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I think we said stuffed animal/toy too. I really dislike the term 'plushie'. It kind of squicks me out for some reason (actually I think I know why, but I won't derail the thread with it). My sister just calls it a 'plush', or 'plushes' plural, which is slightly more tolerable, but for the fact that I always think of plush as an adjective rather than a noun. Or maybe my aversion is just as simple as just a dislike for cutesy-sounding words in general; any time words like 'mousie' or 'blankie' appear in children's books that I am reading aloud, I replace them with 'mouse' or 'blanket'. Ponybookworm, it's interesting to hear that there are cultural differences with this...years ago I had a bar regular who was from Scotland and I do recall him attaching an 'ie' ending to some of his words...a habit I gave him a kind of a hall pass on that I wouldn't have for his American brethren; when he said it in his Scottish brogue it was rather endearing actually.
Quote from: Nemesis on September 02, 2020, 10:20:06 AMI also feel like I’ve read that term on packaging (i.e., “Includes 1 pony doll and accessories.”).Based on that link about tarriffs I found ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Biz,_Inc._v._United_States ), I don't think Hasbro would of called them dolls pre-00s due to dolls being subjected to a higher tariff then a toy. I looked at various packaging for G1 and either they didn't say pony, or included the pony name and G3 packaging said "pony figure" (at least, they few that I checked did.)
I also feel like I’ve read that term on packaging (i.e., “Includes 1 pony doll and accessories.”).
Or maybe my aversion is just as simple as just a dislike for cutesy-sounding words in general; any time words like 'mousie' or 'blankie' appear in children's books that I am reading aloud, I replace them with 'mouse' or 'blanket'. Ponybookworm, it's interesting to hear that there are cultural differences with this...years ago I had a bar regular who was from Scotland and I do recall him attaching an 'ie' ending to some of his words...a habit I gave him a kind of a hall pass on that I wouldn't have for his American brethren; when he said it in his Scottish brogue it was rather endearing actually.
Quote from: banditpony on September 03, 2020, 09:15:38 AMQuote from: Nemesis on September 02, 2020, 10:20:06 AMI also feel like I’ve read that term on packaging (i.e., “Includes 1 pony doll and accessories.”).Based on that link about tarriffs I found ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Biz,_Inc._v._United_States ), I don't think Hasbro would of called them dolls pre-00s due to dolls being subjected to a higher tariff then a toy. I looked at various packaging for G1 and either they didn't say pony, or included the pony name and G3 packaging said "pony figure" (at least, they few that I checked did.)I believe it was a package from G3 or G4, actually... Maybe one of the Fashion Style G4s?
Quote from: Nemesis on September 03, 2020, 03:03:53 PMQuote from: banditpony on September 03, 2020, 09:15:38 AMQuote from: Nemesis on September 02, 2020, 10:20:06 AMI also feel like I’ve read that term on packaging (i.e., “Includes 1 pony doll and accessories.”).Based on that link about tarriffs I found ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Biz,_Inc._v._United_States ), I don't think Hasbro would of called them dolls pre-00s due to dolls being subjected to a higher tariff then a toy. I looked at various packaging for G1 and either they didn't say pony, or included the pony name and G3 packaging said "pony figure" (at least, they few that I checked did.)I believe it was a package from G3 or G4, actually... Maybe one of the Fashion Style G4s?All the ones I checked for G3 or G4 say pony figure. (including the fashion size)I'm just super curious about it, that's why I'm checking!!
It's so interesting reading about how words vary from place to place (but then I am obsessed with words and languages). 'Stuffed toys' and 'fluffies' were both in use during my 90s UK childhood, along with beanie to describe anything remotely Ty-beanie-like. I was crazy about Ty beanies as a child and used to get the UK version of US magazine Mary Beth's Beanbag World.... I'm trying to remember what sort of toy words I saw used in there (besides beanbag). I think plush might have been in there, especially in reference to large toys ('giant plush') but I don't remember plushie.I never used cutesy language or added 'ie' onto things until I got cats....now I'm always talking in a cutesy voice and asking them if they want to play with their mousie or birdie toy, or get in their lil bed and snuggle with their blankie. So get a cat and cutesy phrases will no longer seem annoying I can't remember if I said in my last post, but I agree with people saying that figurine means something small and possibly made of porcelain. If you think about it, My Little Pony actually includes pony toys, dolls (Megan and Molly, Equestria Girls), action figures (Guardians of Harmony), plushes (G1, G3, G4), beanbags (G2), figurines (porcelain ponies) and mini figures (Blind Bag ponies). Much simpler to just call them all ponies!@Taffeta, I agree so much about Monster High. G2 gave us some nice toys (I love my Dracula!) but it also really departed from Be Unique, Be a Monster, and all the good monstery stuff I liked about G1. I find all this FRIENDSHIP!!!! rather hard-going (I'm an unsociable person). It was nice in G1 to see characters who didn't communicate conventionally (Ghoulia), liked to spend time on their own, were introverted (Twyla!), etc. And characters who weren't totally nice but weren't evil either (Cleo, Spectra with her gossipy ways). And I always hoped Clawdeen would turn out to be gay or asexual or something after such a big thing was made in one of the films about her not being interested in the guys Draculaura was trying to set her up with (if nothing else, I quite liked the idea that 'you don't have to date just because all your friends are').Sorry for all the OT ramblings, there's just so much interesting stuff in this thread