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

Slumber Party Gift Set

1987
It's time for a wild night in!


Slumber Party Gift Set
Slumber Party Gift Pack
North America, 1987

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Ponies Sold in 1987 in the UK Movie Star Ponies | Mountain Boy Ponies | Birthday Party with Tutti Frutti | Princess Ponies (Set 1) |Snuzzle's Grooming Parlour | Megan and Sundance (Second Edition)| Twinkle Eye Ponies (UK Set II) | Flutter Ponies (Set II) | Newborn Twins (Set I, Partial) | Pretty & Pearly Baby Sea Ponies (UK Release) | Paradise Estate | Dream Castle | Lullabye Nursery | Baby Buggy | Baby Bonnet School of Dance

Other 1987 Ponies Twinkle Eyed Ponies (North America/Italy) | Pony Friends (Ponies) | Regenbogen-Ponys (Germany/Austria) | Baby-Ponys (Germany/Austria) | Pony Friends (Animals) | Soft Sleepy Newborns| Sea Sparkle Baby Sea Ponies | Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe | Crimp & Curl Hair Salon (Perm Shoppe) (UK:1988) | Slumber Party Gift Set | Rainbow Ponies (Europe) | Twice as Fancy (Party) Ponies (UK:1988) | First Tooth Baby Ponies (UK:1988)| Big Brother Ponies (UK:1988) | So Soft Ponies (III) | Purse with Baby Crumpet | Baby Blue Ribbon

The Slumber Party Gift Pack

With the successful Party Gift Pack the previous year, Hasbro decided to release a second 'gift pack' - this time on a Slumber Party theme.
The set featured samples of some of the year's themes. Pink Dreams was the flutter, Baby Nightcap the First Tooth Baby, Sleepy Head and Sleep Tight the Newborn Twins and Pillow Talk the (slightly unconventional) Twice as Fancy. The accessories included popcorn, a game similar to Twister, records and a record player, a sleeping bag and other bits and pieces (shown below).
Slumber Party Accessories
Slumber Party Gift Set
Accessories (some ribbons missing)

Like the previous year's North American release of the Party Gift Pack, the Slumber Party Gift Pack came in a large box with windows cut out to show the ponies inside.
Slumber Party Box
Slumber Party Gift Set Box
USA, 1987

Though this set was never sold in the UK, it is not uncommon to find the componant ponies over here, since these were one of the groups sold in large quantities as end of line stock after My Little Pony ended in North America. Baby Night Cap, Pink Dreams (with her wings) and the twins at least have all been found in simple bagged packaging, sold as extras to playsets like the My Little Pony Kitchen or simply on their own, with a strip of grey monogrammed cardboard stapled across the top of the bag. I have not heard of any Pillow Talks being found here - but that does not mean she did not come over as well. None of the accessories (aside Pink Dreams's wings) were included in these releases.

Baby Nightcap in bag
Baby Nightcap in Bag
(Acquired from end of line UK clearance, in kitchen playset)

The Slumber Party set was offered again to children in Canada via an offer in around 1989. This Mail Order release probably explains why individually bagged versions of the ponies found their way to the UK at the end of the pony line.
Canadian Insert
Slumber Party Gift Set Ponies (set for $16CAD)
Canadian Mail Order Insert, circa 1989
Image courtesy of Chrissytree



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