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#1: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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South African Ponies

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*picture pinkkittywinks

Very little is known about South African ponies. This spotlight aims to bring together the little that is known about these rare and strange looking ponies.

Before I begin I would like to say an extra special thank you to Stormy31685 and Kasin for helping me with this spotlight, for answering all my questions and for letting me use their pictures.

I will refer to South African ponies as SA ponies through out the spotlight.

Where are South African ponies from?

South African ponies were sold by Prima Toys, a South African toy company. This company is still going today and is one of the distributors of G3 My Little Pony line in South Africa.

Many Nirvana ponies were made by local toy companies under the name of Hasbro. For example, El Greco produced the Greek ponies, Auriken produced the Mexican NC ponies and DAG produced the Italian ponies. One could say that the SA ponies fit into this category in that the ponies made by a local toy company under Hasbro. However the back card does not state where the ponies were made only the name of the company Prima Toys.

This theory of the ponies being locally made in South Africa doesn't quite fit with the SA ponies' hoof markings. South African ponies' hooves are marked \"made in Hong Kong\". The hoof markings are barely legible but you can still make it out. One could argue that it has been badly blanked out as is the case with some no country ponies.

Another line of thought is that the SA ponies weren't actually licensed. It is possible that a mould was made using a Hong Kong pony and that this mould was used to produce a line of \"My Little Ponys'\". That may explain why they still have the Hong Kong under their feet. *kasin

In conclusion one can see that there is still no concrete evidence that SA ponies were actually made in South Africa.

Were these the only ponies to be sold in South Africa?

As well as the strange SA ponies South Africa is known to have got the NSS Truly and NSS Cupcake as well as a whole host of other regular release ponies. *ladyg

Where have South African ponies been found?

Loose South African ponies have been found in the UK, South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and the USA.

Who are the South African ponies?

All the SA ponies which have been found so far are from year 2 and it possible that the whole of the year 2 line was produced and sold. *kasin

Here is an illustrated list of the following variants which have been found so far:

Earth

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Bubbles (yellow with blue hair) *thank you stormy31685

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Applejack (orange with yellow hair) *thank you kasin

Seashell (green with green hair) (this is the only variant of seashell in a standing pose)

Bowtie (dark blue with pink hair) (known to exist but no picture available)

Rainbow

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Sunlight (green with rainbow hair) *picture pinkkittywinks

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Windy (white with rainbow hair)*thank you kasin

Moonstone (no description available) (No picture available)

Pegasus and Unicorn

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Moondancer (white with pink and yellow hair) *thank you louhma

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Medley (yellow with blue hair) *thank you kcat

Playset

Sprinkles (white with red hair) (No picture available)

As one can see most of the SA ponies resemble their HK cousins, however there are others who look completely different. For example, Medley is bright yellow instead of green and Seashell is in a standing pose instead of sitting.

What makes them special?

The Body.

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*thank you kasin

If you look at a SA pony you will notice they look a bit odd. This is because they are made up of different pony body parts! In fact they only ponies that have the matching head and body from the same mould are Moondancer and Medley!

Bubbles, Applejack, Bowtie and Sunlight all have Moondancer�s walking pose body and Firefly's open mouth head!!!

Seashell has a Moonstone's proud pose body and a Firefly open mouth head.

Windy has a Moonstone's head and a Moondancer�s walking pose body.

The plastic body of a SA ponies is VERY hard.

The Hair.
The hair is similar in texture to Brazilian ponies in that it is very fine and frizzes. The hair colours also appear to be unique to SA ponies too (I have yet to find an exact hair match for my SA Sunlight with any other MLP pony) All the SA ponies appear to have long flowing manes that go right down to their hooves and quite a long tail.

The most noticeable and unique feature though is their rooted tail! Instead of having a single tail hole with a tail held together by a washer like all other ponies, they have a stitched tail instead. The tail of a SA pony is rooted in the same way as a pony mane.

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*picture pinkkittywinks

It has also been noticed that some SA ponies shed their hair very easily when brushed and others do not.

Hoof Markings.
South African ponies are all marked �� 83 Hasbro Pat Pend. Hong Kong� the hoof markings are only just legible, compared with a normal Hong Kong pony.

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*picture pinkkittywinks

Hoof markings can be misleading. Mexican, Spanish, Greek and Argentinean ponies can all have no country stamp markings on their feet and it is only by looking at the ponies' features that can one identify their country of origin. Despite being marked Hong Kong it is clear that this is not a normal Hong Kong pony!

As mentioned earlier In this spotlight one could argue that due to the illegibility of the stamp it could have been badly blanked out as is the case with some no country ponies or that the HK stamp was just left or forgotten about.

Eyes
All the South African ponies that have been discovered so far all have blue eyes. The pupil, eyeliner and eye lashes on all known ponies are black. The eyes are very different to Hong Kong eyes which are cleanly printed on. South African pony eyes are very fuzzy looking as if they have been air brushed on. The only ponies that have similar style eyes to a South African pony are Italian ponies with airbrushed eyes.

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HK Sunlight and SA Sunlight eye comparison *picture pinkkittywinks

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SA Sunlight and Italy Minty with airbrushed eyes eye comparison *thank you so silver for Italian Minty with airbrushed eyes

Symbols
The symbol of the SA ponies only resembles their HK cousins in passing. They are printed on in one block colour and are quite small in scale.

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Comparison of SA Sunlight and HK Sunlight's symbols *picture pinkkittywinks

Conclusion

From looking closely at South African ponies, one can see that they are unique in the world of MLP; though they still do bare a passing resemblance to their Hong Kong cousins. There stand out features include their mixed up poses and a rooted tail. Like many Nirvana ponies such as Greek and Mexican ponies it is thought that SA ponies were made by a local toy company under the Hasbro name, however there is still no hard evidence that SA ponies were actually made in South Africa.

Prices
As SA ponies are so few and far between so it is very hard to give a price range. They could sell for anything between $100 and $1000 plus.

Links

Seashell's page
wave.prohosting.com/ka...iePage.htm

My Little Pony Collector
www.mylittleponycollec...ponies.htm

Kasin's SA Pictures
smg.photobucket.com/al...k/African/

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#2: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Silversnow, Location: Back from UKPONYCON! (Canary Islands, Spain)

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Thanks so much pinkkittywinks!+help! the spotlight is fab...I hadn't seen the AJ one...she's gorgeous!!!

#3: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pwincessxgarnetxx, Location: Eire, Ireland, The Emerald Asle..whatever floats your boat!!

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Yay thank you so much PKW I love SAs Smile

So mysterious..

#4: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Leikin, Location: Sweden

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Yay! so much beautiful ponies!! I love the SA ones, but I dont own one myself (yet, I WILL have one, one day :P)

Thanks for the spotlight! Its great! Happy

#5: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: shelti, Location: Oregon the home of Shel-t* Ponies

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Sizzling Hot Fire Devil

Great Spot and lots of work
Thank You PKW for putting it together
and everyone who contributed Clapper

#6: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: WishIMight, Location: Durham, NC

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Wow!! How interesting!!! Thank you PKW for the hard work and the explaination on SA ponies!!! Love the pics and thx for those who provided pics. I learned a lot reading this!!! How COOL!!! Happy

#7: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: sosoftbuttons, Location: moved into the 'belle tout' lighthouse with michael knight & KITT

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yet again, ANOTHER bunch of ponies to add to the ever-increasing want list... very informative page, thankyou!

#8: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: gypsyunicorn, Location: ponyville

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wow look at that bubbles and moondancer

#9: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Foxtale, Location: New York

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wonderful spotlight, I love these so much. Thank you for making it. ^.^

#10: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: princessFirefly, Location: Quebec, Canada

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Oooo neat spot light Smile

the south aftericans are odd ponies!

#11: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: BridgetsMum, Location: California

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Big thanks to pinkkittywinks and contributers Kasin and Stormy31685. I really enjoyed reading it! I learned a lot since I didn't know much about these gorgeous ponies.

#12: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Unicornucopia, Location: Intercontinental

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Woot for SA spotlight! Thanks so much for putting this together! Clapper

I'm still after that elusive SA Moonstone photo though... Big Ups

*has yet to see her*

#13: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Traxxx, Location: Pittsburgh

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I'm convinced that SA ponies are hasbro knock offs... but regardless, they're interesting.

Thanks for all the info and awesome pics Happy

#14: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: LadyGuinevere, Location: UK

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I'm not so sure... Prima Toys are the distributers of the G3s in South Africa - why would Hasbro give that contract to a company that had ripped them off big time in the 80s?

Piggy ponies were once thought to be fake. If they can be legitimate, why not these? Wink

Great spotlight, pkw! Big Ups

#15: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: LadyRika, Location: TR, NJ

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How cool! Thanks for the info... It's very interesting!

#16: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: babytaffy, Location: Burbank, CA

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i never knew about SA ponies! this article blew my mind away... o_O thanks so much for posting this!

#17: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: TE_Starflower, Location: Ontario Canada

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This is every exciting b/c I will be going to South Africa in July and my hostel is right by a flea market, guess what I'll be looking for??

#18: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Silver_mirror46, Location: Mexico city

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beautiful ponies *claps*

#19: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Malicieuse, Location: Peurto Pollo / Belgium

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Waw, i love that moondancer. O.o

#20: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: barbgirl1999, Location: Why, I'm with the vampires, of course!

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wow, thanks for the info! what a great idea! Happy

#21: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: BethyVic, Location: Edina, Minnesota

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I like the rooted tail idea. Although, cleaning or rerooting would take alot longer with these. BethyVic

#22: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: rosieribbons, Location: Cape-Town, South Africa

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PsychopompPony wrote:

This is every exciting b/c I will be going to South Africa in July and my hostel is right by a flea market, guess what I'll be looking for??

Lol, goodluck, I live in Cape-Town and have been to the Prima factory shop and haven't found a thing. I doubt you will find anything in the fleamarkets, they don't sell that kind of stuff, more kind of ethnic curios.
If you are staying in Cape-Town then I presume your hostel is next to Greenmarket square, in which case, you won't find anything - sorry.

#23: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Starflashbaby, Location: WI, U.S.A

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Wow how pretty

#24: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Jupicorn, Location: The Hubble Telescope

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They are so cool! I love the Moondancer to death! <3 I only wish I could see pictures of that Bow-Tie.

Were those the only SA ponies made? Was there ever a Firefly or a Glory or a Cotton Candy or so forth? I've never heard of them.

#25: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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it seems only year two ponies were made, however there may be more that we don't know about Smile

love pkw xxx

#26: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Jupicorn, Location: The Hubble Telescope

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Thanks, pinkkittywinks. I hope there were.

You know, I don't think I've ever seen a SA Moonstone. What pose was she in?

And I'm STILL going to try and hunt down photos of a Bow-Tie, even though there probably aren't any.

#27: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: nibbles, Location: United Kingdom

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ooh! that was fun to read and very interesting.. thanks PKW.. Hug

#28: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Narah, Location: Spain

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What an interesting spotlight! A big thanks to all involved in the making of it, these spotlights really enrich the Arena!

#29: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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thanks all, i am glad you have enjoyed the spotlight Big Ups

Jupicorn wrote:

Thanks, pinkkittywinks. I hope there were.

You know, I don't think I've ever seen a SA Moonstone. What pose was she in?

And I'm STILL going to try and hunt down photos of a Bow-Tie, even though there probably aren't any.

i haven't seen SA moonstone either, i only know she exists. here is what i would think she is like Happy

i am guessing she would stand in the same pose as SA windy Smile

and would have small block coloured symbols, maybe a little like peru moonstones symbols Smile

solid blue. and of course she would have the long rainbow mane and tail Big Ups

i haven't seen a picture of SA bowtie but i have been given a description of her. She is in the same pose as SA bubbles and is a dark blue and has a dark pink mane and tail (think heatthrob pink) and she has small bow symbols.

i know a description isn't quite the same as a picture, but i am sure one will pop up oneday for us all to see Satisfied

love pkw xxxx

#30: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: dustygusty,

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just incase this hasn't been mentioned, SA ponies had back card stories written in Afrikaans, one of South Africa's official languages (and my first language) .

a SA pony ( and even more so an SA pony backcard) is my absolute grail. I would give up more than half my collection for one of these. They were made with Afrikaaners as their target audience (which I am an Afrikaaner if you cant tell =P ) so these have a speacial place in my heart, and I can only hope that one day I'll have the luck of getting hold of one of these girls. I live in Texas now, so sadly my chances arn't very high.

#31: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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thank you for the extra additional information dustygusty Hug

love pkw xxx

#32: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Lemandee, Location: Netherlands

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I never knew about African pony's but there loveley! Especially the Bubbles and Applejack!

#33: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Escarchita, Location: Canary Islands, Spain

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Great job, PKW!!! ^___^ Thanks so much for sharing the knowledge! =D

Love,

xxx Kris xxx

#34: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: grenadeglovegirl,

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Oh wow, that was a really really interesting read Happy

#35: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: princessluna11706, Location: Osaka/New York, NY

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I know Vin21 has a South African Bowtie (I've held her :D) tho she has a mohawk.
I'll ask him if he has a pic.

#36: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: rochi-901, Location: A world were your dreams come true

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Love the SA POnies, saddly had not found one yet

#37: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Flaileigh, Location: Canada

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princessluna11706 wrote:

I know Vin21 has a South African Bowtie (I've held her :D) tho she has a mohawk.
I'll ask him if he has a pic.

I sold them all a few years ago due to financial difficulty. I'm sad about MoonDancer since she was my favorite.

MoonDancer

#38: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: cyberfluf, Location: Zoetermeer, the Netherlands

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Very interesting Smile

So there are no SA babies made as far as we know?

#39: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Leikin, Location: Sweden

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Flaileigh: Wow, that is the first time I have seen SA Bowtie.. She is stunning! May I ask where you got them?

#40: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pandorarose3, Location: Berwyn, IL USA

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*does grabby hands* I WANT MOONDANCER, she is my fav G1 unicorn always has been always will be.

#41: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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Flaileigh thank you so much for sharing pictures Big Ups

bowtie is amazing!

love pwk xxxx

#42: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: princessluna11706, Location: Osaka/New York, NY

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Flaileigh wrote:

princessluna11706 wrote:

I know Vin21 has a South African Bowtie (I've held her :D) tho she has a mohawk.
I'll ask him if he has a pic.

I sold them all a few years ago due to financial difficulty. I'm sad about MoonDancer since she was my favorite.

Ahhh so she was yours!
She's very cool, I felt honored to touch her!

#43: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Flaileigh, Location: Canada

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Sorry, I don't visit the forums much. I got all three in a bunch of baggied ponies at Value Village. (20-odd ponies -- There were also UKs, MO's and an Italian) When I was opening the baggies to clean them, they were definitely something different. Satisfied

#44: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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thank you for that detail flaileigh Smile

it goes to show that these ponies really travel around!

love pkw xxx

#45: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: AeraCura, Location: P-cola, FL

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that SA bubbles is just awesome dribble

i love these spotlights! so full of info!

#46: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: princessluna11706, Location: Osaka/New York, NY

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One of my friends has SA Bowtie, very cool, and I've seen a pic of SA Bubbles once.

Thanks for the spotlight!

#47: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: AllIsLove, Location: BC, Canada

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Wow! I was born and grew up in SA, and I never realized there was anything different about our ponies!

I'm curious though - did Prima ever import any ponies? The reason I'm asking, is all of my ponies in storage are from SA, and I'm absolutely certain I have a Tapdancer, Bouquet, a Flutterby and a Tex , the last two I'm almost certain didn't have rooted tails (I have GOT to fish those out and have a look at them). My sister had a Galaxy that sticks in my mind as having the SA Moondancer's shaped face (I'll have to check that one too), and I know she has a family set, and a Surprise (which I really wanted, he he). If I manage to find them, I'll take some photos, and post them here.

Are the G3's from SA noticably different from other places?

#48: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: shellebelle, Location: Houston Texas

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Funky chicken, we would love to see some pics AllIsLove...

#49: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: plushroo, Location: NC, USA

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Man, I hope I can buy one someday.

#50: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: AllIsLove, Location: BC, Canada

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Alright, good news, half-way news, and inconvenient-ish news.

Good news - I found my SA ponies, and there's a Rosedust with them I forgot about!

Half way news - they're FILTHY! (Apparently you never notice that sort of thing when you're a child . . .) Will have to wash them off before submitting pics. Here's the hoof marks I can make out - Rosedust:�86 HASBRO BRADLEY PAT PEND MADE IN CHINA; Bouquet:�85 HASBRO BRADLEY MADE IN CHINA; Tapdancer:�84 HASBRO CHINA; Tex:�87 HASBRO INC PAT PEND MADE IN HONG KONG. All of them except Rosedust an Flutterby have blue eyes (they have pink and purple respectively)

Inconvenient-ish news - turns out my sister's ponies weren't stashed with mine, so I'll have to hunt around for them.

Here's some history to add to your info, that might influence ponies coming out of South Africa. I was chatting to my Dad, who was in the baby product industry back in SA, and he brought up a really interesting point. Two gentlemen named Bernard Akal and James Bell opened toy stores called Reggies and Toys R Us (origionally NOT the American chain - the SA stores had the 'r' flipped the other way around, and were only bought out by the American company in the 90s) in SA, both selling MLP. The thing is, Mr Bell tended to import many of his toy lines directly from China, bypassing manufacturers in SA. So there is an excellent chance that he may have brought in some non-SA ponies at the same time as the Prima ponies! (Which may explain why my ponies look more like the normal Hong Kong ponies.)

#51: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: AllIsLove, Location: BC, Canada

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Oops! Flutterby has �84 HASBRO PAT PEND HONG KONG under her hooves.

#52: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: shellebelle, Location: Houston Texas

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Erm, so do you have any of the funky looking ones?

That's great inside information though! I love learning those extra bits.

#53: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: AllIsLove, Location: BC, Canada

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Nope - they all look like regular ponies to me. They all have the normal tails, matching body parts . . . I'm still keen to find my sister's stash, though. I would have thought I would have had at least one of the Prima versions (I'm the older sister, so logically I should have had older ponies, dammit Wink

#54: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: shellebelle, Location: Houston Texas

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Quote::

I'm the older sister, so logically I should have had older ponies, dammit

Lol. I know, ya think? Poke Tounge

*crosses fingers a SA can be found*

#55: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: LadyGuinevere, Location: UK

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That's cool you found your ponies! Smile

I'm fairly sure that SA did import ponies as well as have their own ones. From what I've gathered before, at least some of their stock came from Hasbro UK.

#56: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Henpatch, Location: Queensland, Australia

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An EXCELLENT "Spotlight" - there is always something to learn about the Wonderful World of MLP!
Thank you to all who contributed to this!
The BAD THING about all this is - Now we ALL want SA ponies - right!??

#57: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: loudlucky, Location: South Africa

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Interesting! Since I live in South Africa it never even occured to me that some of my MLP might be South African LOL How would I be able to tell that? you saw them in my post here: www.mlparena.com/Forum...01563.html

Only two of my G1 ponies say Made in Hong Kong at the bottom of their feet - Crunch Berry, but it says copyright 87 Hasbro on one of the feet... and my G1 Baby Cotton Candy looks exactly like this one mlpland.com/?l=2&p...amp;id=580 says made in Hong Kong copyright Hasbro 1984 pat pend

As far as I know the G3 ponies look the same here as the US ones...

#58: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: Nappercasper, Location: England

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Wow thet are so awesome Happy

#59: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: relcelestia, Location: California US

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loudlucky wrote:

Interesting! Since I live in South Africa it never even occured to me that some of my MLP might be South African LOL How would I be able to tell that? you saw them in my post here: www.mlparena.com/Forum...01563.html

Only two of my G1 ponies say Made in Hong Kong at the bottom of their feet - Crunch Berry, but it says copyright 87 Hasbro on one of the feet... and my G1 Baby Cotton Candy looks exactly like this one mlpland.com/?l=2&p...amp;id=580 says made in Hong Kong copyright Hasbro 1984 pat pend

As far as I know the G3 ponies look the same here as the US ones...

well, ive never actually seen an SA pony in real life but from what ive learned here on the nirvana forum i think a pretty good way to tell would be the tail. they are inserted in a really weird way. plus the symbols seem to be really different from the US versions. eyes are different hair i smore coarse etc...
love to know if you have any!!! how exciting would that be! Smile

#60: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: loudlucky, Location: South Africa

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mine's tails all look "normal" the whole bunch of hair comes out of one hole... would've been nice to have a SA one, but I guess they're not Sad

#61: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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loudlucky ~ you ponies all look like the standard editions. does crunch berry have any county name stamped on her feet? Smile

love pkw xxx

#62: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: loudlucky, Location: South Africa

#63: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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thank you for getting back to me!

you did have a nirvana pony in your herd Smile

crunch berry is not south african, but she is spanish Big Ups

love pkw xxx

#64: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: loudlucky, Location: South Africa

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this is the photo of her... unfortunately I do not have one of her hooves right now...

I don't understand how she can be Spanish? Were all the Crunch Berries made there? Sorry for all the questions, but I find it very interesting!

#65: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: LadyGuinevere, Location: UK

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pinkkittywinks wrote:

thank you for getting back to me!

you did have a nirvana pony in your herd Smile

crunch berry is not south african, but she is spanish Big Ups

love pkw xxx

Not if she says Hong Kong Poke Tounge

#66: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: BeBeDasha, Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

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How come the SA Moondancer looks more like a Windy then a Moondancer?

These SA ponies have me craving them. I have baity Medleys and Moondancers... was thinking of making a reproduction SA... I can make two if I swap heads... was just looking through here for reference. They are interesting, to say the least!

#67: Re: Spotlight on ... South African Ponies Author: pinkkittywinks,

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LadyGuinevere wrote:

pinkkittywinks wrote:

thank you for getting back to me!

you did have a nirvana pony in your herd Smile

crunch berry is not south african, but she is spanish Big Ups

love pkw xxx

Not if she says Hong Kong Poke Tounge

i have an excuse!!!! i scratched my glasses so i am wearing my old ones and they don't nirvana visions.

*slaps self with wet kipper*

Silly

i am sorry for the flase alarm loudlucky Blush

love pkw xxx

-> MLP Nirvana

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