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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Taffeta on November 01, 2018, 07:57:45 AM

Title: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Taffeta on November 01, 2018, 07:57:45 AM: Yeah, I have another annoying pony release question relating to the TE ponies and what ponies, if any, were sold in which place and (if possible) when.

The information I have so far goes like this:

United Kingdom
1986 - Fizzy, Sweetie, Gingerbread, Galaxy, Masquerade, Whizzer on 1986 style card, UK art. Came with puffy sticker, comb, ribbon.
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1987 - Fizzy, Speedy (dark), Sky Rocket, Locket, Tic Tac Toe, Sweetie on 1987 card featuring white background and rainbow. Came with puffy sticker, comb (probably) and ribbon
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Germany and France, possibly also Switzerland, Austria
1986-7? - same as UK but on translated cards, using same artwork as the UK release.
1988 - same set as 1987 UK release but with pale speedy. No sticker. Card 1988 style with thin border around the edge.
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Netherlands, Belgium (?)
1986 set on translated bilingual cards, flat stickers, US art style (still trying to find my picture of sister's Fizzy ><)
(any other TEs sold? On what card?)

Edit to add: Italy
Appears to have had the same 1987 set as the USA.

Scandinavia - no Twinkle Eyes?

Spain - were there regular TEs as well as Spanish ones? What card art does Spain use?

Other parts of Europe...?

Other parts of the world?

I believe Canada had the same release as the US but on bilingual cards, so had all fifteen ponies.

Most especially I would like to know if any other places had the 1987 card used in the UK?
And how many TE ponies were available in your country?
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: LadyMoondancer on November 01, 2018, 09:41:15 AM: I bought a bunch of Italian ads clipped out of comics or magazines, and Mimic and Quackers were featured in it.

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Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: RoseNoire on November 01, 2018, 09:50:38 AM: Well, here in Belgium I've found Gingerbread, Galaxy and Whizzer from various owners, if that helps. I suppose that means they were sold here.
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Taffeta on November 01, 2018, 09:53:31 AM: @LM - I totally forgot Italy! And you're right, I have a 1987 insert from there and Mimic and the whole of that US release set are shown on it. I am assuming they had Italian cards which were unique in design because other ponies from the same time period did. Thank you for flagging that one up!

@RoseNoire - thank you for that :D It really seems like that first set had a fairly universal release.
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: RoseNoire on November 01, 2018, 10:12:30 AM: You're welcome Taffeta. ^^
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Perikoala on November 01, 2018, 11:56:34 AM: Quote from: Taffeta on November 01, 2018, 07:57:45 AM
Spain - were there regular TEs as well as Spanish ones? What card art does Spain use?

Spain 100% sold Spanish TEs. Regular ones are rare in the wild/second hand here, and the answer I usually get for these is that they were purchased/gifted on holidays trip and such.

The card is the same as the UK, but with different comb (moon one for all). Example, not my picture:

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The card says 1987, but the ponies feet say 1986. Only the first set were sold in Spain.
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Barnacle_lady on November 01, 2018, 12:27:00 PM: That set TE ponies were also sold up here in The Netherlands. I recall seeing Fizzy, Galaxy, Gingerbread and Masquerade a lot.
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: NightGliderSA on November 02, 2018, 01:06:45 AM: Hi Taffeta,

We had them too. I never did get one as a child, but I wanted them and that type of memory tends to stick. I have seen: Masquerade, Whizzer, Gingerbread (green eyed - I bought her) and Sweet Stuff.
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Taffeta on November 02, 2018, 06:26:17 AM: Thanks all. @Perikoala that somehow makes sense given the other art styles used on Spanish cards. No regular TE ponies means I can hand them over to PKW to handle. Yay :D

@Nightglider, do you know if you had the later sets? Have any been found or do any of your acquaintances remember seeing or having any of them?
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: CinnamonOnions on November 03, 2018, 01:50:45 PM: No need for the question mark on Scandinavia. I trust quite well this one site, and according to it atleast Finland did not have Twinkle Eyes.
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Taffeta on November 04, 2018, 09:55:09 AM: Quote from: CinnamonOnions on November 03, 2018, 01:50:45 PM
No need for the question mark on Scandinavia. I trust quite well this one site, and according to it atleast Finland did not have Twinkle Eyes.

Thank you for that. I seem to remember Ponyland saying something similar about Sweden, but since we've identified some variation between countries, I put the question mark in case it doesn't apply to Denmark and to Norway as well...
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: CinnamonOnions on November 04, 2018, 02:15:13 PM: Quote from: Taffeta on November 04, 2018, 09:55:09 AM
Quote from: CinnamonOnions on November 03, 2018, 01:50:45 PM
No need for the question mark on Scandinavia. I trust quite well this one site, and according to it atleast Finland did not have Twinkle Eyes.

Thank you for that. I seem to remember Ponyland saying something similar about Sweden, but since we've identified some variation between countries, I put the question mark in case it doesn't apply to Denmark and to Norway as well...

I have a feeling it applies to Norway as well. I wouldn't be certain of Denmark though.
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Moonbreeze on November 05, 2018, 02:23:22 AM: Gingerbread, Sweet Stuff, Fizzy, Galaxy and Whizzer. So I think that's the first TE set.
I'm afraid I'm not sure on what card though!
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: pinkkittywinks on November 05, 2018, 12:30:01 PM: Let's not forget the TE that is on a Seapony backcard :rofl:

I'll send you over the German TE stuff I have, backcards and advertising etc :)

Quote from: Taffeta on November 02, 2018, 06:26:17 AM
Thanks all. @Perikoala that somehow makes sense given the other art styles used on Spanish cards. No regular TE ponies means I can hand them over to PKW to handle. Yay :D

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Love pkw xxx
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Taffeta on November 05, 2018, 12:34:17 PM: Quote from: pinkkittywinks on November 05, 2018, 12:30:01 PM
Let's not forget the TE that is on a Seapony backcard :rofl:

I'll send you over the German TE stuff I have, backcards and advertising etc :)

Quote from: Taffeta on November 02, 2018, 06:26:17 AM
Thanks all. @Perikoala that somehow makes sense given the other art styles used on Spanish cards. No regular TE ponies means I can hand them over to PKW to handle. Yay :D

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Love pkw xxx

Oh yes, the pretty and pearly twinkle sea pony fizzyshower and Galaxy Lily. I do wonder if there are others. I feel like there are...and they all came out of Germany en masse on ebay years ago. I only have Fizzyshower but I remember Linnie (if you remember her) had Galaxy on Water Lily's card. I haven't seen any others appear online for years though.

That would be great, re the inserts. I have the 1987 booklet that also has the Rainbow (Nightlight etc) ponies in and stuff, and some comic ads for Germany but I think that's about it. I have Trixi (TicTacToe) MOC but I don't have a first set MOC in German and I am not sure if I've seen one on card....French, yes, but not sure about German...

It also still slightly confuses me that Hasbro did a whole different card for the UK release for 1987 and absolutely nowhere as far as I can tell right now had it except for the UK. Which seems a waste of design and printing, but anyway o.O.

I am thinking at some point to put all of my inserts and adverts and stuff that I have in my folder up online. But then it occurred to me maybe the best thing for something like that might be a section of the Gallery? An insert section for stuff from all over the world..?
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: RoseNoire on November 19, 2018, 01:22:19 PM: Oops, I totally forgot I have Sweet Stuff, too. And she has a high chance from originating the Flemish part of Belgium. Well... It's not much, since she's a year 4 too, but I figured I might bump this topic in case someone could add something more interesting !
Title: Re: Twinkle Eye Ponies in Europe and other places (Non-US)
Post by: Lady.Arachnia on November 20, 2018, 12:41:33 AM: I had only Whizzer as CHP (Childhood Pony)....the very last Pony I got from my parents, because they told me I was *to old* for more Ponies....I still have her luckily!!!
Have to look up which TE Ponies I have now...X