ladypinwheel, thank you for the picture - I love Gingerbread with black eyeliner
I also have First Tooth and Twice As Fancy ponies with the same difference but those sets had a much bigger distribution and there were several manufacturers producing them, I think as Hathorcat suggested,
if Truly was indeed an original NSS then she probably was additional So Soft stock that didn't go through the flocking process and was eventually merged with the Scandinavian/Australian 'Pony Friends' set for clear out.
kittywinks, I would really appreciate that as I've never seen any detailed pictures of a deflocked Truly and this might help me notice any differences if there are any. Thanks for helping out and I look forward to seeing them!
And slightly off topic but I've noticed their card says they came with "brush, ribbon, and sticker" although none of the carded pictures seemed like they had stickers included and mine didn't come with any either, would appreciate it if anyone can confirm this?