I don't remember my absolute first pony, but some of my first ones were Moonstone, Mom and baby Surprise (I lost Mom Surprise when I was young), Wavedancer, and BBE Halfnote and the Ballet Dance School. I LOVED that Ballet Dance School Playset. It got used a lot! I remember my mom would laugh because I'd say "ballot" box instead of ballet box. I didn't know why that was so funny until years later. I have an Applejack with chopped hair which I have no memory of doing, but I suppose I did. I have a couple of baby sea ponies as well that I had from year 3.

Still nothing at my local Target. All of you with your 3rd+ wave of releases are so lucky! I'm afraid if and when my Target gets them they'll sell out in the first hour!

Is it just me, or do the Princess Ponies look hilarious to everyone else as well? I crack up laughing every time I see those ridiculous eyelashes. They look like Groucho Marx eyebrows!

My childhood grails were Surprise, both mom and baby,  and they were the very first ponies I bought after discovering eBay.

Mother and Baby Surprise were two of the first ponies I ever had way back in the early 80s. Sadly, I lost the mom when I took her to a pool and left her in an unlocked locker in the changing room. I still have my original Baby Surprise, plus another one I got just for display. I really want to get an adult Surprise again!

Taffeta's site is very helpful.  Many of them were released with just a bottle

http://etherella.com/scrapbook2/germany_babyponies.htm

http://etherella.com/scrapbook2/baby_kirschblute.htm

Thank you so much! I was hoping some of these babies also came with Play and Care sets (as I love having the complete collections for each baby). Maybe I'll collect some extra cribs and accessories for them just for fun! 

From the perspective of someone who lists lots of ponies for sale, I can understand how it would be time consuming to note flaws or noticeably good points about each pony. And I can also see how if you missed mentioning one thing, that that would be what the buyer points out that you missed. As a buyer, it's just really helpful to have a few bones thrown our way, because photos are not always as good as the seller thinks they are. What you're seeing as you snap those photos is rarely what the buyer sees. The flash could be bright and hide blemishes. The lighting could be dark and hide things.
There are a lot of sellers who only show the pony from one angle, or don't do any close ups. I at least prefer a few different angle shots. If I'm trying to decide between three of the same ponies listed by three different sellers, I'll almost always go with the seller who has more photos and at least a small personal description of the pony. At least I'll have a better idea of what I'll be getting as opposed to paying for a grab bag.

I'm sure we all spend our fair share of time on Ebay looking for ponies. I've been getting very frustrated with the way a lot of Ebay sellers represent their products. Instead of taking the time to list their ponies' flaws, they'll only use one or two shoddy photos, and tell the buyer to judge for themselves, or say what you see is what you get. It's extremely hard to see all of a pony's flaws in a couple of bad photos, so I usually never give these sellers my business, but some of them appear to be longtime successful Ebay sellers, so I'm really stumped as to how they've built up such a great business with such minimal effort at representing their products. Anyhow, just needed to rant.

In one pamphlet that I got with ponies as a child, there is a mail order form for the birthday baby ponies (Baby Sugarcake and Baby Gametime) where they are baby brother versions. Same accessories and everything. I've been searching the internet for reference to this boy version of these ponies. Anyone else able to shed some light on this?