Hello Everypony!

[Kallile]

Hello! Feel free to call me Kal, a little 'ole collector from West Virginia, U.S.A.

I've been a member at the MLP  Trading Post for a while now, but only really active in the past few months so I decided it was time to hop over here too!

I'm a married 27 year old with an adorable 1 year old son. My husband has collected Star Wars since the 90s. I actually never watched MLP growing up--by the time I was old enough to appreciate it, it wasn't really around too much and by the time it made a comeback with G3 I was in highschool and the overly girly styling was not cool to be watching. I actually fought watching the new series until my roleplaying friends finally broke me down.

Then I watched the first episode....then the second to finish the story arch....then the third and fourth and then I had to admit that I was hooked! The interest led to me collecting plushies and blind bags from G4 until our mutual friend who owns a vintage toystore got in 4 ponies from the 80s that he was debating throwing out.

I found the MLPTP in my search to find out how to clean them properly, and joined up. I didn't keep those original 4 (though now I kick myself for it) and, being at the time pregnant with my son, was determined I was not going to collect anything for myself.

As the year progressed and our store owner friend sent me more and more ponies to clean up I found myself asking to hang onto more and more of them. Back about 2 months ago I finally caved and dove in headfirst to collecting.

Now I have around 200 ponies from G1, G3, G3.5, and G4. I still have so much left to learn about collecting them and really enjoy seeing what everyone else has managed to find.

I'm usually a quiet and reserved person, and it takes me a while to feel like I can really open up and be myself. I recognize a lot of names from the Trading Post, so I look forward to chatting with old and new friends!

[SpookyTrees]

Hi there!!! Welcome to the addiction that is pony collecting (or rescuing in many cases!!)

[himmie]

Welcome to the Arena!

[achab1984]

Welcome to the arena

[kiwimlp]

Hi and welcome to the Arena

My brother has a huge Star Wars collection.  They were his toy of choice when we were little while I played with ponies.  I hope you enjoy the forum and get to meet lots of other collectors here

[Spinky69er]

Welcome to the Arena

[snwbear24]

Hi and welcome!!!

[hathorcat]

Welcome to the Arena! Wow thats an amazing collection by the sound of it and what a great way to come to collecting! I am sure you will enjoy it here

[Bekuno]

Hiya, Kal! Welcome to the arena!

What an awesome story you have! That's awesome that you've been cleaning up and keeping some of the ponies your friend gave you, and now you have so many! Do you have a favorite of the group? Enjoy the forums!

[Kallile]

Thanks everyone!

If I had to pick a favorite I think it would have to be Creamsicle. I happened to find her with a lot of other G1 ponies that were caked in mud and what I'm going to guess was once soda at Goodwill for $0.99 each. My son is currently obsessed with anything that has a giraffe on it. Even though I know he will grow out of this phase eventually, I consider Creamsicle a nice little reminder of when two of our obsessions met at one point in our lives. (And to those interested, the whole lot cleaned up wonderfully and look gorgeous once again!)

[h1m3.]

Hi Kallile nice to see in Arena too!

[Diamond]

Welcome to the Arena. What a sweet story about your son and you never know, he might just end up being a collector.