1985

Hasbro had a bright idea by the time this year's My Little Pony got properly under way. Curly haired ponies began popping up all over the place, and we were also introduced for the first time to my Little Pony's insufferable human friend, Megan in doll form.

Baby Sea Ponies followed the success of the Adult Sea Ponies, who had some additions of their own. Baby Sea Ponies, however, would go on to be the more popular venture - probably by dint of their special floats!

Perhaps the most adventurous gimmick ponies of this year were the Twinkle Eye Ponies and the So Soft Ponies, both of whom would go on to add new characters as far into the future as 1987. Both sets of ponies would make substantial contributions to the 1986 My Little Pony the Movie. To make life easier on browsing, I have split the Twinkle Eyed Pony sets up into their North American definitions, but I have made it clear along the way which ponies we missed in the UK and how they were sold here!

There were also new Unicorn, Earth, Pegasus and Rainbow Ponies in 1985!

Many of the earlier playsets continued to be released this year.