My Little Pony

My Little Pony is a line of toy ponies made by Hasbro. The ponies are often colourful, with long, brushable manes and tails. They also have unique symbols, or cutie marks, printed on their sides, depicting anything from ice cream to galaxies. The first generation of My Little Pony was produced from 1982 to 1992 and until 1995 in parts of Europe. They were based on Hasbro's 1981 My Pretty Pony, which was a larger, more realistic-looking pony made of harder plastic.

I started collecting G1 MLP around 2002, when I was seven years old. At the time, I was obsessed with unicorns and pegasi, so MLP really appealed to me. My first pony was Moondancer, who had been my mom's when she was a child. After I got Moondancer, I started looking for ponies anytime we went to garage sales and thrift stores. The condition of the pony didn't really matter to me, as I liked cleaning and trying to fix up well-loved ponies. I also collected VHS tapes of the MLP television series and movie. The 1980's MLP shows weren't very good, but I still watched them to try to learn any important lore. This awful song from the 1986 My Little Pony movie still pops in my head all the time, though it's been 20 years since I watched it.

After G1 was discontinued, My Little Ponies were produced again for a short time with a new design, starting in 1997. I never collected any of these. As a kid, I didn't know much about G2 and usually assumed any I found were knock-off G1 MLP. I find them pretty cute now, but they're still not my favourite. The 2nd generation was also discontinued in 1999, though I believe it continued to be sold outside the USA for longer.

In 2003, the line was revived again. These ponies were similar to G1, but with larger, more rounded legs and shinier bodies. I got my first G3 pony in 2004. She was Rainbow Flash, who came out as part of the Super Long Hair collection. I'm not really sure why I didn't get any in 2003. I started playing Neopets in 2003, and I think maybe that just took over my life for a while. This generation lasted until 2009, though some G3-style ponies were produced later for MLP conventions. A couple years before the end of G3, I stopped collecting MLP but kept my existing collection.

In 2010, G4 ponies were released. This generation, along with the new show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, became popular with a much wider audience. Men and boys, who had previously been a pretty small minority in the community, were now a big part of it. I briefly became interested in MLP again during this time. I bought a couple G4 ponies, I think Applejack and Rainbow Dash, but didn't really like the design at the time. I always liked the softer, more rounded look of G1 and G3 (though the writing of the newer show was definitely better than any of the previous MLP shows or movies). I appreciate G4 ponies more now, though. They have a very sweet, pixie-ish look to them.

In 2021, the current generation, G5, began. Because I've been out of the MLP fandom for a long time, I only very recently became aware of G5 ponies, and they really terrify me. Like they look like they want to eat me. I like their fluffy hooves and the moveable legs some of them have, but their faces just seem too human to me.

My G1 Ponies:

All of these are pretty common ponies, but I love them dearly!

Ponies in storage:

I don't have any pictures of these ponies, so I used pics from My Little Wiki and eBay listings.

My G3 Ponies:

I only took two G3s with me when I moved, but I have a ton still with my parents.

Wishlist:

I don't really have the money or the space to buy new ponies right now, but I'd like to start collecting again someday. Here are some ponies I'd like to get whenever that happens. You can tell I love space/rainbow-themed ponies. Some of these, like Munchy or Cha Cha, are so expensive ($300+ CAD) that I can't imagine ever actually buying them, but I put them on this list anyway because they're cute.

Spanish Ponies:

These ponies were made in Spain and used a different, chubbier, mold. I love these so much and would love to get one one day, but they typically sell for $500+ CAD, so I will just continue to appreciate them from afar.

I got two of these toy cats from a garage sale as a kid. These were not part of the My Little Pony line but were a toy line produced by Mattel from 1989 to 1991. There were Little Pretty Kitties and Little Pretty Puppies. I only have the green one, Rosebud, with me here, but I found a picture of the other one, Frosta, as well as both in their original packaging on the MLP wiki. My poor Rosebud has very discoulored and greasy-looking hair that I've never been able to fix. I may try to re-hair her at some point.

I don't have any of the toys from this line, but I love them so much. Lil pastel monsters always make me happy. These were only produced by Hasbro for a short time, from 1986 to 1987. Because of that, these are a bit hard to find. Apparently, there was also a show about these characters, but I've never seen it. In the show, the Moondreamers help children sleep by using a machine that creates good dreams. The villain is the evil Queen Scowlene, who can't sleep and is very angry about it, so she tries to prevent others from getting any sleep as well.