Foliha

e-bay. Scads of 'em. Some pricey, some not. Oddly, I like the G1 & G2 generation figures better than the Friendship is Magic ponies. Especially the stuffies - especially the yarn hair stuffies. With the exception of Macintosh, I don't feel that most of the vinyl figures capture the character essence of the MLP FIM characters. I never liked the MLP earlier generations of the seriesas TV shows, FIM is great - the older ones, not so much. I get saccharine overdose. The FIM stuffies do better than the vinyl figures, but I still like those chunky, huggable older stuffies. I don't feel like I need to keep 'em in a glass case! YMMV

Thanks everybody, for the warm welcome. The thing that got me to watch MLP was the sense of community and acceptance apparent in the Bronie documentary mentioned in my first post. I was appalled at the negativity and hostility displayed by many of the commenters on YouTube MLP videos. Especially this one: Yikes! What are they afraid of? I joined here because it seemed like a better place to get my "pony/ Bronie" fix. So far so good... BandaniPony: Yeah, I keep myself broke buying DVDs and tansu... Now I'm haunting e-bay for pony merch too. Shigataganai!

Thanks! so far, so good. Hope I can keep up!

My Favourite Mane 6 Pony: Rainbow Dash How did you find MLP Forums?: Did a quick appraisal of the forums showing on my Google search. This seems like the place. How you became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: 1st, saw a trailer for "Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony" on vimeo. 2nd, bought & watched the movie.Watched some MLP on You Tube. 3rd, Bought the first season. Watched it. 4th, looked at some videos of music on You Tube - (esp. "Pony Swag" & "You're Gonna Go Far Kid." 5th, fell in love with Rainbow Dash. 7th started collecting pony stuff. I was born in Seattle, Washington in 1952. Mom says I’m a Navy brat, born in an Army hospital, delivered by a civilian doctor. Make what you can of that… I’ve lived all over the lower 48 states, and Hawaii. Didn’t finish high school, but it doesn’t seem to have been an appreciable hindrance. I’m excessively curious. I read. I believe the term is self-educated. In this day and age, if you really want to know about something and have the Internet, you’re good to go. Started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil – mostly horses. Still horse-crazy. Tried commercial art school in Texas 1972. Didn’t work for me. When my drawing instructor called me into his office to ask what I was doing at the school, I was crushed by his assessment of my abilities – then he said, “You should be in a fine arts school.” That was my cue to hie myself back to California, where I have been ever since. I have made a living doing everything from running the shipping department of a psychedelic poster factory to managing Pizza Huts, plus various animal-related jobs such as vet’s assistant, dog groomer and dog trainer. Apart from my art and photography, my interests include anything to do with Tokugawa Japan – especially Samurai ‘stuff,’ (Did I mention horses?) Japanese film, Anime, quilt making, and kitschy clocks. I have written a fantasy/ juvenile fiction novel called “Boo & Zephyr,” and am working on the sequel. Have published sundry short pieces of humor and non-fiction in various periodicals. Became infected with a particularly virulent strain of photography virus in 2006, which has mutated into a Photoshop fetish as well. It keeps me busy.