Translucent Ponies - Interesting Info

[BrightIdea]

While we are waiting for Twilight Sparkle to appear as a translucent pony, I have some interesting info I would like to share about the translucent ponies.

Recently I received a Fluttershy and Rarity in the mail, and discovered something that made me super excited. Here are pics:
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Each pony is translucent, and looks slightly pearly/shimmery.

Usually, we see new ponies being sold on Taobao, and sneak peaks of things to come. These ponies however, are not new at all. Rarity's foot number indicates that she was made a long long time ago. I have other ponies with this number on their feet that were wave 1 ponies. Newer ponies have a higher number on their feet, while older ponies have a lower number on their foot. I don't think Hasbro would mass produce these and leave them in a warehouse for years (that is a waste of money), so I really do think that these are prototypes, test runs, or samples.

The evidence:
1. Rarity has an old batch number on her foot.
2. Fluttershy has her old colour of hair. Fluttershy is only made with light pink hair, rather than the darker pink.
3. Rainbow Dash's picture has bangs which are not made anymore.
4. Applejack's picture has bangs, which are also not made anymore.

So to sum up, I really think these are pretty ancient for being new/unseen G4s, and that if we see ponies like this in the future, they will likely have differences.

Anyways, I was far too excited over that    Hasbro really really was planning far ahead.

EDIT: Oh yes I should warn you that the whole foot number thing that I am talking about is a theory based on what I have observed personally so far. I do not know anything about these foot numbers for a fact, this is merely an assumption I have made based on observations from buying lots of G4s from around the world.

[StarlightGaze]

That's interesting... I can't imagine the concept of Crystal Empire ponies being that old, as they had to write a script for the concept for season 3, probably after season 1 ran?

[The_Loner]

Wow, that is so cool if they are prototypes!!
It would be awesome though if they made a series of ponies with bodies like this!! But new characters please!

[Nerdfins]

They're so pretty!  I hope these are prototypes and we see them in a future line.

[sd_dreamcrystal]

Interesting info! Mind if I link back to this on my topic that is keeping tabs on these ponies?

[hathorcat]

Hmmmm....that is a really interesting theory BrightIdea.

The sudden reappearance of bangs on AJ and RD was very odd and seemed a reversal of HBs pattern...what a curious thought!

[sd_dreamcrystal]

Hmmmm....that is a really interesting theory BrightIdea.

The sudden reappearance of bangs on AJ and RD was very odd and seemed a reversal of HBs pattern...what a curious thought!

I have to agree, though I hope that even though these are prototypes we don't get the ponies with the glitter like the blind bags x.x

[BrightIdea]

Interesting info! Mind if I link back to this on my topic that is keeping tabs on these ponies?

Sounds good to me!

[Bergamot]

Those are really neat observations!

Some people have sighted these ponies with a layer of glitter slathered all over them. Perhaps that's a step closer to "final." (If so... eh. I like these pearly ones better!)

[BrightIdea]

Hmmmm....that is a really interesting theory BrightIdea.

The sudden reappearance of bangs on AJ and RD was very odd and seemed a reversal of HBs pattern...what a curious thought!

I have to agree, though I hope that even though these are prototypes we don't get the ponies with the glitter like the blind bags x.x

Hehe, yeah me too. The glitter reminds my of 5 o'clock shadow. Bearded ponies!

[hathorcat]

Those are really neat observations!

Some people have sighted these ponies with a layer of glitter slathered all over them. Perhaps that's a step closer to "final." (If so... eh. I like these pearly ones better!)

Yup I ll agree with that - the pearly finish looks much nicer!

[StarDapple]

Wow those look amazing!  I really hope that these get a wide release sometime, because that Rarity is gorgeous!

[Flitter]

Interesting. I did notice the bangs on RD and AJ. I can't wait to see how they will be released.

[Majesty]

Interesting info.  How did you get them so soon by the way?

[BrightIdea]

Interesting info.  How did you get them so soon by the way?

These 2 ponies were nestled among some other regular release ponies in listings on the Chinese Taobao website. I bought them because I collect variants, and then they were shipped to me. Not too long of a wait at all.