Tell me about UK merchandise

[yum-yum]

I'm starting to pick up where I left and finalize the info for the UK collectors guide. I'm now at the merchandise part.


I don't want every single piece of UK merchandise in the book, because that would be a never-ending list. That's why I will only take the more unique and special merchandise into the book. I got a lot of info of the more unique merchandise produced for the UK market from advertisements.


Now I know merchandise is a wide term, that's why I made a separate chapter for exclusive offer's (Mail Order merchandise/items/ponies).


The list of exclusive offers I now have contains the following:

Baby Hearts and Ribbons

Seven Songs and a Story - Did it came with a plastic sleeve?

Fact File

Carry case - one featuring Snowflake, Honey Comb and Hopscotch and one featuring Sundigger, Tapdancer and Flowerburst.
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Was the second one also a mail offer or sold in stores?

Playmat (2 versions) - Both were orderable via a form? I know for sure one was.
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Is there anything I missed or should be included in the Exclusive Offer list?



Now onto the merchandise list, till now I only have the comics, annuals and the plushies (honeycomb)

Did honeycomb came with a flower brush with a hole in the handle just like all the other plushies of her kind?

The comics were a little confusing, I still haven't figured out how many issues each serie counts. Can someone please help me?

‘My Little Pony’ - issue #1 till #?
‘My Little Pony’ Seasonal Special - for each year starting with 198..?
My Little Pony and Friends - issue #1 till #33?

I'm not even going to beging with all the gift that were packed with the comics

Are these more special/unique pieces of merchandise that you think should be included in the guide?

[moonflower]

Seven Songs and a Story - Did it came with a plastic sleeve?
Yes, the disc comes in a transparent plastic sleeve with a songsheet. I have one if you need a pic.

Is there anything I missed or should be included in the Exclusive Offer list?
I'll have a quick look through the ads in the comics for you.

‘My Little Pony’ - issue #1 till #?
#224?
‘My Little Pony’ Seasonal Special - for each year starting with 198..?
The first special was the Christmas Bumper issue from 1985, but I am not sure how many there are in total
My Little Pony and Friends - issue #1 till #33?
till #51? possibly more
This recent thread was discussing the comics if this helps  http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,291867.0.html

Are these more special/unique pieces of merchandise that you think should be included in the guide?
The Panini sticker album
MLP Club items, including free gifts, pin badges and certificates etc.


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EDIT: I've had a look through the ads and have found the following:-

Picture Disc offer (1985)
MLP Activity Club 1986 - Free MLP drawstring bag and poster
MLP Activity Club 1987 - Free MLP pencil case, magic pens and wall freeze
[/size]My Little Pony Pillow Book offer (I have one of these, always wondered what to call it!)
[/size]Fact File offer (1987)
[/size]Party Packs offer (1988)
MLP Activity Club 1988 - Free MLP Adventure Game and MLP Purse with shoulder strap
MLP Activity Club 1989 - Free Baby pony
[/size]Mummy Charms - Free charm when you send off for a bracelet (1989)
MLP Activity Club 1990 - Free Baby Bridesmaid
[/size]MLP Activity Club 1991 - Free Baby Fun & Games

[/size]I'm going to take pics while I have them out, I will post them here when I am done.

[Gingerbread]

I wondered where the pillowbook came from, always assumed it came from a shop but now I know Had one as a kid, one of my fave pieces of merch.

I have the picturedisk and paperwork that goes with it if you'd like pics of that too.

[moonflower]

I can take better photos or scans if required for the book (the lighting is not the best today and the scanner is not set up ready).

Here is a picture of the disc in sleeve:-
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Instead of a pic overload, my other pictures can be found here - http://mylittlewiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles&user=Moonflower

I've still got a few more to add today, including the club ads and picture disc ad so be sure to check back.

[LadyGuinevere]

In addition to what moonflower added, there were some other items through mail order, such as Baby Lucky, Magical Breeze, the talking ponies, and some other stuff I'd have to look up.

The Seasonal specials are a bit more sporadic - there was a recent thread on the comics that has some more details. I'm working on a list of the comic gifts, but it's nowhere near complete yet.

[yum-yum]

Seven Songs and a Story - Did it came with a plastic sleeve?
Yes, the disc comes in a transparent plastic sleeve with a songsheet. I have one if you need a pic.

Cool, thanks for confirming! I'll be making a list of items I need pictures of later, I'll send you a PM when it's done.

Is there anything I missed or should be included in the Exclusive Offer list?
I'll have a quick look through the ads in the comics for you.

‘My Little Pony’ - issue #1 till #?
#224?
‘My Little Pony’ Seasonal Special - for each year starting with 198..?
The first special was the Christmas Bumper issue from 1985, but I am not sure how many there are in total
My Little Pony and Friends - issue #1 till #33?
till #51? possibly more
This recent thread was discussing the comics if this helps  http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,291867.0.html

Thanks for the info and the link!

Are these more special/unique pieces of merchandise that you think should be included in the guide?
The Panini sticker album
MLP Club items, including free gifts, pin badges and certificates etc.

The activity club has it's own chapter, including all the little bits and pieces that came with each pack.  Moonflower, I'm PM'ing you, since you know a lot more them me.

EDIT: I've had a look through the ads and have found the following:-

Picture Disc offer (1985)
MLP Activity Club 1986 - Free MLP drawstring bag and poster
MLP Activity Club 1987 - Free MLP pencil case, magic pens and wall freeze
My Little Pony Pillow Book offer (I have one of these, always wondered what to call it!)
Fact File offer (1987)
Party Packs offer (1988)
MLP Activity Club 1988 - Free MLP Adventure Game and MLP Purse with shoulder strap
MLP Activity Club 1989 - Free Baby pony
Mummy Charms - Free charm when you send off for a bracelet (1989)
MLP Activity Club 1990 - Free Baby Bridesmaid
MLP Activity Club 1991 - Free Baby Fun & Games

I'm going to take pics while I have them out, I will post them here when I am done.

Thanks you so much for looking all of this up! So cool!


LadyG, I'm PM'ing you too about the comics.

[Roogna]

I have alarm clocks which are pretty cool, plus lots of neat bags/purses, mugs, pomanders

but my FAVORITE unique UK merch are the 2 lamps I have...not normal lamps either. It's a hard plastic "screen" on a stand with a lightbulb behind it. The screeen depicts a pony/ponies with a background scene.

[Chrissytree]

The carry cases only came mail order.  I've got a couple of the leaflets scanned here
http://s492.photobucket.com/albums/rr289/chrissytree_MLP/Pamphlets/

[yum-yum]

Great scans! Thank you for posting

[Chrissytree]

I uploaded some of the mail order leaflets a little later too, just in case you missed them.  Feel free to use them if you need them.

[yum-yum]

Chrissytree you rock!

[yum-yum]

bump, maybe someone else can add more info?

[Gaspode]

A few years ago I came across, mip, a baby's bib feat bubbles. I sold it on here to Barbeddragon iirc. I don't *think* anyone had (at that time) seen another. Does that count?

HTH
Gaspode