How Many G4 Collectors Left?

[Sweet Daes]

But seriously, yikes, just look at the G4.5 Cadance’s legs... Is it honestly even a horse anymore?

This.
So much this.
With whipped cream on top.

And the bulbous heads and doofy eyes that make them look cross-eyed when you look at them straight-on. They were pretty rough with pre-2017 ponies, but anything in G4.5 is AWFUL. They don't look nearly as elegant as pre-2017.

durrrrr
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[tailrustedtealeaf]

It's also worth mentioning that around the time Cadence was being added into the toy line, Celestia lost her frivolous pink model. If I had to guess, it was because they had a new "pretty pink princess" now, and better yet, they could make bank off of a wedding playset with her.

You're right on that! Cadance was essentially a replacement for Pink Celestia.

[LadyMoondancer]

It's a vicious circle between the retailers and the toy companies.  Companies like Wal-Mart, Target, and the late TRU (rip) have a lot of influence. They don't HAVE to put every Hasbro toy on their shelves.  And if they think a toy won't sell, they'll make requests (or demands).  Like:  "Make big talking pony pink.  Girls love pink."

I suspect that's why Celestia originally got changed to pink.  Hasbro originally did intend for her to be white, as her prototype is white on all the backcards of her toys--even the Pinkestia era ones.

And yeah, I totally agree that Cadence got selected to fulfill the "pink princess" role after fans clamored for white Celestia.  Lauren Faust even commented that Cadence was originally designed to be a unicorn.

[achab1984]

I do thought still have two of them in my collection. Both of them are customs to look like G1 ponies. 

[Sweet Daes]

I don't know about the whole pink Celestia thing, there. More recent official art from the movie have given her a pink hue.
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I like this Celestia more than the pure white or pure pink, myself.

Even then, the toys of Cadance are not the baby cotton candy pink that she is in the show, and that's been since her inception. The toys pre-movie have made her more of a fuchsia pink than the pink Celestia is/was, so I have some doubt that everything we have heard has been 100% the truth between the toys and whatnot.

If they were more on point with the ponies' accessories and colors (...and less creepy toys...) I would be more into getting newer ones, despite the overuse of the mane 6. I really don't mind that- I mind the necessity for over-suspension of disbelief that you have to have with the current toys (the legs of these molds being stuck together :\ ) and how they just are not lifted straight from the show cannon (the gowns from the Grand Galloping Gala only being available years later, and for Build-A-Bear plushies, but not for the figures).

[Mermaid]

I REALLY dislike the new brushable molds. Something about their balloon heads noodle legs, and tiny pointed snouts really displeases me! I like the older generation 4 molds much better and found myself buying any new character they released, and the occasional re-release of the core 6 and princesses if the gimmick/design was interesting. It’s a shame, because I’d love to buy the brushables! Especially the new characters like Big Mac and Soarin! The last G4 pony I purchased was Princess Skystar.

[Snapdragon]

I'm still going strong ... sort of? The panicky "gotta catch 'em ALL" has faded significantly, so you don't find me obsessively stalking the toy aisle so much these days. Mostly, I try to wait for stuff I REALLY like (or that is HTF, like anything Luna!), and wait for sales on the other stuff. I've been pretty good at keeping up with the blind bags, since I know they're a nightmare to track down individually secondhand, but otherwise I'm taking things slow. Still check the pony aisle every time I'm at the store, though!

[Zapper]

I haven't bought anything from a store for years. My love for the toyline quickly vanished once they were done with new single characters.

I wnated to get Skystar because I thought the hippogriff mould was unique enough to blend in with the old!mould ponies I still had.
But I never saw her in stores and when she popped up online the set she was in was overpriced.

I started to watch the show again one year ago to catch up on all the seasons I had missed and when Starlight Glimmer appeared I suddenly had a reason to be interested in G4's storyline again, so when I see Starlight I am tempted to get her. But so far I haven't had much luck on that front either.

I am so ready for G5. I have been ready for years.
Outside of a few cartoon episodes G4 just isn't very interesting to me anymore. I still love my rare G4s, tho. I have cut down on a lot of G4 but I will always treasure my Starswirl and Rainbow Flash

[poniesthatsparkle]

I'm still buying some of the toys, but I haven't been so enthusiastic about most of the new stuff. I'm really only buying non-Mane 6 characters now unless I like the gimmick.

[vira]

I'm actually pretty happy with the new poses! :-P I think they're more fun and dynamic than the previous ones. However, I don't buy a lot of G4s. Like many others have said, I don't need more of the Mane Six, and that seems to be all they're putting out! Not to mention the abysmal quality control.

I'm so disappointed that Skystar and Capper and the like only come in packs with Mane 6 toys. I want the movie characters, but I'm not going to pay $15 dollars, (at what I make, that comes out to almost TWO HOURS OF MY LIFE!!!), for a poorly made hippogriff and a duplicate pony.

I'm going to buy the Ultimate Equestria Collection, (mostly because I love the princesses), and that's going to be my last Big Purchase of the rest of the toyline. I just don't see Hasbro changing their production style this late in the game, so I doubt they're going to put out anything else I want.

[cyberunicorn]

Yeah I have done with this line my self, I will keep all the non main 6 characters (bar applejack for my army) I have just because it took so long to find them at good prices. Other than that I do not intent to increase them by any more.

I do need to buy something to display them on however currently they fit in to a small storage box so they are not exactly taking up Mitch room till I can sort them out.

Though I might be the only person in the world with out a pinkie pie 

[Shimmer Mist]

Definitely feeling the burnout as far as G4 is concerned. After the reboot I've bought very little.  Soarin, Tempest Shadow, Songbird Serenade and I think that's it. The reboot figures just don't do it for me as much and Guardians of Harmony seems to be fizzling out as well so there's not much left I'm interested in.

[DreamvalleyMLP]

I wonder how popular these will be(come) as collectible in a couple of years like other Gens - G2 certainly garnered a loyal following years after its end, but at least that line had pose and character diversity.

[sd_dreamcrystal]

very rare purchases, unless it's not a mane 6 character. I did buy a few of the CMC blind capsules, with some unopened right now... but as for as normal ponies... unless I'm baiting them I don't buy them.

[okamigirl64]

Never gave up, and still not sick of them! I love G4!
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