The G1 Appreciation Thread

Danny and Spike chillaxing.  

If Gusty appears in the S9 finale, could they get Nancy Cartwright to reprise her role?

@Background Pony #7CE4  
That would be lovely.

@mjangelvortex  
That’d be awesome.

@Background Pony #7CE4  
YYYYYHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZSSSSSSSSZS!!!!!

I drew some Gusty “the Great”  

 

 
Firefly would have been a huge hit in G4 as canon. She was way ahead of her time, and unfortunately, under-utilized in G1.

@Pinto Bean  
She has been referenced a few times in the FiM TV show at least. For example, the founder of the Wonderbolts was named Firefly and there was also a few background ponies with her exact color scheme (one stallion and one mare). She also appeared in the comics. She and Surprise seem to be the two of the more popular G1 ponies in the fanbase.

@Nightmare Muffin
 
That is a pretty epic Gusty.

Adorable screencaps:
 
Ma and Baby Ribbon…  
 
…Heart Throb after a makeover in G4 Abyssinia…  
 
…Bright Eyes and Lancer…  
 
…and– *SPLASH*  

@Korora
 
Good stuff friend.

 
 

Some more custom G1 to G3…
 
 
 

@Pinto Bean  
Moondancer’s custom looks so pretty.

D’aww…  

 
@Pinto Bean  
 

And this scene reminded me of a song…  

I was born in 1984 right when these were in their first years and happen’n
 
My mom started buying the ponies for me when I was a baby. No memory of what age I was but I watched the 80’s cartoon religiously, even if episodes were reruns I watched them anyway and reenacted the shows with my toys
 
My biggest happiest memories were shopping at a Yard Birds Mall in my area and my mom buying me the ponies and itcwas the happiest thing ever. That store flooded out the same year gen 1 ponies came to an end, and I remember buying my very last gen 1 pony if store shelves, covered in caked dirt and mud.
 
Then gen 1 died, along with that mall 😥
 
After that, that mall became a giant swapmeet with a grocery store on one side. They sell lots of thrift and abandoned storage unit items, and to this day I LOVE THAT SWAPMEET AND STILL FIND AND BUY PONIES OF ALL GENERATIONS THERE!!!!! Even gen 1!!! I’ve found some fantastic gen 4 princess ponies there for my art, as well.
 
Yard Birds is still my happy place, and I even find perfect treasures there for gifts.
 
About a few times a month, I have pony dreams. Dreams where I’m at random stores/buildings/places and finding limitless amounts of gen 1 ponies to grab. Sometimes the dreams include all generations.
 
I have had done where I had to hurry up and make a decision on a budget to grab gen 1 Mountain Boy ponies or another one, while the area around me was flooding. I know I have those dreams cause a devastating flood wiped out my favorite childhood store and “put it under”, literally.
 
I think there was even a store employee canoeing around me in the dream, telling me to hurry up and get out of there 😂
 
Also, I put my childhood collection of gen 1 ponies up in a attic after Yard Birds went down with the ship.  
Got them back out in my late teen years to admire them and decided they are a life long treasure. I have them in a special chest, no plans of selling them for profit.  
I keep adding to it once ana while but am not active in the collector community otherwise I’d be in debt lol
 
And I still enjoy finding newly produced gen 1 march in stores!  
I got a large bag, that got admired at EverfreeNW convention, I have socks, mugs, clothing and Basic Fun Toys is even doing new productions of the vintage ponies!
 
So this is proof and assurance that whenever a pony generation changes, it never dies or just goes away.
 
And I think that is something the gen 4 random should know right now. 😊  
The show may change, but the ponies never just go away!
 
This is why I just like all gens of mLP. I was so sad that gen 1 went away but was so happy to see Hasbro release all the newer gens, and I like all of them even the ones that were flops.

It brings me so many memories of my childhood, I will never forget it.

@LightningMana-Crafts
 
Hey there! Thank you for sharing your story with us and welcome to our friendly little thread. Gotta say that it’s an honor to come into contact with a lifer. It is really endearing to read about the happiness that the G1 toys have given you throughout your life, and the way you reciprocate by fixing up ponies and making clothing for them. Also awesome that you appreciate all the other gens as well. Hopefully you can share some pictures with us sometime. :-)

Quackers be one of my favs.

Some customs and fanart inspired by Peter Beagle’s The Last Unicorn. I am currently reading the book, and it is absolutely wonderful.
 
 
 
 

@Pinto Bean  
Those are gorgeous. I love fanart and customs based on The Last Unicorn.

@Pinto Bean
 
All of this is super!

hmmm….
 

@LightningBolt  
Blue Antigravity Applejack.