I have several prototypes in my collection found in the UK. I am not saying they were made in the UK. Just found there.

And the UK has been referred to by lots of collectors as a dumping ground for international protos. Weather or not this is an official hasbro dump or a coincidence if traveling pony owners certainly many prototypes have been found in the UK.

The prototypes i have in my collection that were found in the UK are prototype sunnybunch, prototype painting time, prototype cp sundance and the confirmed reverse gusty. I remember those alternate uk babies found in different poses too and prototype playtime and music time that were found with prototype painting time at a carboot sale.

And the records ive located for the delaneys confirmed reverse gusty found in the late 80s stated she was found there too.

[splitting this from the Rusty thread Love pkw xxx]

Entire lot of 4 prototypes only $300
3 g3 factory color test samples bought from former hasbro employee. . And 1 g4 princess celestia prototype with indigo hair.

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OK so I am just limiting my collecting to prototypes of all kinds..And I just had to share my recent finds with the community.

 I recently was lucky enough to acquire a very cool test color g1. Shes beautiful! I got her from the delaneys collection. She could have been a test color for the romance ponies or the tropical ponies. Thats my guess anyway.

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The next amazing discovery came when a former Mattel toy designer decided to sell these amazing prototypes from the Wonder Woman and the Star Riders Toy line which never went into production. The line was designed in 1992 and when Mattel couldnt reach a deal with DC comics the line was canceled. After much preparation and plans for even an animated TV show everything was scrapped and destroyed.

These two prototypes are named Nightshine (pink) and Cloudancer (blue).  They appeared in the 1993 Mattel catalogue and there are over 10 pages of advertisements promoting the line. They even show a pretty amazing playset.. Only a few prototype samples were made for toy fairs to promote the line and to photograph them for the catalogues and these irridesent finishes were very costly. According to my research, no other prototype has ever popped up from this line. According to the seller, the action hero proto dolls shown in the catalogues were converted into disney princess prototypes for another line and there was a Mattel policy to destroy or reuse existing prototypes during the 1990s. The former Mattel toy designer that designed this line quit right after hearing the news that the line was canceled, so she or he must have taken Nightshine and Cloudancer with them.

The seller told me the following:

 "Technically speaking, samples are not supposed to leave Mattel as they could end up in the hands of children and they may not be safe. In the 1990's it was ordered that all samples be destroyed after production was complete. But when designers and engineers have worked on products for so long, they tend to see some of those samples as trophies of their work and do not want to let them go. Eventually, some let them go. Some designers have passed away with a house full of samples left behind. They refused to sell or give away "their babies". They also dont understand collectors desires to have prototype pieces. To them these pieces are examples of their portfolio rather than a collectable. "

Nightshine and cloudancer have this iridescent amazing finish to their bodies.. Their hair which still has its original curl is two toned (white and pink or white and blue) with super delicate tinsel. They have buttons on the sides of their necks that are suppose to light up the jewel or horn on their foreheads. They are very high quality and very nicely made. It looks like Mattel was reusing the old Shera molds from the 1980s when creating them. I included a photo of the comparison to a Shera horse. The shera horse says made in mexico while these are stamped made in france.

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Comparison to shera horse

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The next prototype I found was in a Kenner Morgue box that someone was given through an old Kenner connection. The Kenner Morgue was a facility created to store old prototypes Kenner had made through the years. Some boxes have managed to turn up with former employees but most prototypes housed in the Kenner Morgue will never see the light of day. (Can you imagine Hasbro having a facility full of pony prototypes?). Apparently Hasbro was very different than Kenner and ordered all of their protos to be destroyed. Hasbro actually bought Kenner in the early 1990s and ordered a lot of the existing Kenner prototypes to be destroyed. The morgue was downsized to potentially reusable items or ideas for the future and everything else was scrapped.

The prototype that was discovered is a from the very short lived toy line named Princess Vanessa and her Royal Family. This was made in 1991 and is the actual resin prototype shown in the catalogue. The horse and carriage never went into production sadly. She came with her carriage as well which is also resin.

She slightly bigger than a My Little Pony and completely made of resin. There are carved slots for the mane and tail. Can anyone suggest a name for her since to my knowledge she didn't come with one.

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So Kasin, I and a few other oldbie collectors remember seeing a CP sundance catalogue photo way back in the day. We have been hunting for it for a while now.
Recently, A licca collecting friend stumbled across this photo on one of the licca collecting sites. It was posted by a catalogue collector on the board.. HORRAY!

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

I recieved this ooak pink haired african sparkler in a trade from a pony friend and my husband got the proto pearl genie for me. It was a super special Christmas with my family. I wish everyone a happy safe and merry christmas!
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If interested message me

Greek peachy with perfect symbols $165
Indian butterscotch light version $350
Factory error fireball $275
French bubbles in near mint condition. $95
Lot of 3 g3 prototype ponies $600
Lot of 2 g4 prototype ponies $100
Greek my little pony box and ball $40
G4 prototype pinkie pie head $50
MOC factory error fizzy with reversed symbols 350
MOC sweet stuff $80
MIB bowtie snow globe $250
Mint Yellow Greek baby medley $500
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Just thinking to compile a list of current one of a kind nirvanas.
I know OOAK ponies are much rarer than they use to be since we have discovered more ponies with time Most of what is on the list are prototypes but there are still some OOAK africans, greeks, Thai and other country ponies out there too Plus there are a bunch of colombian and venny OOAKS out there too that I would love to record on the list. Here are a list of the ponies I know off the top of my head.
Let me know who I am missing.

Argentina
Argentina Baby Moondancer with teal hair

Colombia
Colombian Green Applejack
Colombian teal baby bowtie
Purple baby blossom with magenta hair

Germany
Starshine with second set tropical rainbow hair and no symbol

Greece
Greek Yellow Sunlight
Greek Baby Purple Firefly
Greek Reverse Glory
Greek Cotton Candy with white hair
Greek Blossom with pink hair
Greek Baby Blossom with Cotton Candy symbols
Greek Pink Windy in moondancers pose

France
France Bluebelle
France green haired skydancer with pink stripe

Japan
Japanese Takara Ami Ami

Peru
Peru green Medley with dark purple hair
Lilac Rainbow Unicorn Bowtie

Princess Variants
Princess Aquamarine with tri coloured tinsel
Princess Sapphire with pink mane, dark blue tail and clear symbol
Princess Pristina with red stone
Happy tails Woosie, no mechanism and teal tail
Princess Romper
Princess Tabby with symbols
Princess Aquamarine white mane and tail, no tinsel
Princess Aquamarine pink mane and tail, no tinsel
Princess Aquamarine pink tail and white mane.
Princess Sunbeam with clear symbol
Princess Sapphire pink mane and tail
Princess Sapphire pink mane and teal tail
Princess Sunbeam variant with no tail tinsel and Princess Dawn's jewel

Prototypes
Prototype Painting Time
Prototype Play Time
Prototype Music Time
Prototype Bluebelle/cotton candy
Prototype glow in the dark sunspot
Prototype Collectors Pose Sundance
Prototype unfinished baby Rainribbon
Prototype Beddy Bye Eye Sunlight Adult
Prototype Sunnybunch in Sparklers Pose
Unfinished Orange and Pink adult in munchy pose
Unfinished Orange and yellow adult in munchy pose
Prototype Birthflower pony
Prototype So Soft Posey with Yellow Hair
Prototype So soft Gusty with blue eyes
Prototype Sunspot with square glow in the dark specks
Baby Count a lot with Baby Berrytowns hair
Unfinished Crumpet pose orange pony with yellow hair
Half finished pink transparent pony Star Dancers pose w/ stars inside and white mane.
Baby countalot - meadowsweet hybrid
Resin Baby Explorer
Pair of teeny tiny newborn twins, light pink, yellow hair and bootie symbols
Pair of teeny tiny newborn twins, light pink, white hair and sunflower symbols
So soft Heartthrob with wings on her symbols
Alternate pose Baby Billy
Alternate pose Baby Susie
Green eyed gingerbread
Dutch Baby School Bag with Baby Pictures symbols

South Africa
African Sparkler with Red Hair
African Sparkler with Pink Hair
African Powder
African Firefly
African Parasol

Spain
Spanish crazy eyes masquerade in whizzers pose 
Galaxy with purple eyes

Thailand
Thailand Sunburst
Thailand Ice Crystal with Green stripe
Thailand Ice Crystal with Blue stripe

Venezuela
Venny Blue and white applejacks
Venny medleys (white, yellow, and red)
Venny Starshine pink with pink hair
Venny White Lickety Split with two tone mane
Venny yellow Lickety Split with pink hair
Venny orange Lickety Split with yellow hair
Venny Orange Applejack with  yellow hair
Venny pink firefly with pink hair