Baby Explorer = yellow w/pink/rainbow tinsel, hot air balloon Baby Stella = coral w/yellow/rainbow tinsel, stars & lines Baby Night Song = white w/pink/rainbow tinsel, planets & moons Baby Mischief = pink w/gold/rainbow tinsel, kite.

Although in the United States the Sparkle Ponies idea was being developed with Baby Ponies in the same design, in the United Kingdom the baby ponies, featuring more original names than those in America were released with a glossy finished solid body and hair streaked with rainbow tinsel. Known as Starlight Babies, they are seldom seen second hand in good shape. Strangely enough, in the oringinal advert Baby Mischief was shown as being purple, when actually she is pink. Baby Explorer also caused some confusion, because although she featured extensively in the comics she was always pictured as being an earth pony, when in fact she is a unicorn. Please note that the accessories the babies are pictured with are merely props and were not released with them at all. There is also a version of Baby Mischief with tinsel that is only gold, and not rainbow coloured (she is on the left of the bottom picture) I bought her from Germany but whether she is a german variant or a factory glitch is unknown. She is made in China. Click on the image for a closer look.

Bluebell = salmon w/blue, bluebells Snowdrop = yellow w/salmon, snowdrops Tulip = white w/dk.pink, tulips Daffodil = aqua w/yellow, daffodils.

Often pictured with wildly curly hair and containing only one pony that wasn't an earthling this set is something of an enigma. Issued late on into 1991, the Flower Ponies consisted of four of the most simple UK ponies to ever be sold, each having a formula solid body/solid hair colour, and a bouquet of flowers as a symbol. It is true to say that despite pictures none of the set had paticularly curly hair. All of the ponies featured in comics, perhaps the oddly named Snowdrop more than the others, where her most well known story involved a set of baby bears being turned into soap. The same images were later used for another story.

Thanks to Ivy's Free Pics Page for some of the graphics on these pages and to Tess for the background image.