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

Skydancer

Summer Wing Pony, 1988

Pink winger pony with blue hair, white bird with leaf symbol, yellow wings with pink and green markings.


Skydancer
Pony Data
Set Summer Wing Ponies (1988)
Asst. Number 4605
Accessories Pale pinkish purple flower pick, metallic light pink ribbon
Pose Glow
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 Skydancer

Skydancer 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.

Skydancer was sold in the UK and in North America in the same style of box. Italy was an outlier, as the box there was blue. In other places it seems to have been yellow. The box below is American, because of the hole punch at the top, but the basic style is very much like that released in North America. The pony pictured below has a UK style box but her price tag is not in £/p, making me think she was an export (possibly Australia or New Zealand, but I am not sure).

Skydancer Mint in
          Box
Skydancer, Mint in Box


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.




Skydancer's Character

Skydancer was not as present in the pony comic as her setmates Buzzer and Glow. Her backcard story cast her as a dancer, putting on either a show or a lesson (or both) at the Baby Bonnet School of Dance. I wonder what Baby Half Note had to say about that!