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When I first started collecting, I remember hearing a funny term; that term was "pony purist" and it referred to those collectors of any generation that did not like the other generations. I thought it was a strange term, but now in thinking about it a little more, I think it goes deeper than just not liking certain generations. It can also get complicated! The term itself brings up connotations I'm not fond of, but what it represents is funny to think about.
Most of us all remember when G2 or G3s first came out and there were always those generation purists who wanted nothing to do with them! (Think of what's going on now with the G3 New Look ponies, or G3.5, or G4, as some like to call them!) Lately there hasn't been much talk about that, and most collectors seem to collect at least 2 generations of ponies, if not all 3. I think you can be a pony purist, as they say, and still collect more than one generation.
I want to know if there's still anyone out there who cringes at the thought of having G3s and G1s or G2s and G3s, etc., displayed together? Are you a generation purist? Here's a fun way to find out:
1. Are your G1s and your G3s are displayed on completely opposite shelves, with no mixing of accessories or even artwork? :help:
2. Do you get a funny feeling in your tummy when you browse Ebay and see a great lot of G1s for sale, but then you spot that lone G3, dirty, ratty hair, laying right next to that Mail Order G1? :nodno:
3. You freak out (in a bad way) if you get a message from someone on Craigslist saying they have a boatload of ponies for you, and you meet them 50 miles away from your house, only to find out they're all G3s? Rare ones mixed in, granted, but not even a single G1 Moondancer or even a piece of a Pretty Parlor? :tribe:
4. Your little sister came over and you notice she left Clever Clover next to Sunny Daze? Get outta town! Are you fast as lightening as you move her back to the appropriate spot with the other G2s? :ipmimscs:
5. Do you find yourself sorting accessories from a lot you got from the Trading Post when you realize the first act of sorting is not "pony wear, combs, barrettes," but "G1, G2, G3?"
:wasntme-sign:
If you answered "yes" to 3 of the above questions, you are a pony generation purist! That's OK, you can still love all the ponies and be a "My Little Pony Mommie," you just like to keep them in their own worlds. Never does Dream Valley meet Friendship Gardens, nor does Friendship Gardens lie on the same map as Ponyville.
Add your own weird generational joke, or make up a funny one!
Personally, I did answer yest to more than 3, but I don't consider myself a pony generation purist. I do like G1s next to G1s, etc. etc. but growing up, we played with G1s, fakies, G2s, along with some Mattel cats, and Tonka Keypers. So it doesn't really matter, but in terms of my collection, yeah, I like to keep 'em separated, I guess you could say.
Most of us all remember when G2 or G3s first came out and there were always those generation purists who wanted nothing to do with them! (Think of what's going on now with the G3 New Look ponies, or G3.5, or G4, as some like to call them!) Lately there hasn't been much talk about that, and most collectors seem to collect at least 2 generations of ponies, if not all 3. I think you can be a pony purist, as they say, and still collect more than one generation.
I want to know if there's still anyone out there who cringes at the thought of having G3s and G1s or G2s and G3s, etc., displayed together? Are you a generation purist? Here's a fun way to find out:
1. Are your G1s and your G3s are displayed on completely opposite shelves, with no mixing of accessories or even artwork? :help:
2. Do you get a funny feeling in your tummy when you browse Ebay and see a great lot of G1s for sale, but then you spot that lone G3, dirty, ratty hair, laying right next to that Mail Order G1? :nodno:
3. You freak out (in a bad way) if you get a message from someone on Craigslist saying they have a boatload of ponies for you, and you meet them 50 miles away from your house, only to find out they're all G3s? Rare ones mixed in, granted, but not even a single G1 Moondancer or even a piece of a Pretty Parlor? :tribe:
4. Your little sister came over and you notice she left Clever Clover next to Sunny Daze? Get outta town! Are you fast as lightening as you move her back to the appropriate spot with the other G2s? :ipmimscs:
5. Do you find yourself sorting accessories from a lot you got from the Trading Post when you realize the first act of sorting is not "pony wear, combs, barrettes," but "G1, G2, G3?"
:wasntme-sign:
If you answered "yes" to 3 of the above questions, you are a pony generation purist! That's OK, you can still love all the ponies and be a "My Little Pony Mommie," you just like to keep them in their own worlds. Never does Dream Valley meet Friendship Gardens, nor does Friendship Gardens lie on the same map as Ponyville.
Add your own weird generational joke, or make up a funny one!
Personally, I did answer yest to more than 3, but I don't consider myself a pony generation purist. I do like G1s next to G1s, etc. etc. but growing up, we played with G1s, fakies, G2s, along with some Mattel cats, and Tonka Keypers. So it doesn't really matter, but in terms of my collection, yeah, I like to keep 'em separated, I guess you could say.
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