Welcome to one of the saddest things about Applejack! Missing hat!!
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@Skybreeze said 98% of Applejacks were not sold with hats, which is just about the worst thing ever! The first Applejack pony released with a hat was the very short first run of the Fashion Style size. Which were so difficult to get. And the hat was pink.
Not brown.
Sweet Apple Barn is the first release of Applejack in the standard size that came with a hat. And to add insult to injury the hat was blue, not brown.
Even Applejack’s farm truck set did not come what a hat!
The next set that came with a hat was the Crystal Empire Single and the hat was green!! I kept wondering if we had to cycle through the whole rainbow to get to brown…
The first brown hat was released in 2014 a brown for Applejack. The catch? It was for the Rainbow Power fashion style version. So it’s far too larger for the SRW Ed’s G4 size. We’re getting closer but still not quite there yet…
2016 The Hat wars continue this time we’re graced with The Elements of Friendship -Doll and Pony Set. This would be perfect right?! Human and pony Applejack together in a set and two hats right!?
NOPE.
One hat for two figures and sadly due to the hat sized being only for Human Applejack her pony counter part was left hatless. The only kudos we can give here is that the hat was brown at least…
Then we jump over to 2017 for the My Little Pony the Movie - Fashion Styles where once again we are faced with another blue hat. At least blue and brown both start with “b”?
Finally in 2018 a brown hat was released for Applejack! It was in the School of Friendship Show and Tell release.
That’s right it only took Hasbro 8 years! It’s almost as if some crazy Applejack Aficionado contacted Hasbro for eight years to get it right…
The only downside to what would be the perfect Applejack hat is that because of the G4.5 redesign the head of this version of Applejack became wider.
This hat can work on the original G4 sized ones, it is just a tinnnnyyyyy bit longer and Applejack’s ears don’t quite stick out as far as they should to be absolutely show accurate. (Just my two bits there.)
It is the most show accurate hat style for Applejack. It’s brown, has the right shape and stays one well due to the ear holes.
I have probably gone off on enough Applejack hat history for now. And here is what that hat looks like on that particular pony:
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