Aw heck. Here I go again with the microscopic details- and this time, it's more literal.
Well, you see, I recently purchased a Dolly Mix StarSong. I decided to see if I could find her or her G1 mold-mates standing on the two feet they're apparently supposed to stand on, since mine doesn't seem to be able to. I looked a bit closer, and...
I noticed that the G1 Dolly Mix ponies, despite lacking hoof hearts, do have G3 eyes with shaped, colored highlights. This gives these characters an official detail they only have in this release. The pictures on My Little Wiki are very nice, but, since the ponies are so tiny, this even tinier detail is hard to see. These are best seen in person.
I decided to look at the Core 7 to see if they match what they should have... StarSong does, of course, but with the rest of them it's hard to tell.
Here's a list. Can you help me complete it?
Spoiler
Pinkie Pie- should be pink heart
Scootaloo- should be golden yellow heart
Toola-Roola- should be orange heart
Rainbow Dash- should be blue heart
Sweetie Belle- should be hot pink heart
Cheerilee- should be pale pink star
StarSong- yellow star
Firefly- it's definitely yellow
Medley- aqua heart
Heart Throb- yellow... star? Why, though?
Snuzzle- pink heart
Cotton Candy- it's pink
Main Sail- salmon heart?
Blossom- yellow heart
Blue Belle (with pink hair? Why? Was this a compromise between Blue Belle and Bow Tie?)- I think it's yellow? >_<
Cherries Jubilee (why the cold pink hair? They had a better shade to use for her.)- yellow heart
Minty (I kinda like the pink eyes)- mint green heart
Lemon Drop- yellow heart
Shady- pale blue heart
Sundance- hot pink heart?
Tic Tac Toe (why'd they choose her if they were gonna blend her hair colors? Red and green makes POOPY)- red heart
Applejack- orange???
Lickety-Split (in a stylish pale pink shade)- pale pink star?
Glory (unicorn)- pink heart
Glory (earth, I've seen a few)- the same?
Princess Sparkle (with blue hair -_- She's so pretty with aqua...)- pink heart
Gusty (with more poopy-colored hair)- pink heart
Powder- pink heart
I... didn't realize I felt so strongly about these guys. Why they didn't go for more varied ponies that worked better with their restrictions is a mystery to me. I like the blended hair on StarSong, but feel like some of these would be better off with solid-colored manes. Also, I'm pretty sure they just assigned random eyes to most of these; the colors on some aren't even trying to be correct!
(No, but seriously, where are Surprise, Posey, Tootsie, Peachy, Majesty, Skyflier, Moondancer, Sparkler, Bubbles, Seashell, Bow Tie, and other early ponies with better hair colors for this? It seems odd that they have the year 1-3 crowd with two random ponies from year four and one each from years five and seven! Seven! Main Sail was super random; she must have been somebody's favorite. I really do think these guys are cute and that it's great these guys got reimagined for this set, but some of the decisions are questionable, and I'm a massive nitpick!)