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Title: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: mlp4me on June 10, 2017, 03:31:25 PM: visitors can't see pics , please register or login

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Do you have her? What do you think of her? Share some more pics!

I have her. :lol:
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: orangepeachmango on June 10, 2017, 03:33:36 PM: i dont really like her hair but i love her boat theme and her tropical-ness. i love any tropical pony visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Cswift on June 10, 2017, 03:37:29 PM: To me she's one of those ponies that changes a lot depending on lighting. I find that in whiter/brighter light she's quite pretty while more typical indoor lighting makes her body color look pretty blegh.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Taffeta on June 10, 2017, 03:37:58 PM: In our UK name world, that isn't Hula Hula. In our world, this is:
Spoiler
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My sister had her when we were kids, so for me if the POTD is Hula Hula, it's the pony pictured in the Spoiler Tags.

But if we're talking about Sail Away, the unicorn, I actually had her from a clearance store a couple of years after the set was out in stores. I still have her backcard in my folder, too. She is my favourite. She's so very pretty.

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Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: orangepeachmango on June 10, 2017, 03:42:36 PM: Quote from: Taffeta on June 10, 2017, 03:37:58 PM
In our UK name world, that isn't Hula Hula. In our world, this is:
Spoiler
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My sister had her when we were kids, so for me if the POTD is Hula Hula, it's the pony pictured in the Spoiler Tags.

But if we're talking about Sail Away, the unicorn, I actually had her from a clearance store a couple of years after the set was out in stores. I still have her backcard in my folder, too. She is my favourite. She's so very pretty.

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i love THAT hula hula more! i didn't know there was a name mix up like that. i love her curly hair..
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Ponyfan on June 10, 2017, 03:53:39 PM: I didn't know Pina Colada was known as Hula Hula in the UK. That's very interesting.

Ponyfan
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: SkyCakes on June 10, 2017, 04:06:22 PM: I have her but she has bad regrind I need to upgrade her. :(
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Taffeta on June 10, 2017, 04:20:18 PM: Quote from: Ponyfan on June 10, 2017, 03:53:39 PM
I didn't know Pina Colada was known as Hula Hula in the UK. That's very interesting.

Ponyfan

The word I would use is 'confusing' XD I think it is the only time that the same name is used in a set for a different pony in the US and the UK. It's crazy. I have no idea why and I am totally biased, but it always made sense to me as she had palm trees waving in the wind as her symbol, and the comic and story made out they were hula dancing on the sands. The unicorn in the UK is called Sail Away, which fits the boat, so to me that makes sense.

This is the US name that confuses me the most, honestly, because I grew up with sister's Hula Hula, so I see that name, and I see palm trees. Can't change it. Sailboats can't dance ;) and palm trees probably don't drink pina colada. The other two over here are Surfing Days (peg) and Summer Heatwave (yellow) so it's not like all the names got swapped around. Those two names are entirely unique.

(Although I really like the name Pina Colada, and it was never used over here at all).

@Orangepeachmango - I find its a miracle that she kept her curls, given that she's lived for twenty five or so years with my sister, whose attempts and ideas of hairstyling in ponies would horrify Fifi and make the Brush and Grows moult.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on June 10, 2017, 05:53:13 PM: I would love to have them one day, I have yet to find one.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: BethyVic on June 10, 2017, 07:38:09 PM: I have her and I love her!
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 10, 2017, 07:58:30 PM: I have her. I love her. I used to think that entire set was tacky and kinda ugly but they're awesomely bright and brilliant and neon. I'd love to have the whole set. Especially Sea Breeze and Pina Colada. :lovey:

Does Hula Hula's tail remind you of Mike n Ikes? Or is it just me?
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: lostpony on June 10, 2017, 10:50:04 PM: I'm pretty sure I have her. Her material is kinda like crayon.

I like her fine but boxed her up right after cleaning her up when i got her and haven't gone back to enjoy her.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Einhornbaby on June 10, 2017, 11:55:05 PM: I have her and like her a lot!!
Btw, her german name is Brausewind (roaring /thundering wind) <3

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Lol as a kid when they first came out I thought this whole set was sooo ugly! Eeeeewwwww, eyeshadow!!!And look at the ugly colors!!! Lol :P Today I think they are soo pretty with their bright colors!
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: orangepeachmango on June 11, 2017, 12:02:18 AM: Quote from: Einhornbaby on June 10, 2017, 11:55:05 PM
I have her and like her a lot!!
Btw, her german name is Brausewind (roaring /thundering wind) <3

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Lol as a kid when they first came out I thought this whole set was sooo ugly! Eeeeewwwww, eyeshadow!!!And look at the ugly colors!!! Lol :P Today I think they are soo pretty with their bright colors!

oh gosh i looooooove the beads in her hair, its so cute!!! and im amused you didnt like the eyeshadow ponies as a kid, at least now for my they're my favorite. it's such a cute detail when they have a little swipe of eyeshadow.. :flirty:
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: tootie_tails on June 11, 2017, 03:09:36 AM: Have her but I have never found one with good silky hair. For some reason they are always frizzy.. I went through 3-4 ones or so before I gave up.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: The_Loner on June 11, 2017, 04:09:22 AM: I'm totally with Tafetta on the names of these ponies :lol: Denmark also used the UK names so in my world Hula Hula is the one with the palm trees and this one is Sail Away - though I originally knew her as Brausewind because I bought mine on a holiday in Switzerland and she was in German packing. I didn't know her 'proper' English name until we got the Internet some years later.
I absolutely love her, she's a favorite of mine! :heart: I love her bold colors and her pose!
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 11, 2017, 07:07:32 AM: Yeah their names are weird.

Pina Colada should have been called Hula Hula
Hula Hula should have been called Sea Breeze
Tootie Tails should have been called Pina Colada
And Sea Breeze should have been called something else

I nicknamed my Hula Hula Kalea. It's a Hawaiian name that means Bright.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Broken Irishwoman on June 11, 2017, 09:30:06 AM: I would love to have her. :D And Sail Away sounds so much better... Not even because of her symbol, but the name "Hula Hula" hurts my ears. XD
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Taffeta on June 11, 2017, 11:44:55 AM: I feel renaming rebellion afoot ;)

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Thinking about it, it would make more sense if in the US "Pina Colada" was used for Summer Heatwave/Tootie Tails instead. I do think sometimes Hasbro named and then got mixed up when they went for release. Sort of like the Glittering SHS have weird symbol/name mismatches, and there are a couple of times when ponies are advertised under different names before they actually hit the stores...

I like Brausewind. That has a nice sound to it. And it does relate to the boat as well, because you need wind to fill the sails.

I'm still loyal to the UK names, though. Sail Away the unicorn, with her boat. Hula Hula the palm tree beach dancer. Summer Heatwave, the yellow Earth Pony with her magical cave of secret tropical fruit hidden in the Tropical Isle, and the pegasus Surfing Days, who liked to surf out in the sea with the fish.

In the US Hasbro recycled either the fairy tail names or the pony names on this set to save on coming up with something new, which is why they don't really match up that well.

But Pina Colada would have made more sense as the yellow earth pony, and I imagine Hula Hula was meant originally to be the same pony as the UK had under that name, as the symbol makes more sense that way. Hasbro did change their mind in the US with the Sundae Best pony name Cherry Berry, so it's not impossible that pony's name got mixed up when it came to release.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: northstar3184 on June 11, 2017, 01:24:27 PM: Want.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Ponyfan on June 11, 2017, 02:05:41 PM: I think the UK names suit the Tropical ponies better than the US names. I gave away my childhood Pina Colada and am still looking for a replacement. I wish I had all of the Tropical ponies.

Ponyfan
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 11, 2017, 04:09:30 PM: Quote from: Cswift on June 10, 2017, 03:37:29 PM
To me she's one of those ponies that changes a lot depending on lighting. I find that in whiter/brighter light she's quite pretty while more typical indoor lighting makes her body color look pretty blegh.

Very true. You can't see how eye punching her colors are if she isn't in strong light.

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Quote from: Einhornbaby on June 10, 2017, 11:55:05 PM
I have her and like her a lot!!
Btw, her german name is Brausewind (roaring /thundering wind) <3

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Lol as a kid when they first came out I thought this whole set was sooo ugly! Eeeeewwwww, eyeshadow!!!And look at the ugly colors!!! Lol :P Today I think they are soo pretty with their bright colors!

What an interesting name.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Shaz on June 12, 2017, 01:57:04 AM: I have her. I call mine Sail Away.

I actually use a mix of English names, US names and names of my own devising, so Sail Away's set mates are known as Pina Colada and Pineapple here. I don't much like the name Hula Hula.

G1 pony names are confusing. You see how much better and easier it is now all ponies are called variations of Sparkle, Dazzle or Apple :D
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Taffeta on June 12, 2017, 11:07:33 AM: Quote from: Shaz on June 12, 2017, 01:57:04 AM

G1 pony names are confusing. You see how much better and easier it is now all ponies are called variations of Sparkle, Dazzle or Apple :D
In that case, I'm looking forward to the release of Dazzlespark Apple. Unless they get super creative and just make it "Spardazple" xD.

...Quite a lot of G1 also had Sparkle, Dazzle and Apple, though, now I come to think of it...
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Broken Irishwoman on June 12, 2017, 12:01:34 PM: By the way, I think she's a "better" version of Beach Ball. Since we're talking about Merriweather/Shoreline and Night Glider/Mainsail on here lately... :P
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: starstrider on November 09, 2017, 07:27:40 AM: Have her. I like this series, their colouring is really fresh and vibrant.
Title: Re: POTD 6/10/2017 Hula Hula
Post by: Henpatch on November 09, 2017, 08:11:03 PM: Had her and her sisters but sold them (as a group) - TRYING to downsize!
Loved them - they are so bright and happy! :lol: