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Title: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: mlp4me on April 05, 2018, 05:37:25 AM
Happy Thursday! Continuing with the sports theme this week...
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Do you have him? What do you think of him? Share some more pics!


I have him. Love his monochromatic hair/body.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: PoserBeachball on April 05, 2018, 06:18:39 AM
I love him

Though being in the UK he's a rugby player right - so ours is nicknamed 'Fly Half'
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Taffeta on April 05, 2018, 06:31:26 AM
Haha XD Yes, I think he's a rugby player here too ;) although no self-respecting rugby player would play with a helmet, right?? XD

Fly Half seems an appropriate name. Never knew why they didn't change his name when they changed some of the others O.O.

Here's mine :)
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Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: mewthemew on April 05, 2018, 06:50:04 AM
Aww! any Gen 1 boy pony is an automatic approval from me. Gotta love that helmet! The ear holes don't seem very practical, but who cares? It's cute!
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 05, 2018, 06:52:20 AM
He's on DD's wishlist and I sure wouldn't mind having him. What a handsome boy.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Safflower on April 05, 2018, 07:07:57 AM
Sports aren't my favorite thing, but he would definitely be a welcomed addition :)
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on April 05, 2018, 07:29:09 AM
Want him, all the big brother ponies are really cute!
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: bright rabbit 1 on April 05, 2018, 08:10:29 AM
Have him, well I custom a very bag haired Barnacle pony into him, I done his hair in his cartoon counterpart. All I need to do is paint over the glue residue from the sticking of the head (talking like Starfire here), and do the symbols.


Have you noticed that in the episode that the Big Brother ponies are in, they call him Score (which is his U.K name)
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: LadyMoondancer on April 05, 2018, 08:17:19 AM
I think he's the blandest of the Big Brother ponies.  His symbol just strikes me as being extremely lazy.   Like, it seems like they could have had more than just the football.  The football as it flies through the goal post thing, for example.  Or at least some 'movement' lines.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Miniature Sheep on April 05, 2018, 08:22:49 AM
He's very cute but I probably wouldn't actively seek him out.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on April 05, 2018, 08:35:03 AM
He reminds me a lot of Tux n' Tails. Don't have him yet!
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Taffeta on April 05, 2018, 10:05:16 AM
Have him, well I custom a very bag haired Barnacle pony into him, I done his hair in his cartoon counterpart. All I need to do is paint over the glue residue from the sticking of the head (talking like Starfire here), and do the symbols.


Have you noticed that in the episode that the Big Brother ponies are in, they call him Score (which is his U.K name)

Actually, his UK name is Quarterback, like in the US...
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...but you are right the name in the episode is different. I wonder if it was under consideration. I mean, they changed Ice Crystal and Thundercloud (they were originally Frosty and Storm, which would have been a trademarking nightmare) between planning and release in the UK. They're named this in the UK Hasbro catalogue and one of the tags for Snuzzle's 1987 Grooming Parlour actually says 'Storm' on it, with Thundercloud's symbol.:
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The show also calls the unicorn princess Lilac if I remember rightly, in the Quest for the Princess Ponies (whereas her uS name is normally Sparkle). Names like Cherry Berry were also originally intended for the US but got changed (here, Crunch Berry) although Cherry Berry came back in G4.

Maybe they did think of making Score his name. But I have always thought it odd that they didn't change his name from Quarterback here. Score is more generic, so it would have made more sense...
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: shabbychicdee on April 05, 2018, 03:16:25 PM
i love this guy. mine for some reason smells sooo good. i am however in desperate neeeeeeeeeeed of his bandana :lol:
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on April 05, 2018, 03:30:34 PM
I have them, but I am missing the bandana for them, I do have his hat though.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: elish2 on April 06, 2018, 06:11:28 AM
Have him, won't repost a pic of him cause the main picture is mine from the Wiki.  :lol:
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: LadyMoondancer on April 06, 2018, 06:23:00 AM
@Taffeta  I have a Hasbro Toy Fair catalog that shows Steamer under the name of Casey.  :)  (I think everyone else had their regular American names.)

I did a little googling, and it seems like the name Casey is associated with railroad engineers thanks to  Casey Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones), a late-1800s train engineer who died heroically in a train crash.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Taffeta on April 06, 2018, 06:49:35 AM
@Taffeta  I have a Hasbro Toy Fair catalog that shows Steamer under the name of Casey.  :)  (I think everyone else had their regular American names.)

I did a little googling, and it seems like the name Casey is associated with railroad engineers thanks to  Casey Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones), a late-1800s train engineer who died heroically in a train crash.

Which may explain the choice of Casey Jones as the character in the Turtles, too. Interesting. Thanks for that tidbit :D
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Carrehz on April 07, 2018, 09:39:23 AM
I've always wondered about "Score"/"Lilac", too. I'm guessing that perhaps those were names Hasbro were considering for them and the names still hadn't been finalized by the time those episodes went into production.. and then by the time the names WERE finalized, it was too late to change it for the cartoon, or no one got round to telling the cartoon people that their names had changed? That or there was a miscommunication somewhere down the line, I suppose. It's weird.

Casey would've been a cute name for Steamer ^o^ And, I've always thought it was weird that QB wasn't renamed for the UK.. IMO his name is the most American out of the Big Brothers', so you'd think they'd change it? Odd.

Anyway, I'm rambling. Here's mine :)

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(hmm, not the best photo of him, I'll admit. I should take a better one sometime.)

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I love boy ponies ^_^
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: LadyMoondancer on April 07, 2018, 11:20:43 AM
I guess with an American football on his rump, they just shrugged their shoulders and went with the American-ness of him.

I too think that Princess Lilac was probably a 'prototype' name for Princess Sparkle . . . Her medallion is flower-shaped and her backcard story specifically involves lilacs.

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Princess Sparkle gazed at the pretty spring morning, eager for the day ahead. Today she was going to surprise her forest friends with a special visit! She packed a picnic basket then went to the garden to pick some flowers, but they were gone! She headed for the woods anyway, but no one was there when she arrived! "Mr. Owl! Bunny Rabbit!" she called. No one answered. Suddenly she heard a rustling noise nearby. She followed it and to her surprise, her friends had planned a tea party especially for her! "But how did you know I was coming today?" Sparkle asked. "That was easy," laughed Mrs. Skunk. "We picked your pretty lilacs and knew you'd follow the scent!"

She's also a light lavender, like a lot of lilacs . . . I actually prefer Princess Lilac over Princess Sparkle as a name.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: PoserBeachball on April 07, 2018, 12:14:26 PM
I can absolutely understand why he's not called Score...........especially with Slugger's alternative name in the same set !!!
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Carrehz on April 07, 2018, 01:11:13 PM
I can absolutely understand why he's not called Score...........especially with Slugger's alternative name in the same set !!!

 :snicker:
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: achab1984 on April 07, 2018, 01:40:28 PM
Don't have him.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Taffeta on April 07, 2018, 02:26:01 PM
I can absolutely understand why he's not called Score...........especially with Slugger's alternative name in the same set !!!

 :snicker:

That only makes sense if you forget that they already did Pillow Talk, Night Cap and Pink Dreams in the same set.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Carrehz on April 07, 2018, 05:34:40 PM
I can absolutely understand why he's not called Score...........especially with Slugger's alternative name in the same set !!!

 :snicker:

That only makes sense if you forget that they already did Pillow Talk, Night Cap and Pink Dreams in the same set.

See, with Nightcap and Pink Dreams I figure maybe they just didn't think their names through properly. But Pillow Talk... c'mon, they knew exactly what they were doing when they named her that. :P
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: Taffeta on April 08, 2018, 05:05:03 AM
I can absolutely understand why he's not called Score...........especially with Slugger's alternative name in the same set !!!

 :snicker:

That only makes sense if you forget that they already did Pillow Talk, Night Cap and Pink Dreams in the same set.

See, with Nightcap and Pink Dreams I figure maybe they just didn't think their names through properly. But Pillow Talk... c'mon, they knew exactly what they were doing when they named her that. :P

Night Cap and Pink Dreams only really become concerning when put together with Pillow Talk xD.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: starstrider on April 08, 2018, 06:11:30 AM
I don't have any of the Big Brother ponies yet.  One day I'd love to have complete sets of them, but right now they're not high on my priority list.  One day though.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: applejackbunny on April 08, 2018, 01:20:23 PM
I think he's the blandest of the Big Brother ponies.  His symbol just strikes me as being extremely lazy.   Like, it seems like they could have had more than just the football.  The football as it flies through the goal post thing, for example.  Or at least some 'movement' lines.

This! He's one of the few boys I *won't* be buying. I like his colour but dislike his symbol and I'm not into American football so...pass for me.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: northstar3184 on April 12, 2018, 09:06:27 PM
I'm undecided on him. I like his colors but don't like football.
Title: Re: POTD 4/5/18 Quarterback
Post by: himmie on April 14, 2018, 07:14:25 PM
Army. I don't like him as much as some of the others boys but have still managed to acquire quite a few including US and UK MOC. I can confirm that his name is Quarterback on both. :)
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