Year 2 Hasbro catalog scans

[Carrehz]

What really intrigues me about the Mystery Rainbow Pony is that she has Twinkles, even though he's Peachy's cat. Maybe it was meant to be Peachy in the special and they swapped her out for Miss Mystery at the last minute or something?

[Taffeta]

If Hasbro UK had sold those fable ponies here, and then Ribbon, everyone wins...sigh.

As for Paradise, a childhood friend had the estate but not Paradise so it was only when I got more paperwork I realised the treachery! No idea about Lofty but I don't remember her being as cartoon prominent as Ribbon, so dropping her made sense.

As for the Peachy cat thing...I have a scan of the parlour from an Argos catalogue really early on...maybe 83. The parlour is featured but not with any pony. It is photographed with Butterscotch but no pony is listed as included. It does raise questions about whether the parlour had to have Peachy...or why there is no pony  (was the mystery pony pulled and was Peachy a substitute or replacement design based on Snuzzle?

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[PJSparkles]

I have some serious heart eyes for those rainbow ponies. Want!

Also, I have Seashell, Bowtie, and Bubbles from childhood...didn't know they were part of a set! Maybe I should reunite the gang...

[Sweet_Stuff]

Thanks for sharing! 

[Strawberry Swirl]

Does anyone else think Blossom puffy sticker looks funny?

Love pkw xxx

Nah it's ok, Blossom has always been known for stealing other ponies' stickers.
Maybe hers is uglier. Either way somebody's Sunbeam is probably pretty sad right now.


Anyway, I'd love to own this. In general I find official advertisements for ponies to be very interesting.
I'm kind of confused about the distribution numbers thing though. Did they sell all of them together or something? I thought you chose which ponies you wanted when ordering?

[LadyMoondancer]

I'm kind of confused about the distribution numbers thing though. Did they sell all of them together or something? I thought you chose which ponies you wanted when ordering?

This type of catalog would have been for retailers, not individual customers.   So, they would get 24 ponies in a box and they would come in the numbers mentioned.

[Strawberry Swirl]

Oh, I get it! That's kind of weird still though, that they'd have different amounts of each pony in a box? I'd think they'd all be the same amount. Weird.

Maybe Hasbro was biased towards Cotton Candy or something lol.

[Sunset]

Oh, I get it! That's kind of weird still though, that they'd have different amounts of each pony in a box? I'd think they'd all be the same amount. Weird.

Maybe Hasbro was biased towards Cotton Candy or something lol.

Absolutely!  They still use this today.  If a retailer orders a box of 6 fashion styles,  you would get 4 Pinkie Pies and only 2 Coco Pommels.  Their convinced that pink sells.

[Jorgito93]

Oh, I get it! That's kind of weird still though, that they'd have different amounts of each pony in a box? I'd think they'd all be the same amount. Weird.

Maybe Hasbro was biased towards Cotton Candy or something lol.

Absolutely!  They still use this today.  If a retailer orders a box of 6 fashion styles,  you would get 4 Pinkie Pies and only 2 Coco Pommels.  Their convinced that pink sells.

Pink sells...But Who's Buying?
Sorry had to make a megadeth reference here.But yes i hate how people in stores think that pink is better because it will sell more.That's why we had pink celestia in the beginning of G4.

[LadyMoondancer]

Yeah, I am SO glad they "unpinked" Celestia, she looks so much better as a white pony.  I mean, I'm not even talking show accuracy here, as a TOY she looks so much better and classier.