What is it about them?

[Rosencrantz]

What happened? I used to hate them and then suddenly I just fell absolutely in love with g2s. Enough that I bought a huge lot of them off ebay and finding some in my packed up boxes got me really excited.

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They're not built like a normal pony, but I just keep admiring their molds now. And they had such keen colour combos.

So what makes a toy go from 'meh whatever' to 'omg the best!'?

[Winter Bones]

I've had that happen with a lot of different ponies, and I think everyone has that one pony that got them interested in a certain generation or style. For example, I love G2s-something about those smiley faces and long legs just makes them absolutely adorable to me-but only after I ran into Light Heart and fell in love with her colour combination. I was also pretty indifferent to G4 brushables before I started collecting, but they quickly grew on me after I saw some out of package and nicely styled. I found G3 ponyville ponies somewhat cute too once I received a few mixed in with a blind bag order from China, though not as cute as my gens of choice. Ponies are infectious, I guess. 

[Leopard_Print_Unicorn]

I think for me, it's that they are the only gen that I can still really actively collect. The only G3's on my want list are Caribbean Delight & Beach Belle, and a few Euro bonus Breezies. The only G1's are some VERY rare Nirvanas and a few misc. Euro's. I've kept up with pretty much all the G4 releases that I want.

So when I got over G2's looking so different than G1's and G3's, it was fun to have a wish list that I can actually actively hunt down and collect again. Also, the fact that they do look so different means that they can have a totally different umm, I think I've heard it called head cannon? to me than the G1's and G3's.

[NovelNerd]

You are obviously wanting my pony diet to have variety

[hathorcat]

Lol - this happened to me years ago with the Princess ponies. Every time I got one in a lot I sold it on...and then one day I got a Princess Serena and I just went "wow...you are so sparkly and pretty and lovely...I must keep you...and find all your Princess sisters as well".

So I don't have a clue on the why but I understand the how!

[UnicornTamer]

Maybe when you get one of your own. I use to be meh about Core 7s (I liked them, I just wasn't crazy about them) and then I got Sweetie Belle. She's lovely and suddenly, I like them more.

[achab1984]

Congrats on them. I still have not gotten bit by that bug yet. Not sure what it is about them???

[Sugar]

I know what it *didn't* used to be about them.  They look so very different from G1s, I never used to give them a second look.

I have three now (just found my third, a lightly chewed previously loved Sky Skimmer, at a thrift shop) and while I don't know if I'll go off on a quest to get them all, I won't turn one down if the opportunity presents itself.   Except the unicorns... those, I must have.

[momo_no_hime]

The more I keep looking at G2s, the more I want them. I swear that my thinking is: pretty color schemes, THE BABIES (so cute!!!), and the fact that they're thin= more that can be crammed on a shelf! I think if I saw Hip Holly in real life I would end up wanting all of them!

[karrie91]

G2's are my all time favorite gen and the gen closest to my heart! I would give anything to have a full collection but right now I only have about 8 of them. <3

These were the ponies I had as a child.

[Vintergatan]

Aww, great to see the girls in their new home I actually finally admitted to myself that I don't really like them so I'm just keeping a few of my favourites so I think i'm having the opposite problem

[BrightIdea]

Its a psychological phenomenon known as the "exposure effect".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_effect

The more you see them, the cuter they get!

I do think G2s are really lovely. A few of them have been catching my eye lately. Now I am toying with the idea of getting my favourite ones.

[little.fox]

I used to detest G2s as well, but then I discovered Golden Light and Silwer Swirl! Such beautiful elegant creatures! Now I'm desperate to find Silwer Swirl MOC to accompany my Golden Light!

I think one certain pony can defenitely turn you on to a hole set/gen.

[kellyponyfeathers]

Once people got used to G4's, I think it became a lot easier for them to open up to G2's as well.

little.fox, I just saw that Sweet Tooth thingy in an Ebay lot, but I think the auction already ended.  I'll check my watch list to see if I still have it saved.  What is it, anyway?

[Aurora]

That familiarity effect thing makes a lot of sense- if I'm at a thrift store and I see something from my childhood, something I might have even forgotten about, it's a good bet that I will be buying that thing. And that tone in people's voices when they say "My Little Pony? I had some of those!" Nice to know there's a name for it- my husband would like to know if there is a cure! LOL!

I had the same thing happen with the g3.5's. I didn't actively collect them, but there was a Starsong at a yard sale, and I can't leave a pony at a yard sale. Then Starsong went mushroom hunting with me (something about looking a little like a truffle pig) and I was lost. What they lack in the graceful beauty of the g2's they make up for in indestructiveness.

And I agree with Momo- the babies did me in. They look so adorable, and like they need your love more than the other ponies.