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| Left: McDonalds Pony Book Art Right: Flipped vector from SlyFoxCl |
So here in South Korea, McDonalds has had My Little Pony toys for the last few weeks. I didn't really pay any attention to this, unaware that this wasn't a global thing. I also have been trying to be less Amerifat here and haven't eaten any McDonalds in a while, but decided to go try and get one of the toys before they were all gone.
The only character that they had left was Alicorn Princess Twilight, who comes with a small diary that you open using the figure as a key.
The cover of the diary, seemed....oddly familiar. A facial expression that I never recall seeing in the show itself, but many times in a Youtube video from years ago...
I had thought initially it was from Twilightlicious. But no, it was quickly pointed out that it's the face used for the JanAnimations video "Picture Perfect Pony".....but not quite.
It's actually a fan edit of THAT fan vector, made by a DeviantArt user named SlyFoxCL in 2012.
That vector happens to be one of the top results for the search phrase "Twilight Sparkle Bedroom Eyes" on Google images.
Did Hasbro, McDonalds, and/or the Chinese Toy Manufacturer get so lazy that they are just googling vectors of characters now instead of making new ones?
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The bigger question is...is anyone surprised?
