My Little Ponies and Friends (U.S.)
(P-Z)
Year 8 (1989)
Year 8 seemed to
slow down from the bustle of Year 7. There were only about ten sets sold
in Year 8, verses Year 7's sixteen sets. Hasbro was focusing on other
lines as well as the My Little Pony line. Year 8 was the first year that
the Petite My Little Ponies would be issued; also Dream Beauties would be
issued. Many sets from Year 8 would
bear a striking resemblance to ponies in the past or ponies that would come from
sets in the future.The Pony Bride
will have a near replica to herself come out in year 10, Prom Queen and Glittery
Sweetheart Sisters are continuations of the original Sweetheart Sister Ponies,
Baby Sparkle Ponies were based on the same principle as adult Sparkle Ponies,
the Christmas Pony Merry Treats wasn't the first Christmas Pony and the
Sweetsteps Ballerinas would have babies fashioned after them the following year.
The Drink 'n Wet line was unique, featuring ponies that could
drink real water from a bottle and wet from a hole in the back. Also, the
Tropical Ponies and Rainbow Curl Ponies are unique; still there were similar
sets to these.You will note that
this year there would be a shift in the traditional sets. Many sets from
Year 7 and before had a set of six ponies. Now there would only be four in
most of these set up until Year 10 (most of these were in sets of three). Pony Bride
Click
here to see the Pony Bride Mint in Package and see a complete accessories
listing.The Pony Bride began
an altogether new pose, several ponies in Years 9 and 10 would also share the
same pose. She is a little larger than the average pony, with a body
similar to a sister pony. Her pose is unique; only a few ponies have this
mold, the Princess Ponies
and Colorswirl Ponies.
Her back, left hoof has an odd cut (close up shown below).
She was in the exact same mold as the Bridal
Beauty, which came out in Year 10. The Bridal Beauty is basically
identical (same colors, same body, same tinsel, same pose, and same eyes) to the
Pony Bride except for her a bouquet of roses.
Pony Bride (earth pony) is white with white hair and white
tinsel in her mane and
tail. Her symbol was two purple doves holding wedding bands strung with
ribbon. She has purple eyes, the color of the doves on her symbol.
She has no formal name and she was sold in the U. K. Thanks to
Inglemist for the photograph.
She came with a plastic wedding cake, veil, diamond
ring, and pink flower hair comb and blue ribbon. Please note that the bride was packaged in two ways, either in box or a
semi-circle package. For more information on her accessories see
the Mint In Package guide.
Prom Queen Sweetheart Sisters
Ponies Click
here to see the Prom Queen Sweetheart Sister Ponies Mint in Package and for
accessory listings and close ups.
Prom Queen Sweetheart Sister Ponies were all ready to go to the Prom.
Each came with a ton of accessories to make themselves beautiful. The Prom
Queen Sweetheart Sister Ponies are in the traditional Sweetheart
Sister mold; which they share with several other sets. Each of these
ponies have an earring in the ear and
this was the last year for Sweetheart Sisters. There is another set of
Sweetheart Sisters issued in Year 8; the Glittery
Sweetheart Sisters. The following year Pretty Pony molds would replace
them, which are basically the same but lack the earring.
Each
sister came with a ruffle (close up pictured below), perfume bottle (close up
pictured right), barrette (close up pictured below) and comb. Thanks to
Crumpet for the accessory photographs; please see the Mint in Package guide for
more information on their actual accessories.
Each Prom Queen Sweetheart Sister has curly
hair and a single earring. These were not sold in the U. K.
Cha Cha is yellow with aqua green hair,
and has a pink rose bouquet symbol. She has a
dark pink earring (same color as symbol), and wears a
pink ruffle. She has turquoise blue eyes, lavender eye shadow and is in
a standing pose (much like the strut pose, but back hoof is flat on ground).
Her hair is an odd shade between green and blue; much like that of Newborn
Pony Squirmy.
Daisy Dancer is blue with purple hair and has a pink violin symbol.
She has blue eyes, purple eye shadow, and is in a standing pose. She has
both a pink earring and wears a blue and silver ruffle.
Pretty Belle
is pink with orange hair (bouncy curls), blue gloves and perfume bottle symbol.
She has green eyes, blue eye shadow and is standing in a strutting pose.
She has a purple earring, and wears a yellow ruffle.
Sweet Sundrop is white with pink hair and has a
purple tiara symbol. She has pink eyes, aqua eye shadow and is in a standing
pose. Her pink hair my fade to white. She has an aqua earring and wears
a pink ruffle. Thanks to Jennifer for use of this photograph.
Rainbow Curl Ponies (Ringlet
curls)Click
here to see the Rainbow Curl Ponies Mint in Package.
Rainbow Curl Ponies are colorful ponies with
bouncy rainbow curled ringlets. The ringlets are in the same style as
the Candy Cane Ponies,
except they are not two-toned like the Candy Cane Ponies hair. The Rainbow
Curl Ponies keep on a very similar color scheme, the same dark pastel colors
(with a few stray colors here and there). These were sold in the
U. K. With Rainbow Curl hair is very liked to no
longer be minty. An example of minty hair is pictured below (curls are
still bouncy) with the actual ponies. Many Rainbow Curl Ponies may have
hair like the example on the right. Hair can be recurled, Hollylove's
Salon will show you how, MLPCB
Pony Salon.Rainbow
themed ponies are not uncommon, here are a few others: Rainbow
Ponies (edition 1), Rainbow
Ponies (edition 2) and Baby
Rainbow Ponies.
Ringlet (Pegasus) is yellow with white, golden, pink, aqua hair. Her
symbols
is not on her hind quarters, instead her symbol is on her wings and front
legs. Her wings are striped pink, yellow, aqua, purple and have
corresponding colored stars cascading down her front legs. She has
lavender eyes. She is in Heart
Throb's pose. Her UK name is Rainbow Magic.
Raincurl (earth pony) is white with pink, yellow, purple, aqua hair and a
pink cloud with a rainbow and purple stars for her symbol. Her eyes can
range from lavender to pink (sometimes this is due to fading; sometimes this is
due to paint mixing at Hasbro's plant). She is in
Tootsie/Cherries Jubilee's pose. Her UK name is Rainbow Cloud.
Streaky (unicorn) is purple with pink, yellow, purple, and dark pink hair and a rainbow music staff with
musical notes. She has yellow green eyes. She is in Galaxy/So Soft Button's
pose and has yellow eyes. Her UK
name is Rainbow Rider.
Stripes (earth pony) is pink with dark pink, yellow, melon orange and
aqua green
hair and has a shooting star
with a rainbow tail and little yellow stars. She has blue eyes. She is in
Posey's pose.
Her UK name is Rainbow Storyteller.
Sweetsteps Ballerina Ponies
(3-dimensional molded leotard on body)Click
here to see the Sweetsteps Ballerina Ponies Mint in Package.
Sweetsteps Ballerina Ponies
are the ballet dancers of the bunch. Each Sweetsteps Pony comes with a
pose-able head and legs so that she can "dance". *think 80's
technology* The body appearance, itself, is slightly odd looking at first
glance; still, it's functional. In addition, each ballerina pony has a
molded leotard on her body, molded ballet slippers with colored bows and a
symbol on the back of the leotard (visible from a top view). Each pony is
an earth pony. The Sweetsteps Ballerina Ponies were not sold in the
U. K.They were similar to
the Baby Ballerina Ponies;
the baby versions are similar to the adults, except they have no symbol on the
back of the leotard. Other dance related ponies include: Baby
Halfnote and the Baby Bonnet School of Dance and Dance
'n Prance Ponies.
Posey Rose is aqua with pink hair and has a pink clef scale
with musical notes as her symbol. She has light purple eyes. She comes
with a yellow leotard and yellow bows on her shoes. Thanks to
Inglemist for use of the symbol close up; she retains all copyrights.
Silky Slipper is pink with blue
hair and has pink ballet slippers f
or her
symbol. She has a purple leotard, purple bows on her ballet shoes.
She has blue eyes and curly hair. Thanks to Joanne for photographs
of Silky Slipper.
Tip Toes is purple with yellow hair and a pink floral branch as her symbol.
She has aqua green
eyes. She has a molded aqua green tutu on her body and aqua bows on her
hooves. She has aqua eyes (matching her leotard).
Twinkle Dancer is yellow with purple hair and a blue lace fan symbol.
She has a molded pink leotard, pink bows on her shoes. Her eyes are a
green color and she has curly hair. Thanks to Inglemist for use of
the symbol close up; she retains all copyrights.
Tropical PoniesClick
here to see the Tropical Ponies Mint in Package.
Tropical Ponies are the brightest ponies in
Ponyland. Each comes in brilliant tropical colors with tropical
symbols. Each pony has three bright colors in the mane and tail and has
two toned eye shadow. Even though other there are several other sets of ponies
that have eye shadow, this is the only U. S. set to have two toned eye
shadow. There are two earth ponies and a unicorn and a Pegasus. No
other tropical style ponies debuted until Year 8 with the exceptions of Tropical
Breeze (a Flutter Pony) and Paradise (a So Soft Pony); both of these ponies have a tropical theme. Also the second
edition Rainbow Ponies seem to have tropical style hair, though they aren't
tropical ponies. So Rainbow Ponies like bright orange Flutterbye may have
a tropical appearance.In Year 10, tropical style Paradise
Baby Ponies were issued. They look suspiciously like the offspring of
Tropical Ponies but they do not bear the Tropical extension. Also Sundazzle
Ponies were also released in Year 10, each having a tropical theme and being
in the Pretty Pony/Sweetheart Sister mold.
Hula Hula (unicorn) is bright purple-ish pink with bright orange,
bright pink, bright
hair, a green and orange sailboat
symbol with green. She has orange eyes with green and pink eye shadow. Her UK name is Sailaway.
Thanks to Melissa for the full photograph of Mainsail; visit her site the Royal
Fortress.
Piña Colada (earth pony) is bright
pink with
bright orange, red, and bright blue hair orange
and blue palm trees symbol. Her eyes are blue with orange and pink eye shadow. She's in Up,
Up and Away's pose. She originally has curly hair. Her UK name (ironically) is Hula Hula.
Sea Breeze (Pegasus) is neon orange with pink, chartreuse, neon red hair
and two blue and pink fish as her symbol. Her
eyes are orange or coral with yellow and pink eye shadow.
She is in Dancing Butterflies pose. Her UK name is Surfing Days.
Tootie Tails (earth pony) is neon yellow with chartreuse, bright green, dark pink
hair and a pink and green pineapple symbol. Her eyes are
green with orange and pink eye shadow.
She is in Sugarberry's pose. She originally has curly hair. Her UK name is Summer Heatwave.
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