These twins followed the theme of reversed colours, with Sandcastle being gold with blue hair, and Shovels being blue with gold hair. They are one of the more sought after twinsets, and also one of the harder to find pairs.

One odd phenomenon I noted on my boxed twins, above, is that the ribbons are not sealed in the ribbon slot but are on the tails of the ponies. Both ribbons have been tied in bows. There is no evidence that the box has ever been opened, and all of the bubble around the twins is perfectly sealed. Other examples of twins mint in package like this have also been found. At the same time, there exist versions boxed with the ribbon in the ribbon slot. This phenomenon only seems to affect this second release of Newborn Twins.

Sandcastle and Shovels's Characters

Unsurprisingly, Sandcastle and Shovels' box story referred to them playing by the seaside, and making pretend sand thrones so they could play at being princesses - only to have a real Princess Pony turn their seashell decoratioins into real jewels.

Sandcastle and Shovels had no appearance in the UK media or the animation, so there is no further clue to their character or activities.