its just suddenly dawned on me that mlp is the biggest fandom that i have ever encountered and joined in with since Pokemon waaaaaay back in in early 2000's when it came around. And i thought that the Pokemon fanbase was humungous back then,,,, hahaha really i have not seen anything bigger since MLP FIM: came about, since years after Pokemon kinda died down, this fandom has completely taken me off the rails with how incredible awesome it is and that its still growing ever so much . ! I was a huge Pokemon fan was a child growing up through school trading cards and going to conventions, collecting all the shiny's and memorabilia I certainly feel proud to be a brony, Were you guys a Pokemon addicted back in the day in the early 2000's.? i used to collect so much for it back then, now this fandom is like exploding with new things everyday. amazes me greatly