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I have a brand new Samantha Pram that I bought for my granddaughter and it is really shiny and a dark red. It almost does not look like wood, I know it is though.
I bought one on eBay for me for a really good price but it arrived today and it is REALLY wood, no fancy lacquer on it and it is a much lighter color of red. It does have the Pleasant Company sticker on the bottom of it but you would never even know that they were the same item if not for their shape.
Was there ever an older version of the pram that was really more wood looking than the new ones? I would think that it was a fake but who would go to the trouble of making a fake one????????
Stop laughing!!!!!!!!
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No one is laughing. Your acutaully right. The pramhas changed since AG was sold to Mattel. I think there were aguments that it was plastic but it turned out to be very cheap wood.
Here is a link to a previous topic: Samantha's pram
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ October 20, 2004 04:35 PM: Message edited by: Felicity+Addyfan ]</font>
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Thanks for that string. It was very interesting. I put both of the prams next to each other and the difference is like night and day.
The new pram: Very shiny and slick, almost a burgundy color and plastic wheels, etc.
The "old" pram: Most definitely a thicker wood, no lacquer on it at all and the wheels and under carrage are metal. Entirely different color than the new one.
If you have an old pram and think that the new sleigh would match you will be disappointed. The old pram and the new one are entirely different colors........
Now I have to decide which one to give my granddaughter and which one I should keep. Frankly, I like the older one just because I am old......... The new one is actually prettier but I started out collection only Pleasant Company items. Actually, a very stupid move as it can drive you crazy and I think that the clothing items are very much the same. Maybe the quality of the accessories has changed over the years but in most cases it is very hard to tell the difference in the clothing.............
Just my opinion though........
