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.
When I first set out to tackle the issue of My Little Pony within the
United Kingdom, I had the naive and airy fairy idea that my memory would
suffice in terms of evidence. However, five years online has taught me much
much more about the technicalities and details surrounding ponies here that
I never before realised. The emergence of an insert I did not know existed
adds new evidence to the Paradise Estate conundrum, and information from
all over the UK and Europe has helped to build my site and has taught me
a lot more how to fill in the gaps in my memory. I would like to take this
moment 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. It's as much your site now as my site, and 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.
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. A key source
in compiling this information is the Fact File...which you will find mentioned
at several intervals. 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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Any images which appear on this page are
from my own collection unless otherwise specified. They are not
to be reproduced elsewhere!
Border graphics scanned from the UK My Little Pony Fact
File and appear courtesy of Ivy's Free Picture Page.
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 November 2002.
My Little Pony © Hasbro Inc, UK and Int'l, 1982 onwards
:)
This
page is in no way affiliated with Hasbro, and is merely a fansite!
To find out more about Hasbro's current line of My Little Pony items,
please visit www.mylittlepony.com
and www.hasbro.co.uk :)