Do you like the G1 Earth sitting (Bubbles) pose?

[Ponyfan]

Hi.

I was just wondering how many people like the sitting/Bubbles G1 pose? I think sitting ponies are cute but I also think it's pose that's best for just a few ponies instead of army of ponies list most of the other G1 ponies. I never had Bubbles or Seashell as a child, but I've heard that Ponywear didn't fit sitting ponies very well.


Ponyfan

[tailrustedtealeaf]

It's cute! But not being able to use ponywear on them kills me. Seashell will never be dressed like a dream. :c

[SaraMari]

I do quite like it, it's nice to have a unique pose like that. Kirk explained at Pony Fair how difficult it is to get that pose out of the mold but I wish they would've use it a couple more times!

I didn't have either as a kid (Year 5 ponies were the first ones I got when I was about 2 years old) I didn't even know they existed till I got to my preteens and become a collector but I'm sure I would've loved them as a kid as well

[LadyMoondancer]

I absolutely love it! 

I don't care about their ability to wear Ponywear.  Lots of ponies can't wear ponywear properly: flutter ponies, sea ponies, newborns, wingers, and any pony in the Firefly mold.  To me Ponywear is a neat extra, not something every pony in my collection "has to" be able to wear.

I wanted Bubbles and Seashell from the moment I saw them on the Year 2 backcard, ESPECIALLY Bubbles.  I asked for him (Bubbles is a boy to me) year after year for Christmas, not really understanding that he was long-gone from the store. 

My mom initially didn't buy him for me because she thought the sitting pose didn't look as fun to play with.  I could not disagree more.  The power of Imagination (TM) would have let Bubbles and Seashell trot just like any other pony.  I mean, it's not like I thought Bow-Tie was really stuck with her head permanently turned to the side, so why would my imagination say Bubbles was literally always sitting?  COME ON, MOM!

[flutterscotch]

I do quite like it, it's nice to have a unique pose like that. Kirk explained at Pony Fair how difficult it is to get that pose out of the mold but I wish they would've use it a couple more times!

Oh good, my suspicions were correct. I just always assumed it was that little leg shelf.

I really wish I could have dressed Bubbles up in Best of the West.

[Safflower]

I really like the sculpting on this pose. I think it's very sweet, I would love to have Seashell or Bubbles. Ponywear wearing isn't the biggest factor for me, I'm not currently displaying any.

[Taffeta]

I don't like it. I don't care about the ponywear thing, either. I mean, I'm the girl who made Masquerade (!) wear most of her ponywear as a kid (and Masquerade has a pretty broad mould, so it's hardly surprising that my ponywear ended up oddly shaped xD)  I imagine the reason I loved sticking ponywear on Masky was because she had the mistress of disguise character in the comics. So of course she should wear stuff. Why not?

Given that, I would've just made the sitting ponies wear it too if I had had one. As a kid I never could get shoes on myself, anyway. Always had to ask a parent, so mostly my ponies didn't wear the shoes and sitting ponies can wear ponywear. Just not shoes.

So it isn't about ponywear for me, but I don't like the sitting pose. I don't like the moulded legs to the body. I agree that the imagination means trotting isn't an issue. I just don't like how they are posed and proportioned. I don't like the blaze, either, not really. Prefer the freckles that you get on some of the Nirvana.

So Bubbles and Seashell, timewise, were probably a shade early for me anyway. My first was Windy at the end of 1984 and I know that Cotton Candy's set were still on shelves at this kind of time, but Windy was the first pony I had so it was a case of testing the water and seeing whether I liked it. Rainbow had more appeal for my Mum when buying xD.

By the time I was pony collecting myself, Bubbles & Seashell were gone. But I knew kids at school with...one of them...can't remember which, as well as some of the others from the same time and just after.

I just never liked the pose. I don't like legs stuck to bodies, I think. I am not a fan of Firefly's pose, either. But yes, my sister's Sprinkles did wear ponywear, too. Because Hasbro saying they can't wear ponywear is a challenge to me, rather than a rule...

[Sweet Daes]

I never cared for ponywear so that never affected my taste in ponies. In fact I don't remember owning any that already didn't come with a playset.

It was hard to play with Seashell and Bubbles, though. No other ponies could sit like them, and they couldn't stand. They always ended up being the buddies that would already be sitting at tea or writing spells. They didn't get much love from that department.

As a collector, it's my favorite G1 pose. It's unique and has so much personalty compared to a lot of the other ones. I wish more ponies came in that pose so they could all hang out together while everyone else stands.

[bright rabbit 1]

They are okay for sticking on wood to make book ends.

[Leave a Whisper]

Yes, I think its adorable. I have Seashell. I'd love to have Bubbles. If I'd had a 5 Below, I'd have grabbed the unicorn fake and commissioned Brazil Bowtie.

[BlushingBlue]

I think the sitting pose is very charming, and I remember wanting Seashell desperately when I was small. I wish there were more (official, non-nirvana) ponies made in that pose, but from a business/production standpoint I guess I can understand why there aren't.

[Teddy]

I love the sitting pose! It's just so cute and unique. I wish they'd made more of them!

[Einhornbaby]

As a kid I would have hated the sitting pose since sitting ponies cant gallop around, pull Baby Cuddles buggy and so on. As an adult a kinda like it since it looks so sweet and calm. I prefer other poses but I still kinda like the sitting pose
Btw, did anyone try to fit a sitting pony into the Scrub-a-dub tub? (to lazy to pull the tub from the top of the shelf lol, sorry). I think a sitting pony in the bathtub would look totally cute!

[Goanna]

I think the pose is absolutely adorable, but I'm glad they didn't make too many ponies in the pose!

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

I like it, I don't own any Ponywear, so that's not really an issue for me. I do get that it would be more limiting to play with from a child's perspective, but I think the pose looks really cute!