I have 3 of the 4 US ones. I used to have Applejack MOC but I sold her, which is the only US carded pony I regret selling
The other three I have loose:
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login The curls are often no longer there but they are distinctly different from the first edition even if the hair comes out of the curl. They also weren't always sold with super defined curls, because I remember my Applejack's hair was sort of folded, rather than curled. Let's see if I kept a picture...yep, though it's not very clear:
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If you look at the cards for the Y3 ponies, Firefly and Medley have had the graphics edited from the Y2 cards to show curly hair, which was a gimmick for 1985 I think.
The Tootsie hair-style CJ is probably from the UK, 1986 release. C.J was a special childhood pony of mine so researching this one out was one of my special projects a while ago, especially since it connects to the UK
Normal CJ is curly and also from 1985 (in the UK Hasbro calls them Groom & Style Ponies, and curly CJ is part of this set too, just as she is the US Y3 set). She's the one that's really common all over the place, so in her case curly is easier to find (or long hair/dropped out curls).
The bob I think we isolated just to the UK, and only to the 1986 set (with Gypsy, Hopscotch, Honeycomb, Posey with dark tulips and Snowflake). It affects hair and symbol, although there are a few symbol variations for C.J. Here she is:
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More information and images on the C.J variation here
http://www.etherella.com/scrapbook2/cherries_jubilee.htmGeneral rule I find with rereleases is that the re-released version of a pony is normally the rarer of the two (unless there are special conditions involved, like mail order or whatever).