Twilight in North America
Twilight was sold in the original set of unicorn
and pegasus ponies in 1984, but was not rereleased in the second
set. In spite of this, there are some batch variants of Twilight
which are quite significant in colouration difference. The more
common version of Twilight is generally considered to be the
darker pink body, although she was often depicted in media with
lighter colouring. The pale pink version shown here was also
sold in North America, and is a Hong Kong release version as
well.
Paler variation of Twilight
(North America, made in Hong Kong)
Twilight came with a blue shooting star brush and
ribbon, and a puffy sticker.
Twilight in the United Kingdom
Twilight was not sold in the United Kingdom, although she featured
in early pony stories, comics and merchandise over here.
Thanks to Mavrica for the darker pink Twilight image at the top of
the page and on the navigation buttons.
Twilight's Character
Rescue at Midnight Castle hints at Twilight's ability to teleport
("wink") in and out, by using some kind of 'wishing' magic. This
wishing magic also features on her US backcard. It is not well
explored in the animation, but in the UK story lore, Twilight had
a more defined character.
Twilight appeared in early stories as a shy reclusive unicorn, who
kept herself to herself, and shielded herself often in a cloud of
mist. She was considered very knowledgeable about magic, and kind,
so would help out when the ponies were in trouble - but they
usually had to go to her, not the other way around.
Although she is nominally the inspiration for Generation 4's
"Twilight Sparkle", they have absolutely nothing in common
except part of the name.
