The My Little Pony Scrapbook: G1 in the UK and Europe

Lady Flutter

Summer Wing Pony, 1988

Salmon winger pony with WHITE hair, yellow ladybird symbol, yellow, pink and green squiggle wings


Lady
          Flutter
Pony Data
Set Summer Wing Ponies (1988)
Asst. Number 4605
Accessories Aqua flower pick, pink metallic ribbon
Pose Buzzer
Distribution More or less everywhere.
 
Other Versions Versions exist made in Hong Kong and China.

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Ponies Sold in 1988 in the UK Twice as Fancy (Party) Ponies | First Tooth Baby Ponies | Adventure Boy Ponies | Birthday Party with Tutti Frutti | Princess Ponies (Set 1) |Kiss Curl's Grooming Parlour | Summer Wing Ponies| Magic Message Ponies | Happytails Ponies (Import) | Newborn Twins (Set II, Partial) | Pretty & Pearly Baby Sea Ponies (UK Release) | Crimp & Curl Hair Salon | Lullabye Nursery | Baby Buggy | Sundae Best Ponies | Baby Bonnet School of Dance

Other 1988 Ponies Speedy (Europe) | Regenbogen-Ponys (Germany/Austria) | Baby-Ponys (Germany/Austria) | Princess Ponies (Set II) | Brush & Grow Ponies | Peekaboo Babies | Pony Friends (Animals) Set II| Sweetberry Ponies (UK: 1990)| Watercolor Baby Sea Ponies (UK: 1989) | Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe | Brush Me Beautiful Boutique | Slumber Party Gift Set | Perfume Puff Palace (UK: 1989) | Twice as Fancy Ponies: Set II | Clipper | Satin 'n' Lace (Magenta) |Sparkle Ponies (Mail Order)




Summer Wing Pony Lady Flutter

Lady Flutter was one of six small butterfly ponies introduced as part of the Summer Wing set in 1988. Although the size of a baby pony, she is actually meant to be an adult, just built on a miniature scale. Unlike the flutter ponies, Summer Wing ponies had static wings, which were made of one piece of plastic held down by a square stopper in the middle of the back.


Lady Flutter Mint
          in Box
Lady Flutter Mint in Box (US release)
Image from Shivhae


Lady Flutter was sold in the UK and in North America in the same style of box. The main difference was the way the card was hooked at the top, as well as Hasbro's UK distribution address on the bottom.  Italy was an outlier, as the box there was blue. In other places it seems to have been yellow.

Summer Wing Ponies came with metallic ribbons and flower picks, like the Flutter Ponies, but the centres of the flower pick flowers were not coloured.

Although she was pictured on the UK insert with pink hair, Lady Flutter's hair is intentionally white. Versions exist made in China and Hong Kong.






Lady Flutter's Character

 Lady Flutter played a more low-key role in the comic than some of her fellows. Her backcard story describes her being taken to a ceremony hosted by the Queen of the Ladybirds, where she was crowned "Lady Flutter, princess of happy occasions." Whether this is indication of how small Summer Wing ponies were meant to be, or how big ladybirds were in Ponyland, is not clear.