How does your herd grow?

[Stormness_1]

How does your garden grow?
How does your herd grow?

I was just going through collection photos looking for photos of some fakies I have in storage (I thought I might have bought a double, which it turns out I had) and I came across a photo of my ponies all together on one of the spare beds... now I was sorting ponies just yesterday (and now wish I'd taken a photo) but they took up both that bed and I was running back and forth sorting them on my queen size bed as well

Here's the photo in question:

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I was surprised to find it was taken in August 2012. This is what my collection looked like June last year:

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See that bed in the back? That's where the first photo was taken! So yesterday I covered the back bed in baby ponies, g4's and G1's, had my fakies and sales ponies on the front bed, and my G2's and G3's in the bedroom on my bed... so it's grown way more again...

So how does your pony herd grow? Fast? Slow? Not at all? Downsizing? Photos!

[PrincessGryph]

I mainly just collect G4s, and they've been doing so many re-releases of the same characters, new characters are few and far between. It grew fast at first, but it's kind of leveling off.

I have about a dozen G3s, but I only collect them opportunistically, or as I see ones that interest me. That one hasn't grown at all in a couple years.

[Pony Adventures]

I mainly just collect G4s, and they've been doing so many re-releases of the same characters, new characters are few and far between. It grew fast at first, but it's kind of leveling off.

I also mostly only collected G4s but since the phase of re-releases is so long, I find myself growing my G1 and G3 portions of my herd. To the dismay of my pocketbook, my collection has been growing fairly rapidly, despite the absence of new new releases.

I've even been buying up G4s that I previously passed up, like some Glimmer wings and Pinklestias. I should really get a current pic so I can do a before and after.

Also, that is pretty impressive growth! Initially it was just your bed being taken over. Now it is your whole room. Next will be your entire house!

[Starly]

I also collect mostly G4, haven't bought any others outside of yard sales since 2012. Though I also love the EQG dolls so they are taking up most if my time now. I still have tons of ponies though, I kept a good memory list of everyone for years, but I lost count and track with just how many ponies I have, nor so I have a specific place for any of them, so my room is just a mess of ponies...

[Rhubarbpie]

This was my collection in June 2013

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And this is now!!

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I have had to move a bit more around now.  My G4's and special G3's are on the lighter cabinet and G1's, G3's and plushies are in the darker cabinet

[Bibsy]

I collect only G1 and my herd grows in fits and starts.  I recently got a large lot, so I need to sell off my extras before buying many more.  But I also trade my extras, and that feels more like shopping to me, where I can pick and choose specifically which ones I want to add one by one. 

[OLumeVaSti]

It depends on whether I am feeling rich or not. If I am feeling rich my herd multiplies like rabbits.

[Stars]

I had none of my childhood ponies when I started collecting, only one of my18th birthday presents - a Basket Surprise Sweet Berry.

I DID intend only to buy the 5 ponies from Friendship Gardens, to satisfy that part of my childhood nostalgia. But ponies are addictive! I now have my Basket Surprise Sweet Berry, Magic Motion Ivy, Secret Surprise Morning Glory, Lady Cupcake, Magic Motion Sweet Berry, McD's Lightheart and Sweet Berry, Newborn Twin Snookums and Flutter Morning Glory. So it's multiplied somewhat from that first Sweet Berry! I've got a few ponies on their way too. I keep saying I won't buy more till I get a steady job, but it's so hard!

[reanna-mator]

It grew super fast over the first few years (around the time I joined up here!) but for various reasons it's slowed down:

I make less at my current job and I'm trying to save money for moving house, a moped and a license.
As I've expanded my G1 collection I'm running out of ponies I really want that are inexpensive.
With a hubby in the house I feel embarrassed when there is a constant stream of ponies coming in the mail.

So at the moment I only make the occasional impulse purchase and go more deliberate in terms of completing sets and such.

[Kiwi]

When G3s first came out, my entire collection could fit in a single wine box from the LCBO. Wow - now they have the 3rd bedroom.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

It grows then I downsize, then it grows, then I downsize....

[Lorelei Redfern]

when i first started recollecitng i  had   15 of my orginal mlps i dont think i have a picture    and i had  6 g3s that went with me to pony fair in 2012 (when i started colelcitng)  after i came back formt hat weekend i had my first playset   and my collection was up to  75  o.o

then it grew agian  that weekend  a couple days later  at yard saling.
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this is what it  looked like in 2012 in august.  the whole collection.

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as you cna see int eh beggining the ponys were only on a couple shelves and htey shared the room..  lsowly though they took over  and everything else   (prettymuch) left the room and scattered throughout   the house..   andmore shelving was brought into the room i can't tell youhow many times in the last two   years how many  tiems my room has been arranged and rearranged  and  i even moved my dresser out of my room so i'd have shelf room!

now  i havne't updated  pics since march  of last year o.o i really should since the collections gotten even BIGGER and we redid my room again!  but  this is  in   2013. the last pics were from augst and july of   12.

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since   last april it hasntgrownin big spurts anymore.   it  grows in small spurts a pony here a pony there... selling a pony here selling a pony there trade a pony here trade a pony there.  occasnly pick up a playset  just added the  mer pony playset!
my current count of the herd is at 432  and sevreal LARGE  playsets lol  for the most part it hink i'm  mostly  done. i'm   selling  some i dont really care for.. and focusing on more spefeic slighly expensive ponys!  like  Thundercloud (yay!) gonna hopefully finish out the rest of my normal boys at he fair.

[Flitter]

The start of my collection: July 2011
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Sept. 2011
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Dec. 2011
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July 2012
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Nov. 2012
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July 2013
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[MorningGlorysParadise82]

It exploded when I joined here. At least as far as my G1s. 99%of my G3s were either dollar store specials or found at the walmart neighborhood markets. I was lucky enough to get my G2s off ebay and my G4s are a hodgepodge. Sadly they are mostly in containers and a shelf in my back room. Wouldn't be too bad if I could find a better way to organize or display everything. Now days if I find something I am looking for and it is a good deal I will try and get it. I try to keep the price cheap but reasonable.

[Elfpony]

I do probably 90% of my buying for the year at the Fair each year, so mine grows slowly, but usually 20+ ponies at a time.

Here's a picture of my herd from approximately a year ago, it's grown by about 40 ponies since then.
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