Baby Stockings: 1984 or 1990-91 ???

[iam_misshennessy]

On the bottom of baby stocking's hoof, she is stamped 1984. However on mylittlewiki she is mentioned to be the last mail order baby pony for the G1 line and was released between 1990 and 1991 through a Kellogg's cereal special offer. I know there are quite a few ponies listed on mylittlewiki who are stamped one thing but mentioned as a different year. it's usually just one year off; such as having the pony stamped 1985 but being mentioned as a pony released in 1986. I wasn't sure if the stamp was simply because they were produced at that time, yet not released until the year mentioned, or if it was just a mistake since (as I think we should all know by now) basically anyone can edit the information on Wikipedia pages and therefore people can write things based on opinion or what they believe, as opposed to actual facts that have been checked and verified.

But being stamped 1984 and not being released until 1990 is a pretty big jump.

so are the dates on the bottom of their hooves seemingly useless for the most part? Or are they typically accurate but occasionally dated differently than the year of their release?

Which way is more common?

And also was baby stockings really not released until 1990?

[tailrustedtealeaf]

I thought the dates on the hooves were for the creation of the pose.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

It's the year the mold was first produced, NOT the year the pony was released

[Taffeta]

Yeah, one of the quirks of ponycollecting - date on hoof doesn't mean date of release. It's the date the pose was first used, and in the case of that one it would've been 1984, for Baby Ember. Any pony using that pose afterwards has the same date stamp, as it's the date of the pose being created I guess.

Wiki is wrong about some things, but this isn't one of them

I think I'm right that her name isn't officially 'Baby Stockings', that was a fan name coined for her because of her symbol and the fact an adult Stockings exist. I mention this because I wonder if that was why you were curious if she had an earlier date, since the adult was out a lot earlier on.

I think she's just known as the Rice Krispies baby otherwise.