These folks have been on eBay for some weeks now, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them get bid on for time to time, so yeah, there do seem to be quite a few in existence. I still lean heavily towards prototypes, though, since they keep getting the wrong cutie marks, e.g. Pinkie Pie in various colors with Fluttershy's or Rainbow Dash's. Maybe the "frosted" look is indeed in the works, but there's no way these are the specific final designs.

(The angry stallion eyes are from Barber Groomsby in the Wonderbolts wave, for those of you who aren't recognizing them.)

Hi there,

I'm a pretty unabashed G4 loyalist, at least on the toy front. I have about 70 unique blind bags, across all the different molds and waves. Many are picked for being characters from the show and the rest are for having pretty color schemes, though an unattractive color scheme will sometimes outweigh the canonicity of the show girls, e.g. Merry May's weird mane. I'm from the US, so wave 2 continues to elude me and I have to dream sadly of e.g. Cheerilee and Twinkleshine and Feathermay and Star Swirl and Daisy Dreams.  I have a smattering of other random stuff, too -- full McDonalds run, playful pony Trixie Lulamoon (by accident) and Lyra Heartstrings (to complement her), gift set Applejack and Twilight Sparkle, a big Pinkie Pie bubble blower, and some weird suction cup toys. My favorites are currently Sassaflash and Minuette/Colgate (not sure which name to use here).

I've not quite wrapped my head around what counts as an episode in G1, with movies and specials and things muddying the waters, but one way or another I've watched a few and overall enjoyed them, though the constantly changing main cast has prevented me from forming an attachment to any in particular. G3wise, I quite like A Very Minty Christmas and adore Star Catcher. Something about that mane, I dunno.

Among other things, I run Hoofstuck, the longest and longest-running MLP webcomic. For G4, that is -- no disrespect to Kimono's Townhouse. Of course, I make sure it has its nods to the toys and other generations.

I've seen this place at various times while searching for images or this or that toy, and been summarily disappointed when I couldn't view said images without a registered account. Moreover, while I'll refrain from going into any detail, I've tended to find traditional self-identifying "bronies" a less-than-appealing social group, and when I've seen the Arena derided on other sites, I've found the things said about it actually make it look better than the sites in question. So I hope to find that to be the case.