I gave away all my pony play sets when I was getting too old for my ponies (kept my ponies though!) and seeing pictures like these makes me miss them and wish I still had all my old play sets! Though to be honest, I don't know where I would put them! My parents still joke how it took them forever to set up the Paradise Estate for me. I think they bought it for me after I "earned" it by doing chores for a month or something like that.

With all the basic fun re-releases, I'm really hoping they might release some TE's!

Ooh, I would love that! The twinkle eyed ponies are one of my favorite group of ponies. There are some beautiful ponies from that group. Fizzy and Galaxy have always been my favorite (as they were childhood ponies), but I wouldn't mind having a Masquerade or Gingerbread or Sweet Pop or Sweet Stuff....

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Not a very wide selection there, given how many there are. I say Speedy, because Galaxy at least made it into the show/movie, iirc. Not a speaking part, but I don't recall Speedy ever being in anything animated, while the other three were.

Wait...I thought Speedy WAS in the cartoon! Granted, it' been EONS since I've seen an episode, but I could have sworn there was a fast-talking pony and I always remembered that as being Speedy...

But I did vote for Speedy in the poll. Looks like she's winning by a landslide!

Nope. Your thinking of Whizzer.

Huh. Interesting. But THERE was a fast-talking pony and I just didn't imagine that? I guess I just remembered that pony being Speedy in my mind, since, you know, her name is Speedy and she was talking fast!

Looking back at my collection, I have to wonder why I chose the ponies I did. Was I drawn to their colors? Their name? Their symbol? There's only a few I remember picking out or receiving for my birthday/Christmas.

My collection included:

Applejack
Bow Tie
Cotton Candy
Lemon Drop - these were all given to me for Christmas; the first ponies in my collection

Along with Lemon Drop and the Show Stable, I also had the following ponies that came with a play set:

Majesty and the Dream Castle
Baby Tiddlywinks and the baby nursrey
Sprinkles and the Waterfall
Scoops and the Ice Cream Shoppe
Fifi and the Beauty Parlor

I only remember getting the ice cream shoppe for my 7th birthday, but I have no doubt I got the others either for other birthdays or Christmas. Speaking of birthdays, I also had the Pony Park Pack with Party Time, Best Wishes, Yum Yum, Baby Frosting, and Celebrate and I'm pretty sure I got that for my birthday, because, c'mon.

Medley

Sparkler - So I actually remember picking out Sparkler at the store. I must have been 4 or 5. I was with my family on a summer vacation (probably Lake Okaboji) and I remember my dad taking me to a small toy store (I'm sure my brother was there too) and he must have told us we could pick out one toy because I went straight over to where the MLPs were hanging on a wall and Sparkler was the one I chose that day. I don't remember why I chose her in particular or who else was an option for me to take home that day.

Baby Moondancer
Baby Glory
Ember (blue) - I remember getting her in the mail!
Button (SS) - I *think* she was a birthday present, but not positive about that
Surprise (SS)  - I *know* she was birthday present because there's photographic proof of me holding her on my sixth birthday.

Hippity Hop - She was a Christmas present.

Bangles - I must have gotten her as a gift. I say this because I don't think I would have picked her out myself because she looks so similar to Buttons (both same coloring and are so-soft unicorns; they were sisters when I played with them).

Lofty
Paradise - She was an Easter gift from my parents. I'm sure they got her because she had the bright red hair like I did as a child.

Fizzy - Got her the same birthday as Surprise.
Galaxy
Tic Tac Toe
Baby Tic Tac Toe
Baby Ribbon
Hollywood - I remember getting her in the mail, too.
Forget-Me-Not
Tropical Breeze

Ripple - This must have been a gift because I don't think I would have picked out a sea pony because they were never my thing. Her and Celebrate (from the party pack) were the only sea ponies I had and they just pretty much stayed in the (dry) pool of the Paradise Estate.

Baby Sundance and Molly - Got this as a Christmas present.
TAF Sundance and Megan - I remember buying this with my allowance. I ALWAYS wanted Megan and Sundance, whether it was the original or So Soft version, but I just never got the chance b/c they were always sold out or something. So even though I prefer those two versions to the TAF, I took my chance when I saw it just so I would finally have a Megan and Sundance added to my collection. (Plus Molly needed her big sister!)

Steamer - Got him as a birthday present.
Baby North Star
Nibbles and Dibbles
Zig Zag - another birthday present.
Princess Pristina - I remember picked her out at the store; I'm sure I was drawn to her gorgeous colors.

Peppermint Crunch
Sherbet
Curly Locks - I think she was a gift. I say this because I had curly hair as a child and I can see my parents or a relative thinking a pony called "Curly Locks" would be a great pony for me.

Romper (I'm sure I had her and Hippity Hop as best friends!)
Floater
Baby Graffiti

Shoreline - I remember getting her at the store, then coming home immediately and going outside in my backyard (must have been sunny that day) to see if her hair changed and it did!

Dainty Dahlia
Baby Splashes

Yoyo - I remember being at Toys R Us with my older brother, his friend, and his friend's mom. The mom had bought something for her son and my brother and told me I could also pick something out. I saw newborn pegasus pony Yoyo and fell in love. I remember showing her to my next door neighbor who only owned a few ponies and she also got a Yoyo of her own!

Tap Dancer
Baby Snookums
Posey Rose
Hulu Hula
Pony Bride

While I didn't own the following ponies, I remember them quite fondly from my childhood because I had a friend who owned them so we played with them when I was at her house: Wind Whistler, SS Gusty, Ribbon, SS Lickety Split, SS Heart Throb. She also had the Baby Dance Studio so I'm sure she also had a few baby ponies.

Thank you all so much for the warm welcomes! 

I went with Nibbles and Dibbles, but I may be biased since they were part of my childhood pony collection. I thought their little wings were so cute! I also had the newborn pony Yo-Yo, also a pegasus with tiny darling wings so the three of them were all best friends.

I never understood why we needed pony friends....there were hundreds of ponies; why would they need more friends?! I did get Zigzag one year as a birthday present and honestly, when I played with my ponies, poor Zigzag would be left on the sidelines. 

Also don't care for the Sweetheart Sister ponies. They just look weird compared to the other ponies. The ones with the eyelashes are especially terrifying.   

I had this! I actually remember getting this from my friend for my seventh birthday. Actually, the part I remember is being at my friend's house a few days before my party and she opens up her closet and points to the box sitting on a shelf. I probably started freaking out because her mom comes into the room and tells her daughter that was supposed to be a surprise! I guess my friend was too excited and had to tell me before I could open it!

When I played with this playset, I had Fizzy, Sherbet, and Peppermint Crunch help Scoops and Megan and Molly would sit at the table (since the ponies couldn't sit in those chairs!)