The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: NsMLPonies on July 21, 2017, 09:31:43 AM
-
Hi!
Does anyone know what line the disney My little ponies belong to? I've been seeing a lot of minnie mouse outfits for the ponies. could anyone possibly tell me what line these ponies belong to?
-
If they are G3 outfits, they came from Disney's Build-a-Pony feature at DisneyWorld. :) They had various outfits mimicking the outfits of Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, etc. The ponies offered at Build-a-Pony were just a selection of regular G3 ponies, not exclusives or anything. I know Cinnamon Breeze was one of them and I think Breezie might have been another.
-
Yes, what Lady Moondancer said :) For a limited time in around 2009, if you visited the Once Upon A Toy store in Disney World, you could pay a fixed price to fill a small box with as many ponies and Disney themed accessories as you could fit in the box. The available ponies were Cinnamon Breeze, Banjo Blue, Golden Delicious, and Spring Parade. The only variation I know of from the store releases is that the Disney ponies have a special sequence of numbers printed under a hoof. In addition, there were 4 boxed ponies dressed as Disney princesses also sold at the Disney park (or available through Hasbrotoyshop). These ponies were Minty, Pinkie Pie, Kimono, and Sparkleworks.
-
Thanks everyone! You could fill a box with princess ponies? That sounds amazing!
I'll go research the outfits some more. I might need a couple of Minnie mouse costumes. Lol.
-
Yes, it was a box that resembled a regular G3 box. :) The toy store had a "station" set up where there were bunches of loose accessories and the 4 different ponies that you can fill up the box with. They were like the regular release ponies, but you could dress them up to look like a variety of Disney princesses. :) I visited Disney World while the ponies were there and took photos. I may have to dig them up, but if I can find them I will post them here for you to see!
-
There were regular G3 accessories too, like parts from Moondancer's slumber party pack and a few others. Most of the pieces were exclusive though, and quite cute!
-
Ooh, I'm very interested to see photos of these. :) following! :ninja:
-
Yes, it was a box that resembled a regular G3 box. :) The toy store had a "station" set up where there were bunches of loose accessories and the 4 different ponies that you can fill up the box with. They were like the regular release ponies, but you could dress them up to look like a variety of Disney princesses. :) I visited Disney World while the ponies were there and took photos. I may have to dig them up, but if I can find them I will post them here for you to see!
Thank you! I'd love to see pics! :)
-
No problem! Here are some pics. A couple are watermarked but you can still get the idea ;)
Here is Sweetberry dressed as Minnie outside of the toy store :) Sweetberry was not sold at Disney World, but her outfit was part of Build-A-Pony.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
The Build-A-Pony room was so magical! Each "chute" had different accessories you could choose from to fill up your box.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
This was the box to fill with ponies and accessories.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
And the 4 ponies. These were not boxed but were loose so you can pick the ones you wanted.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
The Disney ponies have a sequence of numbers under their feet that the regular release ponies do not have.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
A close up of some accessories. While many accessories were unique, as Baby Sugarberry said some accessories were re-used from other store-bought sets. A few of these accessories had Disney logos on them.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
And these are the 4 boxed ponies that were also sold at Disney. They were not part of the Build-A-Pony station, but they could be bought separately.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
-
The Build-A-Pony room was so magical! Each "chute" had different accessories you could choose from to fill up your box.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
:dribble::dribble::dribble::drunk:
Wonderful photos, Brightglowpony!! Thanks for sharing :)
-
You are welcome and I'm so glad you enjoyed them!!! Wish that display could have stayed up longer, or forever! :happy:
-
I remember seeing this when I went to the parks in 2007! I thought it was super cute. :)
However, it was difficult to find every accessory that you might be trying to grab.
IIRC, the accessories were around for a few years and there were variations on what was available and when it was available. Based on google, it lasted from 2005 until 2010?
The pony wiki has some information, as well:
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Disney_Build-A-Pony
As a side note, the boxed ponies dressed as princesses were available in other Disney parks - Disneyland had them, as well as Disneyworld - but the Build A Pony display was only at Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs) in Florida
-
Gee was it a flat-rate sorta deal or did they charge by the accessory? That box looks pretty stuffed.
What a great idea and it shows that a Disney/Hasbro collaboration is possible so who knows what might happen someday.
Thanks for sharing the wonderful pics!
-
The idea was that you pay a certain amount and then you fill the box until its full. So if you were smart you put the small items and the clothes flat on the bottom and then the larger items/pony :)
I have seen the same system with Mr. Potato head in a Disney park many years ago.
Luckily a lot of the disney outfits are still available through sources like ebay
-
Oh wow, that must have been a fun time! It makes me wonder just how much you could get away with when stuffing those boxes. The accessory chutes are amazing!
-
That looks truly amazing... I think I would have gone absolutely nuts.
What surprises me is that we so very rarely find this Disney stuff secondhand in thrift stores!
-
No problem! Here are some pics. A couple are watermarked but you can still get the idea ;)
Here is Sweetberry dressed as Minnie outside of the toy store :) Sweetberry was not sold at Disney World, but her outfit was part of Build-A-Pony.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
The Build-A-Pony room was so magical! Each "chute" had different accessories you could choose from to fill up your box.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
This was the box to fill with ponies and accessories.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
And the 4 ponies. These were not boxed but were loose so you can pick the ones you wanted.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
The Disney ponies have a sequence of numbers under their feet that the regular release ponies do not have.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
A close up of some accessories. While many accessories were unique, as Baby Sugarberry said some accessories were re-used from other store-bought sets. A few of these accessories had Disney logos on them.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
And these are the 4 boxed ponies that were also sold at Disney. They were not part of the Build-A-Pony station, but they could be bought separately.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Beautiful! Thanks for the great pics!
-
Yeah, I was lucky enough to go once and I didn't even bother putting a pony in the box, just filled it to the brim with accessories. It's amazing how many you can squash in there. :P
-
I am glad everyone enjoyed the pics and thanks to everyone else who also shared bits of info about the Disney ponies :) And yes, it was a flat cost to fill the box (US $18.95) and if you packed it just right, you could fit all 4 ponies plus all/nearly all accessories in it.
-
Wow! I'd heard about Build a Pony and saw the ponies dressed up in the Disney princess outfits one time at the Disney store but I don't think I saw pictures of the box and build a pony station before. I would have loved to done this.
Ponyfan
-
Disney likes to go big! Pony accessory buffet, yaay!
If they did this again I'd spend extra time folding everything down to super-stuff the box...
Now I have to check the bottoms of all my G3 hooves to see if I have any Disney ones. I feel like I've seen such a number under one of them somewhere.
-
I almost think I've seen the numbers before too... of course I have so many G3s packed away I have no idea who all I even have. :P It's so easy to amass hundreds of them...
-
I absolutely loved this and was lucky enough to do it in 2007. I think I was able to get almost all the accessories in the box, plus a pony. They were lenient with the boxes too - if it closed in any kind of way, you were good with how stuffed it was.
I wish I had had one more chance to do it again. I only got the white pony and would have loved to get the others, the boxed ponies and double up on accessories.
Once Upon a Toy has changed a lot since then. Used to be one of my favorite stores, and now the back portion is a Bibbidy Boppity Boutique. They also cut down their DVDs and Books which were always fun to look at.
-
The Disney ponies have a sequence of numbers under their feet that the regular release ponies do not have.
visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Very interesting :what: