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Generation 1

Takara

"マイリトルポニー" ⇒ mai ritoru ponii ⇒ My Little Pony

In the 1980s Hasbro had a give and take relationship with the Japanese toy company Takara (now called Takara Tomy). Takara licensed Transformers to Hasbro. Hasbro licensed Takara "My Little Pony". In 1985 the Japan exclusive the toy line "Mai Ritoru Ponii - Osharena Ponii" or "My Little Pony - Stylish Pony" debuted. The toys were marketed as poseable dolls that you could dress up and style their hair. There are 4 main characters, and at least 11 different outfits that could be purchased separately.


The information on this page about the Takara line is as described by the packaging and catalog pages. Since only some of the toys are known by collectors to definitely exist, it is very likely that much of it never made it past the prototype stage. Toys confirmed to exist are laid out in a chart below. Although the lack of a network of thrift stores such as those that exist in the US is another good place to start for an explanation as to why so few of the toys have been found by modern collectors.


Characters
  • The main characters are Pinky and Milky who are twin sisters.
  • They have younger twin sisters named Lily and Popo.
  • There are four additional Ochame Fashion friends who are the same size as Pinky and Milky.
  • There are 10 additional animal twins sets that are the same size as Lily and Popo.


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Before you get too excited, only about 1/4 of the toys from the catalog have been confirmed to have actually been produced. And only a handful total have been found. So, you cannot expect to be able to collect these at all.

Confirmed Takara

Pinky

Several have been sighted.

Milky

Several have been sighted.

Hair Designer - Milky

Known to be owned by one collector and one japanese blogger.

Lily and Popo Carriage Playset

Not known for sure, but a MIB fakie of this set that looks just like the catalog pic has been sighted. Also a loose baby as been sighted without the drain hole that the bathtub set babies have.

Lily and Popo Bathtub Playset

One MIB set is known.

Ochame Fashion -Curly-Hair Doll

One loose has been sighted.

Ochame Fashion -Fluffy-Hair Doll

Several have been seen, but she is often mistaken for Pinky


Hair Designer


Stylish Pony Hair Designer 2,400 yen
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Both Pinky and Milky were released as Hair Designer Ponies. [1]


Translation of text from catalog:
Stylish Pony Deluxe Type comes with a dresser, a hair dryer, a hat, hair curlers,
and various other accessories for styling hair, meant to increase your pony styling fun.
Stylish Pony Hair Designer 2,400 yen



Oshare Pony


Stylish Pony 1,380 yen to 1,800 yen
Pony Doll Clothes Dresses 650 yen to 1,000 yen
MIB Pinky
MIB Milky
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Oshare Pony Pinky -at least three releases
Regular -purple dress with small hearts on it with a yellow tie.
Regular -yellow dress
Osharena Pony Color Wedding
Oshare Pony Milky -at least three releases
Regular -pink dress with a white lace hem and a light yellow bow at the neck
Regular -light pink and white checkered dress
Osharena Pony Color Wedding



Stylish Pony Color Wedding


Stylish Pony Color[ful] Wedding 1,980 yen
Pony Doll Clothes Dress (Color[ful] Wedding) 1,000 yen



Pony Kisekae Dress


Stylish Pony 1,380 yen to 1,800 yen
Pony Doll Clothes Dresses 650 yen to 1,000 yen

"osharena ponii no kisekae doresu" or "Stylish Pony Doll Clothes Dress"


  • There were at least 11 different outfits that could be purchased separately for the dolls 1
  • The single outfit sets came with a dress, a necklace and two plastic bow shaped decorative hair picks/combs (one yellow and one pink).
Kisekae Dress -clothing sets for the adult sized dolls
single clothing set - at least 10
double clothing set - at least one






Stylish Pony Color Wedding Pony Doll Clothes Dress


Stylish Pony Color[ful] Wedding 1,980 yen
Pony Doll Clothes Dress (Color[ful] Wedding) 1,000 yen




Ochame Fashion


Stylish Pony (Playful Collection) 1,980 yen
"sarasara-hair" or "silky hair"
Ochame Fashion Backcard
  • Aside from Pinky and Milky there were also four adult sized "ochame fashion" dolls sold separately. Ochame translates as playful or mischevious.


-"kurukuru-hair" or "curly hair": pale green body with teal hair
-"sarasara-hair" or "silky hair": very pale body with yellow hair
-"amiami-hair" or "braided hair": pale blue body with blue hair
-"fuwafuwa-hair" or "fluffy hair": pale pink body with darker pink hair



Pony Style House


Pony Style House 3,980 yen


Dream Capsule


Let's Dress up on a Stylish Pony Playful Dress (Dream Capsule) 2,800 yen


Accessory Set


Stylish Pony Accessory Sets 480 yen each



Plush


Plush Toy Ponies (Pinky and Milky) 2,800 yen each


The Land of Close Friends


Cute Pony and The Land of Close Friends 480 to 680 yen each
Animal Friend Twins
same scale as Lily and Popo
10 different sets



Kawaii Pony


  • Kawaii Ponii or Cute Pony are the younger twin sisters of Pinky and Milky.
  • Only two kawaii (or baby) ponies were made, Riri/Lili/Lily (pink with purple hair) and Popo (yellow with pink hair).


  • They were together in three sets. The dolls varied in each set. Also the non-poseable dolls were in slightly different poses. Lily has her hands in her lap whereas Popo has her hands out in front of her. The majority of Fakie babies are cast from Lily, with their hands in their lap, but both types of fakies were made.
Poseable Ponies -poseable!
Bubble Bath Ponies -had drain holes on the bottom
Wagon Ponies -no drain hole



Poseable Kawaii Ponies


Kawaii Pony (Poseable) 680 yen each




Kawaii Ponies and Bubble Bath


Kawaii Pony and Bubble Bath 1,980 yen


Kawaii Ponies (with a wagon)


Kawaii Pony (with a wagon) 1,380 yen



Fakie Babies

various fakies from various angles
details of a fakie found in California
details of a fakie found in Finland
the bottom of this fakie has no marks


  • Real Takara babies will have clear copyright information on their bottoms
  • Fakies were produced by several companies, and while most have no information on their bottoms, a few have fainter takara copyright information because they were apparently cast from a genuine pony.
  • There more baby sized fakies based on Takara ponies than real Takara baby ponies.



Palau Toys


details of Palau Fakies



Lovely Pets


Fakie twins of various matching colors were sold in a three pack with a Remco fakie fakie. [2]


Generation 2

Small Plush Purses by Tomy, of G1 ponies but sold during G2[3]

Keychains

Japanese keychain backcard

These keychains were released as G1 retro merchandise in G2 and only in Japan. They are very hard to find.




Phone Straps

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Generation 3

G3 Pinkie Pie plush keychain

A small amount of merchandise was available for G3.



Generation 4

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shirts and tights by galaxxxy[4]

G4 has hit Japan, and we are waiting for Japan exclusive merch!



See also


References

  1. http://ameblo.jp/maroma-2/entry-11047341452.html
  2. http://vetten.weebly.com/takara-babies.html
  3. http://emocco.com/emotoy/mlp/
  4. http://galaxxxy.jugem.jp/?eid=27202