Himmelstänzer (Aka Skydancer)

Himmelstänzer was introduced in the 1988 German Rainbow, or Regenbogen-Ponys set. She is both her own pony, and a throwback to earlier rainbow sets, because of her passing similarity to Skydancer. In reality, the two ponies only really share an identity and a symbol, as the original Skydancer was a yellow pegasus with different mane and tail colours, and Himmelstänzer is an earth pony in a rich gold hue. Because of her very limited release, she is quite difficult to find outside of the countries where she was sold.

This set of Rainbow Ponies did not have uniform hair colours. They were sold with shooting star brushes, combs and ribbons, but their brushes did not have rainbow stickers, unlike with earlier releases (although in Germany, Italian-made Rainbow ponies also did not have stickers on their brushes, which may explain this anomaly).

  Himmelstänzer mint on card
Image from LD