1985:

Earth Ponies
("Groom 'n' Style")

My Little Pony was coming on in style and design in leaps and bounds by 1985. This set of Earth Ponies, also labelled "Groom and Style" ponies on Hasbro UK's listing, were some of the first ponies to feature curly hair as well as two new poses for that year's release. Applejack and Bow Tie were retained from the previous Earth Pony set, though both had undergone changes. Pictured above are the UK releases for each pony - in North America they kept their original poses but added curly hair to their ensemble. More information about those can be found on Applejack and Bow Tie's individual pages. Bow Tie herself, along with new ponies Cherries Jubilee and Lickety Split, were given curly hair in the UK release.

These were pretty notorious ponies in the UK. Released the same year was the My Little Pony Picture Disk, a record that featured seven songs and a story and which was later re-released as a song tape. More about this can be found at the My Little Pony Media section, including the songs!

Applejack was still the clumsy one and Bow Tie the hairdresser. Cherries Jubilee was the carnival queen, and Lickety Split had a passion for ice cream. Posey inherited the mantle of My Little Pony gardener from Blossom, and Tootsie had the endearing habit of muddling her words.

All four of this year's new earth ponies would go on to be re-released or modified in some form.