It’s My Little Monday! With...Lucky the First Boy Pony! Since there was fantasy horse based education last week, now pony should get a turn. Lucky was technically the ‘first boy pony’, and he was a mail order offer only in 1986. So, ponies had been going for a while, but not all that long before they decided to try a boy one. He was also called “Lucky the Stallion”, but that wouldn’t really be true because he’s a colt instead of a filly. (Because he is a child horse/pony) Of course, they went with everything blue for his color to represent ‘boy’ at maximum. He also has a naturally short mane, what you see here is the real length, it hasn’t been cut. There’s little outlines for the hoof tips, and he’s a bit larger than a regular/girl baby pony. What’s interesting is that the face does somehow look male. But why and how? It just does. Also kudos for keeping the eyes on model and not doing something cheap like removing the eyelashes or doing ‘troll hair’ or some common goon move. Name controversy: Yes there is. He’s called ‘lucky’ because he has a horse shoe symbol and is good luck. (He has no back card because he was mail offer, but is described as loving to jump fences and wear a bow tie--that’s it.) But, was he also named that because he was “the only stallion among so many mares”? The 2nd ‘among mares’ explanation isn’t nice for him but may go along with why they kept saying ‘stallion’ when he’s a baby. The mold didn’t go on to be used that much for whatever reason. He’s also supposed to be a lighter, clearer blue, but because of this color of plastic most of him don’t age that well. This one is chronically sticky, and the color is off-ish greenish or brownish in areas. Both Barnacle and especially Quarterback who are both similar in tone can also suffer the same discoloring.
