1985: Earth Ponies
POSEY
Yellow earth pony with pink mane and tail, pink and green tulips symbol
Posey, a mild, sweet natured little pony with a passion for flowers, was first introduced to ponyland in 1985 as part of the Groom and Style set. Issued with pink painted tulips, she would be so popular that, in the following year, Hasbro decided to continue her release in Europe and the UK along with new characters.
Whilst the 1985 set of "Groom and Style" ponies is fairly straight forward, the subsequent sets get murky. In the United Kingdom, she was part of the higgledy piggledy set known simply as "My Little Pony", which also included unicorn Gypsy and pegasus pony Honeycomb. This is where the Magenta symbol Posey came into being (and you can see her MOC at the bottom of this page). This Posey was sold with a different brush (dove brush) though her accessories were the same colour.
In parts of Europe, this version of Posey was also sold. However, Gypsy and Honeycomb were not part of the set, and instead there was a different version of Tootsie. See Tootsie's page for more information.
Posey would also see a release as a So Soft Pony. This pony had dark symbols, largely to show up through the flocking. Her hair was also pink (mine is a little faded!)
It is important to note that there was never a white haired version of Posey. ALL such Poseys are faded out, since sunlight has a destructive effect on the particular shade of pink Posey uses. The same applies to white tulips - this is not a variation.
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