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1987 merited the start of some rather strange differences between US and UK issues of ponies. The second set of Baby Sea Ponies, the Pretty & Pearly Baby Sea Ponies were the last Baby Sea Ponies to ever be formally issued in the UK, and despite the fact four of the ponies were sold in the USA there are a number of differences between the two sets. Whilst the USA chose Surf Rider and Sea Shimmer to pearlise, two ponies in the same pose, the UK chose Sea Star and Tiny Bubbles, and these two were in different poses. As all Sea Pony sets comntained three ponies in one pose and three in another the UK was forced to remain with the early Baby Sea Pony poses and use these for Ripple, Sunshower and Water Lily. In the USA, however, there was a new pose introduced for these three. Of the two sets, only Beach Comber remains exactly the same in both countries. In the USA by this time, a new style of sticker was being used, but in the UK ponies were still being issued with round puffy stickers.