Retro ponies, Heart throb

[Tanja]

I could make some pictures in daylight tomorrow. I have the retro Heartthrob unpaked and Sparkler in the box.

[LadyMoondancer]

The purple part of BF Sparkler's hair already matches original Sparkler's purple.  I think they just liked the way the blend looks.  Similar to Skydancer getting a bolder yellow color than the original, which was more pastel.

[brightberry]

I could make some pictures in daylight tomorrow. I have the retro Heartthrob unpaked and Sparkler in the box.

That would be cool!

I have Heart Throb in box.  I have to say, if they correct the colors, I will switch her out.  That brown is so dull.  She might be amazing re-rooted though.

I like Sparkler better without the tail stripe.  I think it would be nice to have her too.  But, since I have a minty original... I don't know if I would go that far.

[Tanja]

I have no original Heartthrob to compare with, so I took the new Firefly.

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The Sparkler, that I unpacked, lost much hair by brushing, so that one in the box ist the substitution pony of the salesperson.

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I'm not so positive any more about the new ponies. 

The pictures seem to be cut down in size somehow? 

[tailrustedtealeaf]

She's miss sugar-pink, licka licka lips...really reminds me of chewed bubblegum.
That's a shame to hear about your Sparkler. I got a dupe Gusty to rehair and I just took her out, lost maybe four strands but she's fine otherwise. I hope that's just a batch issue and not all Sparklers have that problem!

[LadyAmalthea]

Picked up Sparkler today at Target. I know I said I didn't want her because of the changes to her hair, but now that I have her in hand, I actually really like her with the extra red in her hair, so I take back my statement! She looks so much prettier in person than in pictures, I think. The only strange thing is, as Tanja's pic above shows, her purple hair is actually 2 mixed colors, like a lighter purple mixed in with the wisteria purple. I wonder why they did that.

[Taffeta]

I have Heart Throb out of quarantine now. I'm leaving her in her box but I am not sure atm whether she is adjusted or not. I will have to compare her to my G1 one...she didn't strike me as uber dull when I got her out, but then I might've been expecting it to be worse due to people's comments...

I had no problems with my Sparkler or my Gusty, hairwise.

If they're stopping the red/purple combi thing in Sparkler's hair, I'm glad I got mine already.

[Ponyfan]

I found Heart Throb at Cracker Barrel today.  The lighting was bad in the store so my pic is not very good.

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[Sunset]

I posted this in the other thread but I’ll drop it here, too.  I compared all of the new ponies with the vintage ones.

My Target finally got in the latest unicorns and Pegasus!  I was starting to worry because they had filled the usual spot with a card game but on my last visit I found them on another end cap 2 down with no tag.

Review and comparisons
https://youtu.be/kcFzevB_zqU

[Leave a Whisper]

I posted this in the other thread but I’ll drop it here, too.  I compared all of the new ponies with the vintage ones.

My Target finally got in the latest unicorns and Pegasus!  I was starting to worry because they had filled the usual spot with a card game but on my last visit I found them on another end cap 2 down with no tag.

Review and comparisons
https://youtu.be/kcFzevB_zqU

Good review.

[brightberry]

I posted this in the other thread but I’ll drop it here, too.  I compared all of the new ponies with the vintage ones.

My Target finally got in the latest unicorns and Pegasus!  I was starting to worry because they had filled the usual spot with a card game but on my last visit I found them on another end cap 2 down with no tag.

Review and comparisons
https://youtu.be/kcFzevB_zqU

That was a nice video.  I found and have the ponies too and I agree about Heart Throb.  She is my least favorite of the basic fun ponies.  I am hoping they fix her color.

[Sunset]

Thank you, Leave a Whisper and brightberry!

For continued comparison, I’ve posted a pic on my Instagram of retro Heat Throb with my Sprinkles and Peachy.  My Sprinkles has discolored blotches around her wings and that appears to be an exact match.  But even Sprinkles’ head is close in color than Peachy.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CF425-CAfkB/?igshid=mo1v2tttln9i

[LadyAmalthea]

I posted this in the other thread but I’ll drop it here, too.  I compared all of the new ponies with the vintage ones.

My Target finally got in the latest unicorns and Pegasus!  I was starting to worry because they had filled the usual spot with a card game but on my last visit I found them on another end cap 2 down with no tag.

Review and comparisons
https://youtu.be/kcFzevB_zqU

Thanks for sharing this! I bought Sparkler and Gusty recently, but I don't plan to open them (at least not right now), so it was fun to live vicariously through your video. I hadn't even noticed that Gusty's hair stripe was on the other side until I watched this. Your vintage Heartthrob is gorgeous! Too bad about the color on the BF one.

[Leikin]

Oh, I had no idea that Moondancer had two toned tail as well. Then I need to get her I got the red tailed Sparkler, but was nervous when ordering as I knew they where replacing her.  I wish they would had made these kind of differences on all the ponies.

[LadyMoondancer]

Has anyone else found or been sent the "no red in tail" Sparkler?  I'm very curious about if she'll be switched in en masse or if she'll be on the rarer side.