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Ask us Anything!
For our very first Ask Us Anything you had 5 days to send in your questions for us - and boy, did you send in some questions! We're trying to answer any single one of them, but had to combine a few because they were very similar (e.g. Who's your favourite pony?). In total we have 40 questions and divided them into 5 categories: Personal, Blog, MLP:FiM General, Toys and Random. We really enjoyed receiving and answering them all. You can see all the questions and answers below, enjoy!

Personal

How long have you guys been Bronies/Pegasisters? (By Widlynerdypost)
Ilona: I became a Pegasister in 2011 but since the end of 2012 I started to be in contact with the community. Before I only collected some ponies.
Ossie: About the same, but the collection and community both started for me around the end of 2012.

When did you start collecting pony toys? (By caesarorzell)
Ilona: I started collecting them since 2011. Only the mane characters. In 2013 I also started to collect the other generations. I also had some G2 ponies as a child. (still have them) I don't know if that counts.
Ossie: I started collecting at the end of 2012 with a few blind bags, which I brought together with a (brony) friend of mine.

Do you have any friends that like MLP? (By Anonymous)
Yes we have some pony friends on Facebook and on several fora, or people we met through local meet-ups.

How old are you? (By Aschenstern and Anonymous)
Ilona: I'm 20 years old.
Ossie: And I'm 21 :)

Are you both guys or is someone of you a girl, and do you know each other in real life? (By Anonymous)
Ilona is a girl, and Ossie is a guy. And yes we know each other in real life since February 2013, we are a couple since June 22, 2013.

How did you learn English? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I learned English at school and by playing video games...
Ossie: Same for me, plus I started moderating a game forum when I was younger, which helped me a lot too!

Are you guys really ponies? (By Anonymous)
We're both 100% human last time we checked :)

What made you love and collect MLP? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I always had a soft spot for collecting. And I like the show a lot because of the animation style and the characters.
Ossie: I never thought I would ever watch or collect MLP. Only when I decided to watch some episode (at the start of the whole Brony-craze) I started to slowly like the show. The toys came about a year later and slowly builded up. I initially just collected a few blind bags, but the collecting-gene grew more when I met Ilona.

Blog

Why did you make this website? (By Anonymous)
We felt there was a lack of websites about MLP Merchandise so we made this one! It was during a time that a few websites we visited often became less active or didn't cover everything.

Who decided on the mascot for this site? (By Tiffany Garrard)
Ilona designed her looks and Ossie came up with the name. Amy is based on the website initials: AAMM, and the name fits perfectly with 'Amie', the French for female friend.

Can you send me a picture of your pony oc? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I don't have some good vectors yet but you can see our ponysonas in the cover image for this post!

Will you put wave 2 of Ponymania and the Power Ponies on the database? (By Anonymous)
We will add them when we have more information on how they are packaged and when we have stock images. But once we have the release info we can at least add the names and Taobao images into our database.

I know you might be busy with databases but could you make a fakies and errors data base? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: We are working on a Prototype/Error Section for the Brushable Database. Sadly we are not planning to make a Fakie Database yet (mainly because we want to keep the Database filled with official/licensed data and the huuuuge amount of fakies).

Could you guys make an Instagram? (By Britney Nguyen)
We're not planning on creating an Instagram just yet. Perhaps in the future we'll make some more pictures of the products we buy, but as we don't buy that much merch right now we'll stick with unpacking video's only.

What is your favorite database? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: My favourite is the Trading Card Database and the Plush one.
Ossie: I like the Blind Bag Database, and the Plush Database as well!

MLP:FiM General

What is your Favourite Pony? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: My favourite is Rarity but I also like Zecora, Sunset Shimmer and other ones a lot!
Ossie: Fluttershy is my all-time favourite, followed by Photo Finish and Princess Luna.

What is your favorite princess? (By Angela Ross) 
Both: Princess Luna!

What is your favorite species (Earth, Pegasus, ect.) of pony? (By skyrendingaurora)
We both like Pegasi the most.

Who are your least favorite ponies? (By MiaandZoe Weller)
Ilona: Princess Cadance *Hides* For me just isn't that interesting of a character. I'm also not too fond of Spike
Ossie: Trixie, but most people will probably not agree with me on that. I dislike her because of her attitude and extreme popularity in the early days of MLP:FiM. She gets better in the later comics though!

Could you please list the Mane Six ponies in order from your favorite to your least favorites? 
Ilona: Rarity, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash
Ossie: Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Rarity.

Who are your favorite background ponies? (By MiaandZoe Weller)
Ilona: I like Blossomforth a lot and Bulk Biceps
Ossie: Apple Fritter and Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops.

Best generation of MLP in your opinion? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: G4 has imo the best Stories and shows but I love the variety of Ponies generation 1 has.
Ossie: G4, as it's the only one I like, watch and collect.

Who is your favorite villain? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: Queen Chrysalis and Flim & Flam!
Ossie: Nightmare Moon and Flim & Flam!

What is your favorite EG movie? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I like both but I think I like first one a bit better.
Ossie: I like various parts of both movies, but have to choose the original one as well.

Toys

What is your favorite MLP toy? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I like my large 50 centimeter Nici Twilight Plush!
Ossie: The Fashion Style Fluttershy Ilona got for me!
 
What's your favorite brushable series like Crystal Empire, Ponymania, or original series etc...? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: As for now I like the Cutie Mark Magic line the most. Maybe because of the amount of Sunset Shimmer we have. Haha
Ossie: Cutie Mark Magic for me as well, but mainly because Hasbro releases a great variety of show ponies and new molds (such as the Glamour Glow).

A Rainbow Dash toy has two model eyes. Why? (By Anonymous)
They changed her eyes around 2013. I personally think they did that because her eyes look more show-accurate that way.

Who are Princess Sterling and Princess Gold Lily? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: Right now they are just some made-up Princesses. No idea if we will see them in the show.
Ossie: Because they have been released so long ago I think it's just some Princesses they came up with the make new princess toys without using the old 4 princesses.

There was a line of background ponies in 2011 (Example: Snow Catcher, Feathermay, Daisy Dreams, Lulu Luck and many more and they don't appear on the MLP:FiM show but why are there toys of them? (By Anonymous)
We think it worked a bit like the previous generations where a lot of ponies had been made more for the sake of collecting characters instead of making them based around the show.

Why dont the favourites collections come to Australia in Toys'R'Us? (By Anonymous and Angela Ross)
They didn't? It really depends on the local Toys"R"Us chain to release the exclusive lines or not. I know that in Germany they do release some of the exclusives, so I wouldn't really know why Australia skips them!

What is your favorite blind bag wave? (By Amy T)
Ilona: My favourite wave is wave 11 because of the different characters.
Ossie:  I like both wave 3 (because of the Glow in the Dark ponies) and wave 11 because of the diverse molds and ponies.

What is the new ponies toys you guys looking forward to the most? (By noel / 離 and Anonymous)
Ilona: I'm looking towards the Power Ponies!
Ossie: I can't wait for the Friendship is Magic Collection with all the new blind bag molds!

What kind of ponies toy you would like to have but still haven't been made yet? (By noel / 離)
Ilona: I would like to see a nice Funko Chrysalis, Zecora and Sunset! Also, we need more Sunset Merch!
Ossie: Vinyl Photo Finish. Either from Funko, MightyFine, Diamond Select Toys or any other company, as long as it looks good!

What are you guys favorite collected category of MLP merch collections like Funko, blind bag ects? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I like the Brushables the most.
Ossie: Blind Bags for me.

What is your favorite Blind bag figure, Brushable Figure, Funko Figure, Plush, other figure etc...? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: Blind Bag: Zecora, Equestria Girls: Aria Blaze, Brushable: Fashion Style Princess Luna, Funko: Rarity, Plush: Build-a-Bear Princess Celestia, Other Figure:Burger King Twilight, Hasbro Pop: Zecora, Comic: Haven't read them all yet. Trading card: Any Rarity one. CCG: Same as the TC one.
Ossie: Blind Bag: Wave 2 Cheerilee, Equestria Girls: Archery Fluttershy (don't own yet), Brushable: Fashion Style Fluttershy, Funko: Glitter Fluttershy Vinyl, Plush: Build-a-Bear Fluttershy, Other Figure: Fash'em Fluttershy, Hasbro POP: Fluttershy, Comic: The first story-arc (especially my Rainbow Dash & Fluttershy covers from Jetpack & Larry's), Trading Card: Foil Fluttershy (series 1), CCG: Princess Celestia UR (premiere).

Random

I'm nine year old and I love your site and my favorite episode is s4 e6 power ponies. (By Anonymous)
Ilona: Hello! Thanks for liking our site! My favourite episode is Maud Pie :)
Ossie: And my favourite episode is... ehmm.... I guess Green isn't your color (because of Fluttershy + Photo Finish)

Did you ever hear of Hong Kong 97? (By Anonymous)
It's a really... strange game. We love the AVGN episode btw!

Do you like pie? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I love Rice Pie and Cheesecake!
Ossie: Cheesecake and anything with chocolate or strawberries for me!

Do you like video games? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: I love them, my favourites are Syberia, Half life 2, Mirrors Edge, The Sims, Tomb Raider and Rollercoaster Tycoon (and many, many more!)
Ossie:Weirdly enough I've played (and like) almost the same games as Ilona! I'm also into GTA and used to play a lot of the Need For Speed games. But one of my most favourite genres got to be RPGs. Currently playing the Final Fantasy and Sacred game-series for example!

Are you secretly aliens trying to take over the universe with ponies? (By Anonymous)
Ilona: Maybe... maybe...
Ossie: I can't confirm or deny anything...


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  1. It was nice getting to know you a bit more! Thanks for including my question by the way. :)

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  2. I love the questions and your funny responses. I love playing GTA as well! I think you guys should really try out playing fnaf. Are any of you fond of Monster High? (Sorry I forgot to add this question.)



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    1. Thank you. I like the concept of FNAF a lot (Not too fond of theme park mascots sometimes...) but I don't play the game. Maybe because I hate jump scares a lot. I can enjoy a creepy atmosphere but jump scares... no thank you. And while I don't collect Monster High I kinda like the dolls and characters they made. I always had a soft spot for Mythology and I love how they design the dolls after a certain culture or monster. They always look very unique. Going by design, I like Skelita but that's because I really enjoy the Dia Del Muertos Style. :)

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  3. Thank you for wandering, I never noticed how much work went into Amy.

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  4. Thank you very much for answering my questions!!!! :D

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  5. Thank you very much for answering my questions!!!! :D

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  6. Thankyou for answering my question!

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  7. Thankyou for atention I'm the with qestion I'm nine year old etc.Thankyou for reply.

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  8. Guys, I think we're on to something! I'm 100 precent sure they are aliens now! - The person who asked if they were aliens.

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  9. Thanks for answering mine!!!:D

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  10. Thanks for answering my questions and putting the play-dough on the data base!!!! Plus I'm a HUDGE fan of Fluttershy my-self!!!!!

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