I don't have a photo handy, but I recently got a FF Cotton Candy. I was excited to have her. I was cleaning her up with a soapy sponge and Magic Eraser, wearing gloves, and noticed that the Eraser was all pink, and there was some pink colour coming off of Cotton Candy, but she didn't look abnormal. I was very puzzled, and so finished cleaning her up and went online to try to find out what was happening. I read about plasticiser leakage, and how ponies with this process happening can feel sticky. Well, she felt sticky. She also has some brown/grey age spots that are large blotchy. So, I've never dealt with this before, and she is now quarantined until I figure out what to do with her. I guess this might be relatively tame, but I think this is the worst I've found thus far, in addition to the Peppermint Crunch I described in the other thread about her.

If I am looking for a new place to rent, and I send an information request within minutes of a new listing being posted, how am I made to wait days before getting a response, and how is that response, 'Sorry, it's been rented.'?

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I'm more and more curious about MLP around the world now, like how far-reaching it was for G1s, and what ones went where. Maybe I'll be able to find some information out when I begin my names quest, even if it's only just a tidbit.

I did some light searching, and was finally able to find some clearer photos of Finnish comic pages, as well as one photo of character cards. I'm working on making sure I have the names matched with the proper ponies, and translating them if I can. So far I've got Ylhäisyys for Majesty ('Highness'), Piikki for Spike ('spike'), Kuutamoinen for Moondancer ('moonlit, [of or relating to] moonlight'), Ihaa-na and Pikku Ihaa-na for Glory and Baby Glory (not sure what they mean), Kirsikkainen for Cherries Jubilee ('[of or relating to] cherry'), and Jätski for Lickety-Split (colloquial word for ice cream). I've got a small list going that I'm playing with on breaks from schoolwork. I think Masquerade is Ilveilijätär, and the word has something to do with theatre or being a clown or something, but I'm not quite sure how to translate it or why that word was chosen. 
I've no idea how common it was/is to use these names over English names, but I do enjoy that they exist!
Swedish is proving more difficult; I found one photo with part of a book page in the background, and the only name I was able to make out was Glory. So Glory may be Glory in Swedish. Still hunting. Haven't started on any others...yet. 

That's interesting that your Japanese friends found British English more difficult, because I think US English is just bonkers and pretty 'all over the place'; I don't like it too much, actually, even though it's what I know best. I think I never had a good fundamental grasp of English until I started learning French in school; something there made everything 'click' all of a sudden. I ended up learning more about English as a language, and found out that US English is just one variety in the whole of English. British English actually makes a lot more sense to me. Years back, I found out about spelling and vocabulary differences amongst all of the varieties of English, and found that I favour Commonwealth, particularly UK, (for lack of a better term) spellings, and started using them. Now I don't even really think about them and they're my default, though I probably have some US spellings still sprinkled in that I don't catch. I've gotten into arguments with people trying to 'correct' my spelling; one I think was over organise/organize, and I had to explain to them one, it's not 'incorrect', it's a standard and accepted spelling, and two, I don't like how common 'z' is in words, especially those of French origin, and 's' is much nicer to me and had no reason to be changed to 'z'. They eventually left me alone. Vocabulary is trickier; I predominantly use US common vocabulary (I'll say trunk and not boot, truck and not lorry, crib and not cot, things like that) but I like to know the variations because it's fun. My sentence structure can vary, even in speech too, not just writing. It depends on my surroundings; sometimes I start to mimic how others speak without realising, sometimes I stick with what I like and what makes sense, even if it differs from common speaking behaviours here. It's interesting this kind of hybrid system I've developed for myself, but it's made speaking and writing much easier for me over time. South Africa has my absolute favourite English accent, though, trilled r's and non-trilled r's.

I can't wait to visit any of the Nordic countries; everything I read or see about them seems so lovely, and they make so much sense from afar, at least. I want to see them in person, if I'm not too overwhelmed by sheer joy to function.

And yes, I am thoroughly enjoying this thread! 

I think that's an excellent explanation of something I've noticed as well, but wasn't quite sure how to articulate. I try, especially now, not to use 'US release' as a blanket term, but something else more generic or neutral like 'wide release' for 'US' ponies that were widely available around the globe, not just in the US. I could use 'US release' if there are truly any ponies that were only available in the US, but none come to mind that I know of. I thought some of the mail orders might fall under this category, but I'd imagine that they'd also have been available in Canada as well, so they can't be 'US releases'. I don't know for sure, but it would make sense to me if this were so. 'US release' would only make sense to me if it were to describe something about that particular release of a particular pony, not to denote exclusivity of that pony within the US and nowhere else.

I love the variety of releases around the world, within and amongst different countries, and Europe has so many, it is really fascinating. When I go pony hunting/shopping, I always look for regional varieties, usually specifically around Europe, before the widely-released ones because of this fascination.

Yep, as far as I could see (some of the photos were just fuzzy enough that I couldn't make out the name, but could get an idea from sentence structure and dialogue markers), there are G1 Finnish pony names. I'll have to do some digging around Instagram and the internet to try to find the photos that I've seen, but I remember making a mental note of it as something to revisit. I'm supposed to be doing schoolwork, but I'd much rather do that. 

A pony avalanche sounds heavenly, but I imagine in reality would be quite jarring and painful. Be careful if you decide to fetch your comics. 

It's interesting, I've never quite thought about the trend of separating the UK from the rest of Europe until just now...and not with ponies, just in general, it happens a lot...I think it's a language thing, like a subconscious anglophone-centric filter or bias, as well as a historical-ties thing. Somehow, at least from a possible US perspective, the UK and Republic of Ireland seem separate from the rest of Europe, I think because of a perception of more closeness, similarity, accessibility, and the like. But once you venture elsewhere into Europe, things start to become more 'foreign', more 'European', English becomes less dominant, customs may seem to differ more, and then there's a skewed perception that leads to unnecessary referencing habits. Hmmmm...

I always gravitate towards Minty more than to the others, even though it was only recently that finally I got [FF] Minty.

These are all so pretty! I can't wait for more posts. 

I will definitely let you know if I do that! We'll see how it develops; I'll see how far I can get on my own with the resources currently available, but eventually I may start some threads on here to compile names if I can't find them elsewhere.

(I'm especially excited for/curious about Nordic names, since Finnish and Swedish are my favourite languages.  )

That's good to know about the Wiki; I've only seen the one user, Absol, post occasionally, but the last post was from November last year, so I never put a priority on trying to point out the error. It was more a funny error to me anyway, so I would just chuckle and move along knowing what the name is supposed to be. I'll send them a message to see the next time that they're active on here, as well as on the Wiki since I just found their contact address.

I love that Italy made their own system; they're the only region I know of that did that.

From what I could find on the German site, and from literally translating the names into English and making reasonable assumptions as to their correspondence, any Sonnenglanz will be a Sunbright member, and any Sommerduft will be a Meadowsweet member. Based on that, I think it's safe to say that they are printing errors, but, I also don't speak German or have a lot of experience with cards and errors and such, so I stop short of trying to be absolutely definitive.

There's just so much cross-referencing and cross-checking that's necessary in trying to catalogue the names, I can understand the occurrence of errors and confusion. It's also quite funny to see sometimes (like the one photo from someone here, I think it was Fizzy on a baby sea pony card; maybe it was yours? I can't remember! ).

I think the Japanese would really just be for the love it, not so much for practical utility. Even if it is just transliterating the names and taking the most time on that, it would be fun to see and learn. I've always been curious about MLP in Japan too. I know that there were the Takaras, and the keychains that were made, but I wonder more about releases through the 80s, like if there's anything to discover, if it wasn't really a thing, or what. I have it in the realm of the South Africans, but even with them, I've found out more on them.

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wait...what is a "piggy" pony??

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They're Nirvana ponies from Spain.

oh...oh my gOD!! i am LAUGHING

I like Algodoncete's colors and symbol though. It's like a rain storm.

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I almost liked them when I saw this photo on Pinterest (I didn't know that their eyes open and close), but I realised that I just thought that the photo was very sweet. I see other pictures of them, and I may like a colour scheme or a name or a symbol, but overall, they are just not for me.