I've just got some things for you guys to consider in regurds to this.
Somebody pointed out the fact that the stars currently being shown from the star-dome look somewhat like the theif's constellation from the TCG.
at first i thought.... "yeah. four stars, four stars. probably a coincidence"...
but, they both make a diamond shape, and looking closer at the cards, each of them DO have a defined shape.....
also, it seems neopets "took out" the gatherer's Trading card picture, because maybe it gives something away.... but, i have got an image of it and included it in this picture with the rest. Look at these, and look how each character has a constellation relating to them...
(could take a second to load... its a two frame animation but its big)
maybe im being anal about it... but i do want to have SOME contribution to this effort, and i think this is a good speculation....
maybe if you see ANYTHING that resembles these symbols:
you should start thinkin'.
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... And for the record, I also tried comparing the jewel/constellations found above each statue with the statue itself... i layered them together in photoshop, and tried playing with the size and opacity of each image... twisted...turned, and while they DID have SOME similarity between them, it was so scarce that I am just having a hard time believing that it actually means anything. I mean, you have to look really, REALLY close to find a resemblance. There is a very small one... but it just doesn't add up.
ive officially put in my two cents! whoo!
hope this helps.... even a little