Wait, G1 hooves aren't the date they were made?! :ONope :) It's the copyright for the pose. For example, I think Applejack's pose says 1983 on it. Magic Hat, though, was not made in 1983! Lol, when I got my first G1s, I was showed my mother the "dates they were made." Oh, young Safflower... DJ was not made in 1984.
I had the brony flu and used to think MLP Tales was G2.
When I first began collecting ponies in 2014, I only collected G4 and thought the older generations were terrible. I also only really liked the series and had no interest in ponies outside of the Mane 6. The tables have turned completely and now I'm tired of the Mane 6 and the series, and I absolutely love G1-G3. And all it took was finding G1 Starglow in a drawer ^^;I used to hate G1-3 but all it took was finding some G1s too! For me it was DJ, Blue Baby Ember, and Magic Star :) I also started out with G4 but lost interest in it!
When I first began collecting ponies in 2014, I only collected G4 and thought the older generations were terrible. I also only really liked the series and had no interest in ponies outside of the Mane 6. The tables have turned completely and now I'm tired of the Mane 6 and the series, and I absolutely love G1-G3. And all it took was finding G1 Starglow in a drawer ^^;I used to hate G1-3 but all it took was finding some G1s too! For me it was DJ, Blue Baby Ember, and Magic Star :) I also started out with G4 but lost interest in it!
Add a few more years down the line and Hasbro releases Bride Wysteria with no boy ponies to marry :P
I was about ten or eleven when I found my first G1s. I think it was just me being a child, lol. I had actually looked at the wiki before finding them and browsed some G1 ponies and art and decided they look ugly. I think my mom kept getting gens confused too and I had some misdericted anger. I didn't like G3 for the look and aesthetic, and tbh, G3 isn't my favorite gen today. I don't think I knew G2 even existed, actually!When I first began collecting ponies in 2014, I only collected G4 and thought the older generations were terrible. I also only really liked the series and had no interest in ponies outside of the Mane 6. The tables have turned completely and now I'm tired of the Mane 6 and the series, and I absolutely love G1-G3. And all it took was finding G1 Starglow in a drawer ^^;I used to hate G1-3 but all it took was finding some G1s too! For me it was DJ, Blue Baby Ember, and Magic Star :) I also started out with G4 but lost interest in it!
Just asking out of interest, what did you hate so much about the older gens? I mean, hate is a rather strong feeling to have for something that got replaced by something you love(d). Like, I can understand the other way around. When something you love gets replaced by something you can't get into.
But once in a while I read about ex-bronies saying they hated G1-G3 before checking it out and I'm like... bwuh? You hated something you weren't even interested in?
Add a few more years down the line and Hasbro releases Bride Wysteria with no boy ponies to marry :P
Thank Hasbro there were enough girl ponies she could marry.
Add a few more years down the line and Hasbro releases Bride Wysteria with no boy ponies to marry :P
Thank Hasbro there were enough girl ponies she could marry.
My biggest misconception...that My Little Pony made sense ;)
*side glance at Glory and Majesty* I can't be the only one who had a LGBT pony couple as a kid. Heck I even gad some transgender/genderfluid ponies since I couldn't decide on a gender for Ivy, g3 Minty, or g3 Applejack.Add a few more years down the line and Hasbro releases Bride Wysteria with no boy ponies to marry :P
Thank Hasbro there were enough girl ponies she could marry.
Difference between what people did in their childhood collections and what Hasbro would have got away with marketing in the 1980s. Mindsets then much more conservative than now.*side glance at Glory and Majesty* I can't be the only one who had a LGBT pony couple as a kid. Heck I even gad some transgender/genderfluid ponies since I couldn't decide on a gender for Ivy, g3 Minty, or g3 Applejack.Add a few more years down the line and Hasbro releases Bride Wysteria with no boy ponies to marry :P
Thank Hasbro there were enough girl ponies she could marry.
my ponies were all lesbians*side glance at Glory and Majesty* I can't be the only one who had a LGBT pony couple as a kid. Heck I even gad some transgender/genderfluid ponies since I couldn't decide on a gender for Ivy, g3 Minty, or g3 Applejack.Add a few more years down the line and Hasbro releases Bride Wysteria with no boy ponies to marry :P
Thank Hasbro there were enough girl ponies she could marry.
I like you already. Also, is that an MST3K avatar?*side glance at Glory and Majesty* I can't be the only one who had a LGBT pony couple as a kid. Heck I even gad some transgender/genderfluid ponies since I couldn't decide on a gender for Ivy, g3 Minty, or g3 Applejack.my ponies were all lesbians
it isI like you already. Also, is that an MST3K avatar?*side glance at Glory and Majesty* I can't be the only one who had a LGBT pony couple as a kid. Heck I even gad some transgender/genderfluid ponies since I couldn't decide on a gender for Ivy, g3 Minty, or g3 Applejack.my ponies were all lesbians
While I wasn't active in the brony and G4 community, I was still... there, I guess. I had OCs, I read fanfiction, I drew things... Though, I didn't talk to anybody, and I didn't share my content. I wasn't on any forums and I didn't read that G1 should be hated. Heck, I didn't even collect the figures. I still somehow adopted the mindset that if you don't really like G1, you hate it. Then I started to like G1. Then I realized 'oh, hey, ideas and mindsets that I have from liking and 'being' in the G4 community can be kinda crazy'. Though, I still do understand those mindsets and ideas. I think it's valuable too, as I understand (and now have) a lot of G1 collector mindsets and ideas too. I know what it's like to think G1s are worthless and to think they are one of the most valuable things and my life. I'm grateful for that :) (not trying to get all sappy and serious though lol it's not like it's religious or political issues haha)Add a few more years down the line and Hasbro releases Bride Wysteria with no boy ponies to marry :P
Thank Hasbro there were enough girl ponies she could marry.
Yeah. What was more acceptable socially in the 2000s definitely not in the 1980s. Wysteria was just enlightened :) Confetti was screwed over.
I think people also use 'hate' sometimes more than it's needed. Although (and this is my impression) there is a culture of strong words in G4 fandom towards things - passionately like and dislike stuff. So I can see G1 being hated because it's not G4.
What I think is interesting is how many G4 people ultimately come to G1, and sometimes even drop G4 completely. I don't know why exactly it happens, except that maybe the mane 6 repetition just gets old if you're collecting the toys. It is interesting, though. G1 has the most longevity due to its age, but it is still capable of winning over people who started out avoiding it.
I grew up with G1 and I remember G2, G3 and G4 coming out, so I don't really understand what it's like coming in at a later gen and then looking back. It is really interesting now we have younger collectors who did grow up with the later generations bringing their different perspectives on stuff, and especially on the things that attracted them to G1 or a different generation.
I am really happy we have so many G3 collectors here now too. I have long hoped that it would happen that way, as G3 is a really nice and varied generation.
Starshine is my favorite. We really need this pony! Imagine what she would be like... Bright, rainbow hair colors, bold symbol, classic pose... :heart:
My biggest misconception...that My Little Pony made sense ;)
:lmao: Same!!!
I was convinced there was an Argentina Starshine :(
Love pkw xxx
When I first began collecting ponies in 2014, I only collected G4 and thought the older generations were terrible. I also only really liked the series and had no interest in ponies outside of the Mane 6. The tables have turned completely and now I'm tired of the Mane 6 and the series, and I absolutely love G1-G3. And all it took was finding G1 Starglow in a drawer ^^;I used to hate G1-3 but all it took was finding some G1s too! For me it was DJ, Blue Baby Ember, and Magic Star :) I also started out with G4 but lost interest in it!
Just asking out of interest, what did you hate so much about the older gens? I mean, hate is a rather strong feeling to have for something that got replaced by something you love(d). Like, I can understand the other way around. When something you love gets replaced by something you can't get into.
But once in a while I read about ex-bronies saying they hated G1-G3 before checking it out and I'm like... bwuh? You hated something you weren't even interested in?
I personally don't mind G4 fans hating G1, providing they are educated enough about G1 to form that opinion. I think what annoys folk is the fact most of the time it's hatred in ignorance. And that's the worst kind of hatred in all walks of life. So it isn't political or important when it's ponies, but if someone can hate something without really understanding it or bothering to find out about it - that can transfer to real life opinions too. So I guess it is serious, deep down because of that?Yeah. If someone is hating out of ignorance, and it's ponies, its probably more serious than that because it can move to more serious issues.
1) As a child, my only point of reference for ponies' identities was the cartoon series, unless I got the ponies new. But about half of my herd was bought second-hand. So, I didn't understand why my "Gusty" had flowers as her symbol and a white streak in her hair, why my "Firefly" had ducks for her symbol, or why my "Posey" had hearts for hers. I just figured Hasbro made the ponies a little different from the cartoon series. I had no idea it was because I owned different ponies.
I personally don't mind G4 fans hating G1, providing they are educated enough about G1 to form that opinion. I think what annoys folk is the fact most of the time it's hatred in ignorance. And that's the worst kind of hatred in all walks of life. So it isn't political or important when it's ponies, but if someone can hate something without really understanding it or bothering to find out about it - that can transfer to real life opinions too. So I guess it is serious, deep down because of that?Yeah. If someone is hating out of ignorance, and it's ponies, its probably more serious than that because it can move to more serious issues.
Disliking is easy. Hate shouldn't be as easy. If you dislike something, you can go ahead and keep disliking it. HATING something because all you've seen is the art style, though?I personally don't mind G4 fans hating G1, providing they are educated enough about G1 to form that opinion. I think what annoys folk is the fact most of the time it's hatred in ignorance. And that's the worst kind of hatred in all walks of life. So it isn't political or important when it's ponies, but if someone can hate something without really understanding it or bothering to find out about it - that can transfer to real life opinions too. So I guess it is serious, deep down because of that?Yeah. If someone is hating out of ignorance, and it's ponies, its probably more serious than that because it can move to more serious issues.
I don't think someone needs to research G1 in depth to decide they don't like it. If G1 doesn't vibe with a person then that's ok. But for Celestia's sake if you (general you) don't like something and other people do then let them like the thing. It's annoying when people use their dislike of a thing as a way to hold themselves above those that like it.
Disliking is easy. Hate shouldn't be as easy. If you dislike something, you can go ahead and keep disliking it. HATING something because all you've seen is the art style, though?I personally don't mind G4 fans hating G1, providing they are educated enough about G1 to form that opinion. I think what annoys folk is the fact most of the time it's hatred in ignorance. And that's the worst kind of hatred in all walks of life. So it isn't political or important when it's ponies, but if someone can hate something without really understanding it or bothering to find out about it - that can transfer to real life opinions too. So I guess it is serious, deep down because of that?Yeah. If someone is hating out of ignorance, and it's ponies, its probably more serious than that because it can move to more serious issues.
I don't think someone needs to research G1 in depth to decide they don't like it. If G1 doesn't vibe with a person then that's ok. But for Celestia's sake if you (general you) don't like something and other people do then let them like the thing. It's annoying when people use their dislike of a thing as a way to hold themselves above those that like it.
Thankfully, when I posted G1 stuff on some other site's mlp board recently, I got a small few positive replies and absolutely no negativity for it. I hope that means that bronies' collective hatred for older gens has died down to a normal amount of dislike or indifference.
Starshine is my favorite. We really need this pony! Imagine what she would be like... Bright, rainbow hair colors, bold symbol, classic pose... :heart:
@PKW - I'm now waiting for one to be discovered just to blow your mind ;)
My CJ and Snowflake often played boy ponies in my herd, though I don't think of them as boys. So I guess that happened in my childhood collection too.
I thought ponies (regardless of the gen) were only about tea parties.
Huh. Guess not. :)
I don't think it's too surprising that people commonly associated G1 with tea parties and frills, because the commercials were 100% tea parties and frills.
I thought ponies (regardless of the gen) were only about tea parties.
Huh. Guess not. :)
But for the most part G1 ponies were busy rescuing each other from some evil magic force, slavery, spells, or even Majesty's slightly sadistic ruling style. There just wasn't time for tea, especially if Majesty was just going to send you on a long run to run off the calories after...
I thought ponies (regardless of the gen) were only about tea parties.
Huh. Guess not. :)
But for the most part G1 ponies were busy rescuing each other from some evil magic force, slavery, spells, or even Majesty's slightly sadistic ruling style. There just wasn't time for tea, especially if Majesty was just going to send you on a long run to run off the calories after...
This made me roar with laughter.
Maybe not tea parties; but surely British ponies, true to their national characteristics, would have found time for a quick brew mid-crisis :) :)
I don't think it's too surprising that people commonly associated G1 with tea parties and frills, because the commercials were 100% tea parties and frills. I grew up absolutely loving the G1 toys, but not really watching the show (I caught bits of it maybe twice), and as a teen (when I started collecting) I too assumed that the show was about things like "Bow Tie's quest for a comb" before I started buying the VHS tapes off eBay. The UK comics weren't imported at all, so they didn't have any presence / influence for American kids.Yes, ye gods... The G1 MLP commercials and package bios were as overly saccharine as the G1 Transformers box bios were overly edgy.
When I was a kid I thought Sundance was a boy. I think I thought the pose was more "boyish" than the three other ponies I had in the Posey pose and that the name sounded male. English is not my first language so of course I had no idea what Sundance meant either. To me it was just a weird sounding name.
So I'll add this one even though I don't consider this a misperception so much as a difference in perception. Medley was my first ever pony and I've always considered her as blue. Really she is an in-between-sort of teal but everyone else seems to label her as green. But I would label her as blue. A pastel teal-y blue.I think of her as blue too. Her shade is a bit green, but it is still blue to me!
So I'll add this one even though I don't consider this a misperception so much as a difference in perception. Medley was my first ever pony and I've always considered her as blue. Really she is an in-between-sort of teal but everyone else seems to label her as green. But I would label her as blue. A pastel teal-y blue.I think of her as blue too. Her shade is a bit green, but it is still blue to me!
So I'll add this one even though I don't consider this a misperception so much as a difference in perception. Medley was my first ever pony and I've always considered her as blue. Really she is an in-between-sort of teal but everyone else seems to label her as green. But I would label her as blue. A pastel teal-y blue.I think of her as blue too. Her shade is a bit green, but it is still blue to me!
She looks blue to me too.
As a kid, my only access to mlp media was renting the VHS tapes at the local rental place ( and one or two eps I caught while at my grandparent's house). I adored the original special but was less enthusiastic about the movie. As a result, I got mixed up and thought of RAMC as the "real movie" and thought the one with the Smooze was just a long special.Oh yeah, me too! I thought RAMC was the movie, but the rental shop closed down around the time I got a copy of the mlp movie of ebay (a bootleg with screenshots from RAMC on the back) and was upset and confused that it wasn't the "real" mlp movie.
When I was a kid I thought Sundance was a boy. I think I thought the pose was more "boyish" than the three other ponies I had in the Posey pose and that the name sounded male. English is not my first language so of course I had no idea what Sundance meant either. To me it was just a weird sounding name.
So I'll add this one even though I don't consider this a misperception so much as a difference in perception. Medley was my first ever pony and I've always considered her as blue. Really she is an in-between-sort of teal but everyone else seems to label her as green. But I would label her as blue. A pastel teal-y blue.I think of her as blue too. Her shade is a bit green, but it is still blue to me!
She looks blue to me too.
OH, good! I'm glad I'm not the only one then.
So I'll add this one even though I don't consider this a misperception so much as a difference in perception. Medley was my first ever pony and I've always considered her as blue. Really she is an in-between-sort of teal but everyone else seems to label her as green. But I would label her as blue. A pastel teal-y blue.I think of her as blue too. Her shade is a bit green, but it is still blue to me!
She looks blue to me too.
OH, good! I'm glad I'm not the only one then.
^ I had the same problem with some names, haha! Honeysuckle for example... I knew what honey was, but "sukkel" means doofus in Dutch, and I just couldn't understand why anyone would call a pony Honeydoofus. XD
I thought Baby Bellaluna had a big tropical flower symbol. :s Oops!
I thought Sunbeam and Twirlerina were mint green.
Post Merge: June 20, 2018, 09:43:55 AM^ I had the same problem with some names, haha! Honeysuckle for example... I knew what honey was, but "sukkel" means doofus in Dutch, and I just couldn't understand why anyone would call a pony Honeydoofus. XD
Honey Doofus! :rofl:
Honey Doofus!!! I just got a Honeysuckle, I think that'll be her nickname!
I just realized another thing - before I started collecting G1s, I thought G1 was based on the TV show and the toys were an equally large part of the franchise, but still, it all stemmed from the show, like G4. Welp, that was wrong. I think a lot of people still think this too. My mom even thought so and she grew up in the 80s! I don't really know where this is coming from, maybe G4 and it's take on things?
Hmm, I agree. It would make sense for Hasbro to have very recognizable characters so that kids will know the difference. I'm sure G4 still has a part in it, most people know more about it than G1. But it is more general, I guess!Honey Doofus!!! I just got a Honeysuckle, I think that'll be her nickname!
I just realized another thing - before I started collecting G1s, I thought G1 was based on the TV show and the toys were an equally large part of the franchise, but still, it all stemmed from the show, like G4. Welp, that was wrong. I think a lot of people still think this too. My mom even thought so and she grew up in the 80s! I don't really know where this is coming from, maybe G4 and it's take on things?
It's tempting to blame it all on G4. But I suspect it's more general than that. Most big toy lines had a media presence in the 80's and that has continued to today. Most especially in the boys toys. Even if those toy lines started out as a toy and then got media, they were still heavily married to the cartoon. So MLP is one of those lucky brands that is simply popular as a toy concept, regardless of how much or little media it gets. Though these days, Hasbro has to compete with the knockoffs of its own brand. Maybe that's one reason they have been pushing the idea of central characters so hard. So that kids will demand "Pinki Pie" rather than the $2 knockoff. Back in the 80's MLP was the first of its kind and so didn't have cheap alternatives yet.
I firmly believed Raindrop was RegentrÖPFCHEN in Germany... after 14 years of collecting I relaized that its RegentrOPFEN... lol. Oh man.
So I'll add this one even though I don't consider this a misperception so much as a difference in perception. Medley was my first ever pony and I've always considered her as blue. Really she is an in-between-sort of teal but everyone else seems to label her as green. But I would label her as blue. A pastel teal-y blue.I think of her as blue too. Her shade is a bit green, but it is still blue to me!
She looks blue to me too.
OH, good! I'm glad I'm not the only one then.
So I'll add this one even though I don't consider this a misperception so much as a difference in perception. Medley was my first ever pony and I've always considered her as blue. Really she is an in-between-sort of teal but everyone else seems to label her as green. But I would label her as blue. A pastel teal-y blue.I think of her as blue too. Her shade is a bit green, but it is still blue to me!
She looks blue to me too.
OH, good! I'm glad I'm not the only one then.
There are two. The one made in 1983, with straight hair, is almost the same color as the blue Baby Ember. She is ever so slightly green even next to each other. The curly hair one released in 1984 is a lighter color, much more clearly green. You could be entirely forgiven for thinking the 1983 version was blue.
My sister's Medley is as green as Braided Beauty and I'm pretty sure she was the 1983 version. I guess only some were blue?
Maybe this is another example of my colour fussy eyes...but Medley and Ember are totally different colours in that picture.
That G1's with white hair/white streak might have actually had pink hair/pink streak. I keep finding new ponies that I didn't realize were supposed to have pink in the mane. The standard ones I know, but I discovered a few surprises recently.It's funny you say that. I somehow never saw Posey as a younger child, not in person. The first one I came across had white hair and white tulips (it had been outside for a long time, it was falling apart, the plastic was CRACKED, and the person wanted $15 for it. Um no.) and by the time Dream Valley had rolled around to identify things, I was very disappointed to learn she was supposed to be pink. To this day my only Posey is one I found with white hair and white tulips that I dyed slightly more yellow.
That G1's with white hair/white streak might have actually had pink hair/pink streak. I keep finding new ponies that I didn't realize were supposed to have pink in the mane. The standard ones I know, but I discovered a few surprises recently.
Re: Medley. This is why I said that this might be more a matter of perception. Medley is a shade between "obviously blue" and "obviously green." Where is the line where someone will label her blue over green or vice versa? That line for one person might be different from another person.
Also, it makes a difference what you are comparing her to. If you compare her to an "obviously blue" pony then it's easy to see that she is greener. But if you compare her to something "obviously green", such as her own hair, then it's easy to say that her body is bluer. I think this is how I tend to think of her. She has obviously green hair with a bluer body (in comparison to her hair.)
My biggest misconception I think is believing US releases to be the standard of MLP releases. That belief confused me so much for years (!!!) as I struggled with understanding how my childhoods and ponies found second-hand fit into it all. When I started looking at things from a more worldwide view everything made more sense. Of course, I am still confused about a lot of stuff (as European releases are messy) :lol:
It’s not so strange that I (and I am sure many others!) lacked the more global understanding and approach though. In 2006 ( when I started collecting) most ID sites were very US centric in understanding MLP releases. I have been on and off collecting the last couple of years, and I recently got more active again. What I’m most happy about coming back to the community is that it is a much broader understanding of MLP releases outside of North America now. It makes everything so much easier - and more interesting! :lol:
My biggest misconception I think is believing US releases to be the standard of MLP releases. That belief confused me so much for years (!!!) as I struggled with understanding how my childhoods and ponies found second-hand fit into it all. When I started looking at things from a more worldwide view everything made more sense. Of course, I am still confused about a lot of stuff (as European releases are messy) :lol:
It’s not so strange that I (and I am sure many others!) lacked the more global understanding and approach though. In 2006 ( when I started collecting) most ID sites were very US centric in understanding MLP releases. I have been on and off collecting the last couple of years, and I recently got more active again. What I’m most happy about coming back to the community is that it is a much broader understanding of MLP releases outside of North America now. It makes everything so much easier - and more interesting! :lol:
That is the exact reason I decided to add all the ponies to my website, not just the international releases, because it's all a lot more interesting and complicated in Europe. The US line is fairly straight forward but European releases don't fit into the US timeline or the sets or anything really.
I have always hated the US centric way of looking at MLP - not because I have anything against US MLP or US ponies or US people - but that it just is so inefficient when trying to ID or hunt or sort ponies if you grow up in a country other than the US or maybe Canada. It's illogical that you can grow up with Baby Applejack and Baby Blossom, and yet not be able to find them both together because one was sold in the US and one wasn't...
And since then I've learned how MUCH more complex Europe is, so I can totally see how confusing it is for you guys still. There remains at present no real proper resource for a lot of European releases...just the combined knowledge of people here talking about it, like this.
I think your misconception is one a lot of people still share, tbh. It's hard to think otherwise when the mainstream information sources (originally DV, then MLPCollector, now Wiki etc) all rely on that same outdated framework.
Re: fading hair - Still struggling to persuade people that Skyflier and Twist have pale pink streaks...at least my MOC ones both do >.>:blink: Well, now I learned something new! I wonder if I've ever seen a Twist or Skyflier with the pink streak. I've always believed it was supposed to be white, and I'm pretty good with my fading pink hair knowledge. Mind officially blown.
Re: fading hair - Still struggling to persuade people that Skyflier and Twist have pale pink streaks...at least my MOC ones both do >.>:blink: Well, now I learned something new! I wonder if I've ever seen a Twist or Skyflier with the pink streak. I've always believed it was supposed to be white, and I'm pretty good with my fading pink hair knowledge. Mind officially blown.
Re: fading hair - Still struggling to persuade people that Skyflier and Twist have pale pink streaks...at least my MOC ones both do >.>:blink: Well, now I learned something new! I wonder if I've ever seen a Twist or Skyflier with the pink streak. I've always believed it was supposed to be white, and I'm pretty good with my fading pink hair knowledge. Mind officially blown.
I think all the official art material I know of also shows Skyflier with a white streak. I think they are MEANT to have white in terms of design, but I definitely have had them with pink. Now whether that is because the red ran into the pink or what I am unsure, but it seems weird that both my MOC Twist and my MOC Skyflier have it. BUT it is really hard to prove it via photographs, so nobody really believes me xD.
It would be cool if they did have a pink streak, I've never heard of the possibility before! The only things that I can think of otherwise would be bleeding and the white hair being a bit translucent, showing the color of hair underneath. That red color is known to bleed, so it could be, especially if the pony is MOC.Re: fading hair - Still struggling to persuade people that Skyflier and Twist have pale pink streaks...at least my MOC ones both do >.>:blink: Well, now I learned something new! I wonder if I've ever seen a Twist or Skyflier with the pink streak. I've always believed it was supposed to be white, and I'm pretty good with my fading pink hair knowledge. Mind officially blown.
I think all the official art material I know of also shows Skyflier with a white streak. I think they are MEANT to have white in terms of design, but I definitely have had them with pink. Now whether that is because the red ran into the pink or what I am unsure, but it seems weird that both my MOC Twist and my MOC Skyflier have it. BUT it is really hard to prove it via photographs, so nobody really believes me xD.
Hmmm that's super weird. They do have pretty similarly colored hair, I wonder if being MOC did cause them to bleed since the hair's been in contact barely moving for decades? I didn't have Twist as a kid, but I've definitely had her at points and the last one I had did have a pink streak, which confused me, I just don't have decades of comparison to make. I did have Skyflier as a kid, my cousin got her the year she came out, just basically kept her in the attic and then gave her to me. I still have her and her baby Cotton Candy, but between that one and the one my neighbor had, I always recall that being white. And the last Skyflier I bought I took apart to make a custom (like a week ago), and it was white inside. But now I kinda want to get another and pink up that streak.
But then again, Hasbro.
Holy crap, guys, that is so, so weird. I think it might be an optical illusion about it being white because of her hair and coat color. Because I just pulled out my "good" Skyflier, and peered closely, and she looks white. Compared it to her eyeballs, still pretty white. Separated her hair so it isn't laying on the red, still looks white. UNTIL I put her between brand new hair that matches that "fading pink" color, and Twilight's tail, and mine is definitely faded, but decidedly pink.
Even putting BRAND NEW pink hair over top that color, it "looks" more white than pink, that bright color completely overpowers it. It looks like white just picking up reflections of the hair and body depending on the context. It is the blue/black or yellow/gold dress all over again.
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Edit, so I took this outside because my indoor lighting was definitely skewing the color perception, it's far warmer. Comparison pics under spoiler.SpoilerOk, so, my comparisons. With my Skyflier who needs a bath, and has a relatively thin streak.
Left to right, Dollyhair Virgin Snow, g1 Sunlight, Dollyhair Pussycat, and g3 flutter Honeysuckle flattened so you can see they're the exact same color when flattened.
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It is weird because even looking through my phone's screen her hair is decidedly pinker than with my naked eyes...not just in pics, even just looking while taking a pic.
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Here's the comparison across the spectrum.
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bunched up and thickened though, it's clear.
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But the ultimate test of that has me convinced that it is fading pink? It FLUORESCES exactly like the "fading pink" color, and the white hair from the same era does not whatsoever. Case closed right there as far as I am concerned.
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I wish I would have checked the other Skyflier so we can see if it's just a case of "some ponies used up some stock of some hair", or all of them have pink.
Ok, final edit, this is making me insane.
It fluoresces the same when the black light is at a distance, and the white appears not to. But when you get close...
Heh, I got a good one. lol.
For all my childood up until recently, I always though G3 Rainbow Wishes' symbol was a rosette instead of a Ferris Wheel. :'D
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But the ultimate test of that has me convinced that it is fading pink? It FLUORESCES exactly like the "fading pink" color, and the white hair from the same era does not whatsoever. Case closed right there as far as I am concerned.Whoa! That's pretty convincing.
But the ultimate test of that has me convinced that it is fading pink? It FLUORESCES exactly like the "fading pink" color, and the white hair from the same era does not whatsoever. Case closed right there as far as I am concerned.Whoa! That's pretty convincing.
I wonder if what Taffeta brought up as batch differences is a possibility? Some were made with a fading pink streak, and some were made with a white streak (when one or the other ran out)?
I really want to get my hands on my Skyflier counting book now -- I could have sworn the artist drew her with a white streak, but now I'm not sure. (I'm not at home right now or I would look.)
Heh, I got a good one. lol.
For all my childood up until recently, I always though G3 Rainbow Wishes' symbol was a rosette instead of a Ferris Wheel. :'D
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Heh, I got a good one. lol.
For all my childood up until recently, I always though G3 Rainbow Wishes' symbol was a rosette instead of a Ferris Wheel. :'D
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I think I want Rainbow Wishes now. She's got great colors, and a unique electronic symbol. I love carnivals. Is she hard to get hold of?
Which pony is it that often has a faded mane, but a still bright tail? Sunspot? I might have to find one, because I want to see if the mane hair fluoresces like the old hair, but if her tail does like the new. That would be another "hair stock" mystery.I think Sunspot is one, along with Fancy Flower (the Sweetheart Sister). Yeah, that would be a good experiment!
Heh, I got a good one. lol.
For all my childood up until recently, I always though G3 Rainbow Wishes' symbol was a rosette instead of a Ferris Wheel. :'D
Which pony is it that often has a faded mane, but a still bright tail? Sunspot? I might have to find one, because I want to see if the mane hair fluoresces like the old hair, but if her tail does like the new. That would be another "hair stock" mystery.I think Sunspot is one, along with Fancy Flower (the Sweetheart Sister). Yeah, that would be a good experiment!
Which pony is it that often has a faded mane, but a still bright tail? Sunspot? I might have to find one, because I want to see if the mane hair fluoresces like the old hair, but if her tail does like the new. That would be another "hair stock" mystery.I think Sunspot is one, along with Fancy Flower (the Sweetheart Sister). Yeah, that would be a good experiment!
ON IT because I also really want a Fancy Flower anyway!
Not to dissuade you at all from getting a Fancy Flower to experiment with, but if you're curious how permanent pink hair compares under UV--
And to think the only glitter pony variation I've seen in person was 3 Sunspots where one had gold tinsel, one ha silver, and one had silver in her main and gold in her tail. I now own the latter and my friend said she has one with the same oddity.
Not to dissuade you at all from getting a Fancy Flower to experiment with, but if you're curious how permanent pink hair compares under UV--
What I am looking for is a pony, manufactured as-is that might have more than one hair type. I noticed that this ratty old Pinkie Pie I have has pretty much the same color hair as the fading pink in her streaks, but it glows like the new Dollyhair color replacement. I want to see if we can pinpoint a pink nylon hair reformulation, or pinpoint how sunlight fading affects the fluorescence. At least in loose terms. I have a suspicion. And I am willing to sacrifice this Pinkie to see if I can get her to fade to white, or to match g1 hair, if at all.
@BlushingBlue, your photo actually leads more credence to what I'm going to try out. I am suspecting that I'll take photos with my DSLR so we can try to get reproducible images that others can test with the same camera settings. With a variety of pony styles + new nylon hair. I genuinely think these misfits with the non-fading tails had a formulation update that continues in nylon hair production today. And it would be a good thing to know if your pony will or won't fade. Or is faded.
Another of mine was the pink mermaid pony was never made, as I never found her in all the years I had been searching till now. I had one come all the way from the land down under.
Heh, I got a good one. lol.
For all my childood up until recently, I always though G3 Rainbow Wishes' symbol was a rosette instead of a Ferris Wheel. :'D
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And possibly my biggest misconception is that I'm done adding to my collection :lol:
I'm another one who was surprised when I found out that other countries had special G1 ponies that were not released in the US (Cascade, Kiss Curl, Baby Applejack, ect...)
Was surprised again when I learned that some G1 ponies (Bowtie, Confetti, Applejack) were released in other countries in different poses than the US releases.
And possibly my biggest misconception is that I'm done adding to my collection :lol: