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

Seawinkle

Adult Sea Pony, North America

Blue adult sea pony with lavender mane, pink seashell stand

Blue sea pony
Pony Data
Set Adult Sea Ponies (USA)
Asst. Number 4871/4874
Accessories Blue shell brush and comb, blue ribbon, Pink clam shell stand.
Pose Adult Sea Pony I
Distribution North America
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Ponies Sold in 1984 in the UK Rainbow Ponies (Set One) | Earth Ponies | Show Stable | Adult Sea Ponies (UK) | Butterscotch's Gymkhana | Baby Ember (Mail Order) | Bluebelle (Concave) | The Grooming Parlour

Other 1984 Ponies Unicorn and Pegasus Ponies (Set One) | Adult Sea Ponies (N.America) | Dream Castle (UK:1985) | The Waterfall (UK:1985) | Dream Castle (UK:1985) | Baby Buggy (UK:1987) | Lullabye Nursery (UK:1986)

Seawinkle in North America

Seawinkle was one of the first adult sea ponies, and she was sold definitely in North America. She was not sold in the UK, although her name appeared in very early UK story books (this seems to have been an error as the ponies pictured were UK release Sea Ponies). She was sold with a pink clam seashell stand.

Seawinkle's blue body is very similar to Surfdancer's, although they have different hair colour and are distinct ponies.



Seawinkle's Character

Seawinkle appeared as one of the lead Sea Ponies in Rescue at Midnight Castle, helping to save Applejack and Megan from drowning. Unlike in the UK, the US set also had backcard stories. Curiously, Seawinkle is described as having a little sailboat, and being friends with Seashell. The sailboat was a key part of Seaspray's character in the UK, suggesting the UK story writers borrowed ideas from the US stories to give personality to their UK characters in the absence of any Hasbro UK inspiration. Given the use of the US names in early stories, it is possible that all of the character information from the US ponies were given to storywriters in the UK, including the names - but the ultimate ponies sold turned out to be different.