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Nice to meet you!
My name is Emillia. I am 21 years old, and a new pony collector from the Netherlands. In my day-to-day life I am a student majoring in theatre and education.
As a kid my parents would not let me watch regular tv that often, and instead they bought me dvd's and VHS tapes. This is how I ended up watching a lot of old shows from the 80's. My favorite thing to watch was My Little Pony the movie - I watched that over and over again until I had memorized all the lines and could "talk along" for the entire run of the film (I'm told that drove my mom crazy haha).
I'm someone who has always been collecting stuff, even when I was little and didn't even have my own money yet. When I was 12 I got really into anime and Hello Kitty, and I have collected old kitty stuff up until I was 18. I also collected all kinds of manga for years. Unfortunately I had to sell almost all my stuff when I moved out and started my bachelor when I was 19. These past 2 years I have been collecting old first-edition plays, or old dutch plays that have gone out of print. And I'm a huge huge Miffy fan! I have a lot of Miffy stuff. Of course she's a dutch icon, but she's seen as something mostly for kids and babies here. But she's also very popular in England and Japan, and more commonly among adults, so whenever I want a Miffy thing for grown-ups, I usually have to buy internationally.
How did I start collecting?
It was a very recent lucky accident. Not too long ago amazon "opened" a dutch site. I'm not a big fan of big companies like amazon, but I wanted to see if they had some cute miffy stuff. I also started looking for winnie the pooh, care bears, and bratz, just to see if I could find anything. And there I saw Trickles in her 35th anniversary box.
I thought she was sooo cute! And I started remembering all the ponies I used to play with. I liked her cutie mark with the little watering cans, and decided to see if I could get her second-hand somewhere.
That's how I found out about the G1 ponies and mlp collectors. I looked on youtube and saw people washing, styling and displaying their ponies and just thought that was the most wholesome hobby. And since ponies aren't super huge I can easily fit a lot of them in my student room. I bought my first pony, Trickles (1984, Hong Kong) from a very nice lady and the rest is history.
I am very excited to join this forum and talk ponies with everyone! There's still a lot I don't know, but I feel like I am in the right place here.
My name is Emillia. I am 21 years old, and a new pony collector from the Netherlands. In my day-to-day life I am a student majoring in theatre and education.
As a kid my parents would not let me watch regular tv that often, and instead they bought me dvd's and VHS tapes. This is how I ended up watching a lot of old shows from the 80's. My favorite thing to watch was My Little Pony the movie - I watched that over and over again until I had memorized all the lines and could "talk along" for the entire run of the film (I'm told that drove my mom crazy haha).
I'm someone who has always been collecting stuff, even when I was little and didn't even have my own money yet. When I was 12 I got really into anime and Hello Kitty, and I have collected old kitty stuff up until I was 18. I also collected all kinds of manga for years. Unfortunately I had to sell almost all my stuff when I moved out and started my bachelor when I was 19. These past 2 years I have been collecting old first-edition plays, or old dutch plays that have gone out of print. And I'm a huge huge Miffy fan! I have a lot of Miffy stuff. Of course she's a dutch icon, but she's seen as something mostly for kids and babies here. But she's also very popular in England and Japan, and more commonly among adults, so whenever I want a Miffy thing for grown-ups, I usually have to buy internationally.
How did I start collecting?
It was a very recent lucky accident. Not too long ago amazon "opened" a dutch site. I'm not a big fan of big companies like amazon, but I wanted to see if they had some cute miffy stuff. I also started looking for winnie the pooh, care bears, and bratz, just to see if I could find anything. And there I saw Trickles in her 35th anniversary box.
I thought she was sooo cute! And I started remembering all the ponies I used to play with. I liked her cutie mark with the little watering cans, and decided to see if I could get her second-hand somewhere.
That's how I found out about the G1 ponies and mlp collectors. I looked on youtube and saw people washing, styling and displaying their ponies and just thought that was the most wholesome hobby. And since ponies aren't super huge I can easily fit a lot of them in my student room. I bought my first pony, Trickles (1984, Hong Kong) from a very nice lady and the rest is history.
I am very excited to join this forum and talk ponies with everyone! There's still a lot I don't know, but I feel like I am in the right place here.
isn't memorizing and parroting movies fun? I still do it to this day and drive everyone nuts instead of just my parents 
agree on big, faceless corporations. What a wonderful accident!!! I'm so happy that you didn't dismiss that impulse 
I would’ve loved to be a princess riding a dragon for my birthday when I was little! (actually I’d still love it haha)
