#fashion star fillies
Invoking my childhood love of My Little Ponies and Fashion Star Fillies (and my later goth sensibilities) with this one! Vespera is Breyer’s Little Bits/Paddock Pals Arabian made over into a “black rainbow” unicorn. Her black coat has subtle overlays of some of the colors found in her mane and tail (made from hand-dyed wool roving.) Pretty pleased with the result! She’s available at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1232129917/vespera-custom-rrh-black-rainbow-unicorn
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It’s Toy Time Tuesday!
With…PROTOTYPE Unreleased Fashion Star Fillies Dara!
Straight from The Filly Catwalk comes these 2 known photos of this proto pose that only she ever appeared in. The Filly Catwalk is a super interesting & just refurbished website that was on Site Tourin’ Saturday but practically nobody went there which is a shame because it is very interesting so you should totally go and look at all the information once you see this.
As you can see, the pose is walking, but the head is more down/forward as though she is concentrating. Notice how close the toe is to the ground and the angle of her head. The photo on the box corner shows the pose again. Naturally, she has all the same accessories as normal version. TFC will tell you also that nobody knows why this didn’t get made. Maybe it was too similar to Lani’s pose? Either way, a few of it DID get made and TFC seems to have actually managed to buy one into the collection, which is great. It is 100% proof.
Next…
There are TWO protos here! Look at the Joelle. It’s not just odd photography lighting, her hair is a color of pink that was never done. (Her hair is Blue Belle’s wisteria shade of purple) The body is also too pink, and for good measure, no amount of odd lighting will turn the legs/hooves a completely different color. This pink hair Joelle though, may have been one of a kind. It still makes these photos doubly interesting to see. If you’re curious about FSF, now’s the time to head over to http://fashionstarfillies.com/
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A new day of the week, maybe?
It probably wouldn’t be too frequent of one, but it could be a fun addition. If you wanted to take a little trip to somewhere relevant…you can try
The Filly Catwalk!
(Of course, it must start with the best fantasy horse line ever done) This is a well known website from much earlier in the internet. It was created by a fan (of course), and was always the most complete FSF resource with photos & transcriptions of box backs, card-backs and more. If you searched for Fashion Star Fillies on Google, chances are, that would be one of the top results.
Good news!
The site has been renovated! And upgraded too! It now has even MORE information, is easier to use AND includes photos of that “proto Dara” famous for people arguing over whether she exists or not. This was a filly in a pose who was never really released and the pose was terminated for unknown reasons. The site upgrade looks amazing and nothing is left out:
So be sure to read in the “History” section too for hidden facts & interesting info. This website takes you back in time to where 1 place could give a full education on something without riff-raff or sending you offsite. It really is an excellent place where you can spend happy times browsing! If you like Fashion Stars at all, or just want to know more about them, right now is an excellent time to take a Site Tour on Saturday and have a lot of fun at
www.FashionStarFillies.com
It’s Toy Time Tuesday!
With…Fashion Star Fillies Nikki!
Well, more like the return of Nikki because she was already on here in a past TTT, but because I have just gotten her again as an upgrade, she re-appears. This is a true upgrade, about as perfect a Nikki as you can get. As you’ll note, that hair is the ‘fading posey pink’, and it is completely unfaded. Also, note the tip of the tail in perfect shape as well. (Long hair like that tends to frizz easily because kids tangle it up) The wave is still perfectly in the mane & her paint is in such excellent shape. (I do have her brush, a butterfly, but it doesn’t appear here nor do the front ankle cuffs–but she is missing a silver bow that went behind her ear)
Nikki is a polo horse from Argentina. (I guess FSF horses play polo by themselves because they are people / characters–how do they hit the ball? Maybe it’s like soccer for them) She is the youngest of all of the adult Fashion Star Fillies.
She was only released twice, both in the same pose and the only difference was the color of her brush (pink or purple) and if she had a silky-fabric name-blanket with her or if she didn’t. Later releases had the blanket. She was also only 1 of 2 original fillies who only had 2 barrettes. The silver fabric for her bow and cuffs is prone to fabric-disease where the shiny-ness erodes off of it in blotches until it is all gone. The tail wrap uses actual tinsel-foil so it never erodes.
Nikki wasn’t an original who I bought new (ever) as I never found her in stores. I got her much later. Although she is purple (my favorite color) she was not my favorite of the originals (Dara is) Because these are air brushed toys, you can find her with more & less pink on the legs.
Fashion Stars are my absolute favorite line of fantasy horses. No one has ever outdone them because they are “perfected horses”. Their sculpt is extremely realistic, but without any of the “Flaws” of horses like veins on their face/elsewhere, rough lump-patches on their upper arms, wrinkly skin areas, or junk. They are such amazing fantasy colors, they are people/characters, they have tons of fun accessories that are fitting/not stupid, the hair is SO thick and SO quality…every single thing about them seems amazing and was never out-done. They are 100% amazing.
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