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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:45 pm
by Kronos
So, got my hands on the Pinkie and Rarity Cutie Mark Crew toys from McDonalds. Kinda disapointed because I think of the set of eight, they're the two most basic. Here's a comparison pic with Ver. 1 McDonalds AJ (the only one from that set I have with a comb) and Ver 2 McDonalds Cheerilee (you all know the story behind this one)

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Essentially, Pinkie and Rarity here are just giant chibi figures with molded hair and brushable tails - I think all of them except Spike have the usual brushable tails - but the combs they come with this time around are much more 'comb' like and come molded in the shape of their CM's. Probably would be great to pair with the main brushable figures.

However, when I said Rarity and Pinkie are basic, it's because all the other ones seem to do more. AJ has a hat, RD and Fluttershy have wings, Twilight and Starlight have light-up horns, and Spike has some kind of eye-expression changing gimmick. I would have liked AJ simply to finally have her damn hat in some form lol. Not sure if I'll open my Pinkie and Rarity - good thing I have a box full of pony figures that I can't have on display right now.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:54 am
by Octavia
Adelor Lyon and I went on our annual McDonald's pony toy hunt on Wednesday. We got all 8 toys each by the 3rd McDonald's. :yay:

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:28 pm
by The Doctor
Colored version of that Pinkie Pie statue has been revealed.

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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 3:01 am
by Adiwan
Is there an option just to buy pony Pinkie Pie?

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:34 pm
by West Filly
Final product may vary

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:57 pm
by Kronos
So, near my new workplace is a fresh Walmart, ripe for picking (also a Target but I didn't have time to check there today, work is now an hour away from home and I had a therapist appointment later). And in the pile of brushable carded ponies, I finally found the brushie size Tempest Shadow!

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What's great about her is that unlike 99% of every other brushie pony, she is NOT smiling. Instead, she has a slight frown (though the detail etching could have been a bit deeper). So obviously I had to put her next to the only other brushie size pony I have who isn't happy (also coincidentally the 'bad ponies' side of the display as Chrysalis V1, Chrysalis V2, blindbox NMM, and the chicken headed thing that I forgot the name of also ended up around there purely by coincidence)
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And then on the way home from the therapist, I popped into a neat little drug store where I usually pick up a puzzle sometimes. They had a clearance section and I found mini Beanie Baby AJ and Pinkie all alone. For 50% off - basically $1.50 each at that discount - how could I say no? Fortunately, I was able to fit them in with my other small plushies just fine.
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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:32 pm
by Madeline
Build A Bear have added Cheerilee to their lineup.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:51 pm
by Fizzbuzz
MLP Merch just reported on a new line of MLP-branded children's dumbphones, available in China.
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I'm torn between being surprised that there's a market for these sorts of things and thinking those lanyards in the later pictures are stylish as fuck.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:57 pm
by Kronos
After all these years, I finally landed a Lemony Gem, completing the trio of unicorns from the original Fan Favorites pack with the glitter Cutie Marks. She was NOT cheap but worth it given at $15 she was the LEAST expensive one I've seen for ages! And as a side note, these three came from three different sets.

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And I also got a Nightmare Moon, allowing me to complete another pairing as well!
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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:59 pm
by The Doctor
I still have that Celestia sitting on my mantle. I love it.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:58 pm
by The Doctor
Here's the rest of the concept art for the Japanese figures.

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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:01 am
by SigmasonicX
:starity: Applejack has the shortest skirt?!

I'm glad one character has darker skin, but I would have liked at least Twilight too. But that's just my preference.

Anyway, they all look pretty great. Applejack's is weird for not resembling any of her main EQG outfits, but the top does look like an outfit she's worn at the farm in the shorts and specials. That came with jeans, though. And besides the fact that her wearing a skirt is weird in the first place, the frills are extra weird.

Rarity is (blush). None of the figurines are particularly sexualized, except for Rarity.

Glad Rainbow at least has pants (shorts). She has the same sort of look at her EQG self (first version), but it works better here.

The three we saw before still look great.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:18 am
by Fizzbuzz
My only question is why pony Rarity's horn is sticking straight up from the top of her skull.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:55 am
by Skipper
Everypony’s wearing it like that nowadays, dad.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:08 pm
by Mysteryman

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:03 am
by Captain Rufus
Yay for Book Horse! Just in time for the show end.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:18 pm
by Kronos
So, in a recent purchase from a friend on another forum, I picked up the elusive Honeybuzz and Minty! Also Water Cuties Blossomforth and a transformer - got them in today and had a little fun comparing them to the nearest resemblance I could find in my collection.

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Also, honey ATTRACTS BUMBLEBEES.

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And apparently in the accessories Bumblesweet came with? A PINK HAIRCLIP! Just what Coco Pommel needed!
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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:06 pm
by Kronos
More new pony friends! :ponydrugs:

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Doc Whooves I got from a yard sale a few weeks back, he's pretty spiffy.

Roseluck and Big Mac I got from a seller who I've bought from many times (the stuff above this post? Also from her). Was not expecting Big Mac to be THAT big but hey, he's awesome.

The Pinkie Brushie I rescued from a yard sale earlier today and she gets to be the background Pinkie from 'The Saddle Row Review' who survived the Pinkie Purge of 'Too Much Pinkie Pie'. She's technically different from my main, original 2010 Pinkie because she has the Explore Equestria mark on her foreleg.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:15 am
by ixnay

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:38 am
by Captain Rufus
:applejargh: Outside of gifting this to Lauren Faust I uhh.. no sir I do not like it. :applejargh:

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:33 am
by Perrydotto
Why?

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:52 pm
by Captain Rufus
It's scary and nightmarish. The mlp equivalent of those lotus pod things that freak people out. It's just wrong. Wrong I tells ya!

I might be a retro geek but not everything old is good or needs to be revisited.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:07 am
by Perrydotto
They look perfectly fine to me. Not my thing since I was never huge into G1 but I don't see any glaring problems.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:02 pm
by SlateSlabrock
Obviously the problem is lack of Minty, Firefly, Posey, etc.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:56 pm
by King Sombra
I added and removed a few things from my computer desk. Basically I removed all non-pony stuff for now since I really only care about MLP right now. I have a few more things I bought coming in the mail soon. Need to get that MLP merch before it's too late!

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This has my PC decktop in the shot so there is a spoiler for the last episode:
SPOILER! https://i.imgur.com/FxcfKFh.jpg

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:42 pm
by King Sombra
And I just got these in the mail today. Time to make a Twilight Sparkle commander deck. I don't care if it's not legal, my friends will let me play with her as my commander.

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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 2:11 am
by SigmasonicX
Huh, I ordered mine when it went up and haven't gotten the cards yet.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:01 pm
by SigmasonicX
^ (Got mine)

(sets off happening alarm)

We got maybe G5 toys!

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The ponies look weird facing the screen, but they look better at an angle. I'd have to get used to them, but they aren't bad designs, I think. Definitely closer to Unikitty than G4. Also keep in mind that the early G4 toys didn't look too much like the show versions.
Now if this does reflect G5, then it looks like they decided to keep everyone their G4 race after all.

I speculated more about these elsewhere before it was pointed out to me that Fluttershy and Pinkie's boxes say Potion Dress Up, meaning they probably took potions to transform into different things, and Rarity's says Magical Mane, which probably means there's a gimmick to her white hair like it turning purple in water.

The G5 movie isn't coming out until 2021, making these oddly early. Perhaps it isn't G5 but rather a tie in to some in-between special airing in 2020?

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:24 pm
by Adiwan
These look like hoofed goblins.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:52 pm
by Fizzbuzz
I doubt this is the G5 look, seeing as their cutie marks are exactly the same. Hasbro has used the ends of past generations to make some really experimental stuff. For example, the end of G3 was different enough to be called G3.5, and even within that Hasbro also put out the Newborn Cuties line (we all know that well enough) and the Ponyville line, which went so far as to have some of them standing upright and wearing clothes.

Perhaps we can think of this as a generation 4.5 of sorts.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:34 pm
by SigmasonicX
A source confirmed with ED that these indeed aren't tied to G5.
Perhaps they're market testing these changes to get more data for a G5 line. Like if prominent hooves or the head size turn customers away.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:28 pm
by Adiwan
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https://www.mlpmerch.com/2019/12/g45-bl ... ealed.html

I have questions but I'm afraid of the answers.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:54 pm
by Fizzbuzz
Somehow I got the feeling that something wacky like this was going to be the effect of the "mysterious cache of magical potions to be broken out when the need arises" as described in the Pony Life pitch.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:18 pm
by The Doctor
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Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:56 am
by SigmasonicX
Also, official colors for Sunset, and Variant Twilight with EQG colors unveiled.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:36 am
by Fizzbuzz
The Doctor wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:18 pm
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I've seen humanizations like this before and I still feel like they get the skin tones backwards. Seems to me like Celestia should have a heavy tan and Luna should be pale as a ghost instead.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:37 am
by The Doctor
Fizzbuzz wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:36 am
I've seen humanizations like this before and I still feel like they get the skin tones backwards. Seems to me like Celestia should have a heavy tan and Luna should be pale as a ghost instead.
These two certainly seem fanart inspired. Unlike all the other statues in the series, these aren't based on their EQG counterparts.

As for the skin tone, I usually see Luna with the dark skin in fanart. Maybe I'm misremember though.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 11:35 am
by Perpetual Motion
I still really wish they would just sell the pony figures by themselves. They're legitimately the best 3D realizations of these ponies we have, but they're attached to human statues I have no interest in.

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:15 pm
by SigmasonicX

Re: Play with Ponies: The Pony Toy Thread (REVENGANCE EDITION)

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:41 am
by Adiwan
They're just "normal" Pony-Life ponies standing on their hind-legs.