Honestly I discovered Spyro at the age of 4 years old and that's because my aunt visited our house and what she brought over was a copy of Spyro the Dragon, I definitely remember coming home after school or daycare and started playing Spyro, my aunt knew it was difficult for me to either like or enjoy games back then because I was born with ADHD and Autism. She knew I sorta enjoyed Crash Bandicoot, but when Spyro was introduced to me I wanted everything Spyro themed, for example I remember when fast food joints such as Taco Bell, Hardee's and McDonald's was having a Spyro and Crash promotion I'd throw the biggest tantrums if I never got a Spyro toy and so my parents had to exchange some Crash toys for some Spyro toys just to make me happy again.
I found one of these Spyro plushies at my local Kmart almost 10 yrs ago and I remember trying to win him form their claw machine, but I was unable because he was always buried and so eventually I was given a Spyro: Reignited Trilogy plush either back in 2018 or 2019 and even to this day I still own the same Spyro plush years later.