For Mint In Package Pictures of all the Mail Order Ponies on this page (plus accessories), click here.
(U.S.) My Little Pony Mail Orders {A-D}
What is a mail order pony? A mail order pony
was available only by sending a
certain amount of horseshoe points and/or x amount
of dollars. In some inserts shipping was included with the price of
the pony and in some it wasn't. Horseshoe points came on the
backs of the packages, located on lower left-hand corner. They came during
various years, and are some of the most sought after My Little Ponies around.
Where did you find mail order ponies? They came as special offers
in brochures. Each brochure had pictures of the pony and a price listing
and
order form. A close up of a brochure is pictured right, along with
some mail order ponies. Some came with paper leaflets or feature
leaflets. For example, Baby Ember came with a leaflet devoted just to
ordering her.
How were they packaged? They were sent in Hasbro's plain brown packaging boxes. Each came inside a plastic bag, and some even came with
accessories.
Several of the ponies sold in stores were also sold
as mail order ponies, as you will see on the right. Pictured about are four rainbow ponies
that were also sold in stores, yet this particular set of ponies
are still very rare. Also pictured is their brochure.
You can find Chuck E. Cheese Baby Pony under Year 9. She is often mistaken for a mail order; but she was actually sold as a prize at Chuck E. Cheese restaurants.
Baby Birthday Ponies, Baby Sugarcake and Baby Gametime
The Baby Birthday Ponies are shown as boys in their first leaflet. Click here to see that insert. However, they have always been released as girls. Each pony was offered for $5.50 + 2 horseshoe points or $7.00 with none. They were offered in 1989 and again in 1990. They are characterized by Ember's pose, blue eyes, brilliant colors and Happy Birthday and balloon animal symbols.
There aren't really any other birthday related babies (except Baby Frosting), but there are several Birthday related adults. The Birthday Pony was released in honor of My Little Ponies 10th year. The Birthflower Ponies are mail order ponies that commemorate each month of the year. Tutti Fruitti was a U. K. issue that came with a birthday party pack. The U. S. Party Pack came with five party related ponies.
Please also note the accessories that came with the Birthday Sisters. These accessories were also part of the Party Pack. The Pin-the-tail-on-the-pony game is the same one that came with the Party Pack, also the plate, cake, blower, and game accessories.
These were not actively available in
stores in the U. K.
Baby Gametime (earth pony) is pink with
yellow hair with a pink
streak. She has a blue balloon dog symbol with "happy birthday"
written next to it. She is in Ember's pose and has blue eyes.
Baby Sugarcake (earth pony) is yellow with pink hair with a blue streak.
She has a pink balloon giraffe symbol with "happy birthday" written
next to it. She has blue eyes and is in Ember's pose.
They came with the following accessories, pin-the-tail-on-the-pony game with
blindfold, a slice of pink birthday cake with yellow candle, blue plate, and
pink party favor.
Baby Buggy with Baby Cuddles (Beddy
Eyed Version)
Baby Cuddles (earth pony) is blue with
pink hair
and a pink rattle. She has beddy eyes. This is the second version
of Baby Cuddles.
Baby Buggy was white with a pink top and purple wheels. It included:
purple bottle, brush, rattle, blanket and pillow.
It was also sold in stores in 1985. It
includes the same accessories as the store version. There is also a store
version of Baby
Cuddles and the Baby Buggy in which Cuddles has non Beddy Bye Eyes.
This is the more commonly found version.
The Baby Buggy was sold in Year 6 (1987) for $8.00 + 2 horseshoe points or $10.50 + no horseshoe points.
Baby Pearlized Ponies
These were almost identical to first set
of baby ponies, except with pearlized bodies and other subtle differences.
The regular Baby Ponies can be viewed in Year 3.
The pearlized versions all share the same poses as the previous Baby Ponies.
However, Baby Pearlized Ponies have no glittery symbols and glistened pearl
covering their entire bodies. Baby Blossom and Cotton Candy are basically
the same as the regular versions, but lack the freckles on the nose. Baby
Firefly's colors remained basically the same. Baby Glory and Baby Surprise
received new body colors (and Baby Glory has a new hair color). Baby Moondancer
is renamed is Baby Moondreamer and loses the stripe in her hair.
They was sold for $3.95 +1 horseshoe point or $4.75 + no horseshoe points. You could get all 6 for $19.95 plus 4 horseshoe points or $22.95 without. They were offered in 1990.
An odd fact: Their Mail Order leaflets calls them Baby Pearlized Ponies. However, the actual correct English spelling is Pearlised.
These were not actively available in
stores in the U. K. Click on the thumbnail below to enlarge
photograph.
Baby Blossom (earth pony) is purple with white hair and three white
blossoms. She has no freckles on her nose. She has lavender
eyes.
Baby Cotton Candy (earth pony) is pink with pink hair with white dots. She has no
freckles. She has lavender eyes.
Baby Firefly (Pegasus) is pink with blue hair and a blue lightning bolt.
She has lavender eyes.
Baby Glory (unicorn) is pale blue with lavender hair (may appear pink as
well), no streak.
Her symbol is a purple shooting star. She has blue eyes.
Baby Moondreamer (unicorn) is white with dark
pink hair, no streak.
Her symbol is a purple moon and pink two stars. She has pink eyes. She is the former Baby
Moondancer.
Baby Surprise (Pegasus) is all yellow body with a purple
balloon (pink string).
Baby Sisters, Li'l Sweetcake and Li'l Cupcake
The Baby Sisters are a pair of siblings, one newborn and one peek-a-boo pony. They both have pastry related symbols, soft colors (one pink and blue and the other with reversed colors), and purple eyes.
You could get them for $7.00 plus 1 horseshoe point; there wasn't a non horseshoe point offer. They came together only as a set and were offered in 1990. This is the only year they were offered.
These were not actively available in
stores in the U. K.
Li'l Cupcake (unicorn) is pink with aqua hair and has a white
cupcake with
a red cherry on top. She is in a newborn
mold, her body is slightly smaller than they standard baby pony. She
has purple eyes. She shares the same pose as Baby Wiggles.
Li'l Sweetcake (unicorn) blue with pink hair and has a purple and white
slice of cake
as her symbol. She is in a peek-a-boo pony
mold, which means her head actual turns from side to side from a ball and
socket joint. She has purple eyes. She is in Baby Noddin's pose.
The Birthflower ponies were special ponies to
commemorate each birth month. 
They
have no formal names unless you wish to call them by their flower. You
will hear them referred to by flower, like Rose or Water Lily. You will
also hear them referred to by month, June or July Birthflowers. They
could be purchased as one unit or purchased individually. Each month is
labeled with the appropriate symbol.
Related Ponies: The Birthday Pony was released in honor of My Little Ponies 10th year. The Baby Birthday Ponies are mail order ponies that birthday related symbols and accessories. Tutti Fruitti was a U. K. issue that came with a birthday party pack. The U. S. Party Pack came with five birthday party related ponies.
They were offered in 1985 for $3.00 + 2
horseshoe points per pony or you could get all 12 Birthflower Ponies for
$30.00.
Birthflower Ponies (earth ponies) are all white with pink hair.
Also, each came in the Collector
Pony's pose. Each pony has lavender eyes. Originally, these have
curly hair/
(January) Carnation has a pink
carnation.
(February) Violet has a purple violet.
(March) Daffodil has a pink daffodil.
(April) Daisy has a blue daisy symbol.
(May) Lily of the Valley has a green Lily of the Valley symbol.
(June) Rose has a pink rose.
(July) Water Lily has a blue water lily.
(August) Poppy has a pink poppy.
(September) Morning Glory has a blue morning glory.
(October) Cosmos has a pink flower.
(November) Chrysanthemum has an
orange chrysanthemum.
(December) Holly has a green holly symbol.
These were available in the U. K. informally
in bags. They were sold in Australia with actual backcards. For more
information click
here.
Alternate versions were produced
internationally. Here is Water
Lily (earth pony) yellow with pink hair and
green and orange water lilies. They were produce These are very rare, probably mail
orders
also.
You can check out other alternate versions
here.
Blue Ribbon
Blue Ribbon (baby earth pony) is all blue with a
purple first place ribbon symbol. She stands
in Baby Ember's pose. She has dark purple eyes.
She has a plastic blue ribbon clip accessory. She came
with a game called "Adventures in Ponyland" that actually uses Baby
Blue Ribbon as one of the playing pieces. The board itself was made of
paper, and made in 1986 (pictured right is the actual board). It features
a stroll through different places in Ponyland eventually ending up at the Paradise
Estate, where the winner's circle is. Blue Ribbon
awards her blue ribbon clip to the winner (see ribbon below). The board
also comes with paper dice. Special cards came with certain store versions
of ponies that could also be used in conjunction with the game. She was available
only by mail order.
A huge thanks to Crumpet for use of the photograph of Blue Ribbon's actual
ribbon. Visit her at Crumpet's
Place. This photograph is copyrighted.
Related Ponies: Baby
Ember (blue) appears similar in color to Blue Ribbon and they share the same
pose. They can be mistaken for one another. Rosette
is a U. K. pony with ribbon symbols.
I did not list her as Baby Blue Ribbon because the insert that
she came with only referred to her as Blue Ribbon. However, you may often
hear her referred to as Baby Blue Ribbon. She was not available
in the U. K.
Coat
'n Tails (See the link to the left).
Clipper
Clipper (boy earth pony) is blue with white hair (mane
is
fairly
short) and a red and white sailboat symbol. He has three white freckles
on his nose. He is not molded like most traditional boy ponies.
His body is larger than the early baby female ponies, and he did not have feathered
feet. Not the little horseshoe lines across the bottom of his hooves.
His mouth is pursed slightly open.
Related Ponies: Lucky is the first pony
to with Clipper's mold, being released as a Mail Order in Year 4. Other
boy ponies in this mold include male siblings of the Loving
Family Ponies. The more common boy males have feathered hooves, the Playtime
Brother Ponies.
He was made in 1987 and 1988,
and available only through mail order.
He was offered for $3.50 + 1 horseshoe point, and he was offered in 1987.
Pictured below if the insert for Clipper. He appears
darker in the insert.
These were sold in stores before they ever became mail
orders. The store versions came out as Flat Foot
Collector Ponies in 1982 and Concave Foot
Collector Ponies in 1983. 
The Mail Order versions were much the same
as the store issues, the plastic is a bit harder on the Mail Order versions and the
stance in wider. These were offered in 1985, $3.00 + 2 horseshoe points. Or you
could get all 6 for $15.00 + 2 horseshoe points.
Each comes packaged with an original comb and a ribbon, to see a listing of colors for each pony see the Mint in Package Mail Order section.
Blossom is purple with white flowers.
Blue Belle is blue with purple hair and purple stars.
Butterscotch is gold with gold butterflies.
Cotton Candy is pink with several white dots.
Snuzzle is gray with pink hair and pink hearts.
The Mail Order versions have concave feet.
If you are unsure about the difference in a Flat Foot pony and a Concave Foot
pony check out the Guide
to MLP Feet.
Christmas Baby Pony (Rice Crispies Mail
Order)
Christmas Baby Pony (earth pony) is white with
long red hair and a green hanging stocking. She is nicknamed
Baby Stockings by some, but originally has no name. She is in Ember's
pose and has green eyes. She was a Year 9 release. Thanks to
Melissa for use of this photograph, please visit her site at the Royal
Fortress.
She is a unique mail order in that she wasn't ordered
directly from Hasbro's
brochures that came with a pony. She was offered as
a Mail Order from specially marked boxes of Rice Crispies; I am
assuming she was offered around Christmas time (1989). Pictured right is a
brochure that came with her. For this reason you
will also hear her called the Rice Crispies Baby. She is one of the most
common mail orders (people must have eaten a lot of Rice Crispies).
There are two other Christmas related ponies: Stockings, who is also a mail order pony and Merry Treat, who was sold in stores. These were not actively available in stores in the U. K.
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