Glo Friends
Glo Friends is a short lived TV show and toy line from the 80s made by Playskool. The cartoon aired along side My Little Pony and Friends during 1986[1], each show being 15 minutes long together they filled up a 30 minutes time slot. [2]
According to manufacturer instructions: "To recharge your Glo Friend simply hold near any household light for a few seconds. Turn around to expose its front and back to the light. DO NOT hold nearer than 15cms to a light bulb."
All characters from 1986 & 1987 (except Glo Spider & Glo Worm) were sold with Wendy's Fast Food Restaurant Kids Meals in 1988 in North America.
A few Baby Ponies came with a glo worm friend, albeit a non-glowing rendition.
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Glo Friends (1986)
Eight friends made up the original series of Glo Friends, originally released by Hasbro's Pre-School division.
Glo Bug
Glo Butterfly
Glo Cricket
Glo Grannybug
Glo Snail
Glo Snugbug
Glo Spider
Glo Worm
Glo Friends (1987)
Six new characters were introduced this year along with re-releases of the original eight friends. However, one version of this release omitted both Glo Cricket and Glo Spider altogether.
Glo Bashfulbug
Glo Bookbug
Glo Bopbug
Glo Clutterbug
Glo Doodlebug
Glo Skunkbug
Glo Friends (1988)
A final six new characters were introduced this year with re-releases of the six new friends introduced the previous year. However, one version of this release substituted Glo Skunkbug with yet another release of Glo Worm.
Glo Bonnie Beetle
Glo Firefly
Glo Horsefly
Glo Nuttybug
Glo Sniffles Snail
Glo Toodlebug
Glo Friends with Animal Friends
Glo Turtle
Glo Hopper (came with Glo Turtle)
Dipper Duckling
Glo Waterbug (came with Dipper Duckling)
Glo Bully Frog
Glo Sluggerbug (came with Bully Frog)
Glo Country Mouse
Glo Cappybug (came with Country Mouse)
Glo Rabbit
Glo Garden Ant (came with Glo Bunny Rabbit)
Glo Dragonflyer
Glo Shuttlebug (came with Glo Dragonflyer)
Playsets
Glo Land Playset
Glo Bedbug (came with Glo Land, playset)
Mail Order Glo Friends
In 1986 through to 31 January 1987, two exclusive Glo Friends were offered as mail-order promotions. They were named Glo Prayerbug and Glo Flutterbug and were available for $2.50 each, plus 2 Moon Drops points each.
Glo Flutterbug
Glo Prayerbug
Glo Prayerbug & Glo Flutterbug promo flyer
Moon Drops points
Sleeping Bags
"GLO FRIENDS like to hang around... in their sleeping bags! Thread a piece of ribbon, 25cms or less through the top button hole and slots in the bottom of the sleeping bag. Hang them by your bed to watch them glow, or take them with you wherever you go."
Most Glo Friends came with a small cotton pouch referred to as a "sleeping bag". Please Note: There are cotton colour variations with the green sleeping bags.
Green (purple cotton), came with Glo Worm and Nuttybug
Green (orange cotton), came with Bookbug
Light Blue, came with Butterfly
Dark Blue, came with Bashfulbug, Bopbug, Horsefly, Grannybug and Prayerbug (mail order)
Purple, came with Glo Bug, Bonnie Beetle and Flutterbug (mail order)
Pink, came with Snugbug
Dark Pink, came with Glo Spider
Red, came with Doodlebug and Sniffles Snail
Orange, came with Skunkbug, Glo Snail and Toodlebug
Yellow, came with Cricket, Clutterbug and Firefly
Some Glo Friends didn't come with bags. Glo Garden Ant, Slugger, Cappy, Waterbug, Shuttlebug & Hopper came with Animal Friends instead. Glo Bedbug came with the Glo Land playset.
