The My Little Pony Scrapbook: G1 in the UK and Europe

1992

The End of An Era...Or Not?


1992

Tuneful on the cover of the 1992 insert
UK and Europe, 1992

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The 1990s: Years Active
 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 (Netherlands)

Ponies Sold in 1992 in the UK Rockin' Beat Ponies | Glowing Magic Ponies | Pocket Friends Ponies | Rainbow Baby Ponies | Romance Ponies |Ballerina Baby Ponies | Teeny Weeny Ponies | Secret Surprise Ponies | Sweet Talking Ponies |Pony Bride | Holiday with Good Weather | Picnic Day with Sweet Clover | Cookery Ponies | Kitchen | Schoolhouse | Merry Treat, the Christmas Pony | Baby Ribbons & Hearts (Club Offer)

Other 1992 Ponies Flower Fantasy Ponies | Sippin' Soda Ponies | Sweet Kisses (North America) | Sundazzle Ponies | Colorswirl Ponies | Paradise Babies | Teeny Tiny Twins | Fancy Mermaid Ponies | Bridal Beauty (UK: 1993) | Birthday/Anniversary Pony (UK:1993)

1992 in the UK

1992 marked the end of the My Little Pony line in North America. Across the atlantic, all kinds of weirdly patterned ponies were being tossed out in a final fling before the curtain came down on ten years of what had been one of the most popular toy franchises aimed at girls in the past two decades.

Over here in the UK, however, it was business as usual. As with 1991, the line this year comprised a mixture of ponies from the previous year's North American release, and some new characters and themes. While the Schoolhouse was still on offer, this year's theme seemed to be cooking, as the Grooming Parlour base structure had been reinvented as a Kitchen playset. Four new Cookery Ponies were also released this year, complete with aprons.

As with 1990 and 1991, this year featured the bordered cards, pastel colour themes and character under the rainbow. This year's pick was Tuneful, from the Rockin' Beat set.
1992 Card
Card for Pocket Friends Pony "Wriggle Pocket", featuring Tuneful under the rainbow and Jingle Pocket as set representative
(colour palette - yellow)
UK, 1992

Perhaps because the line in North America was about to hit the buffers, but this year saw a lot of odd things happen with regards to production and batch variations. This is especially noticeable with the Rainbow Babies, the Rockin' Beats, the Glowing Magic Ponies, the Teeny Weeny Ponies and the Pocket Friends Ponies. In all these cases, at least one member of the set (and usually more than one) exists in multiple versions, with minor or more major colouration differences. This can also impact the quality of the hair - some of the ponies more commonly found in the UK have less good quality hair than those from over the atlantic. To make things more confusing, however, the promotional photographs for these sets all featured the ponies available in North America. This led to some incorrect rumours about releases - for example, Dazzleglow's blue heart version, which was only sold in North America, was originally touted as a UK exclusive.

Things were only a little less complicated with the new European sets as well. Some featured unproduced prototypes, and the Kitchen set originally advertised a small yellow kitten pal, which was never actually sold.

While this year's pony sets in North America had collective stories, the UK and Europe would still keep individual character stories for this year's release. Wth the diversity of range on offer in 1992, it was clear that My Little Pony - in Europe and the UK at least - was far from done.




Some Highlights of 1992