There's also HQHair from HQG1C , (disclaimer: I'm on the team) but it does not have a super wide range of colors yet. It does have a good amount of hair for a low price though if it was something you wanted to just test out to see how the feel is. It is my opinion that most of the colors are exactly the same except for the...candy apple red (Or whatever they were calling baby Krispy Christmas color) curl equivalent which is polypropylene instead of nylon.

(Also, didn't the DH issue resolve when the owner passed away of cancer and now it is in the hands of someone completely else?)

I just bought them! So excited! Aaaa!
RedFive Toys decided to have them online, I guess? AND they were the only one to have all 4 of them in stock.
GRAB EM NOW

Shipping for them was about 5 bucks which is SUPER reasonable in my opinion. I paid like 64.86 for the whole set (everywhere seems to have them between 13 and 15 dollars, but people with 13 are always out of 1 or more of them which would make you buy from several places to get them all and have to keep paying shipping so it didn't make sense to save 2 dollars on product price then spend 4 more to get shipped from all over)

 Ellington toys (as of xmas eve) and Love of Character are both missing 1 of the set so you can't buy them all at once in either spot. Good for if you scored a few at cracker barrel, but couldn't complete them.
I don't even care, I was basically so relieved that now it's not some 25-dollar ebay scalpin' anti-deal
If I am the first to get the RedFive toy ones I will post here about how they came/good shipping or whatever details.
Thank you for posting this! Aaa!

Ellington Agway Warning:
I went there SO FAST to add 6 of them to the cart. When it's "randomized" like how Paper Source was doing for the Posey set, you have to add 6 and buy them so you are guaranteed to get 1 of each character and then 2 of two of them to sell off or give as gifts or to do loose/mib both collecting.
BUT
They're ONLY shipping to their local store area now which is really dumb? They'll let you almost buy it then tell you have to pick them up in the zipcode Ellington Connecticut but like....this is FL. So I guess I'm not allowed to buy them. Im going to email them asking when that 'well we dont ship it' will possibly end because 9.99 is amazing for these

Posting with a little bummer news from All Time Toys...
I tried to buy these from them and they are out of Fizzy and Gingerbread. I used their online contact form to try and ask about it and this is what they replied

"Hello, Thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately we are currently sold out of the 2 other ponies & we are unsure if we will be able to get a restock of them. If we do see them go back up for order from our wholesaler we will be restocking them but right now they are not up for reorder right now. "

So some mysterious 'wholesaler' is in charge of getting them back? I thought the store could just order what it wanted from Basicfun because it is an actual retail store that does a volume of products? I bet they are indeed an actual sell out in that they sold all they had because those 2 are the ones most in demand. Why would they not want to reorder more of it if it was such a good seller?
All I want is a place that sells all 4 so I don't have to pay an ebay scalper or pay multiple shipping charges.

This is a great idea for a post!
Thank you so much for making it, now I can get excited again! I've had ZERO luck at any Crackerbarrel and none of the other offline retailers are even in this state it is so annoying and I really want these.
I had no idea some of these stores even existed. However, I can't get anything pony to show up at the Cat n Mouse one?
Then Tahoe Treasures only seems to have the Posey set
while sadly Tomfoolery is sold out/it won't let you push the button.
The solution to 'random pony comes' at least for paper mart was to order 6 of them no matter what and then you'd guarantee to get everybody. I would sure love to do that at any one of these.  I am trying to buy them for my penpal too.

It was better than I thought!
I came in with low expectations, but really, it was a solid thing. You could also tell that whoever was making this one, had a real square about what they wanted for the plot, unlike the G4 movie which super totally didn't. G4's was a disjointed mess that you didn't even need strange toys (giant sounds hippogriff/haven bay) to point out that there was tons missing from it and it was a mish mash they melee'd to the table after it didn't make sense with the show's continuity at all. This one was not at all that way, so, solid first step.

As mentioned before by others the characters aren't "one note" like they tried to have G4 be, so there's potential for more entertainment without being stale. "Oh is Fluttershy going to be shy again? Is Dash going to be obnoxious somehow and have to learn the 30th lesson about that same thing?"

Unanswered questions:
I actually think this is OK IF IF IF the show addresses them. We need the movie to introduce us & introduce questions so the show can have plots. That's why I didn't get too mad "they didn't explain the crystals", "what about Sunny's house/dad", or "where are Celestia and Luna this whole time". Those 2 are known immortals and in ponyplanet the sun and moon don't have the ability to just move on their own. (Or the planet doesn't spin.......or whatever it is that the sisters do--they obviously either found a way for the planet to go on it's own or....?) The show can have plots about that.

Capitalism*!
It SEEMED like the plot REALLY wanted to have something to say about crony-capitalism here but then was never quite allowed to say it. Badguy & Mom were obviously a company monopoly / living a cushy life on everyone elses' money and so even if it would ruin the world they want to continue to do that. There's 200 parallels here like all the corn subsidies, how oil and coal barons are in the senate of the US and big polluters/profiteers/whatever just keep that status quo for another quarter, regardless of what or who it kills.
Police State!
Same thing here REALLY wants to talk about cops/thin blue lines and then juuuuust about couldn't say it. ZERO coincidence that the richest gal in town's son is a bully cop who quickly turns into a dictator when given a speck of power. "Pick up the litter" is a meme or a reference from something older/a live action something but I don't remember what it is...it also came to 'stand for' police violence as a sort of metaphor? I'm not historical enough to point directly but the incidence of someone saying it in the movie was just like way too frequent, they were certainly using it as a red flag to announce 'badguy is bad'.
*Crony-capitalism isn't real capitalism

Make way for the show:
What do you think the conflicts in the show will be? Will we get non-pony villains? I think it was a bit of a bold move to have "well society and specifically 1 guy are the villain", instead of 'something else' from outside. Will the show be slice of lif-ey or more adventure?

Downplay of symbols?
Did anyone else feel the symbols were minimized? Everyone looked like they were made of some kind of felt (reminiscent of TROLLS movies) , but it seemed like the symbols were very small, minimal and faded in their designs? I am not a fan of this/hopefully the show has them done better. Not that their symbols were gorgeous, but pony has always had symbols.

It's not going to make me get the toys.
I'm super jealous of the lovely hair they've given the big ones (why couldn't G4 have had that quality on the fashion styles???), and I was actually hoping the movie would make me want the toys. I WANT that excitement in the toy aisle again! I WANT beautiful toys to collect and fun things to watch! But their chihuahua dog faces and human heads just make me say no. The bodies are better but they have exact-front-face eyes, literal dog muzzles and they're even migrating the ears more toward the side to get them doggier (horse ear goes on top) I think it's also the rounded back of the head to make it like a human doll/equestria girl with the neck in the center of the bulb-head that really screams "this isn't a pony" too much for me to get the toys.

I'll watch the show:
Given the quality of the movie's effort, I'll def. be watching the show, though. Nobody's 'the scrappy doo', the visuals will be good because CG, and it's clear that whoever is behind the plot here has a good head on their shoulders for character development and having a movie that makes sense but isn't too predictable. It gives me confidence that they can do a good job.

The princess pony symbols are an interesting thing.
They are made of Electroplate Plastic, that's why they're so shiny. It has an actual property of metal. This can only be done in a factory and it only works on hard plastic items. Things known for it were original She Ra Entrapta doll and the line called Spectra Dolls had it as their entire gimmick. It really is very pretty! It's too bad it can't be done in the home.

I can say that silverleaf DOES work on them, I've done it.
You stick it down with modpodge and then layer modpodge over it. However, leafing is usually a little bit 'crackly' or textured, I've never had it come out glossy/smooth like the originals. I think that you can also enamel paint (aka nail polish the pony no no) on the symbol because it is a completely different plastic than pony-plastic and thus doesn't get sticky or corrupted later like it does when it gets on pony skin. I have seen people do it because enamel is higher spec than metallic acryllics so of course it'd be tempting to use it to fix. But, metal/modpodge is proven to not react with anything so your silver leafing idea is probably best.
*If you go through with it, I'd see before/afters here!

Excellent news! Thank you for posting!
I remain SUPER excited for these despite the mixed signals. The only place I recognized was Crackerbarrel, so I checked them out and it seems they DO ship their 'gift shop' stuff which would include the ponies! So, no stupid ebay scalper prices if they'll ship em to you.

Were crackers EVER stored in a barrel? Why are they putting ponies in the grocery (Meijer) and in a restaurant (CB)? The whole thing seems odd.

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New!
Now there's a cool Convention Shop with exclusive merchandise to choose from:
We have masks, tees, stickers, hoodies and more with Tradewinds and the twins. There's over 20 items to choose from. These items won't be available at the convention. Be sure to order soon so you're ready for the convention fun. See what's going on at the official store
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Special Diamond Edition HQG1C Pony Tradewinds!
She has lovely extra-long white hair, tri-color sparkling tinsel and she's exclusively at the convention. (Crown not included)
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Collect cool plush characters of the ponies you love with Lovable-Plush for PuppyLove, KittyLove, Genie & Tradewinds who were exclusives made especially for the Convention
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Night & Day - They're Ready To Play!
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Who will be at the convention too

Sarah Partridge - Voice for Wind Whistler - you can meet her
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Allison Boisselle - Original Toy Illustrator who's highlights are MLP G1 and Transformers
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