2020 A Collector's Year in Review

2020 eh? 

Well it was certainly a different year.  No conventions.  No get togethers.  For me, not a lot of purchasing. I thought about skipping the year in review post this year, but I still want to look back on my year in collecting like usual.

2020's pony purchases

To begin with, I took my usual long weekend in February to play in the Geek Cave.  This is a time I set aside every year when I try to get one or two major projects done (usually organizing or moving something).  This past year was extremely successful in that regard.  So successful that I hardly wanted to move anything for the rest of the year!  It was nice to have most of the room clean and organized for a change.  And with the Cave in good shape I took the opportunity to take photos for the tour that made up most of the blog last year.

Many things were packed up to be moved down to a new display space in the basement rec room.  The pandemic slowed that plan down, as we hadn’t yet bought shelves for the new space yet and first lockdown then a run on shelves made it impossible.  My EQG minis, G4 minis, 25^th and 35^th anniversary ponies all stayed in boxes for some time as a result.  It wasn’t until the fall that we were able to pick up some shelves and start getting things out of boxes.

I did not do a lot of buying this year.  I still prefer to buy in person, whenever possible, but I did add a few Pony pieces.  I also started a new collection, Little Pretty Kitties (and Puppies).  I’d have liked to add some pieces to the SSC collection too, but since I’m down largely to more expensive / hard to find pieces, that didn’t happen.

I also didn’t do much in the way of customizing this year.  I had a few commissions that I’ve been slowly working on, but overall I wasn’t feeling overly artistic.  Or perhaps its more accurate to say that I was more focussed on developing my garden this year, because once winter set in I did return to my art space then.  Pictures will be forthcoming as these ponies arrive at their destinations.

And this year?  Well, we’re not making any plans yet, but its safe to say Ponies will be involved.  Hopefully it won’t be too much longer before we can meet our Pony Friends in person again too.

Elf