For me it has always been more about the toys than the media. Being born in 1980, I was smack dab in the target age range for the original toy.  But I lived in a pretty rural area and we didn’t have cable.  I only saw what we could rent from the video store which was the Movie, Escape from Katrina, and my favorite, My Little Pony (I.e RAMC, but it wouldn’t be called that until later and originally was just called the My Little Pony special since it was the first).  I found out that there was a show by catching a couple episodes at my grandparents house but I didn’t get to see more of the tv show until many years later.

I was very horse crazy as a kid and my room was full of various horse things: unicorns, carousels, Fashion Star Fillies, later on Beyer horses.  I also read every horse book I could get my hands on.  So the draw to MLP for me was the fantasy horse aspect combined with the hair play since I was not drawn to (human) dolls.  I was never one to give elaborate personalities to my toys.  I played with them like horses, the hair play, and when I got the Lullaby Nursery I would set them up in little scenes and then close it up and would shine a flashlight inside the windows (treating it like little dioramas).

I did and still do love the colors and the themes and the fantasy.  When I create my own ponies, it’s as a work of art, making the themes and colors match harmoniously.  I don’t attach personalities to them.

All of that being said, what I like about the early G1 cartoon in comparison to later cartoons, including and especially Tales, is that the ponies are more horse like (even if they do live in human like buildings) and it was set in a more pastoral setting.*  All of the other cartoons since have been far more urban and the ponies more and more just human stand-ins.  Say what you will about Megan but she emphasized that the ponies *weren’t* human.    ( I also love the previous poster’s mention of the Chronicles of Narnia.  That was also one of my childhood loves.)

So finally, to answer the original question.  I have a hard time choosing a favorite pony.  I just love owning a whole herd of beautiful ponies.  Between my sister and I, we had 30+ as kids.


*I’ve just had the epiphany that this might have been partly because of my rural upbringing.  There weren’t a lot of other kids in my neighborhood and my sister and I spent a lot of time riding our bikes up and down rural roads and exploring the local woods and pastures.  Plus I was super shy, so the idea of exploring and finding magical creatures and adventures was far more appealing than the idea of stories centered around large communities where all of the stories are interpersonal in nature.

I'd actually like if they left sparklers hair this way. Very different in a good way.

I agree with this.  I’m of the mindset that I’d like differences between the new and the old, whether in the hair or pose.

I found Potion Nova and the blind bags at Target so here is my video review.

https://youtu.be/xGwxwfSi9Us

So I’ve been thinking of doing some creative stuff to sell at my booth at the new convention in Texas this summer.  Traditionally, I’m a painter so I could definitely whip out a painting or two.  But I know that people tend to only have so much space on their walls.  So I’ve also been thinking of sewing my own pony themed tote bags.

So here are my questions:

How likely would you be to buy either a painting or a tote bag?  Both?  Neither?

How much would you expect to spend on something like that?

What ponies would you want featured?


And just to have a picture in here, this is the sling bag I made a while back.  I don’t think I’m likely to make sling bags to sell, they are pretty labor intensive.  But would people be interested in buying tote bags with this aesthetic?
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What?? A unicorn boy?!? I knew about Pretty Bow (definitely gonna order her ASAP!! I've wanted her in toy form since I first saw RaMC!), but not a unicorn boy :O

I believe that there are plans to make a unicorn boy but one hasn’t actually been made yet.

Nightglider is my favorite and I was very fortunate to find her in the wild this year.  Next I want Buttons.

My greatest find was a local childhood lot from Craigslist. A number of ponies including a Nightglider and a Mimic!

I made a video after getting home with them. https://youtu.be/aRXueGFlrH0