1986:

PLAY AND CARE SET BABY PONIES

As with so many ponies from the UK line, online these little cuties have an ugly, negative nickname - "non beddy bye eye baby ponies", or "NBBE". Back when the world first found out about them, there were not many UK people online, and obviously, the North American collectors (of which most of the community at the time were) had to find a way to better recognise them in conjunction with their own sets.

Obviously, however, Hasbro never called their set anything like this, and their correct set name is "Play and Care Set Babies", on account of the accessories they were sold with. In fact, this was a continuation, for the first Play and Care Set Baby Ponies were sold the year before and comprised Baby Blossom, Baby Applejack and Baby Cotton Candy. This year there were four, all of whom have counterparts in the North American line with, yes, Beddy Bye Eyes.

Now the online community is comprised of so many more people from this neck of the woods, it's about time the ugly, negative nickname was replaced by the proper set name. I prefer to think of them as their own set, so I will venture to call them by their proper name.


PLAY AND CARE SET BABIES
(1986 Insert, UK)

As the insert shows, their accessories remained the same between the two countries and the two versions of each pony. The only differences were that the UK ponies had "nappy" boxes, not "diaper" ones, and they had round puffy stickers instead of flat scented ones!