I have been collecting G3 commercials for the nostalgia myself off Youtube and have several videos that have now been removed. I also have one ad in my native language (Estonian) of Good Morning Sunshine.

I have three to four versions of the Cotton Candy Cafe commercial and some more Ponyville ones. Also a bad quality Sing and Dance Pinkie Pie. If you are interested in anything, let me know! I can send you the folder with everything I have.

Also, there are commercials that I remember were available on the official MLP site but now seem to have dissapeared into the void. I remember the Walking Sweet Steps one and while other Ponyville ones are available, I have not managed to locate the one with Teapot Palace.

I have no advise but I hope you have lots of fun and get all the models you want! 

Especially since Breyerfest is one of my "need to go to once in my lifetime" destinations in the US along with various themeparks
I think it's great you come all the way from Estonia just because of the model horse hobby.

If you don't mind sharing, when did you book your flight and how much was it? ( You can PM me anytime if you don't want to make it public). I'm in Germany so my trip there would be similar and all I ever find is tips and tricks for USians but some of these don't apply if you can't go there by car 

I'm also wondering about transport. Like, do you bring an extra suitcase just for the models? How do customs handle a bulk of modelhorses, with all the breaking and rubbing to be expected.

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Quote from: bigmylittleponyfan on June 18, 2018, 10:29:30 AM

When is the best time to get there, when the lines are not too long yet?

  Not too long?   I think the lines get shorter in the late afternoon, but early lines are insanely long especially on Friday.  I think I got to the park around 6:45 AM or so last year and the store line was already all the way across the parking lot (the gates don't even open until 9:00 AM).   

This year there will be four lines for entering the park.  One will be for those picking up or buying tickets.  Another will be for those who have their tickets and have one of the first two time slots for the special items line or don't want to go immediately into one of the stores.  The last two are for the main store and pop-up stores which will have their own exclusives that are first come first served each day (plus the main store will have leftover special runs from previous Breyerfests, the clubs, and no telling what else).  The store lines are going to be separated this year so you'll have to pick which one you want to go to first and they'll hand out numbers to the first 300 people in each line.

They have a certain number of the store exclusives set aside for each day and have been putting them all out first thing in the morning.  The other items in the the store get periodically replenished throughout the day.

There's not much to add about the special items line that isn't covered by Breyer's info packet.  The past several years it's run very smoothly.  Make sure you know which models you you most want and which are your back-ups if those sell out.  Then when you get up to where they're handing them out keep an eye out down the line to see if the ones you want are still available.

You can pick up your Celebration model at any time so that not usually a very long line and it goes pretty fast. If you wait late enough there probably won't be a line at all for that.

You can't take bags into the stores and there have been thefts from the bag-check areas every year; so, you're best off having a friend hold them for you or taking them back to your car whenever possible and only checking them as a last resort. 

The weather is usually hot and muggy so plan your wardrobe accordingly and make sure you have sunscreen and plenty to drink with you. 

Shop around on the regular runs - you can usually find a better deal in the vendor's area or at the hotel than in the Breyer store.

At the hotel, have a notebook or something to write down where you see things and at what price - it gets very confusing very quickly otherwise.

Bring plenty of cash and budget it to last the weekend.  Breyer and the dealers can accept cards but only a few of the individual sellers at the hotel can although some will take PayPal.  There is an ATM at the hotel, but it has been known to run out of cash fairly early on.  Any number of times I've heard people comment on how they want to buy something but they're already out of cash sometimes as early as Thursday night.  Very few people will be staying open at the hotel on Sunday so you'll mostly have to consider what's available at the park if you want to shop that day.

I'll be in room 127 at the Clarion.  I do plan on bringing some pony stuff to sell though it's mostly merchandise, plush, blind bags/Ponyville, and some of the larger things that are expensive to ship.  I can certainly bring my regular G3s along though if there's enough interest.

Thanks for the advice! I have a time slot for the exclusives store for saturday 2 pm- 3 pm. When do you suggest me to go to the queue? As I understand I have to be there 15 minutes earlier, but like what happens if the first number called out is bigger than my number? Aaaahh so confusing

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I like some of the art styles, but I would like to see NEW CHARACTERS. Or bring back some names from the G1 line that never got the spotlight. For example, Parasol, Tic-Tac-Toe, Munchy, etc. Or a mix of generations. Let's see a show that has G1's Lemon Drop, G2's Light Heart, G3's Autumn Skye, and G4's Cupcake and have them all be introduced in a new unique style.

To be honest, I would also be perfectly fine if the next toy line didn't have any tv show tie-in at all, much like G2. Maybe then they'd focus on a diversity of brushables rather then recycling the same six names over and over again. But either way, I'm excited to learn that Hasbro is moving onward to a new generation!

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Ohh me please! Love this one!

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