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

Wind Drifter

Flutter Pony, 1987

Yellow flutter pony with green mane and tail, pink and aqua windmill symbol, FLUTTER wings

Yellow flutter pony
Pony Data
Set Flutter Pony (1987-8)
Asst. Number 4765 (UK)
Accessories Lavender flower pick with pink flower centres, either gold edged thin green ribbon or metallic ribbon, possibly yellow.
Round puffy sticker (UK only).
Pose Cloud Puff
Distribution UK and parts of Europe
North America
 
Other Versions

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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) | Stockings | 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


Wind Drifter in the United Kingdom

Wind Drifter was sold as one of the new characters in the second set of Flutters in 1987. As was characteristic of the new additions, she had far bolder colours, as well as a new pose introduced that year. She was sold in North America, in the UK and parts of Europe though it is not clear how widely she was distributed across the continent.

Wind Drifter MIB
Wind Drifter Mint in Box
(UK, 1987)
Image from Babydoll
There are some disputes about accessories for the second set of Flutter Ponies. For me, the only realistic solution is that there are variations. We know that there are definitely ponies sold boxed with a metallic ribbon. There are also those, like the French boxed image below, with narrow ribbons edged with gold. Some collectors have tried to pigeonhole specific accessories to specific regions, but I do not think it is regional. Rather, I think it may be to do with batch and what other ponies were on release around the same time.

French MIB Wind Drifter
Wind Drifter (French Box)

The UK release was the only release to come with a round puffy sticker for this set.

Wind Drifter was still available in France and in German speaking countries at least in 1988. The box art was the same as that seen in the 1987 UK release, only translated. The rainbow was also updated to the new font, suggesting that the release was in 1988 rather than 1987. This release came without a sticker, probably because of the later issue.


Wind Drifter's Character

"Flutter Ponies bring good luck,
With love that never ends,
And every time you need her help,
Wind Drifter helps her friends ."
As with all of this set, Wind Drifter's UK box bore a poem, rather than a story (pictured above). In the comic, she was usually associated (unsurprisingly) with windmills. Her poem suggests she was the helpful type.  I imagine she and Pinwheel were either bosom buddies or bitter foes.