* The six resin ponies in the 1st collection will not have a 1E before their numbers, up to 3600. They started the 1E at 3601. Any of these ponies listed with numbers from 0001 to 3600 cannot have a 1E or they aren't authentic.
* In the 3rd collection, some may have a copyright of 2003 and some may have a copyright of 2004. All will show the Trail as an LLC, they will have black boxes and black tags.
* The 4th collection will all have copyright 2004 and Trail as an LLC, they will have black boxes and black tags.
* The 2004 Holiday Ponies will have copyright 2004 and Trail as an LLC, they can have black boxes and black tags, also some may have Maroon boxes and tags.
* The 5th collection is when the Trail of Painted Ponies, LLC became the Trail of Painted Ponies, Inc. The boxes changed to Maroon along with the tags. These ponies are all copyright 2005 and the Trail as Inc.
* The 6th collection will be copyright 2005 and the Trail as an Inc. Maroon boxes and tags.
* The 2005 Holiday Ponies will have copyright 2005 and Trail as Inc. Maroon boxes and tags.
* The 7th collection will be copyright 2006 and the Trail as an Inc. Maroon boxes and tags.
* When the 8th collection was shipped they had a new mold. There are three resin ponies in this collection that are taller with thier necks and heads in a different position than the Standing Mold and Running Mold. They are the new Walker Mold. The 2006 Holiday Ponies has some ponies available in the Walker Mold. Also introduced were 4 new Large Painted Ponies (they were limted to 5000 each): Fetish, Tewa, Woodland Hunter, Medicine Horse.
