Skyflier in North America
Skyflier was one of the new characters introduced
into the North American unicorn and pegasus line in 1985. She
also debuted one of the new poses for the year, along with her
set-mate, Powder.
Skyflier, Mint on Card
(USA, 1985)
Skyflier's Streak
Traditional accounts of Skyflier report that she has a white
streak in her mane, and she is most often illustrated this way
as well. That ought to be case closed, but as you can see from
my loose one, above, the streak is not always white. In fact, my
MOC one (shown above) also has a pale pink streak beneath the
bubble. Whether Skyflier's streak is meant to be white, and gets
coloured by proximity to the red mane, or whether it was always
intended to be fading pink and just fades really commonly, I
don't know. The jury is still out on this one.
Skyflier in the United Kingdom
Skyflier was not sold in the United Kingdom, although she featured
heavily in early pony comics and merchandise over here. One
example was the scissors, shown below. (These are survivors from
my childhood, and they are a bit broken and well used!).
Skyflier Scissors, 1985-6
Skyflier in Other Places
Skyflier was available in many different countries, often
manufactured in Italy, Spain, France or other locations. A Hong
Kong version was sold in Scandinavia, Finland, South Africa and
Australia in 1986, as part of the Fable set. The basic pony looks
to be the same between the North American release and this 'Fable' version -
and her accessories were the same as in the Year 3 North American
set. She did come with a puffy sticker (this is not visible in the
picture below, but as per the card, is included).
Skyflier Mint on Card
(Fable release, Scandinavia etc, 1986)
Italian versions of Skyflier were also sold
in some European countries, such as Germany. This version had
blue eyes, and metallic, rather than glittery, snowflakes.
This version was probably sold on the same style of card as
the 'Fable' pony release, under the name "Fabelponys".
Skyflier's Character
Skyflier was one of the early unicorn pony characters who was
not given a specific magic power in the UK lore. She was a kite
flier, which seems obvious, and she did appear in the comic with
her kites from time to time.
Skyflier's New Kite
My Little Pony Comic
Her Fact File entry notes that she likes to spend time building
and flying kites, as well as decorating them with ribbons. This
seems to have been a summary of her backcard entry, which also
detailed her working with kites (both in North America and in
the Scandinavian Fable release). None of these stories mention
Skyflier having any form of magic, either. The Fable version of
Skyflier's story was basically the same as the North American
one, but abridged to fit the smaller space on the card (as shown
below).
Skyflier's Story
(Fable Release, Scandinavia etc, 1986)
