What are you going to do when you have ALL the ponies?

[shimmlight]

Sell the whole thing as a pre-assembled complete MLP collection to a lazy billionaire for 50 million dollars, retire and start over.

Haha that's quite a good idea xD

[Katika]

This is kind of a tricky question in my opinion because not everyone has the same definition of what a "complete" collection is.  For example, I don't collect Sea Ponies (nothing against them... I just haven't come up with a way that satisfies me to display them, and so they frustrate me too much, lol), so my complete G1 collection will be without Sea Ponies.  I do collect G3.5s, but not the baby ones, so to me, my G3.5s will be complete without any of the babies.   With G4s, I don't collect anyone that doesn't have hair that can be brushed or that I couldn't stick in water without ruining.  But those are all just my personal preferences.

I honestly don't anticipate ever having a COMPLETE complete collection, because I do plan to branch out to Nirvanas once I catch up with US/Euro G1s-G4s (and G5s if we ever have them?).  If I theoretically did, I do think that I'd like to have a museum of sorts.  I know it wouldn't make money, but I'd love to be able to display them for others to see so that they can bask in pony goodness as well   I'm not too worried about a complete collection hindering my love for ponies, though, as even now I will sometimes take months-long breaks from collecting, barely even thinking about my ponies, before going back to them with the same amount of gusto. 

[lovesbabysquirmy]

My want list has been completed, changed, completed, and so on Lol  I never run out of things to add

This, but I also have realized that I want to collect MLP all my life, so I have PLENTY of time to get them all! 

Short answer: Swim in them Scrooge McDuck style.

This too, probably!

Sell the whole thing as a pre-assembled complete MLP collection to a lazy billionaire for 50 million dollars, retire and start over.

I have also sold a great deal of them, or donated them to a charity in massive quantities, and that actually felt really nice because I got to meet some awesome people because of it! 

Then I just rebuilt it with a new wishlist!

Yeah, as Katika pointed out, a complete collection means something entirely different to everyone!  So if you find that you have achieved your goals, it's very easy to say, "You know, I have those ponies, what about their accessories?  What about in their boxes?  OMG Nirvanas!  Oh ponies that are unicorns!  Pink unicorns!"  The possibilities are endless.

And that is why I LOVE our community because you get to see every BODY's collection, no matter what that means to them!  I do wish there were more brushable characters in G4 but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate people's blind bag collections or their Petites or Mommy Charms!  :-p

And then's there's all the licensed merchandise... As George Takei would say, "Ohhhhh myyyyyy."

[wizzer218]

I doubt I will ever have them all...lol

[Emfen]

I don't think I'd ever have them all. I mainly collect G1 TEs and factory prototypes from G4, while keeping a small Ivy army. When I get all the TEs I am probably going to have a fancy display room with protective glass from UV light (since I heard hair fades from that). But I would probably never go all out and try to have it all, I like to complete sets from the bits and pieces of what I have, such as finding a Thundercloud for my brush. Whenever that happens.

[hathorcat]

When you factor in Nirvanas and merch I doubt any one will ever really reach everything. And as Katika says different people define complete differently.

I have a complete US and Euro collection, complete Euro accessories and am only missing 3 or 4 US accessories [which are just about impossible to find ]

However even once I find those and am complete [complete for me], I am still looking for plenty of upgrades and to be honest I dont need to be collecting and buying to enjoy ponies and collecting as a hobby I will however have a serious party when I find those last few accessories

[mlp4me]

It will be a happy day indeed. I will take a lot of pictures! There will be lots of delightful squeaky noises. At the rate things are going (s l o w) I don't think I will ever reach my goal of a complete G1 us collection (mo's included)...

[Sprinklecupcake]

Display them in a room and start charging addmission for anyone who comes over that wants to see them LOL!

[kiwimlp]

At one stage I had all of the (affordable!) ponies I wanted - so I went on to accessories! 

[AnnetheCatDetective]

Short answer: Swim in them Scrooge McDuck style.

Not gonna lie, that was my first thought. Swim/roll around in them!

Though considering how hard it is to find some of my grails, and my generally fixed income and the number of hobbies I have, I'll be hunting for a LOOONG time. And since in addition to hunting for the G1s from my childhood (and some I never would have encountered back then), I collect G4s, they'll keep putting out ponies for who knows how long. And who knows what interest I may have in G5, or heck, 6... I could be collecting ponies until the day I die.

But in the unrealistic world where I wind up with every pony I want (a fantastic world to imagine!) I would brush and display and photograph and PLAY WITH them!

[Sarah-Bee]

Are you scared for that moment actually happening?

A little bit of this but I am a Nirvana collector so my collecting days will probably never end lol.

[SkyCakes]

I have been collecting for about 7-8 years and I still haven't found all the ponies. I have plenty of ponies to keep me going for a very long time. Although if I was "finished." I would have to say I would work on a Surprise pony army.

[Zapper]

When I have all the ponies I want I will be happy. And I only have roughly 20 to go until that goal is reached.
I collect Monster High and Transformers as well, so I will always have things I will be pining after

[Artemesia's Garden]

New answer - sack ponies I'll collect wine. Think my new obsession will be wine.

[shindow]

Hmm, when I get all of mine, I think I'll sit and admire them! After that, I'll probably move onto something else, but because of my personal connection with Pony, I don't think she'll be one of those collections I "grow out of and sell off". She is also one of my only collections my wife or family member has never paid for. I've worked for every last one!!!