I bought them at Christmas time.

The McDonalds one was fun, though. I went late with some friends, ordered a happy meal, and when the girl gave me a truck, I pulled it out of the box, and said "What the hell is this? A truck? Trucks are boring, get me a pony."

Then I got Fluttershy. And diarrhea. McDonalds food doesn't agree with me.

I'm a chick, so it wasn't too bad for me. When I went to McDonalds, I really wanted a Rainbow Dash and asked the girl if she had "the blue rainbow one"
She brought out the different kinds she had, which were FlutterShy, Pinkie Pie {Which I all ready had}, and Rarity.
I took Rarity, of course, and thanked her.
I went to Wal-mart and bought RainbowDash though, and got a few weird looks. The guy at the cash register didn't seem to mind, he actually said,
"So are you one of those pony collectors and stuff?"
"...Um.. Sort of, yeah." Then I just walked out with my pride.

I went to mcdonalds a total of 4 times.
the first time, i went in there all serious face with some friends, asked for a girls toy, got twilight sparkle and announced it to the entire mcdonalds, and skipped out.
the second time, i went in, and asked tto see which ones they had, and got rarity and celestia.
number 3... i was kinda high... i got rainbow dash for me and a friend... thats all i really remember.
and the last time, the day they got the barbies, me and a group a friends drove around to several mcdonalds after midnight, searching for any remaining ponies. finally, after driving into Austin, i pulled into the drivethru (the sitin area was locked) and just told the girl there that we were going to just pull up to the next window because the order was very specific. i pull up, ask to see ANY remaining ponys they have left, and sorted through them. (they had like 6 left i think) i got oinkie pie and Fluttershy(who is my favorite so fuck year) that last one was also the one where i got some really weird looks.
but yeah. i still need apple jack ;_; and the other pony they had thats not a main character but is still quite lovely, i forget the name...

>>77
Cherilee


And here's your story

Also check my
>>79

>>78
that is essentially what happened. except we went back to the first macdunelds to show him our toys

I was driving home late from a Dawn of Worlds game with some acquaintances, and realized there was a McDonald's along the way home. I hadn't eaten dinner so I bought a chesburbur and asked for a pony with it, and the guy at the window had all of them and I picked Rainbow Dash ("Uh, the blue one," I said with an air of cool nonchalance). I'm a young-looking lady so it wasn't really very weird.

Drove home, ate my burger, combed Dash's mane and went to bed.

:3

Hmm. well here's my experience. Quite lackluster, but fun nonetheless.

>Did you get crap?
So I frequent /tv/ a lot, and we tend to get plenty of "Does anyone here go to the movies BY YOURSELF?!" threads.

Here's a secret:

Nobody gives a fuck. The store clerks don't give a fuck. The lady next to you in the checkout lane doesn't give a fuck.

And if they do give a fuck, why should you care?

>>116

Been there, done that.

>Calmly ask McDonalds clerk for a my little pony toy.
>Recieve
"ATTENTION DINERS. I HAVE JUST RECIEVED FLUTTERSHY. SHE IS INDEED MY FAVOURITE. EVERYPONY ENJOY YOUR MEAL."
>Leave while everyone stares.

All I wanted were Fluttershy and Pinie.

I got the whole set save for those two,

Im a sad brony.

Walk into Target

I politely wait at a safe distance for a little girl to pick out her pony, then rummage through the aisle afterwards looking at the ponies.

I'm buying each of the main cast, giving them as gifts to my pony loving friends once I fix up their hair.

I slap down 6 boxes on the counter.

I pay.

Cashier grins and tells me Lauren Faust is a pretty cool artist.

I nod, have some small talk.

I leave with bags full of ponies in my hands.

I really don't see what the big problem is.

So, I'm pretty well addicted to getting these little buggers, so I figured I would have no problem getting them all. Didn't count on my local McDonald's never stocking the last two, which I didn't find out until the day the promotion ended. Ended up having to buy the last two online, gah. (Still waiting for the last one to arrive!)

But I thought I should try and buy up any extras they had left over, so I called my local McD's the Wednesday after the promotion ended, asking if they'd had any left. Oh yeah!, they said, come on down and we'll sell them to you.

Two G3.5 ponies later... It was so hilarious, they must have saved them from way back in 2009! So now I have two bigheads to hang out with the other ponies.

>>141
What are the genders of the people in this story?

Other than the little girl, of course. I could figure that one out on my own.

Be a real man and don't take shit when buying ponies.

I work at McD's, so i stole Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash when no one was looking (not at the same time, though). Never got anymore opportunities to get the other ponies, but I'm happy I got my favorites.

Being of the female persuasion, my friend and I picked one up while going grocery shopping at target. We put it in with the groceries and the woman/girl.. college age female... behind the counter (about our age) asked us if we needed a gift receipt

we laughed (out of embarrassment) and went "I'm going to be completely honest. NOPE." And was probably red as a tomato

and then we went to the target cafe and ate pizza splitting the ponies between the two of us (I got celestia and applejack)

The same friend and I went to Mc D's daily to get the toys for about a week. See attached comic. Eventually they kept just giving us applejack and cheerilee over and over again so we kept going up and looking through their box

I still need the three I actually wanted :( which my friend got because she had the balls to talk to the manager while I was wallowing in shame

I missed the McD toys and wanted some of my own ponies with out going through ebay. So I just manned the fuck up and decided to go find the gift set with Pinkie, Twilight, AJ, Celestia, and spike. Target sadly didn't have any MLP toys so I drove down to walmart, B-lined for girls toy section and found the gift set. I was kinda of just browsing to see what MLP merch there was. Saw they had the gift set grabbed it and left.
Instantly had to open the package in my car to admire my little ponies.

I was more caution about hiding the packaging in my trash as I really didn't want my parents to question why the hell there was MLP stuff in the trash.

Whenever I buy toys in general (Transformers usually, but now MLPs) I dress to the nines all business-woman professional, carrying around a big-ass purse, and put snacky-type foods in my cart (like Phineas and Ferb macaroni, Cars gummy treats, etc.) to pretend like... like I have... ch-ch-children...

FUCK THAT NOISE! I'MMA BRONY UP AND SLAP THAT SHIT ON THE COUNTER in my GODDAMN CIVVIES! >>117 is right, honestly. No one cares, and if they do, so what?

But tbh, I'm that person who has toys scattered about the rooms in eclectic dioramas, who can't sit on the couch without getting a tiny plastic turret up 'er ass, and then when a friend comes over I have to go into OMIGOD SHOVE EVERYTHING UNDER THE BED NOW!!!-mode in attempts to save face. Fuck that now, man. If bitches dun' like my face then they shouldn't be gettin' all up in it.

>>242
I think I love you.

>>243
me too.

My tale is boring. I just went to the shop, wandered around a little and asked for "pony toys" when the store clerk asked if i needed help. My immediate reaction when i saw the toys they had were Dash and Fluttershy was "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" so i guess that sort of blew my cover.

Ausbro here.

Went to local Big W store (Australian department store chain). Went through entire toy section in a zigzag pattern, appearing to not be looking for anything in particular. Eventually spotted the ponies, but they were G3 ones. So I just kept on walking, loitered about the Lego section for a bit, then headed out.

A little later, I went to another store (an electronics store) to pick up some computer gear. After getting the gear, I began to head back home, and realised there was a Mr Toys Toyworld story on the way back. Slipped upstairs, did the same thing, zigzagging through the entire store. After spotting and confirming that they had G4 ponies, I went to look at a few other sections. Debated picking up a Stig mug they had on sale, but decided against it. Went over the shelves one last time, picked up Twilight Sparkle and Applejack, then picked up a Ben 10 Omnitrix toy as well. Went to the counter, mentioned something about my nephew and niece while making small talk with the cashier, then finished the purchase and left. I promptly ditched the Omnitrix at the earliest convenience.

Half an hour later, less than half a mile from home, I suddenly realised I had left behind the expensive computer gear at the toy shop, and had to make the half-hour commute into town again. Fortunately, they had kept my bag safe while I was gone, so everything turned out better than expected on that front.

I've been to 9 different Big Lots within 100 miles of my house looking for those damn pocket ponies. Unsurprisingly, the process of getting to and browsing the 'pink' aisle rapidly softened under the temper of frustration. First place I went I had to fart around pretending to look at every little piece of crap in the adjacent aisles, passing through the right one every so often to check for what I wanted in my peripheral. After three hours of driving and four useless inventories, I was at the point of quick and efficient excisatory browsing.

>Enter
>Where's the pink
>There it is
>Excuse self past an old lady likely looking for something for her granddaughter
>Ponies... Ponies...
>Yep, there's that stupid 3.5 box set. There's the Cheerilee thing...
>Ok, check the spot where they've got hanging boxes... Nope.
>Oh well.
>Exit

I did eventually find a place that had some. Two. Pic related, and from my abso-crappy camera, sorry about the poor quality. ANYWAY- Found her and Pinkie, specifically, which is fine, Pinkie's the best, but that still left an incomplete set, and I was really hoping to find a 'spare' Dash for a buddy of mine.

Bout a week later, the bitter taste of the stalemate still on my tounge, I decided 'Hell, why not,' and busted up into my local Walmart. They've got a surprisingly good selection, I'm indecisive, and I'd just received my paycheck, so I ended up carrying a set of six brushable G4 ponies through the store and up to the register. No-one batted an eye the entire time. Lady at the register gave nary a shit, we exchanged the usual pleasantries, I proffered the agreed amount, and was soon home trying to decide whether to unpack them or not.

So I guess the moral of the story is: just do it, noone cares, and if they do, why should you?

>>252
>nary a shit
YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE PERSON.

If anyone ever gives you shit about buying MLP (or any other toys for that matter) just say that you're buying for a niece or cousin or something. Or just get what you want off the 'net.

Helped my mother do some shopping at Walmart, since she has a hard time lifting anything heavier than a bowl of oatmeal.

While she was browsing birthday cards, I ran to the toys and grabbed a Fluttershy.

Ran back and showed it to her:

"Hey, how about getting me this in exchange for letting you drag me around town to be your pack mule all day?" (you are never too old to scam stuff out of your parents)

"I remember buying these for you when you were little. But...aren't you a little old for 'My Little Pony'?" (I'm 28. And yes, I still have some ponies from my 80's childhood)

".......aren't you a little old for a living room full of teddy bears and all of the "Air Buddies" movies in your Netflix queue?"

"...point taken."

SUCCESS.

Funnily enough, I got my sister into the show when I bought the combo pack last Christmas (the big box with all six of the mane cast) for twenty bucks. It was originally for myself, but I decided in the end that I would just give it to her, especially since Christmas was approaching and by that point I was broke and it was either that or a switchblade for a five year old girl's Christmas gift. It's really not that big of a deal, I brought it to the counter, intentionally choosing the checkout with a very tall, muscular black guy around 30. He gets this smug grin as it's all I had.

"Lemme guess, sister?"

"... Yep."

"... Enjoy."

He totally knew, but really, someone I'll never see again chuckles at a grown man with unusual interests; why should I or anyone else give a fuck?

Why the fuck would they even question you for what you purchase? It's none of their damn business and for all they know, you could be purchasing it as a gift for a small child. I'd be more embarrassed about buying a Guy Fawkes mask and I do have one. Bought one for $8 at a Halloween store last year.

>>78
>>79
wait, thats not the full comic

If you really must buy these - things - then don't let anyone stop you. It's not doing any harm, after all, even if it is patently ridiculous and a bit weird. But don't let my opinion mean anything, or anyone else's, if you want them.

Still, that being said - and please, don't take this to heart - but you actually buy the toys and you groom them. As in, comb their hair. But you're not childish! Heh.

>be a reasonably fit dude in his 40s
>grizzled beard, black leather jacket and boots
>make beeline to pink aisles
>whole family of oblivious tards blocking the pony aisle
>"'SCUSE ME"
>tards momentarily aware of existence of others in the world and stand aside
>proceed to poneh
>check blind bags against cheat sheet, procure desired trinkets
>walk to checkout, wait my turn
>young skinny hispanic cashier dude
>looks at blind bags, pauses, looks at my chest, then at the bags again
>oh yeah, I'm wearing my Derpy shirt
>cashier wisely says nothing smartass
likeabawse.tga

I went to Andorra (Spainbro here) a month ago, and, after searching in every toy store, I found a little one where they only had that monster baby PP and Princess Celestia with orange plastic wings, so I left empty-handed.

Then, I walked past a McDollar, and, guess what where they advertising.

At least, I have my Fluttersy.

tl;dr: Use ebay

>>31
Best Comic Ever

I work in a convenience store as a cashier. I mentioned the FiM's popularity to my boss and suggested we should bring ponies in the merchandise.

Now bronies are coming by to buy "stuff" acting all awkward while I tease them, without being very impolite and without them knowing that I'm a fan of the show myself.

My and my employer's face when.

>>242
Suddenly I have a crush.

<i>da</i>