Vintage My Little Pony Prices and Pictures from the 1980's

[DreamLight]

That's really cool It's neat to find out we still pay $4.99 (approximately) for ponies today

Yeah but we buy them used

[Foxtale]

Love this site! Thanks for sharing.I wish they had more :-)

Wait....the pegasus and unicorns had scented stickers?

[Shenanigans]

Aww, all the memories It's funny to see Easy Bake Oven in the 70's was $10.99 and now they're $40 and Cabbage Patch Kids in the 80's were $19.00 and now they're also $40

[hathorcat]

The fact that the cost of ponies has not increased dramatically despite across the board increases in everything else probably explains the dramatic DE-crease in quality/detail/unique molds.

Yup this is exactly it. Whenever it is raised about variety, size or quality, I always think we need to remember that ponies have gone from being special expensive toys to cheaper pocket money prices.

Love this site! Thanks for sharing.I wish they had more :-)

Wait....the pegasus and unicorns had scented stickers?

Yes the puffy US stickers have a vanilla-ish scent to them although I have heard a lot of people describe the scent more as a baby powder.

[Cadence]

Thanks for the link It's really neat to see all those vintage toys.

[scarletjul]

Aw. . .  Randomly, I want the Barbie Fasion Department store. 

[melipuffles]

Wow! I'm a 90's kid, so it's weird to think that these advertisements are older than me, yet I collect and play with them.

It's nice to know that things like this are enjoyed for a long time by many different generations of children (and adults!) makes me happy to be a toy collector. :3c

[Thunderwing]

I remember when I got my Rosedust - all the flutter ponies were $4.99, but Rosedust for whatever reason was $6.99!  I had to be sneaky, because mom wouldn't have let me get her otherwise. Twin sets were ... around $11.99 or so?

[Summer-blade]

oh I love vintage ads I used to have that R2-D2 toy box got it second hand

[KarentheUnicorn]

I remember when I got my Rosedust - all the flutter ponies were $4.99, but Rosedust for whatever reason was $6.99!  I had to be sneaky, because mom wouldn't have let me get her otherwise. Twin sets were ... around $11.99 or so?

Some ponies were more than others but it depended on the year because the prices varied; it also depended on which store you bought them in.

But the ponies they have pictured, Moodancer, Firefly, that set in 1983-84, I am almost sure mine were under $4 each. I'll have to go back and look at my backcard.

I'm gonna check out my backcards and see if I still have the pricetags on them

[DreamLight]

Wow! I'm a 90's kid, so it's weird to think that these advertisements are older than me, yet I collect and play with them.

It's nice to know that things like this are enjoyed for a long time by many different generations of children (and adults!) makes me happy to be a toy collector. :3c

amen

[Foxtale]

Love this site! Thanks for sharing.I wish they had more :-)

Wait....the pegasus and unicorns had scented stickers?

Yes the puffy US stickers have a vanilla-ish scent to them although I have heard a lot of people describe the scent more as a baby powder.

I learned something new today!

>.> *runs off to smell entire collection of pony puffy stickers*

[sunnydaze]

In Canada the prices ranged from about 5.99 to 6.99 for the single ponies( more if you bought at TRU) I remember saving up my allowance/chore money to buy bluebell and firefly and it took me a long time but I was 5/6 yrs old so it was a lot of money then!  LOL

[mayanbutterfly]

Hehe!  It is a fun site, huh!   I found it when I was trying to figure out how much Jem and the Holograms dolls cost in the 1980's.