Quote from: LadyMoondancer on September 20, 2022, 07:55:46 PM

I really really want them to do a My Little Pony Transformer that actually transforms.

I'm honestly surprised they've never done this! It seems like such an obvious idea for a crossover.

Right??  They already have two horse molds they could use, one of which has a brushable tail!

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Aw, thank you! <3

I'm losing my MIIIIIIIIND over these!!  Gorgeous!!

On Instagram xcanadensis said the mock-up of the box said "Celestial Ponies" as the set name. She said she was making a long drive home from whatever retail or trade event this was, but would post more info when she could.

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Mock up of the box behind the pink pony, I love it.

Edit:  The event was the Dallas Toy Fair

Guys, get ready to have your minds BLOWN!     I think we've collectively been switching these ponies names for years.

Every time I see these ponies MOC, the orange baby is on a Baby Night Song card and the white baby is on a Baby Stella card.  And for years I just assumed, "Oh, that one is miscarded!"

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But then it slowly dawned on me that every single one I've ever seen has been "miscarded".  So like.  What if they're not miscarded at all?

In addition, these are the non-English names for the babies:

salmon orange baby

Spanish - Baby Nanas.  Meaning: Baby Lullabye
German - Glitzer.  Meaning: glitter
French - Chansonnette. Meaning: little song or ditty
Dutch - Nachtliedje.  Meaning: night song

white baby

Spanish - Estela. Meaning: comet tail
Italian - Stellina. Meaning: little star
French - Stella. Meaning: star
Dutch - Stella. Meaning: star
German - Sternschnuppe. Meaning: shooting star

So the orange baby is usually associated with music.  (Except the "glitter" name, but the German backcard story still describes her singing at night.) 

I think the basis for the name confusion is the backcard being unclear and the UK comics, which do call the orange pony Stella and the white one Night Song.

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If you only had this backcard to go off of, it would be hard to tell which pony is which.

And I suspect this is exactly what the UK comic people had to work with.  My theory is Hasbro sent them the following:

* the individual stories for the babies
* the very same image as is on the backcard, with all the names written at the bottom, not next to the ponies

The comics people then had to suss out which pony was which.  Well, Baby Mischief's backcard story mentions a kite.  Baby Explorer's backcard story mentions a balloon.  For the other two babies, they guessed that the pony with the HUGE STAR ON HER RUMP was named Stella.

But this is Hasbro, the company that named the Glittery Sweetheart sister covered with stars "Sunblossom" instead of "Starflash", so they guessed wrong. 

Also note that it's really hard to see Baby Explorer's horn here unless you already know to look for it;  the comics people always drew Baby Explorer as an Earth pony.  Which further makes me think the backcard image is what they had to go off of.

Finally, here's a gallery of carded Stellas and Night Songs.  Now, some of these COULD be the same pony being resold, but some are clearly different.  Different shelfwear, different price tag placement, a Night Song with white hair being sold and then one with pink hair, etc.


Anyway, I hope you found this interesting!  I find it kind of fascinating.  There's always something new to discover with MLP, even after all these years. 

I remember the "Overall Theme" for whichever friend would also join them.  Then, I believe they would do:

Commercial
My Little Pony theme song
My Little Pony Episode
Commercial
Potato Head or Moon Dreamers or Glow Friend Theme Song
Potato Head or Moon Dreamers or Glow Friend episode

Oh, and if they were doing RAMC or Escape from Catrina, they did those theme songs too.

Yessss, this is exactly the info I was looking for!  Thank you!

I remember both themes from the VHS here but I don't think on DVD. I'm not sure about a third one, though, since MLP was released in such a funny way in the UK. I am 99% sure we did not have MLP air in the segments you mention, only on VHS - though there are a couple of VHS with mixed eps on and I don't recall whether those themes might have appeared on those.

Interesting! When Golden Films released MLP VHS tapes in the US, they didn't include the Friends segments either.  If it was a multi-part episode they would play every segment in a row, then have one credits scroll for all of them.

Did Tales get a TV release in the UK, or only VHS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an2eJTY3xhQ

MLP at 2.10. THe animation is entirely from Sweet Stuff & the Treasure Hunt (be glad you are who you are, I think?) but the music is instrumental. This version doesn't have moondreamers in, though, so I'm not sure why I know/remember that theme. Maybe there are slightly different reels.

Wow, great find!!  I recognize the music, I think it's the instrumental from the end credits!

I have vague memories of watching MLP n Friends.  I remember being disappointed when Potato Head Kids came on and seeing parts of "The End of Flutter Valley" before it aired on Disney channel.

Yeah, the Potato Head segments are . . . not great.    WOW, thank for the ad link, I've never seen that before!

I think I remember hearing the Disney Channel airings used the Tales theme song for everything? I definitely remember reading that they showed both Tales and the original cartoon.

That rings a bell!  Back in the day I bought a home-ripped copy of MLP 'n Friends from Kim Shriner and I think one of the episodes had the MLP Tales theme song, and then it just goes into a MLP 'n Friends episode.

Hey guys,

So I know that MLP 'n Friends originally aired with two segments, one being a MLP segment and other being a different Hasbro property (Moondreamers, Potato Head Kids, or Glo Friends.)

I'm trying to figure out how the theme songs fit into this.

Here's the MLP 'n Friends theme song with the usual MLP jingle ("My Little Pony, My Little Pony, what will today's adventure be"):

>>>LINK<<<


And HERE's a song featuring MLP + a "friend" (in this case Moondreamers, but there were also versions with video clips of Potato Head Kids or Glo Friends) that starts "Come to where the magic is...":

>>>LINK<<<

Then on top of that Potato Head Kids, Moondreamers, and Glo Friends had their own theme songs.  Here's the Potato Head Kids one:

>>>LINK<<<

So, did each 30 minute episode have three theme songs?  Like, the "Come to where the magic is" one to start with, the "My Little Pony, My Little Pony" one before the MLP segment, and the Potato/Moondreamer/Glo specific one in front of the "Friend" segment?  Does anyone know?

I just love this set <3