Large-eyed flutters

[LittleHoneyPie]

Can you tell me anything about large-eyed flutters? Were the large-eyed ones made first, and they changed the mold for some reason? I can't find any info on them, though I swear I saw somebody mentioning it on a website at some point.
I believe there's a large-eyed version of the entire first set. Is there a large-eyed Yum Yum?

Here's a couple of examples. Actually their whole heads look larger.

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Please excuse my ugly hands. Why do my hands look so ugly in closeup photos?? LOL

[EmBee]

My hands look awful when photographed too, haha!!

I don't have anything to offer but I love seeing those pictures!  Such lovely big eyes.

-Em

[TWILIGHTCOOKIE]

Out of curiosity do they both have the same hoof markings?  I kinda prefer the small eyed gals, but it's neat to see the differences.

[LittleHoneyPie]

Here are what the hooves look like. Says the same thing; looks a little different. Large-eyed ones on left: (Sorry, more ugly hands.)
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Mine are definitely all from the U.S.

[snwbear24]

hmmm that is interesting!

[Radiance]

I never knew about that variation! Now I have to take a close look at all my flutter ponies! If I had to make a wild guess, I'd say the large eye flutters were made first simply because the feet markings are slightly cruder on them. The smaller girls' feet stamps look much more uniform. Maybe they were made in different factories and that's the reason?

[ButtercreamDream]

I believe the large eyed one are also known (unflatteringly) as fat-head flutter ponies.  Here's a link to an old thread http://www.mlparena.com/archive/Forums/viewtopic/p=2434645.html

[LittleHoneyPie]

That is certainly an unflattering name! I will continue to call them "large-eyed."   I actually kind of like them better, but maybe that's because they seem unique compared to the regular ones I'm used to seeing.

[Ionn]

There seems to be a difference in the body molds as well; look at the crisper hooves on the fa-uh, large eyed ponies! This kinda stuff is fascinating.

[ponyqueen]

There seems to be a difference in the body molds as well; look at the crisper hooves on the fa-uh, large eyed ponies! This kinda stuff is fascinating.

Lol! I'm def going to look closely at the ponies in the my flutter sanctuary...

[squishy turdl]

I believe the large eyed one are also known (unflatteringly) as fat-head flutter ponies.

Fat head flutter ponies.... giggle... 

[TWILIGHTCOOKIE]

Now I'm curious about my Flutters, if I have both versions. The body molds look different,   and the color vary. Maybe they were so popular two factories made the girls.

[LadyMoondancer]

My best guess is that they came from different factories (or different machines in the same factory).  There are big-head / small-head versions of all six of the original flutter ponies. 

I'm not sure if there are variations of the 2nd set (Tropical Breeze, etc).

But yeah, it's most noticeable in the Honeysuckle pose because the small-head version has a waaay longer stride.  It's not a "country of origin" thing because I've seen both versions MIB in both American and Canadian packaging.

[squishy turdl]

I would love to see comparisons of 2 yumyums or even 2 hollywoods (if someone even has more than 1 Hollywood)...

[Ponyfan]

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Is this a large-eyed Honeysuckle?

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