Newbie in G4 collection

[CustomsRfun]

I never cared much for the G4 brushables but i admit they start to grow on me.

Wich are the rarest?
HTF?
I live in Europe. Are there some exclusive ones ?

Thanksies

[TornadoTwist]

Basically the first released ones are the rarest (especially non-mane six). At the moment I think Holly Dash is quite rare but she has appeared in Europe (Intertoys Stores here in the Netherlands)

[CustomsRfun]

Is there a list of the first releases or pics? That i know what to be looking for?

[Jorgito93]

I think the first Fashion Style AJ and Star Swirl are rare, but i don't know if they are the rarests.

[TornadoTwist]

Is there a list of the first releases or pics? That i know what to be looking for?

Here, me and my BF run the site.

http://data.mlpmerch.com/

[CustomsRfun]

Thank you
Gonna have a looksie on this one

[Keemax]

Well, the international (European) exclusives are:
- Star Swirl
- Rainbow Flash
- Daisy Dreams (also released as a TRU exclusive, but without a forelock)
- Ploomette (non-glimmerwing version)
- Skywishes (non-cutie mark magic version)
- Sweetie Swirl

Minty is also quite rare as she was only released in the Costco exclusive 'Midnight in Canterlot' set.

I'm not sure if the ponies from the Canterlot line such as Starbeam Twinkle, Shinebright Luna or regular (non-princess-sized) Luna also fall into that catagory - they were target exclusives which I don't think ever made it to Europe. Not to the UK at least.

Holly Dash and Ribbon Hair Starlight Glimmer were supposed to be regular releases but the distribution didn't go as planned so they weren't available in every country.

There's also Nurse RedHeart. She's a USA walgreens exclusive.


... And then there's a whole category of G4 ponies which fetch high prices because they're 'sought after', such as the first waves of ponies and Pony (Ditzy Do/Bubbles, whatever you want to call her). They all had regular distribution (I think) but aren't in stores any more and most of them only had one or two releases. I wouldn't say they're 'rare' exactly, but they are in high demand. Most G4's (except the mane 6) go into high demand after they leave stores.

The only other one I can think of is the prototype of brushable Sweetie Blue, but I don't think she's the level of rarity you're looking for - I've only seen her on ebay once and the seller wanted a starting bid of roughly £1,500....

[Taffeta]

I don't collect these seriously but I do keep tabs on what is out where in case people ask, and I have noticed that when I travel into the continent, I sometimes see ponies I haven't seen at home in the UK and vice versa. I never saw Starswirl except on the continent (in Lille), but I never saw Holly Dash anywhere but here (I know she had a later issue in Holland, as mentioned above).

I'm not sure within Europe what distribution was like between different countries. Holly Dash was a distribution blip, but I think Starswirl (and probably Rainbow Flash, I didn't want her) are more sought after and were maybe only on the continent.

I also only ever saw Dewdrop Dazzle in Lille. I had looked for her for a long time in the UK but never did see her. She had a US release, though, so not sure how hard to find she is.

The set with Feather May and Honeybuzz in (is this the same set as Dewdrop? can't remember) also had pretty bad distribution in this part of the world. I only ever saw them once in Hamleys. Never since.

On the flipside, Lyra, who was definitely NOT here when she should have been years back, is now in multipack sets here in Smyths. So in some cases waiting it out for a release in your country can work...

Sigh @ Hasbro.

[Jemofirongate]

Starbeam Twinkle was available in the UK as a Tesco Exclusive. We didn't get the other European exclusives as far as I know, they were all available somewhere on the continent

Jem