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I usually consider a variant to be a pony that was originally made that way at the factory; a examples would be a different color hair or different color body. This would come from the factory that way new.If a pony has a flaw, like say a missing symbol then I would call that a factory flaw. This would be something that would be similar to the above variant.If we are talking faded hair or aged plastic, something that has been degraded over time, then I don't really consider that a official variant in terms of collectability.Yes, as far as being different, yes it is different, but it's not exactly the same thing, especially if we're talking value. At that point it's just going to be a question of personal preference and what you are looking for as a collector.
If we are talking faded hair or aged plastic, something that has been degraded over time, then I don't really consider that a official variant in terms of collectability.Yes, as far as being different, yes it is different, but it's not exactly the same thing, especially if we're talking value. At that point it's just going to be a question of personal preference and what you are looking for as a collector.
I just call them a Unique Time Piece.
I'd like to point out that for most of us who have been into MLP for many years. It's not about the money. I have two Lucky because I wasn't gonna get rid of my original simply because he had a few age spots.That being said, if people start changing the terms and trying to pass off faded/time altered ponies as official variants - lets just say it's not going to go over very well. It's also going to be a bit of a problem when new people getting into collecting come in, buy a pony described as a variant and then find out it's not original. There is a reason people see a difference. We as a collecting community don't just make this stuff up to make it hard on everyone - it's a way to help everyone know exactly what item they have.Plus, this is not just MLP, in general people who collect other things probably follow about the same rules as far as condition of an item and what qualifies as a variant/factory flawed/factory altered item.This isn't really just particular to MLP other than maybe the word used to explain a factory fluke.