Hi Everyone,

A new section on www.strawberryreef.com has been created for G5 A New Generation ponies.

Please let me know if I'm missing anything or if you see something new or if you notice any variations between releases if I don't have it specified under their picture.

Enjoy... I can't believe there are already so many releases out or coming soon!

https://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G5/BodyType/G5regular.html
https://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G5/BodyType/G5mini.html
https://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G5/BodyType/G5plush.html

I also would eventually like to replace the stock photos with regular photos, especially for those that have accessories on so if you have clear high resolution pictures of ponies with no accessories and white background, I would appreciate it and will credit you on the site if your photo is used.

Thanks so much for your help!
SR 

P.S.  I'm slowly but surely updating the other sections of the site as well

Hi Pony Peeps...  This came up in an unrelated post and I was hoping to get help to make the G1 section of www.strawberryreef.com as helpful as possible...  My questions are in response to Taffeta's concerns but I also wanted to get everyone's input before considering a reformatting of the G1 section.  I do not collect Nirvana ponies so I rely on you all for your expertise.  For those that don't know, I was on a very long break from ponies due to medical and family issues but I'm back and hoping to *reboot* the site    Please see the questions below.  Thanks so much!

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Imagine as a kid in Europe you have the walking pose Twisty Tail and Pretty Vision in your childhood collection.

You want to ID them both. You bought them together.

But in order to find them, right now you have to know to go to the US section for Pretty Vision and the UK variant section for walking pose Twisty Tail.

Imagine that happening 20 times over and over as you go through your collection.

I get a lot of emails about ID from people in the UK who are confused. The thing is people on the Arena mostly have just learned to deal with the inconvenience of a US-centric system and know where to look for things, but if you don't know where to look, it's a bit of a problem to figure out.

The original pony sites were written for a US audience because that was the community. It's not the community any more, just a portion of it. Yet we're still dealing with the US-centric system rather than a more global system to make ID easy for everyone.

I've done a rudimentary list based on the pages you have up at the moment. I feel like warning you that to really go through and do the country releases, you're probably jumping down a rabbit hole you may never get out of. BUT I do think there are some fixes you can tackle easily on the existing site.

The problem is that most of the mainstream sites are built from other sites, rather than original research. And that's how mistakes perpetuate. It's hard to do an ID site from raw source material now, because a lot doesn't survive or is already in other collectors' hands. I think that's one reason people haven't attempted it, or have stuck to the US release as it's more effectively documented. But the reality is that there are no US exclusive ponies, and the various other country releases are more complex and don't fit into the US year timeline. When sites try and fit them into that timeline, you get messes like the timeline on the Wiki, which has frankly no idea when some ponies were sold or what set they belonged to.

Again, not helpful for people outside the US trying to ID their collections.
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1. Does the ID by pony color help this issue? It is not country specific. https://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G1/G1index.html
2. Am I better off eliminating the "By country" section all together?  https://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G1/G1country.html
3. What do you feel is the best way to "group" the ponies if aside from color and country release? By Year?  By Hoof markings?
4. Is there a list of ponies that were only manufactured/released in *one* country making them a country exclusive?  Or were they all released in multiple countries in a specific region?
5.  What makes a pony Venezuelan or Brazilian or Greek?  Is it the hoof markings or the manufacturer or where it was released?
6.  If there are collectors that only like the features of Italian or Greek ponies, what is the best way to group them if at all?  Or is there not really an "Italian" pony?
7.  What should be considered "Euro or International Exclusive" if any?
8.  How would YOU like to see G1s grouped together?

I'm so confused... Please help a G3 collector out

Are CMC considered G4 or G4.5 or both?  If both, does anyone know which sets belong to G4.5?

Thank you!

Hi.  I am working on the www.strawberryreef.com G4 checklists and came across 12" Funrise plushies on the Funrise website.  I was only aware of 5", 10" and 20" for the standard releases.  Does anyone have these 12" plush (some of the descriptions list them as Kmart exclusive) and also a 10" plush to compare sizes.

http://www.funrise.com/listing.aspx?id=73&p=1

Any info on these would be greatly appreciated! The website lists the following ponies in this size.

Twilight Sparkle (Princess)
Applejack
Rainbow Dash
Cheerilee
Pinkie Pie

Thanks!

EDIT:  Ok, I think I have all the codes right... please let me know if anyone got the Purple/Pink version of Royal Riff... I suspect it is just the prototype picture that is different, not the actual release.

Here are the UK ponies and the codes I have so far - Can anyone confirm the letter codes and card numbers I have listed as well as help with the other codes/numbers for the UK release?  To confirm that you have the UK release, the bag says "Collect all 12" and also only has Applejack on the right of the bag, and it has Flim and Granny Smith on the left of the bag.

AA - #01 - Rainbow Dash
AB - #02 - Applejack
AC - #03 - Fluttershy
AD - #04 - Flower Wishes
AE - #05 - Skywishes
AF - #06 - Gardenia Glow
AG - #07 - Lemon Hearts
AH - #08 - Big MacIntosh
AI - #09 - Granny Smith
AK - #10 - Comet Tail
AL - #11 - Royal Riff (did anyone get the purple/pink version or is it just prototype pic on bag???)
AM - #12 - Flim Skim

Thanks for all your help!
Strawberry Reef

I finally finished them and will be updating 2013 as time permits! Please look them over and let me know if you see any mistakes or anything I missed.

http://strawberryreef.com/Checklists/checkIndex.html

I added a G4 hair color guide to the site (http://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G4/G4hair.html) and there are a few ponies that I don't own so I can't match their hair.

Does anyone own these ponies and can tell me if their hair matches any other G4 ponies that are not listed? For instance Blossomforth's pink matches Pinkie Pie's pink. I am looking for an EXACT match, not similar.

1. Skywishes
2. Rainbow Flash
3. Star Dreams
4. Cheerilee (Schoolhouse version)
5. Pony (Fashion)

I appreciate any help!

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http://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/Name/sweetsongFIM.html