My Little Pony brush

My Little Pony toys, especially those G1 ponies from the 80’s and early 90’s were sold together with either a brush or a comb, for their owners to groom their manes and tails with.  Over the years, I had accumulated many different toy brushes and combs while collecting My Little Pony toys.  I observed that ponies with straight hair tend to be packaged with brushes, while ponies with curly hair were usually paired with combs. 

I have used both brushes and combs to groom every single pony (of the thousands that have passed through my hands) in my collection, and I find that I prefer to use a brush than a comb, even if it was on straight-haired ponies.  Although I have had access to dozens of different My Little Pony brushes and combs, I only use 1 pair of non-My Little Pony toy brushes for grooming all my ponies, and even my She-Ra dolls and horses.  I have no idea which toy line these 2 brushes belong to but I find them very versatile and easy to use on all my toys with brushable hair.

I am not a hairdressing expert but I do find that since brushes have many more ‘teeth’, they are able to ‘catch’ more hair to de-tangle the hair more easily without needing too much force on my part.  That is kinder on the hair, which is usually more than a decade old already, and can sometimes be a bit ‘brittle’.   I find that combs are not as effective in de-tangling hair and in styling curls.  Most toy combs do not have a long handle for a better grip with my adult hands too. 

Nevertheless, the brush or comb is only 1 of the ‘tools’ needed for grooming My Little Pony toys.  I shall make another post on this topic at a later date.  Till then!