmlpfan]

I've been collecting since 1996, But only found this site in 2010

bigmlpfan xx

[bewilderness]

Lol, I feel old.  I first got online in 1997 and that's when I started collecting again (I was in college).  I was on the old TnT message board (I'm pretty sure I was bewilderness there too).  I've been on the Arena for six years now.

[PinkRosedust]

2003 for me but I don't think I count as an oldie...

Haha same here! Maybe that sort of makes us the next generation of pony elders. =P

Totally wish I could have been around for the G2 explosion. But I would have been around 7...back then I think I only barely knew how to play games on dos. lol. The internet probably would have been too much for me to handle. XP

[cuddlebuggy]

Well, I came to the TP around 2002 around the time I discovered Ebay. I have 4 from my original collection including FF Butterscotch that I got when I was 4, 30 years ago.