Discussions continue about the scope and range of this pony's release. I have never found a blue-haired one in the UK, nor seen one for sale from the UK, but I have been told by collectors that some were sold here. These may have been hangers on from the dregs of the North American line, or may have been deliberately sold here. Without more proof (ie a blue haired pony mint on a European card, or a purple haired pony mint on a North American card) we cannot prove this for certain.

What we can say is that the blue haired pony existed first, and was then followed up by the purple haired pony.  It is also the case that the blue haired version is more common in North America, and the purple haired version is more common in the UK and in Europe.