I've been meaning to post some pictures here for ages. I own one of the posters (I think it was part of the promotional poster giveaway mentioned on some of the packages). There were two posters, you have an image of one and I have the other one. Because it's large (and my camera doesn't work) I've scanned each section so you can see what horses and animals were included on the poster.
The carousel, with a horse included - Raindrop. Raindrop came with either a gold or blue name stand (I don't know why, but I've seen both colours).
The five horse stand, with a horse included - Sunshine.
A 'gift set', included in this one were Dawnlight, Morning Glow and Moonlight (I think). I think there must have been other three packs though.
The swan chariot gift pack with Harmony, the swan and Starr (left to right). The swan seems to be a prototype, as the gorgeous little crystals on her wings and base were not used in the released version.
Fashion parade horses - Hopper, Frisco, Goodie.
Fashion parade and Bright Beauties - Ribbon, Royal, Sunset and Starry
Bright Beauties and Fancy Trotters - Sunbeam, Lavender, Jazma and Rosette
The animals - Cameo, Misty, Frosty, Topaz, Camelot, Moonbeam, Rudy, Diamond
The rocking horses - Damasque, Rosegay and Finesse
The classic horses - Misty Meadow, Silver Dawn, Honeycup, Twilight, Snowflake, Daydream, Shadow, Wildflower, Starbright.
From looking at the list of horses' names that we know, it looks like Sunburst from the Classic Horses was not released (I haven't been able to find any actual images of that horse, only prototype photos).
I was lucky enough to have been given the carousel when I was a child and I still have it. I remember when I got the carousel that it came with a sheet of stickers that had the horses' names on them so you could give them each a place on the carousel. My mother and I put the stickers on for all the animals that we could but there were three that we owned that did not have name stickers - the two horses from the swan chariot gift pack (and the swan of course) Starr and Harmony (we settled with Starbright and Halo) and the rocking horse Finesse (we settled for Topaz). It seems odd that they would not include these names on the sticker sheet. I would dearly love to see that sheet again. Perhaps that was just the case for the earlier carousels? Perhaps the later ones included all the horses' names?
Does anyone else have a carousel from their childhood and did they experience a similar dilemma?
