New G4 pony toy designs

[Carrehz]

Did she do some designs for Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends as well?  Again, shared with Craig, but looking back Mac and Terrance could be viewed as bobblehead...

I'm 99% sure she did, yeah (I have a feeling Goo and the imaginary puppies were Lauren's; I could be misremembering, though - my FHFIF fandom days were a looooong time ago!). Mac was definitely Craig's design, though. Not sure about Terrence.

[achab1984]

Well Hasbro will not be getting any of my money still! LOL

[LunaCat]

Those are disturbing. I can't help but think cat when I see them. I don't see any sign of pony look to them.
I will definitely not be buying one.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

I have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going.
That's my horse theory.

[Harmonie]

I have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going.
That's my horse theory.

If that's the case, then this does not bode well for G5. To put it lightly.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

If that's the case, then this does not bode well for G5. To put it lightly.

Yeahh my theory kinda shoots myself in the foot. I'm hoping they're just trying to warm us up to the feathered hooves more than the faces, and I hope that the want to be more horse-like sticks through development.
On that note, there was another recent leak of more early show stuff, but no G5 related stuff as far as I can tell.

[Glitter Yolk]

These do not look like ponies anymore. Even ponies have horse features. These do not.

The ears are cat ears. There is practically no snout to speak of. All facial features are forward-facing. Their heads and eyes are giant. 

[Carrehz]

I have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going.
That's my horse theory.

? I thought G3.5 was in full swing before FiM started production. I could've sworn I saw some G3.5-style concepts for what eventually became FiM (from before Faust became involved)...

[PinkieLopBun]

I have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going.
That's my horse theory.

? I thought G3.5 was in full swing before FiM started production. I could've sworn I saw some G3.5-style concepts for what eventually became FiM (from before Faust became involved)...

I don’t know anything about those concepts you mentioned, but FiM was in development in 2008. I believe G3.5 started in 2009.

[Luxrayx]

Bold of them to make Rarity the ugliest one. The other two look like cats, but Rarity looks like something... different. Something not found on Planet Earth

[MJNSEIFER]

Did she do some designs for Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends as well?  Again, shared with Craig, but looking back Mac and Terrance could be viewed as bobblehead...

I'm 99% sure she did, yeah (I have a feeling Goo and the imaginary puppies were Lauren's; I could be misremembering, though - my FHFIF fandom days were a looooong time ago!). Mac was definitely Craig's design, though. Not sure about Terrence.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Goo - she would definitely qualify as a "bobblehead" character in my opinion.

Thanks.

[caseysealia]

I agree about the Faust issue. Her original pitch was to go more "disney like" and her first designs looked much better than the execution. FIM actually looked nicer when it initially came out, especially for its time, (lets not forget g2 had odd designs as well. but they were MUCH cuter) and even the movie was cute style wise as well. But its not....Good. I much prefer g3 to this. I will not be buying these. If I see them at a thrift store, possibly, but definitely not buying them off the shelves. As far as I'm concerned, the future of MLP is not a good one. As a G1 through G3 collector, it doesn't matter to me if MLP were to cease production. We have Basic Fun and HQG1C so that's good enough for me at this point.

[Magicharp]

G1s for me. Nothing else will do.

[Al-1701]

Do you think Trasnformers fans would suffer this?  Sure, there are chibi versions of them, but they compliment the main lines, not take them over.

[caseysealia]

Do you think Trasnformers fans would suffer this?  Sure, there are chibi versions of them, but they compliment the main lines, not take them over.

I don't like Transformers but I do agree. I don't really see other toy lines that have been around getting rebooted to this extreme...