Hasbro
Softies
(Earth Ponies and Unicorns and Pegasus)
::Earth Ponies (Year 2):: ::Earth
Ponies (Year 3):: ::Unicorns
and Pegasus::
Hasbro Softies made their first appearance early in My
Little Pony history; they were 
sold
from 1983-1986. They were the official line of
plushes from Hasbro and they had a long and successful run. The actual names
of the plushes are Softies. You may hear them referred to by a variety of names,
most commonly as plushes. Also, Softies and Plushies. Each is about 12 inches
tall, has a soft body, comb able mane and tail, round plastic eyes, and sewn-on
symbols. They also have a standard Hasbro Softies tag (see example right) and
a twined loop on their backs, these shouldn't be removed unless they were cut
off from the plush. Also, there are. They also come with a square tag and a
comb (with a hole in the end of it). Star shine's tag example is pictured below,
each tag featured that particular pony. It also bears the My Little Pony logo.
The tag and comb usually get separated from the pony over time.
Hasbro Softies came in a variety of colors and styles, all based on My Little
Ponies from the 1982, 1983, 
and
1984 with the exception of the International exclusive, Honeycomb. Most were
issues and reissued the following years. The first issues were earth ponies,
having no horn or wings. Later, Unicorns and Pegasus were issued as well. Even
later, beautiful Rainbow Ponies made an appearance. Then, lastly, the Mother
and Baby Sets were issued.
Hasbro
Softies were not the only My Little Pony plushes to be issued, there are also
the Applause Plushes. The Applause plushes were just four ponies issued in 1982.
Those ponies are Blossom, Cotton Candy, Firefly, and Glory, there are no International
exclusives. They are more slender than the Softies and have other subtle differences
as well. The Applause versions are not Hasbro Softies, they have a completely
different name. They are My Little Pony however, with the standard My Little
Pony logo.
Other
closely related issues: Firstly, I believe this list to be complete, I've heard
rumors of other International Hasbro Softies, but haven't seen any surface.
If there are any, they are not standard U. K. and European issues, they are
some type of variants. There are a soft of fabric Brazilian
types, this is an example of variants. There are also a variety of Pajama Cases
(rare Trickles, Bowtie, and Cotton Candy). They are not listed in this section.
Earth Ponies (Year 2)
Here are the first three Softies to be issued, the were released
in Year 2 and released again over the years. All have closed mouths, there are
no open mouthed versions. All came with either a white or purple flower brush.
Each came with a tag featuring them, and has a little poem for each pony. The
poems for these three ponies were the same:
Hi' I'll be your
very own soft and sweet little pony.
I have long silky hair to comb, braid, and tie with ribbon.
Take good care of me and I'll be yours forever.
-On the tag of each pony.
Related Items:
Earth Ponies.
Thanks to Inglemist
for photographs below.
Blossom
(earth pony) is purple with purple hair and with three white flowers as
her symbol (these are commonly mistaken for stars ). Her eyes and eyelids
are purple.
There is a second Blossom plush. The Applause
Plush version of Blossom differs from this one she is more slender and has
purple flowers instead of white ones.
Bowtie
(earth pony) is aqua with pink hair and three pink bows. Her eyes are purple
and her eyelids are aqua. She isn't a medium blue like the actual Earth Pony
issue.
Cotton
Candy (earth pony) is pink with pink hair and three white dots as her symbol. Her
eyes are purple and her eyelids are pink.
There is a second version of Cotton Candy. The Applause
Plush version of Cotton Candy differs from this one she is more slender
and it pink dots instead of white ones.
Earth
Ponies (Year 3)
Here are the second Earth Softies to be issued, the first were released in Year
2 and these were released in Year 3. All have closed mouths, there are no open
mouthed versions. All came with either a white or purple flower brush. Each
came with a tag featuring them, and has a little poem for each pony. From Year
2 to Year 3, the tags had personalized text. Each one having a different message.
Posey's card reads: Hi, I'm Posey! I like to skip through my magical tulip
garden to gather colorful rainbow bouquets for all my friends in pony land.
Will you brush and braid my long silky hair?
These spent less
time in stores and on the market, therefore are a little harder to find. I know
they were offered at least in 1984 and later again in 1986. Except for Lickety-Split,
which in 1986 came packaged as a Mother and Baby Set, not an Earth Pony.
Related
Items: Earth Ponies.
Thanks
to Inglemist for photographs below.
Cherries Jubilee (earth pony) is peachy pink with pink
hair. She has two stems off double deep-pink cherries.
Her
eyes are fuchsia with pink eyelids.
Posey
(earth pony) is yellow with medium pink hair. She has two adjoining pink
tulips with green stems as her symbol. Her eyes are green and eyelids are yellow.
Lickety-Split (earth
pony) is pinkish lavender with with light lavender hair. She may often be described
as 
pink
in color instead of lavender, her colors teeter between pale lavender and pink.
Her symbol two ice cream cones (white ice cream, lavender cones). Her eyes are
periwinkle and eyelids are lavender pink.
This is Lickety Split's first release, she will make another appearance in 1986,
as a mother in the Mother and Baby Sets.
Unicorns
and Pegasus (Year 2-Year 4)
Interestingly, there
two versions of Firefly and three versions of Moondancer; it is presumable that
they were issued in different editions. Some versions have closed mouths and
some have opened mouths. The unicorns have a little twisted horn on there heads,
either white and some orange. The Pegasus have felt wings, which are accenting
with "feathers". All came with a shooting star brush. Each came with
a tag featuring them, and has a little poem for each pony with personalized
text; each one having a different message.
I will list their tag poems with them, these are some of my favorite ones.
Related Items:
Unicorns and Pegasus.
Thanks to Inglemist
for photographs below.
Firefly
(Pegasus) 
is
pink with blue hair and blue lightening bolts. Her eyes are purple and
her eyelids are pink.Version 1: Closed-mouthed version,
pictured left. Version 2: Open-mouthed, pictured
right. There were two versions of Firefly made, one had a closed mouth and the
other had a slightly opened mouth. They were issued at different times.
There is also another version of Firefly. The Applause
Plush version of Firefly differs from this one she is more slender and has
much smaller wings (not painted blue).
Here's Firefly's tag info:
Firefly loves magical adventures ...chasing the clouds and sliding down
the rainbow! But most of all she loves to have someone to care for her. Someone
to feed her and comb her mane and tail. How about you?
Moondancer
(unicorn) is white with pink hair (no colored stripe in her mane). Her symbol
is a silver crescent moon and three pink stars. She has purple eyes and white
eyelids. Version 1: Closed-mouthed version,
orange horn; pictured left. Version 2: Open-mouthed
version, orange horn; pictured right. Version 3: White
horn version. She has three versions, one with a closed mouth (left) and one
with an open mouth (right) and a white horned version, all issued at different
times. Here's her tag info:
Moondancer has a special magic! Comb her name and she'll take you into the
land of make believe where everyone believes in magic...and in unicorns.
Glory
(unicorn) is white with purple hair and a blue streak in her mane.
Her symbol is a purple shooting star. Her eyes are pale blue and eyelids
are white.
There is also another version of Glory. The Applause
Plush version of Glory differs from this one she is more slender and her
symbol is reversed. The Hasbro Softies version has the star's trail pointing
toward her body and the Applause version points away.
Here's Glory's tag info:
Hello I'm Glory. My magical stride takes me from Kingdom to Kingdom in search
of someone who believes in magic and in me! Will you brush and braid my long
silky hair?
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