Piggies don't have a very thick tail, so you might not want to use tail hair. If it is Minty (white or brown hair), maybe invest in the search for some original pony hair (white/ off white) and get her restored accordingly. Her price is well worth it.

Hi Luke,

Pinkkittywinks already got your covered with most of the knowledge. You find a lot of information on their own wiki page http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Japan as well as very well updated on https://www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk/mylittlepony-takara.php It's worth to check both out to get completely covered on the characters.


Adults:

Pinky - short hair /  - long hair/ - long reddish hair
Milky - short hair/ - long hair / - long reddish hair

Fuwa Fuwa
Sara Sara
Ami Ami
Kuru Kuru

Babies:

Lily and Popo

They were sold in 1985 only.
"In May 1984 Takara Tomy licenses its transforming robot toys to Hasbro, which releases them as Transformers in the United States, and
they became a major hit." (Excerpt from the Takara Tomy Brochure). In return, Takara Tomy receives the license for My little Pony from Hasbro.

My interpretation why there were only so few ponies sold in Japan:
All ponies at this time had a typical horse posture. Being on 4 legs with a brushable mane and tail.
Takara Tomy designed them in a standing - human-like posture similar to Sanrio's Hello Kitty figures (being invented in 1974). They are on two legs as well.
They had their Dress Up House = beauty salon (was released), a Pony Style House = living house (was not released) and a Dream Capsule = Wardrobe? (not released). I guess these buildings were to be released later in this century in case the ponies would sell more.

Their prices fluctuate a lot depending on supply and demand. The most common ones are Pinky and Milky with short hair. The most expensive ones are the "unusual colored" ones Fuwa Fuwa, Sara Sara, Kuru Kuru and Ami Ami, which seemed to have lower demand. The babies tend to be not common anymore as well. And Japanese people tend to throw away old toys rather than keeping them for their children or grandchildren.

Unless a lot of regular ponies being rooted with Nylon hair during this time - Takaras have a Saran-like hair, which was used for dolls at this time as well. It is kind of greasy and doesn't hold styles too well.

MIP Takaras age incredibly bad. Most of the girls featured cute hair stylings tied with rubber bands. Almost all of them disintegrated into the hair already, leaving brown stains on the hair, which is very to almost non-removable. That is why collectors tend to unbox them. I have mine unboxed as well (got 2 of them MIP).

In addition to the ponies, a badge as well as a fabric hankerchief was released featuring Pinky and Milky in SD format (or Lily and Popo). Both from 1985 as well.

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There have been some advertisements/ comics on these ponies in the girls' magazine "Yayoi" (hope this name is correct). But these are very rare and are usually not able to be found online. The magazines are expensive as well (I paid 70€ on each of them).

Does your bank have a Debit or ATM card that is issued? You can use that as a means of direct transfer from your bank funds to the site you want to get hair from.

A lot of places don't take wire transfers/Western Union anymore. I agree with tailrustedtealeaf--maybe a Visa gift card or something will work instead of a Debit/ATM card.

Yes. I sold the majority of my collection including grail ponies and all my Argies. I kept my childhood ponies, my Raincurl and Applejack armies and some other favorites. It was something I had to do and it helped me financially but I regret it, not that I really had a choice. I haven't been able to enjoy ponies since.

I own Milky I would say she is one of the more "common" Takaras, along with Pinky

Love pkw xxx
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Thanks for sharing. Good to hear that