My Little Pony G1 Collector's Inventory: An Unofficial Full Color Illustrated Collector's Price Guide to the First Generation of Mlp Including All

I have always loved the G1 My Little Pony series and grew up with it as a little girl. As a teen, I got back into the swing of the franchise by collecting my friends' outgrown G1 ponies - until my brother decided to cut all their heads off with scissors, of course.The bug never really left me and I still found myself in love with G1 as an adult after falling for the new My Little Pony series, which is G5. My main love with the G1 ponies was finding out what the ponies were called by matching the symbols and colours to the names. Unfortunately, finding the right pony was not always easy with online tools and I often relied on online pals to identify them for me.I saw this guide online and it was exactly what I was looking for. I loved learning all the names of the ponies and seeing their symhols and colours. The guide is filled with photos of the ponies, along with accessories and playsets, with approximate values given in dollars (you can always half them to get an approximate price in pounds, should you need to). It even has a section at the beginning dedicated to identifying a real My Little Pony, which is very helpful since a large number of unlicensed copies popped up, both then and now, that seek to exploit unwary collectors.As has been mentioned before, the guide does not contain every single My Little Pony from G1; for example, I have a European only Baby Pictures who is not featured, and no pictures of the European variants of the ponies are covered, but we must remember that Ms Hayes is covering only the American releases and also that it would be a mammoth task to find every single variant. I don't blame the author for not doing so, but I do mention this for other European or British collectors because you may have ponies that are not featured in this guide.Personally, I keep this vibrant and beautifully-illustrated book as a reference guide and mainly for aesthetic reasons, since I love to look at the ponies. It would also be perfect for pricing or buying ponies and settling disputes when buying face to face.It is a little pricey but considering it is a very large book (around the size of 2 A4 pieces of paper laid horizontally on top of each other) and filled with colour photos and images, I feel it is a worthy investment if you're in the hobby.

This book maybe pricey but I would definitely recommend it as an essential resource for all G1 MLP collectors.I was a bit wary of purchasing this guide because of the price and the fact that there are some really great websites out there but was nicely suprised at the quality of the item that arrived through my letter box.The paper is of good quality, the layout is nice and clean going by year, the pictures are clear (and beautiful!), it lists all accessories appertaining to each pony and, ofcourse, gives a price guide (in dollars) for each pony/item. As a newbie collector, it was a great starting point to be able to pick it up and be able to easily identify each item I had, rematch up accessories and give an approximate value to everything (In some cases I was pleasantly suprised!). There are even boxes next to the ponies so you can tick off the ones you have.It's even acts as a nice coffee table book which you can pick and flick through at the end of a long day!On the other hand, there are no variations of ponies by country only the US versions as this is an American book. However, this is more than a great place to start for newbie's and veteran collectors alike and I would still highly recommend this invaluable guide.Great!

My daughter collects g1 ponies, so she bought this lovely guide to tick off her purchases.The guide is beautiful, with large, colourful pictures and lots of info.The only downside is that it only covers US ponies. Most of our ponies are European exclusives and not featured in this book. Also, we did notice a mistake in the book, where the names of two of the ponies had been mixed up.Still, this is a lovely coffee table book to delight pony fans of all ages.

A really useful guide for collectors with a great abundance of information. As a UK collector, it was a little disappointing that a number of european ponies (including very valuable ones) are not listed, leaving me a bit in the dark about a lot of my collection, though this is understandable as it is an american book. Another small issue was that the prices are not as accurate to today's values, but again, not the fault of the book itself. It is still very well put together and extremely helpful, a wonderful and invaluable guide, well recommended.

Brilliant book and delivered very quick! As the book is American, it doesn't have the European specials but it's great fun ticking off the ponies as you get them. So much information, it's a really informative collectors book!

This is THE bible for any pony collector!!!!! Absolute must have!!!!

A lot of information. Nice pictures. But I feel like some of the ponys and stuff are missing. And ok, if it was a book of everything mlp g1, it would be a never-ending story.

Bought for my fiance. She will often use this for reference when she gets stuck identifying a pony. Only real down side is it is incomplete as far as international variants and releases.