My Little Ponies were my first "model" horses. I still have my early childhood collection which I significantly increased in 1999-2000 while trying cope with the death of a friend.
Many years later I still add the occasional pony to the herd. Up until around 2016 I only had G1s in my herd, but then my son became a fan of the G4 MLP cartoon, and in supporting his interest, I somehow acquired a small herd of my own - mostly of the blind bag minis.