1983:Rainbow Ponies

WINDY

lavender unicorn with dark pink, yellow, green and blue mane and tail, glittering gusts of wind symbol

Windy was my first pony, so naturally I took a great interest in her as a child. She very rarely appeared in the Pony Comic, but she was characterised as being one of the fastest of the little ponies, running so quickly that all that could be seen was her tail, streaming out behind her like a rainbow. In fact, if the Fact File is to be believed, only Whizzer ever had Windy beaten for speed!

Windy herself started off life in lavender, but most Windys found second hand are more beige than lavender. With some it's age, in other cases a lack of dye. There is ongoing debate about the "White Windy" concept, and since I haven't enough evidence to either support or disprove it, I'm not going to comment on it extensively here. All I will say is that there are claims among collectors that a white version of Windy with blue symbols does exist.

Until a MOC version of this pony is forthcoming, however, her release and it's authenticity is entirely at collecting discretion.

Thanks to straightdealstoys for the picture of Windy MOC.