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Title: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on February 25, 2021, 08:47:00 AM
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Got a quick look of the G5 toys.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetLemons on February 25, 2021, 08:48:15 AM
AAAAAAAA IZZY IS SO FRICKIN ADORABLE!

Okay yeah G5 has me sold I'll take 20.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Harmonie on February 25, 2021, 08:49:33 AM
They have some good points to them. They look like they'll be larger than the Gen 4 ponies? Hopefully.

However, I just can't get over the flat face. =(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Aquatic Neon on February 25, 2021, 08:50:07 AM
They look very much like a G2 and Guardians of Harmony combination so far. The hair does look thick and possibly better quality. See molded hair as well.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on February 25, 2021, 08:50:42 AM
i... am not a fan. oh well, maybe the other stuff will look better?  ^^; i guess i don't need to be buying more plastic stuff anyway.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 25, 2021, 08:51:25 AM
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Got a quick look of the G5 toys.

Thank you for posting the first glance :D
Hm.. I love all of Sunny's accessories.

Sunny doesn't have articulation -- and the other two are. So maybe they will be two different sets? One with rooted hair, one without?

Edit again -- I'm really liking the back legs on sunny :heart: no more blobby sticks.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on February 25, 2021, 08:51:52 AM
Don't really like them. Their heads are so tall, and their muzzles so short. They look kinda scary from the front.
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Post by: lalalei2001 on February 25, 2021, 08:52:12 AM
Guys I think Sunny is a remix of this G3 background character

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: fuzzysherbet on February 25, 2021, 08:52:23 AM
I don't hate it? I agree that these look like they'll be bigger, and I like the body shape well enough, but seriously, would a more equine face be too much to ask? Also not a fan of those articulated ponies, but I'm never a fan of those regardless of generation.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 25, 2021, 08:55:45 AM
Sunny's toy seems to have a lot of hair, which is exciting! It definitely does look like G5 will launch with both the regular brushable hair line, and also a GOH-esque molded hair, articulated line. I'm happy the brushables seem like they'll have a lot of hair, I hope we get to see the brushables for the other characters (and Sunny's molded toy) soon!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Harmonie on February 25, 2021, 08:57:16 AM
Don't really like them. Their heads are so tall, and their muzzles so short. They look kinda scary from the front.

Yeah, they look odd from the front. I don't want to say they look scary persay, but I don't much care for it.

However, the one featured in the shot on the left does look quite cute from the side and the accessories are pretty. I might be interested in picking up some of these... and display them only from the side.  :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on February 25, 2021, 08:58:31 AM
G3.5 head on G2 body. Hard pass for me.
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Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on February 25, 2021, 09:02:05 AM
The yellow one looks like it might be a boy.  The head shape seems a little more angular. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 25, 2021, 09:02:31 AM
The yellow one looks like it might be a boy.  The head shape seems a little more angular. 

He is.

see this animation - http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,400834.msg1844836.html#msg1844836
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Rika_of_Thunder on February 25, 2021, 09:03:02 AM
Sunny's eyes are.... very close together. Izzy is pretty cute but she looks like she's Seen some things

"I have gazed into the abyss, heard it speak my name, and gained only suffering in return"
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but hey it looks like the accessories are actually PAINTED which is definitely something
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on February 25, 2021, 09:04:39 AM
I hope we'll get a lot of the brushables. I like what I'm seeing so far, thanks for the side view of the face. :D molded hair is not for me, but I can't wait to see more pics of these!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on February 25, 2021, 09:04:46 AM
They seem to have a hard time translating the movie model faces onto the merch and toys. Front facing, the eyes seem really wierd both here and the previously seen bedding.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on February 25, 2021, 09:04:51 AM
I like the body and I LOVE the accessories for Sunny but those heads... at least put their eyes a bit further apart? ^^;
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 25, 2021, 09:07:19 AM
They seem to have a hard time translating the movie model faces onto the merch and toys. Front facing, the eyes seem really wierd both here and the previously seen bedding.

I agree.. :( They need to be angled.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on February 25, 2021, 09:07:46 AM
They seem to have a hard time translating the movie model faces onto the merch and toys. Front facing, the eyes seem really wierd both here and the previously seen bedding.

I noticed that too, they just can't quite get that front facing view right. hardly the first cartoon to have awkward front views, but it sticks out more here since they keep showing the ponies from that angle instead of just avoiding it >_< and of course it's impossible to avoid it on a toy to begin with. I hope they straighten that out soon.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on February 25, 2021, 09:12:08 AM
The yellow one looks like it might be a boy.  The head shape seems a little more angular. 

He is.

see this animation - http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,400834.msg1844836.html#msg1844836

Neat!  I'm glad they're throwing boy characters into the mix from the get-go this time. 

I hope we'll get a lot of the brushables. I like what I'm seeing so far, thanks for the side view of the face. :D molded hair is not for me, but I can't wait to see more pics of these!

The first set from the FiM line was molded hair.  I really like the hair they have on the one brushable they've shown so I hope they do more, too.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sentimental on February 25, 2021, 09:14:19 AM
the front face mold is definitely a weird design choice.... i'm also not really a huge fan of the factory paint!
however, it does look like they would lend well to customizing, and repositioning the eyes that way! i don't see any pronounced
divets where the eye should be on the mock-ups at least.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on February 25, 2021, 09:32:36 AM
I like the body and I LOVE the accessories for Sunny but those heads... at least put their eyes a bit further apart? ^^;

I would have been ok with the heads if they had gone the early G4 route and gave them thicker necks with the back of the head lining up with the neck instead of sitting on top of it.
Also, just for the customizers sake, I hope the rooted head is a squishy doll head and not a hard plastic dome like G4.5. With a new face-up they could have potential to look G2ish.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on February 25, 2021, 09:35:03 AM
I'm thinking of the head shrinking and stuff they did in the MH community and wondering how long before someone experiments with one of these.

It is really interesting how like G2 the bodies seem to be in proportion and also with the idea of poseable and not. I also hope for more with lots of brushy hair. That will probably win me over even though I'm not sure I like ponies looking like they can make disney princess faces.

These do seem aimed at kids though. That's something at least.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on February 25, 2021, 09:36:51 AM
They seem to have a hard time translating the movie model faces onto the merch and toys. Front facing, the eyes seem really wierd both here and the previously seen bedding.

I agree with this assessment.  Still loving the body designs as toys but the head got weirder...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 25, 2021, 09:40:43 AM
I'm hoping these are bigger than G4s. I think G2 size would be really nice for this style.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on February 25, 2021, 09:42:20 AM
Not a fan of how flat they are, they look like G2 got hit with a frying pan lol
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetLemons on February 25, 2021, 09:42:52 AM
These do seem aimed at kids though. That's something at least.
I'm glad it's looking that way. Hopefully this will be the death of the disturbingly graphic side of the MLP fandom, I saw a tweet a few minutes ago that had screenshots of the infamous disgusting MLP fan forum where we got leaked info of the G5 pony names (if you know you know) and they seem to be HATING G5, so great sign! I also hope that the movie and subsequent series are appealing to children and families of all ages without pandering to older audiences like late FiM did. I hope they realize that this franchise is for children first, everyone else is just along for the ride.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: KarentheUnicorn on February 25, 2021, 09:44:28 AM
I don't particularly like that hard angle of head to neck connection, it just looks like the head was forced onto the wrong body, it just doesn't quite look right to me.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 25, 2021, 09:54:30 AM
Anyone think the pom is in the pouch of the boy?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on February 25, 2021, 09:54:52 AM
I'm on my phone so I can't see a close up of the photo, but are they ALL articulated? If so, that will be incredibly disappointing 😓 I actually think these designs are super cute and I'm totally excited to add some to my collection, but not if they only have those hideous moveable legs!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on February 25, 2021, 09:58:27 AM
Anyone think the pom is in the pouch of the boy?

i thought it was a parakeet, but could definitely be the pom.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetLemons on February 25, 2021, 09:58:30 AM
I'm on my phone so I can't see a close up of the photo, but are they ALL articulated? If so, that will be incredibly disappointing 😓 I actually think these designs are super cute and I'm totally excited to add some to my collection, but not if they only have those hideous moveable legs!
No, just the ones with molded hair. I think they're going to run brushables and Guardians of Harmony type toys side by side. The brushables have no articulation.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 25, 2021, 09:58:44 AM
I'm on my phone so I can't see a close up of the photo, but are they ALL articulated? If so, that will be incredibly disappointing 😓 I actually think these designs are super cute and I'm totally excited to add some to my collection, but not if they only have those hideous moveable legs!

Sunny is not-- look at her back leg. She also has rooted hair.  So there seems to be 2 styles of toys.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 25, 2021, 10:01:33 AM
They remind of a doll line that had colorful horses, but I can't remember what it was. I don't like the human faces or boots. Is it too much for a brand called My Little Pony, to have ponies?

ETA: Someone pointed out that they look like Shopkins horses. Which is right on the nose.

ETA: if the boy ponies have proper muzzles and real manes, I'll pick up a few.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: shabbychicdee on February 25, 2021, 10:47:16 AM
G3.5 head on G2 body. Hard pass for me.
yep thats what i was thinking  -_- its a big nope from me
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pinkie21 on February 25, 2021, 10:48:39 AM
Ugh, enough with the molded hair. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: glitterball on February 25, 2021, 10:58:07 AM
Hmm not sure if I like the design... showed my kid and she wasn't that keen.

I suppose it would be better to save my judgement until I get to see them in real life - but so far they don't grab me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Koudoawaia on February 25, 2021, 11:00:12 AM
I think they look nice^^ Only thing I'm not a big fan of are the gigantic shoes on the male one but the rest of it looks awesome
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 25, 2021, 11:03:00 AM
Do you guys remember the filly funtasia flocked fakies? It might be interesting to get a flocked set.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on February 25, 2021, 11:15:12 AM
I was a bit taken aback at first but I'm warming up. Someone in my server posted an edit of them with their eyes spaced further apart, they look much better like that. I hope that they move the eyes around a bit but I do think they look nice in other angles and I'm warming up.
Just like with the reboots, they look better with hair covering their faces.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LivioKelem on February 25, 2021, 11:19:19 AM
So lo-ong body... Squere backside. Strange eyebrows. And her eyes so close... May be... Something like that can be better?
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on February 25, 2021, 11:26:18 AM
Is it typical for toy designs to change a little bit once they hit the shelves from these initial unveilings?

I definitely don't hate these designs, but I can see how they might benefit from a little sprucing up, especially their faces. But I like the general direction they're going for their bodies. I can see how they wanted to make sure they looked distinct enough from FiM, but still keep in line with the classic, chubby, MLP aesthetic. I think the feathered hooves were a brilliant touch!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SpacePinto on February 25, 2021, 11:38:59 AM
Their heads look like a Dyson hand dryer.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on February 25, 2021, 12:06:58 PM
They look much the  same as the merch art wi those questionable noses & mouths. But loving the brushable hair on Sunny!!! And I do hope they're bigger than G4s, even if it means they cost a bit more
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Loa on February 25, 2021, 12:20:50 PM
To me they look like Creamsicle.
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Post by: Carrehz on February 25, 2021, 12:34:56 PM
Is it typical for toy designs to change a little bit once they hit the shelves from these initial unveilings?

It's not unheard of! it is entirely possible these designs could get refined a little before they're released. I imagine they're probably at least mostly finalized, though.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on February 25, 2021, 12:54:09 PM
Their heads look like a Dyson hand dryer.

This might be the most specific insult I have read on here in a long time :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on February 25, 2021, 12:57:55 PM
i'm wondering if these are "movie" toys and we'll get more typical small brushables in 2022.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BethyVic on February 25, 2021, 12:59:14 PM
Their noses and mouths are such a weird shape. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 25, 2021, 01:38:43 PM
Their heads look like a Dyson hand dryer.

:lmao:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on February 25, 2021, 01:46:43 PM
I can't get over the dachshund-like body, wonky legs and huge head on that thin neck. With G2, at least everything was in proportion.

Maybe in different, more animated poses this will look better? Like the G2 Morning Glory walking pose.

I wonder if the rest of the extended plot (leaked after an early test screening, months ago) turns out to be true as well, since the names are.

Spoiler
Apparently, the land is now governed by a committee of alicorns, who set the rules of segregation and banned magic. One of the alicorns stands out; either she has a hidden agenda, or is shunned because she doesn't agree with the segregation (I can't remember exactly).
I assume that the "jewel heist" in the official synopsis, is the new mane 6 hunting down what they believe to be the long-lost elements of harmony.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on February 25, 2021, 04:29:23 PM
G3.5 head on G2 body. Hard pass for me.
YES! 

It's odd.  I may get used to it. I like the way it looks in CGI so much better than the actual products though :(   I am not buying anything straight out from the release... but I may warm up to it.  They are just super long.... like weiner dogs!

I do appreciate that they didn't just go straight for the GIRLY colours  - there is pink, but it's balanced with other colours.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 25, 2021, 04:42:55 PM
Hopefully there will be lots of characters and not just 3 or 4 ad naseum. Kids don't like buying a bajillion of the same thing.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 25, 2021, 04:59:37 PM
Hopefully there will be lots of characters and not just 3 or 4 ad naseum. Kids don't like buying a bajillion of the same thing.
:O You sayin' kids don't need a bajillion of MLP toys?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on February 25, 2021, 05:11:45 PM
Well. I collect orange ponies (and sometimes yellow ponies, and white ponies too, um...) and I don't automatically hate these like I did G4. For one, I like the eyebrows. I love the hooves and feathering or whatever is going on there. The accessories look cute and I just noticed that Sunny has those star dangle do-dads the Celestial G1s would have had in her hair. Neat.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MoonShadow on February 25, 2021, 05:19:39 PM
The animation doesn't look bad at all. 

Hopefully it is just the angle, but the toys (specifically the brushable) look too piggy.  They kind of look like Calico Critters/Sylvanian Families pigs with different eyes.  lol!

I like the G2 body, but not sure about the heads... I was hoping for something more horsey. :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: CloudyGlow on February 25, 2021, 05:39:15 PM
The animated models are much better than what the bed sheets look like! I love the new boy too
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Nemesis on February 25, 2021, 06:02:07 PM
Agreeing that these would look better if the eyes were placed just a liiiiittle differently (crossover/pseudo-retro ponies deja vu, anyone?), but it doesn’t bother me too much. That edit really perfects the placement, though.

I don’t want to rehash all my thoughts from the design thread, so I’m just going to say that I’m very happy overall with these. The necks are a little long, and the heads are a little too human for my taste, but most of the G4 qualities I disliked are gone. No bellbottom legs, no Powerpuff Girls eyes, no beak-shaped noses... I’m content. XD

I’m a little sad that they’re still making the male characters look different from the females, but only G2 ever avoided that. Horses have basically zero sexual dimorphism, so it just seems silly to me. :shrug: That’s a really minor gripe, though.

They have very human hairlines as opposed to manes, but I don’t mind it. It opens the door for more hairstyles and hairplay, which is probably a smart move toywise.

The one thing bothering me... We have nothing to determine the SCALE of these toys. Plus, I want to see what brushables are going to look like for Izzy and the pink pegasus (has she been named?).

Also, just for the customizers sake, I hope the rooted head is a squishy doll head and not a hard plastic dome like G4.5. With a new face-up they could have potential to look G2ish.

Whatever they make them from, I just want the head and body to be the same material. I can’t go through the head/body mismatch nightmare of early G4 again. I just can’t. :yikes:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 25, 2021, 06:06:56 PM
Hopefully there will be lots of characters and not just 3 or 4 ad naseum. Kids don't like buying a bajillion of the same thing.

Yes please! I like how these new main ponies for G5 look right now, and I don't want to get as tired of them as I got with the Mane 6. I think they should maybe only give them two (main brushable) toys a year, filling out the rest of the brushables each toy reset with different, new ponies each time. Have it be more similar to pre-Core 7 G3 where there are ponies that get released more (Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Sunny Daze, Sparkleworks, etc), but most releases are new characters.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 25, 2021, 06:09:53 PM
You guys bring up interesting points about customizing. You can't always tell from a picture, but they look like hard plastic.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Nemesis on February 25, 2021, 06:17:07 PM
Hopefully there will be lots of characters and not just 3 or 4 ad naseum. Kids don't like buying a bajillion of the same thing.

Yes please! I like how these new main ponies for G5 look right now, and I don't want to get as tired of them as I got with the Mane 6. I think they should maybe only give them two (main brushable) toys a year, filling out the rest of the brushables each toy reset with different, new ponies each time. Have it be more similar to pre-Core 7 G3 where there are ponies that get released more (Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Sunny Daze, Sparkleworks, etc), but most releases are new characters.

Not to mention that when the G3 characters were rereleased, it was often in a different pose or finish. So if you liked the pony but not the pose, you had options. It was a really nice way of doing things—I miss that G3 business model. T_T

At the start of G4, I was really enthused about the character designs. But after 10+ years of having them crammed down our throats, my enchantment has sadly faded. :P

You guys bring up interesting points about customizing. You can't always tell from a picture, but they look like hard plastic.

Just a hunch from the brushable in those photos, but she seems like she has the matte look of the original G4 brushies, as opposed to the shinier, harder plastic of the movie, 4.5s, and beyond. The non-brushables in the photo seem shinier by comparison (like GoH), though that could all just be attributed to lighting.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on February 25, 2021, 06:21:04 PM
Well this is.... Hm. Uh. Wow.
Totally unexpected, but not terrible.

I like how the design is almost a throwback to G2.

But the human faces are... VERY jarring. Why such prominent eyebrows...?
And the spacing is WAY too close.

If they fix that, I'm in. For the toys anyway.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 25, 2021, 06:27:36 PM
The faces look worse on the toys. Particularly Sunny from the front view. Hard to tell on the colt since there is no side view.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Goanna on February 25, 2021, 07:22:04 PM
Ahhhh I'm so conflicted. I HATE how the heads look but I LOVE their G2-like bodies! I guess I will have to wait and see what they look like in real-life...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sailorstitch on February 25, 2021, 07:40:40 PM
I'm glad the main pony (Sunny?) is orange. I'm a sucker for orange ponies. I'm not sure how I feel about the new design yet. I don't hate it....
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on February 25, 2021, 07:51:25 PM
i agree with the observation that the eyes are way too close together, but i almost feel like i would take that over the bobbleheads. i feel like that worked better stylistically with the pony life toys than it does here. i did a crappy little edit where i thickened the neck on the brushable:
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idk, it's the main thing bothering me. the molded hair figures have thicker necks which better fit their heads, but izzy's is so long!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 25, 2021, 07:56:30 PM
Hopefully we won't see the return of the every other word is a horse pun.

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i agree with the observation that the eyes are way too close together, but i almost feel like i would take that over the bobbleheads. i feel like that worked better stylistically with the pony life toys than it does here. i did a crappy little edit where i thickened the neck on the brushable:
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idk, it's the main thing bothering me. the molded hair figures have thicker necks which better fit their heads, but izzy's is so long!

The neck isn't in a completely natural position, is too thin and straight, the roundness screws it up, nothing connects right,  and looks like a head they put on a finger. Nothing short of resculpting would make it look right.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on February 25, 2021, 08:00:42 PM
https://joelsweet.tumblr.com/post/644141107893223425/i-am-so-confused-yall-im-okay-with-the

I saw this post on Tumblr pointing out that the face shape on the toy is definitely snubbier than the animation, hence why it looks so off. You'd think with the characters being 3D, it would be easier to make a more accurate and better looking toy.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on February 25, 2021, 09:43:31 PM
looks like a head they put on a finger.

:lmao:
ohhhh no, cannot unsee
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Minty_Magic on February 25, 2021, 10:31:44 PM
https://joelsweet.tumblr.com/post/644141107893223425/i-am-so-confused-yall-im-okay-with-the

I saw this post on Tumblr pointing out that the face shape on the toy is definitely snubbier than the animation, hence why it looks so off. You'd think with the characters being 3D, it would be easier to make a more accurate and better looking toy.

THANK YOU! I know we gave G4’s toys a pass since their 2d designs were tricky to translate into 3D but these should be easy??? I’m worried this will follow G4’s trend of media first, toys second. :(

My initial thought on these is literally nothing. I don’t dislike them, but I don’t really like them either. It’s probably just because it’s all new, but these still feel like well done fakies more than genuine mlp so far. The drawn designs, both 2d and 3d are cuter than the toys seen here. I also hope we see more brushables than just Sunny here. I’m not a huge fan of the sculpted articulated figures.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ZeldaTheSwordsman on February 25, 2021, 10:46:22 PM
Well, my negativity is unbridled here: I hate them. Good color schemes, but the heads completely undermine them and turn them into garbage. The animation faces were already overly snubby just like G4, which is an unacceptable design choice in its own right, and this is even worse! Hasbro needs to change the designs of both the media and the toys. I would rather have a year of no new MLP product than see these on shelves as they are.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Sawkinator on February 25, 2021, 11:24:41 PM
Hmm, I don't HATE them. I'm just glad there are some brushables, lmao
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on February 26, 2021, 04:15:26 AM
I like that the brushable one seems to have really nice, lush hair. I hope there is a whole line of ones like this...I'm not even remotely interested in the articulated, molded-hair ones.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on February 26, 2021, 04:37:32 AM
Their heads look like a Dyson hand dryer.

:lol: You have such a way with words, Space.

My initial thought on these is literally nothing. I don’t dislike them, but I don’t really like them either. It’s probably just because it’s all new, but these still feel like well done fakies more than genuine mlp so far.

Honestly this is where I stand right now, too. It's difficult for me to work up a strong feeling about these either way right now.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: drusilla on February 26, 2021, 05:00:00 AM
well..... im going to need to buy 1 at least just so  i have a pony from every generation / time they changed design... im trying to make a pony through the years display

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: YasuSuga on February 26, 2021, 06:40:42 AM
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I like the overall mold, but I HATE the flat face with 0 sculpting and the FRONT FACING EYES WITH EYEBROWS AAAAAAAAAAA
Also the Disneyesque look its not a plus for me, idk. Maybe theyll get me in the future

Got a quick look of the G5 toys.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 26, 2021, 06:48:48 AM
well..... im going to need to buy 1 at least just so  i have a pony from every generation / time they changed design... im trying to make a pony through the years display

Oh. I'd like to see that Drusilla.  Which one are you going to get?

Post Merge: February 26, 2021, 07:18:12 AM

Well, my negativity is unbridled here: I hate them. Good color schemes, but the heads completely undermine them and turn them into garbage. The animation faces were already overly snubby just like G4, which is an unacceptable design choice in its own right, and this is even worse! Hasbro needs to change the designs of both the media and the toys. I would rather have a year of no new MLP product than see these on shelves as they are.
   :thumb:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: KarentheUnicorn on February 26, 2021, 09:05:56 AM
It's what if G2 and G4 had a baby...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 26, 2021, 09:29:23 AM
 
It's what if G2 and G4 had a baby...

 :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Sunset on February 26, 2021, 09:51:25 AM
I just posted this in the other thread but I’ll post it here, too.  Hasbro just released another short gif on Facebook along with the boy’s name:  Hitch Trailblazer.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on February 26, 2021, 10:28:00 AM
It's what if G2 and G4 had a baby...

This. So true. But hey, in that sense, it feels like the revenge of G2 in that case.

"What's that, bronies? You forgot we exist? Well, we're back. SURPRISEEEEE!"

...ahem.

I feel like if there is a brushy version of the unicorn and she has nice or curly hair...I will get her. I am not sure about Sunny, her face will take getting used to. More importantly, I like orange and I like pink... but I'm kind of over orange and pink as a colour scheme in ponies? Especially those same shades of orange and pink.

It's been so used in G3 (Sparkleworks) and G4 (Scootaloo), both of which had multiple releases. I think there's also another G3 pony with that colour scheme - one who came with the scooter?

I would have loved orange with blue (yes I know there's a G3 pony like that too, but it's cool) or orange with yellow/red or some other orange combination. Orange/pink feels tired ><.

I feel like it's sad the noses are getting flatter and flatter, like pug dog memes have finally addled Hasbro's brains (I don't find pug dogs cute either, sorry anyone who does). They're not really ponies if they don't have pony faces. That is an issue. But I am not really hostile to any of this - I feel like if it eradicates bronyism and the adult-creepy from the fandom then I'm ok with it. Even if they're not absolutely my cup of tea, it really matters if the kids like them. And that will depend somewhat on the story too, since kids now are more likely to tie the toy to a show than maybe they did when us oldies were kids.



Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Featherwurm on February 26, 2021, 12:19:13 PM
Ah!  Finally a leak that seems legit!

Hm, I definitely don't hate it, but it's not my taste either.  I'm ok with that!  Right off the bat I feel about the same about it as I did about G2 (which I in no way begrudge) - cute enough but not really something for me.

I just genuinely hope kids will like it (let little girls have fun toys, dang it), they'll offer a wide variety of individual ponies, they'll have some fun and interesting gimmicks, and that this will pretty much be the end of extremely low quality 'adult marketed' collectors items (I'm sure we'll see G1 based stuff for a while, and while a t-shirt here and there is fine, I'm tired of the poor quality and high price point 'collectors items' so many 80s/90s lines are getting right now, including non-MLP properties).
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 26, 2021, 12:27:00 PM
Ah!  Finally a leak that seems legit!

Hm, I definitely don't hate it, but it's not my taste either.  I'm ok with that!  Right off the bat I feel about the same about it as I did about G2 (which I in no way begrudge) - cute enough but not really something for me.

I just genuinely hope kids will like it (let little girls have fun toys, dang it), they'll offer a wide variety of individual ponies, they'll have some fun and interesting gimmicks, and that this will pretty much be the end of extremely low quality 'adult marketed' collectors items (I'm sure we'll see G1 based stuff for a while, and while a t-shirt here and there is fine, I'm tired of the poor quality and high price point 'collectors items' so many 80s/90s lines are getting right now, including non-MLP properties).

It's not a leak! A couple nights ago Entertainment Tonight published an article about the G5 movie (here (https://www.etonline.com/my-little-pony-latest-movie-heads-to-netflix-greenlights-new-series-exclusive-161157)). Then yesterday morning Hasbro held an investor stream where they revealed more, including some of the toys shown in the OP. They've been posting about G5 on their social medias yesterday and today! So this is all official news from Hasbro themselves.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on February 26, 2021, 02:01:47 PM
This new style got me wondering:

Will Hasbro now start to acknowledge the existence of G2 as a toyline (not just a PC game), since G5 bares a striking resemblance? G2 may have been a bit of a failure in the US, hence the elimination from their historical lineup, but it was successful in the rest of the world.

I mean, if G5 is all about inclusion...  :cool: :silly:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starrynights on February 27, 2021, 03:55:39 PM
Love everything but the faces. I hope this is a throwback to G2!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sakurakaze on February 27, 2021, 04:38:40 PM
I feel like if there is a brushy version of the unicorn and she has nice or curly hair...I will get her. I am not sure about Sunny, her face will take getting used to. More importantly, I like orange and I like pink... but I'm kind of over orange and pink as a colour scheme in ponies? Especially those same shades of orange and pink.

It's been so used in G3 (Sparkleworks) and G4 (Scootaloo), both of which had multiple releases. I think there's also another G3 pony with that colour scheme - one who came with the scooter?

the scooter pony's name actually was scootaloo. hasbro recycled her for g3.5 which then carried over to g4. they also used the orange-and-pink colour scheme (with an added purple mane streak) for g3 pony sew-and-so, who had a lot of re-releases as well. i'm totally with you on the combination being worn out at this point.

like others have said, these look like a mix of g2 and g4. initially i hated it, but the more i look at them the more i like them. i'm excited for g5!

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 27, 2021, 05:21:53 PM
the scooter pony's name actually was scootaloo. hasbro recycled her for g3.5 which then carried over to g4. they also used the orange-and-pink colour scheme (with an added purple mane streak) for g3 pony sew-and-so, who had a lot of re-releases as well. i'm totally with you on the combination being worn out at this point.

like others have said, these look like a mix of g2 and g4. initially i hated it, but the more i look at them the more i like them. i'm excited for g5!



There was Island Rainbow, Scootaloo, Sew-and-so, Sparkleworks, Sunny Salsa.... all in G3 alone! It's a fine color scheme but yeah it's overused. I do like that Sunny Starscout is orange, but I wish her hair color was different. Something less common for an orange pony...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on February 27, 2021, 06:12:16 PM
Wasn't there Flitter Flutter or whoever? Now that's SCOOTATWO.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 27, 2021, 06:29:04 PM
Wasn't there Flitter Flutter or whoever? Now that's SCOOTATWO.

She has the same hair colors, but she's yellow, not orange. Plus despite the hair color similarities I don't think she would have been inspired by Scootaloo, the two came out at the same time, they both debuted in the same set. But only Scootaloo was lucky enough to get rereleases while Flitter Flutter just only got the one release.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Featherwurm on February 27, 2021, 07:12:58 PM
It's not a leak! A couple nights ago Entertainment Tonight published an article about the G5 movie (here (https://www.etonline.com/my-little-pony-latest-movie-heads-to-netflix-greenlights-new-series-exclusive-161157)). Then yesterday morning Hasbro held an investor stream where they revealed more, including some of the toys shown in the OP. They've been posting about G5 on their social medias yesterday and today! So this is all official news from Hasbro themselves.

Oh!  Hah, I'm a bit out of the loop I suppose!  Glad we now know what's actually going on, I was getting tired of fake leaks left and right!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taxel on February 27, 2021, 08:24:29 PM
I love the body style but hate everything about the heads/faces. These examples look frightening head-on and bizarre from the side.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 27, 2021, 08:28:25 PM
I love the body style but hate everything about the heads/faces. These examples look frightening head-on and bizarre from the side.

Yeah, that's the issue quite a few of us have.


I will add that the body style looks very weird in toy form.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 27, 2021, 09:17:33 PM
The heads don't feel any less horse like to me than the G4 heads. I think G4 heads are about the same in terms of not looking like a horse. I think G5s definitely have more horse like bodies though which is nice. I think they're cute but yeah not horse heads for sure. I don't mind how the toys look from the front but I do think the 2D artwork is weird from the front, not a big fan of that. But I feel that way about most front facing MLP artwork. I think pony faces tend to work best at 3/4ths angle with official artwork from most generations.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: CrystalSnowflake on February 27, 2021, 10:13:19 PM
Well I am definatly sitting out for this generation. Not a horse. The faces are even more awful then the G4.
I don't see why they need to make them more and more human like. I just don't love where the line is headed. I hope it doesn't last long.

Bring back ponies with horse like apperances!! Being back noses!!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on February 27, 2021, 10:32:17 PM
The faces are even more awful then the G4. I don't see why they need to make them more and more human like.

Eventually they will morph into centaurs...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 27, 2021, 10:33:50 PM
The faces are even more awful then the G4. I don't see why they need to make them more and more human like.

Eventually they will morph into centaurs...

 :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BerylBreeze on February 27, 2021, 11:40:23 PM
These evoke the same “this is a knockoff with the mlp name” feeling that g2 had on me as a child the first time I saw those in a store.
They remind me of Five Surprise Unicorn squad with a dash of uncanny valley.
It's weird because some shots don't look too bad, and others are just - no!
The toys look pretty wonky, their head attachment is like g3.5 bulbous style
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: applejackbunny on February 28, 2021, 03:12:18 AM
Erm....it's a 'no' from me  :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on February 28, 2021, 05:13:49 AM
This new style got me wondering:

Will Hasbro now start to acknowledge the existence of G2 as a toyline (not just a PC game), since G5 bares a striking resemblance? G2 may have been a bit of a failure in the US, hence the elimination from their historical lineup, but it was successful in the rest of the world.

I mean, if G5 is all about inclusion...  :cool: :silly:

Good point, but always remember G2 was mostly popular with us Euros, so G2 is eurotrash by definition. Most Euros are white, white people don't count as diverse, case closed :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shadoweon on February 28, 2021, 05:32:43 AM
I am not a fan at all personally, the articulated joints don't look good for display and I hate how un-equine like that the faces look. Also why does the boy one have shoes? It looks weird lol

But i'll see what else comes out later on.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 28, 2021, 08:29:32 AM
The pink Pegasus shown on the bedset looks like she has swablu wings hastily drawn on.  Its interesting that she hasn't yet made an appearance in the screen shots or toys. Maybe she's just a minor or secondary char?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SkyCakes on February 28, 2021, 11:27:25 AM
They look promising but im not really a superfan. I just stick to G1. :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on February 28, 2021, 11:35:17 AM
The pink Pegasus shown on the bedset looks like she has swablu wings hastily drawn on.  Its interesting that she hasn't yet made an appearance in the screen shots or toys. Maybe she's just a minor or secondary char?

It's weird we haven't seen anything about her yet since she was shown on those bedsheets. It would be unusual for them to print a secondary character on a big piece of merchandise like that, but I'm starting to wonder now. I'd like to see more of her; I kind of liked her design.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on February 28, 2021, 01:24:22 PM
They almost remind me of the lanyard fakes honestly. Brushable is a possible yes for me, molded hair is a no.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: bewilderness on February 28, 2021, 04:41:26 PM
Not my thing but it'll be interesting to see what they do with it.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 28, 2021, 05:50:00 PM
The pink Pegasus shown on the bedset looks like she has swablu wings hastily drawn on.  Its interesting that she hasn't yet made an appearance in the screen shots or toys. Maybe she's just a minor or secondary char?

I dunno... she's got to be somewhat important to make it onto merchandise like that, right? You can see her on some more merch in this screenshot from the livestream. On a heart shaped necklace (?) and she seems to be on the shoes as well.

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I hope we get to see more toys soon, especially one of her! Maybe she's not as important to the film which is why Hasbro haven't shown how she looks in the movie or have officially revealed her name, but will be a main character in the series and that's why she's on at least three pieces of merch we've seen so far?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 28, 2021, 06:04:48 PM
The pink Pegasus shown on the bedset looks like she has swablu wings hastily drawn on.  Its interesting that she hasn't yet made an appearance in the screen shots or toys. Maybe she's just a minor or secondary char?

I mean there is a lot of information that hasn't been shared. We haven't even seen our flying pom yet. Or the white pegasus...

(I misunderstood what we are talking about, so major edit here)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 28, 2021, 06:10:03 PM
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on February 28, 2021, 06:12:16 PM
I corrected myself. I saw swablu and thought she was talking about the white pegasus with blue wings. u_u; I'm embarrassed, so maybe unquote so people don't go on about it. If not, that's fine.

They also don't look like swablu's wings. Swablu has wings that look like clouds. The only thing odd about these wings are they aren't the same color as her body... and maybe she has a back story about that? 
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Also, I would like to add her cutie mark was also on that banner... just like izzy's and sunny's.
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on February 28, 2021, 06:57:04 PM
They also don't look like swablu's wings. Swablu has wings that look like clouds. The only thing odd about these wings are they aren't the same color as her body... and maybe she has a back story about that? 
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The differently colored wing thing is definitely weird. I was initially thinking it was going to be the case with all pegasi in G5, but that doesn't seem to be the case with the two guard pegasi from that movie screenshot we have, so maybe it is just her? It's definitely very strange. I really hope we see a toy of her soon, I'm curious how they're going to do the differently colored wing thing with the toys. Whether they'll be directly connected to her body and they'll just be painted, or if they'll do something similar to what they did with some later G4s and the G4.5 pegasi where the wings are separate and can be moved around a ball joint (just like the G4.5 heads), and then they just use a different plastic color for the wings rather than paint them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 28, 2021, 07:42:32 PM
The pink Pegasus shown on the bedset looks like she has swablu wings hastily drawn on.  Its interesting that she hasn't yet made an appearance in the screen shots or toys. Maybe she's just a minor or secondary char?

I dunno... she's got to be somewhat important to make it onto merchandise like that, right? You can see her on some more merch in this screenshot from the livestream. On a heart shaped necklace (?) and she seems to be on the shoes as well.

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I hope we get to see more toys soon, especially one of her! Maybe she's not as important to the film which is why Hasbro haven't shown how she looks in the movie or have officially revealed her name, but will be a main character in the series and that's why she's on at least three pieces of merch we've seen so far?

Not unless Hasbro is going back to the old way with the collect em all mentality. Or they're saving a few things to surprise the kiddies with?

Post Merge: February 28, 2021, 07:45:21 PM

They also don't look like swablu's wings. Swablu has wings that look like clouds. The only thing odd about these wings are they aren't the same color as her body... and maybe she has a back story about that? 
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The differently colored wing thing is definitely weird. I was initially thinking it was going to be the case with all pegasi in G5, but that doesn't seem to be the case with the two guard pegasi from that movie screenshot we have, so maybe it is just her? It's definitely very strange. I really hope we see a toy of her soon, I'm curious how they're going to do the differently colored wing thing with the toys. Whether they'll be directly connected to her body and they'll just be painted, or if they'll do something similar to what they did with some later G4s and the G4.5 pegasi where the wings are separate and can be moved around a ball joint (just like the G4.5 heads), and then they just use a different plastic color for the wings rather than paint them.

G3 pegasus sometimes have different colored wings.

 It could be that the underside of her wings are white and the top is pink?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on March 01, 2021, 01:47:46 AM
Quote from: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42

The differently colored wing thing is definitely weird. I was initially thinking it was going to be the case with all pegasi in G5, but that doesn't seem to be the case with the two guard pegasi from that movie screenshot we have, so maybe it is just her? It's definitely very strange. I really hope we see a toy of her soon, I'm curious how they're going to do the differently colored wing thing with the toys. Whether they'll be directly connected to her body and they'll just be painted, or if they'll do something similar to what they did with some later G4s and the G4.5 pegasi where the wings are separate and can be moved around a ball joint (just like the G4.5 heads), and then they just use a different plastic color for the wings rather than paint them.

G3 pegasus sometimes have different colored wings.

 It could be that the underside of her wings are white and the top is pink?
No?
Top are also white.
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The only g3 I know to have different wings is starcatcher. (I do not care for G3 so don't know a lot of about it). I only see animation screenshots with white wings.. and toys with or blue wings. If the giant blue wings came first, then I just see that as a gimmick, and nothing about character design. I am not sure g3 relevant, at least it's not to me.

The thing to me is visually -- those very much stand out. So I find it a bit odd. If it's just a part of the design, because her body will have more white gradient, then maybe it doesn't look as odd. And even if they are just pure white just because, I think they still look fine. I don't think negatively about them. They just stand out to me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on March 01, 2021, 03:55:05 AM
More g3s than Star Catcher have different coloured wings though, but it's an airbrushed gradient. Then there are Hear Bright and Star Flight that have the big flappy wings.

G1 Dream Beauties have wings in a different colour (and gradient) than their bodies, and the g2 "pegasi" have clip-on wings. There are lots of ponies with different wings than body colour, so I really don't see the issue with that. ^^'
Maybe it's because she's young and has baby down or something?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on March 01, 2021, 04:24:22 AM
I gotta say I am most interested to see brushables of the pegasi and unicorns because Hasbro could technically go the cheap route and have the wings and horns be integrated in the saddles and tiaras :|
Not trying to be overly negative, just a thought I had based on the different colors of the horn and wings on the characters we've already seen.

And before someone shows me a pic of the action figure Izzy again - I am strictly talking about the brushables here. Mostly because they give me G2 flashbacks and G2 had clip-on wings that were different colors than the main body. It also seems like toys won't have painted hooves or gradients on their legs (judging by the few pics we've gotten). I'm just thinking Hasbro will cheap out big time on these since most of the budget seems to flow into the animation.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on March 01, 2021, 04:32:04 AM
More g3s than Star Catcher have different coloured wings though, but it's an airbrushed gradient. Then there are Hear Bright and Star Flight that have the big flappy wings.

G1 Dream Beauties have wings in a different colour (and gradient) than their bodies, and the g2 "pegasi" have clip-on wings. There are lots of ponies with different wings than body colour, so I really don't see the issue with that. ^^'
Maybe it's because she's young and has baby down or something?

But what does it matter if G3 toys had colored wings? Are we just saying "G3 did it first". And are you just talking about toys? Was it a defining element for any animated character? because -- star catcher again is the one I know where some of the art was shown with blue wings, but the animation was white wings. Toys were both. Maybe she had a book with blue wings, I don't know.

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Just talking about painting details on a toy seems not comparable.

Again, like, I just want to look at this pony for what she is. Comparisons seem not relevant at this time, unless we are talking about a character rather than toys. She has white wings. It stands out. Maybe for no reason. Maybe she has a reason. More to learn about it later.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 01, 2021, 06:15:34 AM
More g3s than Star Catcher have different coloured wings though, but it's an airbrushed gradient. Then there are Hear Bright and Star Flight that have the big flappy wings.

G1 Dream Beauties have wings in a different colour (and gradient) than their bodies, and the g2 "pegasi" have clip-on wings. There are lots of ponies with different wings than body colour, so I really don't see the issue with that. ^^'
Maybe it's because she's young and has baby down or something?

Oh your right! I forgot about the dream beauties.

Post Merge: March 01, 2021, 06:17:39 AM

I gotta say I am most interested to see brushables of the pegasi and unicorns because Hasbro could technically go the cheap route and have the wings and horns be integrated in the saddles and tiaras :|
Not trying to be overly negative, just a thought I had based on the different colors of the horn and wings on the characters we've already seen.

And before someone shows me a pic of the action figure Izzy again - I am strictly talking about the brushables here. Mostly because they give me G2 flashbacks and G2 had clip-on wings that were different colors than the main body. It also seems like toys won't have painted hooves or gradients on their legs (judging by the few pics we've gotten). I'm just thinking Hasbro will cheap out big time on these since most of the budget seems to flow into the animation.

Not having ever seen the G2 magic winged ponies in person, I just gotta ask, were they also meant to be hair clips? Because they're made from them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on March 01, 2021, 07:43:50 AM
@LAW
Yes thats true. I forgot about that.
The wings were a gimmick because butterfly hairclips were on trend. I'm still wondering. But I guess we could just as well end up with a G4 Princess situation were somehow the wings on the toys were different colors and sometimes separate moulds.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on March 01, 2021, 08:14:08 AM
I wouldn't get my hopes up, but I was thinking maybe we would get a head revision down the road. I think the heads look nothing like the movie characters because the toys were probably based off of 2D concept art. They probably had not done the 3D models yet.

Also, before the 2017 G4 redesign, the earth pony heads got a weird update around 2014, maybe even 2013? They actually ended up looking worse than they did before, but it definitely happened. I can't remember exactly what they changed. I think something about the position of the muzzle and I think the eyes might've been slightly altered too. I'm not dragging my Pinkie Pies out to check. XD
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Aquatic Neon on March 01, 2021, 08:17:18 AM
I wouldn't get my hopes up, but I was thinking maybe we would get a head revision down the road. I think the heads look nothing like the movie characters because the toys were probably based off of 2D concept art. They probably had not done the 3D models yet.

Also, before the 2017 G4 redesign, the earth pony heads got a weird update around 2014, maybe even 2013? They actually ended up looking worse than they did before, but it definitely happened. I can't remember exactly what they changed. I think something about the position of the muzzle and I think the eyes might've been slightly altered too. I'm not dragging my Pinkie Pies out to check. XD

This completely if you look at G4, there has been a ton of different poses, and head shapes. Brushables, Unicorns, Alicorns, Fashion Styles, Shining Armor, Other Boys, Funko Vinyl, Blind Bags, GOH, etc with several changes to the head designs over the years. Best to wait and at least see a few more designs.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on March 01, 2021, 08:30:15 AM
Quote from: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42

The differently colored wing thing is definitely weird. I was initially thinking it was going to be the case with all pegasi in G5, but that doesn't seem to be the case with the two guard pegasi from that movie screenshot we have, so maybe it is just her? It's definitely very strange. I really hope we see a toy of her soon, I'm curious how they're going to do the differently colored wing thing with the toys. Whether they'll be directly connected to her body and they'll just be painted, or if they'll do something similar to what they did with some later G4s and the G4.5 pegasi where the wings are separate and can be moved around a ball joint (just like the G4.5 heads), and then they just use a different plastic color for the wings rather than paint them.

G3 pegasus sometimes have different colored wings.

 It could be that the underside of her wings are white and the top is pink?
No?
Top are also white.
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The only g3 I know to have different wings is starcatcher. (I do not care for G3 so don't know a lot of about it). I only see animation screenshots with white wings.. and toys with or blue wings. If the giant blue wings came first, then I just see that as a gimmick, and nothing about character design. I am not sure g3 relevant, at least it's not to me.

The thing to me is visually -- those very much stand out. So I find it a bit odd. If it's just a part of the design, because her body will have more white gradient, then maybe it doesn't look as odd. And even if they are just pure white just because, I think they still look fine. I don't think negatively about them. They just stand out to me.

Maybe she's cosplaying?  You know, since the pegasus, unicorn, and earth ponies are all separate in this particular world, maybe she's a super-fan and wears them and once the magic is returned she gets to have them for real.

Okay, probably not but you never know with Hasbro these days.  :P
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: banditpony on March 01, 2021, 09:02:13 AM
lol!
I like the idea of cosplay. XD Maybe that's why izzy has a different color horn too. hahahah.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on March 01, 2021, 09:07:42 AM
I just hope they don't do ball-jointed, removable wings. My son got a set of g4 pirate ponies for Christmas that have those, and they fall off constantly. I got so tired of kids bringing me wings to reattach that I rounded them all up and put them away...they can be wingless from now on.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on March 01, 2021, 09:10:56 AM
I just hope they don't do ball-jointed, removable wings. My son got a set of g4 pirate ponies for Christmas that have those, and they fall off constantly. I got so tired of kids bringing me wings to reattach that I rounded them all up and put them away...they can be wingless from now on.

Yeah I'm hoping they don't choose that route either. Being able to pose them is neat and all, but it makes it way too easy for them to get lost while kids play with them. I can imagine most of those jointed G4 pegasi in thirft stores are probably wingless (or even if they're donated with wings attached, the wings would likely come off in the toy bins at thrifts).
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 01, 2021, 09:23:32 AM
@LAW
Yes thats true. I forgot about that.
The wings were a gimmick because butterfly hairclips were on trend. I'm still wondering. But I guess we could just as well end up with a G4 Princess situation were somehow the wings on the toys were different colors and sometimes separate moulds.

Thank you Zapper.

And good call about the G4 princesses wings also being different colors.

Post Merge: March 01, 2021, 09:26:18 AM

I just hope they don't do ball-jointed, removable wings. My son got a set of g4 pirate ponies for Christmas that have those, and they fall off constantly. I got so tired of kids bringing me wings to reattach that I rounded them all up and put them away...they can be wingless from now on.

I have All About Soarin and I grew tired of this too. A dab of super or gorilla glue oughtta fix them up.

Post Merge: March 01, 2021, 09:26:59 AM

I wouldn't get my hopes up, but I was thinking maybe we would get a head revision down the road. I think the heads look nothing like the movie characters because the toys were probably based off of 2D concept art. They probably had not done the 3D models yet.

Also, before the 2017 G4 redesign, the earth pony heads got a weird update around 2014, maybe even 2013? They actually ended up looking worse than they did before, but it definitely happened. I can't remember exactly what they changed. I think something about the position of the muzzle and I think the eyes might've been slightly altered too. I'm not dragging my Pinkie Pies out to check. XD

I hope they do too. And i hope they lengthen the muzzle while they're at it.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on March 07, 2021, 09:13:36 PM
I think they are nice.  I’ll probably pick up one of each.  just so happy we are getting non-fim-mane-6! (did i say that right?)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 10, 2021, 11:23:52 AM
I'm hoping the hair will be nice and take dye, in the event that they don't do those nice little gradients on some of them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on March 26, 2021, 06:31:35 PM
In German, pg 8-11 has some product description for movie related Merch
https://jimdo-storage.global.ssl.fastly.net/file/3a4cbcf9-9b4e-44e4-902e-2581367efe6a/Hasbro-Online-Katalog_2021.pdf

Spoiler
Apparently Pipp is a Pop Star Princess  :drunk:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PurpleCheeseStick on March 26, 2021, 08:19:59 PM
As someone who is mainly collecting G2 all the G2 comments make me wanna cry lmao

I can kind of see the resemblance but G5 still looks far closer to G4 than I'm comfortable with; they still look stumpy, the squashed faces don't help, they don't look horse-y at all, THOSE ARE CAT EARS, ahem >>

The eyebrows are a huge no for me, and the art style is so Disney it's painful.  :X If I wanted a Disney pony I would buy a Disney pony, there's certainly no shortage of them at this point.

The general feeling I get from this is very middle of the road--they wanted to change the style just enough to where HOPEFULLY the Bronies won't find them sexy but also close enough to G4 that hopefully the Bronies will still be appeased and follow along for totally SFW reasons so Hasbro can continue to get that sweet sweet Brony cash.  -_-
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on March 27, 2021, 12:29:15 AM
I stuck the new toy descriptions through translate:

Spoiler
Quote
My Little Pony Pop Star Pipp (working title)
Pipp is the princess of pop and that means she makes the liveliest appearances! Pop Star Pipp is 15 cm tall and sings great songs from the movie. By pressing her Legs move their fluffy wings up and down - one ponytastic fun!

My Little Pony Film: Royal Castle Slide
With her rainbow colored hair, Sunny shines with style. Sunny is 15 cm tall and comes with loads of accessories. If her hair is braided, it reveals itself enchanting rainbow pattern and with the accessories can also enjoy the best moments from the film while on the go be replayed. Including beauty spot tattoos, to style like Sunny.

My Little Pony Film: Rainbow Mane Sunny Starscout
Pipp invites you to a great adventure in her castle! Pipp is the princess of pop and that means she must arrive at their appearance in style. Simply the Pipp figure and her little animal on the double zip line attach, and you can go to the dazzling stage whiz down. There are many film masters in the castle Areas to discover!

My Little Pony Film: Ponies Im Kristall (working title)
A new group of great pony friends! Simply the magical Open the crystal and accessories appear that can be carried or used by children themselves, to decorate your pony - including a friendship bracelet! Includes a 3-inch, posable pony for My Little Pony movie.

My Little Pony Film: Singing and Skating Fun Sunny
Sunny is ready for her big magical moment! The size Sunny figure sings great songs from the film and brings in Microphone for the children to sing along with. The microphone is also a remote control to control Sunny's dance moves. Contains accessories to yourself and Sunny for the make a big entrance.

My Little Pony Film: Stories (working title)
With this range, pony fans learn the fantastic Get to know characters from the new My Little Pony movie. Each Pony comes with story accessories to match Izzy and Sunny making up great stories. Sunny comes with smoothie accessories and Izzy has avid DIY beetle friends with her.


There's almost certainly some mistakes in there, so if anyone speaks German, feel free to correct.

I'm really fearing there's going to be like zero variety of characters again, this time with even less than six. All I'm reading is Sunny, Izzy, Pipp, no mention of even Hitch.

interesting that Pipp's going to be a pop star pony. I wonder if she'll be a major character, or just an overhyped celebrity cameo like Songbird Serenade was.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on March 27, 2021, 12:46:11 PM
I don't see any issues with the translation. Except that of course Pipp and Sunny are all singular in the German text. Ihr/ihre is her/her's in this context, not plural. There is only one figure per assortment, not multiple versions.

Yeah, everything sounds quite the opposite of diverse. Only 2-3 characters, excluding the surprise color swap collectibles. We know there is at least one figure of the boy pony coming out, so there's that.

Overall this could just be a symptom of the movie introducing these characters and future toys might feature more chars? After all, there is going to be a Netflix show.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on March 27, 2021, 01:24:08 PM
Yeah I don't mind the lack of variety right now because it's to promote the movie, but it will be concerning if it continues. :( Right now we only have 3 characters formally announced with Sunny, Hitch, and Izzy, we still know nothing about Zipp and Pipp. We don't know about any villains/anatgonists, or any other characters, including Sunny's dad (I'm assuming that's her father). They would have to introduce more characters at some point.

This is really the first gen like this for MLP... G4 started off like any other gen but then in 2013 it slowly started to become more and more focused on the Mane 6, until 2018 when that's really all we got. Even the "non-Mane 6 & Princesses" characters we would get would just be the same characters again and again, like Lyra, DJ P0N-3, and even Minty. G5 could be the first full gen (not counting G3.5 or G4.5/PL) to solely focus on a few characters for its entire run.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on March 27, 2021, 01:41:16 PM
I think G2 started a little bit like this, actually. I mean, yes, we had a wider bunch of first characters, but it very quickly escalated into multiple Sundance/Sunsparkles, Ivy, Lighthearts etc. Berry Bright only ever had that one first release, but Morning Glory, Petal Blossom - they also saw rereleases as well pretty soon along the way.

This does seem MORE limited, but it just reminded me somehow of the start of G2.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 27, 2021, 08:50:29 PM
As someone who is mainly collecting G2 all the G2 comments make me wanna cry lmao

I can kind of see the resemblance but G5 still looks far closer to G4 than I'm comfortable with; they still look stumpy, the squashed faces don't help, they don't look horse-y at all, THOSE ARE CAT EARS, ahem >>

The eyebrows are a huge no for me, and the art style is so Disney it's painful.  :X If I wanted a Disney pony I would buy a Disney pony, there's certainly no shortage of them at this point.

The general feeling I get from this is very middle of the road--they wanted to change the style just enough to where HOPEFULLY the Bronies won't find them sexy but also close enough to G4 that hopefully the Bronies will still be appeased and follow along for totally SFW reasons so Hasbro can continue to get that sweet sweet Brony cash.  -_-

The faces are weird
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on March 28, 2021, 01:01:02 AM
The general feeling I get from this is very middle of the road--they wanted to change the style just enough to where HOPEFULLY the Bronies won't find them sexy but also close enough to G4 that hopefully the Bronies will still be appeased and follow along for totally SFW reasons so Hasbro can continue to get that sweet sweet Brony cash.  -_-

I sadly gotta tell you that a quick internet research shows that certain people are already fawning over the two girl ponies, especially Izzy. I'll say at least the nature of the toys will probably repel a lot of them. In G4's darkest timeline Bs went into the doll isle in groups and filmed themselves freaking out over the toys. But I somehow doubt this will happen this time. Bs have their own conventions now where they can exhibit this behaviour and soil their brushables and whatever else the crazed portion of them loved to do.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Aflame on March 28, 2021, 01:19:25 AM
so much head  :shocked: ! I didnt like G2 as they looked more like the rip offs you could get in the cheapo shops so not really liking the body either so I dont think I will be getting them or watching the cartoon :shrug:
I will be sticking with the G1 rereleases   
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 28, 2021, 08:19:26 PM
I don't hate them or anything, they got things I like, and things I don't like about them.  I guess I'm somewhere between neutral and on the fence.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on March 29, 2021, 04:29:36 AM
I kind of wish they would go back to the Neck and Head being one piece again and there being a turning point at the base of the neck.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 29, 2021, 06:41:39 AM
I kind of wish they would go back to the Neck and Head being one piece again and there being a turning point at the base of the neck.


Me too
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on March 29, 2021, 07:01:05 PM
I kind of wish they would go back to the Neck and Head being one piece again and there being a turning point at the base of the neck.


Me too

I'm always thinking about pony necks, but recently I've been thinking about them more, but in a Different Way.

G1 and G3 were more like sculptures in a way. They have a basic shape to them, but the head is separate from the body, only because of the hair and tail (I guess? Why DO the ponies have a separate head if they're just going to glue it shut? Is hairing that big of an issue when Barbie horses and Grand Champions have brushable "sculptures" as well?). With everything being one shape, you can have much more expressive and dynamic poses. A moveable neck isn't a priority.
 
G2 poses were very basic. They had moveable heads from the get-go, but the poses were samey. Some had a raised leg, some had their feet in a certain position, but nothing crazy. The heads were all the same, really. Compare that to the Posey pose, where the pony's chin is up, the Dibbles pose head looking down, the Sugarberry pose sort of leaning to one side. For G3, some heads had the ears pointing in different directions, some eyes were different (Diva pose vs Donkey pose, you know what I mean... not sure how to describe it lol). G2 is less of a "sculpture" and more like an "action figure", which I think limits the pose possibility. This includes the head.

G4 had one pose for years until the 2017 reboot, but then, it had the same issue as G2. Yes you get "new poses" but it all ends up being samey because of the head having to be a certain way. It's not a "sculpture" at that point, but an "action figure"/"doll". I have no idea why they went with what they did for 2017. It's ugly and the neck worked fine with the original G4s. But with Pony Life, it makes sense since they're on a ball joint. The movement of the head then is more important than anatomical accuracy (yet the G1 Peekaboo babies exist).

With an "action figure" type head, the head/necks tend to be in a fixed, forward-facing position, like with G2 and G4. The only reason a G5 head should be how it is is if it's on a ball joint like G4.5 If it's not well... it's just ugly. :P If the head is able to move in any direction, up and down and left and right, it might be more appealing to children-- better/more expressive during play and whatnot, and easier to groom hair.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PurpleCheeseStick on March 29, 2021, 07:49:36 PM
The general feeling I get from this is very middle of the road--they wanted to change the style just enough to where HOPEFULLY the Bronies won't find them sexy but also close enough to G4 that hopefully the Bronies will still be appeased and follow along for totally SFW reasons so Hasbro can continue to get that sweet sweet Brony cash.  -_-

I sadly gotta tell you that a quick internet research shows that certain people are already fawning over the two girl ponies, especially Izzy. I'll say at least the nature of the toys will probably repel a lot of them. In G4's darkest timeline Bs went into the doll isle in groups and filmed themselves freaking out over the toys. But I somehow doubt this will happen this time. Bs have their own conventions now where they can exhibit this behaviour and soil their brushables and whatever else the crazed portion of them loved to do.
oh god wHY
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO RUIN EVERYTHING
THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

(btw you're far braver than I, I dare not go anywhere near the Bronysphere of the internet, I think I've experienced enough of it for the rest of my life thanks  XD

I kind of wish they would go back to the Neck and Head being one piece again and there being a turning point at the base of the neck.


Me too

I'm always thinking about pony necks, but recently I've been thinking about them more, but in a Different Way.

G1 and G3 were more like sculptures in a way. They have a basic shape to them, but the head is separate from the body, only because of the hair and tail (I guess? Why DO the ponies have a separate head if they're just going to glue it shut? Is hairing that big of an issue when Barbie horses and Grand Champions have brushable "sculptures" as well?). With everything being one shape, you can have much more expressive and dynamic poses. A moveable neck isn't a priority.
 
G2 poses were very basic. They had moveable heads from the get-go, but the poses were samey. Some had a raised leg, some had their feet in a certain position, but nothing crazy. The heads were all the same, really. Compare that to the Posey pose, where the pony's chin is up, the Dibbles pose head looking down, the Sugarberry pose sort of leaning to one side. For G3, some heads had the ears pointing in different directions, some eyes were different (Diva pose vs Donkey pose, you know what I mean... not sure how to describe it lol). G2 is less of a "sculpture" and more like an "action figure", which I think limits the pose possibility. This includes the head.

G4 had one pose for years until the 2017 reboot, but then, it had the same issue as G2. Yes you get "new poses" but it all ends up being samey because of the head having to be a certain way. It's not a "sculpture" at that point, but an "action figure"/"doll". I have no idea why they went with what they did for 2017. It's ugly and the neck worked fine with the original G4s. But with Pony Life, it makes sense since they're on a ball joint. The movement of the head then is more important than anatomical accuracy (yet the G1 Peekaboo babies exist).

With an "action figure" type head, the head/necks tend to be in a fixed, forward-facing position, like with G2 and G4. The only reason a G5 head should be how it is is if it's on a ball joint like G4.5 If it's not well... it's just ugly. :P If the head is able to move in any direction, up and down and left and right, it might be more appealing to children-- better/more expressive during play and whatnot, and easier to groom hair.


These are super good points Ragamuffin! I agree, as much as I love G2 and the style of it it didn't really look like authentic MLP and yeah the poses were all the same. There's only a few ponies you can tell apart and that's only because they have specific poses.

Nothing will ever beat good ol G1's pose variety, though G3 definitely came close. I think it also boils down to an issue of less poses = less money spent paying sculptors to make new bodies. After all, kids are TOTALLY stupid so they'll totally be satisfied by a bunch of ponies that are all shaped the exact same but with different colors, right? Poses? Who needs em, because less poses means MORE SAVINGS FOR THE COMPANY!  :yucky:

Perhaps a bit overdramatic but I'm sure it definitely plays a part in their decision making process.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PeachyPie on March 29, 2021, 10:45:38 PM
To me they look like Creamsicle.

My thoughts exactly. Though I think Creamsicle is much much cuter.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on March 30, 2021, 04:35:34 AM
Those were some good points, Ragamuffin, though I personally have G3s who are not in the core 7 pose that have turning head (that's how they were designed).

I just feel the heads would look better on G5 if they had that natural transition for the head and neck (and maybe make the heads less... like a balloon?). It reminds me how the brushable for Celestia looked, even though there was a slight transition there was just something that bothered me about that figure.

What was the size for these again?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: HavACrumpet452 on March 30, 2021, 09:32:25 AM
I'm so sorry I just logged in to see what a G5 is. Pardon me while I go wash my eyes with bleach.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on April 02, 2021, 01:54:15 PM
There is a new post on MLP Merch that has the plushies
https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/04/first-g5-plush-spotted-on-taobao.html

They show Sunny, Izzy, Pip, and Zipp and with their symbols (looks like the plushies have them on both sides)

Sunny: 3 pink stars with the larger one having a blue trail
Izzy: What looks like a blue heart button symbol
Pip: Musical note with the top in the shape of a crown
Zipp: A pink and blue lightning bolt with a crown on the top
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on April 02, 2021, 05:14:02 PM
Well those look cuter than the toys we've seen so far, they have actual snouts lol
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 02, 2021, 07:22:01 PM
Well those look cuter than the toys we've seen so far, they have actual snouts lol

Sorta
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 03, 2021, 07:29:34 AM
I did a quick edit of the new toy! The thing that bothers me the most is the skinny neck and the super short snout!
I hope they'll tweak them a bit!
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 03, 2021, 07:32:20 AM
I did a quick edit of the new toy! The thing that bothers me the most is the skinny neck and the super short snout!
I hope they'll tweak them a bit!
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Looks a bit better. Now you just gotta angle that neck forward like an actual pony and bingo! Wish the moulds looked more like this.  I'd actually buy some.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on April 03, 2021, 10:14:50 AM
I did a quick edit of the new toy! The thing that bothers me the most is the skinny neck and the super short snout!
I hope they'll tweak them a bit!
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This looks a lot better! I have little hope for this generation, I loved G4 but these ones take the flat-face thing a bit too far, and I also don't like how the mane is so round in the front, almost like a human hairline. I think the G4 FS ponies did the thicker mane perfectly, a few extra rows but still shaped (mostly) like what you'd expect from a horse mane.

The feathered hooves are nice though!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 03, 2021, 10:55:48 AM
I did a quick edit of the new toy! The thing that bothers me the most is the skinny neck and the super short snout!
I hope they'll tweak them a bit!
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This looks a lot better! I have little hope for this generation, I loved G4 but these ones take the flat-face thing a bit too far, and I also don't like how the mane is so round in the front, almost like a human hairline. I think the G4 FS ponies did the thicker mane perfectly, a few extra rows but still shaped (mostly) like what you'd expect from a horse mane.

The feathered hooves are nice though!


The Pony Life toys  are the flattest- faced that the ponies have ever been. We should at least be somewhat grateful they gave the poor, ugly beasts their lower jaws back and shrunk their heads.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 03, 2021, 01:50:34 PM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 03, 2021, 01:57:01 PM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

Ooh she looks cute with the blush. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 03, 2021, 03:26:06 PM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

Ooh she looks cute with the blush.

So happy you liked it :D
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on April 03, 2021, 03:37:21 PM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

Omg this is the BEST edit I've seen! She looks like the character while still resembling a horse instead of Elsa on a pony body lol
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on April 03, 2021, 05:38:04 PM
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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

This is adorable! I would want to collect them if they looked like this. It’s not even a matter of looking horse-y for me, I just want them to be cute.

I always think when someone on here does little edits that make such a huge difference, why can’t the toy designers see the awkwardness and how simply it could be made better.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Goanna on April 03, 2021, 10:12:36 PM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

Ahhhhhh this is such a super cute edit! If their faces looked like this I'd be obsessed!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 09, 2021, 08:47:57 AM
So like, when do you think we'll start seeing other species in toy form? I'm curious about the pegasus and alleged unipegs.

I'm also curious what other species might make a comeback. I'd really like to see sea ponies, (not the misnamed g4 ones, those are mermaid ponies) come back. As well as flutters with stronger wings. Wingers too. And yes, new merponies.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on April 09, 2021, 09:09:37 AM
So like, when do you think we'll start seeing other species in toy form? I'm curious about the pegasus and alleged unipegs.

I'm also curious what other species might make a comeback. I'd really like to see sea ponies, (not the misnamed g4 ones, those are mermaid ponies) come back. As well as flutters with stronger wings. Wingers too. And yes, new merponies.
I'd LOVE to have some new wingers or flutter ponies!! G4 did have insect-type ponies in the form of breezies, but those always felt like accessories rather than proper ponies to me (I'm not sure they even had their own names...)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 09, 2021, 09:40:30 AM
So like, when do you think we'll start seeing other species in toy form? I'm curious about the pegasus and alleged unipegs.

I'm also curious what other species might make a comeback. I'd really like to see sea ponies, (not the misnamed g4 ones, those are mermaid ponies) come back. As well as flutters with stronger wings. Wingers too. And yes, new merponies.

I hope that we'll get some sea ponies too! (seahorse-like not mermaid ones haha). If I am correct no Generation besides G1 had sea ponies! Hope we'll see them again in G5
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 09, 2021, 04:13:21 PM
I am hoping that Zipp will have a nice, long mane instead of her paintbrush head, and multi-colored wings.  Not sure how those Fluffy swablu-candy wings of Pipp's will translate?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: lalalei2001 on April 09, 2021, 04:33:56 PM
Wonder if we'll see more obscure species like Windy Wings or Flutter Ponies!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BubbleTea on April 09, 2021, 08:08:53 PM
So like, when do you think we'll start seeing other species in toy form? I'm curious about the pegasus and alleged unipegs.

I'm also curious what other species might make a comeback. I'd really like to see sea ponies, (not the misnamed g4 ones, those are mermaid ponies) come back. As well as flutters with stronger wings. Wingers too. And yes, new merponies.

I hope that we'll get some sea ponies too! (seahorse-like not mermaid ones haha). If I am correct no Generation besides G1 had sea ponies! Hope we'll see them again in G5

To be honest I don't see them making a comeback. I think it's time to let go.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Nienor on April 10, 2021, 07:46:26 AM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

I wish they were like that. Unfortunately, I find G5 ponies a bit creepy with this human-like face (I mean, what's with the eyebrows?). G4 was also meh but I think G5 is the worst to date.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 10, 2021, 07:59:27 AM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

I wish they were like that. Unfortunately, I find G5 ponies a bit creepy with this human-like face (I mean, what's with the eyebrows?). G4 was also meh but I think G5 is the worst to date.

I personally like the addition of the eyebrows. I think it helps a lot to make them more expressive
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on April 10, 2021, 12:54:24 PM
So like, when do you think we'll start seeing other species in toy form? I'm curious about the pegasus and alleged unipegs.

I'm also curious what other species might make a comeback. I'd really like to see sea ponies, (not the misnamed g4 ones, those are mermaid ponies) come back. As well as flutters with stronger wings. Wingers too. And yes, new merponies.
I'd LOVE to have some new wingers or flutter ponies!! G4 did have insect-type ponies in the form of breezies, but those always felt like accessories rather than proper ponies to me (I'm not sure they even had their own names...)

Some of them had names like "Sea Breezie", "Sunset Breezie" etc but yeah most of the G4 Breezies were unnamed.

I'd love to see Breezies make a comeback, as long as they can actually STAND this time round!! Love the G4 Breezies, but their total lack of balance makes it sooo difficult to display them ^^;
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Star Catcher on April 10, 2021, 01:01:11 PM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

Gosh, i wish they looked like this. She looks adorable.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on April 11, 2021, 10:02:48 AM
I'm honestly hoping for some kind of blind bag sized ones. I have always felt the blind bags have always done the best job of translating the cartoon design to toy form.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 11, 2021, 10:17:07 AM
I'm tired of blind bags. I understand they're a quick way to make an easy buck, but so many neat designs get relegated strictly to them. I don't want blind bags.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on April 11, 2021, 10:33:32 AM
TBH, building on what Wardah said, it would be lovely if all the animation related stuff was promoted in blind bag and allowed more creativity in the brushable line that didn't require it to fit in with the 'main cast' standards.

Though blind bags have only been around for G4, it does seem like they did a good job of reflecting the wide cast, which the brushable line never even attempted.

So I'm fine with blind bags so long as all the diversity of character isn't restricted to that format this time.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on April 11, 2021, 07:23:29 PM
TBH, building on what Wardah said, it would be lovely if all the animation related stuff was promoted in blind bag and allowed more creativity in the brushable line that didn't require it to fit in with the 'main cast' standards.

Though blind bags have only been around for G4, it does seem like they did a good job of reflecting the wide cast, which the brushable line never even attempted.

So I'm fine with blind bags so long as all the diversity of character isn't restricted to that format this time.

Blind Bags actually started with G3.5 but those were only available in Europe.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on April 12, 2021, 08:11:04 AM
TBH, building on what Wardah said, it would be lovely if all the animation related stuff was promoted in blind bag and allowed more creativity in the brushable line that didn't require it to fit in with the 'main cast' standards.
I think this would be a happy medium. Some of the more animation-inclined folk don't care much for the brushable hair for accuracy reasons, while people who care less about accuracy are more happy with a toy you can play around a bit with. It was nice when they did the Friendship is Magic collection for blind bags, too, that felt like it should have been there since the start.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 12, 2021, 09:48:55 AM
Blah.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Harmonie on April 12, 2021, 10:17:36 AM
Happy you two liked it!  :)
I did another edit for fun to bring back some of the "horsey-ness" from the early Gens

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It makes me sad that in the recent generations they start to look less and less like horses.... :T

What I don't get is why they aren't just naturally like this? *sigh*
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 12, 2021, 12:15:47 PM
TBH, building on what Wardah said, it would be lovely if all the animation related stuff was promoted in blind bag and allowed more creativity in the brushable line that didn't require it to fit in with the 'main cast' standards.

Though blind bags have only been around for G4, it does seem like they did a good job of reflecting the wide cast, which the brushable line never even attempted.

So I'm fine with blind bags so long as all the diversity of character isn't restricted to that format this time.

Yeeeah, but concerning that we all know Hasbro has been distinctly un-awesome, in regards to  proper toy balancing since 3.5 onwards.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 16, 2021, 04:47:37 AM
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I did a quick sketch using some of my fave design elements from previous generations. I really love the hooves and eyebrows of gen 5 but I would like it if they had a bit more of a "horsey" look. :D
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on April 16, 2021, 04:56:54 AM
Sunshine that is gorgeous!!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 16, 2021, 05:02:57 AM
Sunshine that is gorgeous!!!

thanks so much! :D
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: mopthebunny on April 16, 2021, 05:25:23 AM
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I did a quick sketch using some of my fave design elements from previous generations. I really love the hooves and eyebrows of gen 5 but I would like it if they had a bit more of a "horsey" look. :D

This is beautiful. If only you were the artist for MLP
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 16, 2021, 06:23:21 AM
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I did a quick sketch using some of my fave design elements from previous generations. I really love the hooves and eyebrows of gen 5 but I would like it if they had a bit more of a "horsey" look. :D


Your artwork is gorgeous sunshinedim!  :lovey: :happy:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 16, 2021, 09:19:07 AM
Thank you mopthebunny and Leave a Whisper !!

Post Merge: April 16, 2021, 09:21:20 AM

Also this was just posted on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNu6Y5EpVkt/

To be honest I think they look a lil' odd from front view but to be fair... ponies always looked odd from the front view in all generations.... so this isn't a new issue exclusive to Gen 5.... if you overlook that, I think they look cute! :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on April 16, 2021, 09:55:29 AM
I saw the new pics too.  I'm still not a big fan of these but I think Izzy is the best looking.


Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on April 16, 2021, 11:21:11 AM
So they are officially calling them the Mane 5. I hope that's not a harbinger of no other characters being introduced...or produced.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 16, 2021, 11:46:52 AM
So they are officially calling them the Mane 5. I hope that's not a harbinger of no other characters being introduced...or produced.


Ugh. They need to stop with that nonsense.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on April 16, 2021, 12:30:28 PM
I don't like how they have individual, detailed teeth. There's a reason most cartoons have just bars for teeth.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 16, 2021, 12:41:34 PM
I don't like how they have individual, detailed teeth. There's a reason most cartoons have just bars for teeth.

The better to bite with, my dear.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 16, 2021, 12:47:31 PM
I don't like how they have individual, detailed teeth. There's a reason most cartoons have just bars for teeth.

It seems like they are going for a Disney-esque feel for the movie. If you look at Disney's Rapunzel, she also had detailed rendered teeth.

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(not to say that I like it per se.... but that's the "style")

Also Hitch looks a lot like a pony version of Flynn Rider to me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on April 16, 2021, 12:57:02 PM

Hitch is Flynn Ryder's fursona. It makes sense it'd be a pony, since he did have a horse sidekick.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on April 16, 2021, 03:41:23 PM


I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 16, 2021, 04:17:09 PM


I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.

Yeah that's a thing that I sorta dislike, I am excited for this new gen but it definately feels like Hasbro will try to replicate FIM's success as much as possible.

Like.....  why do they even have to call the new group of characters "Mane Five" ???
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 16, 2021, 04:48:53 PM


I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.

Yeah that's a thing that I sorta dislike, I am excited for this new gen but it definately feels like Hasbro will try to replicate FIM's success as much as possible.

Like.....  why do they even have to call the new group of characters "Mane Five" ???

Because Hasbro sucks.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shiverdam on April 16, 2021, 05:21:34 PM
Pipp looks wall-eyed.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on April 16, 2021, 06:04:18 PM


I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.


To me it almost seems like they want FIM level popularity but not the same demographic. It seems like this time they are aiming at the socially aware Steven Universe crowd. But while everyone says the animation reminds them of Disney it kinda reminds me of Miraculous Ladybug.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on April 16, 2021, 07:21:02 PM
I'm a bit amused we go from 7 main characters in G3's last couple years, to 6 in G4, and now 5 in G5. We keep going down by one! Can we expect a Mane 4 once we reach G6? :lol:

I do like and am excited for the upcoming toys but I'm really hoping I don't get tired of our new "Mane" 5 in a couple years like I did with the Mane 6. I love them for the time being and I don't want to feel overwhelmed by main character releases again. Hasbro really need to do better with character balancing.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 17, 2021, 06:32:57 AM
Nice to see Hasbro didn't learn their lesson the first 3 times.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sunshinedim on April 17, 2021, 06:53:42 AM


I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.


To me it almost seems like they want FIM level popularity but not the same demographic. It seems like this time they are aiming at the socially aware Steven Universe crowd. But while everyone says the animation reminds them of Disney it kinda reminds me of Miraculous Ladybug.

I wonder if Hasbro will have the balls to make one of the ponies LGBT? Probably not... but we'll see. :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on April 17, 2021, 08:23:31 AM


I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.


To me it almost seems like they want FIM level popularity but not the same demographic. It seems like this time they are aiming at the socially aware Steven Universe crowd. But while everyone says the animation reminds them of Disney it kinda reminds me of Miraculous Ladybug.

If they wanted to go that route, it would have been 100% smarter to keep 2D animation and use G1 as a closer reference than G4 imo- not just saying that because I'd love to see something more similar to G1 in aesthetics, but the G1 style in general is more in line with shows like Steven Universe, SPOP and Adventure time than G4- especially because all of those shows heavily reference 80's and 90's aesthetics and have a similar color palette.

G5's art style really reminds me of Brony fanart styles, and I don't think it's accidental honestly.  I really love G4, it reignited my passion for MLP when I was younger, but I really wanted to see something closer to G1 lol.



I wonder if Hasbro will have the balls to make one of the ponies LGBT? Probably not... but we'll see. :)

This would be so cool to see! I know there's some LGBT subtext in the FIM finale, but it would be very nice to see an explicitly LGBT character throughout the show instead of keeping it as subtle as possible to avoid backlash.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on April 17, 2021, 10:23:52 AM
Nice to see Hasbro didn't learn their lesson the first 3 times.

What lesson? Despite it not being popular with the old school collecting community, the fact that G4 went on for so many years kinda proves that a core cast works, at least with the target audience, who is likely only getting less than 6 ponies anyways.



I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.


To me it almost seems like they want FIM level popularity but not the same demographic. It seems like this time they are aiming at the socially aware Steven Universe crowd. But while everyone says the animation reminds them of Disney it kinda reminds me of Miraculous Ladybug.

If they wanted to go that route, it would have been 100% smarter to keep 2D animation and use G1 as a closer reference than G4 imo- not just saying that because I'd love to see something more similar to G1 in aesthetics, but the G1 style in general is more in line with shows like Steven Universe, SPOP and Adventure time than G4- especially because all of those shows heavily reference 80's and 90's aesthetics and have a similar color palette.

G5's art style really reminds me of Brony fanart styles, and I don't think it's accidental honestly.  I really love G4, it reignited my passion for MLP when I was younger, but I really wanted to see something closer to G1 lol.

I meant more along the lines of story content than animation style. The reason SU was popular had a lot more to do with content than animation style and lots of fans actually felt the animation was the weakest part of SU.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on April 17, 2021, 10:51:43 AM
Nice to see Hasbro didn't learn their lesson the first 3 times.

What lesson? Despite it not being popular with the old school collecting community, the fact that G4 went on for so many years kinda proves that a core cast works, at least with the target audience, who is likely only getting less than 6 ponies anyways.



I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.


To me it almost seems like they want FIM level popularity but not the same demographic. It seems like this time they are aiming at the socially aware Steven Universe crowd. But while everyone says the animation reminds them of Disney it kinda reminds me of Miraculous Ladybug.

If they wanted to go that route, it would have been 100% smarter to keep 2D animation and use G1 as a closer reference than G4 imo- not just saying that because I'd love to see something more similar to G1 in aesthetics, but the G1 style in general is more in line with shows like Steven Universe, SPOP and Adventure time than G4- especially because all of those shows heavily reference 80's and 90's aesthetics and have a similar color palette.

G5's art style really reminds me of Brony fanart styles, and I don't think it's accidental honestly.  I really love G4, it reignited my passion for MLP when I was younger, but I really wanted to see something closer to G1 lol.

I meant more along the lines of story content than animation style. The reason SU was popular had a lot more to do with content than animation style and lots of fans actually felt the animation was the weakest part of SU.

I never watched Steven Universe specifically because of the animation style :(  I felt like I was missing out because it got so many positive comments, but I just couldn't enjoy looking at those faces.  :huh: There are several other shows I just won't watch because of the art style.  From what we've seen I won't have that issue with G5 MLP... But I understand if others do.  I think each iteration of MLP other than the one we experienced first has potential to have a kind of uncanny valley effect on us.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: dragglereeka on April 18, 2021, 04:18:15 AM
Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I love how the ponies look fuzzy! It reminds me of the character models in Animal Crossing:New Horizons. Not a fan of the toys so far, however they could look really cute in plushie form!
I also love the spirals on Izzy's horn !! It reminds me of custom unicorns I've seen with sculpted swirly horns.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on April 18, 2021, 01:33:54 PM
Wow uh... Pipp's eye color changing from brown to green hurts me on a deeply personal level. And of course the only brown eyed character is the token boy. Who decided brown eyes = boy and blue eyes= girl anyway?!  :enraged:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on April 18, 2021, 02:22:01 PM
Wow uh... Pipp's eye color changing from brown to green hurts me on a deeply personal level. And of course the only brown eyed character is the token boy. Who decided brown eyes = boy and blue eyes= girl anyway?!  :enraged:
No idea but they don't know enough girls... Source: have brown eyes
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MOTOSTOKES on April 19, 2021, 08:13:41 AM
I'm guessing they changes her eye color from red to green to make her seem more inviting or something, but I really wish they didn't be a use her palette from the bedsheet leak was so pretty!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 19, 2021, 09:57:20 AM
Nice to see Hasbro didn't learn their lesson the first 3 times.

What lesson? Despite it not being popular with the old school collecting community, the fact that G4 went on for so many years kinda proves that a core cast works, at least with the target audience, who is likely only getting less than 6 ponies anyways.



I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.


To me it almost seems like they want FIM level popularity but not the same demographic. It seems like this time they are aiming at the socially aware Steven Universe crowd. But while everyone says the animation reminds them of Disney it kinda reminds me of Miraculous Ladybug.

If they wanted to go that route, it would have been 100% smarter to keep 2D animation and use G1 as a closer reference than G4 imo- not just saying that because I'd love to see something more similar to G1 in aesthetics, but the G1 style in general is more in line with shows like Steven Universe, SPOP and Adventure time than G4- especially because all of those shows heavily reference 80's and 90's aesthetics and have a similar color palette.

G5's art style really reminds me of Brony fanart styles, and I don't think it's accidental honestly.  I really love G4, it reignited my passion for MLP when I was younger, but I really wanted to see something closer to G1 lol.

I meant more along the lines of story content than animation style. The reason SU was popular had a lot more to do with content than animation style and lots of fans actually felt the animation was the weakest part of SU.


The fact that it kept killing their lines. The mane sux and yes the bore core are shelf sitters.  Kids are sick of it too. Don't pretend otherwise Wardah.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on April 20, 2021, 11:28:29 AM
Nice to see Hasbro didn't learn their lesson the first 3 times.

What lesson? Despite it not being popular with the old school collecting community, the fact that G4 went on for so many years kinda proves that a core cast works, at least with the target audience, who is likely only getting less than 6 ponies anyways.



I really like the character designs, especially Zipp, but I still hate how non-horselike they are and I can't help but feel it was a calculated effort to manufacture another Brony Phenomenon and you just can't manufacture something like that.


To me it almost seems like they want FIM level popularity but not the same demographic. It seems like this time they are aiming at the socially aware Steven Universe crowd. But while everyone says the animation reminds them of Disney it kinda reminds me of Miraculous Ladybug.

If they wanted to go that route, it would have been 100% smarter to keep 2D animation and use G1 as a closer reference than G4 imo- not just saying that because I'd love to see something more similar to G1 in aesthetics, but the G1 style in general is more in line with shows like Steven Universe, SPOP and Adventure time than G4- especially because all of those shows heavily reference 80's and 90's aesthetics and have a similar color palette.

G5's art style really reminds me of Brony fanart styles, and I don't think it's accidental honestly.  I really love G4, it reignited my passion for MLP when I was younger, but I really wanted to see something closer to G1 lol.

I meant more along the lines of story content than animation style. The reason SU was popular had a lot more to do with content than animation style and lots of fans actually felt the animation was the weakest part of SU.


The fact that it kept killing their lines. The mane sux and yes the bore core are shelf sitters.  Kids are sick of it too. Don't pretend otherwise Wardah.

Nah, Wardah’s right, I still see kids lose their minds over Pinkie Pie/Poppy the Troll/Elsa toys in stores (we sold Poppy merch in our queue line for a while at work, and kids would go absolutely ballistic over it). If I had a nickel for every time I walked down the toy aisle of Target and passed a child begging their parents for a toy before throwing a fit when their parent points out they have 5 toys of that character already, I’d be able to buy Hasbro, lol.

Us collectors are sick of the same few characters, parents seem to be sick of the same few characters, and older kids are probably sick of the same few characters, but little kids? Little kids just see a character they like and want to own it, even if they already have 3 of that character. We may not like it, but Hasbro knows how to win over their target demographic.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 20, 2021, 11:45:08 AM
And again, they shelf sit every store I've been.  I see kids picking up other ponies, not the mane suxx. Kids like variety in their toys. Hasbro is just too lazy to care and cater to MLP, but they show a wide range of variety in transformers.  Not to mention  their older iterations were financially successful with a collect- em -all mentality.  lf Hasbro can put such variety into transformers,  they can go back to doing so in MLP.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on April 20, 2021, 12:06:47 PM
Not saying it isn't a lazy strategy but it worked well enough that FIM lasted 10 seasons. They aren't going to keep a show going if the toy it's tied to isn't successful. Just look at what happened to Jem. Great show that was cut short because the toy line failed.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on April 20, 2021, 02:16:31 PM
I see it both ways a little bit. Yes, toddlers and young kids like repetition, but it's the adults buying them the toys and no parent wants to spend money on the same thing repeatedly. A few years ago my son was into Disney's Cars, and every time we were in a Target we'd have to look at their die-cast selection. Once in a while when he was allowed to get one, he'd want another version of Lightning McQueen. How a 2-year-old can differentiate between every nuance of design down to a slightly different decal on one than the other, I have no idea, but it was enough to make him think he needed that one in addition to the other 8 versions he owned rather than the new characters. But as an adult buying it for him, I, my husband, or his grandparents would refuse to buy him any more duplicates and if he wanted a new car, he would have to pick a different character together than Lightning McQueen, Jackson Storm or Cruz Ramirez because he had multiple versions of those ones. So I guess it just depends on who's doing the picking...the parents or the kids!

Older kids want more variety too, I think, at least I did. I remember when the SS ponies came out, my sister and I were annoyed that many of them were re-leases; we felt like we could cross Posey, Lickety Split and Gusty off our checklist because we already had those ones.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on April 20, 2021, 07:15:53 PM
Well said, LadyAmalthea!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TwinkleSnow737 on April 21, 2021, 07:49:18 AM
  I remember I was an about 10 during the start of g4. I watched the show religiously, but I never asked for FiM toys. I remember it was because I thought only tv show characters had toys. But for Christmas I got a Ploomette and Rarity from the same set. I played with Ploomette so much more, and I would always ask for non-show characters. Eventually I stopped collecting ponies specifically because they started selling only show characters. 
   (I even gave away my early g4 collection. R.I.P.  my Silver Spoon and Twist-a-loo. I was dumb.  :sad: ) That's my little POV.
 
  I would also like to add that that the reason that the reason non-show characters undersold was probably in part because they weren't advertised properly. I watched a lot of kids networks, but I don't ever remember seeing non-show toy ads. I only remember things like the train set, wedding set, and princesses having commercials. I think they were only advertised through the in-box pamphlets. I hope g5 has better advertising. I wonder how they'll handle it, now that streaming and youtube are in the process of cannibalizing cable.
 
   
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on April 21, 2021, 09:34:59 AM
Of course worked well enough and best strategy aren't always the same thing. But it also works for Paw Patrol and PJ Masks and all these other kids shows based on a main cast of characters. It could be that unfortunately MLP has morphed into something different.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on April 21, 2021, 11:32:14 AM
I don't like how they have individual, detailed teeth. There's a reason most cartoons have just bars for teeth.

Horses have big teeth, it wouldn't look so off putting,  if the G5s didn't have such weird heads.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: mopthebunny on April 30, 2021, 10:23:52 AM
I don't like how they have individual, detailed teeth. There's a reason most cartoons have just bars for teeth.

Horses have big teeth, it wouldn't look so off putting,  if the G5s didn't have such weird heads.

The trouble is that these ponies are more human than horse! XD Applying horse-logic won't work with these guys lolol
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BeefyDia on April 30, 2021, 10:53:06 PM
When I first saw the designs of the animated G5 characters, I got excited expecting the toys' design to look more akin to the Retro Rainbow Mane 6 set; FIM-like but with a retro flair, since their character designs and colour schemes gave me a lot more G1 vibes than any of the other sets have.

Oh, how wrong I was :( They look even more cartoonish and anatomically bizarre than the later G4 toys.

On another note, these edits look so amazing and are miles of improvement.

So lo-ong body... Squere backside. Strange eyebrows. And her eyes so close... May be... Something like that can be better?
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I did a quick edit of the new toy! The thing that bothers me the most is the skinny neck and the super short snout!
I hope they'll tweak them a bit!
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If only they were an ounce of what the final products will look like  :sad:

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 01, 2021, 07:19:12 AM
I don't like how they have individual, detailed teeth. There's a reason most cartoons have just bars for teeth.

Horses have big teeth, it wouldn't look so off putting,  if the G5s didn't have such weird heads.

The trouble is that these ponies are more human than horse! XD Applying horse-logic won't work with these guys lolol

Which is what I just said.  ^.^
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on May 02, 2021, 02:49:35 PM
Pipp!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/NhN26tMfD7jYscKG9
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Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on May 02, 2021, 03:08:10 PM
Wardah, where did you find that!
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Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on May 02, 2021, 03:13:53 PM
Pipp!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/NhN26tMfD7jYscKG9

The proportions on Pipp look so much better! Maybe styling size Sunny is just and odd ball. There's hope :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 02, 2021, 03:34:28 PM
The proportions on Pipp look just as off. The stuffed toy wings are certainly an interesting choice, but not the weirdest we've seen. The toys look to be a good size anyway.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on May 02, 2021, 03:39:12 PM
Wardah, where did you find that!

Toy World Magazine. They just put their May issue up.
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Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on May 02, 2021, 04:00:04 PM
Thank you! We got a new Zipp render, too.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on May 02, 2021, 04:43:17 PM
I'm noting in the promotional images that the symbols on the ponies are... very hard to see.. I can see a glimpse of Hitch's and Zipp's but they look to be small and further back on the flank in the rinders?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on May 02, 2021, 05:53:08 PM
Seeing the styling Sunny with better shadows has me warming up to her a bit. Still not a huge fan of the head/neck but her muzzle is slightly more pronounced than what I originally thought. Plus if her hair actually looks like that then it's better than nearly all of G4.

The Pipp is actually really cute, but her head looks kinda dinky lol. I'm really curious to see what the core line looks like.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on May 02, 2021, 06:40:07 PM
I wonder if there's even going to be regular sized brushables without articulation in this line.
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Post by: SunPony on May 02, 2021, 06:47:02 PM
Thanks for the update!  Pipp looks pretty cute to me.  But the way the head attaches to the neck is still bothering me...its keeping the mane restricted to the head only.  However, they seem to have such ample manes that if you arrange the hair you could cover up that aspect when you display them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on May 02, 2021, 06:55:40 PM
I wonder if there's even going to be regular sized brushables without articulation in this line.

IIRC the sizes listed on the German catalog from a while ago implied roughly G4-sized ponies in a couple playsets? Hopefully they aren't just in playsets though :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 02, 2021, 08:41:48 PM
I like the dark silky hair and deep green eyes on Pipp. If I had to guess at least her symbol,  I'd say a castle or bed on a cloud?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on May 02, 2021, 10:24:04 PM
Ok, I'm home now and I can give my proper thoughts.
I'm very excited for the Pipp figure! She's my favorite character thus far and I really love this picture of her. It sells me on the face mold way more than Sunny's picture.
I like the dark silky hair and deep green eyes on Pipp. If I had to guess at least her symbol,  I'd say a castle or bed on a cloud?
Description and image in the spoiler. Don't look if you don't want to know for sure!
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It's a purple music note with a crown motif. The individual notes are white, and the bridge? part of the note are spiked like a crown is. You can see its sillhouette in the background here.
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...If that's really low res and you want to see it in better quality, here (https://g5mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Pipp_Petals/Gallery)'s Pipp's image gallery.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: StrawberryScoops on May 03, 2021, 04:40:29 AM
I don’t like how mechanical Pipp’s toy looks. The wing and leg joints stand out too much for me. Too many separate pieces joined together rather than one seamless mold. If it weren’t for her reminding me of a robot pony instead of a pony, she’d be cute. The neck/head portion of Sunny bothers me as well. But I like how her legs are part of her mould versus separate.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on May 03, 2021, 04:57:19 AM
I really do not like how the manes are rooted more like a traditional human doll head :/ I'm assuming Pipp is some kind of gimmick toy, so we'll likely see a more static version of her eventually.

I still really don't love this gen so far, oh well.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Funky-Little-Equines on May 03, 2021, 05:17:41 AM
I might just be in denial but I’m hoping that the figures we’ve seen so far are ‘the movie’ toys and hopefully a more traditional line of brushables will appear alongside the show/ later media tie-ins haha.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PinkieLopBun on May 03, 2021, 05:26:50 AM
I don’t like how mechanical Pipp’s toy looks. The wing and leg joints stand out too much for me. Too many separate pieces joined together rather than one seamless mold. If it weren’t for her reminding me of a robot pony instead of a pony, she’d be cute. The neck/head portion of Sunny bothers me as well. But I like how her legs are part of her mould versus separate.
I'm pretty sure that particular one is mechanical.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 03, 2021, 06:34:17 AM
I don’t like how mechanical Pipp’s toy looks. The wing and leg joints stand out too much for me. Too many separate pieces joined together rather than one seamless mold. If it weren’t for her reminding me of a robot pony instead of a pony, she’d be cute. The neck/head portion of Sunny bothers me as well. But I like how her legs are part of her mould versus separate.

Therein lies the problem with all jointed animal toys.

Ok, I'm home now and I can give my proper thoughts.
I'm very excited for the Pipp figure! She's my favorite character thus far and I really love this picture of her. It sells me on the face mold way more than Sunny's picture.
I like the dark silky hair and deep green eyes on Pipp. If I had to guess at least her symbol,  I'd say a castle or bed on a cloud?
Description and image in the spoiler. Don't look if you don't want to know for sure!
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It's a purple music note with a crown motif. The individual notes are white, and the bridge? part of the note are spiked like a crown is. You can see its sillhouette in the background here.
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...If that's really low res and you want to see it in better quality, here (https://g5mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Pipp_Petals/Gallery)'s Pipp's image gallery.

I don't consider a symbol a spoiler.  ^.^ Thank you BTW.

I really do not like how the manes are rooted more like a traditional human doll head :/ I'm assuming Pipp is some kind of gimmick toy, so we'll likely see a more static version of her eventually.

I still really don't love this gen so far, oh well.

They wouldn't hafta be that way, if Hasbro stepped away from thinking that equines have round, bloated heads.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TwinkleSnow737 on May 03, 2021, 09:06:56 AM
I was iffy on the g5 toys when they were first shown. I didn't care about the action figurey ones because I prefer brushable hair, but Sunny looked weird to me. She was shown from a better angle this time and kinda grew on me. But Pipp. Pipp. I think I'm super excited for g5 now. Pipp's toy is so beautiful, especially her hair. This might be in part because I love gimmicky ponies, though. Her soft, flappy wings are so lovely. I can't wait to get my hands on her.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on May 03, 2021, 10:15:35 AM
Pipp's toy is cute, but I really hope they make a non-articulated version of her. Articulated toys are the bane of my existence. They don't look as nice as a toy with clean lines, and if I give these to my kids, they will drive me nuts with them. We have these Toy Story figures where every joint moves, and my kids are constantly whining that they can't make the limbs go a certain way (because the joints got twisted around) and it makes me want to pull my hair out. My toys were always just one piece when I was a kid, and I managed to play with them just fine!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on May 03, 2021, 10:46:57 AM
Whoa, Pipp looks worlds better than Sunny. Hopefully we get more like that! Though her legs look kind of bloated...
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Post by: dragonfly on May 03, 2021, 04:04:50 PM
aww they're sweet
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Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on May 03, 2021, 08:40:49 PM
I'm sure we'll see plenty of non-articulated ones release! This generation's going to have to go for at least a few years and since these ponies we've seen so far are the main cast, they're of course going to have a variety of different releases. I hope we get to see the more regular brushable images soon! I assume both brushables we've seen so far are probably more "styling" sized ones?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on May 04, 2021, 03:26:15 PM
I think it's funny so many people prefer the Pipp toy to Sunny because they look the same to me but Pipp's hair style is hiding the head shape better. I suppose the eyebrow placement on Pipp is better too, though.
I think of the new main characters, based on design, I like Pipp the most so far. I hope they come out with some cuter, simpler toys because I do find them pretty cute in the movie images. I'm interested to see what their personalities will be. Pipp seems to be really into her phone based on both her intro animation and 1st toy having it.
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Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 04, 2021, 03:45:51 PM
I can't see myself buying either of them. I find Pipp's head shape no less bothersome then Sunny's.
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Post by: SaraMari on May 05, 2021, 07:40:12 AM
They both look uncanny, bizzare and generic. Like MLP, even G4, had a distinct look to them that you could just tell a part from other horse toy lines but these look like they could be made by anyone/be from any line

The heads are too close to human heads it makes me uncomfortable to look at, the hair being rooted only to the crown of the head does not help either. The necks are too long and placed weirdly with the head, the legs are not great either

I also don't like the "mechanical" look of pipp either but that comes down to cheapness in engineering
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on May 05, 2021, 10:03:54 AM
The heads are too close to human heads it makes me uncomfortable to look at, the hair being rooted only to the crown of the head does not help either.

Oh yuck, I can't believe I never noticed that about the hair rooting...you're right, it is just on top of their heads! I knew it had a humanoid hairline in the front, but until now I guess I just assumed it ran down their necks in a line like a mane, too. Ugh. Pass, unless they change this.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on May 05, 2021, 11:19:17 AM
I guess Pipp looks better from those pics (just not a fan of that orange colour Sunny is, something about it just bugs me, can't put my finger on it. I prefer Pipp's eyes too), but their faces are way too flat! They look too human, it's unsettling. Pipp's wings do look better here than in the animation though, and I like the feathered hooves. But yeah, these are a total pass for me. :/

Not a fan of the mechanics on Pipp either, but honestly I'm not a fan of toys like that in general, so that's not really anything specific to her.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SpacePinto on May 06, 2021, 06:15:32 PM
I hate to say it but as much as I didn't like its designs, at least G4 never dared to mess with their hair, it almost feels like they realized they cannot make their heads any less horse-like without actually making their faces concave, so they decided that the next best thing in their mission to take "Pony" out of "My Little Pony" would be to shrink their manes to the area of human scalp...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 06, 2021, 06:46:20 PM
I hate to say it but as much as I didn't like its designs, at least G4 never dared to mess with their hair, it almost feels like they realized they cannot make their heads any less horse-like without actually making their faces concave, so they decided that the next best thing in their mission to take "Pony" out of "My Little Pony" would be to shrink their manes to the area of human scalp...

G4 is no better in that regard.  They don't go down their necks and there's a big bald spot on their chihuahua heads from continuous receding hairlines.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on May 06, 2021, 07:44:38 PM
I'm not so bothered by the hair placement. Maybe I'm a G5 apologist, I dunno, but it reminds me of G3.5 and I like G3.5. I think the scalp-style works well for Pipp Petals and so long as it's thick enough, it should cover Izzy just fine for me. I'd like to see more pictures, of course, and maybe they'll adjust the scalps according to who the pony is. It does look like Sunny's has a bit more of a round hairline while Pipp's looks straight across, but it could be the angle.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SpacePinto on May 06, 2021, 08:20:28 PM
G4 is no better in that regard.  They don't go down their necks and there's a big bald spot on their chihuahua heads from continuous receding hairlines.

They don't? Oh, I though I saw a G4 toy somewhere with a long mane combed to the side, but then again I don't know much about G4 so I may have seen something wrong. Either way, even if they were shorter, at least they still sort of looked like horse manes instead of forming a horizontal hairline like a human doll, so it's still a downgrade for G5 in my eyes.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 06, 2021, 08:38:00 PM
G4 is no better in that regard.  They don't go down their necks and there's a big bald spot on their chihuahua heads from continuous receding hairlines.

They don't? Oh, I though I saw a G4 toy somewhere with a long mane combed to the side, but then again I don't know much about G4 so I may have seen something wrong. Either way, even if they were shorter, at least they still sort of looked like horse manes instead of forming a horizontal hairline like a human doll, so it's still a downgrade for G5 in my eyes.

They go back down their bulbous heads,  but  not their necks like a horse's. I see what you mean about the horizontal headline.
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Post by: lalalei2001 on May 06, 2021, 11:07:20 PM
Pipp looks cute, but Sunny's face looks blocky. I wonder what they look like when they're being played with!
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Post by: SpacePinto on May 07, 2021, 07:17:37 AM
They go back down their bulbous heads,  but  not their necks like a horse's. I see what you mean about the horizontal headline.

So pretty much, they went from actual horse manes to manes the length of human scalp, to human-like hairlines? Let's just hope that by G6 they still have tails...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 07, 2021, 08:23:11 AM
They go back down their bulbous heads,  but  not their necks like a horse's. I see what you mean about the horizontal headline.

So pretty much, they went from actual horse manes to manes the length of human scalp, to human-like hairlines? Let's just hope that by G6 they still have tails...

Ha!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TornadoLovesMelody on May 07, 2021, 12:46:41 PM
Not  fond of the ponies becoming predators... quite creepy and cheap looking.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on May 17, 2021, 05:00:11 PM
well grrr, I was trying to find the other G5 post because MLP's FB page updated their cover photo and we get all 5 characters in one shot
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TwilightStarshine on May 20, 2021, 03:16:42 PM
I see it both ways a little bit. Yes, toddlers and young kids like repetition, but it's the adults buying them the toys and no parent wants to spend money on the same thing repeatedly. (...) Once So I guess it just depends on who's doing the picking...the parents or the kids!

Older kids want more variety too, I think, at least I did. I remember when the SS ponies came out, my sister and I were annoyed that many of them were re-leases; we felt like we could cross Posey, Lickety Split and Gusty off our checklist because we already had those ones.

I agree, but I will once more offer my 'sad 80s/90s kid perspective' on this (I actually said the same a long time ago when Hasbro was pumping out one G3 re-release after the other). When I was a kid, most of the earlier G1s were no longer available in stores. I would have done anything to own either a NSS or SoSoft Magic Star, Wind Whistler or Buttons. I remember searching the shelves for them, asking the employees if they could order them from Hasbro. I managed to find other ponies of course- but not the early ponies or any of the fantastic euro variants that were actually sold in stores over here. 

:cloud:
 
Therefore, I would argue that re-releases are very important to children. A few re-releases each year are acceptable in my humble opinion because some children might discover MLP in year 6 rather than in year 1. However, I agree that unique additions to the MLP herd are most important if Hasbro wants to keep children interested. Furthermore, those unique releases are at the heart of MLP. I think G3 got it right when it comes to the proportion unique single releases and re-releases. I still have 3 (!!!) boxes full of Pinkie Pies and Mintys, and at least 5 or 6 Sunny Dazes and Sparkleworks, but most of the G3 ponies were unique (except all the Core 7 and G3.5 stuff of course).

I think it's funny so many people prefer the Pipp toy to Sunny because they look the same to me but Pipp's hair style is hiding the head shape better.

I noticed that as well.  ^.^ I think the hairstyle of Sunny is not particularly flattering for her face shape. The ponies look very, very cute if you style them with the face framing tendrils.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ponyprincess2021 on May 21, 2021, 05:23:56 PM
I would be okay with the body it looks a little weird though. But the head and the face are the worst part. They look similar to g3.5 which wouldn’t be a problem if the body actually fit with the head. It looks like they tried to give it a g2 body but then tried to put a completely different toy head on it. The hair doesn’t look good and the necks are too long. Also their heads look way too human to be actual ponies and it worries me for future pony generations.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Twizel on May 22, 2021, 10:22:38 AM
Psychotic. Anorexic. Giraffes. They will Murder you in your sleep.

Seriously, this is the stuff of my childhood nightmares.

Hard pass.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on May 23, 2021, 05:27:34 AM
Cute new plushes with brushable hair: https://playbyplaytoys.es/en/collection/my-little-pony-en/

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on May 23, 2021, 05:33:57 AM
Those are cute and actually look pretty horsey to me!

I see Hitch is already the Applejack of G5 and is going to get left out of everything.  :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on May 23, 2021, 06:19:43 AM
Cute new plushes with brushable hair: https://playbyplaytoys.es/en/collection/my-little-pony-en/

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I actually only like Izzy out of these because she looks way more normal than the other 3
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on May 23, 2021, 07:04:47 AM
The lack of pupils on Sunny and Pipp make them look kind of creepy, but yeah, they look so much more equine than any other G5 thing we’ve seen so far. I kinda like them!

Also, it seems like poor Hitch is gonna be left out of a lot of merch....
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ponyprincess2021 on May 23, 2021, 07:07:20 AM
Cute new plushes with brushable hair: https://playbyplaytoys.es/en/collection/my-little-pony-en/

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I really like these. They don’t look as terrifying as the toys and 2d art style.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on May 23, 2021, 07:57:18 AM
wow ya the plushies are nice!  somehow better than the brushables!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 23, 2021, 08:23:12 AM
I'd actually pickup Sunny and Moonbow. Why no Trailblazer? Pipp and Zipp look like long-legged,  cartoon piglets.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on May 23, 2021, 01:43:38 PM
Sunny's is the cutest imo, which is great, because she's my favourite of the bunch so far. :lol:

I hope we get BABs of these guys, I'd like to see Pipp's design done right. And maybe some Hitch love, too.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: CloudyGlow on May 23, 2021, 01:48:13 PM
The plushies are adorable. I already would like one. But they don't have Hitch!? What a bad joke
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on May 23, 2021, 02:32:38 PM
The lack of pupils on Sunny and Pipp make them look kind of creepy, but yeah, they look so much more equine than any other G5 thing we’ve seen so far. I kinda like them!

Also, it seems like poor Hitch is gonna be left out of a lot of merch....

I feel the opposite  :lol: I think the pupils make them look a little crazy and Sunny and Pipp look cute, anime-ish.
Pipp is looking to be my fav in everything I’ve seen so far.
And Hitch being left out is interesting and I guess not unexpected, the retail buyers probably don’t expect he will sell well. Let’s hope there more variety in the toy line after the movie ‘cuz mane 4 is gonna get boring real quick.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on May 23, 2021, 02:38:38 PM
i really like that sunny has her bag with her, and pipp has her tiara. tempted to actually get izzy!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on May 23, 2021, 04:20:11 PM
Oh those are cute!  I think the body shapes and the way they did the hooves are great.  I'm a fan of the "with-pupil" eyes, myself.  :lol:  Sunny stands out from the others due to the no-pupils and her eyebrows blending into her body color more than the others...hmm.  I liked her best in the other images we've seen, but here I think I like Izzy the best.  I like that we are continuing to see a unique eye shape for each character.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on May 23, 2021, 07:14:18 PM
They're cute! I'll probably get the entire set. :lol: Wish Hitch was there too.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Goanna on May 24, 2021, 12:53:44 AM
Oh those plush are adorable!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on May 24, 2021, 02:57:02 AM
They still suffer from their heads being placed too far back on their necks, but I think these are the nicest looking g5 toys revealed so far. Sunny looks the cutest imo, and she's usually one of my least favorites design-wise.

Hearing "Play by Play" gives me flashbacks to those horrendous Pokemon and Digimon carnival prize plush from 20 years ago 0_0 If it's the same company, they've really improved.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on May 24, 2021, 09:27:24 AM
And Hitch being left out is interesting and I guess not unexpected, the retail buyers probably don’t expect he will sell well.

Yeah, if they wanted him to have more merchandise, he could have been pink, blue...I love Salty's design, maybe something like that. His color scheme is fine and all, but a bit odd for a girls toyline.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on May 24, 2021, 09:41:18 AM
And Hitch being left out is interesting and I guess not unexpected, the retail buyers probably don’t expect he will sell well.

Yeah, if they wanted him to have more merchandise, he could have been pink, blue...I love Salty's design, maybe something like that. His color scheme is fine and all, but a bit odd for a girls toyline.

Why? He's not the only yellow/green/blue pony. (Unless he's orange,  then that is unusual.) Masquerade,  Magic Star, Meadowbrook, Baby Lilydrop,  Princess Skystar, Anchors Away, Baby Racer, Tall Tales, Wind Drifter, Cha Cha, and Teddy (G2), just to name a few.

There's nothing that says girls can't enjoy those shades. It's not odd at all,  and never stopped Hasbro before. Its nice to see that his colors aren't the tried and true blue/pink/white/purple like most of the new cast. And earth ponies have always had the widest variety of color combinations over any other species.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: bladed on June 17, 2021, 11:12:12 AM
i'm surprised nobody really complained about pipp's phone not being horsey or whatever lol. i think she's super cute in general, i wanna stroke those cute fluffy wings!! i like zipp's colourful wings too. i'm just a winged pony fan in general i suppose
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cartoon animals with phones just makes me think of jewelpet and how aggressively their phones (jewel pods) are featured because marketing, and i just got brainwashed into thinking it's funny/cute
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i hope hitch gets more merch and it's just a matter of early line inconsistency, he's not my favourite design ever but cmon
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 17, 2021, 08:21:49 PM
i'm surprised nobody really complained about pipp's phone not being horsey or whatever lol.

I think I remember seeing talk that a lot of bronies have a problem with it for... some reason....
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on June 18, 2021, 02:32:56 AM
Still no big reveal or news on the whole toyline? It's odd.
The G5 toys are supposed to be released in the summer, right?

You'd expect them to hype it up a little earlier than this, but nope. Maybe they've been working on redesigns of the brushables following the investor reveal?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PinkieLopBun on June 18, 2021, 04:13:53 AM
Still no big reveal or news on the whole toyline? It's odd.
The G5 toys are supposed to be released in the summer, right?

You'd expect them to hype it up a little earlier than this, but nope. Maybe they've been working on redesigns of the brushables following the investor reveal?
They're supposed to come out in August. Not sure there's much they can do to hype them up right now beyond what they've already done.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 18, 2021, 05:56:28 AM
Hmm...I thought they were supposed to come out in autumn?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 18, 2021, 08:28:55 AM
Hmm...I thought they were supposed to come out in autumn?

Fall toy reset typically happens in August, rather than fall itself.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 18, 2021, 08:40:38 AM
Hmm...I thought they were supposed to come out in autumn?

Fall toy reset typically happens in August, rather than fall itself.

Ah. Thanks for the insight.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: bladed on June 18, 2021, 10:04:51 AM
i'm surprised nobody really complained about pipp's phone not being horsey or whatever lol.

I think I remember seeing talk that a lot of bronies have a problem with it for... some reason....
i mean, i guess our traditional idea of a touchscreen isnt very hoof friendly, but i'd expect them to be more open to it? one of the early-early fandom memes was luna with a gameboy, lol
or maybe we're fine because its just a natural evolution of this :P
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: NovelNerd on June 18, 2021, 10:40:05 AM
They are a bit haunting to be honest, but the last generation looked odd to me as well
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Aquatic Neon on June 18, 2021, 10:43:01 AM
Can’t believe this hasn’t been posted yet.

https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/06/first-g5-playsets-appear-online.html?m=1
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on June 18, 2021, 10:50:32 AM
Can’t believe this hasn’t been posted yet.

https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/06/first-g5-playsets-appear-online.html?m=1

Oh those look fun!  I like the articulated legs, as a kid I definitely liked the few horse toys i had with movable legs.  I wish they had brushable hair but overall I'm happy with them.
Oh, and when I read the first part about Izzy's set I was picturing her as a mad scientist creating genetically engineered animals for an illicit pet black market.  :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: bladed on June 18, 2021, 10:52:04 AM
"(possibly slime)" oh dear!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on June 18, 2021, 11:04:47 AM
I really like these. :) I see some reused accessories but I can totally see these being tons of funs for little ones since there's a tangability...like, the slime is a good move. The stickers and pom poms, a little cheap but I can see parents supplying further pom poms for their kids.
The figures themselvels look very sweet! I feel like they should be smaller than three inches, but that's probably an excellent size for them. I do hope we will see brushables in this size in the future, but I'm very excited for these as is.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetNightmare on June 18, 2021, 11:18:59 AM
They look better then I expected, I personally would change the neck (I personally feel like the head is in a weird position, maybe if the neck was changed a bit and the head was longer it would looked nicer to me).
I really like the moving legs as well as the accessorises. They really look like they would be a fun toy for kids.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on June 18, 2021, 11:45:08 AM
The molds are pretty cute here and the gimmicks are fun too. I hope Izzy's is as close to what she does in the movie as Sunny's and she just plays Frankenstein with cute animals alone in the woods all day.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on June 18, 2021, 11:48:11 AM
i'm surprised nobody really complained about pipp's phone not being horsey or whatever lol.

I think I remember seeing talk that a lot of bronies have a problem with it for... some reason....
i mean, i guess our traditional idea of a touchscreen isnt very hoof friendly, but i'd expect them to be more open to it? one of the early-early fandom memes was luna with a gameboy, lol
or maybe we're fine because its just a natural evolution of this :P
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I think some of us were poking fun at the smartphone back when it first showed up ;) but yeah it's hardly the first time they've done stuff like this, haha.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 18, 2021, 12:08:17 PM
the new playsets are cute.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on June 18, 2021, 01:29:58 PM
Judging from the small pictures at least, I think the figures look nicer than the CG promotional images. Very interested in mad scientist Izzy  :whoa:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 18, 2021, 01:32:54 PM
I'd like to have the smoothie shop.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on June 18, 2021, 03:30:18 PM
I hope these aren't the standard line of G5 toys, MLP just isn't MLP without brushable hair. The playsets themselves are pretty cute though. Izzy seems to be an eccentric crafty kind of pony, and I'm all for that. I wonder if the flying Pomeranian mentioned in the press release will be her pet?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 18, 2021, 03:41:05 PM
I hope these aren't the standard line of G5 toys, MLP just isn't MLP without brushable hair. The playsets themselves are pretty cute though. Izzy seems to be an eccentric crafty kind of pony, and I'm all for that. I wonder if the flying Pomeranian mentioned in the press release will be her pet?

Well, if its any comfort,  we've seen a couple of toys with very luxurious looking hair.  I'm thinking they'll have many sizes of toys, with both proper and moulded hair.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on June 18, 2021, 08:57:36 PM
So excited for the smoothie playset!! It's so cute!

I like Izzy herself but her playset is less exciting. Though I do like the furniture.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on June 19, 2021, 12:56:38 AM
I'm not super fond of molded hair, but I have to have that Sunny! They're both really cute :D But the smoothie playset is adorable - and she has skates!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetNightmare on June 22, 2021, 02:47:04 PM
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on June 22, 2021, 03:08:51 PM
Princess Petals?  For some reason I thought that one had a different name...
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Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 22, 2021, 03:11:04 PM
Princess Petals?  For some reason I thought that one had a different name...

 :shrug: Perhaps they're still in the process of tweaking things around to their liking?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MOTOSTOKES on June 22, 2021, 03:18:20 PM
pipp petals and princess petals are the same character
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 22, 2021, 03:21:58 PM
Why so few ponies with actual hair?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on June 22, 2021, 03:58:36 PM
I believe Pipp Petals is called Princess Petals because she has something to do with being a pop star or something.
Both her and Zipp actually have a crown as part of their symbols
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetLemons on June 22, 2021, 04:06:45 PM
These are very cute but um...not really liking the implication that brushables are being phased out.......
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 22, 2021, 06:43:10 PM
These are very cute but um...not really liking the implication that brushables are being phased out.......

Yeah for sure. Initially it seemed like things would be fine but I very much dislike how we see a molded hair pony being shown in the photo for the playset. Really hate that.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetLemons on June 22, 2021, 07:16:10 PM
These are very cute but um...not really liking the implication that brushables are being phased out.......

Yeah for sure. Initially it seemed like things would be fine but I very much dislike how we see a molded hair pony being shown in the photo for the playset. Really hate that.

Exactly! I have no problem with molded hair ponies, but they should not be the entire focus of the line. They are the appetizer, not the main course. A pony ain't a real pony unless it's got soft brushable hair that comes with a cute (preferably pink in my taste) comb. But that Pipp singing doll that was shown off and the fact that these new ponies look like playsets and not individual singles gives me hope. We should know more soon, G5 will be hitting shelves in August so we'll probably hear more by Mid July.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 22, 2021, 07:40:23 PM
These are very cute but um...not really liking the implication that brushables are being phased out.......

Yeah for sure. Initially it seemed like things would be fine but I very much dislike how we see a molded hair pony being shown in the photo for the playset. Really hate that.

Exactly! I have no problem with molded hair ponies, but they should not be the entire focus of the line. They are the appetizer, not the main course. A pony ain't a real pony unless it's got soft brushable hair that comes with a cute (preferably pink in my taste) comb. But that Pipp singing doll that was shown off and the fact that these new ponies look like playsets and not individual singles gives me hope. We should know more soon, G5 will be hitting shelves in August so we'll probably hear more by Mid July.

Agree with you 100%. Hopefully these are just the hor douerves, and they did show us one normal pony first. I'm just waiting for the rest to follow.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on June 22, 2021, 08:07:54 PM
I don't like any of these at all. The head of the brushable Sunny looks like the head of a Lego guy (especially in the top picture of her where she's facing forward), and I can't unsee it now. I hope these aren't all they will be releasing.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 22, 2021, 08:27:02 PM
I don't like any of these at all. The head of the brushable Sunny looks like the head of a Lego guy (especially in the top picture of her where she's facing forward), and I can't unsee it now. I hope these aren't all they will be releasing.

 :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on June 22, 2021, 09:03:44 PM
G5 toys definitely not striking me the way G4 did, I just don't find them very cute. There's a lot of points that are harsh or awkward. Disappointing because the show designs aren't bad, just the toy translations aren't coming out well imo.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on June 23, 2021, 12:46:37 AM
Underwhelming is the word.  :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

You would think that the longer legs would make it easier to come up with more dynamic poses, but nope, just went for the basic straight stick legs.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on June 23, 2021, 03:22:36 AM
Kinda interested in the bird Hitch comes with cause it has the same color scheme as my budgie... lol

The clunky shoes are so funny they're charming. Concerned by the lack of brushable hair though >_<
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: bladed on June 23, 2021, 05:28:18 AM
the shoes are absolutely HILARIOUS lol, but please give us more brushables :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on June 23, 2021, 06:03:09 AM
the shoes are absolutely HILARIOUS lol, but please give us more brushables :(
THIS
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on June 23, 2021, 06:26:00 AM
Hasbro if you insist on giving us molded hair At Least make it Articulated!! 3+ points of articulation at a minimum… LOL


j/k brushables please
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: KarentheUnicorn on June 23, 2021, 07:05:11 AM
Ya know the great thing about G1 ponies, there wasn't a LOT of accessories when you bought one pony. You got a pony, a brush or comb, a sticker and a ribbon. They fit nicely in to your hand, especially if you were a little kid...but it was soft enough plastic that they were huggable and lovable. Then with the brushable hair, it made them more realistic.

I know from watching my younger relatives play...all that extra crap for small children and a little big older kids is going to get lost and on stepped on by mom and dad. I think the thing about the original MLP was that it was so minimalistic, sure, more accessories came out with playsets or some ponies might have had a few more things but honestly, those action figure looking ponies for the new line have a lot of 'junk' with them that little kids are just going to lose...and frankly at my age all that is just more tiny junk I don't want to deal with.

So it's a hard pass for me on the 'action' figure ponies from those images. I have to hope they'll look better in person, but they're just not for me and I doubt if I'm going to be buying my 4 year old cousin these ponies that come with SOoooooo much tiny junk. I would probably buy her a bigger one with brushable hair but she seems to like my G1 style ponies better anyway, she goes for them more than the other ponies I have in my collection when she visits me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on June 23, 2021, 07:23:41 AM
Ya know the great thing about G1 ponies, there wasn't a LOT of accessories when you bought one pony. You got a pony, a brush or comb, a sticker and a ribbon. They fit nicely in to your hand, especially if you were a little kid...but it was soft enough plastic that they were huggable and lovable. Then with the brushable hair, it made them more realistic.

I know from watching my younger relatives play...all that extra crap for small children and a little big older kids is going to get lost and on stepped on by mom and dad. I think the thing about the original MLP was that it was so minimalistic, sure, more accessories came out with playsets or some ponies might have had a few more things but honestly, those action figure looking ponies for the new line have a lot of 'junk' with them that little kids are just going to lose...and frankly at my age all that is just more tiny junk I don't want to deal with.

So it's a hard pass for me on the 'action' figure ponies from those images. I have to hope they'll look better in person, but they're just not for me and I doubt if I'm going to be buying my 4 year old cousin these ponies that come with SOoooooo much tiny junk. I would probably buy her a bigger one with brushable hair but she seems to like my G1 style ponies better anyway, she goes for them more than the other ponies I have in my collection when she visits me.

I agree. My favorites from G4 were the Styling Size.  I liked that even the ones with accessories didn't have an overwhelming amount of them.  An  outfit and a comb were about it.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 23, 2021, 07:40:52 AM
I wish they'd get some more use outta the SDCC Twilight/Retro Mane Six moulds, if they're gonna continue with the jawless monsters. Id buy these guys +anyone else that caught my fancy if they were on those moulds.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on June 23, 2021, 09:25:16 AM
Ya know the great thing about G1 ponies, there wasn't a LOT of accessories when you bought one pony. You got a pony, a brush or comb, a sticker and a ribbon. They fit nicely in to your hand, especially if you were a little kid...but it was soft enough plastic that they were huggable and lovable. Then with the brushable hair, it made them more realistic.

I know from watching my younger relatives play...all that extra crap for small children and a little big older kids is going to get lost and on stepped on by mom and dad. I think the thing about the original MLP was that it was so minimalistic, sure, more accessories came out with playsets or some ponies might have had a few more things but honestly, those action figure looking ponies for the new line have a lot of 'junk' with them that little kids are just going to lose...and frankly at my age all that is just more tiny junk I don't want to deal with.

So it's a hard pass for me on the 'action' figure ponies from those images. I have to hope they'll look better in person, but they're just not for me and I doubt if I'm going to be buying my 4 year old cousin these ponies that come with SOoooooo much tiny junk. I would probably buy her a bigger one with brushable hair but she seems to like my G1 style ponies better anyway, she goes for them more than the other ponies I have in my collection when she visits me.

I agree with all of this! There's just something about the way a soft-ish G1 pony fits and feels in a kid's hand. I've tried giving my kids G3 and G4 ponies, and they just don't take to them the way they do to G1 ponies, because of the way they feel. These hard plastic montrosities won't appeal to my kids, I can already tell.

Same about all those junky accessories getting lost or broken...the age group that these look to be targeted to is not known for its organizational skills. Don't get me wrong, I cherished my G1 pony accessories, but like you said, they were not so numerous, and they usually came with a playset (i.e. like the nursery) to contain them all in. Plus they were well-made back then.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: therainbowtroll on June 23, 2021, 09:49:01 AM
I can't wait to get my hands on some of these!  :lovey:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on June 23, 2021, 10:36:17 AM
I don't like the articulated legs :huh: I wanted to collect the Sunny figures (maybe Hitch if was a shade of orange but he's yellow now) and the actual brushable ones aren't bad, I agree about too many accessories though.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shrojjy on June 23, 2021, 10:57:56 AM
Every time I see new merch, I warm up to it a little more. I might grab Pipp and Zipp cause I looove the wings and the fact that Pipp has a pudgier body mold. Wish they were brushables though, and I'm hoping for a side character at least. It all feels similarly low-stakes to Y1 G4, I'll be curious to see what the post-movie line is like.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on June 23, 2021, 11:23:05 AM
So glad they're moving away from brushable hair - I love brushables, but hair quality has been consistently plummeting in recent years, with no sign of turning around. Nothing bothers me more than frizzy hair, so if Hasbro can't do brushable hair right, I'd rather them not do it at all. Plus, molded hair covers G5's oddly shaped heads and necks better than brushable hair, and makes them look more like, yknow, actual ponies. Also yay, Hitch toy!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on June 23, 2021, 02:16:39 PM
I love these! Like, actually really love them. I don't usually like molded hair, but dangit, I really like these!

I also think it's too early to say there's not gonna be brushables/fewer brushables. I'm not gonna be disappointed before we have a statement saying there won't be any ^^' there's been very few leaks, and we don't even have the movie trailer yet, right? so yeah... while I don't have massively high hopes there will be mostly brushables, I'm also not going to assume there won't be any/very few just yet :)

all in all I like this ^^ the accessories are great!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 23, 2021, 10:28:04 PM
So glad they're moving away from brushable hair - I love brushables, but hair quality has been consistently plummeting in recent years, with no sign of turning around. Nothing bothers me more than frizzy hair, so if Hasbro can't do brushable hair right, I'd rather them not do it at all. Plus, molded hair covers G5's oddly shaped heads and necks better than brushable hair, and makes them look more like, yknow, actual ponies. Also yay, Hitch toy!

There was a huge improvement in hair quality actually. The G4.5s ("cat ponies") had lovely soft hair! It improved so much with 2020. It's really disappointing to see such a drastically increased percentage in ponies with molded hair now after they improved their hair as much as they did last year. :/
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on June 24, 2021, 07:45:45 AM
I too am disappointed by the lack of brushables... hopefully they're just showing us the molded hair ones first and the brushables will come later. The first G4 set had molded hair too, right?

And I'm confused as to what Miss Petals' name is, too. Pipp or Princess? Or both? Princess Pipp Petals? Hm. I guess I like "Princess Petals" better than "Pipp".
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 24, 2021, 07:53:49 AM
I too am disappointed by the lack of brushables... hopefully they're just showing us the molded hair ones first and the brushables will come later. The first G4 set had molded hair too, right?

And I'm confused as to what Miss Petals' name is, too. Pipp or Princess? Or both? Princess Pipp Petals? Hm. I guess I like "Princess Petals" better than "Pipp".

Yeah, the first G4 release was a set of molded hair ponies. Hopefully this is a case similar to that and we end up getting more brushables. We know of two so far for G5 and both are larger styling sized ponies. I'd like some regular sized brushables as well!

I think Princess is a title (with her actually being a princess), with Pipp Petals being her actual name. Princess Pipp Petals. I wonder if even though they're sisters, that Zipp isn't a princess as well? They've not been referring to her as one at all, just by her regular name.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on June 24, 2021, 09:27:57 AM
My french friend says "Pipp" is a slang term for something, so maybe it's linked to that? That's the only thing I can think of unless marketing thought "Princess Petals" is gonna sell better.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 24, 2021, 09:35:54 AM
I too am disappointed by the lack of brushables... hopefully they're just showing us the molded hair ones first and the brushables will come later. The first G4 set had molded hair too, right?

And I'm confused as to what Miss Petals' name is, too. Pipp or Princess? Or both? Princess Pipp Petals? Hm. I guess I like "Princess Petals" better than "Pipp".

Yeah, the first G4 release was a set of molded hair ponies. Hopefully this is a case similar to that and we end up getting more brushables. We know of two so far for G5 and both are larger styling sized ponies. I'd like some regular sized brushables as well!

I think Princess is a title (with her actually being a princess), with Pipp Petals being her actual name. Princess Pipp Petals. I wonder if even though they're sisters, that Zipp isn't a princess as well? They've not been referring to her as one at all, just by her regular name.

Unless they're bringing mlp back to between 4-5 inches in the regular line?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on June 24, 2021, 11:31:42 AM
My french friend says "Pipp" is a slang term for something, so maybe it's linked to that? That's the only thing I can think of unless marketing thought "Princess Petals" is gonna sell better.

Isn't Pipp, or Pip (not sure which spelling) also an old nickname for Philip? At least that is the case in Great Expectations. Perhaps they decided it was too masculine sounding and thought it would be a hard sell for what looks to be a girly-girl pony.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on June 24, 2021, 01:34:13 PM
I've never seen it spelt "Pipp" before, just "Pip". That always bugged me about her name, the extra "P" just seems so unnecessary :P

It didn't seem masculine to me though. Maybe because my aunt used to have a (female) dog called Pip so that's where my mind goes first, idk. That and Pippi Longstockings.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 24, 2021, 01:37:26 PM
I've never seen it spelt "Pipp" before, just "Pip". That always bugged me about her name, the extra "P" just seems so unnecessary :P

It didn't seem masculine to me though. Maybe because my aunt used to have a (female) dog called Pip so that's where my mind goes first, idk. That and Pippi Longstockings.

Good point about Pippi Longstockings.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on June 24, 2021, 01:56:08 PM
If with one P it's short for Philip, with two it could be short for Philippa, the female version of the name. But then we're venturing into human names territory, & these are Ponies. (Yep, Izzy, that means you too)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on June 24, 2021, 02:37:52 PM
I too am disappointed by the lack of brushables... hopefully they're just showing us the molded hair ones first and the brushables will come later. The first G4 set had molded hair too, right?

And I'm confused as to what Miss Petals' name is, too. Pipp or Princess? Or both? Princess Pipp Petals? Hm. I guess I like "Princess Petals" better than "Pipp".

Yeah, the first G4 release was a set of molded hair ponies. Hopefully this is a case similar to that and we end up getting more brushables. We know of two so far for G5 and both are larger styling sized ponies. I'd like some regular sized brushables as well!

With G4, as much as the smaller brushables were better for space, the larger styling ponies were closer in size to regular G1 and G3 ponies. If the brushable Sunny (and Pipp) are around that size, I think it's a good size for brushables. I just hope we get more than just Sunny as regular brushable gimmick free ponies. I want Izzy and a Pipp without all the mechanical stuff that would make customization a pain.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on June 24, 2021, 10:17:27 PM
I fear the only brushables in G5 will be styling/fashion size. I hope I'm wrong but... This doesn't bode well. Maybe ponies are just action figures now.  :huh:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MOTOSTOKES on June 25, 2021, 01:38:11 PM
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 here's a new pipp brushable figure, found it on the mlp merch website
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on June 25, 2021, 01:55:59 PM
She's kinda cute. I like her headdress and her hair, her anatomy is pretty wack though. I wonder how big she'll be?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 25, 2021, 02:08:09 PM
She's kinda cute. I like her headdress and her hair, her anatomy is pretty wack though. I wonder how big she'll be?

I'm thinking at least 4 inches. Which is close enough to normal pony size.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on June 25, 2021, 02:40:20 PM
She's kinda cute. I like her headdress and her hair, her anatomy is pretty wack though. I wonder how big she'll be?

I'm thinking at least 4 inches. Which is close enough to normal pony size.

Both of the brushables are styling size.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 25, 2021, 02:43:48 PM
She's kinda cute. I like her headdress and her hair, her anatomy is pretty wack though. I wonder how big she'll be?

I'm thinking at least 4 inches. Which is close enough to normal pony size.

Both of the brushables are styling size.

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Then that makes them normal.  Since my Fashion Style is the size of my normal ponies. At least her head is. Her back is waaay shorter then theirs.

I really do like Pipp's glossy hair, fuzzy wings, and Roaring 20s headband.  If the hair is as nice as it looks, hooray!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetLemons on June 25, 2021, 04:06:58 PM
Coming to terms with the fact that Hasbro really is phasing out regular sized brushables for articulated ponies :/ Looks like I'll be skipping the G5 merch, which is a shame because I really do like the character designs
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 25, 2021, 06:34:31 PM
Coming to terms with the fact that Hasbro really is phasing out regular sized brushables for articulated ponies :/ Looks like I'll be skipping the G5 merch, which is a shame because I really do like the character designs

We don't know anything for certain.  :shrug:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on June 25, 2021, 06:52:11 PM
Well, I still don't like them sadly. The manes look nice but the tails on the in-box photos almost look like polypropylene :/
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 25, 2021, 07:01:21 PM
Well, I still don't like them sadly. The manes look nice but the tails on the in-box photos almost look like polypropylene :/

That's the stuff they used on the Avon ponies right? Out of curiosity,  how can one tell the difference between nylon and polypropylene? I've never had any of the avons, so I'm curious.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on June 25, 2021, 08:22:45 PM
Well, I still don't like them sadly. The manes look nice but the tails on the in-box photos almost look like polypropylene :/

That's the stuff they used on the Avon ponies right? Out of curiosity,  how can one tell the difference between nylon and polypropylene? I've never had any of the avons, so I'm curious.

It feels a little different. Some of the HQG1C ponies (but not all) have polypropylene. I'm not sure how you can tell the difference from a photo, though...I'd sure like to find out though so I can avoid it! I've heard it gets ratty pretty quickly/easily. I don't know for sure personally; the only pony I have ever owned that has it is an HQG1C and she's only been on display.

I had an Avon Jazzmataz...the pink stripe in her mane just ripped right off at the roots. I didn't realize that it was polypropylene, but there was definitely something different about that hair!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 25, 2021, 09:42:33 PM
Well, I still don't like them sadly. The manes look nice but the tails on the in-box photos almost look like polypropylene :/

That's the stuff they used on the Avon ponies right? Out of curiosity,  how can one tell the difference between nylon and polypropylene? I've never had any of the avons, so I'm curious.

It feels a little different. Some of the HQG1C ponies (but not all) have polypropylene. I'm not sure how you can tell the difference from a photo, though...I'd sure like to find out though so I can avoid it! I've heard it gets ratty pretty quickly/easily. I don't know for sure personally; the only pony I have ever owned that has it is an HQG1C and she's only been on display.

I had an Avon Jazzmataz...the pink stripe in her mane just ripped right off at the roots. I didn't realize that it was polypropylene, but there was definitely something different about that hair!


Ooh.  :shocked:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on June 25, 2021, 10:53:58 PM
She's kinda cute. I like her headdress and her hair, her anatomy is pretty wack though. I wonder how big she'll be?

I'm thinking at least 4 inches. Which is close enough to normal pony size.

Both of the brushables are styling size.

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Then that makes them normal.  Since my Fashion Style is the size of my normal ponies. At least her head is. Her back is waaay shorter then theirs.

I really do like Pipp's glossy hair, fuzzy wings, and Roaring 20s headband.  If the hair is as nice as it looks, hooray!

The problem is that styling ponies don't get as many releases. Unless something gets revealed that we haven't seen yet, the molded hair ponies have all 5 characters from the start while the brushable styling size have only two and one of them is gimmicky. We will likely have to wait a long time to get all of them in styling size with Hitch likely being the last and harder to find. And as for characters outside the Mane 5 that will take even longer.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TwilightStarshine on June 26, 2021, 10:40:45 AM
I really like them, but there are definitely points of improvement we might want to discuss down the road... Their short stature is still a point of concern for me personally. 4" is already really, really small. (Sorry G4s! :lol:) It's just a matter of preference for me, but I agree that younger children could have trouble with small accessories and increasingly smaller ponies. G1s and G3s were indeed plump and soft to the touch for those reasons. Even the G1 combs and G3 brushes were round and chunky.

I also think it's too early to say there's not gonna be brushables/fewer brushables. I'm not gonna be disappointed before we have a statement saying there won't be any ^^' there's been very few leaks, and we don't even have the movie trailer yet, right? so yeah... while I don't have massively high hopes there will be mostly brushables, I'm also not going to assume there won't be any/very few just yet :)

all in all I like this ^^ the accessories are great!

Agreed. I think it is wise to reserve judgment at this point. :nod: It's probably still too early to tell what the future will hold. This is only the first release so we might as well sit back and relax... The molded hair is definitely new, and perhaps this makes the G5 slightly more interesting as long as the G4 ponies are phasing out. Hasbro is on a molded hair spree as we speak (judging from the latest G4 releases). This could be just a transition phase.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: fuzzysherbet on June 27, 2021, 06:57:42 AM
I... really hope g5 isn't going to be mostly articulated ponies. I've never liked those. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on that brushable Sunny, though! I'm not toooo worried about g5 having barely any brushables yet, since g4 started out with molded manes too. Also, MLP has always been brushables, so I highly doubt Hasbro would stray too far from its roots there! Could be wrong on that, of course, but it's definitely too early to pass too much judgement... but I'm also really not feeling good about the amount of articulated ponies we're seeing already.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on June 27, 2021, 07:23:35 AM
Maybe Guardians of Harmony was much more successful than we think, and so Hasbro modeled that concept for G5?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on June 27, 2021, 03:24:43 PM
I always saw the giant talking Princess Celestias as a shelf sitters, but here we are again with a similar thing with Pipp. I feel like retail buyers and Hasbro like the gimmicks more than the consumers. I can see how something like that can seem appealing for parents or family to buy children as birthday or holiday gifts but I really wonder how well they do in reality because they did always seem to be really slow sellers around where I lived.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Star-Watcher on June 27, 2021, 05:05:04 PM
I was completely unaware of a G5 line until just a couple days ago when I found my way back to the Arena here.  That said, except for that purple one, there is just something not quite right with the faces.  I think the purple one's more luxurious and fuller mane helps make her look right.

However, I am declaring the jury of me to be out on these for now.  I would definitely have to see them in person to make a judgement one way or the other.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on June 28, 2021, 09:33:57 AM
I want styling size Sunny so BAD!! I wish she was already in stores!

I can't wait to start collecting these. The only one I'm not interested in right now is the flappy-wing singing Pipp but I usually avoid those gimmicks. I kinda hope we get some brushables just on their own with a comb but I know surprise boxes are the way of the toy market these days...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on June 28, 2021, 02:54:44 PM
except for that purple one, there is just something not quite right with the faces.  I think the purple one's more luxurious and fuller mane helps make her look right.
I agree. Pipp's mane covers her neck/sides of her face, so it hides the awkward bobble head thing they have going on.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 28, 2021, 03:47:35 PM
I want styling size Sunny so BAD!! I wish she was already in stores!

I can't wait to start collecting these. The only one I'm not interested in right now is the flappy-wing singing Pipp but I usually avoid those gimmicks. I kinda hope we get some brushables just on their own with a comb but I know surprise boxes are the way of the toy market these days...

I kinda wanna pet her wings. Hopefully they'll make lots of ponies with luxurious, silky hair. Although I do like the translucent hair look on Trailblazer and Moonbow.

I'm going to try to give these a chance. I doubt they'll be my favorites,  but I'm a bit more keen on them, then I was when 3.5 and G4 entered stores.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 28, 2021, 10:56:09 PM
I'm really hoping the hair on the rooted ponies is good! Hasbro stepped up their hair game a lot last year with the G4.5s, so I'm hoping it didn't dip back to late 2015-2019 quality hair.

Also really hoping we see an increase in the percentage of rooted hair ponies soon. The molded ones are alright but the rooted hair is definitely the main draw of MLP to me. Can't style molded hair...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 29, 2021, 07:13:34 AM
I'm really hoping the hair on the rooted ponies is good! Hasbro stepped up their hair game a lot last year with the G4.5s, so I'm hoping it didn't dip back to late 2015-2019 quality hair.

Also really hoping we see an increase in the percentage of rooted hair ponies soon. The molded ones are alright but the rooted hair is definitely the main draw of MLP to me. Can't style molded hair...

Here's hoping it's Basic Fun quality.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: brightberry on June 29, 2021, 02:12:06 PM
I think G5 looks alright.  I would have wanted some as a child. But, they don't really inspire the love I feel for G1 and I accepted years ago there will never be another generation that does.  As long as ponies always stay fun-loving and cute, I don't mind what they do with them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on June 29, 2021, 02:45:06 PM
I really like that Styling size Sunny! :D Hopefully I can get one.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mar1978 on June 29, 2021, 03:07:04 PM
I have seen a few people here refer to the brushable Sunny as styling size, does that mean she will be bigger size than the fashion style which are kind of similar to g1 adult size, sorry for the question I get them confused
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on June 29, 2021, 03:46:48 PM
I think Styling and Fashion style are the same thing? Aren't they? :lookround:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 29, 2021, 04:19:35 PM
I think Styling and Fashion style are the same thing? Aren't they? :lookround:

Yeah it's the same!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Errant_Harpy on June 29, 2021, 04:39:12 PM
Fan of brushables might not be out of luck just yet; there's a placeholder on the Wal-mart site for a set that seems to be brushables of the Mane 5:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MLP-MOVIE-3-IN-COLLECTION-PK/644721340
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mar1978 on June 29, 2021, 05:00:40 PM
there are 3 sizes of brushables in g4 actually, at least from what I have seen, not sure if more. The styling size is the bigger one, fashion style are the somewhat g1 size. This video shows size comparison, so which of the 3 would be similar to brushable Sunny do you think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brq2mCC7mys&t=107s
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on June 29, 2021, 05:04:33 PM
Fan of brushables might not be out of luck just yet; there's a placeholder on the Wal-mart site for a set that seems to be brushables of the Mane 5:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MLP-MOVIE-3-IN-COLLECTION-PK/644721340

OMG! Now thats exciting! I wonder if they'll look any different from the slightly posable molded hair figures (like the normal g4 figures compared to the articulated series)


there are 3 sizes of brushables in g4 actually, at least from what I have seen, not sure if more. The styling size is the bigger one, fashion style are the somewhat g1 size. This video shows size comparison, so which of the 3 would be similar to brushable Sunny do you think?

Ive been wondering about their sizes myself. I feel like these ponies are going to be between g4 and g3 in size so maybe the styling sunny will be around 8-10in?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on June 29, 2021, 05:12:45 PM
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Gen 5 castle
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 29, 2021, 07:43:53 PM
8-10 inches would be enormous Bekuno. That's roughly the height of a traditional sized Breyer. I doubt they'll be that big, and if they are, they'll be very pricey.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on June 29, 2021, 08:49:33 PM
8-10 inches would be enormous Bekuno. That's roughly the height of a traditional sized Breyer. I doubt they'll be that big, and if they are, they'll be very pricey.

In my defense I actually never developed the part of my brain that lets me measure without a ruler  :silly:

What I meant was maybe a little bigger than a G4 fashion size but smaller than the G4zilla or the sitting style ponies.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 29, 2021, 09:13:30 PM
Fan of brushables might not be out of luck just yet; there's a placeholder on the Wal-mart site for a set that seems to be brushables of the Mane 5:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MLP-MOVIE-3-IN-COLLECTION-PK/644721340

That's a relief for sure! I'll definitely be picking this set up then!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 30, 2021, 07:30:21 AM
8-10 inches would be enormous Bekuno. That's roughly the height of a traditional sized Breyer. I doubt they'll be that big, and if they are, they'll be very pricey.

In my defense I actually never developed the part of my brain that lets me measure without a ruler  :silly:

What I meant was maybe a little bigger than a G4 fashion size but smaller than the G4zilla or the sitting style ponies.

I never developed that part of my brain either.  ;)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on June 30, 2021, 07:57:50 AM
There's a Walmart listing for brushable Sunny that mentions the size:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MLP-RAINBOW-REVEAL-SUNNY/525701843

Figure scale: 6 inches. I believe that's the same as the ordinary fashion style G4s? :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 30, 2021, 08:10:02 AM
There's a Walmart listing for brushable Sunny that mentions the size:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MLP-RAINBOW-REVEAL-SUNNY/525701843

Figure scale: 6 inches. I believe that's the same as the ordinary fashion style G4s? :)

Okay, so wow. That's a pretty decent sized pony.


Here's a size comparison for you people. (Sorry, my Traditional Breyer wouldn't fit on the box.)
Stylin G3-At least 9 in. tall. Maybe 9 1/2?
Classic Breyer-6 in. tall
G1-5 in. tall
Fashion Style G4- roughly 5 in. tall at the head, shorter back
G3-4 in. tall

https://little-kunai-3.tumblr.com/post/655429422153875456/size-comparison

Okay, here's a comparison between G3 Stylin, Traditional Breyer and G4 Fashion Style. Its hard to tell because of the position Rhapsody's head and neck is in, but she's roughly the same size as Star Catcher.

Breyer Traditional-9 in. tall

https://little-kunai-3.tumblr.com/post/655431598809956352
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Star-Watcher on June 30, 2021, 08:48:28 AM
I do have to say that at least they got the tails positioned properly on the G5s.  What the heck were they thinking placing them so low on the G4s?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 30, 2021, 08:49:34 AM
I do have to say that at least they got the tails positioned properly on the G5s.  What the heck were they thinking placing them so low on the G4s?

Yeah, I'm grateful about that too.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on June 30, 2021, 04:36:28 PM
There's pic of the Walmart brushable set now! There weren't any yesterday when the listing went up.

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Hitch unfortunately doesn't get any hair. :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 30, 2021, 05:02:47 PM
There's pic of the Walmart brushable set now! There weren't any yesterday when the listing went up.

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Hitch unfortunately doesn't get any hair. :(

Zipp looks better with hair, instead of a paintbrush head. And hey Hasbro,  little girls won't be horrified if boy horses have long hair ok? Just ask the model horse industry. Cripes those tails are thin! What happened to the nice thick hair from before? Can we stick with that you cheapskates?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Star-Watcher on June 30, 2021, 05:08:24 PM
Star-Watcher agrees.  Nothing wrong with the boys having hair.  He would look silly otherwise.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on June 30, 2021, 05:25:25 PM
There's pic of the Walmart brushable set now! There weren't any yesterday when the listing went up.

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Hitch unfortunately doesn't get any hair. :(

Zipp looks better with hair, instead of a paintbrush head. And hey Hasbro,  little girls won't be horrified if boy horses have long hair ok? Just ask the model horse industry. Cripes those tails are thin! What happened to the nice thick hair from before? Can we stick with that you cheapskates?

Lack of paint on the CMs too. >_< I hate that. G3 Ponyvilles were puny and their CMs had the same amount of detail as the full-sized ponies. So what's the deal with the boring CMs on G5s? The Styling Size ones are fine, but not these... Did the poseables have properly painted CMs? I can't remember.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BubbleTea on June 30, 2021, 05:49:43 PM
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double unicorn  :P
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on June 30, 2021, 06:24:30 PM
I got excited for about 2.5 seconds until I saw that these all have the same vacant expression that doesn't capture their personality, and in some cases look nothing like themselves, especially Zipp (although I do agree she looks better with hair!). Thumbs down to no hair on Hitch. Those unicorn headbands are dumb.

One positive that I am seeing here, however, is that they look like they are rooted in a normal style; a line down the back of their heads/necks like an actual horse rather than a circular top-knot clump on the top of their heads.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 30, 2021, 06:29:18 PM
They have nice, horsey ears.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on June 30, 2021, 07:01:56 PM
I looove the hoof feathering :heart:

Don't their symbols... cutie marks, whatever, seem too far down the leg? It's a rump mark not a stifle mark.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on June 30, 2021, 07:55:15 PM
First word that comes to mind is...melty? They look so ill formed. Nice to see regular mane rooting though.


I hate these, oh well. Still have G4s I need and I'm still exploring the other gens, so this will be easy to ignore.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on June 30, 2021, 08:16:48 PM
They're so cute! It really sucks Hitch doesn't have a brushable mane. I hope hasbro has the guts to do so at some point during the G5 run.

Kinda annoyed the hooves aren't colored, I think I might paint mine  :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 30, 2021, 08:56:23 PM
Kinda annoyed the hooves aren't colored, I think I might paint mine  :lol:

That's a great idea! I'll probably do it with mine, too.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BubbleTea on June 30, 2021, 08:59:09 PM
The molded mane on Hitch bothers me so I made an edit:

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on June 30, 2021, 09:00:05 PM
Styling size Izzy on Walmart's site:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MLP-MOVIE-UNICORN-CHARMS-IZZY/193815980

The molded mane on Hitch bothers me so I made an edit:

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What we could have gotten....
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Minty_Magic on June 30, 2021, 09:23:10 PM
There's pic of the Walmart brushable set now! There weren't any yesterday when the listing went up.

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Hitch unfortunately doesn't get any hair. :(

Cute! Their faces still look a little off to me, but they are growing on me. I wish they had their stockings and blazes too…..why design the characters that elaborately if you have no intention of making the toys look similar?

I might be crazy but…I actually don’t mind Hitch’s molded hair. I love the glittery effect it’s got going on. Poor guy apparently doesn’t get to be part of the unicorn squad though lol, where is his headband? :p
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on June 30, 2021, 10:09:13 PM
I got excited for about 2.5 seconds until I saw that these all have the same vacant expression that doesn't capture their personality, and in some cases look nothing like themselves, especially Zipp (although I do agree she looks better with hair!). Thumbs down to no hair on Hitch. Those unicorn headbands are dumb.

One positive that I am seeing here, however, is that they look like they are rooted in a normal style; a line down the back of their heads/necks like an actual horse rather than a circular top-knot clump on the top of their heads.

I notice Trailblazer isn't invited to play unicorn.  The hair isn't down the neck,  just down the head like a G4's. I'll pick it up for Zipp. Those faces are so off-putting.  Now,  if only we could have Zipp with proper hair, and those big, colorful, pretty wings.  I wonder if I can head swap?


My kiddo saw Trailblazer and said his hair looked like sparkly bubblegum toothpaste.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on July 01, 2021, 12:08:30 AM
A simple styling of the hair can do a lot. SZ Izzy looks great with her curls draping around the body.

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It's a broken record by now, but still; same standard standing pose. Over and over again. Just why? At least one variation of it, was that really too much?

Anyway, I'm glad some people are really into them. And the little teases we got make the movie look promising!

EDIT: I just noticed Hitch's smaller head. It really fits in well with the slender body.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 01, 2021, 05:14:13 AM
Moar toys.
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3 inch $3 budget figures. Supposed to have one of each.
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Yes, this is a new playset. I know, I know.
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This is the only photo for "Singing fun and skate sunny" we have so far.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on July 01, 2021, 05:30:21 AM
Moar toys.
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LOVE the absence of plastic packaging!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 01, 2021, 06:25:46 AM
Moar toys.
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LOVE the absence of plastic packaging!

Am unsure if that's sarcasm?

Post Merge: July 01, 2021, 06:28:12 AM

A simple styling of the hair can do a lot. SZ Izzy looks great with her curls draping around the body.

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It's a broken record by now, but still; same standard standing pose. Over and over again. Just why? At least one variation of it, was that really too much?

Anyway, I'm glad some people are really into them. And the little teases we got make the movie look promising!

EDIT: I just noticed Hitch's smaller head. It really fits in well with the slender body.

She's pretty.

Moar toys.
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3 inch $3 budget figures. Supposed to have one of each.
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Yes, this is a new playset. I know, I know.
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This is the only photo for "Singing fun and skate sunny" we have so far.

Would be good for customs at that price point.

Why is giant Sunny a winged unicorn?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on July 01, 2021, 06:34:26 AM
 :huh: Not sarcasm.

Why is giant Sunny a winged unicorn?

Sunny promoted to Alicorn princess because she brought back magic and united the races, right off the bat :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 01, 2021, 06:51:34 AM
:huh: Not sarcasm.

Why is giant Sunny a winged unicorn?

Sunny promoted to Alicorn princess because she brought back magic and united the races, right off the bat :)

Ah, I was just unsure because its got the blister packaging for the accessories,  and I remember hasbro vowing to use less plastic packaging a while back.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 01, 2021, 07:23:23 AM
Those brushables look alright - they're not my style, but they're nicer than the other toys, and I do like the feathering - but WHY does the dude have molded hair?!?! What the heck, Hasbro?? It's bad enough most boy dolls don't get proper hair, don't start pulling that crap with ponies now! :( I know all the G4 boys had mohawks/troll hair/etc but at least they still HAD proper hair of *some* kind. How disappointing.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ponyprincess2021 on July 01, 2021, 07:29:41 AM
There's pic of the Walmart brushable set now! There weren't any yesterday when the listing went up.

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Hitch unfortunately doesn't get any hair. :(
I really don’t like the heads and faces on some of them. They look like their on the wrong toy body.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on July 01, 2021, 07:31:03 AM
Those brushables look alright - they're not my style, but they're nicer than the other toys, and I do like the feathering - but WHY does the dude have molded hair?!?! What the heck, Hasbro?? It's bad enough most boy dolls don't get proper hair, don't start pulling that crap with ponies now! :( I know all the G4 boys had mohawks/troll hair/etc but at least they still HAD proper hair of *some* kind. How disappointing.

That's definitely my biggest issue with these. I've got some others, but they're more minor in comparison. It's baffling to me that Hasbro would start doing this. Like the mohawks were annoying but at least the hair was hair in some way. Molded hair is fine in a line where everybody receives it, like the poseable ponies or the $3 budget ones, but giving the boy pony molded hair when all the girls have synthetic hair really sucks. :huh: This is the first time Hasbro have done that with ponies I think. I disliked the troll hair and mohawks but I'd still take those over this any day.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on July 01, 2021, 07:45:28 AM
MOLDED HAIR?  ewwwwww no
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: RoseNoire on July 01, 2021, 09:15:52 AM
Their face is such a mess. A stain on their decent bodies. Also, it's such a shame their wings are not open. At first glance, I thought they were all earth ponies. :(
Molded hair on Hitch....... :pout:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on July 01, 2021, 09:31:08 AM
I'm not sure about these brushables... Might get them just to give them more hair. Poor Hitch doesn't get any hair at all for some reason. They gave Zipp a long mane, no reason they couldn't give a long mane to Hitch too. And isn't Sunny supposed to have purple in her mane?

Not a fan of the super low cutie marks.

I do like their little horsey ears and I'm relieved to see brushables at all at this point. I also like how they tried to mimic Izzy's hair gradient by making her mane three-toned, instead of completely ignoring that aspect altogether.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 01, 2021, 09:45:52 AM
I don't know how to feel about Alicorn Sunny  :shocked: I hope that doesn't actually happen in the film.

The molded figures.. I hope they're cheap. I will likely give them pain jobs because I can already see how much detail is missing, its like those molded g4.5 figures at five below.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on July 01, 2021, 11:32:36 AM
I noticed the "budget" figures is lacking Izzy. Honestly I'd pick up the ponies as singles (primarily for future customizing), but I don't need all 5 at once (might be why I'm looking more at those "budget" ponies)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on July 01, 2021, 11:39:14 AM
Having all brushables and 1 molded hair figure is gonna drive me bonkers, so unless they rerelease Hitch with some luscious locks I'm gonna pass on the brushables. Not super impressed by the hair in the pictures, either, but I guess we'll have to wait til they hit stores to actually feel the quality. Those big, non-articulated brushables are gorgeous, though! If they make the whole 5 that way I'll definitely buy them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 01, 2021, 11:49:06 AM
Looks like a G4/G5 combo blind bag set is coming. Love the artwork of out mane 6 on the bottom right of the package!

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on July 01, 2021, 11:51:43 AM
The styling izzy is really cute, at least comparatively speaking! If they turn out to have nylon hair I'lll go ahead and grab her probably, fitting since the Fashion Style ponies are my favorites from g4 lol.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 01, 2021, 11:54:45 AM
Argyle STARSHINE?? Oh wow, I thought that name couldn't get any worse... x) Those words just don't go together! Not a fan of the overly long two-word names this gen in general, I think I've said that before, but geez! It just doesn't roll off the tongue nicely.

The art of the main 6 does look lovely from what I can see of it, nice variety of poses too! instead of the "generic stock standing pose" stuff that a lot of G4 packaging had.

...Oh dang I just noticed Trixie's there... aaaa... I've joked before "I always say I'm not interested in a new line, and then they go and put Trixie in it just to lure me in!" and then this happens XD oh man. Are those the G4.5 blind bag molds being reused again? They look familiar, but there's been so many new toys teased/revealed lately, it's hard to keep track of them all...!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 01, 2021, 12:10:39 PM
...Oh dang I just noticed Trixie's there... aaaa... I've joked before "I always say I'm not interested in a new line, and then they go and put Trixie in it just to lure me in!" and then this happens XD oh man. Are those the G4.5 blind bag molds being reused again? They look familiar, but there's been so many new toys teased/revealed lately, it's hard to keep track of them all...!

Yeah, seems they're just using the same blindbag mold. I'm personally not the biggest fan of the g4.5 bling bags but I do own a Celestia one just because. I'm not sure if it will stick forever though. With this collection and the Advent Calendar it looks like we'll be seeing it a while longer.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on July 01, 2021, 02:08:38 PM
Oh.

....oh.

 -_-

I'm genuinely excited for this new generation, the animated designs for the new ponies are beyond adorable and I'm just so happy to see ponies back in the limelight. But those brushables look rough. I hate having such a negative attitude before they've even been released, but boy oh boy, are those disappointing. I guess I can hope that as time goes on perhaps they'll re-vamp their designs, but if this is it, I might just have to pass altogether.

On the plus side, their Styling Size ponies so far do seem far superior! I really, really, really hope Hitch is included, and that they'll release Princess Petals with normal wings.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 01, 2021, 02:43:42 PM
These all look just so incredibly sad  :sad: Man... the molded hair action figures really do look better than the brushable set. Hitch and Zipp seem to have about the same hair length, why not give them the same type of hair?

They really couldn't even be bothered to come up with new molds for the mini figures?! I'm honestly baffled by the lack of effort here.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 01, 2021, 03:14:03 PM
These all look just so incredibly sad  :sad: Man... the molded hair action figures really do look better than the brushable set. Hitch and Zipp seem to have about the same hair length, why not give them the same type of hair?

They really couldn't even be bothered to come up with new molds for the mini figures?! I'm honestly baffled by the lack of effort here.

I agree about the PL moulds.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on July 01, 2021, 07:34:53 PM
I think I’ll try to get the one “best” small brushable of each character.

I suspect I’ll feel different after seeing a few episodes or the movie. I find I’m somewhat forgiving of toy oddities if the characters are great.

Maybe thats what hasbro is banking on?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 01, 2021, 09:29:55 PM
I see they're continuing some of their mistakes with boring poses and any non core character being relegated thus far to blind bags.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 02, 2021, 01:05:21 AM
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This is making me giggle. She kinda reminds me of a Ducktales kid. Or a piggy?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 02, 2021, 06:09:19 AM
To me the real test for MLP coming back towards normal again, will be lots of different pony characters with proper hair, and at least most of them easy enough to get.  If they can't be bothered to do that, I'll just get the few I've got my eye on, and be done with this gen. I'll probably do that anyway,  because I cannot get over their face and head shape. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 02, 2021, 06:22:33 AM
I'm not of a fan of the molded maneand tail on Hitch. Also their marks seem a bit low to me. 


Ponnyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 02, 2021, 06:39:09 AM
I refuse to touch the blind bags, because I thoroughly despise the Pony Life moulds. It's like Hasbro heard every complaint people made, and conspired to bring it to life. Why do they hafta foist it on this new generation? I don't think it sold very well.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on July 02, 2021, 09:08:58 AM
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This is making me giggle. She kinda reminds me of a Ducktales kid. Or a piggy?

I agree with the pig thing.  For some reason the Hitch toy makes me think of Link Hogthrob from Pigs in Space.  I'm not sure if it's the ears, the hair or the smile that makes me compare the two...

On second look it might be the eyebrows and jawline on him.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 02, 2021, 09:25:34 AM
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This is making me giggle. She kinda reminds me of a Ducktales kid. Or a piggy?

I agree with the pig thing.  For some reason the Hitch toy makes me think of Link Hogthrob from Pigs in Space.  I'm not sure if it's the ears, the hair or the smile that makes me compare the two...

On second look it might be the eyebrows and jawline on him.

:lmao:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 02, 2021, 11:01:08 AM
You know, the more I look at not-brushable-brushable Hitch the more bothered I am by his head mold, like... it kinda looks like he doesn't have teeth?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on July 02, 2021, 12:42:44 PM
You know, the more I look at not-brushable-brushable Hitch the more bothered I am by his head mold, like... it kinda looks like he doesn't have teeth?
His jaw is just larger with the closed mouth, which honestly reminds me of Mr. Cake from FiM
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 02, 2021, 12:53:14 PM
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This is making me giggle. She kinda reminds me of a Ducktales kid. Or a piggy?

:biggrin: she does look like a DuckTales char! I knew she reminded me of something.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Sapphire-Light on July 02, 2021, 03:41:38 PM
I only like the big styling ponies, but not the other as the faces look too flat like a printed sticker  -_-
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 02, 2021, 07:39:19 PM
Oh my goodness, I think I just found the funniest and strangest MLP branded thing ever for G5...

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It's a Mini Quad with a brushable Sunny on the front and it spits bubbles out the back when in use!!  :lol: :lol:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097V23S2L?&linkCode=sl1&tag=equestr-20&linkId=7e38cf459c0052a2c2eaae7efb51f3ec&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097V23S2L?&linkCode=sl1&tag=equestr-20&linkId=7e38cf459c0052a2c2eaae7efb51f3ec&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 02, 2021, 09:21:13 PM
Oh my goodness, I think I just found the funniest and strangest MLP branded thing ever for G5...

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It's a Mini Quad with a brushable Sunny on the front and it spits bubbles out the back when in use!!  :lol: :lol:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097V23S2L?&linkCode=sl1&tag=equestr-20&linkId=7e38cf459c0052a2c2eaae7efb51f3ec&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097V23S2L?&linkCode=sl1&tag=equestr-20&linkId=7e38cf459c0052a2c2eaae7efb51f3ec&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)


I love how she's crossing her legs. Lol that is funny.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on July 03, 2021, 12:49:29 AM
Oh my goodness, I think I just found the funniest and strangest MLP branded thing ever for G5...

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It's a Mini Quad with a brushable Sunny on the front and it spits bubbles out the back when in use!!  :lol: :lol:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097V23S2L?&linkCode=sl1&tag=equestr-20&linkId=7e38cf459c0052a2c2eaae7efb51f3ec&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097V23S2L?&linkCode=sl1&tag=equestr-20&linkId=7e38cf459c0052a2c2eaae7efb51f3ec&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

LOL. When rollerscates just aren't enough, there's always a quad.

But seriously: The head, the neck, the face... *this* is a nice figure sculpt!

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on July 03, 2021, 05:38:08 AM
wow youre right! that face sculpt is amazing!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 03, 2021, 06:01:34 AM
Huh you're right, that Sunny does look nicer than the toys revealed so far. Hasbro, move over, leave the toy design to... Huffy?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 03, 2021, 09:29:53 AM
She still looks like she has a roundish face, and a stubby muzzle to me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on July 03, 2021, 01:55:24 PM
I want the quad in adult size, please :D
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: bladed on July 04, 2021, 03:22:01 AM
She still looks like she has a roundish face, and a stubby muzzle to me.
what do you expect...? just because it's nice & g5 doesn't mean it's returning to an old gen style.

i think she looks cute, too! how many mini quads will be sacrificed for her head?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 04, 2021, 07:14:05 AM
She still looks like she has a roundish face, and a stubby muzzle to me.
what do you expect...? just because it's nice & g5 doesn't mean it's returning to an old gen style.

i think she looks cute, too! how many mini quads will be sacrificed for her head?

They were saying she looks nicer. I disagreed and said she looked the same. So what's your issue with such a simple statement?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 04, 2021, 11:46:11 AM
XD I love it. I agree the head does look good/nice quality, weird legs though.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Harmonie on July 04, 2021, 01:37:18 PM
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This is making me giggle. She kinda reminds me of a Ducktales kid. Or a piggy?

Ughhhh

I want to like these so bad, but when I look at that, I just can't.  :sad:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 04, 2021, 03:07:49 PM
I like the figure on the mini quad but the way her legs are positioned are strange.



Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on July 04, 2021, 05:17:14 PM
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This is making me giggle. She kinda reminds me of a Ducktales kid. Or a piggy?

Ughhhh

I want to like these so bad, but when I look at that, I just can't.  :sad:

Honestly ponies always looked weird head on.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Star Catcher on July 05, 2021, 05:20:29 AM
I hope this link is ok.
Someone has found the castle playset and posted a bunch of pictures!

https://twitter.com/ponbonbonpon/status/1411872013011099651?s=19 (https://twitter.com/ponbonbonpon/status/1411872013011099651?s=19)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 05, 2021, 07:13:09 AM
They're smaller then I'd hoped.   :huh:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Harmonie on July 05, 2021, 07:56:57 AM
They're smaller then I'd hoped.   :huh:

Right? This generation's toys are quickly becoming a hard pass for me.  :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 05, 2021, 08:32:09 AM
Eh, they're 3-inches, just like they said they would be.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on July 05, 2021, 09:17:03 AM
No brushy hair, no interest from me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on July 05, 2021, 09:47:09 AM
I wonder if they're the same size as the brushables. That does seem really really small. Ah well. I've always got my old ponies.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 05, 2021, 10:08:25 AM
The pics on that twitter were fun to look at. The stickers are pretty cute! But oof, that color difference in the Pipp figure's head and body...

I don't mind the small size personally.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Star Catcher on July 05, 2021, 03:05:06 PM
I don't mind the small size myself. (Less space they have to take up.)
However the toy/plastic does come off as cheap to me...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TwilightStarshine on July 05, 2021, 04:16:05 PM
I don't mind the small size myself. (Less space they have to take up.)
However the toy/plastic does come off as cheap to me...

That's one of my primary concerns as well. The more I look at the pictures, the more Pipp looks like a cheap McDonalds toy. :yikes:

Sigh, MLP's quality just took a nosedive...  -_- We know Hasbro is capable of producing beautiful ponies without those cheap looking seams. I hope Hasbro will pick quality over quantity. I would rather have 5 beautiful new ponies than multiple re-releases that are all of mediocre quality at best. (And I don't think a gazillion neat accessories can compensate...)

I do not mind small ponies either, but 4-4.5" is already very small for young children. Younger children might have trouble handling ponies that are only 3" tall and relatively thin like Pipp. Just look at Fluttershy: she looks like a bulky giant compared to Pipp! That's just crazy! :D Another concern is that a lot of people own G4 ponies. It makes more sense to make G5 at least as tall as G4. I doubt G4 will be able to use the slide because of the size difference.

The castle looks better than I expected though.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on July 05, 2021, 05:58:39 PM
The ponies just get smaller and cheaper looking with every generation, don't they? Unless Hasbro steps up their game, the only ponies from this gen I'm interested in so far are the styling Sunny and Izzy.

Also, I just noticed that their cutie marks are so far down on their flanks, and they're scaled so small. It looks so wrong! And on the brushables, they have less colors than the official designs do. Hasbro should be embarrassed that they're pumping these fakie-quality toys out.

The unicorn party set emphasizes the weirdest thing about this generation so far--that even though Hasbro is marketing unicorns like crazy, there's only one unicorn in the main cast, and Alphabittle's the only other named unicorn in the movie. You'd think with the unicorn craze that all the toy companies are jumping on, there'd be greater unicorn representation in this gen.

And why does Izzy need two horns?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 05, 2021, 08:13:02 PM
I like Sunny's symbol,  I just wish she was paired with more unique hair colors. Orange/purple/pink is so overdone.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Goanna on July 05, 2021, 11:10:46 PM
I also don't mind smaller sized ponies (as a kid I loved tiny things!), IF they look nice. Those comparison pictures... oof the quality doesn't look good at all, sadly :(

The quad bike is one of the most random merch pieces I've ever seen, that's so amazing xD
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on July 06, 2021, 05:46:41 AM
I agree with the McDonald's toy comparison!

And smaller than G4 even...? No wonder they come with so many accessories; they have to fill the box with something!

Btw, isn't that joint on the hind leg a little low? (i believe it's called a hock?)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 06, 2021, 07:31:54 AM
Yeah, I don't get the unicorn thing, either. Why not just make them all unicorns instead of giving everyone a unicorn headband?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on July 06, 2021, 08:35:58 AM
I'm wondering if the shade difference is because she's translucent and has darker colored hair.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on July 06, 2021, 08:51:42 AM
I suppose they could be used as baby ponies for G1/G3...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on July 06, 2021, 08:55:33 AM
I suppose they could be used as baby ponies for G1/G3...

Lol, or their toys :)

All of a sudden I'm thinking of possible G5 babies... Imagine Hasbro simply using blind bag molds for those  :cry:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 06, 2021, 12:34:19 PM
I suppose they could be used as baby ponies for G1/G3...

Lol, or their toys :)

All of a sudden I'm thinking of possible G5 babies... Imagine Hasbro simply using blind bag molds for those  :cry:

Wouldn't put it past them... man I JUST can't get over the fact that they're reusing previous gen molds for their mini figures, can it even be considered a fully brand new gen when they do?!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 06, 2021, 01:13:45 PM
They used bb sized ponies for babies in G4. This wouldn't surprise me in G5 in the least.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 06, 2021, 02:06:15 PM
Yeah, I can't get over them reusing the blind bags, either. I know they reused some G3 Ponyville accessories for G4, but that's one thing (heck, they've always done that, didn't one of the G1 stereos get used for Jem too? And I know G2 reused at least one G1 AND LPS playset). I mean, I understand that, why bother making a new little present mold when you've already got a perfectly good one that's the same scale as the new toys. But reusing the actual PONY molds across gens?!? That's just... it just feels weird, and it's silly, G4.5 and G5 have different art styles. :/ I can't really figure out exactly how to explain why it bugs me, it just does.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on July 06, 2021, 06:59:23 PM
I can't believe after all our theorizing about how CGI animated ponies were going to make it possible for interesting additional markings like socks and blazes, and then we finally see the characters and indeed they do have some nice horsey markings! ....after all that, none of it appears on the actual TOYS. Wow.

I shouldn't be surprised by Hasbroken by now.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on July 07, 2021, 03:33:16 AM
I can't believe after all our theorizing about how CGI animated ponies were going to make it possible for interesting additional markings like socks and blazes, and then we finally see the characters and indeed they do have some nice horsey markings! ....after all that, none of it appears on the actual TOYS. Wow.

I shouldn't be surprised by Hasbroken by now.
That's such a good point! But the direction they took with G4 definitely made it seem like MLP is just done being a toy-first franchise. So if your character designs are too expensive to accurately represent as toys? Don't change them, or even bother trying. I bet that's Hasbro's mindset. >_<
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on July 07, 2021, 06:46:37 AM
Did any of the other generations come so close together?  I mean the time between each pair of generations.  It feels like g4-g4.5-g5 are right up against each other.  That might be one reason they didn't dramatically change the pony designs and sizes?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 07, 2021, 07:04:13 AM
Did any of the other generations come so close together?  I mean the time between each pair of generations.  It feels like g4-g4.5-g5 are right up against each other.  That might be one reason they didn't dramatically change the pony designs and sizes?

G3/G3.5/G4/G4.5 and G5 is coming hot on the heels of G4s end.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on July 07, 2021, 08:30:26 AM
Did any of the other generations come so close together?  I mean the time between each pair of generations.  It feels like g4-g4.5-g5 are right up against each other.  That might be one reason they didn't dramatically change the pony designs and sizes?

Ever since G3 Hasbro realized it was better to keep a brand running ala Barbie than to keep having to come up with new ideas that may or may not be successful.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on July 07, 2021, 09:56:38 AM
Did any of the other generations come so close together?  I mean the time between each pair of generations.  It feels like g4-g4.5-g5 are right up against each other.  That might be one reason they didn't dramatically change the pony designs and sizes?

I think the only notably long gap between generations was between G1 and G2. In the US there was years between G2 and G3 as well due to G2 not being successful enough here, but not in Europe. Production has been pretty consistent for MLP ever since G2 began in 1997. I don't think there's been any notable gap in Hasbro producing ponies since then. G2 ended in 2003, G3 began the same year. G3 immediately transitioned into G3.5, G3.5 into G4, G4 into G4.5, and now G4.5 into G5. Ever since 1997 ponies have consistently been released by Hasbro.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 09, 2021, 09:06:51 AM
Guys!! I found Izzy!

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She rang up as $14.97, obviously put in the wrong spot though. She is so CUTE. Her hair is very soft and good quality, and she's a good size for a styling pony too. I'm going to send off some photos to the news sites, but if anyone wants me to post additional pictures and info here let me know what you want to see!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 09, 2021, 09:27:30 AM
Ugh you're so lucky! Bekuno, can I please post this on my G5MLP Instagram?
I'd love to see pictures of her rooting!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 09, 2021, 09:46:35 AM
Guys!! I found Izzy!

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She rang up as $14.97, obviously put in the wrong spot though. She is so CUTE. Her hair is very soft and good quality, and she's a good size for a styling pony too. I'm going to send off some photos to the news sites, but if anyone wants me to post additional pictures and info here let me know what you want to see!

So soon? Whoa! Where at Bekuno? I'd like to see more photo posts and info when you have the time please?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 09, 2021, 10:06:32 AM
Ugh you're so lucky! Bekuno, can I please post this on my G5MLP Instagram?
I'd love to see pictures of her rooting!

Of course! Please share any photos you like. I also sent in pics and info to MLPMerch and EQD. I found her at a Walmart here in Texas. I'm in the Houston area but closer to the gulf.

Here's some photo spam!!


Rooting, her rooting is very interesting. Her roots are done horizontal, the holes are very small and uneven, and I counted I think 11 lines?
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Size comparison! She's bigger than a G4 styling size but smaller than a G4zilla
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Accessories. This threw me off a lot. Her comb, the flower braid, and two large gems are outside the packaging and the rest are in that weird box next to her. Wehn I popped the box off, everything else was wrapped up very tight and small into tissue paper wrapped with tape. The "flowers" are fabric, and you use the small gems to secure them in place.
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 09, 2021, 10:08:29 AM
Ugh you're so lucky! Bekuno, can I please post this on my G5MLP Instagram?
I'd love to see pictures of her rooting!

Of course! Please share any photos you like. I also sent in pics and info to MLPMerch and EQD. I found her at a Walmart here in Texas. I'm in the Houston area but closer to the gulf.

Here's some photo spam!!


Rooting, her rooting is very interesting. Her roots are done horizontal, the holes are very small and uneven, and I counted I think 11 lines?
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Size comparison! She's bigger than a G4 styling size but smaller than a G4zilla
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Accessories. This threw me off a lot. Her comb, the flower braid, and two large gems are outside the packaging and the rest are in that weird box next to her. Wehn I popped the box off, everything else was wrapped up very tight and small into tissue paper wrapped with tape. The "flowers" are fabric, and you use the small gems to secure them in place.
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Ooh cute! And yeah, that rooting is very weird. Thank you Bekuno.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 09, 2021, 10:11:55 AM
Thanks so much! :lovey:
The flowers are interesting considering tie-dye is not part of her presence so far.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 09, 2021, 10:14:52 AM
This is the first time I've ever found something so early, the G4 toys at my store aren't even on clearance yet. I'm one of the folks who usually gets stuck waiting for weeks/months for things to show up locally, if at all. Had that issue a lot in G4  and the G1 repos :pout:

I'm a vendor at this store until I quit by summers end, if I spot anyone else I'll be sure to share.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 09, 2021, 10:19:03 AM
Oh, how's the hair quality?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 09, 2021, 10:43:12 AM
Oh, how's the hair quality?

I'm not super sure how to describe it, but it's very soft. To me, personally, it's good quality. It's better than the latter half of G4 for sure. The hair was tied with the little bands and not those plastic clasps, so it's very smooth and doesn't need much alteration right out of the package. I'm surprised they seemed to put some effort into styling it a bit, it curls nicely at the bottom too.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 09, 2021, 10:45:52 AM
Wow, how exciting! Thank you for sharing. Her colors are so pretty!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SpacePinto on July 09, 2021, 10:50:24 AM
Rooting, her rooting is very interesting. Her roots are done horizontal, the holes are very small and uneven, and I counted I think 11 lines?
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This is literally human hair on a horse :( (well, human hair of someone suffering from radiation poisoning) And I hate to say it, but looking at the comparison photo made me realize that G4 toys actually looked much better, because while the head may have looked weird, at least the body was overall well-proportioned, whereas the G5 looks like a child's first attempt at drawing a quadruped animal.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 09, 2021, 10:58:16 AM
Rooting, her rooting is very interesting. Her roots are done horizontal, the holes are very small and uneven, and I counted I think 11 lines?
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This is literally human hair on a horse :( (well, human hair of someone suffering from radiation poisoning) And I hate to say it, but looking at the comparison photo made me realize that G4 toys actually looked much better, because while the head may have looked weird, at least the body was overall well-proportioned, whereas the G5 looks like a child's first attempt at drawing a quadruped animal.

Uhh what? A giant ping pong ball on a skinny body is well proportioned? These aren't well proportioned either mind you, but to say G4 is...is baffling.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 09, 2021, 12:38:12 PM
No, I see what SpacePinto means, I think it's the body that looks so weird on G5s. Looks more like a dachshund body, doesn't quite fit with the head if that makes sense.
G4s are stylized too but in a way that all fits together better? This one's head and body look fine seperately but don't *quite* go together? Not sure how to put it.
(Admittedly, it could just be that I'm used to G4s by now)

Anyway, wow, congrats Bekuno!! Can't believe G5s are in shops already! I thought it'd be closer to the end of the month at *least* before any popped up. Her hair does look lovely, though wow that rooting is odd. I do love the colours they picked for her, very nice.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 09, 2021, 01:07:03 PM
No, I see what SpacePinto means, I think it's the body that looks so weird on G5s. Looks more like a dachshund body, doesn't quite fit with the head if that makes sense.
G4s are stylized too but in a way that all fits together better? This one's head and body look fine seperately but don't *quite* go together? Not sure how to put it.
(Admittedly, it could just be that I'm used to G4s by now)

Anyway, wow, congrats Bekuno!! Can't believe G5s are in shops already! I thought it'd be closer to the end of the month at *least* before any popped up. Her hair does look lovely, though wow that rooting is odd. I do love the colours they picked for her, very nice.

Both 4 and 5 are ill proportioned.  Nothing fits quite right on either of them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 09, 2021, 01:07:27 PM
Coming in to share a few more new items!

Styling Head Sunny that matches the G4 molds
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Plush "Sing and Glow" Izzy with a light up horn that talks and sings a song called "Fit Right In"
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If you want to hear the song, though rather roughly through toy speakers, you can check out this twitter video where someone has her already!
https://twitter.com/ceo_idc_haha/status/1412770832980627456 (https://twitter.com/ceo_idc_haha/status/1412770832980627456)


A few more notes about the Izzy I picked up today, but she has a very firm plastic body and softer plastic head for the sake of rooting. Her symbol is only on one side.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 09, 2021, 01:11:21 PM
Coming in to share a few more new items!

Styling Head Sunny that matches the G4 molds
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Plush "Sing and Glow" Izzy with a light up horn that talks and sings a song called "Fit Right In"
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If you want to hear the song, though rather roughly through toy speakers, you can check out this twitter video where someone has her already!
https://twitter.com/ceo_idc_haha/status/1412770832980627456 (https://twitter.com/ceo_idc_haha/status/1412770832980627456)


A few more notes about the Izzy I picked up today, but she has a very firm plastic body and softer plastic head for the sake of rooting. Her symbol is only on one side.

Those are some shiny, shiny locks.

So do you think re rooting would be easier to do with the softer plastic heads?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on July 09, 2021, 01:44:23 PM
Omg sitting Sunny is SO CUTE!

And Bekuno - thanks so much for sharing the pics of Izzy! Especially the size comparison. I'm SO excited to get her in the future :D I actually don't mind the hair. She's gonna be on display, and have her hair styled anyway,in my collection. (I am also guilty of doing similar plugs for fringes on some of my older custom ponies, too. weren't they quite popular for a while? like kkind of in a bouffant fringe style)  Hearing it feels soft and nice quality makes me happy ^^ Will you try styling it, or are you keeping it as it is out of box?

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 09, 2021, 02:30:25 PM
Pretty fun new additions, but more reusing of G4 molds really upsets me. At least the head mold is new, I think? Compare with G4 here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084XDB94X/ (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084XDB94X/)

I definitely prefer Sunny's head. Her muzzle area reminds me a bit of G1 baby ponies. I think she's quite cute, one of the cutest G5 toys revealed so far.

The new Izzy plush frightens me a bit for some reason lol, but I do like the plastic eyes, makes me nostalgic for older plush toys.

No, I see what SpacePinto means, I think it's the body that looks so weird on G5s. Looks more like a dachshund body, doesn't quite fit with the head if that makes sense.

Oh!! You nailed it with the dachshund comparison. Something's been bugging me about the G5 bodies that I wasn't quite able to put my finger on but I think that's it.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SpacePinto on July 09, 2021, 03:10:38 PM
Uhh what? A giant ping pong ball on a skinny body is well proportioned? These aren't well proportioned either mind you, but to say G4 is...is baffling.

Well, maybe not exactly well proportioned for a MLP toy, but at least it could more or less pass for a stylized cartoony animal, whereas the G5 looks like something you put on a fridge to make your kid feel accomplished.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ragamuffin on July 09, 2021, 03:50:26 PM
Found the original Pipp Plush today at Walmart! I'll take more pictures and post them to my blog later.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 09, 2021, 04:43:09 PM
Found the original Pipp Plush today at Walmart! I'll take more pictures and post them to my blog later.

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Off topic,  I love your custom. Her symbol is wonderfully done.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: kid80 on July 09, 2021, 04:51:52 PM
Anyone else getting major G1 SS Buttons + SS Bangles mashup vibes from Izzy?

I can't help but wonder if those two were inspiration for her...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mar1978 on July 09, 2021, 05:02:00 PM
Anyone else getting major G1 SS Buttons + SS Bangles mashup vibes from Izzy?

I can't help but wonder if those two were inspiration for her...

SS Buttons + SS Bangles  + Princess Sparkle
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 09, 2021, 05:15:25 PM
Omg sitting Sunny is SO CUTE!

And Bekuno - thanks so much for sharing the pics of Izzy! Especially the size comparison. I'm SO excited to get her in the future :D I actually don't mind the hair. She's gonna be on display, and have her hair styled anyway,in my collection. (I am also guilty of doing similar plugs for fringes on some of my older custom ponies, too. weren't they quite popular for a while? like kkind of in a bouffant fringe style)  Hearing it feels soft and nice quality makes me happy ^^ Will you try styling it, or are you keeping it as it is out of box?


I mightttt give her some bigger curls at some point but honestly? She looks GREAT straight out of the box. I missed a photo of it, but actually on the left side of her head it's kinda of twisted and banded off to the side, plus her hair goes around her horn really nice in the front and it just looks so good! when I was showing her off to my boyfriend all excited I kept playing with her hair (its really silky and soft) and he was like "stoppp you're gonna straighten out her curls"  :lol:



OMG! Plushie's are showing upI don't care much for that style but I'm waiitng on those ones with the brushable manes to release cause they looked gorgeous  :inlove:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 09, 2021, 05:30:25 PM
Omg sitting Sunny is SO CUTE!

And Bekuno - thanks so much for sharing the pics of Izzy! Especially the size comparison. I'm SO excited to get her in the future :D I actually don't mind the hair. She's gonna be on display, and have her hair styled anyway,in my collection. (I am also guilty of doing similar plugs for fringes on some of my older custom ponies, too. weren't they quite popular for a while? like kkind of in a bouffant fringe style)  Hearing it feels soft and nice quality makes me happy ^^ Will you try styling it, or are you keeping it as it is out of box?


I mightttt give her some bigger curls at some point but honestly? She looks GREAT straight out of the box. I missed a photo of it, but actually on the left side of her head it's kinda of twisted and banded off to the side, plus her hair goes around her horn really nice in the front and it just looks so good! when I was showing her off to my boyfriend all excited I kept playing with her hair (its really silky and soft) and he was like "stoppp you're gonna straighten out her curls"  :lol:



OMG! Plushie's are showing upI don't care much for that style but I'm waiitng on those ones with the brushable manes to release cause they looked gorgeous  :inlove:

Aww.  :good:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: RandomPony on July 09, 2021, 06:04:00 PM
I think their not bad looking kinda looks like a combo of G2 and G5
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on July 09, 2021, 07:41:56 PM
I don't like sitting Sunny :huh: Sorry to repeat things, but her head looks weird. I do like the other non-posable toys of her though.

The hair is interesting. I'm curious if it will use more or less hair than G4s. Hard to tell. Plus I've never actually worked with a G4, so I'm not sure how much a hank they take  ^^;
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SpacePinto on July 09, 2021, 07:57:00 PM
Found the original Pipp Plush today at Walmart! I'll take more pictures and post them to my blog later.

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This is probably my favorite toy in this thread so far.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 10, 2021, 01:16:36 AM
It's so exciting that people are finding G5 toys in the wild already!  :frolic: Congrats on your find, Ragamuffin, she is so cute! I love that the symbol is on both sides.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on July 10, 2021, 03:35:34 AM
Found the original Pipp Plush today at Walmart! I'll take more pictures and post them to my blog later.

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Off topic,  I love your custom. Her symbol is wonderfully done.
Same!!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on July 10, 2021, 06:22:44 AM
Love love love the Sitting Sunny, the sitting Styling ponies were some of my favorite G4 releases so I'm happy to see that coming back!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on July 10, 2021, 04:16:52 PM
Am I the only one who worries a little bit about the fact one of the plushies is singing a song about fitting in?

Depending on the nuances...

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 10, 2021, 05:10:01 PM
Didn't know she sung?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on July 10, 2021, 05:14:10 PM
Actually, having played the song clip, it's just terrifying generally. xD.

It's the Izzy plush that sings, on the previous page of images.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on July 11, 2021, 05:30:16 AM
Actually, having played the song clip, it's just terrifying generally. xD.

It's the Izzy plush that sings, on the previous page of images.

It is rather terrifying. Plush toys that move and sing creep me out for some reason. It would have been cute on its own without the spastic gimmicks, not sure why they thought they would sell more by making it sing that shrill song and do those jerky head movements.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 11, 2021, 05:48:57 AM
Actually, having played the song clip, it's just terrifying generally. xD.

It's the Izzy plush that sings, on the previous page of images.

It is rather terrifying. Plush toys that move and sing creep me out for some reason. It would have been cute on its own without the spastic gimmicks, not sure why they thought they would sell more by making it sing that shrill song and do those jerky head movements.

I'm of the opinion that toy makers like to traumatize young children every now and then.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on July 11, 2021, 05:58:47 AM
Why does our possibly only boy pony so far HAS MOLDED hair. I want to brush all of them!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 11, 2021, 06:11:32 AM
Why does our possibly only boy pony so far HAS MOLDED hair. I want to brush all of them!

I have no idea?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on July 11, 2021, 06:37:23 AM
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see non brushable hair, I am disappointed.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 11, 2021, 06:59:53 AM
I wonder if it'd be possible to root him somehow. I'm picturing he has a big cavity in his head where the hair attaches, but who knows...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 11, 2021, 07:12:25 AM
I wonder if it'd be possible to root him somehow. I'm picturing he has a big cavity in his head where the hair attaches, but who knows...

Perhaps? I'm sure some intrepid customizer will try.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on July 11, 2021, 10:26:33 AM
I'm really bothered by the wings on the brushable Pegasus pose- I'm assuming they went with the folded wings to avoid making a new sculpt for each pegasus sister, but you can barely tell they have wings at all because they're folded down against the body.

And it's not even just my annoyance as an adult collector- how are kids going to make their ponies 'fly' if their wings aren't extended?

Pegasi are fun because they have big, cool wings; without them, what's the point in making a pegasus at all?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 11, 2021, 10:33:38 AM
I'm really bothered by the wings on the brushable Pegasus pose- I'm assuming they went with the folded wings to avoid making a new sculpt for each pegasus sister, but you can barely tell they have wings at all because they're folded down against the body.

And it's not even just my annoyance as an adult collector- how are kids going to make their ponies 'fly' if their wings aren't extended?

Pegasi are fun because they have big, cool wings; without them, what's the point in making a pegasus at all?

If we're being honest for a moment,  that is not strictly a G5 thing. G1 pegasus wings aren't open either, and we managed through the power of imagination. But yes, I do wish they'd put the big, colorful open wings on the main toys as well. The wing design is the best and nicest in the whole brand.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Skylar on July 11, 2021, 11:29:32 AM
They look anorexic. Poor things are starving. No wonder they don't look like ponies!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on July 11, 2021, 11:34:46 AM
I'm really bothered by the wings on the brushable Pegasus pose- I'm assuming they went with the folded wings to avoid making a new sculpt for each pegasus sister, but you can barely tell they have wings at all because they're folded down against the body.

And it's not even just my annoyance as an adult collector- how are kids going to make their ponies 'fly' if their wings aren't extended?

Pegasi are fun because they have big, cool wings; without them, what's the point in making a pegasus at all?

If we're being honest for a moment,  that is not strictly a G5 thing. G1 pegasus wings aren't open either, and we managed through the power of imagination. But yes, I do wish they'd put the big, colorful open wings on the main toys as well. The wing design is the best and nicest in the whole brand.

It's true that G1 wings aren't open in the same way as a G4 pony, but G1 and G3 wings aren't sculpted to look folded down in the same way, and the wings on (most) of the G1/G3 Pegasus poses do lift up off of the body in some way or another, while these ones are sculpted to look folded down/inactive and entirely flat against the body.



Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 11, 2021, 11:59:08 AM
I'm really bothered by the wings on the brushable Pegasus pose- I'm assuming they went with the folded wings to avoid making a new sculpt for each pegasus sister, but you can barely tell they have wings at all because they're folded down against the body.

And it's not even just my annoyance as an adult collector- how are kids going to make their ponies 'fly' if their wings aren't extended?

Pegasi are fun because they have big, cool wings; without them, what's the point in making a pegasus at all?


I totally didn't even notice those wings were folded in! I actually love that, since it's something we lacked on the G4 toys. If it makes you feel better, though, we are getting toys of them with open wings as seen in the Crystal Adventure sets.

I can also offer two hypothesis as to why Hasbro went with this?
I think that, based on some things we've seen from the toys, the ponies may have to "disguise" themselves as unicorns at some point during the film. This would require them to tuck their wings in really close to the body to even attempt to get away with that.
Alternatively, and this is spoiler territory, it's been revealed that
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pegasi can't fly due to a lack of magic in this world and instead use ziplines/wires
as shown on Pipp's castle playset. If kids take hint from the movie, it could offer them other ways to "fly" their pegasi friends!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on July 12, 2021, 01:04:11 AM
It's true that G1 wings aren't open in the same way as a G4 pony, but G1 and G3 wings aren't sculpted to look folded down in the same way, and the wings on (most) of the G1/G3 Pegasus poses do lift up off of the body in some way or another, while these ones are sculpted to look folded down/inactive and entirely flat against the body.

My guess is that they went with the folded wings because open wings were in the way of hair play. G4 certainly had beautifully stylized wing designs that looked great on display, but they were definitely blocking the hair and head for easy hairstyling.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: KarentheUnicorn on July 12, 2021, 06:51:24 AM
This what happens to a G1 pony when you put them into a dehydrator. :/ BEHOLD...BEEF JERKEY PONIES!!!

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see non brushable hair, I am disappointed.

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For 3 payments of $39.99 you too can take your worthless fat g1 ponies and turn them into ponies that look like they've walked across the desert with no water for 40 days...
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 12, 2021, 07:58:07 AM
This what happens to a G1 pony when you put them into a dehydrator. :/ BEHOLD...BEEF JERKEY PONIES!!!

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see non brushable hair, I am disappointed.

Post Merge: July 12, 2021, 07:29:01 AM

For 3 payments of $39.99 you too can take your worthless fat g1 ponies and turn them into ponies that look like they've walked across the desert with no water for 40 days...
Introducing the G1 Dehydrator 5000!!!!

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:rofl:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on July 12, 2021, 09:45:19 AM
"Oh I've been through the desert on a horse with no name...

And that horse was a MLP who has amnesia..."
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 12, 2021, 10:41:15 AM
"Oh I've been through the desert on a horse with no name...

And that horse was a MLP who has amnesia..."

 :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: KarentheUnicorn on July 12, 2021, 10:53:12 AM
ORRRRRRR, maybe it's more like this...

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 12, 2021, 10:54:39 AM
ORRRRRRR, maybe it's more like this...

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You guys are slayin me.  :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on July 12, 2021, 11:31:21 AM
This what happens to a G1 pony when you put them into a dehydrator. :/ BEHOLD...BEEF JERKEY PONIES!!!

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see non brushable hair, I am disappointed.

Post Merge: July 12, 2021, 07:29:01 AM

For 3 payments of $39.99 you too can take your worthless fat g1 ponies and turn them into ponies that look like they've walked across the desert with no water for 40 days...
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 :lmao:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 12, 2021, 12:20:37 PM
XD these posts are great! Karen, that pic is dead on!! :silly:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on July 12, 2021, 07:19:44 PM
ORRRRRRR, maybe it's more like this...

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:silly: :silly: :silly: :haha: :haha: :haha: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ponyprincess2021 on July 12, 2021, 07:59:24 PM
So far I think I would only get the plushies. These toys are just disappointing. They look skinnier than g2 ponies and I can’t ignore it anymore. I wanted to have some hope in g5 but i think I’ll skip the toys.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Minty_Magic on July 12, 2021, 11:01:32 PM
Jealous of those of you who have already found them! I checked 3 Walmarts in my area but no luck.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 13, 2021, 11:13:51 AM
Saw Izzy at Walmart. Her hair is wonderfully thick and silky.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on July 13, 2021, 01:25:49 PM
Yes the hair in the photos so far looks so amazing! If only the expressions on the G5's wasn't so... like, the lights are on but nobody's home, ya know?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 15, 2021, 07:04:13 AM
I found a few of the toys at Walmart

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on July 15, 2021, 08:45:00 AM
If the hair is decent, I may be persuaded to get a couple, but the faces are still bothering me a lot.

I love that second pic of Uni's especially. It really is like that.

On the wings, I never really thought about G1 wings as being folded or unfolded...that's a kind of odd thought for me now :) Obv. G1 had the flutters and wingers which were more emphatic as well. I guess they are half folded? So poking up but not extended? Hrm.

It would be awesome if they made a toy (obv. a special feature one) with extending wings that unfold and fold back in. Thinking of the EQG Sunset Shimmer doll who has that kind of feature, so it's not completely out of the realm of possibility.

The normal plushes are actually quite cute and ponyish.

The singing one...I feel like I want to get that G4 Chrysalis toy who laughs maniacally and introduce them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 15, 2021, 09:08:42 AM
I'm so jealous, Ponyfan!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on July 15, 2021, 11:45:38 AM
I really like the plushies but I don't collect those. I still think non-articulated Sunny looks okay.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on July 15, 2021, 12:31:52 PM
I sent sister a picture of Izzy and she's weirded out by the eyebrows.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 19, 2021, 09:17:56 AM
My store has started re-arranging shelves and moved a large amount of clearance toys to the clearance aisle, so the shelves are pretty barren. All the Styling Size Izzy's sold out, but they had the large singing Pipp and the Crystal Adventure Sunny!

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(I moved Sunny next to Pipp for the photo, Sunny cost $7.97)

If you click on the image to zoom it in you can see they have price tags out so I'll be chekcing daily to see what comes out, I alreayd decided what I will and wont be picking up for now! I won't go into detail about Sunny as TailRustedTeaLeaf already has a great video about those ponies out.


Here is a video someone took of Pipp singing if anyone is interested though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYKoInyuSM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYKoInyuSM)



I've been also checking the kids books/coloring books and even kids bedding from time to time to see if anything shows up but nothing yet.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on July 19, 2021, 09:29:33 AM
I was initially excited to see we had a few of the new toys show up at our Wal-Mart yesterday too, but it was only the plushies and the tiny, articulated figured (the orange and white ponies, I still can't remember any of their new names except Hitch). But there were none of the larger, styling size pony, and I don't know if they just haven't received them yet or if they're all sold out. Since the styling size are the only toys so far I find even remotely cute, I was pretty disappointed not to find any. Hopefully they won't be impossible to find going forward.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 19, 2021, 11:04:08 AM
Saw some stuffed toys at Walmart .
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on July 20, 2021, 04:24:55 AM
Haven't seen any of the new figures at my store yet. The shelf is kind of void of ponies other than the large pack of G4 Movie versions with sculpted hair and the PL pack with Pinkie and DJ
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on July 20, 2021, 10:16:12 AM
I'm just gonna eat my words and say the giant singing Pipp is adorable lol
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 20, 2021, 12:49:06 PM
I went back to the store I found the new ponies at.  All of the styling Izzys were gone but there were a few new plush ponies including Izzy.

Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: KarentheUnicorn on July 21, 2021, 08:39:45 AM
my Walmart is starting to restock the toy section and put up new toys but nothing MLP related, in fact I have no clue where they moved the old stock that was on the self. There is zero stuff on the sales isle. But my WM did not have a whole lot of pony related stuff here lately to begin with. I haven't noticed where they're going to put the pony section yet. My walmart is so slow sometimes, there are just huge sections right now with nothing on them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on July 21, 2021, 12:41:54 PM
So I checked my local Walmart after getting my 2nd vaccine shot, and looks like they cleared out some space on the shelf... the tags were for Hairmazing dolls, Calico Critters, and some MLP

The MLP ones were
MLP Sunny Starscout $4.97
MLP Plush Izzy Moonb $4.97
MLP Charming Style $14.97
MLP Rainbow Sunny $19.97
MLP 3 Collection P $19.97
MLP Sing Glow Izzy $24.97
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on July 22, 2021, 10:59:20 AM
Some new styling size G5s are seen in this new video on the official Instagram acount!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRozOCVKGjT/

Still no brushable mane for Hitch but... you can brush the tail of this one? I guess it's an improvement? But I'm still annoyed with it. They are very actively trying to avoid giving him a brushable mane I don't understand at all.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on July 22, 2021, 11:37:37 AM
Some new styling size G5s are seen in this new video on the official Instagram acount!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRozOCVKGjT/

Still no brushable mane for Hitch but... you can brush the tail of this one? I guess it's an improvement? But I'm still annoyed with it. They are very actively trying to avoid giving him a brushable mane I don't understand at all.

Those are so cute!!! I do wish they'd give Hitch a proper brush able mane, but he looks significantly cuter in this toy compared to the other one we saw of him. I think these styling sizes are definitely going to be my focus of collecting for this gen.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on July 22, 2021, 11:45:44 AM
What's sad is that Hitch won't sell as well as the girl ponies because he isn't brushable, and then Hasbro will assume that Hitch doesn't sell because he's a boy pony/isn't some combination of pink/purple, etc., and then just not make many further releases of him at all.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 22, 2021, 12:05:03 PM
Some new styling size G5s are seen in this new video on the official Instagram acount!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRozOCVKGjT/

Still no brushable mane for Hitch but... you can brush the tail of this one? I guess it's an improvement? But I'm still annoyed with it. They are very actively trying to avoid giving him a brushable mane I don't understand at all.

Well, I see he's been upgraded to an overgrown McDonald's toy. Maybe he'll get a proper mane sometime in the next five years? :rolleyes:

Post Merge: July 22, 2021, 12:07:59 PM

What's sad is that Hitch won't sell as well as the girl ponies because he isn't brushable, and then Hasbro will assume that Hitch doesn't sell because he's a boy pony/isn't some combination of pink/purple, etc., and then just not make many further releases of him at all.

Yeah, I have no choice but to get that big Trailblazer.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 22, 2021, 01:49:14 PM
Half molded half brushable bothers me even more than fully molded, tbh. But I guess it's a step in the right direction...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on July 22, 2021, 03:30:04 PM
I went to Walmart to get dinner but of course stopped by the toys. They had some G5s but not the ones I know for sure I'm going to be getting. They only had the molded hair set, the playset, and the plushes. I don't really like the molded hair ponies and I'm trying to be more picky with MLP plushes after getting rid of a lot of my G4 ones a few months back. I'm hoping I'll find the brushables soon, those are the ones I really want. Both the normal size and the styling size.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Minty_Magic on July 23, 2021, 03:43:22 AM
Some new styling size G5s are seen in this new video on the official Instagram acount!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRozOCVKGjT/

Still no brushable mane for Hitch but... you can brush the tail of this one? I guess it's an improvement? But I'm still annoyed with it. They are very actively trying to avoid giving him a brushable mane I don't understand at all.

Hitch’s molded mane bothers me on this toy more than any others we’ve seen so far…the rest of the toys in this clip look really high quality, but Hitch just looks cheap with his molded mane. They couldn’t even bother to paint it two tone like it is in the animation??

That being said though, the Pegasus sisters look amazing! These are the best wings I’ve seen on a mlp toy so far! I wonder when these will be released? I might hold off on buying any other sets to get this set instead…
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 23, 2021, 06:49:55 AM
I found this set yesterday.


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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on July 23, 2021, 09:58:07 AM
Petals looks WAY cuter in that toy set than she's had in other versions of her. I think her head shape is a little rounder and her back is shorter. I'd love it if they could just use that model of her with brushable hair and no articulated limbs.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on July 23, 2021, 11:23:48 AM
The G5s are really growing on me lately. I ordered the Walmart set. My only remaining hangup, and it's a big one, is Hitch's non-brushable hair. What a dumb decision. No one's going to die if they see a male character with brushable hair, Hasbro. Especially if that character is a HORSE!? Pipp looks fine with long hair, Hitch would, too!
 I saw Hitch's fashion style in the video and it's got a brushable tail but a molded mane. Why...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ponyprincess2021 on July 23, 2021, 02:57:52 PM
I haven’t been able to find any g5’s at my Walmart. It looks like the toy section will stay empty for a while. I don’t like how small the toys are and how most of them have molded hair. I really hope this changes.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on July 23, 2021, 08:37:12 PM
The G5s are really growing on me lately. I ordered the Walmart set. My only remaining hangup, and it's a big one, is Hitch's non-brushable hair. What a dumb decision. No one's going to die if they see a male character with brushable hair, Hasbro. Especially if that character is a HORSE!? Pipp looks fine with long hair, Hitch would, too!

This is a good point that I didn't consider before. One could have maybe made the argument that they gave Hitch molded hair because his character model has such a short mane. But Zipp has an equally short mane, yet that didn't stop them from changing her design when it comes to the toys! So clearly the decision making process solely came down to the fact that Hitch is a boy character, and for some reason they just don't want kids to be able to brush a boy's hair. That confounds me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: RoseNoire on July 23, 2021, 11:53:57 PM
Am I thinking too hard, or is this lowkey sexist ?  :blush: In the 80s, there used to be the Big Brothers and they had brushable hair. Everyone loves them. G2 had boy ponies as well, they just looked the same as the females because they made no sexual dimorphism in G2. Now in G5, there's this clear distinction and that makes me sad. Have we regressed ?   :huh:
I'm probably making no sense... I'm tired... Sorry. :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 24, 2021, 06:52:20 AM
Am I thinking too hard, or is this lowkey sexist ?  :blush: In the 80s, there used to be the Big Brothers and they had brushable hair. Everyone loves them. G2 had boy ponies as well, they just looked the same as the females because they made no sexual dimorphism in G2. Now in G5, there's this clear distinction and that makes me sad. Have we regressed ?   :huh:
I'm probably making no sense... I'm tired... Sorry. :(

That's how I feel too. You'd think Hasbro would try and be "woke" and fit in with the modern day. They had the sense to make a male character a main character in a female centric franchise but continue to give them molded hair? Not sure if Hasbro is cheap or just stupid.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 24, 2021, 07:13:58 AM
I completely agree Rose, this is just ridiculous and so backwards! Even the G4 boys had proper hair, sure it was different to the girls, but they still weren't stuck with stupid molded manes. -_- I've NEVER understood why boy dolls with proper brushable hair are so rare, but extending that to PONIES?!? Are you kidding me, Hasbro???
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on July 24, 2021, 08:03:15 AM
i saw the Charming Styling size Izzy this week in person and I think they look much better in person.   I think the head shape theyve chosen just doesnt photograph well.

I’m holding out for Sunny and Hitch so hopefully they’ll show up soon.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 24, 2021, 08:26:10 AM
I completely agree Rose, this is just ridiculous and so backwards! Even the G4 boys had proper hair, sure it was different to the girls, but they still weren't stuck with stupid molded manes. -_- I've NEVER understood why boy dolls with proper brushable hair are so rare, but extending that to PONIES?!? Are you kidding me, Hasbro???

I hated the troll doll hair, and the roached manes and mop top.

Post Merge: July 24, 2021, 08:42:44 AM

Am I thinking too hard, or is this lowkey sexist ?  :blush: In the 80s, there used to be the Big Brothers and they had brushable hair. Everyone loves them. G2 had boy ponies as well, they just looked the same as the females because they made no sexual dimorphism in G2. Now in G5, there's this clear distinction and that makes me sad. Have we regressed ?   :huh:
I'm probably making no sense... I'm tired... Sorry. :(

I agree with you.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on July 24, 2021, 11:45:49 AM
New unseen set of molded hair G5s. There's some non-Mane 5 finally but I wish they were brushables. Hitch isn't included in the set.

https://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Movie-Collection/dp/B08TQJ7DFP/
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 24, 2021, 11:54:59 AM
Hey! That's some of the ones from the advent calendar.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Aquatic Neon on July 24, 2021, 11:55:42 AM
New unseen set of molded hair G5s. There's some non-Mane 5 finally but I wish they were brushables. Hitch isn't included in the set.

https://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Movie-Collection/dp/B08TQJ7DFP/

Wow the character variety I was thinking this was going to be mane 6 all over again. The castle symbol is awesome.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 24, 2021, 11:59:23 AM
Am I thinking too hard, or is this lowkey sexist ?  :blush: In the 80s, there used to be the Big Brothers and they had brushable hair. Everyone loves them. G2 had boy ponies as well, they just looked the same as the females because they made no sexual dimorphism in G2. Now in G5, there's this clear distinction and that makes me sad. Have we regressed ?   :huh:
I'm probably making no sense... I'm tired... Sorry. :(

Yeah there's something there that doesn't seem right with me. G4 really started an unnecessary trend with their weird rectangle headed boy pony/balloon headed girl pony dichotomy.

New unseen set of molded hair G5s. There's some non-Mane 5 finally but I wish they were brushables. Hitch isn't included in the set.

https://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Movie-Collection/dp/B08TQJ7DFP/

Oh boy here comes the recolor squad!  :silly: When I opened the page my eyes were immediately drawn to the massive dark eyebrows on the chili pepper pony. That's... certainly a design choice.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: StrawberryScoops on July 24, 2021, 12:37:31 PM
The eyebrows definitely stand out on that new set but I like some of the pony colors. I also just realized the wings can be adjusted on these ones which is neat. I like this set with new characters quite a bit!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on July 24, 2021, 01:19:28 PM
Chili pepper pony!! :D her hair almost looks like it could be GITD, which would be REALLY cool!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 24, 2021, 01:19:35 PM
I like the wings on the yellow/purple pegasus. It looks like the white/green/purple  one has a jewel symbol, like the Princess Ponies and the Birthstones.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on July 24, 2021, 01:57:11 PM
I completely agree Rose, this is just ridiculous and so backwards! Even the G4 boys had proper hair, sure it was different to the girls, but they still weren't stuck with stupid molded manes. -_- I've NEVER understood why boy dolls with proper brushable hair are so rare, but extending that to PONIES?!? Are you kidding me, Hasbro???

I hated the troll doll hair, and the roached manes and mop top.

Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of the troll hair or mohawks either, but I'd take them any day over molded hair :(

Shutter Snap is a CUTE name! Best G5 name so far IMO. Not a huge fan of this set - I just don't like ponies with articulated legs, their symbols always end up looking strange and badly placed - but I do love the character variety! Their faces are quite nice too. I'm not sure who's who but I love the hair on the one next to Izzy (maybe that's Shutter? her symbol looks like an aperture)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 24, 2021, 02:30:46 PM
I completely agree Rose, this is just ridiculous and so backwards! Even the G4 boys had proper hair, sure it was different to the girls, but they still weren't stuck with stupid molded manes. -_- I've NEVER understood why boy dolls with proper brushable hair are so rare, but extending that to PONIES?!? Are you kidding me, Hasbro???

I hated the troll doll hair, and the roached manes and mop top.

Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of the troll hair or mohawks either, but I'd take them any day over molded hair :(

Shutter Snap is a CUTE name! Best G5 name so far IMO. Not a huge fan of this set - I just don't like ponies with articulated legs, their symbols always end up looking strange and badly placed - but I do love the character variety! Their faces are quite nice too. I'm not sure who's who but I love the hair on the one next to Izzy (maybe that's Shutter? her symbol looks like an aperture)

I don't. Big Brother hair or nothing.  That said, I'm all about the pegasus,  for their lovely multi-colored wings this gen.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 24, 2021, 03:19:56 PM
I love the pegasi ponies in the new amazon set!! I guess I won't be buying any more of the crystal adventure ponies since they're the exact same. I'm guessing it'll retails around $30-$40?

Especially love Queen Haven, very happy to see non mane 5 ponies already
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Mrs. Prospector on July 24, 2021, 04:39:31 PM
I'm REALLY glad to see new ponies this gen, but I'm still pretty concerned that the classic brushable pony doesn't appear to be the standard and they're still going with the tiny molded hair action figures for the main line. Brushable hair makes the recoloring definitely less obvious.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on July 24, 2021, 04:41:06 PM
I'm REALLY glad to see new ponies this gen, but I'm still pretty concerned that the classic brushable pony doesn't appear to be the standard and they're still going with the tiny molded hair action figures for the main line. Brushable hair makes the recoloring definitely less obvious.

Same 😢 these new designs are super cute and I'm loving the variety, but the articulated limbs and molded hair makes them so unappealing.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on July 24, 2021, 04:41:28 PM
Omgoodness I LOVE the different characters! The color combos are so nice! I really like the one in all different shades of blue. I don't usually collect molded hair ponies, though. I'll have to see them after they get released... Here's hoping we get some non-Mane 5 brushables too!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on July 24, 2021, 06:11:44 PM
I'm REALLY glad to see new ponies this gen, but I'm still pretty concerned that the classic brushable pony doesn't appear to be the standard and they're still going with the tiny molded hair action figures for the main line. Brushable hair makes the recoloring definitely less obvious.

Agreed. I'd be THRILLED with this set if they were brushables. Are the "main" version of G5s the articulated, fully molded ones like these? I hope not. They're cute but the main toys should be brushable. I guess we'll see.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 24, 2021, 08:15:53 PM
I want some of those for customs,  and some to keep as is. I'll see if someone wants the resulting frankenponies for bait afterwards.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on July 24, 2021, 08:59:52 PM
These are the most promising ones I've seen so far, mostly because of the new characters. I'm still holding out for brushables though before I buy any.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 25, 2021, 03:05:32 PM
Dear Hasbro,  please stop throwing darts at names, and going with whatever it landed on. Dazzle Feather, Ruddy Sparks and Zoomwing are dumb.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on July 25, 2021, 03:14:43 PM
I think the figures in that set are really cute! I'm warming up to some of the toys so far- I really love the big Pipp and sitting Sunny, and I think I'll grab all of the Styling size ponies (minus Hitch with his sculpted mane lol) since they all look very nice. I preferred the Styling G4 ponies so I'm glad I will enjoy the G5 versions as well at least.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 26, 2021, 02:32:24 AM
I hate the new names too, Leave a Whisper. I thought the new naming style (Sunny, Izzy, Pipp etc) was cute, but now they're steering right back into G3/G4 ad-lib territory. When do we get our first Sweetie-something Something-Sparkle?

Anyone post these yet? (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/07/big-movie-friends-brushables-found-on.html) The pic of Izzy with strands of hair hanging off both sides of her head looks so funny. Glad these have the more traditional rooting patterns rather than the human-esque styling ponies though. Of course, the ponies in the animation have more human-looking hair themselves so the toys won't look as "show accurate".
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on July 26, 2021, 04:14:40 AM
Anyone post these yet? (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/07/big-movie-friends-brushables-found-on.html) The pic of Izzy with strands of hair hanging off both sides of her head looks so funny. Glad these have the more traditional rooting patterns rather than the human-esque styling ponies though. Of course, the ponies in the animation have more human-looking hair themselves so the toys won't look as "show accurate".
Yeahh I'd rather have the human-style rooting than male pattern baldness Izzy :lol: And what's with the molding on the inside of their legs? I get that these are budget versions, but you could say that about most of G5 so far. :huh:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 26, 2021, 07:05:12 AM
I hate the new names too, Leave a Whisper. I thought the new naming style (Sunny, Izzy, Pipp etc) was cute, but now they're steering right back into G3/G4 ad-lib territory. When do we get our first Sweetie-something Something-Sparkle?

Anyone post these yet? (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/07/big-movie-friends-brushables-found-on.html) The pic of Izzy with strands of hair hanging off both sides of her head looks so funny. Glad these have the more traditional rooting patterns rather than the human-esque styling ponies though. Of course, the ponies in the animation have more human-looking hair themselves so the toys won't look as "show accurate".


Give them a minute to rearrange a new Sweetie-something-something-Sparkle name.   :huh:

Eww those look bad. I see we're going back to bloated, balding chihuahua heads.   :nope:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on July 26, 2021, 07:44:17 AM
I hate the new names too, Leave a Whisper. I thought the new naming style (Sunny, Izzy, Pipp etc) was cute, but now they're steering right back into G3/G4 ad-lib territory. When do we get our first Sweetie-something Something-Sparkle?

Anyone post these yet? (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/07/big-movie-friends-brushables-found-on.html) The pic of Izzy with strands of hair hanging off both sides of her head looks so funny. Glad these have the more traditional rooting patterns rather than the human-esque styling ponies though. Of course, the ponies in the animation have more human-looking hair themselves so the toys won't look as "show accurate".

Yuck, these are really fugly! I appreciate the more normal rooting as opposed to the human scalp-style, but that's where their appeal ends. The too-close-together eyes, the Eugene Levy eyebrows (which is probably an insult to Gene Levy since I like him!), and that weird inside-the-leg molding! Is that soft plastic that G1s were made of just not a thing anymore? Kids like to hold and carry their toys around...any hard plastic monstrosity, especially a large one, is never going to be any kid's go-to favorite. I'm predicting most of these will end up in the bottom of the toybox.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 26, 2021, 08:07:42 AM
I hate the new names too, Leave a Whisper. I thought the new naming style (Sunny, Izzy, Pipp etc) was cute, but now they're steering right back into G3/G4 ad-lib territory. When do we get our first Sweetie-something Something-Sparkle?

Anyone post these yet? (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/07/big-movie-friends-brushables-found-on.html) The pic of Izzy with strands of hair hanging off both sides of her head looks so funny. Glad these have the more traditional rooting patterns rather than the human-esque styling ponies though. Of course, the ponies in the animation have more human-looking hair themselves so the toys won't look as "show accurate".

Yuck, these are really fugly! I appreciate the more normal rooting as opposed to the human scalp-style, but that's where their appeal ends. The too-close-together eyes, the Eugene Levy eyebrows (which is probably an insult to Gene Levy since I like him!), and that weird inside-the-leg molding! Is that soft plastic that G1s were made of just not a thing anymore? Kids like to hold and carry their toys around...any hard plastic monstrosity, especially a large one, is never going to be any kid's go-to favorite. I'm predicting most of these will end up in the bottom of the toybox.

Oh I dunno. My daughter loved carrying around her big Optimus Prime. He is made of very hard plastic.  I know this because she dropped him horns down on my foot once.  >_< :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on July 26, 2021, 08:49:08 AM
I hate the new names too, Leave a Whisper. I thought the new naming style (Sunny, Izzy, Pipp etc) was cute, but now they're steering right back into G3/G4 ad-lib territory. When do we get our first Sweetie-something Something-Sparkle?

Anyone post these yet? (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/07/big-movie-friends-brushables-found-on.html) The pic of Izzy with strands of hair hanging off both sides of her head looks so funny. Glad these have the more traditional rooting patterns rather than the human-esque styling ponies though. Of course, the ponies in the animation have more human-looking hair themselves so the toys won't look as "show accurate".

Yuck, these are really fugly! I appreciate the more normal rooting as opposed to the human scalp-style, but that's where their appeal ends. The too-close-together eyes, the Eugene Levy eyebrows (which is probably an insult to Gene Levy since I like him!), and that weird inside-the-leg molding! Is that soft plastic that G1s were made of just not a thing anymore? Kids like to hold and carry their toys around...any hard plastic monstrosity, especially a large one, is never going to be any kid's go-to favorite. I'm predicting most of these will end up in the bottom of the toybox.

Oh I dunno. My daughter loved carrying around her big Optimus Prime. He is made of very hard plastic.  I know this because she dropped him horns down on my foot once.  >_< :lol:

Ouch!! That must have hurt. I guess now that I think on it, my girls carried around these big hard plastic Toy Story toys for a while, to the point where I had to ban Rex from being taken in the car...I was afraid his pointy tail was going to go through somebody's eyeball if I had to stop suddenly! Someone swung him at my face once and that was the last straw. Maybe I'm just projecting; I wouldn't have liked 'em as a kid so I assume every kid wouldn't. Stuff always had to have some kind of tactile appeal to me. I liked it best if I could squish it!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 26, 2021, 09:45:22 AM
Dear Hasbro,  please stop throwing darts at names, and going with whatever it landed on. Dazzle Feather, Ruddy Sparks and Zoomwing are dumb.


If they did that then what games would play at the company cocktail party? :rofl:

 I think some of the ponies in the Amazon set are cute but I don't like the symbols being placed at the tops of their legs.  It doesn't look right to me.


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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on July 26, 2021, 10:00:05 AM

If they did that then what games would play at the company cocktail party? :rofl:


Drinking games, from the sounds of some of these name/symbol pairings!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 26, 2021, 11:06:03 AM
I hate the new names too, Leave a Whisper. I thought the new naming style (Sunny, Izzy, Pipp etc) was cute, but now they're steering right back into G3/G4 ad-lib territory. When do we get our first Sweetie-something Something-Sparkle?

Anyone post these yet? (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/07/big-movie-friends-brushables-found-on.html) The pic of Izzy with strands of hair hanging off both sides of her head looks so funny. Glad these have the more traditional rooting patterns rather than the human-esque styling ponies though. Of course, the ponies in the animation have more human-looking hair themselves so the toys won't look as "show accurate".

Yuck, these are really fugly! I appreciate the more normal rooting as opposed to the human scalp-style, but that's where their appeal ends. The too-close-together eyes, the Eugene Levy eyebrows (which is probably an insult to Gene Levy since I like him!), and that weird inside-the-leg molding! Is that soft plastic that G1s were made of just not a thing anymore? Kids like to hold and carry their toys around...any hard plastic monstrosity, especially a large one, is never going to be any kid's go-to favorite. I'm predicting most of these will end up in the bottom of the toybox.

Oh I dunno. My daughter loved carrying around her big Optimus Prime. He is made of very hard plastic.  I know this because she dropped him horns down on my foot once.  >_< :lol:

Ouch!! That must have hurt. I guess now that I think on it, my girls carried around these big hard plastic Toy Story toys for a while, to the point where I had to ban Rex from being taken in the car...I was afraid his pointy tail was going to go through somebody's eyeball if I had to stop suddenly! Someone swung him at my face once and that was the last straw. Maybe I'm just projecting; I wouldn't have liked 'em as a kid so I assume every kid wouldn't. Stuff always had to have some kind of tactile appeal to me. I liked it best if I could squish it!

Ooh that definitely had to hurt.  :blink:

Post Merge: July 26, 2021, 11:06:35 AM

Dear Hasbro,  please stop throwing darts at names, and going with whatever it landed on. Dazzle Feather, Ruddy Sparks and Zoomwing are dumb.


If they did that then what games would play at the company cocktail party? :rofl:

 I think some of the ponies in the Amazon set are cute but I don't like the symbols being placed at the tops of their legs.  It doesn't look right to me.


Ponyfan

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on July 26, 2021, 06:16:31 PM
New unseen set of molded hair G5s. There's some non-Mane 5 finally but I wish they were brushables. Hitch isn't included in the set.

https://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Movie-Collection/dp/B08TQJ7DFP/

I really like all the different colors on the wings!  And how everyone has slightly different eye shapes.

I love the mint-green-haired pony  ^.^
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 27, 2021, 05:04:22 AM
I just realized who chili pepper pony reminds me of. Branch the troll (https://trolls.fandom.com/wiki/Branch)

Maybe I'm slightly loopy but I think it's the eyelashes that look like eye wrinkles to me 0_0 lmao
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on July 27, 2021, 05:11:45 AM
Honestly I was reminded of the Blind Bag pony named Pepperdance when I saw the Chili Pepper G5 (pretty sure that one is named Ruddy Sparks?)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 27, 2021, 12:50:25 PM
I have 3/5 of the molded mane figures, and I'm very surprised that they have slightly different proportions! Izzy and Sunny are similar, but Izzy has a thinner body with a thicker neck and Sunny is more pear-like. Izzy also has slimmer ears and a wider face. Pipp is shorter and a bit thicker! Why oh why are the brushables not the same proportions!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on July 27, 2021, 02:35:34 PM
Oh wow, I didn't realize they all had different eye shapes AND there's a couple different body styles! I know these toys aren't what everyone wants, but they really feel like they've had some good effort put into them. I still don't see myself ever going out of my way for these style of ponies, but I'm sure I'll eventually collect a few at some point once they start showing up at thrift stores.

As for the discussion on soft vs. hard bodied toys, I definitely remember as a kid carrying around my hard plastic horse toys absolutely everywhere. And these were more horse-proportioned with long, thin limbs. They never broke (except the one I purposefully threw at the wall in a fit of rage), and it never bothered me that they weren't soft. So I can definitely see why lack of soft plastic is not exactly a deal breaker for kids nowadays.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on July 27, 2021, 02:58:16 PM
I just realized who chili pepper pony reminds me of. Branch the troll (https://trolls.fandom.com/wiki/Branch)

Maybe I'm slightly loopy but I think it's the eyelashes that look like eye wrinkles to me 0_0 lmao

LOL You're not wrong. The 2-D G5 art looks pretty Trollish too!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 28, 2021, 02:23:03 PM
These have probably been posted already but I saw them today for the first time.

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If they did that then what games would play at the company cocktail party? :rofl:


Drinking games, from the sounds of some of these name/symbol pairings!


Another favorite company cocktail party game (after they lose all the darts) is drawing two different names out of a hat and putting them together. :lol:


Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on July 28, 2021, 06:55:05 PM
It's interesting that I've seen at least a couple boxes where the toy labels the character as "Princess Petals" rather than Pipp Petals or Princess Pipp. Curious! Maybe Princess Petals is her stage name? (I know she's an actual princess, too, but she's also a pop star so maybe she goes by Princess Petals?) Or maybe Princess Petals is just better to copyright than Pipp...?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on July 28, 2021, 07:49:23 PM
It's interesting that I've seen at least a couple boxes where the toy labels the character as "Princess Petals" rather than Pipp Petals or Princess Pipp. Curious! Maybe Princess Petals is her stage name? (I know she's an actual princess, too, but she's also a pop star so maybe she goes by Princess Petals?) Or maybe Princess Petals is just better to copyright than Pipp...?
My theory is it has to do with her name sounding like unsavory slang in French...if you say it out loud. The packaging has been for many other areas on top of English speaking ones, and her full name in french is Ruby Petals.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 29, 2021, 10:53:45 AM
My store has started putting out the styling heads and plushies! I'm waiting on the unicorn celebration brushable pack right now.

I wonder when we'll start seeing books and puzzles, I really want a coloring book and a nice 100pc puzzle for G5.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on July 30, 2021, 05:04:55 AM
I'm wondering when the single brushables will show up. I rather get them separately XD
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 30, 2021, 10:09:00 AM
I found this Izzy today at Walmart.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 30, 2021, 06:16:59 PM
I found this Izzy today at Walmart.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MOTOSTOKES on July 30, 2021, 07:52:45 PM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on July 31, 2021, 02:17:46 AM
Oh hey, those are pretty nice, relatively speaking  :whoa: Wouldn't mind them being the default G5 toys.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: lonewolf on July 31, 2021, 05:53:25 AM
Yeah I'm gonna be passing on these toys. They just don't look that good.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on July 31, 2021, 05:55:40 AM
Deputy Sprout, I wonder what his full name is since Deputy is more of a title
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on July 31, 2021, 07:21:45 AM
Am I thinking too hard, or is this lowkey sexist ?  :blush: In the 80s, there used to be the Big Brothers and they had brushable hair. Everyone loves them. G2 had boy ponies as well, they just looked the same as the females because they made no sexual dimorphism in G2. Now in G5, there's this clear distinction and that makes me sad. Have we regressed ?   :huh:
I'm probably making no sense... I'm tired... Sorry. :(

That's how I feel too. You'd think Hasbro would try and be "woke" and fit in with the modern day. They had the sense to make a male character a main character in a female centric franchise but continue to give them molded hair? Not sure if Hasbro is cheap or just stupid.

I mean Hasbro does seem to try, their baby alive dolls have a setting to say "daddy" instead of "mommy" but at the end of the day they won't make something if they think they can't sell it. There's two points where they get outside influence that can affect this. One is they sometimes survey parents. It could be possible that they would be more likely to purchase the molded hair boys for some reason. The other is store buyers. Remember how Celestia was pink on her first release because they insisted "pink sells better with girls"? The toy industry is often reactionary because ruffling feathers doesn't make money.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on July 31, 2021, 07:23:02 AM
maybe Radish Sprout?

i’d get this if I saw it in person as my Definitive G5 ponies.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ponyprincess2021 on July 31, 2021, 07:49:28 AM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/
These look better in person. But the heads are bothering me still. They almost look like fakies to me.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 31, 2021, 09:08:22 AM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/

They look nice.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: InkyMilk on July 31, 2021, 09:47:19 AM
I was holding out hope the brushables would look cuter in person than they did in their promo pictures, but nope. Still awful. :( I'm super disappointed since I genuinely think their animated forms are they cutest things EVER and I'm looking forward to the show itself.

Glad to see more of the styling sizes showing up in a few more places. They're the cutest toys so far and I'd like to get them, so I hope they don't have a super limited run.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on July 31, 2021, 10:22:32 AM
I found a couple of more things today.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on July 31, 2021, 10:41:26 AM
Oh man, I really need to be patient and wait and see how many ponies get released and which ones end up exclusive to sets. I want Sprout really bad, and I worry he won't be released on his own.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on July 31, 2021, 10:45:34 AM
Are her wings made from TOWELS?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: glitterball on July 31, 2021, 02:28:41 PM
Are her wings made from TOWELS?

It certainly looks like it!

Perhaps it's a new trend - gotta get one of my wingless flutter ponies & see how she looks with a bit of flannel for custom wings!  Heehee! :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PrincessKittyDragon on July 31, 2021, 03:16:40 PM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/

Oh hey that's my photo!!  :silly:
I actually went back and bought the set today and got a ton of photos. Should I post them here or make a dedicated thread? :oc
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on July 31, 2021, 03:36:59 PM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/

Oh hey that's my photo!!  :silly:
I actually went back and bought the set today and got a ton of photos. Should I post them here or make a dedicated thread? :oc

Why not both? :)
I'd love to see them! I think an in-depth review ish thread would be great, if you're up for it!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PrincessKittyDragon on July 31, 2021, 03:44:47 PM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/

Oh hey that's my photo!!  :silly:
I actually went back and bought the set today and got a ton of photos. Should I post them here or make a dedicated thread? :oc

Why not both? :)
I'd love to see them! I think an in-depth review ish thread would be great, if you're up for it!

Alrighty then, I'll do a thread in a little bit when i can get to my computer!  :devious: get ready for a pic heavy thread y'all!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on July 31, 2021, 04:22:14 PM
I didn't imagine it...

"Meet the mane 5".

...And here we go again.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 31, 2021, 06:57:13 PM
I didn't imagine it...

"Meet the mane 5".

...And here we go again.


Yeah. How annoying.  :hmm:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on July 31, 2021, 07:10:49 PM
I didn't imagine it...

"Meet the mane 5".

...And here we go again.


Yeah. How annoying.  :hmm:

At least they are already doing a decent job of not limiting themselves to just those five ponies.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on August 01, 2021, 01:05:04 AM
I didn't imagine it...

"Meet the mane 5".

...And here we go again.


Yeah. How annoying.  :hmm:

At least they are already doing a decent job of not limiting themselves to just those five ponies.

It's ironic isn't it? The line has just begun and already we feel like there's more variety.
Although G4 started with more variety and balance in the lines, so...I don't know.

G4 did have more colour variety though. And frankly the colour schemes of these resemble key ponies from G4 without that range...

I guess we'll see how it goes forwards, but I'm thinking that probably we're not going to see massive variety in this line overall, not if the words 'mane 5' have already entered the conversation.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BubbleTea on August 01, 2021, 01:54:33 PM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/

If Zipp and Hitch both have short hair then WHY is Hitch's plastic????  >_< >_< >_<

Spoiler
also is it just me or does radish pony look like will poulter
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on August 02, 2021, 07:05:21 AM
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 found at target for $50, both of the boys have brushable tails, but still plastic manes :/

If Zipp and Hitch both have short hair then WHY is Hitch's plastic????  >_< >_< >_<

Spoiler
also is it just me or does radish pony look like will poulter

Maybe plastic manes are how they're differentiating the males from the females since they're using very similar body molds this time?  A lot of people didn't realize G2 had boys because they were identical to the girls so maybe someone at Hasbro thought they should make some small difference?  :shrug:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on August 02, 2021, 07:49:45 AM
i hate "mane 5" as a marketing concept, i hates it.... >.<

consider me "out" on G5.  hard-hatted weiner dogs wearing towels. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on August 02, 2021, 09:38:15 AM
My store has all the tiny plushies except Zipp out and added the Crystal adventures Izzy to the line-up. I'm passing on the molded mane ponies until the pegasus set from amazon is out. I wonder what store will end up carrying the larger play by play brushable mane plushies, I want them so badly.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 02, 2021, 11:52:48 AM
i hate "mane 5" as a marketing concept, i hates it.... >.<

consider me "out" on G5.  hard-hatted weiner dogs wearing towels.


Is it wrong that I laughed at the last sentence?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MOTOSTOKES on August 02, 2021, 11:53:03 AM
those bigger plushies are honestly my favorite of the g5 toys we've seen so far, my second favorite being that singing pipp. the others haven't really caught my eye
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on August 02, 2021, 03:08:39 PM
i hate "mane 5" as a marketing concept, i hates it.... >.<

consider me "out" on G5.  hard-hatted weiner dogs wearing towels.


Is it wrong that I laughed at the last sentence?

thanks.  i mean, I thought we were done with Paw Patrol! 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on August 02, 2021, 05:17:37 PM
That set is 50 bucks?! I'm really out of the toy loop because that seems so much to me for 6 ponies.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MoonstoneMew on August 02, 2021, 05:44:01 PM
This has to be edited but it gave me a good laugh. G5 in a nutshell

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 02, 2021, 06:19:28 PM
I didn't imagine it...

"Meet the mane 5".

...And here we go again.


Yeah. How annoying.  :hmm:

At least they are already doing a decent job of not limiting themselves to just those five ponies.

It's ironic isn't it? The line has just begun and already we feel like there's more variety.
Although G4 started with more variety and balance in the lines, so...I don't know.

G4 did have more colour variety though. And frankly the colour schemes of these resemble key ponies from G4 without that range...

I guess we'll see how it goes forwards, but I'm thinking that probably we're not going to see massive variety in this line overall, not if the words 'mane 5' have already entered the conversation.

I agree with you,  I'm  not holding my breath and will wait and see. It may take a couple gens for Hasbro to get out of their bad habits of shoving a small handful of characters down consumers throats ad nauseum. But for now,  I do like some of the new toys colors and designs.


Its an alright thing to do, when the cast only has a handful of characters traditionally, such as TMNT.

But not when the line has traditionally been invested in creating a butt-ton of unique toys, show or no show. If MLP at least reaches Transformer levels of old and new, i'll consider it a victory.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Goanna on August 02, 2021, 10:10:25 PM
This has to be edited but it gave me a good laugh. G5 in a nutshell

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OMG  :rofl: That's amazing...most useful accessory ever hahahaha
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 02, 2021, 10:26:56 PM
This has to be edited but it gave me a good laugh. G5 in a nutshell

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Unfortunately this is very real.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: glitterball on August 03, 2021, 12:32:03 AM
This has to be edited but it gave me a good laugh. G5 in a nutshell

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Unfortunately this is very real.

What? This is for real? With the comb for the moulded hair?  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Has to be a joke!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on August 03, 2021, 01:05:13 AM
*chalkboard noises as I slide the comb along Hitch's hair and smoke eventually starts to emit from it*
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on August 03, 2021, 01:33:15 AM
OMG are you kidding me?! I'd seen the pic before but didn't realize- oh Hasbro what ARE you doing?!? :lmao: :lmao:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on August 03, 2021, 05:52:21 AM
*chalkboard noises as I slide the comb along Hitch's hair and smoke eventually starts to emit from it*

This is officially one of my favorite comments on anything, ever. :lol:

I'd be okay with the G5 boys looking exactly like the females like the G2s did, tbh. Wouldn't be the end of the world. But they already have bigger bodies and completely different heads, so they look distinct from the girls already. I don't see any good reason for them not to have brushable hair. I hate it so much.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on August 03, 2021, 06:01:02 AM
i just keep thinking the molded hair for boys mustve come from market research.  like maybe kids born in 2016 were confused by boys with long comb-able hair?

older kids, like 10+ maybe were okay? but I’m thinking the little kids werent tracking it
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on August 03, 2021, 06:25:22 AM
I can't stop laughing at Hitch with a comb for his molded mane and tail.  :rofl:  :rofl:

Is this another company cocktail party game creation? Is anyone at Hasbro even paying attention to the accessory they package with the pony?

Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyAmalthea on August 03, 2021, 07:48:33 AM
I can't stop laughing at Hitch with a comb for his molded mane and tail.  :rofl:  :rofl:

Is this another company cocktail party game creation? Is anyone at Hasbro even paying attention to the accessory they package with the pony?

Ponyfan

My guess is that if they didn't include the comb, for the price they would have to include some other accessory, and they are too cheap to come up with one and/or interrupt the assembly line process to include it.

And they figured anyone buying it would be too dumb to notice, I guess? :blink:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on August 03, 2021, 07:58:55 AM
i just keep thinking the molded hair for boys mustve come from market research.  like maybe kids born in 2016 were confused by boys with long comb-able hair?

older kids, like 10+ maybe were okay? but I’m thinking the little kids werent tracking it

If that's the case, that's an awful regression :( I grew up with G1 and I had no problem assigning boy roles to some of my ponies for gender balance, and iirc other people on the arena have said they did the same. They're horses. I didn't think they looked like any particular gender.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on August 03, 2021, 10:38:07 AM
Maybe the molded hair on that Hitch is a prototype and he'll actually have brushable hair to go with his comb?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on August 03, 2021, 10:46:47 AM
^ maybe!


i think Hasbro of the 1980s is quite a different thing than Hasbro of 2020/2021.

the toy battlefield is quite different now - so many more options and apps and smart phones to compete with.  I don’t see Hasbro taking any risks with long-haired boys.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on August 03, 2021, 12:19:21 PM
But they don't need to make long haired boys for them to be brushable. They just released a brushable set where Zipp has short brushable hair and it looks great. The boys still got molded helmet hair.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: RoseNoire on August 03, 2021, 01:24:41 PM
^ maybe!


i think Hasbro of the 1980s is quite a different thing than Hasbro of 2020/2021.

the toy battlefield is quite different now - so many more options and apps and smart phones to compete with.  I don’t see Hasbro taking any risks with long-haired boys.

It feels really sad to imagine "boy with long hair" to be a risk in toy marketing. <<Be yourself ! It's okay to express yourself and be who you are ! But not too much, eh...>>.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on August 03, 2021, 03:32:12 PM
But they don't need to make long haired boys for them to be brushable. They just released a brushable set where Zipp has short brushable hair and it looks great. The boys still got molded helmet hair.

As short as it is it's still longer than the helmet hair on the boys.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on August 03, 2021, 03:38:43 PM
My guess is that it has nothing to do with kids and everything to do with outspoken parents screaming about toys "going against/confusing kids about traditional family values" or "turning their kids gay/trans/whatever" by having a male whose hair can be styled. I remember one time I was in Target and this very young boy wanted a toy and his mom got SUPER angry and was like "NO you can't have that it's a GIRL toy for GIRLS" and dragged him away like she thought the toy was gonna poison him. Something about boys doing traditionally feminine things makes people lose their minds, especially when it comes to children.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on August 04, 2021, 10:22:27 PM
So! I recently got a bunch of the G5 toys (the Shining Adventures set, Singing Pipp and Hairplay Sunny) in the mail from Target and Amazon, so I thought I'd provide a little mini review of it all! LMK if this is too long and requires it's own thread lol

First of all, I can just say confidently now that Singing Pipp is my favorite toy of this generation so far; she's made with quality materials, her hair is excellent (nylon mane AND tail) and her head sculpt is the most aesthetically pleasing of all of them- it's definitely not super horsey (it's actually a little flatter than the mid-size G5 ponies- I'd say it's on par with G4), but it's the most expressive sculpt and looks more like a natural progression of the G4 aesthetics with a bit more horse-ness thrown in, especially in the body sculpting with the hooves and feathers. Her body is also a bit more robust than the other ponies, her legs and torso are thicker, altogether she just looks more like an MLP. I actually adore her so so much, and I really hope they do some reworking to the other ponies to look more like her; if they went with this head sculpt and pose for the rest of the line, I would have loved them from the start. I find myself smiling whenever I look at her lol.

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 I did have to take out her battery though because the music is annoying.

For the Shining Adventures set I'm just going to link to PrincessKittyDragon's review  (http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,401774.0.html)of them since it's very thorough, but I will add a few things; one, the tails on both this set and the hairplay ponies are polypropylene as expected, which is super disappointing and it feels gross, especially compared to the high quality nylon of the manes. And two, the rooting of the manes is just...weird, imo. I don't like the human hairlines, but more than that, I don't like how the hair is rooted like a doll; the G4 Fashion style ponies had wider hairlines than the brushables, but the rooting was still done in thick, uniform rows down the head so you could style it more like a horse. It's really hard to brush the hair across the neck for these ones, because it reveals bald spots like you'd see with a doll's rooting pattern. It's almost like it's not intended to be brushed sideways like a horse mane, and I don't like that at all. The only exception is Pipp by virtue of her hair being styled in a side pony, so it's rooted to fall on one side of the head already.

There's also a mold line going across the snout on the head sculpt for the SA/Hairplay pony head sculpt, which is pretty unsightly. Please just get rid of this sculpt and scale down Singing Pipp's head for them instead lol.


Also to note is that the Hairplay Sunny has a lighter hair color from the Shining Adventures Sunny, I prefer the hairplay one but the SA one is definitely more accurate to her design!

I do have something important to add, though- you CAN open them up and remove the tails! The heads pop off pretty easily (I hope they decide to go with a traditional MLP neck joint in the future because this will be a nightmare for children, plus it contributes to the 'human head on horse body' vibe) and the neck knob is a separate piece glued into the neck (I tested this on one of the boys, since I find them hideously ugly anyway).

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The only downsides here are that since the bodies are so thin and the necks are so long, it's really hard to pull the tail out from the inside- I had to push the tail through the body and pull it out through the neck with forceps.

Another issue is the vinyl is VERY dense and hard, too hard to soften with just a heating pad, so it's really difficult to pull a new tail through. I had to tug pretty hard to get Izzy's new tail through.

Overall I'm happy with my purchases, but I do think G5 needs a lot of tweaking from a sculpting and design perspective; I think the brushable ponies should be more proportioned like the singing Pipp, I think the mane rooting should be tweaked to be more reminiscent of a horse mane, I think the neck joint should go back to the traditional design and I think polypropylene is a curse and should be banished from this plane of existence- all of these tweaks would still maintain the core aesthetic they're going for, but improve the products exponentially.

I also think the eyebrows should go away, the lack of brow creates a lot more space on the forehead and actually draws more attention to the expressive eyes.

And um...the boys need a complete overhaul because they're just ugly. No saving them for me lol. They look like 90's skater boys on giraffe bodies.

I basically hate the smaller brushables so I'm never getting those as they are, but I will be getting more of these ponies and I need the Sunny styling head desperately lol.

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(apologies for the low res images, I'm too tired to take proper photos of them lol)


Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on August 05, 2021, 03:21:08 AM
Thank you for the review, serena-hime! Wow, the picture of the two Pipps next to each other really makes the difference between the heads stand out. Singing Pipp's head definitely looks nicer, and she looks more complete with her headdress.

Why in the world would they use different hair types for the manes and tails :shocked:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: PrincessKittyDragon on August 05, 2021, 09:13:30 AM
Omg thanks for taking one apart so we can see how they work! I was very curious if the ball joint would be easy to get off with how hard the plastic is. It's good to know that tail replacement is still possible!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on August 05, 2021, 10:26:10 AM
I'm still not feeling inspired to buy any of these, but it's interesting to see how they're put together and the differences between releases. Feels like a lack of consistency somehow within the same character..?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on August 05, 2021, 11:26:06 AM
Thank you for the review, serena-hime! Wow, the picture of the two Pipps next to each other really makes the difference between the heads stand out. Singing Pipp's head definitely looks nicer, and she looks more complete with her headdress.

Why in the world would they use different hair types for the manes and tails :shocked:

Thank you! I really hope the next wave will have some improvements to more closely resemble Singing Pipp's shape, she definitely has a more thoughtful design imo.

Sadly they've been doing the poly tails for years, I believe they started trickling in around the time when Twilight Sparkle got her wings or maybe a little before- eventually both the mane and tail were done with poly which was even worse lol.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 05, 2021, 02:16:49 PM
I'm glad part of the hair is nylon. Thanks for the break down on giving them a new tail serena.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on August 05, 2021, 05:55:09 PM
Oh man, that plastic seam on the snout is so ugly! It's super noticeable in the pic of the two Pipps. Why would they do that??  :shocked:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 05, 2021, 06:34:08 PM
Oh man, that plastic seam on the snout is so ugly! It's super noticeable in the pic of the two Pipps. Why would they do that??  :shocked:
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on August 06, 2021, 11:53:31 AM
I found the smaller Izzy today.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 06, 2021, 12:51:43 PM
If they're gonna give them so many details, why aren't they painting stripes and socks and doing gradient hair?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on August 06, 2021, 01:55:15 PM
If they're gonna give them so many details, why aren't they painting stripes and socks and doing gradient hair?

One reason to not paint on the socks is that with play they would wear off over time.  Also it might be harder to quality control.  But I do wish they had done them, especially on the larger brushable toys.   :huh:

As for the gradient hair, if you are referring to the one PonyFan just posted I think she does have gradient hair?  For the ones with brushable hair maybe since it is only one character (?) that has gradient hair they didn't think it was worth it.  Is there anyone other than Izzy that has gradient hair?

As for stripes I don't know what you meant
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 06, 2021, 02:12:17 PM
If they're gonna give them so many details, why aren't they painting stripes and socks and doing gradient hair?

One reason to not paint on the socks is that with play they would wear off over time.  Also it might be harder to quality control.  But I do wish they had done them, especially on the larger brushable toys.   :huh:

As for the gradient hair, if you are referring to the one PonyFan just posted I think she does have gradient hair?  For the ones with brushable hair maybe since it is only one character (?) that has gradient hair they didn't think it was worth it.  Is there anyone other than Izzy that has gradient hair?

As for stripes I don't know what you meant


No it wouldn't,  I have a ton of plastic horses with markings. At worst they might get yellowed or dingy, if not dusted or protected from the sun,  but they don't just rub off over time. And some of my horses are over 20 years old.

I was talking about the ones with brushy hair. Hitch has green and blue hair. Anyway,  I was hoping that we'd get ponies more like the UK Families.  :huh:

A stripe is a type of facial marking seen on horses.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on August 06, 2021, 04:39:12 PM
Seconding that socks would wear off with play - all my childhood Breyers fell victim to this.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on August 06, 2021, 10:10:12 PM
I had Grand Champion horses as a kid and their painted leg markings and hooves suffered alot.  So I was guessing ponies would as well.  Now, I did play with them (and my ponies) outside quite a bit, so that may vary by child.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DazzleBright on August 06, 2021, 10:38:57 PM
I posted this in the “out now and coming soon” thread, but I want to make sure everyone sees it because I haven’t seen this set anywhere else yet. We have Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie making a return in the “Favorites Together Collection.”

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“Pony worlds come together when Sunny Starscout, Twilight Sparkle, and some of their best friends unite under the magic of friendship. Favorites Together Collection pack includes 6 pony figures with character- inspired colors, hair styles, and Cutie Marks. From My Little Pony: A New Generation, meet Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, and Princess Petals. From My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, reimagine the magic of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Now designed in the style of: A New Generation characters! Ponies are 3 inches tall with long, soft hair that's fun to play with and style. Each comes with a character-inspired accessory for fashion and storytelling fun. 12 pieces in all! Fans new and old can imagine adventures with iconic My Little Pony: A New Generation and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic favorites.”

$25.99
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on August 07, 2021, 12:51:51 AM
And there we go, the old M6 are already back.

Sigh.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Minty_Magic on August 07, 2021, 01:29:55 AM
I posted this in the “out now and coming soon” thread, but I want to make sure everyone sees it because I haven’t seen this set anywhere else yet. We have Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie making a return in the “Favorites Together Collection.”

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“Pony worlds come together when Sunny Starscout, Twilight Sparkle, and some of their best friends unite under the magic of friendship. Favorites Together Collection pack includes 6 pony figures with character- inspired colors, hair styles, and Cutie Marks. From My Little Pony: A New Generation, meet Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, and Princess Petals. From My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, reimagine the magic of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Now designed in the style of: A New Generation characters! Ponies are 3 inches tall with long, soft hair that's fun to play with and style. Each comes with a character-inspired accessory for fashion and storytelling fun. 12 pieces in all! Fans new and old can imagine adventures with iconic My Little Pony: A New Generation and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic favorites.”

$25.99

So the curse continues. :lol:

Also, Don’t love that they’re calling them a “favorites” collection. Hasbro’s favorites maybe, but that doesn’t speak for everyone. And like… I get pairing twilight and sunny, that makes sense! Izzy and Pinkie I can also see. But Rainbow Dash and Pipp? Isn’t Zipp more similar to Rainbow than Pipp?

I WILL say it’s nice that Rainbow Dash and Twilight have proper forelocks again! Not enough to make me buy the set, but still nice!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on August 07, 2021, 01:51:50 AM
Definitely Hasbro's favourites. Much as I don't really like the M6, I prefer the other three.

Although the noses bother me much more on this release for some reason.

I like the curly hair but...yeah. No thank you. Hasbro trying to flog the dead horse (no puns intended) of G4 by squeezing it into G5. I was afraid of this happening; to make it happen right at the start makes me think that we're going to get a lot more of it going forward.

..And if G5 can't carry itself it should probably not happen. :/ Surely this point should be all about selling the new, not clinging to the (not so) old...

I dunno, but it was my main fear with G5 being in equestria. I'm sad to see it borne out before the line even begins.

(Also, how can the new characters be 'favourites' when we barely know them? The kids haven't had a chance to make them favourites yet. I'm remembering the little girl in a store here insistantly telling her Mum she wanted Applejack...I don't think it's smart to assume and tell kids what they like best.)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ridi on August 07, 2021, 01:53:26 AM
Oh, joy! Here I was hoping I'd never see those characters ever again! How naive of me. :lol:

The little accessories are cute, for unpainted globs of translucent plastic. Love ponies with glasses. Still kinda getting used to the pony smartphones, but the concept is so ridiculous I can't hate it.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Flitter on August 07, 2021, 06:21:00 AM
No wings…
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on August 07, 2021, 06:42:53 AM
ironic Twilight is pre-princess Twilight
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on August 07, 2021, 06:50:22 AM
I'm sorry but that Pinkie Pie is cursed :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on August 07, 2021, 06:56:59 AM
Yeah, where have Twilight's wings gone? o_O

Not thrilled to see the G4 chars back (again) already, sadly not surprised either though. I guess they do look quite nice with fringes though.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on August 07, 2021, 07:35:48 AM
Wow I was not expecting that! G4's done in the G5 style... wow! A bit weird that they pulled this gimmick so early on.

I like collecting G4 toys so... If I LIKED the G5 style, this would actually be cool! You don't see many Rainbow Dash figures with folded wings! I like that idea. And the bangs are cool. And Twilight in her original form is interesting. We haven't seen wingless Twilight since 2013, when most of the toys switched over with the coming of season 4. But... yeah, I just don't like the look of the G5's. They all have wide-eyed vacant smiles, like creepy vendriloquist dummies, and bobbleheads on noodlenecks.

This kinda reminds me of the G4 Collector Set from 2010. (Pinkie, AJ, Twilight, Spike, and Celestia.) That set also came out just as the new series was starting, and it wasn't quite like the usual MLP toys we had at that point. The molded hair was unusual and the set randomly included just the characters Hasbro thought would become favorites....

If I find this G4-as-G5's set for cheap I might pick it up just for the novelty of it.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on August 07, 2021, 08:12:43 AM
I'm just coming back to that wording, "fans new and old".

Heh.

Is it wrong to think of G4 fans still as newish..?

The actual 'old' fans might've been happier to see Firefly, Twilight and Surprise..?

(Or not)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on August 07, 2021, 08:17:33 AM
I don't know why anyone is worried about the packs with G4 characters included. It's clear they are using them to bridge the gap between generations and will probably abandon them after this, which unfortunately means no Rarity, Applejack, or Fluttershy in G5 style. I'm fine with the ones they did include it just makes me sad to only be able to have half.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on August 07, 2021, 08:30:58 AM
I don't know why anyone is worried about the packs with G4 characters included. It's clear they are using them to bridge the gap between generations

No pony generation has ever needed to be 'bridged' in before.

I don't think it's about that. I think it's about flogging the dead horse of this amazing success they unexpectedly had - trying to glean the last of the brony money while they still can.

It's true that the M6 have connections to G3 and G1 existing characters, but somehow I feel like that was different. This is a token "here's some old stuff" release, as opposed to constructing new Pinkie Pie, Dash and Applejack characters separated from the G3 and G1 interations. :/

We didn't get Firefly and Medley in G2, we didn't get Ivy and Sunsparkle in G3. And even despite the above carryover, we didn't get 'favourite set' releases in G4 featuring popular characters from G3. We did get Minty, but A LOT later into G4's release after it was already established.

Maybe it will be a one off and let's hope so - but to me it feels like Hasbro not really knowing how to move on from G4, and still wanting to hang onto its success. Whatever came after G4 was always going to be a challenge. If you're going to release collections with G4 and G5 characters, I feel like it's better done when G5 is established, not before it begins.

G5 already seems inoffensive but somehow unimposing as a toy line. A bit lost in the crowd somehow? Unlike G4. And Hasbro making this release RIGHT at the start makes me feel like they think so too.

But it's early and I guess we'll see. It just feels like an acknowledgement from Hasbro that they used the last of their creative edge when they launched G4 and they don't know how to let it go.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on August 07, 2021, 08:45:43 AM
I was so excited to wake up to this new set! Meijer doesn't exist around here so I wonder what store will get it instead. I hope we get all of the mane 6. I guess I may grab this collection instead of the unicorn pack just in case they don't release them as singles.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 07, 2021, 09:14:07 AM
I posted this in the “out now and coming soon” thread, but I want to make sure everyone sees it because I haven’t seen this set anywhere else yet. We have Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie making a return in the “Favorites Together Collection.”

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“Pony worlds come together when Sunny Starscout, Twilight Sparkle, and some of their best friends unite under the magic of friendship. Favorites Together Collection pack includes 6 pony figures with character- inspired colors, hair styles, and Cutie Marks. From My Little Pony: A New Generation, meet Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, and Princess Petals. From My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, reimagine the magic of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Now designed in the style of: A New Generation characters! Ponies are 3 inches tall with long, soft hair that's fun to play with and style. Each comes with a character-inspired accessory for fashion and storytelling fun. 12 pieces in all! Fans new and old can imagine adventures with iconic My Little Pony: A New Generation and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic favorites.”

$25.99


Hasbro,  I'm going to hurt you. Can you not continue to force-feed people these damn characters?!

Post Merge: August 07, 2021, 09:15:07 AM

I had Grand Champion horses as a kid and their painted leg markings and hooves suffered alot.  So I was guessing ponies would as well.  Now, I did play with them (and my ponies) outside quite a bit, so that may vary by child.

My 90s Grand Champions are just fine. Some may be a bit yellowed but they came like that to me, when I started collecting again.

Post Merge: August 07, 2021, 09:19:20 AM

I'm just coming back to that wording, "fans new and old".

Heh.

Is it wrong to think of G4 fans still as newish..?

The actual 'old' fans might've been happier to see Firefly, Twilight and Surprise..?

(Or not)

It may be that I didn't get much sleep due to a headache,  but it irritates me that they have the gall, to call g4 only fans "older fans." If they wanted to appeal to true older fans,  how about Kimono, Ivy, and Medley?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on August 07, 2021, 12:15:57 PM
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Kinda funny how Twilight Sparkle's accessory is the crown of the pegasus queen, yet she got her wings clipped :D

On a side note: we will clearly never get rid of Pinkie Pie...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on August 07, 2021, 12:32:24 PM
Rainbow Dash looks super cute in this style!

Twilight probably doesn't have her wings because these new characters are at the start of their stories, so they are showing the G4 characters at the start of their stories, too.

Also when the box says"fans new and old" I'm guessing they mean "old but still in the target audience age range," that is, actual children.

And I definitely see some value in bridging the gap between generations, personally.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on August 07, 2021, 12:50:15 PM
Rainbow Dash looks super cute in this style!
I'm not the only one! I immediately thought Dash looked the cutest, and now I'm realizing she's the only one where you can't see the eyebrows... hmm... does anyone have a G5 pony and some acetone on hand? For science? :lookround:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on August 07, 2021, 01:37:30 PM
Rainbow Dash looks super cute in this style!
I'm not the only one! I immediately thought Dash looked the cutest, and now I'm realizing she's the only one where you can't see the eyebrows... hmm... does anyone have a G5 pony and some acetone on hand? For science? :lookround:
I didn't think of it but yeah maybe it is the eyebrows?  And her nice forelock... The others kind of look like they have pony receding hairlines haha.

I've also been wanting to try removing some G5 eyebrows just to see what they look like  :P
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on August 07, 2021, 01:41:24 PM
cute.

wonder how theyre gonna retcon wingless twi?
“alicorn status expiration date”?

or maybe the new story occurs in an early FIM timeline?

I’m fine with whatevs but it IS amusing!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on August 07, 2021, 01:53:04 PM
wonder how theyre gonna retcon wingless twi?
“alicorn status expiration date”?

:lmao: :rofl:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MOTOSTOKES on August 07, 2021, 05:07:19 PM
I'm unsure why you think the other half of the G4 main gals won't ever be in the G5 style, all 6 of them were already shown in a set for this gen with the G4.5 blind bag molds
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on August 07, 2021, 05:16:33 PM
cute.

wonder how theyre gonna retcon wingless twi?
“alicorn status expiration date”?

or maybe the new story occurs in an early FIM timeline?

I’m fine with whatevs but it IS amusing!


I think Hasbro just got lazy.. I hope that's the case. We see her as an Alicorn in the animatic and in the box art plus
Spoiler
A costume and a toy of Sunny as an Alicorn
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: serena-hime on August 07, 2021, 05:18:11 PM
I posted this somewhere else, but I'm curious to know if Twilight's lack of wings will be mentioned in the plot of the movie; I don't think the M6 will appear as actual characters in the movie, but we know it's set in the same universe and Sunny does have a set of M6 figures in her bedroom. Since the plot of the movie is that magic is gone from Equestria and the pony species live separately, I wonder if Alicorns have been erased from the historical record both because they no longer exist and because they want to suppress the knowledge of a species containing both unicorn and pegasus qualities, something which would contradict the "separate is better" society they have going on right now?

Though it could also be a goof since Twilight's wings seem vaguely visible in the box art lol.

I already hate the mini brushables so I'm not getting these (until they resculpt them to be prettier/more accurate, like singing Pipp), but I'm not surprised to see them doing G4-to-G5 ponies, both because it will make money and also because it's already been established that this is a continuation of the G4 universe. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on August 07, 2021, 05:43:15 PM
I'm unsure why you think the other half of the G4 main gals won't ever be in the G5 style, all 6 of them were already shown in a set for this gen with the G4.5 blind bag molds

Yeah, I was going to say... This isn't the first set w/ G4 characters.

I wonder if they'll make another 6 pack with Rarity/AJ/Flutters and 3 other G5 chars? I could see them doing something like that.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on August 07, 2021, 07:15:11 PM
Also when the box says"fans new and old" I'm guessing they mean "old but still in the target audience age range," that is, actual children.

That's a very good point! I think you hit the nail on the head. After all, other than specific nostalgic releases, Hasbro has always been more interested in appealing to kids, not the adult collectors.

Pre-teens and teens will see these box sets and recognize the three G4 characters, and they might pick up the box to check out who the new characters are. That was probably the entire reason Hasbro made this set.

Post Merge: August 07, 2021, 07:17:15 PM

Rainbow Dash looks super cute in this style!
I'm not the only one! I immediately thought Dash looked the cutest, and now I'm realizing she's the only one where you can't see the eyebrows... hmm... does anyone have a G5 pony and some acetone on hand? For science? :lookround:

Oh wow, yes, the eyebrows DO bug me, they might look much better without them! Remember how weird it was that in the G4 line, Applejack was the only pony who got eyebrows...? And those were just tiny little marks, not these giant honkin' catepillar eyebrows they gave every single G5. (I could see just the males having them, as a way to make it even more clear which ponies were boys and which were girls... but why do the girls have them too?)

I would love to see pictures if anyone ends up removing their G5 eyebrows!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on August 08, 2021, 01:18:13 AM
Also when the box says"fans new and old" I'm guessing they mean "old but still in the target audience age range," that is, actual children.

That's a very good point! I think you hit the nail on the head. After all, other than specific nostalgic releases, Hasbro has always been more interested in appealing to kids, not the adult collectors.

I wonder about that. I mean, yes, you'd think so, but think how Hasbro have pandered continuously to the bronies/adult collectors of G4 at the expense of the kids - I think it's naive to assume that's their meaning when it comes to this transition.

Let me be clear, I don't expect Hasbro to acknowledge older gen fans, pretty much ever tbh. But I think it's the bronies they mean with 'old'. Not the kids. Because we've seen with G4 how disposable and instant the releases are. It's not been a line that was designed for long term collectors. It doesn't make sense to now turn around and talk about kids who played with G4 as continuing fans.

...And we've spent years talking about that disposability. So...yeah. I don't think it's about the kids, who have already moved on.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on August 08, 2021, 06:36:26 AM
Also when the box says"fans new and old" I'm guessing they mean "old but still in the target audience age range," that is, actual children.

Agreed.

I like this set! If we get Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy in G5 style I’ll probably buy them.

Post Merge: August 08, 2021, 06:43:38 AM

I had Grand Champion horses as a kid and their painted leg markings and hooves suffered a lot.  So I was guessing ponies would as well.  Now, I did play with them (and my ponies) outside quite a bit, so that may vary by child.

My 90s Grand Champions are just fine. Some may be a bit yellowed but they came like that to me, when I started collecting again.

Seems like it depends on the child and how they were played with :lol: if the conditions I’ve found ponies in secondhand are any indication of how most kids play with their toys, those socks and stripes would be doomed. Which in turn would make toys with surviving marks more expensive.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 08, 2021, 06:47:11 AM
I think they're probably referring to older kids too! It's definitely not the case that all the kids who were into G4 have moved on from MLP, as teenagers who grew up with MLP are the majority of those I see complaining about G5 on the MLP Instagram every time it posts anything. :lol: Many older kids are definitely still attached to MLP.

I'm also a bit skeptical it would be referring to bronies because back when I interacted on brony focused sites the general vibe I got was that for the most part they didn't bother much with buying Hasbro made toys, and mostly stuck to buying some licensed merchandise from other manufacturers (such as Funko) or fanmade items. I'm sure there are bronies out there who bought the main toys, but mostly I saw people going on about how they don't like them and how they aren't "show accurate" or whatever.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: otocolobus_manul on August 08, 2021, 06:47:55 AM
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on August 08, 2021, 02:17:32 PM
I remember that brushable hair was one thing in the G4 line that always seemed to separate toys for kids from toys that bronies liked to collect. Bronies liked molded hair more because it would be "show accurate", while brushable toys were for kids to play around with.

Interestingly, it seems like Hasbro remembers this for the G5 line, and perhaps that's why we have both brushables and molded hair toys with the line right from the start. (Except for the boy characters, who are molded hair only annoyingly.)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on August 09, 2021, 12:03:57 PM
I found G5 ponies in Sweden today! Super excited :D they had Pipp, Zipp and Sunny, the crystal adventures sets :) I picked up a Pipp and a Sunny, going to unbox and get some good photos etc tomorrow. They're adorable! :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 10, 2021, 04:14:05 PM
I went to four stores today in search of some G5s to get but didn't really find anything. Went to two Walmarts and two Targets. The Walmarts both had some molded hair ponies, including the large playset, and some of the little plushes, but I don't really want any of those? And both Targets had no MLP at all. I did look on Target's website though and their site claims that the third closest Target near me has some G5 brushables though so I'm planning to go there tomorrow. If I don't see any on the shelf I'll probably try asking if they're in the back, since they do show up on the website as in stock.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 11, 2021, 06:16:02 PM
As a follow up to my post above from yesterday, I was finally able to find a G5 with rooted hair today. As I mentioned yesterday it was indeed at the third closest Target. They didn't have as much listed as being in stock this morning as they did when I looked yesterday though. Yesterday it showed on the site that they had singing Pipp, styling size Sunny, and the styling size 6 pack set, but upon looking at the stock online this morning, only Pipp remained so when I got there she was my only choice.

The singing Pipp is a really nice toy! I love the way the G5 style works on a pony this large. I look forward to having ponies of the regular styling size and the basic 3 inch size so I can do more of a comparison of them. But the G5 style does work really nicely on the size of Pipp. Her hair is soft and silky (I think it's nylon?), and I love her soft and fluffy wings. My one only real gripe is one that applies to the entire G5 toyline so far and that's the lack of white on Pipp's legs. I do wish they would implement these little design features like this that appear on the characters in the movie on their toys. Spoilered below is photos of her!

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on August 12, 2021, 11:55:52 AM
I'm not sure if this has already been posted but I found this set today.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on August 12, 2021, 03:18:12 PM
i found it too! at walmart
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on August 14, 2021, 09:36:02 AM
I found this today at Target.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on August 15, 2021, 09:48:46 AM
I'm willing to bet we'll see boys with brushable hair later down the lines, at least on the bigger ponies.
G4 did the same thing with the troll hair boys. They did that for a few waves, realized how much people hated it, and started giving them proper mohawks.
Hopefully when they see the displeasure for the moulded hair, they change it up later on.
They do seem pretty receptive to feedback for this gen, so far. At least it seems like it to me.

I really like the little jointed ones, I might get Izzy. She's my favourite of the bunch.

I *really* want the bigger Izzy with the super long hair. Don't know if I'll end up getting many G5s but I know for sure I'm getting her.
Checked for her in Walmart today, they didn't even have a single pony as it was. :blink: Not even the cheap little PonyLife rings.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 15, 2021, 10:14:47 AM
I'm willing to bet we'll see boys with brushable hair later down the lines, at least on the bigger ponies.
G4 did the same thing with the troll hair boys. They did that for a few waves, realized how much people hated it, and started giving them proper mohawks.
Hopefully when they see the displeasure for the moulded hair, they change it up later on.
They do seem pretty receptive to feedback for this gen, so far. At least it seems like it to me.

I really like the little jointed ones, I might get Izzy. She's my favourite of the bunch.

I *really* want the bigger Izzy with the super long hair. Don't know if I'll end up getting many G5s but I know for sure I'm getting her.
Checked for her in Walmart today, they didn't even have a single pony as it was. :blink: Not even the cheap little PonyLife rings.


Yeah but they did it towards the very end of the generation and it was still mohawks. G4 boys just plain suck.  >_<
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on August 16, 2021, 04:24:16 AM
So I saw the larger versions of Izzy and Sunny at my walmart finally as well as the pack of 5 normal brushables. I would have grabbed them but really I just want them as singles. I'll even take the molded singles at this point (still wish the normal sized ponies had opened wings on Zipp and Pipp)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 20, 2021, 06:36:22 AM
I've decided I want the Royal Gala set. I asked my boyfriend if he would buy it for me, and he said yes.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on August 20, 2021, 07:47:35 AM
I saw a large Talking Izzy today at Walmart! is she new?  She was hard plastic but covered in plush-like cloth.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 20, 2021, 08:21:40 AM
Has anyone seen single Trailblazer in stores? His head may be ugly,  but I still want one.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on August 20, 2021, 08:26:12 AM
I saw a large Talking Izzy today at Walmart! is she new?  She was hard plastic but covered in plush-like cloth.
Does she sing about her Unicorn Butt? That one isn't new, but I'm curious if there's a different one!
Has anyone seen single Trailblazer in stores? His head may be ugly,  but I still want one.
Not that I can remember so far. All of the others have popped up online except for him.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 20, 2021, 08:43:46 AM
I saw a large Talking Izzy today at Walmart! is she new?  She was hard plastic but covered in plush-like cloth.
Does she sing about her Unicorn Butt? That one isn't new, but I'm curious if there's a different one!
Has anyone seen single Trailblazer in stores? His head may be ugly,  but I still want one.
Not that I can remember so far. All of the others have popped up online except for him.

Thanks tailrust
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on August 20, 2021, 07:02:17 PM
Took me way too long to remember who Trailblazer is.  ^^; Still not used to ponies having last names... lol
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on August 22, 2021, 04:13:11 PM
I FINALLY found the large ones today!

I also saw the set of the small ones, but in my opinion they look kind of like cheap fakies, their hair was kinda bad, and their bodies look too long, like wiener-dogs.
The large ones are honestly amazing in quality, though!
They're really solid and heavy, little lighter than a Funko pony but heavier than a G4 FS.
Their hair is honestly amazing quality!! Feels like really nice Monster High hair, super silky, and it's *super* thick and well rooted!
Their heads are also on ball joints, which I find really cool!!

I wonder how customizing them would work, though I'm sure people have tried before I got here and I just haven't seen.

I was only going to get Izzy, but ended up loving Sunny so much I got her too. XD
Glad I did, because their accessories look so much better swapped!

I do have to say, their accessories are pretty cheap and dinky. But the headbands are nice, and I love the purse! It had a little book in it that actually opens and closes.
I also "fixed" the blue headband, because it had these weird long rubber streamers hanging off of it! It was kinda bizarre, but my cat loves the streamers now, so... XD

Also, weird thing to gush about, but I adore the new packaging. So easy to open, and I can touch the ponies before buying them now!! I really like that more than trying to peer at weird angles through a plastic bubble. Everything is tied down with paper rope now, you can just rip it all off and they fall right out!

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Probably just going to call them Starscout & Moonbow, not a fan of the human names.

I can take more photos if anyone's curious about them. :)
(sorry about the cluttered background, we just moved like, yesterday)

They really grew on me! I still think they're a tad creepy, but like, in an endearing way? XD
But I mean, I feel the same about G3.5 and PonyLife.
I decided what good is there in being a pony elitist, I'll love them all, I'll embrace the creepy and weird. XD

Really hope they make more large ones!! I'll buy them all. XD
hasbro what are you doing to me

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I'm willing to bet we'll see boys with brushable hair later down the lines, at least on the bigger ponies.
G4 did the same thing with the troll hair boys. They did that for a few waves, realized how much people hated it, and started giving them proper mohawks.
Hopefully when they see the displeasure for the moulded hair, they change it up later on.
They do seem pretty receptive to feedback for this gen, so far. At least it seems like it to me.

I really like the little jointed ones, I might get Izzy. She's my favourite of the bunch.

I really want the bigger Izzy with the super long hair. Don't know if I'll end up getting many G5s but I know for sure I'm getting her.
Checked for her in Walmart today, they didn't even have a single pony as it was. :blink: Not even the cheap little PonyLife rings.


Yeah but they did it towards the very end of the generation and it was still mohawks. G4 boys just plain suck.  >_<

I think I'm in the minority that loves the mohawks. XD But I always headcanon the mohawk boys to be punks, anyway... My Shining Armor ditched his royal coat for a guitar. XD

But, Sandbar did have 'real' hair at the very end, there! A unique hairstyle, even. Though I know he was *super* hard to find for most people.

Yannow what I want, if they do decide to finally do a longhaired boy?
I want him to have longer, more luxurious hair than any girl ever has.

I want a Fabio pony. XD

Extra props if they make him like some sort of hippy or metalhead. XD *nods*
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 22, 2021, 04:50:52 PM
I FINALLY found the large ones today!

I also saw the set of the small ones, but in my opinion they look kind of like cheap fakies, their hair was kinda bad, and their bodies look too long, like wiener-dogs.
The large ones are honestly amazing in quality, though!
They're really solid and heavy, little lighter than a Funko pony but heavier than a G4 FS.
Their hair is honestly amazing quality!! Feels like really nice Monster High hair, super silky, and it's *super* thick and well rooted!
Their heads are also on ball joints, which I find really cool!!

I wonder how customizing them would work, though I'm sure people have tried before I got here and I just haven't seen.

I was only going to get Izzy, but ended up loving Sunny so much I got her too. XD
Glad I did, because their accessories look so much better swapped!

I do have to say, their accessories are pretty cheap and dinky. But the headbands are nice, and I love the purse! It had a little book in it that actually opens and closes.
I also "fixed" the blue headband, because it had these weird long rubber streamers hanging off of it! It was kinda bizarre, but my cat loves the streamers now, so... XD

Also, weird thing to gush about, but I adore the new packaging. So easy to open, and I can touch the ponies before buying them now!! I really like that more than trying to peer at weird angles through a plastic bubble. Everything is tied down with paper rope now, you can just rip it all off and they fall right out!

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Probably just going to call them Starscout & Moonbow, not a fan of the human names.

I can take more photos if anyone's curious about them. :)
(sorry about the cluttered background, we just moved like, yesterday)

They really grew on me! I still think they're a tad creepy, but like, in an endearing way? XD
But I mean, I feel the same about G3.5 and PonyLife.
I decided what good is there in being a pony elitist, I'll love them all, I'll embrace the creepy and weird. XD

Really hope they make more large ones!! I'll buy them all. XD
hasbro what are you doing to me

Post Merge: August 22, 2021, 04:28:44 PM

I'm willing to bet we'll see boys with brushable hair later down the lines, at least on the bigger ponies.
G4 did the same thing with the troll hair boys. They did that for a few waves, realized how much people hated it, and started giving them proper mohawks.
Hopefully when they see the displeasure for the moulded hair, they change it up later on.
They do seem pretty receptive to feedback for this gen, so far. At least it seems like it to me.

I really like the little jointed ones, I might get Izzy. She's my favourite of the bunch.

I really want the bigger Izzy with the super long hair. Don't know if I'll end up getting many G5s but I know for sure I'm getting her.
Checked for her in Walmart today, they didn't even have a single pony as it was. :blink: Not even the cheap little PonyLife rings.


Yeah but they did it towards the very end of the generation and it was still mohawks. G4 boys just plain suck.  >_<

I think I'm in the minority that loves the mohawks. XD But I always headcanon the mohawk boys to be punks, anyway... My Shining Armor ditched his royal coat for a guitar. XD

But, Sandbar did have 'real' hair at the very end, there! A unique hairstyle, even. Though I know he was *super* hard to find for most people.

Yannow what I want, if they do decide to finally do a longhaired boy?
I want him to have longer, more luxurious hair than any girl ever has.

I want a Fabio pony. XD

Extra props if they make him like some sort of hippy or metalhead. XD *nods*


Yes please to Metalhead Fabio pony with locks long enough to make Rapunzel green with envy, and thick and heavy enough to make the BnGs froth at the mouth with rage.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on August 22, 2021, 06:51:18 PM
Yes please to Metalhead Fabio pony with locks long enough to make Rapunzel green with envy, and thick and heavy enough to make the BnGs froth at the mouth with rage.

So glad others agree! XD
Hey man, toy brands are becoming more and more socially/culturally aware, maybe we'll see it someday? XD


I do have to say one more thing about the G5 toys-
I know it's super weird but I wish they had slightly bigger/more defined rumps/hips- they have a wiener-dog shape to them, and it makes them look too skinny for a horse/pony. Everything else is okay.
Literally the only reason I wish that is that it would give them more of a horse look-
Horses have big butts, it is what it is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Especially for ponies, which are naturally little chunkers.
They weren't shy about it for any of the other gens! Lmao

Obviously not a deal breaker, and it is super weird to say- but(t) I mean, am I wrong? XD XD
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 22, 2021, 07:32:08 PM
Yes please to Metalhead Fabio pony with locks long enough to make Rapunzel green with envy, and thick and heavy enough to make the BnGs froth at the mouth with rage.

So glad others agree! XD
Hey man, toy brands are becoming more and more socially/culturally aware, maybe we'll see it someday? XD


I do have to say one more thing about the G5 toys-
I know it's super weird but I wish they had slightly bigger/more defined rumps/hips- they have a wiener-dog shape to them, and it makes them look too skinny for a horse/pony. Everything else is okay.
Literally the only reason I wish that is that it would give them more of a horse look-
Horses have big butts, it is what it is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Especially for ponies, which are naturally little chunkers.
They weren't shy about it for any of the other gens! Lmao

Obviously not a deal breaker, and it is super weird to say- but(t) I mean, am I wrong? XD XD


No you are not.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on August 22, 2021, 08:05:50 PM
Thank you LaW XD

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sincere apologies if I'm late to the party which I do suspect I am
but I do love all of these dearly honestly and want all of them
I am obsessed with the G5 larges, now.......... XD

I'm kicking myself for buying Starscout & Moonbow single now. XD Cause I want the Shining multipack.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 22, 2021, 08:11:22 PM
Thank you LaW XD

WHOA I just found out there will be more Larges. From Strawberry Reef
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sincere apologies if I'm late to the party which I do suspect I am
but I do love all of these dearly honestly and want all of them
I am obsessed with the G5 larges, now.......... XD

I'm kicking myself for buying Starscout & Moonbow single now. XD Cause I want the Shining multipack.

Want big Trailblazer. Am annoyed that he doesn't come on his own. Am already seeing an overabundance of the core cast.  They're still continuing their mistake by packing in the old characters with the new, and not allowing kids to get a singular toy. Hasbro is clearly too stupid too learn, or relearn. :yawn:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on August 22, 2021, 08:15:59 PM
I’m kicking myself now for buying Starscout & Moonbow today, because I love that pack!!!!

Highly unlikely I know, but if I got it, would anyone be interested in my dupe Moonbow & Starscout? I’d price em lower than the singles bc lack of accessories.

But I could also throw in all the accs from the singles that weren’t on the ponies in my photo. (Minus the book)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Minty_Magic on August 23, 2021, 12:49:13 AM
I bought the Shining Adventures pack at Target and added on some of their markings. The toys are very high quality, but it really bugs me that they are lacking the stockings and blazes that make the characters them! I kind of wanted to try and remove the molded hair on the boys and attemp to root them, but then I wasn’t feeling that ambitious, so I just added some glitter to their hair to help separate it from the body some.

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I saw the small unicorn party set of brushables at Walmart the other day, but I didn’t pick them up. So far I think the styling size ponies are the best quality for the money.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on August 23, 2021, 07:46:07 AM
Wow Minty Magic!  That's really good!  That's what Hasbro should've gave us!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on August 23, 2021, 09:43:50 AM
I bought the Shining Adventures pack at Target and added on some of their markings. The toys are very high quality, but it really bugs me that they are lacking the stockings and blazes that make the characters them! I kind of wanted to try and remove the molded hair on the boys and attemp to root them, but then I wasn’t feeling that ambitious, so I just added some glitter to their hair to help separate it from the body some.

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I saw the small unicorn party set of brushables at Walmart the other day, but I didn’t pick them up. So far I think the styling size ponies are the best quality for the money.

Those look great!  Hitch especially looks way better, probably because he does have so many markings. I've been thinking about trying this, too, probably just with Sunny though.  Seeing how well yours turned out makes me want to do it even more.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 23, 2021, 09:51:06 AM
I bought the Shining Adventures pack at Target and added on some of their markings. The toys are very high quality, but it really bugs me that they are lacking the stockings and blazes that make the characters them! I kind of wanted to try and remove the molded hair on the boys and attemp to root them, but then I wasn’t feeling that ambitious, so I just added some glitter to their hair to help separate it from the body some.

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I saw the small unicorn party set of brushables at Walmart the other day, but I didn’t pick them up. So far I think the styling size ponies are the best quality for the money.


They look much better with their cute,  horsey lil markings.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on August 23, 2021, 12:19:21 PM
Wow they look great!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponybookworm on August 23, 2021, 04:32:09 PM
Minty Magic I love it!!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on August 24, 2021, 05:37:14 PM
Absolutely love them with their markings, it adds so much to them! I wish Hasbro wouldn't approve character designs they have no intention of representing correctly. 

"Sure, give Twilight 3 hair colors lol"

"Sure, give the new characters socks and blazes lol"

Sigh.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on August 24, 2021, 06:35:02 PM
Absolutely love them with their markings, it adds so much to them! I wish Hasbro wouldn't approve character designs they have no intention of representing correctly. 

"Sure, give Twilight 3 hair colors lol"

"Sure, give the new characters socks and blazes lol"

Sigh.

At least its an easy fix
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on August 25, 2021, 06:37:25 PM
I still love them but I can't get over the red boy's expression.
What is that?

He looks like his friend in class just walked by and farted in his face, but the class has to be silent because they're taking a test, so he's just giving him the really!? dying-inside look from across the room.

Idk why that was the first scenario that popped into my head, but it's all I can see now. XD

Maybe Hitch is to blame.

I do wish they had their markings, as well. :(
Holding out hope for later iterations, as well as real hair for the boys. (Seriously, the girl gets real short hair but boys get plastic bricks? XD)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Minty_Magic on August 26, 2021, 08:32:27 AM
Thanks for the kind words everyone! :) It seems like we are already going the m6 direction with the toys where there will be a lot of re releases, so as I inevitably end up with duplicates I might play around with the smaller sized figures at some point too.

Absolutely love them with their markings, it adds so much to them! I wish Hasbro wouldn't approve character designs they have no intention of representing correctly. 

"Sure, give Twilight 3 hair colors lol"

"Sure, give the new characters socks and blazes lol"

Sigh.

You summed up my feelings exactly! UGH like the wrong hair colors on Twilight and Rainbow Dash were annoying, but passable. But these new characters have such distinct markings that without them, they don’t even look like the same character. I’m not a huge stickler for show accuracy, but even as a kid I wanted my toys to look like their animated counterpart at least a little.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on August 26, 2021, 09:23:55 AM
I'm not overly concerned with show accuracy either but a MLP show usually is created with the goal of selling toys in mind, so I don't know why they bothered to design characters with markings that aren't going to be on the toys to begin with?

I was excited to finally have horsey markings on MLP charas, only to find out the toys wouldn't get them! I was a bit bummed.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 26, 2021, 10:56:14 AM
I'm not overly concerned with show accuracy either but a MLP show usually is created with the goal of selling toys in mind, so I don't know why they bothered to design characters with markings that aren't going to be on the toys to begin with?

I was excited to finally have horsey markings on MLP charas, only to find out the toys wouldn't get them! I was a bit bummed.

Yeah! It's very bizarre that they even bothered to have those markings on them. I wish the toys had them. :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on August 26, 2021, 11:25:41 AM
I found a Sing and Glow Izzy plush today. Her head really does look that big.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on August 26, 2021, 06:52:04 PM
I went to a Target to look for the $3 play packs and any G5 toys and there was absolutely nothing!! I was heartbroken! I even checked in the toy aisles for tags for future products and couldn't find anything...

I found the unicorn celebration pack at a different Walmart than mine, but left it for now. I'm waiting to see how many different sets we get before I just jump in on any more products to prevent duplicates.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on August 28, 2021, 09:58:50 AM
I found a couple of the Play Packs at Target but not the invisible ink book that someone else mentioned.

I did find this Princess Petals at Walmart though.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: lalalei2001 on August 28, 2021, 10:19:51 AM
I saw some small Izzy and Sunny plushes at Wal-Mart yesterday. They were cute!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on August 28, 2021, 04:01:38 PM
I found a couple of the Play Packs at Target but not the invisible ink book that someone else mentioned.

I did find this Princess Petals at Walmart though.

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Oh! I haven't seen this one at all before, only the styling Pipp from the six pack. Super cool!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on August 29, 2021, 11:55:17 AM
YES solo Princess Petals!! I have a *mighty need!

Now I just really want that other peg as a solo and I'll be set, holding out on the boys until they fix the hair. :)

(How ironic that the short haired girl gets real, styled hair, and the boys still have plastic chunks. XD just what
like we know you can do it now, Hasbro)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on August 29, 2021, 06:27:47 PM
YES solo Princess Petals!! I have a *mighty need!

Now I just really want that other peg as a solo and I'll be set, holding out on the boys until they fix the hair. :)

(How ironic that the short haired girl gets real, styled hair, and the boys still have plastic chunks. XD just what
like we know you can do it now, Hasbro)
I don't know, I don't care for Zipp's hair to be like something with styling product in the hair XD (at least that was what I heard was that her hair was stiff from glue being used to keep the style or something similar)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: toxoplasicity on August 29, 2021, 10:08:38 PM
i'd think it would be too early to only sell variations of the main characters... seeing this thread tells me im wrong
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on August 29, 2021, 10:19:19 PM
i'd think it would be too early to only sell variations of the main characters... seeing this thread tells me im wrong

Oof yeah. G4 began with some alright variety for its early years and then after that began the bombarding of the main cast, but G5 just begins with it immediately. I hope we see some more variety once this first wave is out. There have been some non-"Mane 5", such as Sprout being included in that stylizing size set, and some non-main cast ponies included in that large molded hair set in the Amazon exclusive set, but that's hardly anything. :/ And the upcoming set that has both Mane 5 and Mane 6 ponies I guess but..... should we really count that? :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: toxoplasicity on August 30, 2021, 12:12:08 AM
i'd think it would be too early to only sell variations of the main characters... seeing this thread tells me im wrong

Oof yeah. G4 began with some alright variety for its early years and then after that began the bombarding of the main cast, but G5 just begins with it immediately. I hope we see some more variety once this first wave is out. There have been some non-"Mane 5", such as Sprout being included in that stylizing size set, and some non-main cast ponies included in that large molded hair set in the Amazon exclusive set, but that's hardly anything. :/ And the upcoming set that has both Mane 5 and Mane 6 ponies I guess but..... should we really count that? :lol:

i'm hoping after the "movie releases" are over we get some variety, i like the new characters but theres not much to collect at the moment! maybe once the actual show starts we'll get side characters and stuff in toy form but i'd really like if they went back to making original ponies... like thats ever gonna happen xD
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: glitterball on September 01, 2021, 12:48:51 PM
Popped into Smyths (UK) this afternoon & they had the big Princess Petals and also the smaller "Crystal Adventure" single sets for sale! I bought the small Princess Petals for 7.99 for my kid & awaited her critique...

...she loved the look of the pony, thinking she was cute. She also loved the cutie mark a lot - a musical note with a crown - and the fact that there was a "badge" version of it that could be "popped" on to an enclosed rainbow bracelet (sadly, too tight for her wrist); she enjoyed opening the crystal capsule, finding the little accessories, cape & stickers, too. She commented that the wings were flexible & thought that was much better than previous wing designs.

So Hasbro have at least ticked a few boxes here that delights my girl!

I thought the four, strappy hoof bracelet accessory thingies looked very... punky? Missing some chains & safety pins  :lol: Hehe, but that's just me  ;) Perhaps someone need to do a Vivienne Westwood custom with a bit of added tartan  :P

Didn't recall seeing Izzy Moonbow, if I do next time, I will buy her, purely because my girl likes her blue/purple colouring (and I spy a cute tea-set accessory!). The Other sets didn't really draw me to buying them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 01, 2021, 02:25:18 PM
I still love them but I can't get over the red boy's expression.
What is that?

He looks like his friend in class just walked by and farted in his face, but the class has to be silent because they're taking a test, so he's just giving him the really!? dying-inside look from across the room.

Idk why that was the first scenario that popped into my head, but it's all I can see now. XD

Maybe Hitch is to blame.

I do wish they had their markings, as well. :(
Holding out hope for later iterations, as well as real hair for the boys. (Seriously, the girl gets real short hair but boys get plastic bricks? XD)


 :lol: Looks more to me  like he did the farting.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ChibiMango on September 01, 2021, 02:28:38 PM
I recently bought a Unicorn Charms Izzy, and I love her!  But two (very minor, but still) quality issues I noticed with her are:
- Her tail seems to have slightly cheaper hair than her mane??  Maybe I'm just imagining it, but it looks a tiny bit messier and frizzier than the mane, even after some combing.
- The rubber band that held some of her hair down around her back leg actually left blemishes!  When I took them off, they left marks that wrap around the leg where they originally sat.  The marks are slightly indented and look to be stained a little bit pink (the color of the rubber bands).  My phone camera messed up the colors a bit, but here's a picture.
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Other than these things, she's great!  But has anyone else noticed any issues like this?  I'm curious about whether they're a one-off problem or if they're common.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on September 01, 2021, 03:34:47 PM
i'd think it would be too early to only sell variations of the main characters... seeing this thread tells me im wrong

Oof yeah. G4 began with some alright variety for its early years and then after that began the bombarding of the main cast, but G5 just begins with it immediately. I hope we see some more variety once this first wave is out. There have been some non-"Mane 5", such as Sprout being included in that stylizing size set, and some non-main cast ponies included in that large molded hair set in the Amazon exclusive set, but that's hardly anything. :/ And the upcoming set that has both Mane 5 and Mane 6 ponies I guess but..... should we really count that? :lol:

I may be wrong but I'm guessing we're probably going to see a lot more of this core cast concept and a lot less variety with G5 going forward. I hope not, but because we're still tied to G4's world and G4's characters (with different appearances but same personalities) and so on, I feel like they're going to try the same marketing ploy.

Well, it does work and it can be successful. It's just a bit dull.

I don't see G5 being controversial like G4 (although that clip where they all run away from Izzy is already begging to be ripped apart by diversity awareness groups) so I don't see the core cast being repeated ad nauseum as a huge deal, just not very exciting...

But then G5 doesn't seem very fresh, new or exciting anyway. It's occurred to me how close Petals and Izzy's colour schemes are, and how little colour variety there is overall - bar maybe Zipp who seems to be a bit different from the base palette of purple/orange/shades in between with some pink.

So yeah. I don't think this gen is about variety. I think it's about playing it safe and perhaps trying to return the ideas of G4 to the kids...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 01, 2021, 03:51:55 PM
i'd think it would be too early to only sell variations of the main characters... seeing this thread tells me im wrong

Oof yeah. G4 began with some alright variety for its early years and then after that began the bombarding of the main cast, but G5 just begins with it immediately. I hope we see some more variety once this first wave is out. There have been some non-"Mane 5", such as Sprout being included in that stylizing size set, and some non-main cast ponies included in that large molded hair set in the Amazon exclusive set, but that's hardly anything. :/ And the upcoming set that has both Mane 5 and Mane 6 ponies I guess but..... should we really count that? :lol:

I may be wrong but I'm guessing we're probably going to see a lot more of this core cast concept and a lot less variety with G5 going forward. I hope not, but because we're still tied to G4's world and G4's characters (with different appearances but same personalities) and so on, I feel like they're going to try the same marketing ploy.

Well, it does work and it can be successful. It's just a bit dull.

I don't see G5 being controversial like G4 (although that clip where they all run away from Izzy is already begging to be ripped apart by diversity awareness groups) so I don't see the core cast being repeated ad nauseum as a huge deal, just not very exciting...

But then G5 doesn't seem very fresh, new or exciting anyway. It's occurred to me how close Petals and Izzy's colour schemes are, and how little colour variety there is overall - bar maybe Zipp who seems to be a bit different from the base palette of purple/orange/shades in between with some pink.

So yeah. I don't think this gen is about variety. I think it's about playing it safe and perhaps trying to return the ideas of G4 to the kids...

Hopefully it won't be controversial due to creepy crazies.

I'm displeased that they're already shoving new toys into expensive packs,  instead of selling them by themselves. Maybe some kid or collector would like Shutter Snap,  or Sprout without having to pay through the nose for their third iteration of the main characters.

Did Dumbro even stop to think that this tactic would price out little kids? Especially in this economy. Because what are parents going to say: You already have those toys, and I cant spend $40-$60  right now.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on September 02, 2021, 09:09:40 PM

@ChibiMango
sometimes the plastic will eventually relax if its been pinched in the packaging, but I’m not sure about the color tint going away.  I guess we wait and see?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 03, 2021, 08:39:09 AM
When are we getting more unicorns? They have 1 toy, and a handful shown in the trailer. Only one of which is (mis)named.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 03, 2021, 08:42:51 AM
When are we getting more unicorns? They have 1 toy, and a handful shown in the trailer. Only one of which is (mis)named.

Excellent question-we have some unicorns shown in the advent calendar toy that are yet to be named or seen, but it's definitely pegasus favoritism so far.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 03, 2021, 08:54:13 AM
When are we getting more unicorns? They have 1 toy, and a handful shown in the trailer. Only one of which is (mis)named.

Excellent question-we have some unicorns shown in the advent calendar toy that are yet to be named or seen, but it's definitely pegasus favoritism so far.

You're right. I forgot about the advent calendar.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 03, 2021, 12:52:02 PM
I found Zipp yesterday.  I think this Walmart store is confused about what should be on the clearance aisle.  Zipp and the Princess Petals I posted earlier both have clearance stickers even though they are brand new toys that just came out.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on September 04, 2021, 04:30:53 AM
I found Zipp yesterday.  I think this Walmart store is confused about what should be on the clearance aisle.  Zipp and the Princess Petals I posted earlier both have clearance stickers even though they are brand new toys that just came out.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 04, 2021, 06:09:57 AM
$7.00? What a steal, lol  :P
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on September 04, 2021, 07:04:39 AM
awesome.  yes I’ve had that happen at my WM too.

congrats!


edit -

are her wings ball-jointed?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on September 04, 2021, 09:34:39 AM
Zipp is the only one so far who looks at all appealing to me in terms of her colour-scheme not being pink/purple, but that hair is just...awkward? Does she have more mane than just the quiff? It looks like it but..?

Also, that's really random on the part of the store. Maybe they don't realise these are new MLP rather than old? (I can see how they'd be confused, the logo is basically the same.)

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 04, 2021, 11:55:49 AM
Zipp is the only one so far who looks at all appealing to me in terms of her colour-scheme not being pink/purple, but that hair is just...awkward? Does she have more mane than just the quiff? It looks like it but..?

Also, that's really random on the part of the store. Maybe they don't realise these are new MLP rather than old? (I can see how they'd be confused, the logo is basically the same.)

She reminds me of Gusty. I haven't seen her ip yet. I'll be delighted if her stripe is green.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on September 04, 2021, 12:04:32 PM
It's interesting that she has a sweater! None of the other ponies of that size have clothing, do they? Hitch doesn't even come with the sash he wears in the movie, from what I've seen.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on September 04, 2021, 01:01:56 PM
Zipp is the only one so far who looks at all appealing to me in terms of her colour-scheme not being pink/purple, but that hair is just...awkward? Does she have more mane than just the quiff? It looks like it but..?

Also, that's really random on the part of the store. Maybe they don't realise these are new MLP rather than old? (I can see how they'd be confused, the logo is basically the same.)

She reminds me of Gusty. I haven't seen her ip yet. I'll be delighted if her stripe is green.
Looks like she has a teal stripe you can see at the front of her mane, does that count?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: ZatilPony on September 04, 2021, 08:09:58 PM
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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 04, 2021, 08:15:21 PM
Zipp is the only one so far who looks at all appealing to me in terms of her colour-scheme not being pink/purple, but that hair is just...awkward? Does she have more mane than just the quiff? It looks like it but..?

Also, that's really random on the part of the store. Maybe they don't realise these are new MLP rather than old? (I can see how they'd be confused, the logo is basically the same.)

She reminds me of Gusty. I haven't seen her ip yet. I'll be delighted if her stripe is green.
Looks like she has a teal stripe you can see at the front of her mane, does that count?

*peers intently at photo*
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: OleGrayMane on September 04, 2021, 08:54:21 PM
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She looks kinda bummed out
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on September 05, 2021, 04:23:46 AM
Zipp is the only one so far who looks at all appealing to me in terms of her colour-scheme not being pink/purple, but that hair is just...awkward? Does she have more mane than just the quiff? It looks like it but..?

Also, that's really random on the part of the store. Maybe they don't realise these are new MLP rather than old? (I can see how they'd be confused, the logo is basically the same.)

She reminds me of Gusty. I haven't seen her ip yet. I'll be delighted if her stripe is green.
I can see a bit of a green stripe on her mane in the photo :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: darthlmao on September 05, 2021, 12:05:42 PM
I WANT to like the G5s because I think their colors, accessories, and personalities seem really cute! But their flat faces bother me...they have less of a pony snout and more human-like facial proportions  :shocked:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 05, 2021, 12:10:45 PM
The ride-on Izzy looks really soft even if her expression is a little strange. I still think she’s cute :P
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on September 05, 2021, 02:30:43 PM
I WANT to like the G5s because I think their colors, accessories, and personalities seem really cute! But their flat faces bother me...they have less of a pony snout and more human-like facial proportions  :shocked:

I've never seen the brushable ones in person, so I can't speak for those, but the molded hair ones actually have a lot more snout than the promo images let on :) More of a muzzle than g4s!
I filmed an unboxing of Crystal Adventures Sunny and Pipp a while back, and show them from different angles. I definitely don't find their faces flat ^^'
https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM (https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 05, 2021, 02:41:50 PM
I WANT to like the G5s because I think their colors, accessories, and personalities seem really cute! But their flat faces bother me...they have less of a pony snout and more human-like facial proportions  :shocked:

I've never seen the brushable ones in person, so I can't speak for those, but the molded hair ones actually have a lot more snout than the promo images let on :) More of a muzzle than g4s!
I filmed an unboxing of Crystal Adventures Sunny and Pipp a while back, and show them from different angles. I definitely don't find their faces flat ^^'
https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM (https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM)


Ooh. Going to watch that today.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: NanoRuby on September 05, 2021, 02:59:08 PM
I know some people will disagree, but I think the G5 faces look great in person! They're super cute and almost animated in a way. They just don't always photograph that well I suppose.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: darthlmao on September 05, 2021, 04:30:35 PM
I WANT to like the G5s because I think their colors, accessories, and personalities seem really cute! But their flat faces bother me...they have less of a pony snout and more human-like facial proportions  :shocked:

I've never seen the brushable ones in person, so I can't speak for those, but the molded hair ones actually have a lot more snout than the promo images let on :) More of a muzzle than g4s!
I filmed an unboxing of Crystal Adventures Sunny and Pipp a while back, and show them from different angles. I definitely don't find their faces flat ^^'
https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM (https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM)

Thanks for sharing your vid! I just watched it and the accessories on these ponies are adorable. It wasn't until you mentioned the eyebrows that I realized G5 do have eyebrows  :lol: I just hadn't noticed before
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 05, 2021, 07:26:24 PM
Zipp is the only one so far who looks at all appealing to me in terms of her colour-scheme not being pink/purple, but that hair is just...awkward? Does she have more mane than just the quiff? It looks like it but..?

Also, that's really random on the part of the store. Maybe they don't realise these are new MLP rather than old? (I can see how they'd be confused, the logo is basically the same.)




I didn't buy Zipp so I can't answer a lot of the questions everyone's asking but I think Zipp does have a short mane piece that comes down from the part that sticks up.  It's also shown on her picture on the package but it's really hard to see.



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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 06, 2021, 09:12:58 AM
Thanks for the review Shaiyeh. I realize that I've been saying your name wrong. I pronounced it Shay-ah in my head for some reason.

Also, I like your bat tattoo.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 06, 2021, 10:33:06 AM
I found some more new things today.


There are a lot of pics so I will put them in spoiler tags. 

Huge display


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Candyland game

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Sing and Skate Sunny


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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Griffin on September 06, 2021, 11:55:52 AM
I WANT to like the G5s because I think their colors, accessories, and personalities seem really cute! But their flat faces bother me...they have less of a pony snout and more human-like facial proportions  :shocked:

I've never seen the brushable ones in person, so I can't speak for those, but the molded hair ones actually have a lot more snout than the promo images let on :) More of a muzzle than g4s!
I filmed an unboxing of Crystal Adventures Sunny and Pipp a while back, and show them from different angles. I definitely don't find their faces flat ^^'
https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM (https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM)

Thanks for this video, those are definitely much cuter than I was anticipating based on the promo pics! The eyes also look so much better. I'm still not a fan of moulded hair personally but I can imagine kids would love these ponies even without brushable hair. Loving the poseable wings on Pipp!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 06, 2021, 03:00:56 PM
The Sing and Skate Sunny is probably the cutest by far, at least to me  :biggrin: Thanks for the pictures, Ponyfan!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starrynights on September 06, 2021, 03:43:25 PM
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Extremely cute, I wish she was a normal plushie.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on September 06, 2021, 05:22:07 PM
Wait wait whoa -- an alicorn Sunny? This is the first time I'm hearing about this!

I know the gang wears fake horns in the movie to pretend to be unicorns at one point, but I didn't know anything about wearing fake wings. Although there seems to be a rainbow stripe in her mane, so maybe this is some sort of "powered up" version of herself, rather than a disguise?

I'm really desperate to know more lore about this world, but I'm wondering if this is just a toy thing and not something that's actually going to be in the movie...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 06, 2021, 05:57:00 PM
Wait wait whoa -- an alicorn Sunny? This is the first time I'm hearing about this!

I know the gang wears fake horns in the movie to pretend to be unicorns at one point, but I didn't know anything about wearing fake wings. Although there seems to be a rainbow stripe in her mane, so maybe this is some sort of "powered up" version of herself, rather than a disguise?

I'm really desperate to know more lore about this world, but I'm wondering if this is just a toy thing and not something that's actually going to be in the movie...


Look, she's wearing all orange. That clearly indicates she's a super sayan. (Or an escaped convict.) Take your pick.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 06, 2021, 05:57:47 PM
Wait wait whoa -- an alicorn Sunny? This is the first time I'm hearing about this!

I know the gang wears fake horns in the movie to pretend to be unicorns at one point, but I didn't know anything about wearing fake wings. Although there seems to be a rainbow stripe in her mane, so maybe this is some sort of "powered up" version of herself, rather than a disguise?

I'm really desperate to know more lore about this world, but I'm wondering if this is just a toy thing and not something that's actually going to be in the movie...
Most of the talk I’ve seen about the movie seems to lead to the conclusion that it is some kind of temporary “rainbow power up” version of Sunny that’ll happen at some point in the film. Guess we’ll have to see  :what:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starrynights on September 06, 2021, 05:58:58 PM
The wings and horns seem to be made of light or something, so I'm assuming it's a power up.
Maybe she goes the pony equivalent of super sayian?   :lol:
Edit: LOL someone else already said that while I was typing. Ninja'd
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on September 06, 2021, 06:01:05 PM
Wait wait whoa -- an alicorn Sunny? This is the first time I'm hearing about this!

I know the gang wears fake horns in the movie to pretend to be unicorns at one point, but I didn't know anything about wearing fake wings. Although there seems to be a rainbow stripe in her mane, so maybe this is some sort of "powered up" version of herself, rather than a disguise?

I'm really desperate to know more lore about this world, but I'm wondering if this is just a toy thing and not something that's actually going to be in the movie...
Most of the talk I’ve seen about the movie seems to lead to the conclusion that it is some kind of temporary “rainbow power up” version of Sunny that’ll happen at some point in the film. Guess we’ll have to see  :what:

Based on the art I feel it's just a temporary power-up or a symbol of unity that briefly happens.

Possible spoilers below, based on a book that was released
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In the "A New Adventure" book that basically spoils the whole film, we don't see any images or text saying Sunny becomes an Alicorn, or even showing the possible power-up.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on September 06, 2021, 07:07:52 PM
Wait wait whoa -- an alicorn Sunny? This is the first time I'm hearing about this!

I know the gang wears fake horns in the movie to pretend to be unicorns at one point, but I didn't know anything about wearing fake wings. Although there seems to be a rainbow stripe in her mane, so maybe this is some sort of "powered up" version of herself, rather than a disguise?

I'm really desperate to know more lore about this world, but I'm wondering if this is just a toy thing and not something that's actually going to be in the movie...


Look, she's wearing all orange. That clearly indicates she's a super sayan. (Or an escaped convict.) Take your pick.

 :lmao: Okay I had a goooood long laugh at that, thank you for making my evening. XD
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Esbayne on September 06, 2021, 09:13:48 PM
*SQUEE* Now Zipp and Petal singles???? I'm in heaven. <3

(and also, hell, now trying to find these figures.... XD)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: glitterball on September 06, 2021, 09:45:01 PM
I've never seen the brushable ones in person, so I can't speak for those, but the molded hair ones actually have a lot more snout than the promo images let on :) More of a muzzle than g4s!
I filmed an unboxing of Crystal Adventures Sunny and Pipp a while back, and show them from different angles. I definitely don't find their faces flat ^^'
https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM (https://youtu.be/4qmkcRIO7nM)

Lovely video, Shaiyeh!!  :cool:  :thumb:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 07, 2021, 07:08:57 PM
I took another look at Zipp today and I think her jacket is removable.  It is a really flexible plastic and has those holes/lines that help plastic clothes go on hard  plastic toys.

Someone must have alerted the store to their mistake.  The remaining  perfect Zipp  had been moved to the toy aisle with the other new ponies and the clearance sticker was gone.  There was one Zipp left on clearance.  Someone had tried to undo the part of the mane that sticks up so the mane was split in 2 sections that both looked terrible.


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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 07, 2021, 08:37:38 PM
I took another look at Zipp today and I think her jacket is removable.  It is a really flexible plastic and has those holes/lines that help plastic clothes go on hard  plastic toys.

Someone must have alerted the store to their mistake.  The remaining  perfect Zipp  had been moved to the toy aisle with the other new ponies and the clearance sticker was gone.  There was one Zipp left on clearance.  Someone had tried to undo the part of the mane that sticks up so the mane was split in 2 sections that both looked terrible.


Ponyfan



Thwarted!  :shakefist:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Unai on September 08, 2021, 04:58:51 AM
The yellow one looks like it might be a boy.  The head shape seems a little more angular.
Yes, it's a boy  ;) https://youtu.be/1lKCcxK5OHk
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 08, 2021, 05:09:58 AM
I took another look at Zipp today and I think her jacket is removable.  It is a really flexible plastic and has those holes/lines that help plastic clothes go on hard  plastic toys.

Someone must have alerted the store to their mistake.  The remaining  perfect Zipp  had been moved to the toy aisle with the other new ponies and the clearance sticker was gone.  There was one Zipp left on clearance.  Someone had tried to undo the part of the mane that sticks up so the mane was split in 2 sections that both looked terrible.


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I'm glad it appears to be removable, it'd be a bit of a shame if you couldn't take it off.  :what:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 09, 2021, 09:36:52 AM
My boyfriend grabbed me the royal gala pack. :inlove:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: gabumon on September 09, 2021, 09:50:34 AM
I found some more new things today.


There are a lot of pics so I will put them in spoiler tags. 

Huge display


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Candyland game

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Sing and Skate Sunny


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My walmart had the huge display today too!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on September 10, 2021, 01:23:43 PM
I was in a Target this morning and I stopped by the toy section to see what they had, G5-wise.  There was one styling size Sunny, and Zipp and Sunny Crystal sets.  I really liked the shade of orange on styling Sunny.  The photos I've seen just don't really capture it perfectly.  It is a soft orange, but not pastel, and still bright...hard to describe but it was very nice!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 12, 2021, 07:29:02 PM
https://www.mlptp.net/index.php?threads/royal-gala-set-review-pic-heavy.116463/

Here's my review on the Royal Gala Pack.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on September 12, 2021, 08:03:43 PM
Oooo thanks for the review! I'm so desperate for new characters that I am tempted to buy that set... Getting a better look at them all helped, thanks!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 12, 2021, 08:25:34 PM
Oooo thanks for the review! I'm so desperate for new characters that I am tempted to buy that set... Getting a better look at them all helped, thanks!


Welcome. And I feel you on new characters.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on September 12, 2021, 09:57:50 PM
https://www.mlptp.net/index.php?threads/royal-gala-set-review-pic-heavy.116463/

Here's my review on the Royal Gala Pack.

Very cool! I hope the new ponies get brushables, I'm not very into the look of these molded hair ones.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 13, 2021, 06:13:29 AM
https://www.mlptp.net/index.php?threads/royal-gala-set-review-pic-heavy.116463/

Here's my review on the Royal Gala Pack.

Very cool! I hope the new ponies get brushables, I'm not very into the look of these molded hair ones.
I'm alright with these for what they are, but I agree that they'd be much more appealing as brushables  :satisfied:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 13, 2021, 07:21:37 AM
They should have been.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 13, 2021, 07:42:07 AM
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I found this Sunny at Walmart.  I don't advocate messing up brand new toys in the stores and leaving them for someone else to buy but I thought it was interesting that someone had taken the bottom band out of her hair and you can see the colors better.


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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 13, 2021, 07:56:31 AM
Thanks for the picture; I hadn't really noticed the yellow before  :whoa:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 13, 2021, 11:25:55 AM
Thanks for the picture; I hadn't really noticed the yellow before  :whoa:
l

Me neither.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on September 13, 2021, 01:07:09 PM
I saw the G5s for myself today and wow, I have to admit, they DO look much better in person than on the photos! All of you guys who said their faces look much less flat IRL were right! They're still not really 'my style' but I'll concede, they look much better than I thought they did.

...Well, except the big Sunny (the one a few posts up - BTW I didn't notice all the colours in her hair before, either :o), she still looks a bit too Dachshund-y to me x) But the little molded-hair ones in the accessory packs are actually quite cute! Plus it was just nice to see new ponies again, most of G4.5 and the later G4s never came out over here (not in my area, at least).
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 14, 2021, 10:07:35 AM
Out of the moulded ponies, I noticed Moonbow is the only one with the fullest, and most detailed tail.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 14, 2021, 11:49:31 AM
I saw the G5s for myself today and wow, I have to admit, they DO look much better in person than on the photos! All of you guys who said their faces look much less flat IRL were right! They're still not really 'my style' but I'll concede, they look much better than I thought they did.

...Well, except the big Sunny (the one a few posts up - BTW I didn't notice all the colours in her hair before, either :o), she still looks a bit too Dachshund-y to me x) But the little molded-hair ones in the accessory packs are actually quite cute! Plus it was just nice to see new ponies again, most of G4.5 and the later G4s never came out over here (not in my area, at least).
Glad they're not-so-flat. A dachshund is funny comparison, lol  :silly:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 14, 2021, 12:06:24 PM
I think they get that dachshund body, from the bigger G4 unipegs.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 14, 2021, 12:10:54 PM
I got better pictures of Zipp today.  I'm still undecided if any G5 ponies will join my herd but Zipp is really growing on me and is at the top of the list if they should decided to sneak in.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 14, 2021, 12:32:50 PM
I got better pictures of Zipp today.  I'm still undecided if any G5 ponies will join my herd but Zipp is really growing on me and is at the top of the list if they should decided to sneak in.

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Is her hair red/green or pink/blue?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 14, 2021, 02:08:51 PM
Supposed to be pink and blue, but I do agree it can look sort of reddish/green
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on September 14, 2021, 04:34:12 PM
It looks like a very deep almost-red pink to me, like G1 Sugarberry maybe.  And then the stripe looks like teal...so....kinda in between straight up blue and straight up green.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 14, 2021, 04:34:58 PM
It's bright pink and teal.   


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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 14, 2021, 04:57:49 PM
It's bright pink and teal.   


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Oh. Thank you PF.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on September 15, 2021, 04:41:51 AM
I still haven't seen that Zipp at my Walmart, I don't think there is a place for her on the shelf :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 17, 2021, 06:56:43 AM
I hope the green guard reuses Trailblazer's head since he already has green hair. I'll take it over the paintbrush hair of his blue co-worker any day.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 17, 2021, 08:56:11 AM
I noticed as I was unboxing my 6 inch Pipp that she has body differences to Sunny and Izzy! I was surprised because the 3-inchers seem to not have this.
I've bitten the bullet and ordered the set with Sprout, hopefully I can find SOME variation in releases.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 17, 2021, 09:02:56 AM
I noticed as I was unboxing my 6 inch Pipp that she has body differences to Sunny and Izzy! I was surprised because the 3-inchers seem to not have this.
I've bitten the bullet and ordered the set with Sprout, hopefully I can find SOME variation in releases.

Really? That's interesting.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: MouseCardinal on September 17, 2021, 11:40:45 AM
I noticed as I was unboxing my 6 inch Pipp that she has body differences to Sunny and Izzy! I was surprised because the 3-inchers seem to not have this.
I've bitten the bullet and ordered the set with Sprout, hopefully I can find SOME variation in releases.
That is interesting; they've looked mostly the same thus far.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 18, 2021, 05:50:51 PM
Its interesting to see what design choices made it from the leaked concept art.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starrynights on September 18, 2021, 10:39:10 PM
I would love to see photos comparing the differences between ponies
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 19, 2021, 08:50:32 AM
I intend to grab 3 Moonbows, 1 Sunny and 1 Zipp for customs.  Maybe 1 more Trailblazer, depending on Green Guard's head sculpt
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 20, 2021, 01:00:13 PM
I just washed out Zipp's hair product. Her hair is a bit short and sits funny but at least I can brush it now! She's drying, will update tomorrow.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on September 20, 2021, 01:45:15 PM
I just washed out Zipp's hair product. Her hair is a bit short and sits funny but at least I can brush it now! She's drying, will update tomorrow.
Ooh, I'm very curious as to how she's going to look :wonder:
How easy was it to wash out? Is it the kind of thing a well-meaning mom could easily rinse out and accidentally "ruin" their kid's toy forever, or is it a bit tougher than that?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BethyVic on September 20, 2021, 02:42:18 PM
I was wondering the same thing. I would love to brush it, but the shape looks so nice as it is.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on September 20, 2021, 05:04:41 PM
Oooooo would love to see pics of Zipp with her new hair!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on September 20, 2021, 08:07:07 PM
Oooooo would love to see pics of Zipp with her new hair!
Same!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 21, 2021, 10:17:18 AM
Here's Zipp without glue!

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The hair is pretty soft and retained a lot of the curl. I'm tempted now to rehair her because I do really like her color blend in the movie but ah, I'll wait until I thrift one.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on September 21, 2021, 10:24:43 AM
That almost tempts me to obtain one, tbh. KNowing there's enough hair to get that long a mane if you wash it out...
Zipp is the only one colour-wise that appeals to me so far, so that's worth knowing.  Thanks for the pics TRTL.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on September 21, 2021, 02:44:28 PM
Aw, she looks lovely! It's making me wish we could have more variety in terms of length, instead of the only two options always being either floor-length or 'literally unbrushable'
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starrynights on September 21, 2021, 02:48:25 PM
I really like zipp without the mohawk(?)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BethyVic on September 21, 2021, 03:20:47 PM
So it looks like Zipp’s mohawk just blends into the rest of the hair. Can you tell what is in the hair to keep it stiff?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on September 21, 2021, 03:41:27 PM
Ooo, I like it both gelled and ungelled!  I'm glad they made it so it looked decent either way. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on September 21, 2021, 07:02:47 PM
Awwww Zipp's cute! That is way more hair than I was expecting! lol
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 22, 2021, 08:00:41 AM
So it looks like Zipp’s mohawk just blends into the rest of the hair. Can you tell what is in the hair to keep it stiff?
I'm not sure but it feels like the same stuff they used in the Magic of Everypony set in 2017. It stays in pretty well until it's wet-maybe some sort of hairspray? There doesn't feel like there's any physical amount of product that I have removed. Whatever it is is certainly sprayed.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on September 23, 2021, 04:25:50 AM
I'm starting to think the singles of the larger Pipp and Zipp are only at select stores... If I had time I'd check the other Walmart in the area but I may just have to settle to haven them shipped x.x
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on September 24, 2021, 08:08:33 AM
I'm starting to think the singles of the larger Pipp and Zipp are only at select stores... If I had time I'd check the other Walmart in the area but I may just have to settle to haven them shipped x.x
I looked at my local Walmart and they didn't have those two, so you may be onto something there.

Also, does anyone else really wish there was a size in between those and the little brushables (like the unicorn party set ones)?  I feel like one is too big and the other too small.  I know it's just a personal preference thing...
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 25, 2021, 10:26:47 AM
I'm starting to think the singles of the larger Pipp and Zipp are only at select stores... If I had time I'd check the other Walmart in the area but I may just have to settle to haven them shipped x.x

I'm starting to think the same thing.  I've been checking every store for pony toys and have only found the large Zipp and Princess Petals in one store  vs seeing Sunny and Izzy almost everywhere.


Zipp flew in to my shopping basket today and decided to come home with me. She's my first G5 pony.


Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 25, 2021, 11:05:44 AM
I'm starting to think the singles of the larger Pipp and Zipp are only at select stores... If I had time I'd check the other Walmart in the area but I may just have to settle to haven them shipped x.x

I'm starting to think the same thing.  I've been checking every store for pony toys and have only found the large Zipp and Princess Petals in one store  vs seeing Sunny and Izzy almost everywhere.


Zipp flew in to my shopping basket today and decided to come home with me. She's my first G5 pony.


Ponyfan

I just imagined you walking around the grocery section, when all of a sudden a pony just crashed into your cart, upsetting your clothes and produce.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on September 25, 2021, 12:03:32 PM
Haunted pony doll.  :shocked:

Sorry I've been watching old episodes of Sightings lately.  :blush:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 25, 2021, 02:18:07 PM
Haunted pony doll.  :shocked:

Sorry I've been watching old episodes of Sightings lately.  :blush:

Tis' the season Dragonflitter.  :ghost:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on September 25, 2021, 07:03:02 PM
Sooo I checked the online listings for all 3 of the closest Walmart Supercenters in my area... and none of them list Zipp or Pipp singles in the "styling" sizes. I sadly would have to get them from online and either have them shipped to home or to the store I normally use... (which would cut out the cost of shipping I believe at least)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on September 26, 2021, 06:01:02 AM
I'm starting to think the singles of the larger Pipp and Zipp are only at select stores... If I had time I'd check the other Walmart in the area but I may just have to settle to haven them shipped x.x

I'm starting to think the same thing.  I've been checking every store for pony toys and have only found the large Zipp and Princess Petals in one store  vs seeing Sunny and Izzy almost everywhere.


Zipp flew in to my shopping basket today and decided to come home with me. She's my first G5 pony.


Ponyfan

I just imagined you walking around the grocery section, when all of a sudden a pony just crashed into your cart, upsetting your clothes and produce.

Announcement in store: 

"Clean up on aisle 4 due to flying ponies"  :lol:



Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 27, 2021, 08:25:50 AM
Went yesterday, I found a couple of rainbow haired Sunny Starscouts,  and boy does that hair feel kinda crappy. You know those cheapo Halloween wigs you find at the dollar store, or Walmart or something? It felt kinda like that.

I also found a lone brushable Moonbow.

No Crystal Adventure play packs.

Still no Trailblazer or any other characters. I'm hoping that they'll release him with hair on his own, like they have with the rest.

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Here's Zipp without glue!

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The hair is pretty soft and retained a lot of the curl. I'm tempted now to rehair her because I do really like her color blend in the movie but ah, I'll wait until I thrift one.

She looks nicer that way.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on September 29, 2021, 05:27:48 PM
I'm starting to think the singles of the larger Pipp and Zipp are only at select stores... If I had time I'd check the other Walmart in the area but I may just have to settle to haven them shipped x.x

I'm starting to think the same thing.  I've been checking every store for pony toys and have only found the large Zipp and Princess Petals in one store  vs seeing Sunny and Izzy almost everywhere.


Zipp flew in to my shopping basket today and decided to come home with me. She's my first G5 pony.


Ponyfan

I just imagined you walking around the grocery section, when all of a sudden a pony just crashed into your cart, upsetting your clothes and produce.

Announcement in store: 

"Clean up on aisle 4 due to flying ponies"  :lol:



Ponyfan

Spoiler
Well you know, she's had to learn how to fly and all of that jazz...of course there'll be a liiiittle bit of chaos xD.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 30, 2021, 12:51:50 PM
You guys crack me up 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on October 02, 2021, 09:58:33 AM
I'm starting to think the singles of the larger Pipp and Zipp are only at select stores... If I had time I'd check the other Walmart in the area but I may just have to settle to haven them shipped x.x

I'm starting to think the same thing.  I've been checking every store for pony toys and have only found the large Zipp and Princess Petals in one store  vs seeing Sunny and Izzy almost everywhere.


Zipp flew in to my shopping basket today and decided to come home with me. She's my first G5 pony.


Ponyfan

I just imagined you walking around the grocery section, when all of a sudden a pony just crashed into your cart, upsetting your clothes and produce.

Announcement in store: 

"Clean up on aisle 4 due to flying ponies"  :lol:



Ponyfan

Spoiler
Well you know, she's had to learn how to fly and all of that jazz...of course there'll be a liiiittle bit of chaos xD.


:lol:



I found the smaller Crystal Adventures Zipp today at Walmart



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I also found some G5 clothes at Target.


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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on October 02, 2021, 05:40:35 PM
That onsie is cute! I'm really glad they're including Hitch in merchandise with phrases like "Besties" on it. I know it's just random words slapped on by marketing, but I support showing kids that it's okay to have both boys and girls in their "friend squad."
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on October 02, 2021, 06:06:45 PM
That onsie is cute! I'm really glad they're including Hitch in merchandise with phrases like "Besties" on it. I know it's just random words slapped on by marketing, but I support showing kids that it's okay to have both boys and girls in their "friend squad."
I totally agree!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on October 03, 2021, 09:44:47 AM
Wow, that onesie is going to make an impression xD

I also like that Hitch is included. Although I don't like the word 'besties' in any context, I do think it's important to have guys and girls presented together as friends. I've never understood why people think it's cute to ask kids of six or seven if the girl/guy they like hanging out with is their girl/boyfriend. They've lots of years ahead in which to make those decisions, right? It's important to learn how to be friends with the opposite sex as well.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 03, 2021, 08:44:47 PM
congrats ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Moonstar on October 08, 2021, 10:12:57 PM
I just got the tiny Sunny with her crystal and rollerstakes today from Walmart in the mail. I was hoping the skates had actual working wheels  but no luck. I really like the transparent molded hair more than I thought I would :happy:. It also comes with a nifty little poster and stickers which is always nice.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Zapper on October 11, 2021, 06:44:32 AM
I found the smaller Crystal Adventures Zipp today at Walmart

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That smug mugging boxart is killing me :lol:
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on October 12, 2021, 05:59:46 PM
I found the smaller Crystal Adventures Zipp today at Walmart

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That smug mugging boxart is killing me :lol:

To me it looks like she might be under the influence of something, ha ha.

Does anyone know if the Crystal Adventure Hitch set actually got made/released?  I remember seeing prototype pics, but I haven't seen any reports of him actually being found in stores.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on October 12, 2021, 07:00:23 PM
There are listings for him but nothing is actually in stock. If you Google his name, you should find a Walmart listing.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on October 12, 2021, 07:02:15 PM
Perhaps Hitch will be in a "wave 2" for the line?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 12, 2021, 08:11:05 PM
I found the smaller Crystal Adventures Zipp today at Walmart

Spoiler
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That smug mugging boxart is killing me :lol:

To me it looks like she might be under the influence of something, ha ha.

Does anyone know if the Crystal Adventure Hitch set actually got made/released?  I remember seeing prototype pics, but I haven't seen any reports of him actually being found in stores.

 :biggrin:

I haven't seen him anywhere. Just Sunny and Moonbow.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Cadence on October 13, 2021, 01:36:04 AM
So far I've yet to see any listings for him in Canada.

I wonder why he isn't on the brochure that comes with the Crystal Adventure ponies? Only the 4 girls are shown on it and it says "4 to collect".
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on October 13, 2021, 08:34:24 AM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 13, 2021, 08:37:45 AM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.

Your not wrong,  but you know how shoddy Hasbro's distribution is under normal circumstances.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on October 13, 2021, 12:13:06 PM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.

In box stock pics do exist on mlpmerch. I'm not sure where they were found but it's possible he's from a later wave or a store exclusive.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on October 13, 2021, 02:10:33 PM
I'm wondering how much of this will even get to us this winter given all the shipping issues at the moment. It will be interesting to see what shows up :) I know some things are here already but I suspect some of the newer items might not get here till spring.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 13, 2021, 02:11:03 PM
I'm wondering how much of this will even get to us this winter given all the shipping issues at the moment. It will be interesting to see what shows up :) I know some things are here already but I suspect some of the newer items might not get here till spring.


That's as good an estimate as any.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on October 13, 2021, 07:34:38 PM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.

In box stock pics do exist on mlpmerch. I'm not sure where they were found but it's possible he's from a later wave or a store exclusive.
Oh cool!  Thanks, I'll keep my eyes open.

I'm wondering how much of this will even get to us this winter given all the shipping issues at the moment. It will be interesting to see what shows up :) I know some things are here already but I suspect some of the newer items might not get here till spring.
Good point!  Maybe he is just delayed.  Now that I think of it, I did catch a bit on the news the other night about how they were encouraging parents to start their Christmas shopping for their kids early this year because of such delays.  I wonder if it will be impacting the Basic Fun ponies, too. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 15, 2021, 01:41:55 PM
My boyfriend showed me a picture of the unicorn party pack at the Walmart he works at. 
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Cadence on October 16, 2021, 12:03:27 PM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.

Your not wrong,  but you know how shoddy Hasbro's distribution is under normal circumstances.

Yep, that set exists at least in stock photos! Just not on the poster that I got from the other Crystal Adventure sets. :P I’m wondering if maybe he will be part of a wave 2 shipment along with more Crystal Adventure Izzys once manufacturing and shipping delays catch up. That Izzy is pretty impossible to find in stores here, either due to her being extremely popular or under-manufactured and delayed, or just not shipped with the other girls. All we have are Sunny, Zipp and Pipp galore.
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Post by: Wardah on October 16, 2021, 05:23:23 PM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.

Your not wrong,  but you know how shoddy Hasbro's distribution is under normal circumstances.

Yep, that set exists at least in stock photos! Just not on the poster that I got from the other Crystal Adventure sets. :P I’m wondering if maybe he will be part of a wave 2 shipment along with more Crystal Adventure Izzys once manufacturing and shipping delays catch up. That Izzy is pretty impossible to find in stores here, either due to her being extremely popular or under-manufactured and delayed, or just not shipped with the other girls. All we have are Sunny, Zipp and Pipp galore.

It wouldn't be the first time Hasbro left the second wave off the insert. It's happened all the way back to G3 at least.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: maycrestmom on October 17, 2021, 08:52:51 AM
i was also just wondering about the G5 set stuff.  All that seems available right now are the ebay options or amazon set.  I have not seen any MLP in my local wal-mart or targets so... boo.  I was finally going to cave and get my nieces ponies and now it seems no luck finding them in stores so I wonder was the movie popular enough so folks will wait out this shipping storm/nightmare back-up or since hasbro also got hit with recent passing of its CEO is that gonna factor in whether these toys are around after the holidays if they aren't going to make it to port in a month?

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Post by: SunPony on October 18, 2021, 07:26:38 PM
i was also just wondering about the G5 set stuff.  All that seems available right now are the ebay options or amazon set.  I have not seen any MLP in my local wal-mart or targets so... boo.  I was finally going to cave and get my nieces ponies and now it seems no luck finding them in stores so I wonder was the movie popular enough so folks will wait out this shipping storm/nightmare back-up or since hasbro also got hit with recent passing of its CEO is that gonna factor in whether these toys are around after the holidays if they aren't going to make it to port in a month?

Do you have Meijer near you?  I finally looked in one and it had so many G5 and Basic Fun ponies, including the Sunny/smoothie set and Izzy/forest pets set. I wish I had looked there sooner!  My Target still had nothing, though.
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Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 20, 2021, 12:10:30 PM
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I decided to see how g4 pony wear fits them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: BlackCurtains on October 22, 2021, 03:16:53 PM
I got the Unicorn Party Pack from Walmart as a birthday present :D After seeing them in person, I really like the toys. The almost smooth wings are kinda weird but they'll be easy to clean (not that I expect my ponies to get dirty, I'm thinking more of secondhand ponies). I like the different eye shapes and LOVE the hooves. The hair seem like nice quality too but I haven't really messed much with the hair yet, just first impressions. I do wish Hutch had real hair and that... Pip? the white pegasus, had her butch cut.

While I was in the toy aisle (I had to exchange the pack because the first one my mom ordered was missing Sunny... not sure how an employee could miss that but whatever, it's Walmart) I looked at some of the other toys and there were quite a few I would like to have.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 22, 2021, 03:28:00 PM
I got the Unicorn Party Pack from Walmart as a birthday present :D After seeing them in person, I really like the toys. The almost smooth wings are kinda weird but they'll be easy to clean (not that I expect my ponies to get dirty, I'm thinking more of secondhand ponies). I like the different eye shapes and LOVE the hooves. The hair seem like nice quality too but I haven't really messed much with the hair yet, just first impressions. I do wish Hutch had real hair and that... Pip? the white pegasus, had her butch cut.

While I was in the toy aisle (I had to exchange the pack because the first one my mom ordered was missing Sunny... not sure how an employee could miss that but whatever, it's Walmart) I looked at some of the other toys and there were quite a few I would like to have.
Congrats, and I hope your having a good birthday today.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Loa on October 22, 2021, 08:24:01 PM
Saw these in NZ yesterday. They are SO expensive. $20-30 per pony and they felt very light and cheap.
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Post by: Leave a Whisper on October 22, 2021, 08:45:07 PM
Saw these in NZ yesterday. They are SO expensive. $20-30 per pony and they felt very light and cheap.

Yikes that price!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on October 25, 2021, 04:19:24 PM
My Walmart finally stocked the larger version of Pipp, no Zipp yet but I'm hopeful
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: maycrestmom on October 25, 2021, 07:48:25 PM
i was also just wondering about the G5 set stuff.  All that seems available right now are the ebay options or amazon set.  I have not seen any MLP in my local wal-mart or targets so... boo.  I was finally going to cave and get my nieces ponies and now it seems no luck finding them in stores so I wonder was the movie popular enough so folks will wait out this shipping storm/nightmare back-up or since hasbro also got hit with recent passing of its CEO is that gonna factor in whether these toys are around after the holidays if they aren't going to make it to port in a month?

Do you have Meijer near you?  I finally looked in one and it had so many G5 and Basic Fun ponies, including the Sunny/smoothie set and Izzy/forest pets set. I wish I had looked there sooner!  My Target still had nothing, though.

just checked and it seems there's a set available around baltimore so at least there's a target that is claiming to have... no meijer's here
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on October 27, 2021, 05:26:52 PM
Earlier today I was thinking about how cool it would have been for Hasbro to do a "Sunny and her dad" playset, with Argyle and young Sunny with snap-on fake unicorn horn and wings, and some other accessories.  I think it would be a super-cute set!  And it could have perhaps...I'm not sure how to phrase this...given a prompting for dads to play ponies with their daughters?  But maybe it was seen as potentially too sad, since her dad seems to have died at some point before the main storyline.  :(  Just something I thought of that I personally would have enjoyed.  I wonder if there will be filly and colt toys released in the future.  Only time will tell!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Luxrayx on October 28, 2021, 03:10:21 AM
Aww, that's a wonderful idea :inlove: I want a toy of Alphabittle as well. ALL the dad ponies! (well I guess AB isn't really a dad, but he's shaped like one :P)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetNightmare on October 28, 2021, 11:11:33 AM
Hopefully they do include more characters as the series goes on. The idea of dad and daughter set is very cute.
I hope now that they know that people do enjoy these new characters they will make more toys of them.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on October 28, 2021, 04:27:16 PM
I would love a Sunny and Argyle set! But I agree it might be a little too sad...

Remember in G3 when a couple "big sister and little sister" sets came out and we all wondered why Hasbro didn't just do mom and baby sets like they did in the 80's?
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Post by: Ponybookworm on October 28, 2021, 07:43:31 PM
I would love a Sunny and Argyle set! But I agree it might be a little too sad...

Remember in G3 when a couple "big sister and little sister" sets came out and we all wondered why Hasbro didn't just do mom and baby sets like they did in the 80's?
This lack in G3 is why I headcanon G3 adultss to be a little younger than G1 adults. My Celebration Castle is a college

Back on topic: a Sunny & Argyle set would rock!!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Taffeta on October 29, 2021, 09:13:18 AM
I'm not sure. They tried that concept with MH and it kind of didn't work out so well (admittedly different emphasis on that toy line but still).

I guess maybe if they did a film that focused more on the connection between Sunny and her Dad, then that would be the time for that kind of a release? I think he'd need a bigger release than that.

Can see a set with the pegasus royals though. That seems plausible.

Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on October 30, 2021, 03:15:00 PM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.

Your not wrong,  but you know how shoddy Hasbro's distribution is under normal circumstances.

Yep, that set exists at least in stock photos! Just not on the poster that I got from the other Crystal Adventure sets. :P I’m wondering if maybe he will be part of a wave 2 shipment along with more Crystal Adventure Izzys once manufacturing and shipping delays catch up. That Izzy is pretty impossible to find in stores here, either due to her being extremely popular or under-manufactured and delayed, or just not shipped with the other girls. All we have are Sunny, Zipp and Pipp galore.

Hitch's wave is up for pre-order on Entertainment Earth.
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/my-little-pony-crystal-adventure-minifigures-wave-3-case/hsf1785c
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on October 30, 2021, 07:25:47 PM
Oh gosh, Hitch comes with the little seagull and crab from the movie!? Oh man I might have to get the set just for them, they're adorable!
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Post by: Shaiyeh on October 31, 2021, 03:47:49 PM
aw, yay, the crab! :D I cant wait for Hitch and Izzy to come out here!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on October 31, 2021, 04:52:40 PM
Maybe I'm mistaken and he wasn't actually part of that set...I remember in the picture he had shoes and looked like the same type of figure as the others, but perhaps he is actually part of a set we haven't seen yet.

Your not wrong,  but you know how shoddy Hasbro's distribution is under normal circumstances.

Yep, that set exists at least in stock photos! Just not on the poster that I got from the other Crystal Adventure sets. :P I’m wondering if maybe he will be part of a wave 2 shipment along with more Crystal Adventure Izzys once manufacturing and shipping delays catch up. That Izzy is pretty impossible to find in stores here, either due to her being extremely popular or under-manufactured and delayed, or just not shipped with the other girls. All we have are Sunny, Zipp and Pipp galore.

Hitch's wave is up for pre-order on Entertainment Earth.
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/my-little-pony-crystal-adventure-minifigures-wave-3-case/hsf1785c
Yessssss!!!!!!  Thanks for posting that!  Also Izzy with her little hat and tea set is pretty cute  ^.^
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Bekuno on November 01, 2021, 04:49:20 PM
I think this hasn't been posted yet, but forgive me if I'm wrong!

Five Below has a sitting Sunny Starscout out now for $5. It looks like the sitting fashion heads, but smaller!

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https://www.fivebelow.com/products/my-little-pony-sunny-style-pony-styling-head
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on November 01, 2021, 06:36:45 PM
I like how they used the G4 body but gave it a new G5 head. XD
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on November 06, 2021, 10:03:28 AM
Found the 8" version of Izzy and Sunny at Dollar General. I was only going to get Izzy but the lady brought up that they had a BOGO on toys still going.... so I got both lol
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Post by: SunPony on November 06, 2021, 10:59:36 AM
Found the 8" version of Izzy and Sunny at Dollar General. I was only going to get Izzy but the lady brought up that they had a BOGO on toys still going.... so I got both lol
That's awesome!  I didn't think to look at Dollar general...
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Post by: Ponyfan on November 06, 2021, 03:25:22 PM
Was someone looking for Crystal Adventures Sunny?  I saw her today at Target along with Crystal Adventures Zipp.



Ponyfan
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on November 06, 2021, 05:38:51 PM
Has anyone spotted the advent calendar yet?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on November 07, 2021, 06:21:33 AM
Found the 8" version of Izzy and Sunny at Dollar General. I was only going to get Izzy but the lady brought up that they had a BOGO on toys still going.... so I got both lol
That's awesome!  I didn't think to look at Dollar general...
I will mention that they were in with the toys that are for the Holiday season, so not DG's normal toy aisle
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 11, 2021, 03:05:41 PM
There were quite a few foals in the movie, I hope we see the return of baby sets.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on November 12, 2021, 03:29:03 PM
So I'm now just getting to posting this.

Here is 8" Izzy (I haven't been able to sneak Sunny in)
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Her body is a hard plastic and her head seems to be on the same kind of neck plug as older ponies (G3 and back).
I have not tamed her hair yet... because of the "no plastic" packaging, her hair is a bit on the tangled side
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Post by: Loa on November 14, 2021, 01:19:36 AM
Oh I've seen that 8 inch Izzy here and was disappointed.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 16, 2021, 11:16:18 AM
So I'm now just getting to posting this.

Here is 8" Izzy (I haven't been able to sneak Sunny in)
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Her body is a hard plastic and her head seems to be on the same kind of neck plug as older ponies (G3 and back).
I have not tamed her hair yet... because of the "no plastic" packaging, her hair is a bit on the tangled side

At least not all of them have ball joint necks.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on November 21, 2021, 07:38:19 AM
Looks like Hitch is getting his own 6in single finally
https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/11/walmartcom-lists-6-inch-rockin-ranger.html
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 21, 2021, 08:00:13 AM
Looks like Hitch is getting his own 6in single finally
https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/11/walmartcom-lists-6-inch-rockin-ranger.html


This is the one I'm gonna be waiting for.

ETA: Anyone getting Big Brother vibes with the hat?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Wardah on November 21, 2021, 10:48:58 AM
I just want the critter he comes with.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetNightmare on November 21, 2021, 11:32:42 AM
I still hope that they will create a bigger version of Hitch with actual hair (I don't like that fuzzy molded hair at all) so this one I will also skip. I do love that lil bunny and I do like that vest as well as his belt with badges.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 21, 2021, 12:29:33 PM
I still hope that they will create a bigger version of Hitch with actual hair (I don't like that fuzzy molded hair at all) so this one I will also skip. I do love that lil bunny and I do like that vest as well as his belt with badges.

I didn't realize it was fuzzy?
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetNightmare on November 21, 2021, 01:27:47 PM
I didn't realize it was fuzzy?

I'm pretty sure it's flocked

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It doesn't seem like a good combination with a hat, this may rub off when you put it on and off  :(
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: qwertybirdy on November 21, 2021, 01:48:08 PM
considering they were able to pull off a brushable mane for zipp, who also has short hair, I don't see why hitch can't have one either. I would take a horribly gelled mane over a plastic one any day
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starscout on November 21, 2021, 01:59:32 PM
Looks like Hitch is getting his own 6in single finally
https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/11/walmartcom-lists-6-inch-rockin-ranger.html
Aside from the hair, he looks great! I really hope we get a Sprout as well.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 21, 2021, 02:43:46 PM
I didn't realize it was fuzzy?

I'm pretty sure it's flocked

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It doesn't seem like a good combination with a hat, this may rub off when you put it on and off  :(

Good eye,  and good point. Still, this makes me hopeful that we'll get new So-softs.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on November 21, 2021, 05:42:15 PM
So now we have the seagull, the crab, and the bunny in toy form!? Eeeee that's great! I want all of 'em!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SunPony on November 21, 2021, 05:48:46 PM
Looks like Hitch is getting his own 6in single finally
https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/11/walmartcom-lists-6-inch-rockin-ranger.html

Yay!  He looks good!  And he has so many fun accessories, like that cool vest and the clip on wings and the sheriff belt.  The hat looks a little strange on him somehow, but I like the idea.

Still not wild about the molded hair, but I'm not sure how else his hairstyle could have been replicated  :huh:  I think it is nice that it is at least flocked  :)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on November 21, 2021, 07:24:36 PM
Looks like Hitch is getting his own 6in single finally
https://www.mlpmerch.com/2021/11/walmartcom-lists-6-inch-rockin-ranger.html

Yay!  He looks good!  And he has so many fun accessories, like that cool vest and the clip on wings and the sheriff belt.  The hat looks a little strange on him somehow, but I like the idea.

Still not wild about the molded hair, but I'm not sure how else his hairstyle could have been replicated  :huh:  I think it is nice that it is at least flocked  :)
I agree about being able to somewhat replicate his hair. Even though they attempted with Zipp, it's still not well replicated as they could have actually made the back curl shorter and still use the stuff to stiffen it to give it shape unless it had to do with the number of rows for the hair (I haven't combed my Zipp's hair out yet to see)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on November 22, 2021, 10:31:45 AM
I combed out my Zipp a bit ago. I'm too lazy to get up to compare, but here's her plugs:
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I don't see why they couldn't have just given her shorter hair either. I'd prefer either super short or inaccurately really long (I love her hair colors). Combed out it's still rather short.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starscout on November 22, 2021, 11:06:02 AM
I combed out my Zipp a bit ago. I'm too lazy to get up to compare, but here's her plugs:
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I don't see why they couldn't have just given her shorter hair either. I'd prefer either super short or inaccurately really long (I love her hair colors). Combed out it's still rather short.

Heh, love the drawing, tealeaf! And yeah, I agree. Zipp has such gorgeous colors, so for her brushables, I'd much rather they just go with the normal long hair rather than the weird gelled curl thing. Just let those who really want a more on-model Zipp give her a cut.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on November 22, 2021, 06:04:18 PM
Haha everyone in this thread keeps saying how the G5 faces look much better in person than in online photos and I was privately thinking "They must be exaggerating..." But then I saw the G5's up close today for the first time and YES they are so much better in person! How do the photos look bad every single time? XD It's like each stock photo went for the angle that made the faces the absolute chubbiest on purpose.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Carrehz on November 23, 2021, 01:37:46 AM
I know, right?!? They look so awful in photos but in person they're alright! I don't understand how they've managed to be so consistent with this :p
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 23, 2021, 06:48:58 AM
Has anyone attempted a tail swap with the moulded ponies yet?
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Post by: LadyMoondancer on November 23, 2021, 07:20:30 AM
Haha everyone in this thread keeps saying how the G5 faces look much better in person than in online photos and I was privately thinking "They must be exaggerating..." But then I saw the G5's up close today for the first time and YES they are so much better in person! How do the photos look bad every single time? XD It's like each stock photo went for the angle that made the faces the absolute chubbiest on purpose.

LOL, it's true!  Like their eyes look crazed in photos but fine in real life.

I think part of it is that some stock photos (especially the earlier ones) aren't real toys, but CGI models.  Which adds a layer of uncanniness to them.

I like Hitch's accessories.  A lot of them seem to be more park ranger / forest ranger oriented than sheriff oriented, which makes sense with his animal connection.  Also that bunny is sooo cute!

The poseable 3" Hitch is scheduled for Wave 3 of the Crystal Adventure sets.

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Which seems to be expected in December or January.

I think right now a lot of stores have Wave 2:

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Not my Target, though;  they broke the mold by getting a case that had NOTHING BUT ZIPP.   NO ONE else!  I don't even know what's going on anymore lol . . .

Kind of interesting to see the orange pony "not shortpacked" after Applejack was left out of so many G4 sets!  (But Sunny is the main protagonist so I guess that makes sense.)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 28, 2021, 11:42:08 AM
Haha everyone in this thread keeps saying how the G5 faces look much better in person than in online photos and I was privately thinking "They must be exaggerating..." But then I saw the G5's up close today for the first time and YES they are so much better in person! How do the photos look bad every single time? XD It's like each stock photo went for the angle that made the faces the absolute chubbiest on purpose.

LOL, it's true!  Like their eyes look crazed in photos but fine in real life.

I think part of it is that some stock photos (especially the earlier ones) aren't real toys, but CGI models.  Which adds a layer of uncanniness to them.

I like Hitch's accessories.  A lot of them seem to be more park ranger / forest ranger oriented than sheriff oriented, which makes sense with his animal connection.  Also that bunny is sooo cute!

The poseable 3" Hitch is scheduled for Wave 3 of the Crystal Adventure sets.

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Which seems to be expected in December or January.

I think right now a lot of stores have Wave 2:

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Not my Target, though;  they broke the mold by getting a case that had NOTHING BUT ZIPP.   NO ONE else!  I don't even know what's going on anymore lol . . .

Kind of interesting to see the orange pony "not shortpacked" after Applejack was left out of so many G4 sets!  (But Sunny is the main protagonist so I guess that makes sense.)

The way they're arranged makes it look like Sunny has a high pony tail hairdo
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: TwistedRiver on November 28, 2021, 04:44:18 PM
Still not sure about this gen and I don't get out anymore to see them in person. Not sure if they are worth ordering online.
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Post by: Ragamuffin on November 28, 2021, 07:09:30 PM
Still not sure about this gen and I don't get out anymore to see them in person. Not sure if they are worth ordering online.

Depending on where you live/how much it costs to ship I would try to get one pony to see how you like it, because they really do look better in person. If it doesn't meet expectations, I wouldn't consider it a complete loss, because I see it as "well, I can say I own at least one pony from this gen". The poseables might be the best we have ATM, they're very cute, photogenic, and there's a decent variety of characters. Second best are the 6" styling size ponies. The 3" brushables aren't that good and very hard to come by.

One of the best parts of G5 are their ears. They're so cute and horsey! And if you get a poseable or a 6" of Pipp or Zipp, they have very pretty wings. The poseable pegasus wings can move, too!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on November 28, 2021, 08:25:58 PM
I'm glad that they stopped giving the boys dull colors and made them just as colorful as the g1 and g2 boys again.

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Still not sure about this gen and I don't get out anymore to see them in person. Not sure if they are worth ordering online.

Understandable.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starscout on December 02, 2021, 07:22:54 PM
Haven't seen anyone else share these yet, but a Sunny lantern (https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Little-Pony-Spring-Driver/dp/B09B1145WC) and a Pipp Princess Petals (https://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Royal-Reveal/dp/B099ZZMDR3) popped up on Amazon.
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Post by: LadyMoondancer on December 03, 2021, 07:33:59 AM
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One of Pipp's accessories is a tiny toy of HERSELF!  When I was a kid I used to pretend my single Mommy Charm was a toy for my baby ponies, so this pleases me greatly.

I like the removable wings / horn for the lantern set, I think that will have a lot of playability for kids who saw the movie.
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Leave a Whisper on December 03, 2021, 07:40:30 AM
Is Sunny translucent?
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Post by: Dragonflitter on December 03, 2021, 09:11:09 AM
Pipp looks weirdly super thin but I no longer trust G5 stock photos, gonna have to see her in person XD
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Post by: starscout on December 03, 2021, 09:28:18 AM
Is Sunny translucent?
Looks like it. Assuming the lantern is supposed to light up, it makes sense.
Also, I just noticed Sunny comes with a little Spike. Very cute!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Dragonflitter on December 03, 2021, 10:22:48 AM
Omg tiny Spike!! Do you think Spike will be in the upcoming show!? Eeeee
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: LadyMoondancer on December 03, 2021, 10:58:34 AM
OMG, tiny Spike  <3

In the G5 movie she has a plushie of Spike, maybe that's what it is!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Shaiyeh on December 03, 2021, 01:48:44 PM
I NEED the Sunny lantern! Omg!!!
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: SweetNightmare on December 03, 2021, 03:58:45 PM
That lantern set is such a cute idea!, I wonder how it will it look irl like especially when it lights up!
And the Pipp set looks so cute I just want all of those accessories (and a figurine with painted hooves!)
Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: Ponyfan on December 03, 2021, 04:03:33 PM
I love the lantern set.



I found this ride on Izzy at Walmart.

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Title: Re: First Look at G5 Toys
Post by: starscout on December 03, 2021, 04:12:47 PM
I found this ride on Izzy at Walmart.

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Love the plushies with brushable manes. Does her horn light up?
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