Rockin' Beat Confusion

[Lady Starflower]

The Rockin Beats were never really high on my want list so I haven't really paid much attention to them. A while back I got this Pretty Beat from some random person selling old toys:
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Then I got this one in a lot off eBay:
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So I was cleaning up the blue haired one to sell at the Fair since I thought she was extra but when I compared the two, obviously they aren't the same. Here's the girls together:
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Is one a UK version? I thought Tuneful had a UK version (although I don't know the differences, if anyone has pics of the two versions of Tuneful I'd appreciate that too ). I looked in Summer's G1 book and the blue haired version is shown so I'm assuming the purple haired version is the weirdo ?

Anyways, any help with the mystery would be awesome.

[mul-ta]

The purple-haired one is the European (and Australian?) version, not a true UK exclusive but you're on the right track there. I don't think I've ever heard about Euro Tuneful, but my knowledge may be incomplete.

[SeashellnBubbles]

Mul-ta is correct! They're both lovely and you're lucky to have both versions! Oh! And I think their bodies are slightly different colors as well...

[Lady Starflower]

Thanks girls yeah the purple hair version seems to have slightly dark body.

Anyone know if Tuneful has a Euro release?

[dori86]

I  saw once somebody has two version of Tuneful one with orange hair and the other with red hair- not sure if this one is euro release... that's all I know I would love to get someday blue haired Pretty Beats...

[Haruna]

Pretty cool that you found a European pony in Canada.

[Lady Starflower]

Pretty cool that you found a European pony in Canada.

I know right!! I'm sooo excited! It's so rare to find any G1's around here

[summerday]

So glad you found her (x 2). I so almost bought her for our swap. Luckily, I didn't. 

[Vintergatan]

I just have the Euro version with purple hair, i love this set ^^

But until someone posted recently, I didn't know that Tuneful had two versions.

[Lady Starflower]

So glad you found her (x 2). I so almost bought her for our swap. Luckily, I didn't. 

Hahaha that would have been hilarious!!

I'm not sure about Tuneful....paging Cat....she'll know she's a fountain of knowledge

[PinkRosedust]

The European Tunefull has darker red-orange hair, and the US version has the bright neon-orange hair. Not a HUGE difference but definitely different. =)

[Lady Starflower]

Thanks for the info, do you happen to have any pics to compare?

[Catlein]

The purple haired Rockin' Beat was sold in Canada because that's what my childhood one looks like! Her body is a bit darker than the American release as well.

[PinkRosedust]

I don't have pics, but here are a couple previous threads with good comparison shots:

http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,342246.msg972206.html#msg972206

http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,304281.msg362663.html#msg362663

[hathorcat]

Its not as specific as blue v purple unfortunately in regards where ponies were released.

Its actually a release order. She was initially produced and released with the blue hair and then went on to be produced and released with the purple hair. This caused a very small cross over period. So most blue hair Pretty Beats are US releases [as the US got ponies first] and most purple hair Pretty Beats are International releases [as the rest of us got ponies after the core market]. However at the end of the blue hair production and start of purple hair production there were ponies going to both markets; so there were some blue hair Pretty Beats on International cards and some purple hair Pretty Beats on Canadian cards. Confusing!

Tuneful followed the same pattern