The All-Generation Appreciation Challenge! - Hug a plushie! <3

[PrincessStarlily]

  September is Plush Appreciation Month! 

^ This part of the All-Gen challenge is for approximately SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER--you can join late, but the idea is to do this for at least one month! I'll try to pick a new gen/type of pony to concentrate on each month.

(*Due to a busy school year, I will often be late in changing the challenge up and may skip a few months.*)

Hi there everyone!

I started the All-Generation Appreciation challenge in March of 2013, and thought I'd revive it, as there are probably many new people on the Arena who would benefit from and enjoy it.

So, I think I can safely say every collector has at least one "least-favorite" generation, one that they can't help mocking for their deformed style. I really don't care for G3.5s (my least favorite), and G4s are close behind. But when you think about it, each generation should be appreciated for the time and effort that teams of real people put into each design, whether they are attractive to you or not. This challenge is to see if you can hold back those snide comments for at least one month and practice all-generation appreciation. It may be tough, it may not. I hope you will join me in this; I don't know how successful it will be or how many people will join. But it's worth a shot.

Here are things about the challenge you should know:

1) For the duration of the challenge, hold back ANY degrading comments or complaints (even little ones) about your personal least-favorite gen(s)/ponies/fakies, whether it be directed to the toys, images, or whatever. These comments can be online, at home, in the office (if you talk about ponies in the office...), at school. If you slip up, no worries--just go back and edit the post or rephrase the sentence. No "they honestly look like fish/mice" or "they're just ugly". Trust me, those I have said.

2) I'm not asking you to actually buy any "ugly" gen ponies you see, but by all means, if you are up to it (and find them at a good price), rescue those girls from the thrift store! Heck, you may grow to like them, or maybe someone else needs that special pony to complete their set, and you can sell/trade it later. This is all totally optional.

3) If you feel sporty enough, you're perfectly welcome to put text like "I'm taking the challenge!" in your sig or profile. Linking that text to this post could draw in more participants.

I hope this is an exciting enough idea that I'll get a lot of you interested! If anything I wrote here isn't clear, please let me know.

Let the challenge begin!

Your pony friend,
Starlily

(Mods, if enough people reply, feel free to sticky this. )

[Dreamer]

Aaaah, if there were more ponies where I live, I'm sure I would take some of them. But hey, I accept the challenge!

[Salli]

I will take the challenge! I am going to finish my Super-TLC BBE ponies and post pix in honor of this. I actually like my new Baby Frosting with a pink stripe.

[invaderhorizongreen]

I am in on this, I want to celebrate by adding a bbe pony to the collection this month.

[HelloGoodbye]

Ooooh!  I'll take some pictures of my two BBEs in celebration.  I got them for Christmas.  I have a BBE Heart Throb with the most beautiful curly hair. Did she originally have curls?  In most pictures I've looked at, she has straight hair, but I could swear that my girl has factory curl.  I also have a BBE Cuddles who needs a day in the pony spa (poor girl appears to have had a run in with a nibble-y puppy at some point...).  Thankfully the nibbles aren't  that bad and are mostly on her toes so it's not a big deal and she's still a cutie with really nice hair.

[mlp4me]

Giant BBE's are the best!
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Hushabye is feeling camera shy right now...

[PrincessStarlily]

Thanks for posting, everyone! I'm so glad you're joining.

mlp4me, those are great pictures! Now, as a lesson--everyone, take 30 seconds to kindly scrutinize mlp4me's BBEs. They're lovely once you give them a second chance!

[Dreamer]

Even though I don't want to get those because I wouldn't have space for them, I'm sure they are cuddly.

[reanna-mator]

I'll join! As it is I'm looking to complete my BBE collection. I only need Gusty and I'll have them all!

[Miniature Sheep]

I'm all for it! I am actually rather taking a bit of a liking to BBE Heart Throb at the moment!

[UrocyonFox]

I ADORE BBEs so I feel like I am a cheater!!

I have my 'creepy' gang
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annnnd some not so creepy BBEs
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[silverdawn]

Yay! Can I do shameless self promotion?  Click on the link below to my eBay auction with ends Sunday the 8th for Baby Sundance in pretty decent shape, newly washed and curled!  (After it ends I'll be listing a Baby Lickety Split with some accessories too! )

This girl is up right now!
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Silverdawn

[PrincessStarlily]

UrocyonFox, I love those pictures! When you clean up those little BBEs and put them in the right light, they really are charming. I have three right now and am just getting used to them!

Anyone else have experiences or pictures to share? Personally, when G3.5 came out I couldn't help but think they looked like fish. Now they've kind of grown on me, and I have a few in my collection.

[hathorcat]

Have fun everyone

[PrincessStarlily]

How's everyone doing? Have you considered buying any ponies you previously abhorred?