Quote from: Ponyfan on April 14, 2024, 03:17:19 PM

https://www.hallmark.com/ornaments/keepsake-ornaments/hasbro-my-little-pony-winter-chic-cotton-candy-ornament-1699QXI7831.html

Here's the Hallmark page for the Cotton Candy ornament.

I will be hunting this one down!


Ponyfan

She's cute!

Those are wonderful finds

I say Buttons wore it better

It's happened. MLP has finally just become a head, which is why i guess they kept making them bigger.  Hasbro dumped the body to save costs. Next generation will just be giant eyeballs.

I have a craving for chicken quesadillas. I don't know if I can afford everything though. I only get a small package of chicken breast tenders but it's still like 8 bucks. Then I get chucky salsa, spanish rice, black beans, cheese and grande tortillas. When they're done I put sour cream on top and lettuce if I have any. So good!

Together Forever by Rick Astley

Today I'm doing ham, carrots, croissants,  deviled eggs, and a small pot of mashed potatoes for daughter dearest.

Thanks Carrehz, LAW.

Carrehz, do they explicitly mention the DV/Ponyland link in MLP and Friends? I've seen all the episodes but some only a few times and it's been a long time. I don't remember Dream Valley as a location coming up in the comics, but it might have done. I do remember lots of other locations, such as Memory Lane, Misty Mountain, Rainbow Mountain, and so on, and they were all part of Ponyland - new release ponies 'came to live in Ponyland'.

Hasbro did put a lot of money into various versions of a limited cast in G4 but I think it worked for them because of the demand around the series. For that to work for G5, it probably requires an iconic series that will make people want to follow x y z characters rather than variety.

It's interesting how quite a lot of other existing toylines are still going with variety. MH have always done core line/additionals and they have already managed more variety than G5 has done. Rainbow High repeat a few core characters but not so as you'd find them clogging the shelves, plenty of new ones too. LOL seems the same (same company of course). There is an increasing range of stuff from Miraculous, even though it took so long to get here. Even in other kinds of lines, like plush or TY, you see a range of characters or concepts. I feel like maybe that limited core cast thing was a phase and the world's moved past it.

Yes, people will always want popular figures like Pikachu, at the same time, when I was in Japan I remember the stock in the Japan centre in Kyoto cycled in and out pretty much on a weekly schedule, with lines staggered to keep the shop fairly fresh.

I think 'repetitive core cast' may be out of date. At least, so long as there's no meaningful digital component to compensate.

The concert episiode