The My Little Pony Scrapbook: Baby Starbow (Rainbow Baby, 1991-2)

Baby Starbow

Rainbow Baby Pony, 1991-2

White baby earth pony with dark pink, yellow, dark purple OR blue mane and tail, rainbow with stars at each end symbol
Variations on hair and colouring common.

Pony Data
Set	Rainbow Baby Pony (1991-2)
Asst. Number	4005 (UK and Europe) 16010 (North America)
Accessories	UK and Europe: Dark pink shooting star comb, dark pink ribbon - North America: Dark pink flower brush, no ribbon
Pose	Baby Blossom
Distribution	More or less worldwide
Other Versions	Versions exist with slight body/symbol tone differences and significant hair style/ texture differences. Most notably dark purple or blue hair variation. Pony shown was bought new in the UK.

Baby Starbow

Baby Starbow was one of the earth babies from the Rainbow Baby set. She was first available in North America in 1991 and the UK and Europe in 1992. In the UK and European release she was sold with a shooting star comb and ribbon, while in America she had a flower brush.

Baby Starbow Mint on Card
European edition, 1992 (Italy)
Image donated by ebay seller

In Europe, cards and names were translated into various languages depending on the release location. Her English name in the UK was the same as in the North American release, and unlike her set-mates, it was not divided into two words in the UK release.

Like many of the sets sold between 1991 and 1992, this set had variations, which mostly centre around the hair (although body shade/symbol print shades are also not uncommon). I am going to refer to these as Silky and Curlyfrizz variations. These variations are not geographically exclusive and can be found in both Europe and North America (probably also beyond), but what seems to be the dividing factor is when the pony was produced. Those produced earlier in the line tend to have the silky hair. This means that more silky haired versions appear in North America and more curlyfrizz versions in Europe. The pony shown below was acquired from the United States.

Baby Starbow - Silky Hair Version

This variation is the most well known, because of the different streaks of hair in the mane - the blue on the silky release and the purple on the curlyfrizz release. The pony shown at the top of this page was bought new here in the UK, whilst the other came from the USA.

The ponies with curlyfrizz hair do, as the name suggests, get frizzy much more easily than the silky type. But they do also often come with some factory curl, which is not ever seen on the silky versions. The curl shown in the picture at the top of the page is original to the pony. She came off the card with her hair like this.

Baby Starbow was always pictured in the comic with her hair streak in blue, and she also appeared on her own backcard this way. This is because the blue silky haired version was out first, and because the comic drew the illustrations for this set based on the prototype images.

Baby Starbow's blue hair
My Little Pony Comic, UK

Baby Starbow's Character

The Rainbow Babies lived in a cave on Rainbow Mountain, ostensibly under the supervision of the Rainbow Curl ponies (although honestly, they don't seem to have done much supervising). They all appeared in the comic at some point or other during 1992. Baby Starbow also had a unique backcard story in the UK and Europe (the latter often translated depending on the country). Her story talked about her befriending some stars who had secret wishing powers.

Baby Starbow's Backcard Story
UK, 1992

Baby Starbow

Rainbow Baby Pony, 1991-2

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