Monday, June 28, 2010

Welcome to the World of My Little Pony

Do you guys remember the cartoon from the 80s – My Little Pony? I could still remember those days watching My Little Pony which is aired on tv on every weekend. Oh, how I enjoyed the moment lying in front of tv on a morning of no school day. Well, those days are long gone but for many years I could still remember the tune of the theme song.

Years gone by and now I am in my 30s and I am a mother of 2 lovely children. And this is how it all started – it was 2007 and it was my daughter's 2nd birthday. She got a RM50 Toys R Us cash voucher from my sister as a birthday gift. So , me, hubby and daughter made our way to Toys R Us in Midvalley KL to find a toy for her. Since our daughter never got onto a train before, we purposely took the train from Kajang KTM and alighted at Midvalley Station. We searched high and low for a suitable toy for her age but couldn’t find anything that was priced below RM50.

It was my husband who saw it first at the stock clearance area. It was the Twinkle Twirl Dancing Studio Playset selling at RM40. It was really cheap and worth a buy although the playset is recommended for a 3 year old and above.

Almost 3 years has passed by, and the playset is still in good condition except for a few missing accessories. I myself couldn’t believe that my daughter could play and keep it for such a long period of time ( throughout the years we bought other toys like Barbie and it all went missing – FYI, she used to have about 7 barbie dolls!).

We often play the playset together and recently I realized that I loved these ponies as much as my daughter does. So that is how the pony quest started. I thought that I was being childish but one day I googled for My Little Pony and it is a relief to know that I am not alone. There are so many people out there who love My Little Pony so much that it has become collectible items. They even held a My Little Pony collectors convention every year in the US where all collectors from all around the world gather to share their interest.

Well, talking about collection ours is just a small one. But I guess it will grow sooner. I will continue on my next entry about our collections.