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They look like this! There's quite a range of characters as well. I have Moondancer, her backing isn't sticky anymore but I'm very glad to own one.

(Image credit: My Little Wiki, Worthpoint listing)

But anyways, the interesting thing is that Brazil did something similar. They didn't have a sticky backing, but they made these four ponies- Minty, Butterscotch, Cotton Candy, and Blue Belle, in their own line - Os Fofinhos.

If you didn't know, Brazil has a couple regional variants of So Soft ponies that don't have flocking. For example, the typical So Soft Shady and Paradise have Brazilian variants that are the same pony, just without flocking. I'm not sure why they chose not to produce flocked ponies, but Brazil must've still wanted to take a shot at a fuzzy pony, because Os Fofinhos are considered as Brazil's version of So Softs.

Here's a look at the Brazilian NSS (Non-So Soft) (left) ponies, versus their typical Honk Kong produced variants. (Right)

Image credits: My little Wiki, MasqueradesBoutique (etsy)

Image credits: My Little Wiki, eBay

G2 MLP did not have a cartoon. If you look into the history of MLP, you will understand why... G2 is defined as the change in the toy line itself. My Little Pony tales, which a lot of bronies seem to identify as G2 is actually in the same style as G1, the toys and animation are pretty much the same the only difference is the setting the ponies live in inside the cartoon is different.

  G2 the toy line is a direct and very obvious change in the whole toy and art style for MLP. That is why it is called G2. There are other reasons G2 is called G2, because previous to that there was never a generation tag associated with MLP. There are a couple of other reasons why the toy line defines MLP and I may get into those in a later post.

    For your actual history lesson:

MY Little Pony franchise consists of:

1981 - Hasbro first production of a MLP, large pony called My Pretty Pony

1982 thru 1995 Hasbro G1 toy production.

 1984 - the first TV special was created - aka "Rescue at Midnight Castle"/"Firefly's Adventure"

1985 - second TV special was created - Escape from Catrina

1986 - My Little Pony the Movie

1986-1987 - My Little Pony TV series

1992 - My little Pony Tales TV series

  As you can see, G1 production continued from 1982 thru 1995 - Tales was created in 1992, still during and within the Generation 1 timeline, toy and animation are the same.

  Generation 2 MLP didn't have a cartoon, it's production started in 1997 and was a clear defined difference from what was produced previously. The art style and toys were completely different.

  People that know very little of MLP history and some who clearly hate or dislike previous generations seem to be going by the animation when they call Tales G2, but EVEN if you go by the animation the art style is the same and the toys are exactly the same as G1.

  Generation 3 started in 2003 - again, animation and toy were different from what came before.