Her color scheme is gorgeous, and I love Teeny Ponies, so she's a want for me.Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand cut!!! Lol
The Teenies are often mistaken for cats by the horse-clueless, and there definitely are some features that are more feline than equine. What doesn't help are the names- hers and Little Whiskers' both imply a cat theme, which is mysteriously absent. In the UK, Little Tabby was Little Lullabye, which makes sense due to the recycled name... But they also changed Little Whiskers to Little Rattles, which makes more sense logically, but why bother? Not that they really NEED another reason, but...
CONSPIRACY THEORY
What if, at some point in development, they WERE intended to be cats? They were released with the names intended for the cats in the US, either due to time or laziness, and then Hasbro UK gave them more fitting names. Perhaps the cat concept morphed into My Little Kitty, which came out the same year as the original Teenies?
But that's just a theory...a HORSE THEORY.
(omg thx 4 puttin up w me u rly dont have 2 lol)
Her color scheme is gorgeous, and I love Teeny Ponies, so she's a want for me.
The Teenies are often mistaken for cats by the horse-clueless, and there definitely are some features that are more feline than equine. What doesn't help are the names- hers and Little Whiskers' both imply a cat theme, which is mysteriously absent. In the UK, Little Tabby was Little Lullabye, which makes sense due to the recycled name... But they also changed Little Whiskers to Little Rattles, which makes more sense logically, but why bother? Not that they really NEED another reason, but...
CONSPIRACY THEORY
What if, at some point in development, they WERE intended to be cats? They were released with the names intended for the cats in the US, either due to time or laziness, and then Hasbro UK gave them more fitting names. Perhaps the cat concept morphed into My Little Kitty, which came out the same year as the original Teenies?
But that's just a theory...a HORSE THEORY.
(omg thx 4 puttin up w me u rly dont have 2 lol)
OmG MintyMyndi I liveDon't forget about My Little Puppy and My Little Bunny! And watch out for Little Pretties, as they're commonly claimed to be from Li'l Litters sets by sellers who've never actually seen a Li'l Litter critter. My favorite is when they acknowledge the Mattel markings on them!
(Also, how did I never know about My Little Kitty?! I smell another collection on the horizon..)
Another geek note but we call them Teeny Weeny ponies. I never thought about that being especially British but that's not how they were released in the US, so, US people - is Teeny Weeny something you would not say?
I do have her and her teeny tiny friends. I remember this weird story that they weren't supposed to be baby ponies but they were strunk by an wizard even though they were adult ponies which makes little sense. I guess the story was from the comics.
Cannot describe how happy it is to have someone other than Ponybookworm or I acknowledge or mention the UK names without prompting. Cookies for MintyMyndi. It should happen more than it does given how many UK people are on this forum.
Another geek note but we call them Teeny Weeny ponies. I never thought about that being especially British but that's not how they were released in the US, so, US people - is Teeny Weeny something you would not say?
I remember all of the cards starting with something about them arriving in ponyland and getting that name because the ponies commented "aren't they teeny?" "Aren't they weeny?"
I have the backcards for all of this set, I'm going to go picture digging.
ETA my photo for hers is not very good, but I am right about the set name, also that she's the youngest of the Teeny Weeny ponies.
Story in spoiler tag:Name explained, symbol explained, job done :O)SpoilerOne day four new Ponies arrived in Pony Land. "Aren't they teeny?" said one Pony. "Aren't they weeny?" said another. So of course, everyone now calls them the Teeny Weeny Ponies!
Every night, just before she goes to bed, the youngest Teeny Weeny Pony puts all her fluffy toys in their own tiny beds. Then she sings a lullabye to help them sleep. Her voice is so sweet; all the other ponies like to listen to her sing, and that's why her name is Little Lullabye.
I too think this set was originally intended to be cats between this pony being called Little Tabby and the one named Little Whiskers.
I don't like the molds at all. Not only do they not look like ponies . . . they don't really look like animals at this point? Like the regular Newborn Twin molds were unrealistic for foals but at least they had proportions of some type of animal (puppies). Little Tabby doesn't even have knees.
Another geek note but we call them Teeny Weeny ponies. I never thought about that being especially British but that's not how they were released in the US, so, US people - is Teeny Weeny something you would not say?
I remember all of the cards starting with something about them arriving in ponyland and getting that name because the ponies commented "aren't they teeny?" "Aren't they weeny?"
Another geek note but we call them Teeny Weeny ponies. I never thought about that being especially British but that's not how they were released in the US, so, US people - is Teeny Weeny something you would not say?
I remember all of the cards starting with something about them arriving in ponyland and getting that name because the ponies commented "aren't they teeny?" "Aren't they weeny?"
Here's another twist for the set name Taffeta. I was looking through my leaflets and there are actually TWO set names in use for them in the UK. In the 1992 year release leaflet (the big one with Pony Bride on the front that I think you could pick up in the toyshops it's copyright marked 1991 but is for 1992) they are called Teeny Weeny Baby Ponies BUT in the little leaflet from 1991 that came in the packs they are called Teeny Tiny Ponies (it's also copyright 1991).
So the plot of the set name thickens...
Cannot describe how happy it is to have someone other than Ponybookworm or I acknowledge or mention the UK names without prompting. Cookies for MintyMyndi. It should happen more than it does given how many UK people are on this forum.
I had Little Lullabye from childhood. I remember it because we went to Birmingham to the theatre. It was right before Christmas - I think the 23rd - and it must've been 1992. I bought her in Birmingham and 2 days later got Little Rattles with the Kitchen for Christmas.
I am not a fan of most US alternate names generally, but the cat theme does seem to be a thing here (May I also add that Honey Pie as a name feels like the disturbing precursor of a certain pink object we've been stuck with since 2003...)
However I want to put something else out there. Do we know that the UK changed the names of these ponies?
I'm reminded of Cherry Berry, a UK name for which we have absolute evidence began in the US but was amended later on for whatever reason to Crunch Berry. While it's true there's a release delay on this set vs North America, how can we know for certain that all the UK names were chosen by Hasbro UK, and that some of them didn't originate Stateside?
I mean, look at Little Rattles' symbol for a start. It's a rattle. No brainer right? Whiskers? What? Maybe they changed Lullabye and Rattles to Tabby & Whiskers because someone suggested they looked like kittens...
Or maybe not. We'll never know. Just knowing that it happened at least once means we can never be certain.
On topic, I have a second version of Little Lullabye as well (note in the UK we don't use Li'l, but the full word Little in their names). There are at least two versions of all this set. The second one was sent to me by Hasbro as a freebie when I wrote to them in 1995.
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Another geek note but we call them Teeny Weeny ponies. I never thought about that being especially British but that's not how they were released in the US, so, US people - is Teeny Weeny something you would not say?
I remember all of the cards starting with something about them arriving in ponyland and getting that name because the ponies commented "aren't they teeny?" "Aren't they weeny?"
I have the backcards for all of this set, I'm going to go picture digging.
ETA my photo for hers is not very good, but I am right about the set name, also that she's the youngest of the Teeny Weeny ponies.
Story in spoiler tag:Name explained, symbol explained, job done :O)SpoilerOne day four new Ponies arrived in Pony Land. "Aren't they teeny?" said one Pony. "Aren't they weeny?" said another. So of course, everyone now calls them the Teeny Weeny Ponies!
Every night, just before she goes to bed, the youngest Teeny Weeny Pony puts all her fluffy toys in their own tiny beds. Then she sings a lullabye to help them sleep. Her voice is so sweet; all the other ponies like to listen to her sing, and that's why her name is Little Lullabye.