Differances between same pony?

[sweetklementine]

Hi- thank u in advance but I recently recieved some duplicates on now tie and lemon drop and was wondering if it is from fading or variants. Bowtie both have same hair and eyes while body is darker with pale cutey marks. Lighter blue has bright pink bows?
Lemon drophas purple drops with one pony has lighter symbols?seems if it was fading the bodies would've done so too?

[tulagirl]

Yes I posted a thread on this not too long ago there are different shades, but it doesn't make the Bowtie worth more.  Here is the thread:

http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,325861.msg687519.html#msg687519

With the other ponies you mentioned I am not as certain about them.

[Diamond]

Difference in die lots, and also some fading.  It is fun to find em though and start an army.

[hathorcat]

Quite a few ponies, including Lemon Drop and Bow Tie, had both multiple releases as well as very wide releases across the world. Because of that there are sometimes deliberate minor differences in their releases but there are also batch differences which come down to the sheer quantities of ponies produced across different years. And finally there is of course environmental differences due to sun and what the pony has been exposed to over the years.

If you have pictures of the ponies we would be able to perhaps tell you with more certainty what it is.