SPECIALIZING IN VINTAGE TOY LINES FROM THE 80s AND 90s
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SPECIALIZING IN VINTAGE TOY LINES FROM THE 80s AND 90s
This page contains affiliate links. As a partner, I may be compensated if you make a purchase.
In Argentina, Hasbro partnered with local company Top Toys to manufacture My Little Pony G1 (1980s). And the country produced many colorful variants! Learn more about “Nirvana Argies”, their prices, and more.
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Argentina was a large market for Generation One My Little Ponies. In fact, the partnership between Hasbro and the local company Top Toys released over 100 original ponies, which were sold throughout South America!
Top Toys was founded in 1977 by Hector Mondrik, and it licensed dozens of toy brands, including Star Wars, Masters of the Universe, Glo Friends, and Barbie. The company secured the My Little Pony license in 1986 and began producing the toys locally, using imported mechanisms and materials.
Argentinian ponies are particularly attractive to collectors because of their bright colors, which can be very different from the more traditional pastels we see in ponies sold in the United States and Europe. It is said that Top Toys received copies of the Hasbro manuals but decided to try some of their own combinations as well, inspired by cultural preferences. This is why Argentinian ponies can be anything from blue and green to neon orange and bright fuchsia. Their hair is equally unique, with many ponies sporting rainbows consisting of three colors.
The first step in identifying an Argentinian pony is to check the hooves. Most baby ponies are marked “ARGENTINA,” while most adults either lack markings (entirely!) or display only the manufacturer’s date. SO, if your pony does NOT say HONG KONG, you are one step closer to having a Nirvana Argie! Now, to know exactly which, you will need to look at the colors and
About half of the Earth Ponies released by Top Toys in Argentina were in Collector Pose. Like other ponies from this country, they tended to have stronger colors for both body and hair.
The first six ponies are sometimes called ‘Basic Six’ or ‘Primeros Seis Básicos’ in Spanish. These ponies also stayed in production the longest. Because of this, we can find many variations in symbol design, spacing, and location. There are also differences in body tone and eye color.
Some examples:
Argentina – MLP G1 Heart Throb II “Corazón/Amor“
Argentina – MLP G1 Snuzzle “Perlita“
Argentina – MLP G1 Flutterbye “Inquieta“
Argentina – MLP G1 Buttons, “Botones“
I actually do A LOT of restorations for Argentinian ponies, because that’s where I come from! :) I also share information on these ponies, where they come from, why they look the way they look, etc. You can see all the videos in my channel (RetroGeek Crafts).
Do you want to learn more about Argentinian Ponies? :)
I Wrote a Book About Ponies!
I love restoring vintage My Little Pony toys and, in doing so, have learnt a lot about their history and the HUNDREDS of less-known variants from manufacturing partners all around the world. So, I wrote a book about them. ALL of them. The book is called “The Unofficial Vintage My Little Pony Companion” and is a massive compendium with 400 pages of history, images, merch, and descriptions for all international and foreign releases of My Little Pony generation One (MLP G1).
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