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Quote from: LadyMoondancer on August 09, 2018, 04:28:08 PMThey sent Collector ponies to various toy and "cutesy" (I don't know how else to describe them? bloggers with a pastel aesthetic?) Youtube bloggers, which was a pretty savvy move. A great way to get free publicity among audiences who are already into that 'look', for no more than $20 or $30 a pop.That is cool if you follow bloggers. I am not really into that. I am an old fart - LOL!
They sent Collector ponies to various toy and "cutesy" (I don't know how else to describe them? bloggers with a pastel aesthetic?) Youtube bloggers, which was a pretty savvy move. A great way to get free publicity among audiences who are already into that 'look', for no more than $20 or $30 a pop.
Whoo hoo on the ponies finally being in the UK. Well in the care of the post anyway. Something a little interesting happening on basic fun's facebook page at the minute is that the lady who designed the Pretty Parlour is commenting on the post about it.It seems that it was the first toy she designed outside of college and she was also responsible for the rereleases although she seems to think it came with a dog when it was in purple...
@ Taffeta They will be available in the store of All The Cool Stuff, which as far as I can tell is here: 64 St. Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 1AXNot living in the UK I have no idea where that is, LOL. But I emailed them asking if they would have them in their physical store and they said yes. In fact, they said they'd had a display of them up for some time!
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on August 10, 2018, 07:30:02 PM@ Taffeta They will be available in the store of All The Cool Stuff, which as far as I can tell is here: 64 St. Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 1AXNot living in the UK I have no idea where that is, LOL. But I emailed them asking if they would have them in their physical store and they said yes. In fact, they said they'd had a display of them up for some time!I am travelling down south to Portsmouth on Friday so, just *might* do a slight detour and see if I can find this shop in real life - even though I ordered from them online, it would be cool to see the ponies on display! Only slight problem being... I will have a 6-year-old pony fan with me who may encourage me to spend a bit more! ETA - it's 14 miles west, down the road from Peppa Pig World at Paulton's Park so that's a day out planned!
There's no reason to advertise to people like us who are following a 29 page thread about them, lol. Gotta reach the people who wouldn't otherwise hear about them.
This is me being VERY hopeful here, but did anyone else unbox their rainbow ponies (don't judge me. Starshine smells like freaking marshmallows and I just had to sniff at her!) Only to notice the inner box art features Seaponies as well as Sprinkles, the waterfall, Duck Soup and Brandy the dog? OMG, is this a sign of things to come?! Cross ALL your fingers! Unicorns and Pegasus are next, according to the Basic Fun toy company!!
Quote from: aria_elwen on August 10, 2018, 02:43:19 PMWhoo hoo on the ponies finally being in the UK. Well in the care of the post anyway. Something a little interesting happening on basic fun's facebook page at the minute is that the lady who designed the Pretty Parlour is commenting on the post about it.It seems that it was the first toy she designed outside of college and she was also responsible for the rereleases although she seems to think it came with a dog when it was in purple...I'm looking at this now and I'm confused. I don't see where she says that she is responsible for the rereleases?Her first post is:QuoteOmg! I designed the my lil pony pretty parlor playset 35 years ago when I was a 👩🏼🎨 designer at Hasbro! Thanks for the nostalgia!Which doesn't really sound like she was involved much with the reproductions to me.Then someone posts separately this question:QuoteIs it just me or did you use Custard’s mold for the kitty instead of the cat the set originally came with?and the previous person repliesQuoteAwesome observation! Yes all the pieces r in the same injection molded molds except the animals are rotomolded so they can be switched around! The next year I did it in purple with a 🐶 dog!I find this reply really odd since it is still unclear as to whether she is talking about the retro releases or the originals. If she is talking about the retro releases then why does she end her comment using past language? If she is talking about the originals then it seems like she doesn't know what she is talking about? Because the original releases did not use the same animals as SSC as far as I know.
Omg! I designed the my lil pony pretty parlor playset 35 years ago when I was a 👩🏼🎨 designer at Hasbro! Thanks for the nostalgia!
Is it just me or did you use Custard’s mold for the kitty instead of the cat the set originally came with?
Awesome observation! Yes all the pieces r in the same injection molded molds except the animals are rotomolded so they can be switched around! The next year I did it in purple with a 🐶 dog!
She was talking about the originals. I was referring to the rereleases of the Pretty Parlour as the Brush me Beautiful Boutique/Grooming Parlour since that is pretty much how she referred to them as since she said "next year". I wasn't talking about the "retro" rerelease.Basically Brush me Beautiful/Grooming Parlour are rereleases of the Pretty Parlour in a different colourscheme.I got the idea she misread the comment about the cat.
I visited two local Targets, and there wasn't even a space for them in the MLP section. Unless I'm looking in the wrong location for these.