Il Raduno dei MioMiniPony
With the great success of the first set of MLPs, a new large family of ponies was soon introduced in Italy. This included more ponies and brand new breeds: unicorns, pegasi and sea ponies.
The new pony set included four new ponies, Melania (Applejack), Timmy (Bow-Tie), Ben (Bubbles), Ondina (Seashell) along with re-issues of the first six ponies.
The most curious feature of Ben and Ondina is that unlike their Hong Kong counterparts they do not have a white blaze on their face, but freckles.
Melania and Timmy, which were the first ponies made in the so-called "shy pose", were also released in the classic mold. Strangely enough their pose variations were given a slightly different name, though, respectively Melozzo and Tammy and were intended to be their "male" counterparts. Note that while Melania and Timmy have freckles, their boy counterparts Melozzo and Tammy do not.
The following year, a new set of earth pony came out, probably with reissues of the previous ponies. The new set included Penelope (Posey), Ciliegia (Cherries Jubilee), Titti (Tootsie) and Fortunato (Lickety-Split).
Later, some of them were re-issued, and Fortunato and Ciliegia were given slightly different names - respectively Fortunello and Gelsomino.
Please note that Titti is a white pony like her UK counterpart, and not green like the US version. No green variant of her is known. As of now the only known
variant of her is a specimen with alternate hair colour.
This set is remarkable because some of the rarest Italian variants (and Italy-exclusives) are in fact, variants to these ponies, in particular the blue re-issues of Penelope and Fortunato.
Later, some of them were re-issued, and Fortunato and Ciliegia were given slightly different names - respectively Fortunello and Gelsomino.
Please note that Titti is a white pony like her UK counterpart, and not green like the US version. No green variant of her is known. As of now the only known
variant of her is a specimen with alternate hair colour.
This set is remarkable because some of the rarest Italian variants (and Italy-exclusives) are in fact, variants to these ponies, in particular the blue re-issues of Penelope and Fortunato.
