Tardy to the party-- Hi there!

[Skandalous]

Greetings! 

I’m suuuuuuper late to the introduction because I only just found out my registration was accepted (it got lost in my email) 
my bad. 

Anywhoo, I'm Skandydandy at MLPTP and fairly new to both sites.

                    How old are you? Hmmm I'm old enough to have owned a Walkman and a VCR, but young enough that I still haven't quite found my footing yet. 
 
                    Where do you live? State, Country? PA, USA.

What made you want to collect ponies?

         My history with MLP is actually closely tied to my French family. My first real introduction to MLP was through the G2 magazines in the early 2000s.

They were my one constant comfort when I traveled to Europe to visit my grandparents, and they actually helped me learn French as a child. My other resources, apart from my Family and French television programs, were the Astérix, Les Schtroumphs, and Tintin comic books.

But I loved the G2 magazines the most and remember always wanting the toys of the ponies on the back cards of those magazines xD

Unfortunately, that was around the time G2 was fading out, and they weren’t quite easily found in the areas I stayed at in France.

Equally as unfortunate, once I returned to the USA, the G2 line seemed almost non-existent.

As a result, I was already obsessed with drawing and collecting MLP when G3 began, and I figured I could collect the G3 “American ponies” as I coined them back then.

I do have a substantial collection of most of the start of G3 (ponies, DVDs, coloring books, how to draw books, play sets, etc.) up until a little after the unicorns came out, when I started to lose interest in playing with them.

But I’ve always longed to complete my G2 collection, and I started seriously doing so last year. The G2 were my first ponies and are near and dear to my heart. After losing my French grandparents last year to cancer, my collecting has partly become a tribute to that part of my childhood.

I’m always browsing Ebay, etsy, and other places for any of the G2 ponies or magazines I’m missing Please let me know if you are aware of other great G2 resources.


Which generations of ponies do you collect? G1, G2, G3 or G4?

As for the other generations, I own about a 100 G3s (recently cleaned and groomed everyone and packed them into storage), 2 G1s (my only attachment to G1 is through the French cartoons that aired on VHS and DVD during the G2 era). I’ve also watched the G4 series to completion but currently don’t have any collecting interest in that generation.

Thanks for reading!

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone, picking up a few G2 restoration tips, buying more g2s, and just spreading the pony love.

[Ponybookworm]

Hi & welcome!!! Or is that Bienvenue???

What a lovely story about your love of G2!!! G3s are great as well!!!

[ponyluv85m]

Hi, nice to greet you

Welcome, however I've been absent here for over 9 years! This is my first post in 9 years!

I had a French penpal in High School. I'm old enough to remember the pre cell phone era and school without internet. Yes I remember walkmans and  VCR's.
It is sad about your grandparents, but wonderful you are collecting with them in mind😊

[IceCrystal02]

Bonjour and bienvenue à l'Arène.    Love your G2 story, good luck with completing your G2 collection.

[Skandalous]

Hi & welcome!!! Or is that Bienvenue???

What a lovely story about your love of G2!!! G3s are great as well!!!

Merci! thank you. I was definitely obsessed with G3 for a while. I loved flipping through the toy pamphlets.

Post Merge: April 26, 2020, 06:52:23 AM

Hi, nice to greet you

Welcome, however I've been absent here for over 9 years! This is my first post in 9 years!

I had a French penpal in High School. I'm old enough to remember the pre cell phone era and school without internet. Yes I remember walkmans and  VCR's.
It is sad about your grandparents, but wonderful you are collecting with them in mind😊

Wow, I’m honored you decided to return and post on my thread 

Thank you. I miss my mami and papi every day. Even though I saw them maybe twice a year they were such a large part of my life. I think of France, and I still see their house in my mind.  But starting up my collecting of G2s again has helped. I treasure the ponies that they got me. <3

Post Merge: April 26, 2020, 06:53:25 AM

Bonjour and bienvenue à l'Arène.    Love your G2 story, good luck with completing your G2 collection.

Merci beaucoup! 🥰

[Loa]

Welcome to the craziness that is the Arena!

[achab1984]

Welcome to the arena!

[Safflower]

Hello and welcome! Nice to meet you

[Spinky69er]

Welcome to the Arena