Applejack (South African Nirvana)
- Caden Dickinson
- May 11
- 2 min read
CHARACTER(S): Applejack
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1984
PLACE OF PRODUCTION: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURING COMPANY: Prima Toys
TYPICAL PRICE ONLINE: ?
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Applejack was released in 1993 and 1994 (Years 1 & 2) in her standard brushable mold, and again in 1995 in the collectors pose in select countries
This Nirvana variant is particularly unique - As are all the South African Nirvanas! There is a different style of painting the eyes, the ponies often have different colors and new cutie mark designs! Also, they often mixed and matched body and head molds. They also have distinct hair colors that don't match up to any of the common pony hair colors.
This Applejack features the walking pose mold that was introduced with Moondancer, and the open-mouthed head mold that started with Firefly
She also is a much brighter orange than AJ's original brushable is, and has a newly designed cutie mark, most distinct due to it being all red instead of having green leaves
South African Nirvana ponies were sold only in South Africa, distributed by the South African toy company Prima Toys
(This company is still active and distrubuted MLP toys at least until G3)
The markings on the hooves, though less legible than common ponies, still say 'made in Hong Kong', meaning unlike most Nirvanas (seeing as the term just refers to G1 brushables), they were likely not made in the place they were exclusive too
These Prima Toys manufactured ponies were not the only ponies sold in South Africa; There were still at least a few standard/common MLP releases
All Prima Toys ponies documented so far are labeled as being from Year 2, so it's possible that they only manufactured their own MLPs during that year
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