Cutie Mark Crusaders pack question

[aluke]

Some new ponies have gradient eyes, some don't. I'll throw some examples under a spoiler here, because I've been talking a heckuva lot in this thread and should probably cut back

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Princess Twilight Sparkle (both regular and fashion size) and Sunset Shimmer from the upcoming Through The Mirror line have gradient eyes, and the printing has been modified to put eye shadow and glitter on them, so it's definitely brand new but still with gradient. Rarity from the Midnight in Canterlot collection doesn't have a very visible gradient, but everyone else from the same set do have gradients! Even Fluttershy, who has a brand new "open" eye shape, and Rainbow Dash, who has Cherry Berry's eyes, printed on her for the first time with round eye shines instead of the hexagonal gem shines that we've seen twice before.

For this new CMC pack, Cheerilee (with the new, rounder head mold), Twist-a-loo and Silver Spoon have been seen with gradient eyes, and those along with Sweetie Belle appear to have clear gradients on this promo image (right click -> view image to see it larger).

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Some of them just have an area of lighter colour down the bottom of the iris, and lack the darker shadow up the top. To me, Star Dreams appears to have an overall lighter blue eye colour then her first release, lacking any dark shadow, but with a highlight near the lower part of the eye. A very subtle gradient but still possibly one. At this point, I don't think gradient presence or absence is a reliable marker of whether a pony is new or old release, although it is very interesting (and frustrating!) to try and piece together who's changing and how.

It honestly took a colour picker to see any difference, but maybe that's just because lenses don't work as well as eyes? I'm sort of seeing it, but the gradient is ridiculously more subtle now,there is minimal to no saturation difference anymore (which is easier to tell if you greyscale the images) so it's harder to notice. Also, the gradient seems to be upside down? The darker section is below the highlight, as opposed to above. One thing that hasn't seemed to change though is the highlights; the older ponies had two while the newer molds only have one (for the time being at least).

I haven't really examined the new toys that I haven't seen in person yet, so definitely a fault on my part to make such a claim. Thanks for setting me straight.

I still wish they'd return to the old eyes. The lack of values is really off putting to me personally. Not that I'll get into that since I feel like I'm derailing the topic of the thread.

[kezrob23]

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[Libelle]

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Teehee, same here. I cannot wait for them to become available!