POTD 2/2/2023 Scandinavian Truly

[mlp4me]

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Do you have her? Your thoughts? Share some more pics!

She's pretty with or without flocking. I like this version.

Changing things up. The first week of every month will feature G1's then, 2nd=G2's, 3rd=G3's, 4th= G4's/misc. merch/play sets, 5th week, well, that's when we start throwing fakies...

[Leave a Whisper]

Pass, I've never really liked Truly.

[Gator]

Want.  I have like 4-5 Trulys, so I’m going to deflock the most baity one.

[Ponybookworm]

Don't have this one, but have a So Soft. Same with Cupcake. Probably because the Scandinavians are more HTF

[lovesbabysquirmy]

pretty!!!  so pretty!

[Pokeyonekenobie]

I think I have this one, but I'm not 100% sure.  She came to me years ago deflocked, bald, and with her symbol removed in a bait lot, but there's a shadow of a bird symbol if I hold it in the right light (and really, how many white ponies are in this pose?).  Not sure if she's Scandinavian, but I think I got that particular lot from overseas so it's entirely possible.

[Beldarna]

I have one and I love her. Got her for a steal. Don't have any pics on my laptop though.

[Carrehz]

I selected 'want', but I'm not necessarily after the Scandinavian version specifically; I'd be just as happy with a deflocked US Truly. I just want a Truly :p She's so pretty, I love her symbol.

[Taffeta]

Thank you to the POTD for not calling her NSS Truly That's a step in the right direction.

I actually have two *lol*. The first one I got but wasn't too sure if she was a deflock. She came from Germany. The other was a trade I did later on, I think from Iceland.

 This is the first one:

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This is the second:

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(They are using the same stand in the pictures, it actually belongs to SS truly).

People used to believe that the Scandinavian Truly had brown eyeliner, while a deflock had black. My first one had black eyeliner so I wasn't certain about her. She lived in my university room for a long while, and one year I took her to Ponycon, so some other people experienced in deflocking and such could examine her.

Ultimately she has no evidence of being deflocked - no stray fur, no tell tale plastic damage, no symbol damage, nothing at all to indicate she was ever a SS release. So I believe she's an original Pony Friends Truly (that is their proper set name). But I have still kept both as they are different - the second has brown eyeliner.

End note to this, a lot of the Movie Star ponies in the UK have black eyeliner, and so does my MOC Shady, so the eyeliner theory seems arbitrary - but Truly is one of the harder deflocks to identify because she is SO similar to the SS in pose/colour/etc.  So I feel like it's good if you are unsure about your pony to get second and third opinions on it.

I would love to have their backcard. I have a scan of it on my website from some kind folk in Scandinavia, but I am still missing it from my collection. It doesn't have to be Truly's card, but just the card with that set on :/

[NigheanRuadh]

I cast a "want her" vote, but I'm not necessarily after her.  I have a So Soft Truly that my best friends traded to me when I was little whose flocking is really terrible now.  I've thought about deflocking her, but I'm not sure if I actually will.  I do like the sleek, non-flocked look of this one.

[Heart Of Midnight]

I've been wanting this pony for a long time! So beautiful!