Hello everyone! I've bought the beautiful retro rainbow ponies gift set released by Basic Fun. It's one of the few products of this series that are available on Amazon in my country...

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The pack is not arrived yet, and I'm hoping I'll get the unscented version. In fact, I’ve read that lately someone surprisingly has got the unscented version of this gift set. But I’ve never seen a pic of this box without the “Scented Ponies!” wording... I know scented ponies (and these releases in particular) are very prone to yellowing, so, if I'll get the scented version, I want to avoid yellowing in these new ones.
Is it useful to keep them out of the box? Perhaps, in contact with air, some chemical components evaporate and the danger is averted. Maybe it’s better than keeping them sealed in plastic.
It would be very sad to see them, after some months, with yellow heads or stains on their body...
Does anyone have any advice? 

I have the classic Core 7 version, I think it's the version which came with a book and/or a DVD (I found her loose, at fleamarket)... At the beginning of third generation I absolutely wanted the first graysh-blue version, but I never found her! ...Her italian name is Colorella

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That's a bottle of bubble bath. The body is hard plastic (and hollow) and the head is soft plastic, so they don't quite match. You take the head off to pour out the bubble bath.

Those bubble bath bottles are terrible!! I have three versions: Pinkie Pie, Wysteria and Star Catcher (with blue attached wings)... But they all have some problems: mismatch color heads (and prone to fading) and poor quality hair that becomes easily frizzy... 

Wow, the entire set is gorgeous!! I didn't remember G3 birthflower ponies set was so beautiful!

http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/G3_Birthflower_Ponies

Every pony is very original.
A flower for every month... This is the kind of 'poetic' things that are no longer offered in today's generation... 
(or am I wrong?)

I have her!!

I fell in love with her from the first time I saw her online, when G3s came out... But, at that time I used to purchase G3 ponies only in stores, and I never found Autumn Skye in my country... Years after, I received her as a gift from an ex-collector! I received her and other 11 beautiful G3s, all mint in box!! 

If anyone is interested, there are many animation cels from MLP Tales here:

http://www.oasidelleanime.com/minisiti/pony/cels/index.htm

In the "Home Pony" section can be found some model sheets, too!

 

Quote from: Leikin on September 11, 2019, 10:03:20 AM

I Think there are more italians. I recall someone was named Tommy maybe?  And it seems like some sets have a few boy names on the back cards, but thats just me assuming them being male, since the names ends with e or o ,instead of a, so I could be totally wrong here ^^

I added Bianco (Male Starshine) since he was confirmed to be male, but I couldn't really tell if any of the others were male or not. I did notice there was a Tommy (Italian Bow Tie) and Ben (Italian Bubbles) as well but I couldn't seem to find any info on their genders. If anyone knows if they were in fact male versions, please let me know!

Some of the Italian ponies are boys, but I can't remember which . . . I think either Posey or Trickles is a boy.  I have a little Italian coloring book where one of them is talking to the baby version of themself (yeah, they would just put in Baby Parasol, Baby Posey, tons of babies who never existed) and the baby was calling the adult "Uncle".  (In Italy the baby versions are the nieces / nephews of the adults, not the babies. At least in the comics.)

Well, being an Italian MLP fan, I can confirm there are more male ponies among Italian variants. But, as you wrote, sometimes this just depends on the name, without any other infos (in comics or pamphlets) about the gender of characters. If you check on this page http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Italy you'll find two collectible figurine scans, that introduce G1 characters with their Italian names. These names were also used in the Italian dubbing of the tv animated series. Well, some of these names are MALE names in Italy: Golia (Heart-Throb), Gelsomino (Cherries Jubilee), Fortunello (Lickety-Split), Lolito (Sparkler; sometimes she was called Ippolito, another male name). Note that these names ARE NOT Italian translations of their English names; for example "Gelsomino" means "Jasmine Flower", but, if it was a female name, it would be "Gelsomina". Anyway, she represents a discrepancy, because in the tv show she was called "Ciliegia" (Cherry), of course a female Italian noun.
After that, we have two BowTie versions and two Applejack versions, and for them the situation is clear: One version is male and the other is female. Melania is the female Applejack in the shy pose, and Melozzo is the male Applejack in the collector pose. Timmy is the female BowTie in the shy pose and Tammy is the male BowTie in the collector pose.
Is it all solved? No...  Because here you will find many many other Italian male names of g1 ponies: http://miominipony.mlparena.com/ponynomi.htm 
Specifically, they are: Turchino, Azzurro, Bianco, Giallo, Placido, Geremia, David, Ulisse, Ricciolino, Ballerino, Barnaba, Michele, Confetto, Polidoro, Gustavo, Filiberto, Pallino, Scirocco, Martino, and all names  ending with "-ino" (this ending is a sort of term of endearment, and we use "-ino" for boys and "-ina" for girls, so here we have only male names).
Well: why do we have so many male names for such "feminine" ponies? And why babies are always called "nipotino" (nephew) instead of "nipotina" (niece)?… Because the Italian adaptation considered them as mere animals without gender, rather than characters with their own identity... 
So, I advise you not to include in the list all these names I have written to you, but limit yourself to insert Re Unicorno (always mentioned in Italian comics), Gustavo (because he is famous in the animated series and had a boyish voice) and, of course, Melozzo and Tammy (the male counterparts of Applejack and BowTie).
Anyway, this is only my point of view, you could ask for advice to other Italian MLP fans...

(Apologies, a bit of "unpopular pony opinions"-cross ahead, though it seems I'm not the only one who isn't very impressed with this set)

To me these ponies are a bit of a disappointment. With the jeweled symbol they could have been so special, yet a lot of them seem plain to me in colouring, for others it's the pose that kills the thing - June Blossom, for instance, is yellow, for which I always have a soft spot, and it's my birth month too - but her pose makes her look like a scared chicuahua, not that I have an issue with chihuahuas, but this quality is not really what I am looking for in a pony. And if it's not the colours or the pose, then the symbol is just... too plain for what it could have been. Or off (can someone please explain the connection of mischief and a teacup to me? Thank you). Or weird. Like the eyeball thing that I can totally see too December Delight, for instance... I'm not too fond of the pose, but her colouring is wonderful! A shame it is ruined by the too bulky and plain bow she carries on her flank. I just find it odd, and I'd find it hard not to repaint her symbol into something more delicate if I ever came across her The randomness of the whole symbol thing totally makes this set fall apart for me, I cannot see any theme of connection here other than the gemstone and the tinsel - but there are also other G3 ponies out there with gemstones stuck on their bums

My choices are May Belle and Sweet September, and I voted for the latter - we could only pick one, and I've already shared my love for her colouring in the recent POTD thread, and white ponies are also something I have a soft spot for. But I also think the pastel colours of May Belle combined are very beautiful, she seems carefully put together - besides her oddly simple symbol that looks like something from a children's colouring book, but it's passable and fits her baby-like overall appearance combined with the pose.

You reminded me of the feelings I had the first time I saw this pony set! In fact the drawings on the symbols do not enhance the jewels, (for me) ... At this point the best symbols are those of February, September, October and November, IMHO.
(So, Sweet September is still my favourite!  )