Am I the only one like this?

[PrincessLyra]

With all the "childhood" themed topics around here, (well, there's actually just two, but whatever) I started wondering...


Well, most people who are here have herds of childhood ponies, remember getting them for Christmas and birthdays and the like, in short, just have a whole bundle of good long time memories to share, regardless of what generation they got.


Me? All I had were my Petite Ponies, with which I didn't even play that often, because 1. They hardly fit in with any other toys I had (too small for action figures/figurines, too big for Polly Pockets and the like), and 2. I knew there were regular sized ponies out there somewhere, and that those were the real deal. Strangely enough, I never made the connection that the movie/show ponies were supposed to have had toys as well.

I eagerly watched commercials for G2, knew they were in stores, but never got one. ...Nor do I even remember actually seeing them in stores. It just... Slipped by.

G3 I didn't even notice, and to this day the only confirmation I got that it was sold in Portugal was through a fellow TP member's testimony. Plus I was already a teenager when it rolled around.

G4 was the first gen I was able to get into from the beginning, but by then I was 22, and in the long run it proved to be rather disappointing in terms of the toyline, especially compared to other gens. Just for the heck of it, I decided to count all the different characters that have brushables in G4's first 3 years, and compare that to the number of characters in G3 within the same timespan - I stopped once I realized that G4 has a total of 44, while G3's first year alone has 34. But I'm going off-topic, I apologize for that.


So yeah, reading all of those posts about remembering your childhood years is pretty bittersweet to me. On one hand, it's cool to see how other folks played and how much they enjoyed their ponies. On the other, it keeps reminding me of how I was never there, no matter how much I wanted to.


So while we're on the topic of sharing experiences, i.e., tl;dr:
Am I really the only one here whose contact with MLP was either limited or distant throughout all of childhood?

 

[Truly]

Well to be honest, when I was a child, I had my 1 pony, Whizzer, and she was from a thrift store from my grandmother, I only knew she was a MLP when I read her hoof lol, but I did adore her, and saved up my own money (what 4-7 year old does that lol) because we were so poor and couldn't even afford good food and clothes, but I found money on the ground and saved my "birthday money" to buy 2 G3 ponies, Wisteria, and Tink a tink a too, who I treasured and are still in real nice condition.
I saw other kids with loads of toys and destroyed ponies, (G2's were still out, but G3's were coming in) and got upset for the fact of destroying nice things lol, I didn't really know about the whole line of G1, G2, G3, and was limited to 3 ponies, and just loved them because the colours were so pretty and they were cute.
But I guess that I didn't really get into it until it was "too late" (where buying ponies at age 12 or whatever is too childish ahahah XD) So, I didn't have much pony in my life until just recently, but then again it's more than those who had none!
Gosh I have difficulty staying on topic DX

 

[Star Warrior]

I was born in 1979, so when ponies were the big thing, I was at the right age to really get into them. My first pony, Moondancer, was my 5th year birthday present. I still have her. My older sister and I played with our ponies for hours! The cartoon came on every day before school, so I got plenty of pony exposure. I always dreamed of having a huge herd, but because we didn't have much money, I couldn't get many. Most came as birthday and/or Christmas presents.

I'd always go to the toy section of the store and practically drool over all the ponies. It was hard seeing kids that had lots of them. I remember a girl I knew who brought her brand new pony nursery to church with her. I was so jealous... probably not the best behavior at church. :LOL:

The worse was the family at the end of my block. I was friends with the boy, and his sister had a very large pony collection. They had it all (or at least that's how I saw it). The horrible thing was, I'd find ponies thrown out into their yard for the dogs to chew up. Several times I was tempted to climb the fence and rescue the ponies, but wisely never did. Luckily their mom said they should give me one from the collection and that's how I got Applejack. I have her to this day. I like to think she was saved from a terrible fate.

Now I'm living out my childhood dream of owning a huge My Little Pony herd. If only I knew where to put them all!

 

[Rhubarb Pie]

I was never into MLP as a child. My parents didn't have that much money and I was more into Sindy dolls and my baby dolls. Plus my dolls house which my late mother and late grandfather made was also popular for obvious reasons. I remember my friends having some ponies, but I never really lusted after them.

 

[cyborgninja42]

I was only born in 1996, so I wasn't even around for G1. I had two G1 babies when I was a kid, but preferred my more realistic horses, and I begged my mom for Minty but never got her.

 

[DreamLight]

I was only born in 1996, so I wasn't even around for G1. I had two G1 babies when I was a kid, but preferred my more realistic horses, and I begged my mom for Minty but never got her.

1995 never got to SEE real ponies 'till i was kind of too old to play with ponies. I had dollar tree flocked fakies though took them everywhere. They came with a saddle and bridle. Though their manes fell off in the tub.

 

[pikapal]

I asked for ponies for a few holidays. I got ponies for Christmas, my birthday and Easter. I forget what the last G1 was that I got. I think it was either Starflash or Pony Bride.

I liked the Petites and their scale. They worked well with some of my non-Petite toys. They also made great Barbie sized MLPs.

I use to love to look at all the ponies at Toys R Us and all the other toys too. I lived within walking distance from one.

I was born in 1984, so MLP was established before I was born. In Kindergarten in 1989 I had the MLP lunchbox and the shoes. My neighbor and I use to watch the show.

G2 sparked my interest, but when I saw them they kinda disappointed me. They came out when I was in junior high. I only have one McDs G2. Maybe I'll finish my McDs US set.

G3 came out when I was in college. When they came out I really liked their look. The looked a lot like G1s. I would have wanted to buy more.

G4 has not interested me at all. Maybe I'll pick up a blind back or something. I do think those special figures are neat like the glitter and glow in the dark ones.

 

[KaylaTheHedgehog]

I know exactly what you mean.

I was born in 1987, so I missed the series the first time around. I only started watching it when it was re-aired on the Disney Channel in the early 1990s. By that time, the characters in the show were already long gone from toy shelves.

I do remember collecting the G2 ponies that were offered in McDonald's Happy Meals, but I've only recently started collecting the G1 ponies. Hopefully, I'll soon get a job and start collecting the ones that I want.

 

[fantasticfirefly]

I did have ponies, but compared to other little girls the same age as me, I didn't have many. I didn't get toys beyond birthday and Christmas from my parents and then, it would be one pony, there were some I found at yardsales too. But I was never a collector who came into the hobby with a large childhood collection.

 

[DerbyGirl]

I wasn't even born for the older gens, LOL. xD I'm a 1992 kid.

I didn't have ponies when I was kid. This was mostly due to the fact that I only had one brother at the time...and ended up getting hooked to playing his games and his toys. So, I grew up with Hotwheels and Thomas the Tank Engine. xD I didn't get into ponies until a year or so ago, when I had money to start getting things that I liked.