Mummy Charms

Since I don't have anything even close to a full set of these, and since the symbols and identities of them are often difficult to tell from photographs (thanks to glare and wear), I'm going to base the following information on pictures taken from the mail in leaflet.

My first point is to clarify that the spelling on this leaflet is not a spelling error, as some ID sites have reported. It is, in fact, the way we spell the word in the UK, and, I think, also in Australia: MUmmy, rather than MOmmy. For that reason, they were marketed here as MUMMY charms, and this is their correct UK designation.

In all other ways, I think they were pretty much the same as the US release, and issued via the same methods.

There are twenty of these in all - all of them bearing a resemblance to an earlier McDonalds' offer featuring charms of the original six ponies.

Children could also send off for a charm bracelet on which to clip their charms. Naturally, these are quite tricky to find second hand, especially in good condition. Above is a picture of what a child would receive if they sent off for their charm bracelet (thank you SO much Lady Guinevere for this picture!). I'm told that the UK bracelet was metal, whilst the US one was plastic. Myself, I've never even seen one outside photographs!

Each charm is no taller than an inch at most- probably smaller - and about an inch across. Their hair is moulded on, and not rooted, and they only have symbols on one side.

The charms were also packaged with certain ponies from this time period - in the UK, I have seen them sealed with Loving Family Ponies and Princess Brush and Grow ponies, among others.