Prototype Ponies

As with all toy lines, prototypes were made for each of the ponies and Jana was lucky enough to find a big load!

Original Prototypes

Apart from Nite Star, all seem to be final moulds for the original ponies produced. Many were without hair and came in varying colours. The Nite Star prototype mould differs from her production mould, and I've also found a couple of fully painted prototypes for her too, where as all others here are plain.

I've included production pony images alongside their prototype counterparts for comparison.

Prototype Bobbi		Production Bobbi

Prototype Hi Tops	Production Hi Tops

Prototype Little Glitter	Production Little Glitter

Prototype Little Tutu		Production Little Tutu

Prototype Pom Pom	Production Pom Pom

Prototype Skippity Skate

Prototype Wedding Belle		Production Wedding Belles

Prototype Workout Girl	Production Workout Girl

Prototype Nite Star		Production Nite Star

Growing Hair Prototypes

As I've never come across any images of the Growing Hair ponies (other than the one on the packaging back), so they are probably the closest we are going to get!

These three images show the designing stage through to fruition. The middle image shows part of the the winding mechanism for the "growing hair" feature on its hip. All the pictures further down are covered up by the decoration.

There are six different prototypes pictured below, possible the complete set.