BLUE: info from my personal MLP collection and MLP booklets
GREEN: info provided by other MLP collectors and from pictures
 This year, there were a few small accessories that were, according to the commercials, mainly designed for the Loving Family Ponies. Ponies were given a place to take a bath and a nap. Also, in specially marked packages of My Little Ponies, you could collect a piece of Pony Make-Up which, in all, consisted of nail polish, lipstick, and eye shadow.
The Rock-A-Bye Bed is just what a pony needs to get a good night's sleep. The mint green bed rocks back and forth on its cradle-like edges, and is decorated with molded pink bows around the sides and a molded purple ruffle. The headboard is shaped like a white cloud and has a wheel that spins and shows two different full-color scenes of night and day, depending on how you place it. On each side of the bed are pink shelves to hold the various objects that came with the bed. These bedtime accessories include a mint green & pink striped nightcap (w/pink tassel), turquoise & white sleep mask (not shown), pink alarm clock (w/face decal), pink diary (w/cover decal), pale pink pillow (w/white lace trim), soft printed blanket (decorated with pink, white, and mint green ponies and other pattern), two large mint green hair curlers, four pink fuzzy slippers, and crescent-moon comb.
It didn't come with a pony, but Mommy Bright Bouquet (shown) or any adult pony could take a nap in this cozy bed.
In German, the Rock-a-Bye Bed is called the Pony-Bettchen.
The Scrub-A-Dub Tub is where ponies could take a bath or shower when you filled it with water. The pale aqua tub is supported by four legs in the shape of white Sea Ponies. The Sea Pony design also carries over to the pink molded attachment on the white shower nozzle and bars that support the curtain rod. The shower curtain (that attaches with pink hooks around the rod that rings around above the tub) is clear vinyl and decorated with yellow Sea Pony silhouettes and bubbles. The pink faucet handles on the tub could also turn.
The accessories that help ponies get cleaned up are a yellow shower cap (w/white trim), white rubber duckie (w/blue eyes), blue star-shaped sponge, white bar of soap (with a script "P" on one side; not shown), pink soapdish that holds either the soap or the sponge, and pink towel (w/white trim).
No ponies came with this tub, but Daddy Bright Bouquet (shown) or any adult pony could use it to take a bath.
In German, the Scrub-a-Dub Tub is called the Pony-Badewännchen.
The Sweet Dreams Crib was designed for a baby belonging to a Loving Family or any baby pony to take a nap in. On each side of the white crib is a full-color picture - a teddy bear on one side and a rabbit on the other. The crib has a spinning pink & blue mobile with four pony shapes (pink, purple, aqua, yellow) attached to the railing. The crib has a yellow mattress and four aqua wheels.
The Sweet Dreams Crib came with several other accessories including: a printed blanket (yellow w/white & green stars, moons, circles, and pony), aqua pillow (w/white trim), rattle (pink w/aqua top; white neck ring), duck pull toy (yellow w/pink wheels & orange features), ID necklace (pink w/white letters), pink bottle (it was white in the UK), and duck comb.
No baby ponies came with the crib, but Baby Bright Bouquet (shown) or any baby or newborn pony could sleep in it.
In German, the Sweet Dreams Crib is called the Kuschelbett.
Pony Make-Up
In Year 7, a new way to pretty up your ponies was to add new Pony Make-Up. There was lipstick, eye shadow, and nail polish in the collection, and three shades of each kind; nine pieces in all. The make-up could be bought one piece at a time in specially marked My Little Pony packages this year.
Lipstick came in a tiny white tube (w/clear cap) in shades of Seashore Coral, Sunkissed Bronze, and Petal Pink.
The eye shadow colors are Deep Sea Green, Bubble Gum Pink, and Summer Sky Blue. They came in a square-shaped clear case (different from case shown), each with a one-sided wand (w/blue handle).
And nail polish came in clear cylindrical bottles (w/white cap) in the colors Crystal Coral, Tickled Pink, and Posey Rosy.
Pony Make-Up as well as other accessories could all be stored and carried in the My Little Pony Fashion Tote that could be ordered though the mail.
Show Stable (Re-issue; Home Sweet Home)
In Year 7, two of the very first My Little Pony Playsets were released: the Show Stable and the Dream Castle. On the box, the Show Stable was shown in the same colors as it was in Year 2, its original year of release. According to the information on the box, the only change was that no ponies were included, and colors vary from those shown. However, like the changes made to the Dream Castle's re-issue, the colors of the building and the accessories were different from the originals. The most notable change, however, is that the front of the building, under the MLP rainbow logo now reads "Home Sweet Home", rather than "Show Stable", even though the box still named it as the Show Stable, creating confusion for collectors when this playset began appearing on the second hand market.
The stable pale pink with a dark pink roof (w/yellow handle) and a purple base. The decals inside are slightly different, but still depict a kitchen, side wall (now with a dresser), back wall with dresser, and tack room (not named) on back door (yellow hooks). Two round mats (star and heart are amoung the three floor decals, the last being a large rectangle with a pony on it (looks like Magic Hat). Accessories include purple fences, shelves & troughs, and trophy cups, an all-yellow bed, blue riding equipment, yellow flags with new decals (colored w/white symbols: blue w/kites, yellow w/stars, purple w/hearts, green w/?leaves), yellow award ribbons, and a purple pony weather vane. Up, Up, and Away is shown here, but not included. It is believed to have come with a yellow dog with brown spots, though his name is unknown.
SEE ALSO: Megan's Place
(Re-issue)
In Year 7, the Dream Castle was re-released in different colors, with these changes made to the castle itself and the accessories. The Dream Castle box featured the same picture two sides that the original Dream Castle came in when it was first issued in Year 2, showing the castle in pink and blue, with Year 2 ponies inside, including Majesty. However, there is a disclaimer on the bottom that read, "Ponies not included. Colors and products are different than those shown." The remaining sides of the box (blue & white outlines; no color) showed Year 6 Princess Ponies living in the castle.
The Dream Castle was now colored with lavender walls and towers, sea green base, and mint green turrets and draw bridge (w/yellow crank). Accessories were the same (unless otherwise noted), but came with different colors. They included a mint green grooming throne (with pink felt cloth), two pink jumping rings, four pink pony shoes (and yellow shoebox), aqua royal cape (that tied with a lavender ribbon), pink table, two purple goblets, yellow oval swivel mirror, pink crown, yellow damsel hat (with pink & aqua ribbons), yellow trunk, pink basket (for Spike to ride in), blue flower brush, yellow flower hairpick, and two hair ribbons. The decorative materials that hang in the hall of the castle are now only one large piece of scalloped magenta felt (with five holes), rather than five individual and different colored pieces of felt. There are no individual strips at all, yet the rod in which two were originally shown hanging is still part of the castle. The inside walls of the castle are also decorated with full-color decals including several pony & dragon portraits, treasure and jewels, furniture for various rooms including bedroom and kitchen, royal clothing and accessories, and more.
Though the Dream Castle did not come with its pony, Majesty (Majesty shown is the Playset Pony version), it did come with Spike, the baby dragon. He has the same color scheme and slanted eyes as the original, however, this particular version is has a brighter pinkish-purple body, and his spines, toenails, and eyes are bright green. His stomach is the same (white). The Year 7 version is very different in color and eye design compared to the Year 4 mail order re-issue.
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