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Title: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Zapper on August 02, 2019, 08:23:01 PM: Ahhh, Tales... that time when we had a Core Seven we didn't hate (?)
Tales was a MLP cartoon that came out in the 90s as a vehicle for later G1 toys, and ran for only one season worth of episodes. It was set in a human style world and not a High Fantasy land.

I created this thread to talk about all things Tales, from characters to episode discussions to screengrabs to photos of your much coveted Tales G1s (they only came out in certain countries... here, they were called "TV Star ponies").

Personally, I love Tales. I think it's weird and funny but also cute and some of the lessons learned aged really well.

What did you think of the characters? I really loved Patch. She was such a nicely done "tomboy" character. She liked soccer, practical jokes, but also liked dance and going to the salon. Her dreamjob was to be a clown and she believed in the supernatural and aliens. Patch was also revealed to be adopted in one episode.
Also, her symbol was so literal and cute. She always looked like she fell on her butt while roughhousing and had an ouchie.
She was awesome and I am still on the hunt for her toy.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Ragamuffin on August 02, 2019, 09:42:30 PM: I rewatched some of it a couple weeks ago (I didn't grow up with it, my first exposure of it back on youtube in like 2007...?) and I love this:

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They're in a vet, but there's a horse in the picture on the wall. Does that mean ponies keep horses as pets?! There was this part of "Princess Problems"...
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And one more screencap I took by accident but adore (and am using as a Discord icon):
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Very Good Images aside, I like Patch too, she's probably my favourite, but I think I'd have to watch more to be sure.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Mewtwofan1 on August 02, 2019, 11:45:59 PM: I liked mlp tales. It isn’t my favourite of the cartoons, but it’s pretty alright. Although having horses as pets/animals to pull carriages...perhaps they have different ethics to us humans, and see it as perfectly acceptable.
I don’t have a lot of March or any of the toys from this cartoon, but I do have an animation cell from an episode. Not sure what episode, I’m still working on that part. But I like to look at it. It makes me feel somewhat inspired to look at something a predecessor in my desired field has worked on, and even more inspired to have the physical thing in my hands.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Lilja on August 03, 2019, 12:55:27 AM: It's weird. Shows about anthropomorphized animals living just like humans aren't uncommon, but I feel like the reason for this is that it's an easy way to distinguish the characters from each other. Also you can make use of it by working some of the animals' commonly known traits into the characterization. But then you have Tales where none of this matters, because every character looks exactly the same anyway and there is absolutely zero relevance to them being horses (except at most a horse pun here and there). Yet, this also makes it unique and fascinating.

I find it better and much more watchable than the MLP n Friends series. It really helps that it has a set group of main characters with easily identifiable personalities. Also it's all about the ponies! In Friends there were way too many non-pony creatures that took up space and the ponies seemed regulated to secondary characters in several episodes. I somehow also think the world building in Tales is more interesting. You can easily imagine many different ponies living all around the world, which is similar to ours, but not exactly the same. They have their own cultures, history, legends and apparently there are ponies from different planets too. In the previous show, the ponies' world was fantastical but also completely random, didn't follow any rules and anything could show up. Sounds fun in concept, yet I felt it was mostly just boring.

The implication that non-sentient horses exist in the Tales'universe is weird as heck, and I'm not surprised they didn't touch much on this. That they felt the need to go there at all is pretty baffling.

When it comes to the toys though, I could never go with Tales over the earlier G1 ones (the Tales families with multicolored hair are pretty awesome however). As a result Tales is mostly a fun curiosity for me. Not a big focus of my MLP fandom.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Minty_Magic on August 03, 2019, 01:16:55 AM: I love MLP Tales! I actually wish it had a few more episodes, I really liked that group of characters! Its unpopular, but I also like the low fantasy, more down to earth setting. I’ve never really been a big fan of high stakes adventures or wild creatures. I kinda like to see ponies just being pals. :p Patch is probably my favorite of the bunch. :) I wish Rainbow Dash had been written more like her. I also like Bright Eyes and Bon Bon a bunch! Someday I would like to have the toy versions of them.

I have a few cels from the show too. They always seem to pop up at our local ComicCon and they’re like, $5 a piece so I just buy a different one every couple years. :lol: Someday when I have a proper pony room I think they’ll be a fun way to fill some wall space.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Shaz on August 03, 2019, 01:50:45 AM: My girlfriend had the 1994 MLP annual as part of her childhood pony collection, and it focuses exclusively on the Tales ponies. Although she liked the high fantasy of earlier G1, the Tales slice-of-life stuff was awesome too. Her favourite story was one about the ponies putting on a play. She always wanted an Ace toy, we were very peeved when we discovered that Ace was never a toy!

We have Bright Eyes in our collection and I love her. She's the ideal pony for me because I love writing, so I love her symbol. Her colours are pretty too.

Watched the cartoon a couple of years ago on YouTube. It's cute! I liked Patch and her belief in extraterrestrials. I seem to remember at one point the Glowing Magic ponies turn up but only she can see them.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: kingluke on August 03, 2019, 04:02:03 AM: I really like mlp tales and i'm glad there is a thread for it now.
I don't really know what to say, besided that I like the characters and it was the first show i started watching after fim. It makes me feel happy and my favourite charatcer is sweetheart. Im personally not to fond of the whole anthro thing, mostly because in one epsiode where bon bon wnats to be a model, in the song, there is a picture of a pony with human breasts. That just kinda scarred me.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: PinkieLopBun on August 03, 2019, 04:51:39 AM: Tales doesn't look quite how I remember it.
https://youtu.be/SvUFohYHe5Y

On a serious note, I watched all the episodes on Tubi TV earlier this year. It's a good show.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 03, 2019, 07:29:16 AM: I revisited Tales last year. While some of it was a bit dull or cringey at how heavy handed they were. I still found a lot to enjoy about it. I also got sweet childhood nostalgia. Its my second favorite MLP cartoon. I would love to have Clover, Bon Bon, the Sunbrights, Berrytowns and Patch. (Ha! Yeah right.) My favorite characters are Sweetheart, Clover" Patch and Lancer. Dazzle Glow is my only Tales toy. I'm on the lookout for Star Glow. Its hard to remember that they're Tales characters. Even as a kid I always just saw them as MLP toys.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: nessa16 on August 03, 2019, 08:02:06 AM: Bon Bon’s making cookies, girls. Hurry up on over!...I grew up with Pony Tails on the Disney Channel at my cousins house. I still love it. I haven’t been able to really watch the other MLP shows all the way through other than FiM and MLPT. I still get the theme song stuck in my head.

I’m bummed that we didn’t get the toys here or that the didn’t make toys of Ace, Teddy, and Lancer. I did buy customs of Ace and Teddy from Wizzer218 awhile back to go with my girls. I kind of find it odd that they were made as adult ponies as toys. My favorite episode is the lost princess one and always wanted a toy of Rosie. Maybe the horse picture on the vet wall is the vet pony’s professional pic and the carriage ponies are paid to pull the carriage? Or maybe in their world horses are to ponies like chimps are to humans? Like 98% alike genetically but still very different behaviorally?
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: LadySatine on August 03, 2019, 08:37:35 AM: I remember that show!!!! I had Disney for a short time and I would watch it when I could. I didn't know there were ponies that went with it until I was adult. I think a have a couple, but they're not what I'm currently seeking. But yes, great show! <3
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 03, 2019, 10:02:24 AM: Maybe the clydesdale ponies are like the people who used to taxi people around by pulling carts by themselves instead of with horses?
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Teddy on August 03, 2019, 10:40:11 AM: I don't think there should be any question as to whether I'm a fan of Tales or not. ;)

I fell in love with this show when I saw it for the first time on the Disney channel in 1993. My little pre-teen self was in love with Teddy for years (ok, still might be to a small degree...lol). I had grown up with the original cartoon (which I loved as well), but Tales was like a breath of fresh air for me. I really liked the more "real-life" situations the characters dealt with, and of course just loved the fact there were boy ponies as well this time. I guess the show just came to me at a time when I could relate to it on a personal level, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. ^-^

Fav characters would be Teddy and Sweetheart for sure, though I do rather like Clover, Bon Bon, and Lancer as well. I have all the "7 characters" ponies that were released, as well as their Dutch versions. And customs of Ace, Lancer, and several of Teddy too of course. You can see all my Tales stuff (if interested anyway) on my website (link in sig), but here are the Tales girls in their original and Dutch releases:

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I love that there are still other Tales fans out there! This show is so largely forgotten in the pony community. <3
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 03, 2019, 10:57:37 AM: That Dutch Diary pony is such an awesome shade of blue Teddy! :lovey:
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 03, 2019, 03:15:57 PM: I like Tales, it's cute! I don't know who my favorite character would be based on personality, but Bright Eyes has my favorite color scheme. I don't own any of the Tales ponies yet... I'd like them all though someday.

Quote from: Teddy on August 03, 2019, 10:40:11 AM
I don't think there should be any question as to whether I'm a fan of Tales or not. ;)

I fell in love with this show when I saw it for the first time on the Disney channel in 1993. My little pre-teen self was in love with Teddy for years (ok, still might be to a small degree...lol). I had grown up with the original cartoon (which I loved as well), but Tales was like a breath of fresh air for me. I really liked the more "real-life" situations the characters dealt with, and of course just loved the fact there were boy ponies as well this time. I guess the show just came to me at a time when I could relate to it on a personal level, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. ^-^

Fav characters would be Teddy and Sweetheart for sure, though I do rather like Clover, Bon Bon, and Lancer as well. I have all the "7 characters" ponies that were released, as well as their Dutch versions. And customs of Ace, Lancer, and several of Teddy too of course. You can see all my Tales stuff (if interested anyway) on my website (link in sig), but here are the Tales girls in their original and Dutch releases:

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I love that there are still other Tales fans out there! This show is so largely forgotten in the pony community. <3

Your ponies are so beautiful! I adore Dutch Diary Pony so much.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: pawpatrolbab on August 03, 2019, 04:30:56 PM: I haven't been able to find the episodes anywhere, but I remember watching it back in the day and loving it
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: PinkieLopBun on August 03, 2019, 06:30:15 PM: Quote from: pawpatrolbab on August 03, 2019, 04:30:56 PM
I haven't been able to find the episodes anywhere, but I remember watching it back in the day and loving it
Does this work in your country?
https://tubitv.com/series/1584/my_little_pony_tales
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Ponyfan on August 03, 2019, 07:32:59 PM: I really like Tales. :) I also used to watch it on Disney Channel. I got the Shout Factory DVD a few years ago. It's been a while since I've seen the episodes.

I really liked "Princess Problems" "Up Up and Away" (that's the one with the Glow n Show/Glowing Magic ponies) and "Ponies in Paradise" I don't own any of the Tales ponies but I'd love to. :)

Ponyfan
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 12:17:36 AM: I also love MLP Tales.

I kind of had to learn to call it that though because I didn't see the episodes as a kid. Shaz mentioned the annual, I think - the UK comics from around 1993 to the end were all about these pony characters, though, so I did know them, love them and so on. There are some minor differences between the two in how they're written though. In the comic, Bright Eyes was my favourite. In the show, she's a lot more bossy. In the comic she was quite shy and awkward. In the cartoon, Starlight is my favourite.

The toys were sold here over 2 years and it must be assumed that it would continue as the first set had combs and ribbons and the second had stickers...they were originally sold here as Seven Characters which is the name I still consider valid for them, though the rerelease called them Pony Friends. We already have sets with that name though so yeah, Seven Characters :)

For me G4 has the mane 6, G3 had the core seven, G1 had the Seven Characters. Whereas the term "Tales" to me refers to all the ponies in the show, real and otherwise. So the Sunbrights etc are Tales ponies too :)

I had Bright Eyes from new as a kid. Actually my sister and I had all of them from new once my parents found this London clearance store in 1994-5, but the only one I bought myself was Bright Eyes as she was my favourite.

I remember it because we were on holiday in Barmouth in North Wales. It was probably 1992. I remember for some reason there was Bright Eyes and there was a Starlight on a Spanish card which I was intrigued by and for a moment thought about buying that for the card, before common sense kicked in. (Aged 10 I was looking at card variations >.>. Hopeless).

So the show. I can see this will be an unpopular opinion but I like Patch least. Both as a pony and as a character. I like Starlight best because she's mostly grounded (except for her silly crush on Ace and her attempts to match up to him). I would like Sweetheart more if she spoke more normally. Clover is also cute.

The first time I saw Tales eps was on a VHS my sister borrowed from a friend. They aired here in...1995ish, on cable (it might have been Sky1) and we didn't have cable but my sister's friend did, and they taped them all. I got to see most of the episodes I hadn't seen as a kid (so all but 4) through this method and I loved Tales as soon as I saw it. But the audio was occasionally wonky, it took me a long time to realise Clover's sister was called Meadowlark as it sounded funny (I guess US pronunciation as well?)

I still think of this set when I list them or write about them in the theme song order. Starlight, Sweetheart, Melody, Bright Eyes, Patch and Clover. Bon Bon's baking cookies girls, hurry up on over!

Some of the songs are really cute too.

I never had a problem with the ponies as more humanlike, I tend to see MLP Friends in terms of mediaeval ponyland and this as more the nineties that I was growing up in at the time.

Also, though, I had a disconnect with the original series because of the US names for ponies, sets etc, and ponies that didn't exist (they did, I just didn't know it) taking key roles, like Truly.

In the Tales eps, it felt less like that. I've said it before and it's been mooted, but I wonder if there was ever an intention to sell the ponies in North America and whether this was animated more for a European audience, because of the prominence of football (albeit admittedly called soccer) and most importantly the inclusion of the "Glowing Magical" ponies. In the US that'd be Glow and Show, but in the UK that's what we called them - Glowing Magic ponies. It's so close that it sounds like they were catering to THIS market, although the show aired in the US as well.

I don't think to date we've ever come across anything suggesting any ponies from the 1993-4 years were ever going to be sold stateside.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Lilja on August 04, 2019, 03:18:03 AM: Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 12:17:36 AM
In the Tales eps, it felt less like that. I've said it before and it's been mooted, but I wonder if there was ever an intention to sell the ponies in North America and whether this was animated more for a European audience, because of the prominence of football (albeit admittedly called soccer) and most importantly the inclusion of the "Glowing Magical" ponies. In the US that'd be Glow and Show, but in the UK that's what we called them - Glowing Magic ponies. It's so close that it sounds like they were catering to THIS market, although the show aired in the US as well.

It really seems like that was what happened. The cartoon also heavily featured the Schoolhouse, which was a previously released European exclusive playset. I'm guessing as the US toyline was winding down, they made this cartoon to help keep it going for a few more years in Europe (where I assume MLP sales must've been stronger). But they also aired it in the US, because hey they might as well as they already made it.

However, Tales would be exceptional either way. Either it's a cartoon produced in the US, for an Europan audience in order to sell toys in that region only. I don't think something like that ever happened before or since.

OR, from a US perspective, it's a cartoon based on and meant to promote a toyline, but doesn't feature characters that are actually sold as toys. That's also a pretty unique and unconventional approach (I believe the '90s Littlest Pet Shop cartoon did they same thing, but that was after Tales). In a way it kind of makes sense. At the time MLP characters were only on shelves for about 1-2 years, so them being featured in the cartoon becomes irrelevant once the toys are no longer available. And since cartoons are expensive, that seems like a bad investment. But if you make the main characters more generic and not directly tied to the toys, but they can still represent the toyline as a whole, you might get some more mileage out of that cartoon. That could possibly have been Hasbro's thought process at the time. Because the idea to just have a group of core characters that you keep in constant production had not entered their brains at this time. :biggrin:
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: MJNSEIFER on August 04, 2019, 04:42:51 AM: I love My Little Pony Tales, I'd have liked for it to have had more episodes. I honestly never felt that the characters didn't need to be ponies like some people have said - they never seemed any more anthropomorphic than any other My Little Pony cartoon characters to me, and maybe the fact that they were all ponies was enough to tell me they were ponies.

I also have to remind myself that they are all around ten, despite very clearly being in school. I will admit, that this comes from watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic first - I have gotten used to the idea that a ten year old pony should look like the CMC, just a little older so I see the Seven Friends as being around the Mane Six's age by appearance alone, and then I'm reminded by the show that they are all school children (I am not saying G4 is the supreme generation that every other generation has to obey the canon of - it's just how watching that one first affected how I "age" the ponies in my mind.)

Bon Bon is my favorite, though I'm not sure why - I just like her. She was the main character in the first episode I ever watched, and I will admit that the fact that the brony name for a background pony I liked came from her made me take notice of her (even if it was a simple, "Oh, is that who Bon Bon is?"), and I think I have a nostalgic attachment to her since I started Tales with her, but I do find her a likable pony - I like all of the Seven Friends, though I need to remind myself of Starlight's personality.

I enjoy a lot of the Tales episodes (I don't think I hate any, though "The Tea Party" was low on my list at first, because I misinterpreted part of it.) "Up Up and Away" is my favorite, because I love the Glow and Show Ponies - they are interesting to me and beautifully designed. My headcanon around them is basically inspired by this episode; they could be a group of ponies who go around saving others when they really need them, but it's done in such a way, few ponies know they exist, or something. I actually wondered if they would have been addressed again, if Tales had more episodes, though I realise that not every show sets up a storyline for everything.

Also, I will admit I came close to calling it G2. I knew there was never a G2 cartoon, but then someone mentioned there was and it was the one where they had cars and went to school or whatever, but I didn't know what that commenter meant, and then one day when my speakers weren't working I had to watch YouTube on my TiVo, and looking for MLP episodes (of any generation) to watch, I found Tales, and as I didn't recognise it as part of any of the other generations, I think there was at least a moment of "Wait... is there a G2 cartoon after all?"

But yeah, I know it's not aG2 cartoon - it's the new (at the time) G1 cartoon.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 05:45:39 AM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 03, 2019, 07:29:16 AM
I revisited Tales last year. While some of it was a bit dull or cringey at how heavy handed they were. I still found a lot to enjoy about it. I also got sweet childhood nostalgia. Its my second favorite MLP cartoon. I would love to have Clover, Bon Bon, the Sunbrights, Berrytowns and Patch. (Ha! Yeah right.) My favorite characters are Sweetheart, Clover" Patch and Lancer. Dazzle Glow is my only Tales toy. I'm on the lookout for Star Glow. Its hard to remember that they're Tales characters. Even as a kid I always just saw them as MLP toys.

I just revisited this comment, and here in the UK we had the comics, so it was a touch confusing...the Glowing Magic ponies were in the old style comics, and so were Tuneful and the Rockin Beats...with Sweet Notes on vocal. AND THEN Tales happened, and it was like they got reinvented, esp. the Rockin' Beats. I remember them being on sale here for along time, and then end of the line German carded ones at discount. I had them all by then though...which says how long they were out for, given that I could rarely afford adult ponies, and only one of them was bought for me. I can't remember offhand if the Glowing Magics appeared in the comic in the way they did in the show. I remember Princess Sparkle being in someone's dream in the comic though. Glowing Magic Ponies were not still on sale at the time the tales ponies came out, not like the Rockin' Beats, so maybe not? Rockin' Beats never had Tales style cards here, though...even if they were out at the same time, they still had the bordered cards from the original pre-tales release.

I had never thought of them as 'tales ponies' because they were in the comics, but I guess you guys didn't have the comics, so they would be...tales ponies. O.o.

I have to admit, people calling Tales G2 is one of my trigger points. xD.

Also! The ten years old thing bothers me. How do we read this ten? In pony years? Human years? I saw them as young teenagers until the tenth birthday party episode, and I was weirded out. Remembering I saw this series for the first time when I was about 13...and it resonated to me...as a thirteen year old. I would never have had those kinds of conversations at ten. And I wasn't allowed to babysit my sister until I was 12 I think at least. So yeah. That bothered me. Do ten year olds go to rock concerts together? I mean, yeah, they have sleepovers and keep diaries, but do they perform in rock concerts? Weird.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 07:33:45 AM: That's interesting about the Glowing Magic Ponies being in the older comics.

Tales being called G2 annoys the crap outta me. Especially since they act like they know more then people who actually grew up with it. I despise retconners, because they only propagate arrogant and willful ignorance.

Hasbro isn't particularly horse or child savvy and ten year olds don't work at ice cream shops. A horse in their teens would be 2-3 years old. They are considered fully mature at
5. So 10 would be an adult. A horse in their teens is middle aged, 20s old, 30s on their last legs.

In short, this is just Hasbro, Hasbroing.

Clover is my favorite toy. I don't exactly like Patch, because in the show she looks a tad more yellowish then peach, and I'm not overly fond of the peach/pink combo.

I wish that Princess Rosie had kept her lovely blue hair.

I liked Jing-a-ling and Ting-a-ling, and I wish they'd been made as newborn twins.

The intro is also my favorite. Its warm and sweet and very nicely sung. I prefer it over Friends, G3 and FiM. As with all pony cartoons, its songs are mostly mediocre to bad, with a few good ones sprinkled in.

I never understood the popularity of Teddy and Ace. Ace had a boring design and was relegated to the stuck-up jock role. Teddy was his jerky friend.

Starlight is the other brainy one of the group. She really shoulda took her wiser friends advice when they said Ace likes Ace best.

Unfortunately, I've only been able to find a few episodes that aren't reviews. So I haven't revisited all of it, and I could never find it in stores when it was released.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 09:18:55 AM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 07:33:45 AM
That's interesting about the Glowing Magic Ponies being in the older comics.

Tales being called G2 annoys the crap outta me. Especially since they act like they know more then people who actually grew up with it. I despise retconners, because they only propagate arrogant and willful ignorance.

Yes...I don't mind the people who genuinely don't realise it's not G2 but the ones who insist it is G2 because they know better and animation pwns all...those people I don't have time for. There's a difference between actual not knowing and retconning ignorance :o)

I'll try and find some Glowing Magic comic images. I wonder if I have any. I wonder if LM has any...hrm.

Edit: I seem to have some confusingly inconsistent Dazzleglow ones on my site. One is from a monthly 'pony of the month' thing. I must have the others too somewhere, since I can see their legs in the middle image. Comic art at this point was a bit odd...
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Lancer was the awesome guy :D In the comics he changed colours frequently though which was confusing...

I like Teddy more than Ace because I feel like he's a problem kid who can be reformed because at the core of it he has a heart. Ace just needs a slap. Starlight's crush on him is her one weakness for me.

The song about the frog is my favourite. It's so sad and yet so cute.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Teddy on August 04, 2019, 09:35:51 AM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 07:33:45 AM
I never understood the popularity of Teddy and Ace. Ace had a boring design and was relegated to the stuck-up jock role. Teddy was his jerky friend.

Starlight is the other brainy one of the group. She really shoulda took her wiser friends advice when they said Ace likes Ace best.

Unfortunately, I've only been able to find a few episodes that aren't reviews. So I haven't revisited all of it, and I could never find it in stores when it was released.

Did you see any of the Teddy-centric episodes ("Blue Ribbon Blues" or "Shop Talk")? Because I really think those might change your mind about Teddy. Not that I'm biased or anything....lol! ;)

Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 09:18:55 AM
The song about the frog is my favourite. It's so sad and yet so cute.

Me, too! "Off You Go" is just soooo sweet and adorable. <3

Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 03, 2019, 10:57:37 AM
That Dutch Diary pony is such an awesome shade of blue Teddy! :lovey:

Quote from: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 03, 2019, 03:15:57 PM
Your ponies are so beautiful! I adore Dutch Diary Pony so much.

Thank you! I agree, that striking blue they used for her is just to die for! I wish they had used that on other ponies, too. Just gorgeous!
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: bladed on August 04, 2019, 09:44:39 AM: i believe theres a full dvd set of tales out there somewhere, by shoutfactory i believe. might get it - don't think they ship to the UK but maybe i can talk my bf into sending me it, lol. i had some tales episodes when i was younger, i loved them :) i watched it again and the ones i didn't have and still love it.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 10:03:33 AM: Quote from: bladed on August 04, 2019, 09:44:39 AM
i believe theres a full dvd set of tales out there somewhere, by shoutfactory i believe. might get it - don't think they ship to the UK but maybe i can talk my bf into sending me it, lol. i had some tales episodes when i was younger, i loved them :) i watched it again and the ones i didn't have and still love it.

I have this, I got it from Amazon I think. It's only a US release but it was definitely available to buyers here for a while...

There are some individual UK dvds of Tales eps but only random ones. I used to have a couple, not sure I still do though :/

Going back to comics prior and post Tales...I went digging through my photos and here are some examples (in spoiler tags so as not to kill everyone's browsers!) Some are not the best pics but they're all I have right now.

Pre:Tales:

Rockin' Beats
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Glowing Magic Ponies.
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Post: Tales

Rockin' Beats
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And some other Tales-related comic stuff:

Bright Eyes is a cute bookworm
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It does show the difference between comic style and format pre and post the change as well.

I can't find any glowing magic stuff from the tales comics but I have gaps in the tales editions so there may be something I don't know about or haven't taken a picture of.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: twilysparks on August 04, 2019, 10:51:05 AM: I quite like MLP Tales! Very cute show that is kind of simple, but in a good way. Melody's my favorite.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 11:56:45 AM: @Taffeta You could definitely say Dazz's toy was comic accurate, considering there are so many variations of her in terms of color, and heart/star distribution. XD ;) I remember my childhood girl being a darker purple. While my adult one is sorta pinkish-purple. That could just be aging though.

Those comics are neato.

@Teddy Oh no. I'd never call you biased. :silly: I have. Though not in a long time. He's just not one of my favorite characters.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 11:59:49 AM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 11:56:45 AM
@Taffeta You could definitely Dazz's toy was comic accurate, considering there are so many variations of her in terms of color, and heart/star distribution. XD ;) I remember my childhood girl being a darker purple. While my adult one is sorta pinkish-purple. That couldjust be aging though.

They covered all bases! THe blueheart was based on the US version in the advertising. I have no idea about the others. We had pink heart here, but the comic didn't usually update from the US version to the UK version if there was a difference (Baby splashes always had purple hair and you'll see Pretty Beat had blue...) but...I think they were just bemused by this pony with star heart measles xD.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 12:02:06 PM: Maaan I wish we'd gotten the green Rock n Beat band member. Probably the only one I liked.

Seeing it again made me remember what a fun, energetic diva Melody is and how much I liked her.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 12:11:04 PM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 12:02:06 PM
Maaan I wish we'd gotten the green Rock n Beat band member. Probably the only one I liked.

The green one in the cartoon was Tuneful (Tunefull maybe, given that's her US spelling?) Only to me, Tuneful with seasickness. Or Tuneful after she ate too much seaweed. In any case, it was Tuneful. With no horn. In green. Because Hasbro make sense. And also don't know what they're selling. To whom. When.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 12:28:17 PM: Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 12:11:04 PM
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 12:02:06 PM
Maaan I wish we'd gotten the green Rock n Beat band member. Probably the only one I liked.

The green one in the cartoon was Tuneful (Tunefull maybe, given that's her US spelling?) Only to me, Tuneful with seasickness. Or Tuneful after she ate too much seaweed. In any case, it was Tuneful. With no horn. In green. Because Hasbro make sense. And also don't know what they're selling. To whom. When.

Not even...Why and How?
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 12:48:22 PM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 12:28:17 PM
Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 12:11:04 PM
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 04, 2019, 12:02:06 PM
Maaan I wish we'd gotten the green Rock n Beat band member. Probably the only one I liked.

The green one in the cartoon was Tuneful (Tunefull maybe, given that's her US spelling?) Only to me, Tuneful with seasickness. Or Tuneful after she ate too much seaweed. In any case, it was Tuneful. With no horn. In green. Because Hasbro make sense. And also don't know what they're selling. To whom. When.

Not even...Why and How?
See above comments about hasbro. Case rested.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Carrehz on August 04, 2019, 01:15:38 PM: oh, I'd love to know where green Tuneful came from. I get her being turned into an Earth pony (the Glowing Magicals were the only non-Earthies in Tales, right?) and I totally get why they simplified her symbol, but.... green...??? Did she take the concept of "going green" a little too literally? :P

Seriously though, I wonder if the animators were working off a prototype design for her or if there was just a miscommunication somewhere down the line. Aside from the Glow ponies being depicted as winged unicorns, green!Tuneful is the character whose cartoon appearance most deviates from her toy appearance, right?
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Ponyfan on August 04, 2019, 01:50:15 PM: Protoype Tuneful a blue Earth pony.

http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:Prototype_tuneful.jpg

But that doesn't explain why they made her green.

Ponyfan
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 02:04:34 PM: Technically this show was made in the US and technically the rockin beats and glowing magics were not still on sale at the time tales was going on. In the UK comic often when tgey write about ponies no longer on sale you get detail mistakes...maybe it's that. They based it on a rough idea - pre google!

It is Tuneful though. Somewhere she gets called by name. And tho the comic I posted above shows her in blue I think she had a green moment here too.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on August 04, 2019, 04:47:17 PM: Tales is my go-to "I feel bad and need a pick-me-up" show. It's a slice of life with ponies. Exactly my thing. I have rollerskating Medley and the pearly Starlight but no proper tales ponies yet. Maybe it could be a first step into customizing for me? Who knows...I did just pick up a cel from the Show n Glow pony scene at Bronycon, which was totally unexpected and neat.
That same vendor also had some of the faceless ponies for lipsync/face movements which was...very interesting!
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: bladed on August 04, 2019, 11:48:57 PM: Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 10:03:33 AM
Quote from: bladed on August 04, 2019, 09:44:39 AM
i believe theres a full dvd set of tales out there somewhere, by shoutfactory i believe. might get it - don't think they ship to the UK but maybe i can talk my bf into sending me it, lol. i had some tales episodes when i was younger, i loved them :) i watched it again and the ones i didn't have and still love it.

I have this, I got it from Amazon I think. It's only a US release but it was definitely available to buyers here for a while...

There are some individual UK dvds of Tales eps but only random ones. I used to have a couple, not sure I still do though :/
yep, i had one of them. it had a good... half? of them, i think, maybe over half. the disc is damaged though (from overuse), the last 4 or so episodes only work partially, or in the case of the last one, not at all.
i'll have to have a look on amazon, then... maybe i'll get lucky, but the shipping cost on US amazon would probably double the total price anyway. (edit: it is on US amazon and ships to the UK, but i've not had a look at the shipping cost yet) though actually, that does raise the question of regions. im so used to my only CDs/DVDs not from here being from japan lol.

i also see cels for tales pop up all the time. i wonder why they're so frequent? i've not seen nearly as many for any other g1 cartoons.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 05, 2019, 12:09:19 AM: Quote from: bladed on August 04, 2019, 11:48:57 PM
Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 10:03:33 AM
Quote from: bladed on August 04, 2019, 09:44:39 AM
i believe theres a full dvd set of tales out there somewhere, by shoutfactory i believe. might get it - don't think they ship to the UK but maybe i can talk my bf into sending me it, lol. i had some tales episodes when i was younger, i loved them :) i watched it again and the ones i didn't have and still love it.

I have this, I got it from Amazon I think. It's only a US release but it was definitely available to buyers here for a while...

There are some individual UK dvds of Tales eps but only random ones. I used to have a couple, not sure I still do though :/
yep, i had one of them. it had a good... half? of them, i think, maybe over half. the disc is damaged though (from overuse), the last 4 or so episodes only work partially, or in the case of the last one, not at all.
i'll have to have a look on amazon, then... maybe i'll get lucky, but the shipping cost on US amazon would probably double the total price anyway. (edit: it is on US amazon and ships to the UK, but i've not had a look at the shipping cost yet) though actually, that does raise the question of regions. im so used to my only CDs/DVDs not from here being from japan lol.

i also see cels for tales pop up all the time. i wonder why they're so frequent? i've not seen nearly as many for any other g1 cartoons.

The US is region one, so unless you have a multiregion player, or ~~want to hack your player codes~~..., it might be tough to play it. Japan is Region 2, like us (which is awesome, isn't it??!!) so they're no problem. Australian ones also play fine on Region 2 players, I think...but the US is different.

I have a multiregion player back home so I had forgotten about that. My TV here only plays UK and Japanese DVDs on its DVD drive, but I imagine, if you still have a PC with a CD drawer, that might work (or a game console). Depending on how many times you need to mess with it before it locks...
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Griffin on August 05, 2019, 12:19:34 AM: Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 02:04:34 PM
Technically this show was made in the US and technically the rockin beats and glowing magics were not still on sale at the time tales was going on. In the UK comic often when tgey write about ponies no longer on sale you get detail mistakes...maybe it's that. They based it on a rough idea - pre google!

It is Tuneful though. Somewhere she gets called by name. And tho the comic I posted above shows her in blue I think she had a green moment here too.

I also wonder if it simply has something to do with the printing process, rather than being an intentional shift (or a mistake) in design?

I loved the Tales but I'm not sure if I've seen all the episodes - I think my friend had some on VHS. I haven't revisited them as an adult. The toys are some of my favourite pony sets, though. :heart: TBH I didn't even realise that so many of the 90s Euro ponies are Tales characters! Of course it makes sense. I only vaguely remember the Rockin' Beats from the cartoon...

I've been dreaming of the Family Friends & Babies since forever, I have a leaflet from my childhood advertising them. I only have Baby Berrytown so far. But I have all the seven main characters, they were one of the first sets I wanted to complete when I started collecting ponies! Although I also saw some of the older pony cartoons as a kid, including the Movie, the MLP Tales and the toys from this era are the most nostalgic to me. :lovey:
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: bladed on August 05, 2019, 12:39:58 AM: Quote from: Taffeta on August 05, 2019, 12:09:19 AM
Quote from: bladed on August 04, 2019, 11:48:57 PM
Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 10:03:33 AM
Quote from: bladed on August 04, 2019, 09:44:39 AM
i believe theres a full dvd set of tales out there somewhere, by shoutfactory i believe. might get it - don't think they ship to the UK but maybe i can talk my bf into sending me it, lol. i had some tales episodes when i was younger, i loved them :) i watched it again and the ones i didn't have and still love it.

I have this, I got it from Amazon I think. It's only a US release but it was definitely available to buyers here for a while...

There are some individual UK dvds of Tales eps but only random ones. I used to have a couple, not sure I still do though :/
yep, i had one of them. it had a good... half? of them, i think, maybe over half. the disc is damaged though (from overuse), the last 4 or so episodes only work partially, or in the case of the last one, not at all.
i'll have to have a look on amazon, then... maybe i'll get lucky, but the shipping cost on US amazon would probably double the total price anyway. (edit: it is on US amazon and ships to the UK, but i've not had a look at the shipping cost yet) though actually, that does raise the question of regions. im so used to my only CDs/DVDs not from here being from japan lol.

i also see cels for tales pop up all the time. i wonder why they're so frequent? i've not seen nearly as many for any other g1 cartoons.

The US is region one, so unless you have a multiregion player, or ~~want to hack your player codes~~..., it might be tough to play it. Japan is Region 2, like us (which is awesome, isn't it??!!) so they're no problem. Australian ones also play fine on Region 2 players, I think...but the US is different.

I have a multiregion player back home so I had forgotten about that. My TV here only plays UK and Japanese DVDs on its DVD drive, but I imagine, if you still have a PC with a CD drawer, that might work (or a game console). Depending on how many times you need to mess with it before it locks...
i've heard computer/laptop drives tend not to be region encoded at a hardware level, so i'll have to try it out, since my laptop at home does have one.

it's only £12.75 total now that i've checked, and i'm tempted to buy it immediately because OMG TALES
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Shaz on August 05, 2019, 01:53:50 AM: Found our 1994 annual and took a few photos: https://imgur.com/a/e1Qfsxb

Ace is a nice orangey colour in the annual, he sort of reminds me of Lightning. Melody is "really trendy" (that's a really 90s word :lol:). Patch "says she has seen the Glowing Magic ponies, but nobody really believes her". And Starlight is apparently older than Bon Bon; maybe that means she's older than the other Tales ponies and that's why she's old enough to work in an ice-cream parlour? I could sort of see the ponies being about eleven, they act a lot like kids who are in their last year of primary school (from what I remember of that time): thinking they're really grown up and gossiping about who fancies who, but still being fairly childish in some ways. I suppose they could be intended to resonate with a ten-year-old's ideal of what being a teenager is going to be like; a bit like how Monster High is set in high school but aimed at younger children.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: OleGrayMane on August 05, 2019, 04:00:47 PM: OMG! I just bought a cel from "Up, Up and Away" this weekend with Bon Bon from about the 5:06 mark. There were a ton of them from that episode in a slippery heap on a table, and this was the one I liked best because it had a full character in an active pose.

Quote from: Minty_Magic on August 03, 2019, 01:16:55 AM
I have a few cels from the show too. They always seem to pop up at our local ComicCon and they’re like, $5 a piece so I just buy a different one every couple years.

I now know I paid WAY too much!
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: PinkieLopBun on August 05, 2019, 04:12:46 PM: Wait, $5? I bought a couple cels at BronyCon too and they were $20 a piece (or at least they were at the table I bought them from, there was another selling animation cels that I didn’t buy from).
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: SpacePinto on August 05, 2019, 06:55:06 PM: I didn't watch MLPT as a kid and I first run into it in 2006 on YouTube, in fact I was at first confused by it because at the time I didn't know there was another MLP cartoon. It's obviously not as good as the original cartoon but it has its charm and it will always have a special place in my heart. It certainly doesn't deserve the hate it gets sometimes. In fact, in certain ways it was probably even better than the previous cartoon, not overall though. I will always have fond memories of that little tune that plays at the beginning of "Slumber Party", "Gribet" or "Up Up and Away", it brings me back to the innocent days of the 2000s when I would watch it on my computer. My favorite pony was always Patch btw, although I always hated Ace and Teddy.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Minty_Magic on August 05, 2019, 11:17:18 PM: Quote from: OleGrayMane on August 05, 2019, 04:00:47 PM
OMG! I just bought a cel from "Up, Up and Away" this weekend with Bon Bon from about the 5:06 mark. There were a ton of them from that episode in a slippery heap on a table, and this was the one I liked best because it had a full character in an active pose.

Quote from: Minty_Magic on August 03, 2019, 01:16:55 AM
I have a few cels from the show too. They always seem to pop up at our local ComicCon and they’re like, $5 a piece so I just buy a different one every couple years.

I now I know I paid WAY too much!

You probably didn’t pay too much! :) I think a good part of what drives an animations cels worth is if it’s a good frame! My cheap ones were weird kind of in between frames and not super interesting. :P I have one really nice set of clover frames from her dance number in “Send in the Clown” that I paid much more for. I’d argue that maybe I overpaid for those, but it went to charity so it’s okay! :lol: From what I’m hearing it sounds like you guys got some really nice frames Bronycon that came from more popular episodes, so they would definitely have more worth.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: OleGrayMane on August 06, 2019, 04:55:44 PM: Quote from: Minty_Magic on August 05, 2019, 11:17:18 PM
Quote from: OleGrayMane on August 05, 2019, 04:00:47 PM
OMG! I just bought a cel from "Up, Up and Away" this weekend with Bon Bon from about the 5:06 mark. There were a ton of them from that episode in a slippery heap on a table, and this was the one I liked best because it had a full character in an active pose.

Quote from: Minty_Magic on August 03, 2019, 01:16:55 AM
I have a few cels from the show too. They always seem to pop up at our local ComicCon and they’re like, $5 a piece so I just buy a different one every couple years.

I now I know I paid WAY too much!

You probably didn’t pay too much! :) I think a good part of what drives an animations cels worth is if it’s a good frame! My cheap ones were weird kind of in between frames and not super interesting. :P I have one really nice set of clover frames from her dance number in “Send in the Clown” that I paid much more for. I’d argue that maybe I overpaid for those, but it went to charity so it’s okay! :lol: From what I’m hearing it sounds like you guys got some really nice frames Bronycon that came from more popular episodes, so they would definitely have more worth.

Thanks for the moral support! I order the DVD of the episodes so I can do a positive ID of the image, then I want to see how well I can hack up a background to go with the cel for display. If I don't post a "brag" pic in six months, send me a PM! :biggrin:

There were some odd looking cels there, like ponies without faces, and heads entirely missing, for combination with overlays. I know this has been done for years, but to see the artifacts sure was creepy.

In a quick watch of "Up, up and away", there were a lot of frames from it there, perhaps that was the only one. I'll have to look for more stuff like this to make into "projects"!

PS: I do plan on watching everything, not just the one. Hope I have as much fun as I've had with the G3 episodes.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Zapper on August 06, 2019, 05:18:20 PM: Quote from: kingluke on August 03, 2019, 04:02:03 AM
Im personally not to fond of the whole anthro thing, mostly because in one epsiode where bon bon wnats to be a model, in the song, there is a picture of a pony with human breasts. That just kinda scarred me.

Yeah, that image was nuts! :lol:
This one, right?
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This is another hilarious screengrab from the opening song. Look at their foghorn mouths XD And Sweetheart looks so devious:
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Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Strawberry Swirl on August 06, 2019, 06:48:25 PM: Thank you so much for making this thread! I think Tales is really underrated. I could point out it's problems for sure, I mean there's no such thing as a Perfect thing right? But I think it receives way more flak than deserved.

I've had in my head for a month now for a "reboot" if I were to be hired by Netflix to make an exclusive show, like She-Ra has gotten. Placed when everybody is college-aged and living in the same home together, centered around things people my age deal with in every day life. Who knows when (if) I'll ever finish that.

Recently I was watching a new video from one of my go to Youtubers centered around buying unlabeled VHS tapes from thrift shops and one had a Tales episode recorded, which he skipped lol but I felt so validated in that moment.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: SpacePinto on August 06, 2019, 07:09:56 PM: Quote from: Zapper on August 06, 2019, 05:18:20 PM
Quote from: kingluke on August 03, 2019, 04:02:03 AM
Im personally not to fond of the whole anthro thing, mostly because in one epsiode where bon bon wnats to be a model, in the song, there is a picture of a pony with human breasts. That just kinda scarred me.

Yeah, that image was nuts! :lol:
This one, right?
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I heard somewhere that the reason they gave her breasts in those scenes is because they were afraid of showing a character who is canonically around 10 doing "sexy" poses in a swimsuit without somehow making it visually obvious she is supposed to be older here, and well, they went the easiest route.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Ponyfan on August 06, 2019, 07:21:20 PM: Quote from: Zapper on August 06, 2019, 05:18:20 PM
Quote from: kingluke on August 03, 2019, 04:02:03 AM
Im personally not to fond of the whole anthro thing, mostly because in one epsiode where bon bon wnats to be a model, in the song, there is a picture of a pony with human breasts. That just kinda scarred me.

Yeah, that image was nuts! :lol:
This one, right?
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This is another hilarious screengrab from the opening song. Look at their foghorn mouths XD And Sweetheart looks so devious:
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I never noticed that. :shocked:

Ponyfan
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 06, 2019, 07:44:17 PM: Quote from: Sapphire Rain on August 06, 2019, 06:48:25 PM
Recently I was watching a new video from one of my go to Youtubers centered around buying unlabeled VHS tapes from thrift shops and one had a Tales episode recorded, which he skipped lol but I felt so validated in that moment.

Hello, fellow Brutalmoose watcher. :lol:
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 06, 2019, 09:39:48 PM: Yeah that was freaking creepy
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Strawberry Swirl on August 06, 2019, 09:41:48 PM: Quote from: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 06, 2019, 07:44:17 PM
Quote from: Sapphire Rain on August 06, 2019, 06:48:25 PM
Recently I was watching a new video from one of my go to Youtubers centered around buying unlabeled VHS tapes from thrift shops and one had a Tales episode recorded, which he skipped lol but I felt so validated in that moment.

Hello, fellow Brutalmoose watcher. :lol:

You’ve caught me!!
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Lancer on August 07, 2019, 04:16:48 AM: Tales was my favourite of all of the MLP cartoons, and Lancer was my favourite character (obviously), closely followed by Sweetheart. I watched it so many times that I can still recite the scripts to most of the episodes, despite having not seen them for years!

I'm still gutted that they didn't make more of the ponies as toys, especially the three main boys and Miss Hackney. There was so much potential there - all the parents and siblings, the Ice Cream Shop and Rainbow Beauty Salon, and so on... I suppose it just happened too near to the end of the MLP line. I'm surprised they didn't at least release the three boys alongside the seven girls though. For years, I swore I'd had a MLP leaflet which showed prototypes of the boys (I can still see the picture clearly in my head, in fact!) but I'm sure it would have surfaced by now if it really existed. I suppose my childhood self was so desperate for those ponies that I just imagined it. I found a Sports Time at a car boot sale once whose hair had been cut to look like Teddy...pretty sure I wasn't the only kid who would have loved to have those ponies in my herd!
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Carrehz on August 07, 2019, 06:19:30 AM: ughhh that shot of Bon Bon creeps me out so much!!

And I wish they'd made the three boys in toy form too :( I really love their designs. (Although I admit I prefer that one comic design for Ace, the one where he has a playing card symbol. So cute!)
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Zapper on August 07, 2019, 06:39:06 AM: Quote from: SpacePinto on August 06, 2019, 07:09:56 PM
Quote from: Zapper on August 06, 2019, 05:18:20 PM
Quote from: kingluke on August 03, 2019, 04:02:03 AM
Im personally not to fond of the whole anthro thing, mostly because in one epsiode where bon bon wnats to be a model, in the song, there is a picture of a pony with human breasts. That just kinda scarred me.

Yeah, that image was nuts! :lol:
This one, right?
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(https://www.directupload.net/file/d/5537/g34rbctm_png.htm)

I heard somewhere that the reason they gave her breasts in those scenes is because they were afraid of showing a character who is canonically around 10 doing "sexy" poses in a swimsuit without somehow making it visually obvious she is supposed to be older here, and well, they went the easiest route.

They could have just chosen a different pose but they really wanted to go for "sensual model" in a cartoon for lil girls, eh :lookround: :P
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 07, 2019, 12:19:14 PM: Quote from: Zapper on August 07, 2019, 06:39:06 AM
Quote from: SpacePinto on August 06, 2019, 07:09:56 PM
Quote from: Zapper on August 06, 2019, 05:18:20 PM
Quote from: kingluke on August 03, 2019, 04:02:03 AM
Im personally not to fond of the whole anthro thing, mostly because in one epsiode where bon bon wnats to be a model, in the song, there is a picture of a pony with human breasts. That just kinda scarred me.

Yeah, that image was nuts! :lol:
This one, right?
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(https://www.directupload.net/file/d/5537/g34rbctm_png.htm)

I heard somewhere that the reason they gave her breasts in those scenes is because they were afraid of showing a character who is canonically around 10 doing "sexy" poses in a swimsuit without somehow making it visually obvious she is supposed to be older here, and well, they went the easiest route.

They could have just chosen a different pose but they really wanted to go for "sensual model" in a cartoon for lil girls, eh :lookround: :P

"Dear pre-teen girls. This is a clue as to how you will undoubtedly be pressurised to look as you get older. Welcome to the world. It sucks."

I actually like that BonBon wants to be a model and that absolutely nobody else has a problem with it. But there's a problem in how she wants to be depicted, if that's an example. Though I also still feel there's that other awkward problem of ponies not usually wearing clothing but suddenly modelling swimsuits in that style?

...So walking around naked isn't a problem but..? >< Pony etiquette is complicated.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Wildshadow on August 07, 2019, 03:21:46 PM: I don't have pics to show since I'm so used to uploading pictures on my phone to apps.... but I have some production sheets that talks of the ponies on the show. It must have been an early draft for the show cause it says Sweetheart is aged 6 and Starlight is aged 12 xD

It's also labeled that the 'core ponies' are 12.

I haven't looked at my Tales comics in ages and I think I'm missing only a handful of them?

Not sure what else to add at the moment.....
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Hannah66665 on August 07, 2019, 03:51:12 PM: Peeking in to say I haven't seen Tales, but I've seen Brutalmoose and I came here just to see if anyone else mentioned it. XD I've seen a few episodes of the other cartoon but MLP Tales is still one I need to check out.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Carrehz on August 07, 2019, 05:09:26 PM: I remember you posted some model sheets and stuff in another thread a while back, Wildshadow - are those the ones you mean or do you have more? :o
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Beldarna on August 08, 2019, 12:57:54 AM: I love Tales :satisfied:. The show aired as morning TV when I was in fifth grade and I ate my breakfast infront of the TV while watching it. A sweet anecdote from that time is we were exactly as many girls and boys in class as the characters and one classmate gave each of us a name after the pony she thought we were most alike. I was Brighteyes which suited me as she was (still is) my favorite character ^.^. I have the DVD-box of the show, but somehow they excluded the episode of Brighteyes being an exchange student at an island. It's such a bummer because I loved that episode as a kid :huh:.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 08, 2019, 07:16:57 PM: Quote from: Beldarna on August 08, 2019, 12:57:54 AM
I love Tales :satisfied:. The show aired as morning TV when I was in fifth grade and I ate my breakfast infront of the TV while watching it. A sweet anecdote from that time is we were exactly as many girls and boys in class as the characters and one classmate gave each of us a name after the pony she thought we were most alike. I was Brighteyes which suited me as she was (still is) my favorite character ^.^. I have the DVD-box of the show, but somehow they excluded the episode of Brighteyes being an exchange student at an island. It's such a bummer because I loved that episode as a kid :huh:.

Why didn't they release that episode? That is a bummer.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Carrehz on August 09, 2019, 06:34:43 AM: Quote from: Beldarna on August 08, 2019, 12:57:54 AM
I have the DVD-box of the show, but somehow they excluded the episode of Brighteyes being an exchange student at an island. It's such a bummer because I loved that episode as a kid :huh:.

Wait, what, seriously? Is this the Shout Factory release or a different one? I've got that DVD but haven't really gotten 'round to watching it... :(
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Ponyfan on August 09, 2019, 06:47:59 AM: I have the US Shout Factory release and that episode is included. :)

Ponyfan
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 09, 2019, 07:17:00 AM: Quote from: Ponyfan on August 09, 2019, 06:47:59 AM
I have the US Shout Factory release and that episode is included. :)

Ah okay. Good to know.

Ponyfan
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Beldarna on August 09, 2019, 11:14:55 PM: I have no idea. It's a company called FilmFactory that released the DVDs in Sweden and it was a long time ago. I have not heard or read anywhere of why that episode was not included.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: bladed on August 10, 2019, 06:18:03 AM: i have no idea who distributed the tales dvd that was in the uk back in... god, i don't know, 10+ years ago maybe? more, i think. but they excluded maybe half the episodes. the distributor may be the same as in sweden but i wouldn't know, i don't own the dvds anymore.
the ones on the dvd were: slumber party, too sick to notice, battle of the bands, and the winner is, stand by me, the tea party, the masquerade, out of luck, bon bon's diary, and just for kicks.

/random spiel
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Zapper on August 11, 2019, 09:38:04 AM: I wish they'd still translate/change pony names.
Here's how the Tales ponies were named in Germany:

Starlight = Starlett (someone who feels like a star, I guess)
Sweetheart = Herzglück (literal translation would be heart luck, but it means happiness)
Melody = Roxy (because... she rocks, GET IT KIDS?!)
Brighteyes = Pfiffikus (means "a very clever/bright person")
Patch = Flick Flack (after the acrobatic move but it's also the name of a circus AND "Flicken" is also a word for "patch" so this one is extremely clever, imo)
Clover = Glücksklee (means "lucky clover(s)")
Bon Bon = Bon Bon, d'uh!
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Taffeta on August 11, 2019, 10:57:41 AM: Zapper, Bright Eyes' german name is the best and most unspellable name since the dutch rabbit baby. Not even kidding.

I moan a lot about people in the UK abandoning their childhood and not using UK names, but I think it's a shame we don't have more discussion on/with the other language names for the ponies too. I think it's really interesting seeing how they're named.

Montgolfiere is still my favourite non English pony name (Up Up and Away in French). While Montgolfiere is a hot air balloon I think in French, the fact it nods to the Montgolfier brothers is in my view awesome. A toy that teaches history as well. Yay!

...I went off topic, but going back to the Seven Characters, and Roxy - Misfits, anyone??
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: OleGrayMane on August 11, 2019, 06:37:24 PM: I got my DVDs on Wednesday and finished up the series over two nights. There were some fun episodes in there, and the ponies really did have personality. I can see why so many people here say Patch is their favorite, but I also liked Sweetheart and Bon Bon. With so few episodes, some characters just don't get much screen time, and it makes me wish there'd been a second season.

The animation, unfortunately, seems typical for the time, and the DVD transfer makes the whole thing look like it was filmed through a dirty fish tank. Perhaps if I was nostalgic for CRTs and VCRs I wouldn't mind, but...

And now, after hearing the theme song twenty-six times in a little over twenty-four hours, the damned thing is stuck in my head!

P.S. - Teddy is a jerk, and Sweetheart needs to ditch him before she ends up trapped in an abusive relationship!
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: SpacePinto on August 11, 2019, 07:55:33 PM: Quote from: OleGrayMane on August 11, 2019, 06:37:24 PM
P.S. - Teddy is a jerk, and Sweetheart needs to ditch him before she ends up trapped in an abusive relationship!
I like to think that at some point SH comes to her senses and just ditches him for someone better, like Lancer or Logan Barrington or even one of the roller rink boys, and Teddy just ends up bitter and alone.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: StarDapple on August 11, 2019, 08:03:30 PM: Tales was my first experience with animated My Little Pony. Bon Bon is my favorite, and I still enjoy watching the series every now and again.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Cristar on September 19, 2019, 04:12:51 PM: If anyone is interested, there are many animation cels from MLP Tales here:

http://www.oasidelleanime.com/minisiti/pony/cels/index.htm

In the "Home Pony" section can be found some model sheets, too!

^.^
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: LadyMoondancer on September 20, 2019, 12:37:52 AM: Quote from: SpacePinto on August 11, 2019, 07:55:33 PM
Quote from: OleGrayMane on August 11, 2019, 06:37:24 PM
P.S. - Teddy is a jerk, and Sweetheart needs to ditch him before she ends up trapped in an abusive relationship!
I like to think that at some point SH comes to her senses and just ditches him for someone better, like Lancer or Logan Barrington or even one of the roller rink boys, and Teddy just ends up bitter and alone.

Teddy can get together with Garth the Nice Guy elf who will maybe let you die if you don't want to date him. Run, Sweetheart, run.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Carrehz on September 20, 2019, 08:01:09 AM: Quote from: Cristar on September 19, 2019, 04:12:51 PM
If anyone is interested, there are many animation cels from MLP Tales here:

http://www.oasidelleanime.com/minisiti/pony/cels/index.htm

In the "Home Pony" section can be found some model sheets, too!

^.^

OMG that site is awesome! They have some cels from G1 toy ads and Escape from Catrina, too! And Italian comic scans! *O*
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 20, 2019, 08:29:11 AM: Those are great Cristar.

I do wish we'd gotten many of the other characters as well.

I hafta wonder, since they're in Ponyland still, what happened to every other species? Why are they all Earth Ponies? Why aren't any other species ever born?

I realize I'm overthinking it since its just Tales, but even as a kid I wondered.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Zapper on September 20, 2019, 08:33:37 AM: Sweetheart is only six years old? My mind is blown. So Starlight is twice her age. This either didn't translate well onto the screen or I forgot. I thought since they went to the same school maybe they were all about the same age.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 20, 2019, 08:34:29 AM: Quote from: Zapper on September 20, 2019, 08:33:37 AM
Sweetheart is only six years old? My mind is blown. So Starlight is twice her age. This either didn't translate well onto the screen or I forgot. I thought since they went to the same school maybe they were all about the same age.

Once again proving Hasbro doesn't know squat about horses. Neither did the writers probably.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Ponyfan on September 20, 2019, 09:13:23 AM: I thought Sweetheart is 9 and celebrates her 10th birthday in Tales?

Ponyfan
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: mlp4me on September 20, 2019, 09:14:12 AM: I honestly remember watching Tales more than the first season.
Whenever we had a free run of Disney I was glued to the TV.
I love Starlight!
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Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Wildshadow on September 20, 2019, 11:51:13 AM: Quote from: Cristar on September 19, 2019, 04:12:51 PM
If anyone is interested, there are many animation cels from MLP Tales here:

http://www.oasidelleanime.com/minisiti/pony/cels/index.htm

In the "Home Pony" section can be found some model sheets, too!

^.^

HEY?!?! How did they get some of my model sheets?!? :enraged:

:silly:

Mine are better quality and everything :devious:

Anyway, if I hadn't said it before, the first episode I'd ever seen was the one with BonBon's diary and Starlight wanting to be with Ace. My mind was starry eyed when I saw the different intro before the show started.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: LadyMoondancer on September 20, 2019, 12:32:39 PM: Quote from: Wildshadow on September 20, 2019, 11:51:13 AM
HEY?!?! How did they get some of my model sheets?!? :enraged:

:silly:

Mine are better quality and everything :devious:

Anyway, if I hadn't said it before, the first episode I'd ever seen was the one with BonBon's diary and Starlight wanting to be with Ace. My mind was starry eyed when I saw the different intro before the show started.

Hey, did you get my PM from 9/3? Just a reminder you haven't paid for those My Little Lony sets from a ways back. :)
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 20, 2019, 02:04:55 PM: Quote from: mlp4me on September 20, 2019, 09:14:12 AM
I honestly remember watching Tales more than the first season.
Whenever we had a free run of Disney I was glued to the TV.
I love Starlight!
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Your girls.look lovely.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: StarSwirl05 on September 21, 2019, 05:11:05 AM: I find that Tales was a better version of what FiM has become over the years. The characters learned morals without having to change their personas to get there and the lessons were taught in a way that made sense. None of the characters I found annoying.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Carrehz on September 21, 2019, 06:59:43 AM: I've always been curious about the age thing, too (Wildshadow's shared that pic with us before). I figured maybe they changed plans halfway through? they definitely seemed to be older/the same age in the show itself.
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: Cristar on September 22, 2019, 04:17:34 AM: Quote from: Carrehz on September 20, 2019, 08:01:09 AM
Quote from: Cristar on September 19, 2019, 04:12:51 PM
If anyone is interested, there are many animation cels from MLP Tales here:

http://www.oasidelleanime.com/minisiti/pony/cels/index.htm

In the "Home Pony" section can be found some model sheets, too!

^.^

OMG that site is awesome! They have some cels from G1 toy ads and Escape from Catrina, too! And Italian comic scans! *O*

Yes! ^.^ Comics are in the "Fumetti" section... In the second story all symbols decide to leave their owners and ponies begin a quest to find them! :lol:

(Please, excuse my off-topic post) :P
Title: Re: MLP Tales appreciation thread
Post by: mlp4me on September 23, 2019, 05:43:10 AM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on September 20, 2019, 02:04:55 PM
Quote from: mlp4me on September 20, 2019, 09:14:12 AM
I honestly remember watching Tales more than the first season.
Whenever we had a free run of Disney I was glued to the TV.
I love Starlight!
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Your girls.look lovely.
Thank you!
I've been on the fence about dying Clover's hair. Starlight actually is a re-hair. :o)