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there's just so many
Never too late.
Well, keep in mind you aren't obligated to get all of them if you start collecting (although that's fun too!). Basically, don't feel like it's a chore or that you "have to". However you choose to collect is fine, whether you end up with five ponies or 500. Also, most ponies are readily available on eBay; it's not especially hard to find most of them. So if you're worried they will be impossible to find--that's really not the case. (They are pretty hard to find "in the wild" these days, simply because of their age. Easiest to find them online.)
Quote from: kellybates1993 on December 17, 2019, 08:54:24 AMthere's just so many Well, you've already started with flutters, so you could just choose another group to collect and stop there. Or, you can just choose your favorites from each year. You don't have to actually collect all the ponies. I personally just stick to my favorite ponies. Whenever I try to collect all of anything, I just start to feel depressed about owning things I don't actually like. Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way.
One of the most fun things when you begin a new collection is to go through and look at all the pictures of the ones you like and make a priority list.I am a completionist G1 collector but that's mostly because I grew up with them and back when they were first out of stores in the 1990s it was easy to get them second hand. Now the market has changed and I am certain if I was starting G1 from scratch now I would go through all the pictures and sets and pick the ones I liked best. It is harder to get them all now (probably not impossible, but harder).I also collect Jem and at one point I was gotta-have-it-all about that but I realised (maybe like brightberry) that I didn't love my collection as much as I could because there were things in it that I didn't like. Mostly Jem/Jerrica and Rio dolls and some of the fashions that didn't appeal to me. When I downsized I rearranged my Jem cabinet and suddenly the joy was back again. So the most important thing is you collect the ponies you like. If you are worried about overpaying on one or you think a price is high, you can always ask here, people will try to help you so you don't get cheated. Also you can look for pony lots on ebay or other sale sites, clean up and keep the ones you like and sell on the others to make some money back. A lot of us do or have done that in the past to help fund the collection.Finally, good luck And don't forget to post a brag thread in the Pony Brag area when you have new treasures to share! Remember a 'decently good' collection isn't having the most of something, it's getting the maximum amount of joy from it and having the collection that makes you happy. If I'm honest, some of the most precious things in my collection aren't even ponies, but their backcards and leaflets!P.S Flutter ponies are awesome. Great set to begin with