Congratulations with your find.
This reminds me of another Trickles topic but that was about an HK version with green eyes but also with pink hair. And that one looked like she had been dyed. Maybe a closer look at the plugs?
If you opened her, you would know for sure but then if she turns out to be genuine she wouldn't exactly be in original condition any more. Difficult decision!
If you open her you'll see how the tail and mane were secured. Here you can see how an original Italy tail looks like: http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,398994.msg1819791.html#msg1819791. I don't know what technique the factory in Italy used to secure the mane as I've never opened an Italy pony so far and the ponies I had re-haired came back to me re-glued, but I'm sure there are several people on here who can elaborate on this.
One thing I do find odd though is her forelock - I have never seen an Italy pony with a short forelock like that.
One thing I do find odd though is her forelock - I have never seen an Italy pony with a short forelock like that.
Me neither! But she came to me this way. maybe it was a factory error or the kid gave it a small snip. We'll never know...Imagine there was an employee at the factory who thought "Let's make some of them unique" :lol: That "forelock" was not visible when I got her. It was combed backwards like the rest of her mane but when I cleaned the Ponies, I found that odd and combed the forelock out of, made it wet and fixed it with a wrap for two days so it would stay on her forehead and not fall back into the rest of her mane :blush:
What a find! :wow: Congratulations :green:
Italy made ponies for exportation to other European countries, as well as internal distribution :)
The lack of a PAT PEND mark could indicate she was made later, rather than earlier, since the Patent (PAT PEND stands for Patent Pending) for My Little Pony was granted sometime between 1987-89. So it is possible she was made in about 1987, the very end of the "made in Italy" line.
The second set "Rainbow Ponies" have cropped up with "funny coloured hair" in the past, such as coral haired Tickle and Pinwheel with "alternate rainbow" hair etc.
https://pinkkittywinks.wixsite.com/mlparenagallery/italy
I would be tempted to suggest she is maybe some how related to those ponies.
Love pkw xxx
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If you open her you'll see how the tail and mane were secured. Here you can see how an original Italy tail looks like: http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,398994.msg1819791.html#msg1819791. I don't know what technique the factory in Italy used to secure the mane as I've never opened an Italy pony so far and the ponies I had re-haired came back to me re-glued, but I'm sure there are several people on here who can elaborate on this.
So many years of collecting and I didn't know about this fact :blink:
So...Somebody suggested to "squish" her butt and tell what I feel, so I did (Sorry, Trickles :lol: ) There's something hard where her tail goes into the body. It's about 1 cm long and if I press real hard (I had to use a clamp tool for some of the photos or it wouldn't show) the shape / outline is visible. I held her against a lamp to make it visible for everyone. I also took many more photos from different angles, also very clear closeups from all sides. She really looks genuine to me. No harm on the neck seam at all.
Here's one of the pics (more here on the bottom: https://www.flickr.com/gp/105219357@N03/ypZReW
One of a kind ponies are tricky, you either believe them to be real or have doubts about their authenticity. They will always be a mystery until either another turns up or we get insider information.
I am so glad you enjoyed the nirvana gallery :cheer: I have spent since 2006 collecting information and pictures for the gallery ^.^ It has been my "lockdown project" to create a nirvana gallery website, as the original nirvana gallery that was hosted here had to be removed due to corrupted data :(
Love pkw xxx
TBH, I kind of twitched at the suggestion to take off her head to check; I definitely would NOT do that xD. If there's no sign of tampering then you'd be vandalising a variation whose authenticity would, as you mentioned, be impossible to prove thereafter.
The seal on the neck looks pretty authentic to me...so does the way the hair lies for an italian pony.
Posey and Trickles are normally a shade or so apart in body tone so aside a reroot and tail replacement, which seems unlikely given her history and the state of the pony...it's probably as PKW says.
Definitely a pony to keep on ice till more is known. There have been other ponies suspected as fakes or customs which have later proven to be real (and vice versa of course).
TBH, I kind of twitched at the suggestion to take off her head to check; I definitely would NOT do that xD. If there's no sign of tampering then you'd be vandalising a variation whose authenticity would, as you mentioned, be impossible to prove thereafter.