so ice crystal's mom has been found in the wild...

[maycrestmom]

well that is what I called her    she's the prototype before the flatfoot went into production

so she's no longer just an entry in the wiki or just a photo in sales catalog

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I've asked ember1 to reply with her lovely pictures here.  She asked for comparison pics of the FF cotton candy with furga if the theory that this prototype mold was then also used to produce italy's furga line of my little pony look alikes

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IMO the flat foot is a closer match to the furga pony than the regular concave cotton candy
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and furga as you hopefully can see is different than the flatfoot first run My Little Pony (please forgive that I made my FF a buddy for ms. furga so she got a paintjob since she was really faded  but hopefully everyone can at least see head/body styles)

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overall it is to me plausible that furga got the prototype mold and then Hasbro made the flat foot 1982 mold followed by the concave foot collector pose mold

[pinkkittywinks]

Ice Crystals Mom! I hadn't thought of that until you said it.

Yes, Cotton Mint is closer in shape to the Furga pony than a FF pony. Those are some great comparison pictures

Love pkw xxx

[DreamvalleyMLP]

Interesting comparison! I wonder, maybe Hasbro "cloned" one of those iffy looking ones with the stubby front legs for their 25th anniversary release? (The ones that kept falling over because of the weight and lack of balance. I got rid of mine simply because of that.)

In the MLP "Toys That Made Us" episode, Hasbro explained that once someone suggested to move away from simple horse focused designs, the world of collectibility really opened up for the brand.

[TheClassCalico]

That's really cool! It's nice that it appears that the original mould did get used beyond the prototype stage in some way, even if, unfortunately, they cannot balance very well.

[pinkkittywinks]

For those who haven't seen her yet, pictures can be found here

https://pinkkittywinks.wixsite.com/mlparenagallery/cottonmint

Love pkw xxx

[shabbychicdee]

this is fantastic, yay, another one, thanks for sharing, sorry im late seeing this.
so great they are being found in pretty good condition and by collectors. YAY.