Hello Kitty McDonald’s Happy Meal Plush Keychain (2000) [✩]
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It’s My Little Monday!
With...G3 Pony First Version Toola Roola!
This is an interesting one, first off because people will see and say ‘that’s not toola roola’. But why? Because this is how she ORIGINALLY looked/how the character was originally designed. They then took her name and gave it to a completely different looking pony much later in the line, and made that one a part of the ‘core 7 / ‘bore 7′ characters and proceeded to re-release it multiple times in the hopes of them catching on. (It did not, and the line ended*) So, there’s 2 very different ponies with the same name, on the same line from the same era. Not great planning.
And it’s not like ‘toola roola’ is the best name on earth? It’s a nonsense word or a song lyric type thing like “Sha-la-la-la” where they’re just doing syllables to go with the music and it’s not a word for anything. There was no real reason to re-use it later on.
But why else is the pony interesting?
Her colors are very “g3″ of course involving pink and white and the shimmery skin, so she’s quite representative of the early era of G3 ‘cool-colored’ ponies. (Sweetberry & etc follow this as well) However, she’s the only one on the whole of G3 with an actual Celtic Symbol on there. That’s a type of ‘knot’, similar to the Triskelion, which is sometimes a symbol for eternal life. (It has no hearts on the original Celtic symbol, those are just for her symbol) Buddhism also has a similar item. Was someone doodling, or did they deliberately add a Celtic knot to pony? Either way, it’s a fun bit of trivia and makes this one more collectible.
Certainly go collect this one if you like her look, the name mix-up & the interesting symbol are going to contribute to her being uncommon in the future most likely so get her while she is cheap now in 2022.
*The “Bore 7″, in which, Hasbro tried to take g3 which was based on ‘grab tons of characters just like pokemon!’ and turn it into ‘there are only 7 pokemon that is enough for you just buy the same 7 over and over again’.
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2004 Pokemon Skitty TV Figure
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It’s My Little Monday!
With...G3 Pony Moondancer!
Yes, this one does share the same name with the G1 pony, however they look nothing alike. Moondancer was a play pack pony, where she came with lots of items for a slumber party. This made her more costly than regular ponies, and she was only released (probably) twice. The accessories included things like bunny slippers, radio that played music, blanket, nokia-looking cellphone, and food/drink among others.
She’s a frosty-cool color of blue (which G3 quite enjoyed, a few have a similar color) with mild yellow hair and a simple smiling moon/’1950s style’ stars & blue ‘sky’ shape. The stylization of the moon and the blob shape for the sky/stars gives the symbol quite a retro feel. (Oddly several G3s crib at retro ‘space age’ design points--it’s not understood how or why they’d choose the era to design from)
The frosty blue plastic is especially lovely because of that signature G3 shimmer dust that many of them have. It lends an icy, fantasy tone and helps her match with her hair color. The eye color is an interesting choice: pink and aqua, which are nowhere else in her design. She’s in ‘the diva pose’, making her seem like an elegant character. Notice the hoof heart is a middling yellow: they were not afraid to spend on multiple inks that don’t appear more than once.
She was an early favorite on the line!
Fans were stirred up over her name (wishing for the original G1 to return), but she won people over with her fun accessories and lovely color scheme. She also appeared in the G3 cartoons at least twice. I love blue ponies, and this one is no exception: she’s great! A dreamy character with a peaceful look. Pick her up if you can! (You don’t want her to end up expensive later--which she likely will because not everyone wanted to splurge on the accessory-pack pony)
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2001 Bandai Godzilla Figure Gojiam-kun (ft Hamtaro)
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