GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Pony Name: Okiegurl1981

Real Name: My "grown up" name is Cassandra, but I go by Casey (pronounced KC)

Location: Oklahoma

Age: 28

Occupation: Medicare Customer Service Rep

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

Pants or no pants?
No pants! I hate pants, so confining! Unfortunatly my boss says I have to wear them *sigh*

What do you like/dislike most about yourself?
I could be a little thinner, a littler taller

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
Someplace with spring-like weather all year round

Do you collect anything other than ponies?
I like TMNT, but my room can bearly contain the ponies!

PONY BASICS
Collecting Since: 2004-ish

Who was your first pony, EVER?
How did you get it? How old were you? Cotton Candy, my parents got her for me. I must have been around 3 or 4.

What generation(s) do you primarily collect?
I'm focusing on G3's but I won't turn down a G1!

Who is your favorite pony and why?
Both G1 and G3 Minty. I love green ponies, plus G3 Minty is such a loveable nerd, kinda like me!

Who is your favorite "Nirvana?"
I try to stay away from Nirvanas, my wallet can't take that kind of sticker shock, lol. I recently saw a pic of a green argie Drink N Wet pony and fell in love....

Who is your least favorite pony and why?
Pony Bride! At one point I had like 5 or 6 of her. I had to throw them in a random bait lot just to get rid of them!

What are your thoughts on.....
- G1s? Love em! I grew up with this chubby gals!
- G2s? Meh..they look more like deer than ponies!
- G3s? Obsessed! I love the G3's well...pre-core 7 G3's anyways:P
- G3.5s or whatever they're being called today? Hate them I bought the first set of them and don't plan on buying any more unless I find them at Goodwill.
- Ponyville? I generally buy these for my neice, she loves them.

What do you REALLY think happened to the Breezies?
Sad acutally, Pinkie just farted one too many times. They all died instantly *shakes head*

Who is the one pony you have sworn you'll NEVER OWN IN A MILLION YEARS and why?
Ladybird, but that's only b/c I'll probably never be able to afford her

What would you like to see offered next in the G3 line?
Boys BOYS BOYS BOYS BOYS!!!

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

MIP Carribeab Delight and Beach Belle I need them in my G3 collection.

How do your family and friends feel about your pony habit...or are you still in the collecting closet?
They think I'm a huge nerd who's extremely obsessed and tell me all the time I need to stop, but they still enable me because they buy me ponies,lol.

Do you ever see yourself *not* collecting anymore? What do you think would make you stop?
Probably not I'd have to really really REALLY need the cash!

MOC G1s Preserve them or let them free?
Preserve them! Although that's easy for me to say b/c I don't own any MOC G1's!

Tell the truth! Do you ever still play with your ponies?
All the time!

Are you a customizer? If not, would you ever?
Yes, I customize

What are your thoughts on custom ponies?
I love them, it's great to be able to take a nasty baity pony and make him/her beautiful again!

What rare/popular pony just makes you ask...WHY?
Mimic, her colors are like tropical puke!

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?
Design of course!

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, I can always stash my cash in my mattress

Which pony would you rescue in a fire?
My Minty army

If you had to have a pony symbol tattooed on your butt which would you pick and why?
Minty's Shamrocks but maybe with some little stars with them too. Why? b/c I love Minty

If you had to pick between a fakie or a bait pony, which would it be, and why?
Baity Pony! I hate Fakies and I could costumize the 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?
Bluebelle, she's the only G1 that wasn't made into a G3.

How many pony meets/cons have you been to?
a.big.fat.ZERO.

What has been the worst part of collecting/customizing ponies for you?
Shelling out the dough for some of them!

Can you leave ponies behind at boot sales/ thrift shops etc, or do you have to rescue them?
No pony gets left behind EVER.

Is there one color of pony you own more of than any other?
Pink, seriously Hasbro has waaaaaaay to many pink G3's!

Do you think there are some as-yet undiscovered G1s out there? Where would you imagine they'd be from?
Of course, but they'd be Nirvanas. How many Princess varients are there?

YOUR COLLECTION
What got you started collecting as an adult?
I bought my first G3 Daisy Jo for my neice, HarlieJo That one little pony started an avalanche!

About how many ponies are in your herd right now?
- Total? 500-ish
- From each generation? G1 200-ish G2: 10-ish G3: 300-ish

What is your ultimate collecting goal?
I want to complete my G3 collection up to the end of regular core 7 and then move on to G1's

What's your biggest collecting accomplishment to date?
Getting a MIB flutter pony for cheap

What's your biggest collecting regret?
Selling before mentioned MIB flutter pony.

What's the one pony that just seems to elude you?
Sharing Tea with Minty and Pinky Pie from the MLP Live! show. I can't seem to find it for under $20!

What is your favorite pony pose and why?
The G3 Dive pose, there's just so much attitude in that pose!

Who is your grail pony and why? Do you have it yet?
Sharing Tea with Minty and Pinkie Pie and no not yet!

Do you collect mostly MIP or loose ponies? Why do you prefer that?
Loose Ponies! You can't play with MIB ponies...well I guess you could but that would just be wierd.

In your opinion, what are some acceptable and unacceptable flaws in ponies?
Intials on the bottom of hooves don't bother me, they just tell me my ponies where pre-loved. Unacceptable would be hair cuts and major symbol rubs or ink on the body.

Do you collect foreigns or variants? If so, what draws you to them?
No, my wallet can't handle nirvanas

Who's the one pony you'd never, ever get rid of and why?
My customs people have made for me in swaps, so much time and effort went into them!

Which pony do you secretly carry around in your purse with you?
I use to carry a Taco Bueno Minty, but I took her out last time I changed purses.

Where's the weirdest place you've got a pony right now...and why is it there?
I have a pony head in my tv cabinet. It's there because its for a custom I'm doing. I need to style the hair and I don't want my sister's dog to eat it.

Quick! Close your eyes and grab a pony. Who is it and how did you get it? That would be the swap pony I'm currently working on.


BACK IN THE DAY...

Did you have ponies as a kid? If so, how many?
Yes, probably around 50 plus all those playsets!

Did you improve them by giving them haircuts, painting them with glitter polish, or anything else fun?
We use to curl their hair with curling irons. Not good for pony hair.

Who were the stars of your childhood herd?
4 speed, Cotton Candy, and Apple Jack.

Who were the bad guys?
There where no bad guys my Ponyland was a very peaceful place.

Did you watch the TV show? What was your favorite episode and why?
The only show I remember watching is Pony Tales and by then I considered myself too old to really get into the show. Kinda ironic now, huh?

What's your very first pony memory?
Unwrapping my pony nursery on christmas. I was soooo excited to get it!

What pony were you dying to have as a kid but your mom never bought it for you? Do you have it now?
I don't remember ever *wanting* a pony. I had loads to keep me busy!

Did you have any rare ponies as a kid? Who?
The rarest I can remember having is FF Minty, and she's not even all that rare!

Tell us something evil you did to your ponies:
I left a So soft out in the rain and she got all muddy and manky. I can't even remember who she was now!

What's a fun or funny memory you have about ponies from when you were little?
Me and my sis wanted a TMNT van for our TMNT figures. Mom would't buy it for us, so our turtles rode ponies, lol.

THE REAL WORLD


What do you like to do for fun?
I play video games

Do you have any other hobbies? Please share!
I do needle crafts and of course customize ponies.

What's your most embarrassing moment?
One time I was showing off to my best friend on the jungle gym in my backyard. I was hanging upside down by my knees and slipped and landed in a HUGE pile of dog poop. We had Chow dogs back then so yeah, it was a good sized pile *barf*

Got kids?
Nope

Would you ever name your kid(s) after a pony? If so...what?
I don't think so, besides Slug has already taken the one I might consider!

Got pets?
Two shih-Tzu's Perry who is 15 and Tei-Jai (prounounced TJ) who is 8. I guess I'll go ahead and say my sis's dumb-as-dirt Yorkie (seriously he tried to eat thumb tacks) named Jaxson who is not even a year old yet. And our Kitty, Nibs.

What three places are you dying to see? (NO, Pandora does not count!)
I want to go to Disney World, England, and maybe Spain.

What are you most proud of?
My collection of course, my family, and myself.

FILL IN THE BLANK
I would like other collectors to think of me as.......
that crazy okiegurl, lol no really a great addition to the pony community.

I really wish that Hasbro would......
Stop with the freakin' Bore-7!!!! I miss new pony variety. *sigh*

My best eBay deal was.....
Anchor's Away for $20

My best thriftstore/fleamarket/garage sale find was....
My cousin and I found a G1 colorswirl at Goodwill for like $1.00

When I was new, I didn't know any better that...
There where so many different kinds of G1 ponies! I remembered so softs, Twinkle eyes, and flutters, and that was about it other than pegasus, uni's, and earth ponies.

I think that the most underappreciated pony is......
Sweet Pop! because......She's such a pretty little Twinkle Eye! Plus I remember having her as a kid.

What sets me apart as a collector is....
I don't activly *look* for ponies to buy online. Sure, I'll buy a lot or a pony if it catches my eye, every now and then, but a good 95% of my collection I have found at yardsales, or thrift stores.

And finally
Mr. Moochick: Friend or foe?
Friend, but a very absent-minded, confused friend. Someone hand that guy some Ginko!