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Title: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Broken Irishwoman on January 13, 2017, 09:31:44 AM
I was just browsing Google for pony pictures when this turned up. I remember this leaflet very clearly from when I was a child, but I never noticed before... Did they swap the heads of Mummy and Daddy Meadowsweet? :shocked:

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I really hope you see it too... :lookround: And if they actually are swapped, WHY?
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Taffeta on January 13, 2017, 10:28:26 AM
OMG. I have looked at that image a million times. I now need to demolish my shelf and get my leaflets out.

Or I would if it didn't mean killing my poinsettia...

From that image, it sure looks possible, but it's really hard to see...
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Aadra310 on January 13, 2017, 10:33:02 AM
LOL!  I want to go look at my pamphlet, now.  But, it does look like a headswap on that pic!  Too funny!
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Post by: LadyMoondancer on January 13, 2017, 10:36:09 AM
WOW, good eye!  It certainly looks like they did!
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Post by: Taffeta on January 13, 2017, 11:00:36 AM
I remembered that I had a duplicate copy of that insert in my trade box and you're absolutely right. I can't believe I never saw that. Really good spot!
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: The_Loner on January 13, 2017, 11:27:18 AM
Yep, I have noticed that too, but that's not the only error in that photo. They have also swapped the manes of Baby Meadowsweet and Baby Berrytown. And the colors of Baby Sunbright's body marking are reverse to the produced toy.
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Post by: Einhornbaby on January 13, 2017, 11:29:48 AM
Yes, they actually did, here is a scan from my own leaflet, its a bit bigger, so you can see more clearly :

http://einhornbaby.contract-killers.de/pamphlet/pamphlet10.jpg

baby Meadowsweet also has a different pose, lol. Its kinda cute I think!
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Strawberry Swirl on January 13, 2017, 11:54:12 AM
PAHAHA, they did! But why? Like it wouldn't confuse the kids who actually went to buy them?

Darn Hasbro, you weird.
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Carrehz on January 13, 2017, 01:23:30 PM
XD I love pony oddities like this!!
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Broken Irishwoman on January 13, 2017, 01:30:56 PM
I'm so glad you guys see it too! XD

Einhornbaby: Wow yes, on your scan it's very visible!
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Post by: pinkkittywinks on January 13, 2017, 01:44:19 PM
So it is!!! I never noticed that!

Love pkw xxx
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Taffeta on January 13, 2017, 02:11:16 PM
Yep, I have noticed that too, but that's not the only error in that photo. They have also swapped the manes of Baby Meadowsweet and Baby Berrytown. And the colors of Baby Sunbright's body marking are reverse to the produced toy.

They absolutely have as well. I feel like we ought to be doing a spot the mistake contest on this image.
The different pose for Baby Berrytown is adorable and I wish she had been like that, but to me that's kind of normal prototype stuff. You often see them in different poses, it happens with baby Katie on that pamphlet as well, and Billie is a total other colour)

But swapping the hair tones ONLY in the manes, and the heads (!?) which ought to match poses is just nuts. Someone was in a hurry to put that photo display together...or the head making section weren't talking to the body making section.  (It reminds me of left twix and right twix, but I guess that analogy would only make sense to UK people who saw those stupid adverts).

I feel like the reason I didn't notice the head and hair swaps is that when you see the image and the pamphlet so much you just kind of don't see things any more. Absolute kudos to you guys for paying such great attention!

Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Foxtale on January 14, 2017, 04:58:51 AM
That is too funny! I wonder if the prototype just had the wrong head or if the photographer messed up their heads when they were styling them for the shoot.
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: Broken Irishwoman on January 14, 2017, 08:45:37 AM
Taffeta: We have that stupid Twix commercial here too, so I get it. XD
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Post by: Stormness_1 on January 15, 2017, 04:32:22 AM
LOL we had the twix ad years ago! I soo get it! It is weird how many mistakes are in that one photo! Maybe the protos are the hard casts (they do look shiny) I'm not sure how they assemble hard casts, but it's probably just the heads sitting there on a stick sitting in the neck hole, they wouldn't be full casts or have proper plugs. The hair mix-up is super strange though!
Title: Re: Please tell me you see it too...
Post by: daffodil101 on January 15, 2017, 04:58:36 AM
I can't believe I never noticed Baby Berrytown being in a completely different pose.  How did I do that?  Nice spots with the head swap and baby mane swap!!
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