The Tiffany thing immediately made me think of a bizarre drawing I did a couple of years ago.
See, Hasbro? It’s just frightening.
Seeing that scan of the story Carrehz posted, I realised that the UK one DOES correct the hands issue. It still mentions mittens, but it says to keep them warm in the winter cold instead. So the UK understands that ponies don't have hands. But can still wear mittens.
Seeing that scan of the story Carrehz posted, I realised that the UK one DOES correct the hands issue. It still mentions mittens, but it says to keep them warm in the winter cold instead. So the UK understands that ponies don't have hands. But can still wear mittens.
....huh. Well, it's a step in the right direction, I suppose.
Earth Ponies have blinking magic! Apple Delights, Dainty, Chief, off the top of my head. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples.
Dusk was falling over the forest when Baby Moondancer donned her tutu and ballet slippers to practice her dance steps. "Extend and stretch," she remembered, just like her mother, Moondancer, taught her. Suddenly, she lost her balance and fell onto a bed of soft moss. "I'll never learn to dance like a real ballerina," she sighed.
Mr. Moon was watching Baby Moondancer pull herself to her feet. "Don't stop because of a little fall," the Moon urged. "I'll help you dance by casting my shadow on the ground where you should take each step." Baby Moondancer followed Mr. Moon's instructions. Soon she was pirouetting and swaying with ease.
While she danced, the wind quietly called Mother Moondancer to the forest. She was very proud indeed of her little ballerina.
Sunbeam had a wonderful idea. "It's time to have a party for all my friends," she thought. "I'll invite the sun, the clouds, the rainbow, and all of pony land. It will be a very special party."
Everyone came. The ponies feasted on wonderful food and danced until dark. Then the wind carried Firefly, Sunbeam, and Moondancer high above the castle. Soon beautiful colors danced across the sky - the fireworks had begun! All the ponies cheered and stamped their hoofs with glee. They had never seen anything like it. Sunbeam's party was a great success!
It was a very special day for Windy, the fastest of all the rainbow ponies. She was the winner of the annual Rainbow Race held at the Dream Castle. In celebration, Majesty had invited everyone to an ice cream party.
The party was held outside in the royal courtyard. Majesty started scooping out the many colorful flavors of ice cream just when Windy whistled in like a comet.
"I see something is missing!" Windy said to the sun. With a toss of her mane, she was gone on the wind, leaving a rainbow of light in her wake. She stopped in the strawberry patch and a pineapple grove and even gathered nectar from the flowers.
"These will make more than enough toppings for our ice cream sundaes!" she thought to herself. And with a wink of her eye, she rode the rainbow all the way back to the party. Her friends were delighted and they gave her the biggest serving of all!
On a cool rainy morning Starshine was ready for excitement. "I want to have some fun today!" she shouted to the dark giant rain clouds. Stamping her hoof impatiently on the ground, she pleaded, "Send me on a secret rainbow journey!" The clouds opened and a multi-colored beam of light swooped down to lift her up into the sky!
Traveling in the beautiful light, Starshine's rainbow-colored hair stretched out behind her like the tail of a shooting star. The light carried her on a special adventure to a land of enchantment and magic!
"Hi, Ho my brightly colored beauty!" shouted the Milky Way. Starshine winked at a comet and laughed with the man in the moon. By evening she was home again. "This has been a very exciting day indeed!" she thought as she gazed up at the sky. Twinkling down the stars whispered, "Come back again, Starshine!"
Posey was busily planting new rows of tulips in her garden when she spotted a fierce grey raincloud overhead. "The rain will wash away my newly planted tulip bulbs and ruin my garden." she sighed. Parasol, racing through the clouds in search of a rainbow, heard her plea. "Don't worry Posey." Parasol Shouted. Ï'll protect your tulips." Parasol jumped into the raincloud. She tossed her rainbow mane and tail and dozen of pretty parasols fell from the clouds to cover her tulip beds. "Thank you, Parasol" Posey said handing her friend a bouquet of her finest tulips.
Long ago on one warm and misty night, Twilight wanted to make a wish. Her keen eyes roamed the dark sky. "I do not see a single star to make a wish upon," she said as she reared and pointed her horn at the moon. "Oh, dear Moon, please bring out a star for me tonight." Suddenly, the sky was ablaze with light. Every single star that existed shone down on Twilight. "Make your wish quickly, Twilight!" boomed the Moon. Twilight wished that all the stars would shine so bright on that same night every year. Now all the ponies come out to make their own special wishes on these starry, starry nights.
Baby Glory stopped at the pond for a cool drink after a hard day at play. As she bent down, a shiny pebble bounced off her hoof and into the pond. The ripple it made was dazzling, growing larger as it spread out into the water. Suddenly, the pond stood very still. Baby Glory could see her reflection in the water. It was like looking into a mirror!
"Make a wish Baby Glory," the voice from the water whispered. She closed her eyes and said dreamily, "I wish for a special friend to ride with me through the clouds, catch falling stars and chase rainbows."
Because she believed in magic, Baby Glory knew that someday, her wish would come true.
Dainty and the Apple Delight family are ones I like to tell people about, especially non-g1 fans.
Apple Delight:
It was apple picking day in Ponyland! Daddy Apple Delight picked apples and gave them to Mommy Apple Delight to put in a basket. "I'm too little to reach the branches," said Baby Apple Delight, trying to reach an apple. Smiling at Baby Apple Delight, Daddy Apple Delight placed a leaf on the ground, and Mommy Apple Delight placed an apple on the leaf. When they blinked their eyes, the leaf and apple grew into a baby sized tree, filled with tiny red apples! "I can pick these apples!" laughed Baby Apple Delight, taking an apple from the little tree and placing it in the basket!
Dainty:
While waiting for a chocolate soda at the Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe, Dainty noticed something was missing. "There are no flowers in here!" she thought. She blinked her eyes and suddenly, there were flowers everywhere! Ice cream cones burst into vases of violets, the soda fountain poured out a stream of rose petals, and a jar of cherries became the largest bouquet of pink carnations anyone had ever seen! Dainty smiled as she served everyone ice cream sundaes topped with daisies.
Seeing that scan of the story Carrehz posted, I realised that the UK one DOES correct the hands issue. It still mentions mittens, but it says to keep them warm in the winter cold instead. So the UK understands that ponies don't have hands. But can still wear mittens.
....huh. Well, it's a step in the right direction, I suppose.
Seems a bit halfhearted to me. Like UK Hasbro was on the fence.
I sort of imagine a creative input meeting.
"Well, we can't have 'hands'. They don't have 'hands'."
"But can we have mittens?"
"I dunno. I mean, mittens don't have that many finger holes, do they?"
"Well, no, but...they do have thumb sections. And ponies don't have thumbs..."
"But we keep writing stories about them painting, eating and doing other stuff with hooves."
"Yes, but that's imagination!"
"So we can't imagine them with mittens?"
"But what about booties? They're for feet!"
"Ponies don'thave feet either. They have hooves."
"Horseshoes, then?"
"How would that keep them warm?"
"Well, then, horse booties."
"Yes, but mittens are cuter!"
"...Let's take a vote."
Munchy's comes to mind:
After the last baseball game of the season, Munchy called the ponies together to give them a special surprise. "Follow me!" she cried, leading them to a pile of baseball bats and baseballs. When she wiggled her nose, the bats burst into hot dogs, and the balls turned into bags of french fries! "This is better than a home run!" Slugger cheered, biting into his third hot dog!
Ponies eating hot dogs is so wrong.
Seeing that scan of the story Carrehz posted, I realised that the UK one DOES correct the hands issue. It still mentions mittens, but it says to keep them warm in the winter cold instead. So the UK understands that ponies don't have hands. But can still wear mittens.
....huh. Well, it's a step in the right direction, I suppose.
Seems a bit halfhearted to me. Like UK Hasbro was on the fence.
I sort of imagine a creative input meeting.
"Well, we can't have 'hands'. They don't have 'hands'."
"But can we have mittens?"
"I dunno. I mean, mittens don't have that many finger holes, do they?"
"Well, no, but...they do have thumb sections. And ponies don't have thumbs..."
"But we keep writing stories about them painting, eating and doing other stuff with hooves."
"Yes, but that's imagination!"
"So we can't imagine them with mittens?"
"But what about booties? They're for feet!"
"Ponies don'thave feet either. They have hooves."
"Horseshoes, then?"
"How would that keep them warm?"
"Well, then, horse booties."
"Yes, but mittens are cuter!"
"...Let's take a vote."
Somewhere I picture in Hasbro UK, back in the '80's, there was this total panic as workers realised that a meeting would have to be held. Apparently the ponies now had HANDS. And something had to be done about this confusion. Blimey, what was Hasbro HQ *thinking*!? Put on the tea, nobody is leaving until we figure this out! In the end, they just poured medicinal whisky into the tea and got the work out the door. :D
I like how her story involves neither berries nor chocolate chips.