Windy Wing Ponies

After the success of the Summer Wing Ponies in the 1988 line, Hasbro brought out a second release of little butterfly ponies in 1989 - the Windy Wing Ponies. Although often confused with one another second hand, the Summer Wings had birds and bugs as their symbols, whereas the Windy Wings had mostly elemental, weather or space related symbols. They also tended to have brighter colours, although this is not necessarily universal.

Versions can be found made in Hong Kong and in China.

Like the Summer Wings, the Windy Wing ponies were sold in the UK in American style boxes. I have never had one of these from new, nor do I have any of their packages, so I am not sure if, like the Summer Wings, an additional stamp mark was put on the bottom to mention UK distribution, but this seems likely. The boxes were small, just like the Summer Wing release, but in pink instead. Like the Summer Wings, they were sold with combs, although now they were sun picks, rather than flowers, in keeping with the set theme change. They did not come with ribbons.

Cool Breeze Mint in Box
North America (and probably UK)
Image from Shivhae

Windy Wing ponies are generally more difficult to find than their Summer Wing counterparts. This has led to some rumours they did not see a UK release, but this is not the case. They appear both on Hasbro's list for 1989, and the insert. With that said, I have found far more Summer Wings on the UK second hand market, suggesting they may not have had such a plentiful release here.

They seem to be found relatively often on the second hand market in Germany.