Whether
you are just now remembering the nostalgia of My Little Pony or have
just become a fan, being a new collector can be confusing. The pony
community (community of My Little Pony Collectors) are very kind people
and will help you out with all kinds of information.
Just a quick note to run over a few tips for collecting. There
are lots of great links to other pony sites, under Links; lots
of people with these great sites have buy and trade lists to
get you started. Here's a few ideas to get started collecting:
Collecting Tips
1. Check out Ebay. Ebay has a vast amount of My Little Ponies, www.ebay.com. This is probably the largest grouping of My Little Pony available Search under My Little Pony or MLP for starters. There are also other smaller auction groups that sell ponies as well.
2. Check out other MLP collector's sale and trade pages. You might be surprised what you find.
3. Check out message boards as well. This is where you link up with a lot of people in the pony community and can keep an ear out for what's going on.
3. Unload those 80's toys you have to other collectors. For example, trade Barbies for ponies. Trading is usually good business for pony collector's. You'd be surprised about what other things pony collectors like to collect as well.
4. Yard/garage sales.
5. Antique and collectible shops. Sometimes you run into badly overpriced items here though. :(
6. Thrift Shops.
7. Word of mouth. I've gotten one or two ponies from people that I know who found them at yard sales.
8. Decide what conditions you will expect your ponies to be in. Sometimes tail-less ponies can easily have their tails replaced with other ponies tails, but you may not want to shell out a lot of cash for mane-less ponies if you cannot replug. Be very careful with the color match; it's often hard to get a straight match.
Good luck with collecting.
