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Quote from: Taffeta on March 20, 2020, 09:57:32 AMOn the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids. I'm not sure why the ones who grew up with it don't do this, as you'd think they'd be the first to do this...
On the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids.
Quote from: SunPony on March 19, 2020, 04:42:27 PMQuote from: caseysealia on March 19, 2020, 10:02:49 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on March 19, 2020, 09:31:06 AMQuote from: Tropical_Sunset on March 19, 2020, 09:00:11 AMQuote from: SunPony on March 18, 2020, 07:56:14 PMQuote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist! I'm fairly certain I've seen customs like that in the past, but its been a long while! Edit: found them! https://www.deviantart.com/woosie/art/Merry-Go-Round-ponies-Set-2-203225055
Quote from: caseysealia on March 19, 2020, 10:02:49 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on March 19, 2020, 09:31:06 AMQuote from: Tropical_Sunset on March 19, 2020, 09:00:11 AMQuote from: SunPony on March 18, 2020, 07:56:14 PMQuote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist!
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on March 19, 2020, 09:31:06 AMQuote from: Tropical_Sunset on March 19, 2020, 09:00:11 AMQuote from: SunPony on March 18, 2020, 07:56:14 PMQuote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3
Quote from: Tropical_Sunset on March 19, 2020, 09:00:11 AMQuote from: SunPony on March 18, 2020, 07:56:14 PMQuote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.Could you have imagined MGR G3s?!
Quote from: SunPony on March 18, 2020, 07:56:14 PMQuote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Quote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Quote from: caseysealia on March 20, 2020, 12:24:23 PMQuote from: SunPony on March 19, 2020, 04:42:27 PMQuote from: caseysealia on March 19, 2020, 10:02:49 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on March 19, 2020, 09:31:06 AMQuote from: Tropical_Sunset on March 19, 2020, 09:00:11 AMQuote from: SunPony on March 18, 2020, 07:56:14 PMQuote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist! I'm fairly certain I've seen customs like that in the past, but its been a long while! Edit: found them! https://www.deviantart.com/woosie/art/Merry-Go-Round-ponies-Set-2-203225055Oh my gosh those are gorgeous! Thanks for finding them and sharing!
Quote from: SunPony on March 21, 2020, 03:34:13 PMQuote from: caseysealia on March 20, 2020, 12:24:23 PMQuote from: SunPony on March 19, 2020, 04:42:27 PMQuote from: caseysealia on March 19, 2020, 10:02:49 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on March 19, 2020, 09:31:06 AMQuote from: Tropical_Sunset on March 19, 2020, 09:00:11 AMQuote from: SunPony on March 18, 2020, 07:56:14 PMQuote from: Queen Sophie on March 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PMI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist! I'm fairly certain I've seen customs like that in the past, but its been a long while! Edit: found them! https://www.deviantart.com/woosie/art/Merry-Go-Round-ponies-Set-2-203225055Oh my gosh those are gorgeous! Thanks for finding them and sharing! Of course!
This is slightly off topic but because Woolworths imported the Candy Canes in US boxes and sold them here (all six) while the four set were being sold in other places, Molasses is technically a UK name as well. I actually have an Xmas list from when I was a kid which says Candy Cane Molasses on it, although I had no recollection of this name when I came online and it's not in the comics. Most of my ponies came from Woolworths so my only explanation is that I saw one on the shelves. I didn't get her so it remains a mystery - but CC ponies (including Mint Dreams and Lemon Treats) are confirmed as imports here. So we can claim that name.I agree, it's the only US variant name I give any credence to because it avoids a repeat.Your customs are cute
We only had 3 of the six sets, but those we did have had different names in the UK. Albeit whether they are any better...Jabber and Jebber = Tickles & Giggles Speckles & Bunkie = Fleecy and FluffySticky and Sniffles = Tuggles and Toddles.On the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids.
In my opinion Jebber could have been named "Jibber" so that set of twins could have made the phrase "Jibber-Jabber" (meaning talking so fast, you don't understand - though I may have also heard it to mean "talking nonsense".) I also googled "Bunkie" and the only thing I found (though I didn't search for long) was that it could be slang for a bunk mate - nothing to do with Speckles whatsoever as far as I can see, and when I search for both words, I just get the ponies. I even tried searching "Safety Pin" (as in their symbols) with each name to see if I could find significance, but no.But yeah... the names you mentioned in general aren't the best, in my opinion either.Quote from: Taffeta on March 20, 2020, 09:57:32 AMOn the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids. I'm not sure why the ones who grew up with it don't do this, as you'd think they'd be the first to do this...For me, (I came in as an adult) I tend to lean to the US names, because that's what I discovered them as, but I may choose the names I prefer out of the two for my project, or even compromise, like I planned to do for the canon names and the brony names in G4 (though if I recall correctly, only two G4 ponies really kept my "compromises" - and Hasbro compromised with "Lyra/Heartstrings" the same way I was going to anyway.)I'll have a look through what the US/UK names in G1 are, and see which I like better, or if there are anyways to use both if I choose to in writing - for example, Sweet Stuff was called Sweetie in UK, but that's an easy one to compromise, as "Sweetie" could easily be Sweet Stuff's nickname anyway.
The pony name that always gets me is Woosie. I always picture a drunk or sick pony. Sometimes I think Hasbro came up with some of the pony names at the company cocktail party. I grew up in the US so I didn't know the UK had different names for ponies until I joined the Arena but I try to use both names if I know them like Princess Tiffany/Pearl Sguarberry/Strawberry Fair etc.. Ponyfan
I think "Bunkie" refers to Bunkie beds/boards used in baby beds. In the 80s the term was used more often in the US. At least, where I lived it was common. I think the name is cute.I did hate when Hasbro reused names. Baby Gusty got robbed.
I think flamingos are tacky as a decoration, (I like them IRL) but after getting Tropical Breeze and drooling over Fair Feathers I want MORE Mingo Ponies!
Aand, I think Tic Tac Toe is a very underrated pony. Especially the baby. I mean, look at the colours in her mane and tail! I love that colour combo!
Maybe not really about ponies, but something that annoys me is the use of numbering variants from the mlp wiki. Like "this is Italian Blossom variant nr 3" in sales posts and such. It's not like they have a distinct official number on which one is which, they just happens to be numbered that way because of the appearence on a list. Aand, I think Tic Tac Toe is a very underrated pony. Especially the baby. I mean, look at the colours in her mane and tail! I love that colour combo!