The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Off Topic => Toy Box & Games Cupboard => Topic started by: Duenia on May 25, 2017, 12:49:54 PM
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I'm curious if anyone is familiar with these or has additional information about them.
I had a handful of them when I was a kid and recently ran into them again online, which makes me want one or more >.>
So far what I've found is that they were produced by Tara Toy Corporation. It looks like the ones using the mold I like were around early 2000s. They're kinda like tiny colorful carousel ponies with brushable tails. I believe the same manufacturer does currently have another line out under the same name - kinda like how MLP has generations, and may have prior to them as well?
There were some little playsets - so far I've managed to confirm the existence of 8 (4 I'm unfamiliar with and the 4 I owned). They were in like a little clear plastic case with a handle with all their accessories. The case had a paper backdrop of what the area was supposed to resemble. I noticed somewhere they were also released as party favors at some point. Accessory and character wise for the playsets it looks like it was a mixed bag with the color variations and which pony went with each set. I remember that part being frustrating for little me.
I've seen some grainy images of the backs of some of the playsets and they seem to show some additional ones that I have no idea if they exist. I don't actually have one to compare though.
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I know them! I have a tiny collection (about four I think but half are packed away) and I have one of these playsets. :)
I'm not sure where all the pieces are packed away though... but mine was of a mall I think. It had a plant, a shopping bag, a toy horse and an ice cream stand along with one of the ponies with a brushable tail. (blue with green hair)
Really curious to see the images you found.
I've also seen other animals for sale that looked to be from the same company... I'm not sure if they're actually the same thing though?
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i thought i hadnt heard of them before but looking at the packaging i totally remember these! these ones especially, i think i had both of them.
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i don't anymore, but they are really cute. i wouldnt mind owning one again.
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I have the shopping mall fun one on the left but with different colors.
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Those sets are the ones that were new to me :)
I had the Living Room, Dance Club, Beauty Salon, and Jewelry Boutique.
I always tried to fit all the accessroies into one case like a little house. It never worked lol. No room for the pony.
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im nearly certain i had the pink mall set. possibly also the green one, but i dont remember anything about the playsets/accessories, just the ponies themselves.
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I went digging through my photobucket and found some pictures of my collection. ^.^
The two on the top left here:
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The blue one is a childhood pony of mine while the pink one is one my mom got at the thrift store.
I also have these three packed somewhere... it's not my photo but this was the seller I bought them from's picture:
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Lastly I'm pretty sure that I might have one other single white one somewhere...
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oh i for sure had the first purple one on the left of the second pic!
i wonder where they went..
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i thought i hadnt heard of them before but looking at the packaging i totally remember these! these ones especially, i think i had both of them.
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i don't anymore, but they are really cute. i wouldnt mind owning one again.
OMG! Blast from the past seeing them in those little containers. :D How cool!
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Aww they're cute! :inlove: I've never seen these before.