Double Dragon(s)

Game art has a way of changing throughout development. Of course that makes sense, given that every part of a game, from the code to the art assets, are constantly being polished and refined. Sometimes screenshots released during an early peiord show things that never make it to the final game for this reason. Perhaps that explains the discrepency that many Scribblenauts fans have found with the "Dragon" object. Take a look at these two pictures:

One of the earlier screenshots that debuted with the Scribblenauts announcement



One of the more recent screenshots from the preview build

Here you can see two very different dragon designs.

Now it's one thing to say the 2nd one is more detailed. It is, by a very large amount. But it also looks a lot more evil and fierce compared to the first. This has lead some people to think these two dragons are actually different objects, with the above dragon being perhaps a "baby" or "fantasy" dragon, whereas the 2nd dragon is the "adult" or "real" dragon.

My take on all of this? Most likely the 2nd dragon is the updated (and final) dragon model. In the latest Gamespot video we see that this is the model that shows up when you summon in dragon. But even with that rather boring answer, I gotta wonder...why do you think they updated the dragon so significantly? Most of the items we've seen from early screenshots, videos, and trailers all seem to be the same. And you gotta imagine that with tens of thousands of objects and assets you wouldn't even have the time to update one once you're done.

Was it updated because the style didn't fit? Or did it get updated because it's an "important" word and they wanted to make it detailed? Or perhaps...are those two different models? What do you guys think?