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Detail geek with obligatory correction note.In Generation 1 Hasbro actually marketed the symbols as 'Rump Designs'. It mostly appears on UK promotion material (I grew up calling them rump marks because of that) but its inclusion in the documentary demonstrates it came from the US mothership originally.For example:Spoilervisitors can't see pics , please register or loginNobody in the community denies the term cutie mark exists, just that it doesn't apply pre G3, which is a: fact, and b: supported by the documentary describing its introduction. Collectors mostly just agreed that symbol was the most generic and easiest way to refer to those things prior to G3 happening, but the correct term for them in G1 is rump mark/rump design.
To answer your question about Firefly, yes, the toy is actually just like that. I guess they wanted to squeeze in Firefly because she's one of the more mainstream G1 characters, but that means they chose her over Snuzzle. Applejack is very recognizable too, AND she's an earth pony. But I guess she's not as "cool"...I haven't taken any pictures of her except for a photoshoot I did a few months ago...visitors can't see pics , please register or login
The thread for Toys That Made Us isn't locked, though? I think "rump design" wasn't as well-known a term when "symbol" was coined, and IIRC "cutie mark" didn't really catch on until G4 because initially no one was sure if it referred to the rump symbol or the hoof heart? And by the time that was straightened out, everyone was more used to "symbol". Or something.Personally I just think "cutie mark" sounds ridiculously stupid (always have done, in fact - Animaniacs used the term far before MLP did, and I disliked it there, too ) so that's why I prefer "symbol".Ragamuffin, that photo is SO CUTE omg!!!! I didn't realize they were Sylvanian sized!! aaaaaaAAAAA!!!!
As for using the term CM - I think you can use it as you like for your own collection, but it isn't commonly used among pre-G3 collectors and in this space very little at all. Honestly, I would assume someone using it for their ponies was either a brony or didn't know much about MLP yet, because of using brony terminology.Especially on the Arena, since many G1 fans here have said in the past they dislike the term being used on a generation that existed before Hasbro created it.