Strange MGR Diamond Dreams?

[Truly]

Hello ponies! I recently acquired a very lovely Diamond Dreams who was hidden in with a lot of fakie ponies, and I was just curious about her as she has three sections of her saddle in the darker indigo/blue while the rest is the even purple colour. I tried to see if it would come off as I thought someone painted her but it is smooth with the rest of the saddle's paint and it won't budge just like the rest of her paint.
In person she is much more vibrant (sorry about my terrible camera quality) and it looks like the same indigo of the Diamond Dreams that some people have, while the rest is the lighter saddle colours that I've seen her in. Anyone have any idea what happened? Perhaps she is just a pony who couldn't make up her mind on what colour she liked more? 

Anyway, here she is:
The darker area on this side is just under her mane
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And the rest is near her tail:
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She also has smaller spots of the indigo in other areas of her saddle, I thought she may just be faded but it's far too clean cut to be faded and it looks more like different paint over the top of the lighter paint, all under the factory seal over the paint.
Perhaps this means she comes in pale and dark saddle colours? And this one was in between the paint changeover in the factory? I have no idea how it works ahaha
What do you think? 

[Princess Sparkle]

Wow Truly she is definitely a unique little pony! No idea, why or how she has the two colours on her saddle but hopefully someone can come along and provide some answers. I am definitely stalking this thread 

[daffodil101]

Interesting!  Congrats on your lovely find by the way She is gorgeous. 
Since that part of her symbol is raised, maybe it came into contact with something and got stained??  Your idea of them switching paint halfway through is cool!  Looking forward to what everyone thinks

[LadyMoondancer]

HUH.  My first thought was maybe the same machine was used for MGR Sparkler and some of her paint "stuck", but Sparkler would have pink paint there, not indigo . . . Unless pink + purple = indigo?

Her triads of dots look like they're totally pink.  Is there any sign that they were once white?  They're supposed to be white.

[nemubones]

HUH.  My first thought was maybe the same machine was used for MGR Sparkler and some of her paint "stuck", but Sparkler would have pink paint there, not indigo . . . Unless pink + purple = indigo?

Her triads of dots look like they're totally pink.  Is there any sign that they were once white?  They're supposed to be white.

It does look like the color from Sparkler...but wonder why and how...should be interesting to see if someone knows the answer.

[Truly]

HUH.  My first thought was maybe the same machine was used for MGR Sparkler and some of her paint "stuck", but Sparkler would have pink paint there, not indigo . . . Unless pink + purple = indigo?

Her triads of dots look like they're totally pink.  Is there any sign that they were once white?  They're supposed to be white.

It does look like the color from Sparkler...but wonder why and how...should be interesting to see if someone knows the answer.

I'll have to get some better photos of her, perhaps outside for some better lighting and perhaps compared to MGR Sparkler I'll have to check those dots! I didn't even notice that, I guess I was too focused on the indigo areas!
Thanks everyone for your responses, maybe all together we can figure this mystery out

[mlp4me]

I question if someone tried some touching up at one point...

[Galactica]

I question if someone tried some touching up at one point...

This seems a likely scenario

[mlp4me]

I question if someone tried some touching up at one point...

This seems a likely scenario

This set is notorious for paint loss in random spots. I almost wonder if at times it is factory skip due to the intricateness of the symbols and the relief.

[Skeen]

Weird!  I just checked my Diamond Dreams and she is that lovely dark color all over.

[cloud_weaver]

Weird!  I just checked my Diamond Dreams and she is that lovely dark color all over.

Picture???

[wizzer218]

Mine is purple all over

[Skeen]

She seems washed out in pics but she's really dark and intense.

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[daffodil101]

Aw Skeen, she is stunning!! 

This is a really interesting video from another thread about how G1 ponies were manufactured.  It shows how designs are painted on in a toy factory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp9yEV7pjmY

In the video, it shows the toy being fitted into a stencil that positions the toy in exactly the right spot, and a specific area of the toy is spray painted a specific colour.  There are MANY steps to the painting.  Each colour is done separately, and sometimes there are several layers done, like the eyes.  Assuming that pony eyes were painted in this same process, they might have gone: white, iris, pupil/outline/eyelashes, white spot.  Some of the designs are really delicate, like the glasses on the chipmunk figure.

This doesn't solve the mystery of course, but might shed a bit of light on how symbols are originally painted

[QueenStarglow]

How interesting! I think I saw her on tumblr

Aw Skeen, she is stunning!! 

This is a really interesting video from another thread about how G1 ponies were manufactured.  It shows how designs are painted on in a toy factory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp9yEV7pjmY

In the video, it shows the toy being fitted into a stencil that positions the toy in exactly the right spot, and a specific area of the toy is spray painted a specific colour.  There are MANY steps to the painting.  Each colour is done separately, and sometimes there are several layers done, like the eyes.  Assuming that pony eyes were painted in this same process, they might have gone: white, iris, pupil/outline/eyelashes, white spot.  Some of the designs are really delicate, like the glasses on the chipmunk figure.

This doesn't solve the mystery of course, but might shed a bit of light on how symbols are originally painted

Awesome video!! Very fascinating.