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Reading through these posts it seems like an attack on anyone who opens their ponies even though I know that is not the intention. Opening a pony does not destroy it. I also don't find collections of boxed ponies nearly as appealing to the eye.
I've been debating just such a question lately - I have a G1 pony in terrible packaging (to the point where the damage is leaking through the card and damaging the pony too!!), and I've been hesitating to open her ever since I got her, simply because she's a G1!
I also wanna add: Do not permanently alter anything if you are have collected for less than a year. I only say this because I've seen new collectors get excited and do something ("I'm gonna cut my mint G1 pony's hair cuz I love mohawks!") that they later regretted once they became more "seasoned" collectors. If you want to open that MIB G1, great! You wanna buy all of the Mountain Boys and max out your credit card, go for it! But maybe wait 6 months to make sure you wanna do it, you know?
I love opening my G4's and dolls, it's fun and exciting so I can see the appeal of opening a G1 MOC. I bought some G3's 10 years ago in store and saved them MIB all those years with the intention of giving them to future children so yes I let my daughter debox them and play with them even though they were no longer in production. I don't collect G2's at all and if I found one MOC in the wild I would sell her to a collector in the community. As for G1's, I only have 1 MOC G1 and she is an Argie that I bought 20 years ago on ebay when they were going for $20. Oh how I wish I had bought more, lol! I would love to have MOC's but they are out of my price range. I would never open a MOC G1 unless they were in danger of being damaged by mold or ink or whatever. I think they are very special and so HTF MOC plus expensive to collect, I would not feel good about decarding. I do believe everyone has the right to do what they want with their ponies but like someone else mentioned, it upsets a lot of collectors so don't expect people to be ok with it. I think it's great you got to have a special experience opening your pony BanditPony, and that makes her meaningful to you. It's a sensitive subject but in your case of it being only 1 pony and for a personal, meaningful experience, that doesn't upset me. I would however be absolutely devastated if I sold a MOC and the buyer decarded it. So in that scenario, yes I absolutely would be picky about who I sell to. I do overall prefer MOC ponies to stay MOC. Once they are decarded you can never go back and it takes away one more MOC from the community. I do think community is important because the ponies circulate through each of us and we are all helping each other with our collections.
You wanna buy all of the Mountain Boys and max out your credit card, go for it! But maybe wait 6 months to make sure you wanna do it, you know?