not prototypes but this is the only surviving pic of the fairy brights, they had glow in the dark head dresses I believe. Sad they never got made.

lovebeam wrote:

not prototypes but this is the only surviving pic of the fairy brights, they had glow in the dark head dresses I believe. Sad they never got made.

Wow! I have nevere seen that before! Are their bodies supposed to be transparent with some kind of swirls inside?

aaaw, I want those!

breyer600 wrote:

CP Satin N Lace:

LadyPinwheel wrote:

Whizzer and Masquerade changed poses! (although there is ONE Spanish Masquerade in Whizzers pose):

That explains why Satin N Lace was illustrated in the collector pose, there were also illustrations of her in the shy pose so I assume there might be a prototype of that as well.

Same goes for the Twinkle Eye backcards, I always wondered why Whizzer and Msquerade switched poses but the toy fair catalog picture explains it.





(images from greatponies.com)

As for ponies that never made it to production, First Tooth Baby Sundance has always been on top of my list. It's such a pity that the horrendous BBE monster is the only version of her that ever got released. The FT looked adorable in this commercial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCT-c1aJjt0

Here's an illustration of her as well:



Also the TAF Babies originally had poseable heads and both Sweet Tooth and Up Up & Away came in the Noddins pose (which fits the rest of the FT poses a lot better IMO):

Thanks for sharing these awesome pics everyone

Love TAF baby uua in that pose!

butterflybuttons wrote:

Love TAF baby uua in that pose!

Me too! I love that pose

Thanks for all the pics, everyone! I am DEFINITELY saving them all this time. LOL

It would be awesome if these existed somewhere.

prototype ponies are so interesting... i've seen other threads about them, but they're few and far between.

Does anyone have a pic of the prototype cookery pony with Gingerbread symbols? I wish I had a pic but I can't find one to post :/

@ Clipper:
I remember that pic! I was so in love with that pony <3

Gosh...could you image walking into a thrift store one day and picking one of these girls up...Or just to hold one for just a moment. UGH I'd bet anyone of these girls would fetch a pretty penny.

I only have one protype and it's of a g3.5 mold. Not very popular but still very interesting <3

I love looking at these pics and those babies - SO CUTE!

I remember seeing that pic too Clipper! That was a gorgeous pony! Wish she would have been made...

I think my favorite prototypes though are the fairy brights. I wish someone would make a customized set of those...*Dies*

Rika_of_Thunder wrote:

^Whoa! What is that pony made out of? o_o

I can't remember exactly what it was, but it definitely wasn't plastic. Might have been some kind of resin?

hodgemo2 wrote:

OMG Lady G, I've never seen that one before!!

It was on display at the Hasbro tour at the last RI fair I was in absolute awe!

PinkRosedust wrote:

Did a lot of them really end up in the trash?? Whyyyyy?!

Unfortunately yes, probably because they just didn't think they were valuable. Some would have made it out though

mlpgal13
can you show a photo of this prototype?

Is this the cookery pony you're talking about?