BlushingBlue, it seems likely that we may get the second earth set which included Applejack and Bowtie + Posey, Lickety Split, Cherries Jubilee, and Tootsie.

I also suspect they might be referring only to the first quarter of 2019 and the second U&P might come out later in the year, with the 2nd Rainbow molds available it's hard to see why not. I originally thought they may skip 1985 altogether and jump straight to the So Softs but judging their response to Kiwichi that doesn't seem to be the case.

Glitterball,  thanks for the John Lewis tip! Found them today. They had 1 rainbow, Skydancer, and 3 CP - Cotton Candy,  Blossom and Butterscotch.  I wanted a secnd Butterscotch so I got her. At the till the lady had to go look up the code...she commented that she should remember it better because she had sold lots of them!

So they are here and seem to be selling...

Amazing to hear! Congrats Taffeta, I know you've been too patient waiting for them to appear and I have a feeling the third wave will pop up before the year ends *fingers crossed*

Thanks everyone! Gizmo, that is really helpful and seems to confirm what I was suspecting? Two completely different batches. I wonder what was up in the Hasbro factory the first time around?

Would I then be correct in assuming: lilac wands (prettier sounding than sticks) are probably safer to purchase and are less likely to develop age spots in the future while blue wands are much less safe to purchase and highly likely to develop age spots if they are not already rampant all over the pony? Unless of course they are on a vividly pink pony, who was then the mail order. Is she prone to age spots? Can anyone confirm?

In 1984 after Hasbro spent 100s of millions purchasing Milton Bradley and with some stock market declines within the toy industry drove production to cut costs, ponies produced the year prior were of much higher quality.

Another example would be Starshine, ones that turn brown are the 1985 version whereas those from 1984 remain fairly white (sometimes even too white, as it's the same plastic used for Megan and Sundance which is somewhat harder and does not yellow easily).

As for Pinwheel, you're right the lilac wands version is definitely the safer choice as most issues tend to be associated with the other version. Mail order is also safer as far as I know as none of my mail order Rainbows show any plastic issues. Mail order Confetti for example, at least all the ones I've owned or seen were never the waxy browning type.

Maybe mystery pony from Rescue at Midnight Castle with a giant cat wouldn't be a terrible choice?

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I expect they might skip the 2nd unicorns/pegasus/earth and jump straight to the So Softs as the popular ones from those second sets (Posey, Gusty, Heartthrob, etc..) are included with the So Softs.

They're a dream come true, I always wished the original G1s would return and they finally did.

The slight differences doesn't bother me as this used to happen back in the 80s too (concave vs flat foot vs mail order is a good example). What matters the most is that they caught the essence of the originals as these look and feel like proper G1s unlike the 25th Anniversary which failed to achieve this  - the 35th Anniversary have excellent hair (better than anything Hasbro produced in the 2000s), their bodies made of good plastic, nice paint jobs, and I love their accessories and the attached ribbons.

I currently have Wave 1 and 2, pre-ordered 3 of the Pretty Parlor from Amazon and can not wait for Wave 3.

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The 35th Anniversary ponies are so much better than the 25th Anniversary ones that it's hard to criticize them.

Same thoughts...and "Malibu Peachy" is what I call her too lol

Can't believe they're already out!

Thank you so much Hefty for the pictures, this is amazing.