Cute story! How has your collection grown over the past 6 years? Who is your favorite?
I was 3 when MLP debuted in the 80s and Blossom was my very first pony. Over the course of my childhood I acquired 20 ponies in total. I was 18ish when G2 came on the scene and I bought two out of curiosity but was too busy adulting to care much.
Through moving back and forth across the country in my early 20s, my little collection always lived in a shoebox under my bed, always keeping me company. I had my first child (a daughter) in 2002 and in 2003 I
literally ran into a display of G3 at Walmart and several of them fell into my cart. I was shocked, excited, and then quickly obsessed. (I got the promo pack of Sparkleworks and Starswirl first and then immediately went back for the Minty/Butterscotch pack.)
I collected actively until 2007 (when I had my son) so I missed out on much of the final year of G3. I came back to collecting during the summer of last year when I happened across the 40th anniversary plushes on Amazon and fell back down the rabbit hole. Through learning about G4 and G5 and revisiting my stored collection I realized that G3 has my heart and it’s become my focus to pick up the ones I missed out on. They make me happy.