Now that
I have a domain to properly host it - there are no more adverts, and I
have way more space to play with in terms of images and whatnot. Consequently
there is a lot of stuff to add to this site over the next few months!!
There are
several websites which deal with My Little Pony identification, but,
back when I first built the first draft of this site, there were no pages
which dealt comprehensively with UK pony info. I believe that this is
still largely the case for, whilst many sites now delve into the weird
and wonderful world of variants, and there are many excellent sites which
give general MLP overviews, very few sites have tackled the issue of My
Little Pony's UK issue - stuck in the middle of the American "canon" and
the variant "oddities." This forgotten territory has always been the focus
of my web-building for, as a native of the UK, I grew up with these ponies
and they are still very dear to me now as an adult collector. Originally
my site dealt only with those ponies which were deemed exclusive to these
shores, but even this caused confusion and misunderstanding, since many
collectors drew the belief that we had all of the ponies sold in the United
States, and then more. Equally, exclusives in Europe were not always sold
in the UK and vice versa, so in an attempt to clarify all of these points,
I have expanded the site to include as many of the store-sold regular ponies
that exist, putting where they were sold, and adding more detail on the
storybook, nostalgic side of ponyland in the United Kingdom, as well as
the cold hard pony facts. Consequently I hope that this site will be a detailed
and reliable resource on UK pony information. Over the years things have
come to my notice which suggests that the UK's pony line is not as straight
forward as it seemed (and trust me, that wasn't very straight forward). The
UK have been a "dumping ground" for surplus stock, not only from Europe but
from America. Some sets, such as the Candy Canes and Brush and Grows seem
to have appeared here in both UK and US packages, for example. My site, therefore,
judges a pony as being sold here if it was done so officially, though if
I know anything about surplus stock I've mentioned it along the way.
I want to thank everyone - especially those collectors
in the UK who have dredged their childhood memories and possessions - for
everything you have done to help me with my site. The pictures, information
and support have been more helpful than you know, and with any luck has taken
the scrapbook further towards it's goal of being a complete guide to My Little
Pony in the UK. I'm very grateful to everyone who's helped me out - no matter
how tiny or insignificant the information might appear to be!!
There are still many details I may have mis-remembered
or overlooked, and if anyone has any information they would like to add,
please get in touch via the email button! I am especially interested in MOC
pictures of ponies on UK style cards, on information about accessories or
issues, or prototype information. Some of the MOC pages are without
any set images as yet and if you can help me fill those gaps, please get
in touch. We can do this :)
My own information
is based primarily on Hasbro produced leaflets, advertisements and
other paraphernalia, added to my own memory and artefacts from my childhood.
In addition, in September 1995 Hasbro UK kindly sent me a list of the
ponies produced in the United Kingdom and I have referred to that on
occasion as a final judgement as to whether a pony was part of Hasbro's
UK line or not. I will not copy this information for anyone, so please do
not ask me to. It's copyright belongs to Hasbro and I'm lucky to have it
at all :)
I have also used comics, stories and other merchandise
to give some information on ponies that is different from simply
a decription and list of accessories, but a sense of who that pony
was to kids in the United Kingdom. Ponies were always more to the people
who played with them than just a vinyl 'pocket money' toy, and that's why
this site deals with the personalities as well as the products. This brings
me to the Fact File, my principle source of pony personality information for
1987 and before. For anyone who doesn't know, this is a small blue
binder issued through mail order in the UK in 1987/8 and contains pictures
and stories for 125 little ponies :) More about the fact file can be
found at the MLP
Media section.
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from my own collection unless otherwise specified. They are not
to be reproduced elsewhere!
Photograph of Baby Sapphire also from my own collection and pony
"dollz" edited by me from bases edited up by angychan.
Thanks to Amichan for the base
used for Taffeta.
Current permissions are as follows:
Roswita: Yellow minty :)
Dawn Beaster: Brazilian Wind Whistler, Macau cotton candy
Wiggles: Amberlocks
If the site is not on this list and is using my picture then
they have swiped it without permission, *even if they have linked
back to my old or new website!!* Please notify me if you come
across an image napper and help protect against Pony Image Napping!
The My Little Pony Scrapbook's concept is © E A Woolley
as of Summer 1998.
This format © E
A Woolley June 2005.
My Little Pony © Hasbro Inc, UK and Int'l, 1982 onwards
:)
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To find out more about Hasbro's current line of My Little Pony items,
please visit www.mylittlepony.com
and www.hasbro.co.uk :)