Hi ^_^ not sure what to say, I've been searching and digging at yard sales / flea markets for ponies pretty much my whole life.
When I was young, one of the first toys I remember having is MLP. Dating myself but... I got G1 Applejack as my very first pony, right from the store shelf. My grandma did get me the birthday party pack, and so my herd had begun! I remember being inconsolable and devastated when flutter yum-yum's wings broke. Another pony I remember being so excited to open, was Sunspot. All through growing up, I added any pony I could find to my collection.. I remember being ecstatic to find baby Starflower, since now my Sunspot could "have a baby" lol. I think my greatest find is when I found Oakley and a few others at a flea market a couple summers ago, and got them all for $2. Oakley is in fantastic shape, too. ^_^
So that find really got me back into collecting, and now I'm an adult with a great job, and fiance' who has his own collections... I want to collect much more. These past couple years, life has been busy and I have gone to hardly any flea markets / yard sales... a real bummer. So I started a few weeks ago, exploring and learning Ebay. ^_^ So far I've bought a Kingsley and a Tall Tales is on the way.
When they came out with G3, I had just started my first ever job. It was minimum wage, and few hours, but I managed to pick up a pony here and there that caught my eye. Eventually, as the ponies seemed endless, I began buying only the special edition or holiday edition ponies. I have Snow 'El, holiday Minty, and Twinkle hope. Then the "core 7" came.. ugh. I took a liking to Sweetie Belle and have a few variations of her, she was the valentine special pony 2 years in a row at least. One of my all-time faves is my giant Star Catcher that changes color. My friend got me Lilly Lightly and i adore her. She also found Avon exclusive Peach Surprise & baby Tea Lily. I really wanted more baby G3 ponies.. but our stores - especially Target - seemed to not carry all the Target exclusive ponies that they were supposed to. I still have an interest in some G3 ponies, particularly babies.
MLP:FIM - oh my goodness, love it! I was a little out of the loop.. but halfway through season one, I caught on and just awesomeness followed. I've since scraped up some elusive 'blind-bag' ponies when found, have a handful of random normal ponies, and collected the Mc D toys like a fiend. I also somehow turned my future little brother-in-law into a raving Rarity fanatic. Funny, since he started with Twilightlicious, lol. ^_^ My fiance' is even a closet - rainbow dash fan - he snatched the sparkly blind-bag RD from my hands as I opened it.. its pretty much now his "precious".
I pre-ordered the Toys R' Us Zecora.. I was just informed its on "Backorder".
Mirage is my "ponysona" of sorts, I figured since everypony
seems to have one nowadays, I should sit down a make one of my own.
I belong to a few forums for pets and such.. but this would be my first time joining any MLP pages.
I believe currently I have about 24 G1 ponies and maybe just as many G3s, with a handful of G4 stuff.
As you can see.. I am very good at carrying on! ^_^ Feel free to ask any questions, I'm sure I'll have no trouble obliging.
~Mirage~
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