MO vs Playset Lemon Drop comparison, anyone?

[mul-ta]

Here I am again, pestering the Arena with questions and requests. So… There are two different HK Lemon Drops stamped on 4 feet: mail order and regular playset release, of which the MO version is supposed to have light violet symbols. (See this thread.) Could some guru possibly post a photo comparison of these two? I've read enough descriptions already and would greatly appreciate some photographic evidence.

[Elisto]

I'm curious about that too. I think I'm clear on which color is which, but I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention that her raindrops appear to be slightly different shapes between the US playset version and the Euro playset version (that was how I first noticed I had two different ones). So I'm curious to see not just the color of the mail order LD, but the symbol shape too.

[hathorcat]

Do you mean because of the more pointed top to her Lemon Drops? Some of the earlier Euro released LDs dont have as distinct a symbol so unfortunately its still possible to have a HK Euro LD with rounded symbols, the key is more the colour.

Alas I dont have pictures to hand of mine but I ll bump this back up and I am sure someone will help out

[Elisto]

OK, yeah, the more pointed top is what I'm talking about. And good to know about the Euro releases. I'm almost positive I have US Playset LD (light purple drops, 2 hooves marked) and Euro Playset LD (4 hooves, dark symbols, more pointed), although since I found her at a thrift store here in the US, I'm a little surprised.

I guess even without a picture, is the MO LD's symbols the same color lavender as the US playset LD?

[mlp4me]

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I wish I had access to their feet marks...
But not one ever seems to be alike.

[Elisto]

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I wish I had access to their feet marks...
But not one ever seems to be alike.

Huh, well mine like the ones on either end! So now I'm curious about the middle one.

[mul-ta]

I wish I had access to their feet marks...

That's what I wish, too. The one on the left is the 4-hooves HK playset version, the one on the far right is a 2-hooves HK one. The one in the middle looks like another version of the 2-hooves HK playset one (I've had tons of those). Problem is, if she were stamped on all 4 feet, she'd be... something else.

[mlp4me]

Did some digging...  Ugh they're sticky (and I've managed to get 2 more 2 stampers since I took this pic).

dark symbols: 4
middle: 2
light symbols: 2

You've got it!

[mul-ta]

That is, still no photo of the MO version.

[mlp4me]

Would be nice if there were pics on wiki.

This is from ponylandpress:

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Lemon Drop is a yellow adult earth pony with lavender hair and blue eyes. Her symbol is a pattern of purple raindrops. She is in the Collector Pose. She was sold with the Show Stable.
     Lemon Drop was originally sold in stores; the original version, who also came with the Show Stable, was nearly identical to the mail-order version, but had lavender instead of blue eyes.
So the MO version has blue eyes.
(Keep in mind that the lavendar/purple eyes may have a tendency to fade to blue.)

[SeashellnBubbles]

Both lemon Drops that I have have lavender eyes...or at least not the vivid blue of, say, Peachy, but one is a 2 stamper ('82 Hasbro Pat. Pend. And Hong Kong) the other is a 4 stamper and has really vivid, pointy drops with kind of squiggly tips. Things that make you go hmmmm.

[hathorcat]

That info on Lemon Drop isn't right unfortunately - the mail order version has regular coloured Lemon Drop eyes.

[mul-ta]

AFAIK the colour of the drops + 4 stamps are the key.

[mlp4me]

That info on Lemon Drop isn't right unfortunately - the mail order version has regular coloured Lemon Drop eyes.

  (so the eyes are faded in that pic... hmmm...)

[hathorcat]

Yupsies...happens a lot.

I have a couple of MIP pictures I can send you when I get to the other computer!