Even wild horses. . .

[cooking_spray]

I have a confession to make. I. . . I like the new My Little Ponies.

I've been pretty disgusted with most of the new MLP stuff on shelves in the past year. (Which is probably A Good Thing, really, since I really don't need to invent more reasons to spend my not-so-hard-earned-but-not-so-plentiful dollars.) I mean, G3.5 was creepy. Toy designers

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[ashes_to_roses]

i defend G3.5 for no reason! ...big eyes are cute, but those heads are inconceiveable.

That said, though, there's a reason why I'm not involved in the pony collecting community very actively. . . And that is because I don't want to associate with adult women who forfeit their life savings to obtain coveted plastic figures
well said. i mean, they're beautiful and i'm on the verge of becoming a fan, but i really hope there aren't people in the world like this.

[fixerkitty]

You don't want to know. Seriously. You can substitute pretty much anything that has fans for 'plastic pony' and you'll bump into people just like CS describes. I've seen them, and I have pictures, and...*cries from terror*

[cooking_spray]

It's the body proportions that get me! I own one, and that's because she was my favorite Core 7 pony and I liked her hair on the box art.

And sadly, there are a lot of people in the world like this. =/ I get a lot of good-natured teasing for my pony obsession, but even though I own what seems like an INSANE amount of plastic to someone who's a non-collector, my collection is diminutive to the average MLP fan. Units that take up physical space can easily eat you out of house and home. Personally, I don't feel the need to own EVERY pony. . . I just keep what I like around.

That said, I encourage your ponylust. =P It's a good time to begin collecting if you're interested! The new toys are really cute, and there are only a few characters, so there's no "GOTTA CATCH "EM ALL" pressure. Plus, the show is awesome!

[ashes_to_roses]

lol@ your icon

that sounds like me and my unread novels. there is no room for them and i keep getting more!

i started looking up gothic MLP and found some custom-painted ones. beautiful! but, you know, there's always an issue of time and adding more to one's plate.

er, i did get some sparkly MLP stickers and don't know what to do with the rest of them.

the show does look funny. unlike one horribly animated move from the '80s *shudder*.

[fixerkitty]

Your G3 image link is broken

[cooking_spray]

Really? I can see it on my browser. Hm.

Yeah, fanatics are. . . A special breed. It's a very fine line to straddle, though. Any collecting community is chock full of basement-dwelling types.

Funny that you mention the Cruxshadows. I knew a girl (who's actually a member of the CATS fandom, although she's on the fringe and it more into the RPing side of things) that loved them. Incidentally, she was also batshit. . .

Haven't seen the Tron toys! I really liked the film, though. Seeing double Jeff Bridges BLEW MY MIND.

[fixerkitty]

All I get is a screenful of gibberish characters. Hmm.

As for the basement-dwellers, we have a couple in our community, too. *cough*Stasi*cough* ...And we all know who they are. :/ As for CXS, Rogue's a great guy but no judge of character. His wife IMO's got more than a couple bolts loose herself, and she seems to encourage unstable behaviour from what I've seen. My 2c. :/

The Tron toys are epic win. FINDING them, however, is dicey because they're really popular. Target had them on sale a couple weeks ago and the pickings were slim to nonexistent. All I have is the diecast Recognizer that I'm keeping MOC. It hangs on the wall above my couch. I'd collect them all, but no money. I can't say 'no space' as I keep finding 200x MotU stuff at the local antique stores MISB/MOC and somehow I can still cram all this crap into my closets. I have no more room for books, though. :(

[uranus_sama]

eh I think I'll stick with the G1 ponies...

[nanayena]

Lol, its fine that you like the new stuff, I think it looks cute.

Similarly I don't like to hang around adult women who forgeit their life savings to obtain authentic CATS costume pieces or their life savings going to see the show a millions billions times so that they can boast about who they know. YOU PEOPLE ARE MAKING ME HATE CATS AND THE FANDOM!!!
Boo.

[fixerkitty]

Oh, and you forgot about women who bitch about fans pooling their money to buy authentic costumes and then SHARING THEM!! O_o

[ashes_to_roses]

@nanayena
oh, geez. as a Cats fan who has gone from teenaged fanatic to seasoned by-stander, even that makes me a bit sad. it seems like those types of people are giving the musical a bad name. i personally prefer the artistic types who research costumes to make their own, or indulge in fanart.

@fixerkitty
ooh? why would someone bitch about fans getting together to share something special? *some fans do not compute*

[cooking_spray]

I know, right? But there are certain members of the community who don't feel the same way, and seem to have forgotten that the essence of fandom is to share a mutual love for a work of fiction - keyword being "share". Instead, they seem more concentrated on hoarding authentic pieces for themselves, because they're somehow more qualified to own them than other fans on the basis of having been a fan and existing on this Earth longer than us "n00bs". Quite sad.

[deadskie13]

I'm older and much older than you, and my favorite television show is Transformers Animated. And, I refuse to be embarrassed or apologize to anyone for this fact. And so I say the important thing is that you find something that knocks your socks off and hold onto it. Most definately. ::nods emphatically:: And also, this whole post made me go like this: ^__^