Weird Pony Confessions

I’ve noticed it seems to have more about the earlier gens.

I do use a mix of sites since I find they all have different strengths or different amounts of information
Same here. All the new stuff is mlpmerch. Strawberryreef is great for quick identification. Bluerose has her excellent price guide.

I love that we have so much access to information.
 
MyLittleWiki has a McDonald’s section for G3’s. Helped me find out from an old photograph I used to have Cloud Dancer and Spring Treat. MLP Merch is helpful though too and has helped me out with pony research
I got excited cause I thought you said MLP merch not wiki. I do know about the wiki. Thanks for the help, though
 
That’s interesting, I never thought to catalog my pony collection. Maybe I have a smaller group than you all have :)
Well, I haven't actually catalogued my collection as a whole yet. I just created and wallpapered with a pictorial checklist of most of the US G1 line (plus a few UK items) to prevent a repeat of the incident where I started shopping for a Lickety-Split on eBay and then discovered I already had her and had posted pictures of her.
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Well, I haven't actually catalogued my collection as a whole yet. I just created and wallpapered with a pictorial checklist of most of the US G1 line (plus a few UK items) to prevent a repeat of the incident where I started shopping for a Lickety-Split on eBay and then discovered I already had her and had posted pictures of her.
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Whoops I guess that’s a good thing to prevent! Plus as a bonus you get to have pony wallpaper :)
 
Wow this is enlightening to read. I had no idea what I have been missing out on for so many years! Mine have literally been in storage for so long, I didn't even know you fellow pony lovers existed. I could have been doing all of this fun stuff for years! I absolutely love the smell of my G1 ponies. I just sniff them when I come home from work to get a second of relaxation before I have to mommy up. I am happy to hear I am not alone
 
Hah! I started a thread then came back. I am more of a forgetful foghead every day. At least I know if I start walking into walls and hurting myself, Hank could lock me up in the turtle enclosure for safe keeping!

I take a plush with me to all my appointments that my Wesley doesn't go to. Pretty much all of them, now. I'm that one that everyone avoids in the waiting room since I'm talking to my plush and petting it.

My whole life I've carried a particular favourite toys around, even into adulthood. At first it was a baby doll my cousin gave me as a baby. Her name is Sarah Jane Crabtree. Then came my Mego Spock doll. He was my stalwart companion through 3rd grade up through high school. And there was Minty of course, my fave pony my brother Ken gave me. She was stolen when my tub of ponies was swiped in a move. I never had the heart to replace her, but Ology sent me one and she is now my beloved fave pony. Logan was another, a Secret Wars figure of Wolverine. I'd take him to work and we'd dunk him in all the food as 'death traps', that was during college. Then it was the Decepticon Soundwave, but I got scared he'd be broken so he ended up on a shelf. Lastly was the 12" Beast action figure for the early 90s. I always called him by his nickname "Hank" so it was funny to me my kid picked the moniker Action Hank (although Action hank has nothing to do with my Hank, he's a Dexter's Laboratory character). I had carried Hank forever, but in 1995 when my husband was killed, I just couldn't let Hank go ever. He went literally everywhere, another the nation with me. Any festival, con, you name it, Hank went. But in the early 2000s I noticed he was getting very, very battered. So he retired with Spock to the bed. They sleep with me and Poopsie every night.

Woe be to whoever rolls over on Hank though. He has very sharp toes.

I'm 100% not into army ponies, but I have such an affection for Butterscotch, that I have a hard time selling or giving up doubles.

I keep doubles of ponies that have huge colour variations. I have a few Blossoms with very different shades of purple.

I can't walk past my Perfume Puffs without smelling them.

I can't stand seeing flutters without wings. I make quickie pop bottle wings for the ones who are waiting for original wings.

I often keep ponies (or other toys in my purse) Tonight I was at a small get together and found a Gumby in my purse.

I have always believed that my toys come alive at night. I treat all toys as if they are listening to me and I apologize if I knock them over or mess up their hair or something.

I see most inanimate and living objects as potential living vessels. This goes hand in hand with my spiritual beliefs as an indigenous person in the idea of 'manitou', widespread among the Algonquian tribes, an idea migrated and adapted by many tribal folk. It also follows my philosophy of animism. I've bored the board with that whole thing before though. Heh. I'll refrain this time!

This isn’t exclusively a pony related thing for me, I do it with all toys. But when I’m shopping at a thrift store or goodwill and I find 2 ponys in the shelf together I have to get both, even if I already have one of them. Lol I just don’t like the idea that they might have spent their whole lives together as some kids toy only for me to separate them :oops:

I do it too. I'm a sucker. I'll even buy dirty, beat up toys because I know they'll end up in the trash. I'll clean'em up and give them away or even keep them. You don't wanna know how many stuffed toys my lovely wife and I have gathered up out of sheer pity. :D

Ok so don't hate mini me but when I was about 7 years old I got it into my autistic head that I needed to see what the magnet in rainbow flash and wisteria looked like so I chewed there feet open with my teeth like a dog!
even now I'm still ashamed of what I did when I was 7!
I was also a pen to pony child. I'm so ashamed!
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Kids do wacky things out of sheer curiosity! It ins't malice, it's inquisitiveness!

Apparently when I was five I begged for a particular baby doll that was squishy like a real baby. When I finally got the coveted toy, I bit off some of her toes to see what she was made of. My mom spanked the dickens out of me and never let me have the doll back. I bet it was delicious...

It’s interesting reading how everyone else documents their collection. I have been documenting mine by making them into little booklets with a photo of them and their information. There’s three volumes so far (can only have about 20 pages, 10 pieces of paper, from the size) and I’m only going up to my collection as of March. I include any that’s gone missing from my collection as “honourable mentions” but because I’m only going up until March this year so far so my newest Cutie Mark Crew’s will have to be in a new one once these are done

Man, I just have a buncha boring excel files. Yours sounds way cuter!

I had to take extensive individual photos of each pony and pictures of the collection as a whole for insurance purposes.

Those pics could save you from taking a loss on your insurance one day too! When someone swiped about a third of my comic collection out of the shed, I was able to prove I did indeed have a large group of expensive books because I had lovingly photographed and documented them. If I hadn't, I think the insurance company would've fought me. Instead, they paid me quite well for them. And I used it to put a new roof on the house instead of replacing them. Adult stuff. BLEAH.
 
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My whole life I've carried a particular favourite toys around, even into adulthood. At first it was a baby doll my cousin gave me as a baby. Her name is Sarah Jane Crabtree. Then came my Mego Spock doll. He was my stalwart companion through 3rd grade up through high school. And there was Minty of course, my fave pony my brother Ken gave me. Logan was another, a Secret Wars figure of Wolverine. I'd take him to work and we'd dunk him in all the food as 'death traps', that was during college. She was stolen when my tub of ponies was swiped in a move. I never had the heart to replace her, but Ology sent me one and she is now my beloved fave pony. Then it was the Decepticon Soundwave, but I got scared he'd be broken so he ended up on a shelf. Lastly was the 12" Beast action figure for the early 90s. I always called him by his nickname "Hank" so it was funny to me my kid picked the moniker Action Hank (although Action hank has nothing to do with my Hank, he's a Dexter's Laboratory character). I had carried Hank forever, but in 1995 when my husband was killed, I just couldn't let Hank go ever. He went literally everywhere, another the nation with me. Any festival, con, you name it, Hank went. But in the early 2000s I noticed he was getting very, very battered. So he retired with Spock to the bed. They sleep with me and Poopsie every night.

Woe be to whoever rolls over on Hank though. He has very sharp toes.


I do it too. I'm a sucker. I'll even buy dirty, beat up toys because I know they'll end up in the trash. I'll clean'em up and give them away or even keep them. You don't wanna know how many stuffed toys my lovely wife and I have gathered up out of sheer pity. :D
Aw that’s cool that you have all those good memories of your toys accompanying you through your life :satisfied: I like your baby dolls name haha do you remember how you came up with that? Sad about the tub full of pony’s though :(
I used to do that until I was around 12 and though people would think it was weird so now I put toys and plush with keychains on my bag when I go out instead.
Oh yeah, I’ve got A LOT of toys and plush I got because I was worried they wouldn’t get homes otherwise lol. I have a little bear I saw at a convince store with only one eye, a plush tiger with a big hole on his nose I found at a yard sale, actually I’ve gotten a bunch of very worn plush at yard sales ever since I was little cause I thought if they didn’t sell the person would just throw them away. Also at a goodwill buy the pound store I came across a Barbie doll body with no head and spent like 20 minutes searching for the head to put her back together, I was planning on leaving her there for a kid to buy but when I couldn’t get the head to pop back on I ended up buying her cause I thought a kids parent would probably tell them not to get the broken toy ^^; I did get her head back on later though! It doesn’t turn anymore cause I glued it but I like to think she’s happier anyway
 
I smell ponies and use them as sensory toys. We also have full conversations where I do the voices for them. They always listen.
I smell my dog. He never smells bad. He’s fastidious. There’s the frito paw smell from heat at times, but I smell his ruff. I really might just not go anywhere if his leg means he can’t go.

Hah! I started a thread then came back. I am more of a forgetful foghead every day. At least I know if I start walking into walls and hurting myself, Hank could lock me up in the turtle enclosure for safe keeping!


I see most inanimate and living objects as potential living vessels. This goes hand in hand with my spiritual beliefs as an indigenous person in the idea of 'manitou', widespread among the Algonquian tribes, an idea migrated and adapted by many tribal folk. It also follows my philosophy of animism. I've bored the board with that whole thing before though. Heh. I'll refrain this time!

I just stay within the borders of the property, though if I end up with dementia, E is ordered to throw me in a home and forget me.

I could never carr stuff with as a kid, because I would inevitably get distracted, set it down, and forget it. My parents even forbid me purses.

I treat everything as living. Especially, rocks, trees, and other actu live things. I apologize to weeds and let them have a section. I’m always talking to electronics, named my car, etc.

I know quite a lot about many religions, but I made my own. I feel the energy running through everything and just can’t treat it as dead. It took a while to work through my home’s history.

I certainly live in my own world, but I accept my oddities.

I too love the way g1 ponies smell (unless there’s smoke). It’s a calming smell that recalls happy days spent playing.
 
Those pics could save you from taking a loss on your insurance one day too! When someone swiped about a third of my comic collection out of the shed, I was able to prove I did indeed have a large group of expensive books because I had lovingly photographed and documented them. If I hadn't, I think the insurance company would've fought me. Instead, they paid me quite well for them. And I used it to put a new roof on the house instead of replacing them. Adult stuff. BLEAH.
Ok, now I'm convinced I need pony insurance. Now to figure out how to go about getting it...
I should mention insurance to my brother since he collects comics. He has quite the collection and they're very nice comics so he definitely would benefit from insurance just in case. My mom would always tell me to ask myself if I could afford to NOT have insurance rather than ask if I could afford insurance itself.
ALSO, definitely Bleh. I am not looking forward to having to make adult decisions like that. How dare the roof get worn and need replacing to keep people safe!
 
Hm, this is a very good point, I also have to think about insurance for my steadily growing collection, even though we live in the middle of nowhere where nothing ever gets stolen. But the house could burn down. Last week, there was a fire nearby because of overheating photovoltaics and we're just about to install them as well. :shock:

I've even been working for an insurance company for a year now, so I'm directly at the source so to speak. :D
 
Ok, now I'm convinced I need pony insurance. Now to figure out how to go about getting it...
I should mention insurance to my brother since he collects comics. He has quite the collection and they're very nice comics so he definitely would benefit from insurance just in case. My mom would always tell me to ask myself if I could afford to NOT have insurance rather than ask if I could afford insurance itself.
ALSO, definitely Bleh. I am not looking forward to having to make adult decisions like that. How dare the roof get worn and need replacing to keep people safe!
Adulting blows.

my parents got a whole new roof for their house when two 80“+ trees fell on their house. They even replaced the wood underneath because it wasn’t up to code. They’ve got a big house so a $10,000 roof for $1000 was so worth it.

If your collection is worth over a certain amount (it varies by company) they may have you get an additional policy. For mine, I only pay renter’s insurance since my parents own the house. So my company said it only needed to be separate if the collection was valued over $10,000 on it’s own. Otherwise they just said to keep current pictures so cost of replacement can be determined in the event of an incident. I do have a much larger policy than I would otherwise carry, but worth it if something happened. It’s less than $15 a month with my discounts.
 
Adulting blows.

my parents got a whole new roof for their house when two 80“+ trees fell on their house. They even replaced the wood underneath because it wasn’t up to code. They’ve got a big house so a $10,000 roof for $1000 was so worth it.

If your collection is worth over a certain amount (it varies by company) they may have you get an additional policy. For mine, I only pay renter’s insurance since my parents own the house. So my company said it only needed to be separate if the collection was valued over $10,000 on it’s own. Otherwise they just said to keep current pictures so cost of replacement can be determined in the event of an incident. I do have a much larger policy than I would otherwise carry, but worth it if something happened. It’s less than $15 a month with my discounts.
Oh dear, I hadn't even thought about trees. Glad to hear your parents were able to have the roof fixed. I frequently worry about a fire though, as the upper part of the house is partially made of wood.

Oh good point, I'll have to check what our household contents insurance covers exactly. At least I already have photos of my pony collection, that's a start at least. :lolpony:
 
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Aw that’s cool that you have all those good memories of your toys accompanying you through your life :satisfied: I like your baby dolls name haha do you remember how you came up with that? Sad about the tub full of pony’s though :(
I used to do that until I was around 12 and though people would think it was weird so now I put toys and plush with keychains on my bag when I go out instead.
Oh yeah, I’ve got A LOT of toys and plush I got because I was worried they wouldn’t get homes otherwise lol. I have a little bear I saw at a convince store with only one eye, a plush tiger with a big hole on his nose I found at a yard sale, actually I’ve gotten a bunch of very worn plush at yard sales ever since I was little cause I thought if they didn’t sell the person would just throw them away. Also at a goodwill buy the pound store I came across a Barbie doll body with no head and spent like 20 minutes searching for the head to put her back together, I was planning on leaving her there for a kid to buy but when I couldn’t get the head to pop back on I ended up buying her cause I thought a kids parent would probably tell them not to get the broken toy ^^; I did get her head back on later though! It doesn’t turn anymore cause I glued it but I like to think she’s happier anyway

Heh, reading this makes me wanna give you a big ol' hug! You sound just like our family. We're always finding some poor toy to fix or some abandoned animal to take in and love. You have a wonderful heart.

I just stay within the borders of the property, though if I end up with dementia, E is ordered to throw me in a home and forget me.

I could never carr stuff with as a kid, because I would inevitably get distracted, set it down, and forget it. My parents even forbid me purses.

I treat everything as living. Especially, rocks, trees, and other actu live things. I apologize to weeds and let them have a section. I’m always talking to electronics, named my car, etc.

I know quite a lot about many religions, but I made my own. I feel the energy running through everything and just can’t treat it as dead. It took a while to work through my home’s history.

I certainly live in my own world, but I accept my oddities.

I too love the way g1 ponies smell (unless there’s smoke). It’s a calming smell that recalls happy days spent playing.

I told Hank the same thing. After I spent decades caretaking for my mom, I don't want him burdened with taking care of me. He's already been stuck with so much of the farm work right now. But if I can't do anything like my mom, I want him to dump me off and never regret it. I want him to have a full good life.

I think religion or spirituality is unique to the individual. I know some people like dogma, but like you, I cherry pick and take what I want. I don't believe in worship (if a being is so highly evolved from us, I'd hope it wasn't so narcissistic to want worshiped by some primitive-type like humans) and I don't believe in the concept of 'sin'. We can do wrong and even be evil, sure... but the whole notion that some supposedly divine being is actually hurt by some vaguely 'wrong'' act by a mere mortal baffles me. You can't be omnipotent AND be offended by some tiny mortal fleaspeck unless you're not nearly advanced as some holy book would lead one to believe.

But that's enough heresy for today. :D

Ok, now I'm convinced I need pony insurance. Now to figure out how to go about getting it...
I should mention insurance to my brother since he collects comics. He has quite the collection and they're very nice comics so he definitely would benefit from insurance just in case. My mom would always tell me to ask myself if I could afford to NOT have insurance rather than ask if I could afford insurance itself.
ALSO, definitely Bleh. I am not looking forward to having to make adult decisions like that. How dare the roof get worn and need replacing to keep people safe!
Hm, this is a very good point, I also have to think about insurance for my steadily growing collection, even though we live in the middle of nowhere where nothing ever gets stolen. But the house could burn down. Last week, there was a fire nearby because of overheating photovoltaics and we're just about to install them as well. :shock:

I've even been working for an insurance company for a year now, so I'm directly at the source so to speak. :D

It's worth the price, trust me. And I live in a small rural area and was stunned when we were robbed! They didn't get into the house, but my shed. Alas, that's where my comics were. I had always felt so safe before that, but there's bad people everywhere I guess.

The deputy who came out said more than likely it was druggies, sadly. He doubted they got much for the comics or worse, he suggested if they couldn't sell them quickly, they probably just burned them or threw them in a ditch somewhere. I cried over it, because a lot of my favourite childhood memories were going to buy my comics with my brother Eddie, then later my good friend Bucky.

It really wasn't the money the comics cost or were worth, it was the nostalgia of good times now past. That they can't replace.

If your collection is worth over a certain amount (it varies by company) they may have you get an additional policy. For mine, I only pay renter’s insurance since my parents own the house. So my company said it only needed to be separate if the collection was valued over $10,000 on it’s own. Otherwise they just said to keep current pictures so cost of replacement can be determined in the event of an incident. I do have a much larger policy than I would otherwise carry, but worth it if something happened. It’s less than $15 a month with my discounts.

it's definitely worth the money! I had to get a policy specific to collections as you said, I forget what it's called. I went through National Lloyd's and they treated me fantastically. I got half the top value on each comic (as per the Overstreet Price Guide for that year). I wouldn't have made near that much selling them! So I was quite pleased, although sad at the loss of my books. I still have a large collection, but I am angry someone just waltzed up and stole from me. Thieves stink.
 
Heh, reading this makes me wanna give you a big ol' hug! You sound just like our family. We're always finding some poor toy to fix or some abandoned animal to take in and love. You have a wonderful heart.
Aww that’s so sweet, thank you :xmashug: You and your family must all have wonderful hearts too then!
Do you have a lot of animals around the house since you take them in or do you find them homes?
 
I'm 100% not into army ponies, but I have such an affection for Butterscotch, that I have a hard time selling or giving up doubles.

Sorry for the late reply to this! Would you please explain what an 'army pony' is? I looked at the abbreviations and pony lingo page but didn't see it. Googling it just brings up a bunch of cool artwork and customized ponies.
Butterscotch is my favorite so I figured I should probably learn what the term means. :unsure: Thank you!
 
Sorry for the late reply to this! Would you please explain what an 'army pony' is? I looked at the abbreviations and pony lingo page but didn't see it. Googling it just brings up a bunch of cool artwork and customized ponies.
Butterscotch is my favorite so I figured I should probably learn what the term means. :unsure: Thank you!
Army pony means having a large group of one type of pony like me I have a army of g4 Rarity ponies. I hope that helps.
 
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