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Horse figure of the day: MGA Magic Touch Pony Magic Jewels "Shannon"

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it’s a 1996 MGA magic touch pony! what a neat little line this was. i think with just a few more touches (better eye paint and maybe a forelock or bangs) they’d have really been up there with mlp. some of the other ones i see MIB online really make me think of small-scale budget dream beauties.

i love her ‘absolutely not a magic message cutie mark’ swan symbol, i honestly like it more than most of the actual magic message designs. i can’t for the life of me actually figure out how the gimmick activates though. i originally guessed sunlight or heat but i couldn’t pin it down to either of those consistently. it just happens sometimes? my phone absolutely hated trying to photograph that red paint and by the time i got a decent one the baby swans were disappearing again… anyone have any idea…?

#switch speaks #magic touch pony #mga #fakies #the baby swans are really visible sometimes so it seems like her gimmick is still in good working order when it works #i've got magic messages who straight up do not work anymore so i'm happy she still does #i originally thought the face sculpt wasn't great but the more i look at her i think the right eye stamp could save it #like it's definitely not the cutest possible sculpt but i've got horses with similar sculpts that look good because the eyes saved it

It’s Toy Time Tuesday! With...Micro Games Magic Touch Pony NAME# ! Magic Touch ponies (they’re really more horse-like than pony-ish) have not appeared as a TTT feature before because...well....they’re just not that flattering of a sculpt. The head is overly simple and too tiny for the body. The poor eye placement & lack of eyewhite/color ring for the eye doesn’t help them either. Mostly, it is their tiny head that knocks them down. These are often referred to as “Fakie Dream Beauties” (off of mlp) but really, they are their own complete line. They’re well thought out with varied gimmicks, have names & personalities as well as detailed boxes. MGA (Micro Games America) is stamped on the leg so they often get called “Micro Games Horses”. As you can guess by the ‘touch’ in the name, each gimmick is touching or button related. This one (know her name? Send it in!) has press-able hooves, which when you push one it makes a small/short rhythmic tone while the feet light up red in turn with the sound. Notice how the symbol is on both sides (quality) & her complimentary color scheme is pretty nice too. Sadly the hair isn’t that quality though & can frizz easily. I don’t really actively collect these, but I won’t throw them out if I find one, either. There are LOTS to be had, though.

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