Baby Cuddles and her Lullaby(e) Eyes.

The Beddy Bye Eye baby set was not sold in the United Kingdom, and there were only two ponies here sold with Beddy Bye Eyes officially (although Baby Sleepy Pie has also made enough appearances to suggest at least an imported release). Cuddles's special open and shut eyes were therefore a big deal gimmick in the UK when she was released, and this is part of how we can nail down when she was sold and how. There is no mention of Baby Cuddles on anything prior to 1987 in the UK, including stories, inserts, and Hasbro's list. Hasbro's 1987 catalogue (pictured at top of the page) also marks this as a new product for 1987.

The comic advert ran with the following text:

This advert featured Movie Star Buttons taking Baby Cuddles for a walk. The description makes no mention of Beddy Bye Eyes, but instead calls them "closing lullaby eyes". Although some releases of Baby Half Note with the Dance School also had the open and shut eye feature, there was no similar promotion for her release. This was clearly intended to be Baby Cuddles' gimmick in the UK.

The regular version of Baby Cuddles is as common here as the Beddy Bye Eye version (they are both common), so it is clear that Baby Cuddles must have been sold here in both formats at some point. It seems probable, therefore, that, despite the box image, Beddy Bye Eye came first and the other release, later - perhaps in 1988.

Later boxes here in the UK have claimed to contain a baby pony made in Spain, but these releases usually contain a regular release version made in Hong Kong.

Baby Cuddles and her buggy seem to have been released in several European countries but at different times.

Baby Cuddles and Lemon Drop (Finland)

Baby Cuddles and her buggy were sold in Finland together in box with Lemon Drop (Made in Hong Kong). The box sold with this set was the same as in other places, and in English, but it had an additional label in yellow announcing the inclusion of Lemon Drop (also in English).

This does not seem to have been repeated across other Nordic countries. There is some discussion among collectors about different hoofprint markings on the Lemon Drop with this set but this has not been proven. The contents of the buggy set seems otherwise standard, with American instruction leaflets and a regular-eyed baby pony Made in Hong Kong. The same assortment number appears on the box.

Unlike the UK box, which has the date and address of Hasbro amended to Hasbro UK, this box seems to have the original date and Hasbro Inc address in the USA printed on it. The Lemon Drop label is stuck on, and is not printed on the box, meaning these were probably originally packaged for the US market and ended up being exported.