GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Pony Name: mayanbutterfly

Real Name: Maria

Location: Northern CA

Age: 26

Occupation: Mommy and Artist

If you could be a cookie what kind would you be? Chocolate Chip!

Pants or no pants? "Pants! Sing the praises of pants! Nothing better shows your taste than what you wear below your waist!"

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? In the country with horses in my backyard.

Do you collect anything other than ponies? Yes! Playskool My Pretty Mermaids, Popples, Shimmers, Little Pretties, and other 80's toys!

PONY BASICS
Collecting Since: I was 4!

Who was your first pony, EVER? How did you get it? How old were you?
Wind Whistler, I got her as a present when I was 4.

What generation(s) do you primarily collect?
It used to be G1, but I have tons of G3s, and I love G2s but they're harder to get!

Who is your favorite pony and why?
I can't have just one fav! I love Apple Jack, Fizzy, both versions of Toola Roola, Bubbles, and many more!

Who is your favorite "Nirvana?" Ohh my! Takara ponies and Algodoncete,
Rayito, and Fresita Piggy ponies! But I don't own them. Sad

Who is your least favorite pony and why? Pinky Pie! I hate her voice and I don't understand why she gets to be the G3 mascot!

What are your thoughts on.....
- G1s? I love them! I love all their poses and they're awesome! I love how they came in such interesting and different sets, from Twinkle eyes, to So-Softs, and glow in the dark!

- G2s? They were so weird to me at first especially the babies, but they've grown on me and I love G2 babies!

- G3s? A lot of my favorite ponies are G3 ones, I like all the variety that the line used to have. I'm not fond of the bore 7 and clone pose!

- G3.5s or whatever they're being called today? They look so differernt from original MLPs but they're cute! However, I don't like the little Sweetie Belle, she looks like a deformed pig!

- Ponyville? They're cute but I don't like the removable hair thing! I also don't like how so many playsets come with Pinky Pie!

What do you REALLY think happened to the Breezies? Lol, maybe they got smoozed!

Who is the one pony you have sworn you'll NEVER OWN IN A MILLION YEARS and why? Hmm, probably giant plush Pinky Pie because she might murder me in my sleep!

What would you like to see offered next in the G3 line?
Boy ponies, mommy and baby sets that don't come with bulky accessories, defiantly more art ponies!

Would you rather have :
(a) MOC Mimic
(b) Loose Ladybird
(c) MIP Carribbean Delight & Beach Belle
(d) Dude, just give me the cash!

Loose Ladybird! She seems like the hardest to get out of the 4!

How do your family and friends feel about your pony habit...or are you still in the collecting closet? Most of them think it's weird, but they don't say anything!

Do you ever see yourself *not* collecting anymore? What do you think would make you stop? Maybe! I've thought about selling most of my ponies to buy horses in the future, or if I still have them when I'm really old I would want them to be sold so the money could be donated to helping animals. But I would keep my favorite childhood ones and eventually give them to my daughter.

MOC G1s Preserve them or let them free?
That's a tough one! Toys are meant to be played with, but they look so pretty in their packages! I'm glad I don't have any, I'd be very tempted to free them!

Tell the truth! Do you ever still play with your ponies?
Of course!

Are you a customizer? If not, would you ever?
Yes!

What are your thoughts on custom ponies?
I think they can be beautiful amazing works of art!

What rare/popular pony just makes you ask...WHY?
Munchy!... and Pinky Pie!

If you could help up Hasbro on working on a MLP line (either G1, G2 , G3 or G3.5), what job would you like to do? Designing the colors and symbols!

Hasbro offers you a position on their MLP design team, but you must give up one of the following to get in: your collection, your friends/family, or your bank account. Which will it be? My bank account!

Which pony would you rescue in a fire? All of them??

If you had to have a pony symbol tattooed on your butt which would you pick and why? The Blue and Black Art Pony's symbols because they would be awesome tattoos anyway!

If you had to pick between a fakie or a bait pony, which would it be, and why? Well it depends on which fakie or bait pony I was choosing between! I would want a Princess Rinse n Spit over any bait! (:

If you had to pick a G1 or G2 to be remade and released with the G3.5 line, who would you choose and why?
Fizzy! I think she would look really cute as a G3.5

How many pony meets/cons have you been to? 1 so far! The 2009 Fair

Who is your favorite artist and have you created a pony inspired by them?
Salvador Dali and yes I have! Link!

What has been the worst part of collecting/customizing ponies for you?
That it costs money!

Can you leave ponies behind at boot sales/ thrift shops etc, or do you have to rescue them?
Sometimes I leave them for other people.

Is there one color of pony you own more of than any other?
Hmm, it may be pink, but that's on accident!

Do you think there are some as-yet undiscovered G1s out there? Where would you imagine they'd be from? Yes, maybe South Africa or some where in South America.

YOUR COLLECTION
What got you started collecting as an adult? I don't think I ever stopped!

About how many ponies are in your herd right now?
Probably around 1,000 I haven't counted recently though.

What is your ultimate collecting goal?
To have all the US and UK G1's and to have Piggy ponies and Takara ponies!

What's your biggest collecting accomplishment to date? Well, I have Rapunzel who I got as a gift when I was little and I have every So Soft pony! They are my favorites!

What's your biggest collecting regret? Not getting more mail order G1s when I was a kid!

What's the one pony that just seems to elude you? Lovebeam, Frilly Flower, Bright Eyes, and Star Hopper.

What is your favorite pony pose and why? Any G1 pose! I just love them all!

Who is your grail pony and why? Do you have it yet? G2 Miss Painter, and SS Satin n Lace were two big ones that I have! Algodoncete and a Takara ponies are ones I don't have!

Do you collect mostly MIP or loose ponies? Why do you prefer that? Loose! Then I can play with them and they take up less room!

In your opinion, what are some acceptable and unacceptable flaws in ponies? I don't mind marks on the bottom of their hooves, but I hate pony cancer!

Do you collect foreigns or variants? If so, what draws you to them?
I have a few! I really like their unusual colors!

Who's the one pony you'd never, ever get rid of and why? Wind Whistler because she was my first pony, and Fizzy because I had wanted her for so long when I was a kid and finally got her as an adult!

Which pony do you secretly carry around in your purse with you?
Hmm, I haven't done that for a while, I used to carry Spike around!

Where's the weirdest place you've got a pony right now...and why is it there? I have most of my G3's attached to a metal sheet that's on the wall!

Quick! Close your eyes and grab a pony. Who is it and how did you get it?
Baby Pineapple, I went in my pony room, closed my eyes and grabbed!


BACK IN THE DAY...

Did you have ponies as a kid? If so, how many? Yes! Around 200 or 300 maybe?

Did you improve them by giving them haircuts, painting them with glitter polish, or anything else fun? Haha... I tried to fix glittery symbols with glittery crayons!

Who were the stars of your childhood herd? Wind Whistler, Sky Rocket (Sparkle Pony), Sweet Lily (Perfume Puff), Pretty Vision, Baby Milky Way, Baby Starburst, and other So-Softs!

Who were the bad guys? Imaginary things, like vampires, tornadoes, and the smooze!

Did you watch the TV show? What was your favorite episode and why? Yes! The pilot is my all time favorite episode!

What's your very first pony memory? Getting Wind Whistler!

What pony were you dying to have as a kid but your mom never bought it for you? Do you have it now? Fizzy, who I have now, and TAF babies, who I still need 4 of!

Did you have any rare ponies as a kid? Who? Rapunzel and Lil Cupcake was the first pony I ever found at a thrift store when I was a kid! I also had Sweet Scoops and her charm and the MO Mommy and baby set!

Tell us something evil you did to your ponies: Oh, I used to put them in the freezer to style their hair for some reason!

What's a fun or funny memory you have about ponies from when you were little? Playing with my sea ponies in swimming pools, and making a "parade of costumes" where me and my best friend dressed up every pony! Also, going to thrift stores with my Grandma and finding ponies with her.

THE REAL WORLD


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What do you like to do for fun?
Go hiking, watch movies, paint, make custom ponies, playing with my baby, reading, and hanging out with my family.

Do you have any other hobbies? Please share!
Oil painting, singing, working on my website.

Got kids? Yes! A baby girl!

Would you ever name your kid(s) after a pony? If so...what?

Yes, my baby's named Lily, but it's not because of the pony!

Got pets? Yes! A little dog, and a cat.

What three places are you dying to see? (NO, Pandora does not count!)
The Mayan pyramids, the Serengeti, and Egypt!

What are you most proud of? Giving birth to my baby at home with out pain killers!

FILL IN THE BLANK
I would like other collectors to think of me as.......
A nice fun honest person to deal with!

I really wish that Hasbro would......
Add more variety to the MLP line and maybe make new versions of G1s! And make more art ponies!

My best eBay deal was.....
A lot where I got Lil Sweet Cake, Cha Cha, and tons of other ponies!

My best thriftstore/fleamarket/garage sale find was....
Oh, one time I went in a little thrift store and they had G1 ponies all over the shelves through out the store! I thought I was in a pony dream! It was so wonderful! Lol! The two ponies I still have from that are Carmel Crunch and Barnacle!

When I was new, I didn't know any better that...
I shouldn't have paid $40.00 for Baby Applejack!

I think that the most underappreciated pony is...... Shady
because...... People seem to hate her colors and her pose but I think she's very cute!

And finally
Mr. Moochick: Friend or foe? Friend! (But I think he's a little bit evil!)