Playful Ponies

The Playful Ponies are medium-sized toys, larger than the mystery packs and smaller than the Fashion Style ponies and plush toys.

Playful Ponies
This group of Ponies is what Hasbro considers its "basic" line of Friendship is Magic toys. Each includes a small pony mold with brushable hair.

Waves 1-4
Along with each pony, the first four waves also included an animal friend, a saddle or wagon, and a comb. Some releases of Wave 4 toys also included a bonus miniDVD of The Ticket Master.

Wave 1 was released in November 2010 and consists of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy.

Wave 2 was a refresh of the previous wave with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy cycled out to make room for two new ponies, Cheerilee and Lily Blossom.

Wave 3 consisted of Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Cupcake (called Sugarcup in some countries' packaging), Lulu Luck, Dewdrop Dazzle, and Blossomforth.

Wave 4 was released on July 2011 in Asia and Europe and on October 2011 in North America. Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash are cycled back into production, along with six new ponies: Feathermay, Flitterheart, Snowcatcher, Twinkleshine, Honeybuzz, and Plumsweet.

Waves 5-6
Waves 5 and 6 included an animal friend, a suitcase, a pair of tickets, and a sticker sheet. Like the fourth wave, some Wave 6 packages included a miniDVD, this time of Applebuck Season.

Wave 5 consists of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy.

Wave 6is a refresh of the previous wave with Fluttershy and Rarity cycled out to make room for two new ponies, Diamond Rose and Cherry Pie.

Waves 7-8: Pony Wedding
The seventh and eighth waves of the toy line tied in with the two-part episode, A Canterlot Wedding. Waves 7 and 8 also include wedding accessories, a comb, and a wedding invitation. The Wave 7 and 8 ponies would occasionally include a miniDVD of The Ticket Master and Lesson Zero, respectively.

Wave 7 is part of the Pony Wedding toy line and consists of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy.

Wave 8 had Twilight Sparkle and Rarity remain in production, while introducing four new ponies: Lyra Heartstrings, Cherry Berry, Sunny Rays, and Trixie Lulamoon.

Waves 9-10: Crystal Empire
The ninth and tenth waves are part of the Crystal Empire toy line, which ties in to the two-parter of the samename. Being based off of the Crystal Ponies from the episode, this line of ponies were distinct by the "crystal" strands in their hair. Some Wave 9 toys included The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 on a miniDVD.

Wave 9 consists of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy, all as Crystal Ponies.

Wave 10 is a refresh of the previous wave with the addition of Rarity and Applejack, both also as Crystal Ponies.

Waves 11-12: Crystal Princess Celebration
This line celebrates Twilight Sparkle's ascension into an alicorn princess. Waves 11 and 12 also include a masquerade mask and another accessory.

Wave 11 includes Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and newcomer, Sunset Shimmer. All of them include special masks, and have crystal glares in their eyes.

Wave 12 will be a refresh of the previous wave, but will also include Applejack and Fluttershy, both with masks and crystal eyes.

Promotional Packs
These five two-packs were released in Europe.
 * Fluttershy + Daisy Dreams: Fluttershy as released in waves 1 & 3 plus an exclusive release of Daisy Dreams with a butterfly, a wagon, and a comb
 * Rainbow Dash + Rainbow Flash: Rainbow Dash as released in waves 1 & 4 plus an exclusive release of exclusive Playful Pony Rainbow Flash with a turtle, a wagon, and a comb
 * Applejack + Lily Blossom: Applejack as released in waves 5 & 6 plus Lily Blossom as released in wave 2
 * Pinkie Pie + Dewdrop Dazzle: Pinkie Pie as released in waves 5 & 6 plus Dewdrop Dazzle as released in wave 3
 * Twilight Sparkle + Ploomette: Twilight Sparkle as released in waves 9 & 10 plus an exclusive release of Ploomette with two accessories

Other Promotional Sets

 * Valentine's Pinkie Pie: Includes stickers and additional heart cutie marks, February 2011
 * Spring Time Fluttershy: Includes new flower accessories and additional flower cutie marks, April 2011
 * Royal Ball at Canterlot Castle: Target Canterlot Exclusive. Includes the main 6 with tinsel hair and dress, plus Spike wearing a bowtie.
 * Princess Celestia & Princess Luna: Target Canterlot Exclusive. Includes Princess Luna figure with Fully Sculpted Princess Celestia figure.
 * Celebration at Canterlot Castle: Target Canterlot Exclusive. A Starbeam Twinkle figure is shipped with the Shine Bright Twilight Sparkle.
 * Canterlot Castle: Target Canterlot Exclusive. A Pinkie Pie figure is shipped with the Shine Bright Luna.
 * Zecora: Toys "R" Us Collector Series Exclusive. A glow in the dark Zecora figure was shown at the 2012 New York Toy Fair, was pre-released at Comic Con 2012, and was widely released in Toys "R" Us stores August 2012.
 * Friendship Is Magic Favorite Collection Featuring Nightmare Moon: Toys "R" Us Collector Series Exclusive. Includes DJ Pon-3, Flower Wishes, Lemony Gem, Nightmare Moon, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Trixie Lulamoon with glitter on their cutie marks.

Story Packs
Story Packs are playsets for the basic pony line. Each story pack includes at least one pony, one large playset piece, and numerous accessories.


 * Pony School Pals & Cheerilee: Includes Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Cheerilee. It is a purely figure-only set—it does not come with accessories. Uses the backdrop of the Cutie Mark Crusaders' rock opera as its boxart.
 * Afternoon Picnic with Cheerilee: Includes Cheerilee, three animal friends, picnic basket, fruits, wagon, picnic table, baby seat and parasol.
 * Sweet Slumbers with Applejack and Star Dreams: Features Applejack and Star Dreams, a bed, A teddy bear, a bowl of snacks, a book, a side table and a picture frame.
 * Royal Castle Friends: Includes Twilight Sparkle, Spike and a brushable hair Princess Celestia.
 * Pony Princess Wedding Castle: Part of the Pony Wedding line. Includes a plastic castle, Shining Armor, Princess Cadance, and several wedding accessories including a wedding dress and rings. The toys were showcased at the 2012 New York Toy Fair.

Bridle Friends
Individual Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rarity figures, each with formal dresses and other accessories. Part of the Pony Wedding line.

Vehicle sets
The vehicle sets are basically a subset of the story packs. The gimmick of these sets are that they can connect together to form a parade of vehicles, and can be pulled by Pinkie Pie's RC Car.
 * Pinkie Pie's RC Car. Includes Pinkie Pie, remote control car and remote control. Remote controls plays music and sounds when used. RC Car can be connected to the front of Applejack's Farm Truck and Rarity's Royal Gem Carriage to pull the parade of vehicles.
 * Applejack's Farm Truck. Apparently only recently launched in the US but already available outside the US for some time. Includes Applejack, Truck, basket with two apples, ribbon, saddle, handkerchief and rope. Farm truck can be connected to Rarity's Royal Gem Carriage to form a parade of vehicles, and can be connected to Pinkie Pie's remote control car so that the car can be used to pull the truck.
 * Rarity's Royal Gem Carriage. Includes Rarity, comb, ribbon, bow, one animal friend, and large carriage. In Europe, this also included the figure Star Swirl as a special bonus. Gem Carriage can be connected with Applejack's Farm Truck to form a parade of vehicles, and can be connected to Pinkie Pie's remote control car so that the car can be used to pull the carriage.
 * Twilight Sparkle RC Car. Part of the Pony Wedding line.

Train sets
Due to the design (these were meant to run on tracks), they are incompatible with the other Vehicle sets.
 * Friendship Express Train: Includes battery-operated train, wagon, Pinkie Pie and tracks.
 * Sweetie Belle's Ice Cream Train Car: Includes Sweetie Belle, Train Car, snacks accessories and two animal friends. Connects to Friendship Express Train.
 * Fluttershy's Nursery Train Car
 * Friendship Express Train Around Town Playset: Part of the Pony Friends Forever line.

Riding Along
These toys consist of a basic figure, scooter, animal companion, and basket of goodies. Characters include Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash. A European re-release of the Rainbow Dash ride along toy comes with a Skywishes bonus figure. A two-pack, Pony Scooter Friends Daisy Dreams & Rarity, has been released by Toys "R" Us as part of the Pony Friends Forever line.

Unknown Releases
Playful Ponies versions of two mini-figure Earth pony mares have shown up on the Chinese auction site Taobao: Minty, a green pony with pink hair and a mint cutie mark; and Sweetie Blue, a blue pony with pink hair and a cupcake cutie mark. Official launch dates, if any, are unknown.