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

Princess Sparkle

1993

Glittery pink earth pony with purple mane and tail/irridescent tinsel, yellow crown and collar, dark pink cape with crown symbol.

Princess Sparkle
Pony Data
Set Princess Sparkle, 1993
Asst. Number 14053
Accessories  Red-pink glittering star pick
(clips shown do not belong to this pony)
Pose Posey (Heavily modified)
Distribution UK and Europe
Other Versions

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Ponies Sold in 1993 in the UK
 Bedtime Newborns | Best Friends Babies | Hairdo Ponies | Rainbow Family Babies and Adults (Family Friends and Family Babies) | Rollerskates Ponies | Secret Surprise Ponies | Seven Characters (My Little Pony Tales) | Sweet Kisses Ponies (UK/Europe)| Princess Sparkle |Birthday/Anniversary Pony  |Bridal Beauty | Cookery Ponies | Kitchen | Schoolhouse

Other 1993 Ponies Nesthäckchen-Baby-Ponys/Bébé-Nurserie

Princess Sparkle

 
This slightly odd monstrosity came out in 1993. I am not really sure how to explain her, except as a blob of glitter with hair and LED lights!

Princess Sparkle was slightly larger in stature to most of the ponies, probably to accommodate the battery compartment hidden under her cape.  (Mine has a safety label in French because I got her on clearance in French packaging - I assume the English one came with an English label and so on). In France she was called Princesse De Lumiere and in German, Prinzessin Gloria.

Princess Sparkle's battery compartment
Princess Sparkle's Battery Compartment

Her cape could be fully removed, and the bow on her neck collar could be turned to illuminate the fibres on top of her crown.

Princess Sparkle insert image
Princess Sparkle and her crown, as featured in the UK insert, 1993

Sparkle's box
Princess Sparkle's Crown
UK Box, 1993

Her entire body was encrusted with glitter, which gives her a very rough feel. Her mane and tail were also rooted with tinsel. She is, absolutely, a Sparkle.

She was advertised on television - I haven't managed to find the English commercial, but you can view the French one on Youtube here (external link, not my video).
Princess Sparkle in commercial intro
Princess Sparkle in her TV Commercial
1993




Princess Sparkle's Character

Sparkle did made one comic appearance, in a weird dream story which Sweetheart blamed on reading one of Bright Eyes's space book before bed. This left her in a slightly unreal state, maybe a chimera, maybe not.

Her box story made her far more tangible, including a story about her being lonely and bored in the palace until her mother the Queen invited the Seven Characters over to play. As you do.
Princess Sparkle's Story
Princess Sparkle's Box
UK, 1993