Hi, I'm Maria from Sweden :)

[Nefalia]

Hello and thank you for letting me in. 

Personal

My name is Maria, I'm 33 years old and I live in Sweden. I was a huge MLP fan when I was a kid. I also loved He-Man, She-Ra and Thundercats but my family thought that little girls should rather play with horses than armored angry looking dolls. In hindsight it was just the way it was and despite that I highly appreciate that I still have all my ponies from then.

In the daytime I'm a front end developer in a small scale bureau. That means I make sites look good and I code HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.

The most important people in my life are my family, my friends and my girlfriend. I live with my girlfriend and we have two dogs, a whippet and an italian greyhound. I am lucky to have my family and friends nearby too and we talk every day.

Ponies

I guess that the ponies I was gifted when I was a kid was the start of my collector frenzy even though I didn't think of it that way. I have been on and off the active collecting in adult years, mostly because collecting for me has a lot to do with finding a community and really geek out together with other fans. I just felt very lonely earlier in collecting MLP. It's easier today and I feel less lonely.

In my collection I focus on completing the series that I have from my childhood, G1 exclusively. I have one or two ponies from 15 different series. I use a spreadsheet to keep track of which ponies I have and which ponies I'm in need of. When I last checked I had 95 ponies on the ISO part of the list. And I haven't even written up all the various editions of each pony or series.
I have my whole collection on display in a shaded part of the living room, up high almost by the ceiling so that they are more of an interior decorating feature than just a dust accumulator.

I think that's all for now. So once again thank you for letting me in. I look forward to spending time with you.

[Vintageg2]

Welcome to the arena! 
And good luck with finding additions for your collection!

[himmie]

Welcome to the Arena!

[achab1984]

Welcome to the arena

[Bekuno]

Hello, Maria! Welcome to the Arena!

You sure won't be lonely here! You'll have thousands of pony collectors and fans here to talk to. Best of luck with adding to your collection, enjoy the forums!

[ghouldilocks]

Welcome to the Arena! I love spreadsheets, haha I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who uses them for personal things, not just work 

[Spinky69er]

Welcome to the Arena

It is certainly easier now to connect with other collectors and share our experiences that is true!

Good luck with finding those remaining for your collection

[Sweet_Stuff]

Welcome to the Arena! 

[Nefalia]

Thank you everyone for the welcome!

Welcome to the Arena! I love spreadsheets, haha I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who uses them for personal things, not just work 

I honestly don't know how I would keep my collection in order if I didn't have a spreadsheet. 

[Niwalime]

Welcome to the arena! Hope you enjoy your time here! ^_^

[hathorcat]

Welcome to the Arena! Thats a great introduction - its awesome to get to know new members. Sounds like you have a pretty awesome pony collection already. Replacing childhood ponies was also why I started collecting! I hope you have a great time here.