The tins are dated 2003, so I am guessing they were part of the wave of merch that came out around then. I have a tshirt from then still that has lofty and sundance on it and it's dated around the same time. Those are mostly art things from US fliers or cards so I'd guess they were probably produced for the market over there...I haven't seen them here I don't think? More than that I don't know specifically.
I haven't seen those plushes before. How weirdly cute. I think with the g2 tags they must be from the same kind of time frame as the keychains but I've never seen them come up on yahoo.jp...not that that means anything particularly. It's interesting that it's Blossom, Bow Tie and Cotton Candy - it's not the collector set but the y2 earthies. I wonder if the others also exist or if it's just those three.
Nice finds!
ooooh, how weird and cool! I love stuff like this - never thought to hunt for weird MLP stuff on Mercari, ooh..
How often do the other keyrings pop up on there/Yahoo Auctions, btw?
There were also small round tins of hard candy that had G1 ponies on them. I don't remember the exact year, but I thought it was during the G2 era (as in, the US G2 era) but maybe they were later. I bought them in Hot Topic. Off the top of my head, there was a Cupcake tin, a Bow-Tie tin (but she was in the sitting pose), and a flutter pony tin which IIRC featured Morning Glory.
I want those plushies, especially the takara fakie.
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Also what is Mercari?