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*grins* if you're looking for people who were already adults when Mlp started, it'll be more like 45+ years old. I'm 36, and I got my first ponies when I was 4...Christmas 1983!
I consider myself an original collector I was 8-9 when the toys came out in 1982. I had about just around 100 of them at the time. I would of had a bigger collection if I didn't give it up but I find myself happy with what I do have. My first pony was Cotton Candy and Blossom.
Do we have any idea if there were adults (20+ yrs old) collecting MLP back in the 80s? These collectors would now be 50+. If so, I'd love to know their stories. I often think about this.I'm sure there must be some original collectors who never made it to the online community, but there must be a few that did. Or maybe you know of an adult friend or relative who collected back in the 80s. Love to hear any stories you might have!I have this vision of a few adult men and women in the 80s binging on all those lovely MOC and MIB ponies and feeling like they were the only adult on earth who was collecting such a thing. Hehe.
Quote from: tuneful87 on November 30, 2014, 04:53:04 PMDo we have any idea if there were adults (20+ yrs old) collecting MLP back in the 80s? These collectors would now be 50+. If so, I'd love to know their stories. I often think about this.I'm sure there must be some original collectors who never made it to the online community, but there must be a few that did. Or maybe you know of an adult friend or relative who collected back in the 80s. Love to hear any stories you might have!I have this vision of a few adult men and women in the 80s binging on all those lovely MOC and MIB ponies and feeling like they were the only adult on earth who was collecting such a thing. Hehe. I'm so late to the party here but, yes, that would be me! I'm not 50. But getting there. I started collecting MLP in the 80's. They came to my country in around -85 -86? and I was drawn in right away. I was too old to actually play with them. But I really liked them and wanted them. I took them out of package, combed them and put them on display. Most of my ponies from back then still have all their accessories, including the ribbons. I tied the ribbon to their tails and some of them still has it, the original bow tied by me back in -86.Ponies I found in stores in the 80's included: earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi, boy ponies, mountain boy ponies, princess ponies with dragons, movie star ponies (nss Whindwhistler, nss Magic Star etc), Brush n Grow, and the peculiar carded original baby ponies. And many more. I didn't buy all of them, just the ones I liked the best. My favourite pony at the time was Gusty. I loved her colours and symbol. To me she was the shy and quiet autumn pony, walking alone and writing poems... Then I watched the mlp series and realized she was really a loud and hotheaded pony, and then I didn't like her anymore. I passed up the mountain boys and just bought Quarterback instead. I thought the 'normal' boy ponies were much cooler and a better buy since they came with hats and scarves. Another mistake: I didn't buy the princesses with dragons. I hated how they had tinsel, I thought it was ugly. The only one I even considered buying was Princess Sapphire (Princess Royal Blue) because her tinsel was at least the same colour as her hair, making it less noticeable.Back then when I started buying ponies there were no other pony collectors of course. My collecting was a secret. But when the internet became available ten years later I realized I wasn't alone after all. First I found people selling mlp and other toys, after that the first few websites dedicated to mlp, and then collectors chatting with each other. I lurked a good while before I decided to join them though.Those first years of mlp collectors interacting online, there were many people like me I think. But over the years it has changed, I don't see many of the old collectors around today. Some of them had a brief period of mlp interest and then moved over to (human) dolls or other things. Some of them just disappeared. Me, I will always be around