Any Basic Fun retro G1 news for 2023?

[toyjunky]

It's been awhile since I have logged in to the arena, just been busy with a lot of RL stuff. Do we have any news or updates about new Basic Fun G1 Retro ponies for this year?

[achab1984]

I have been wondering the very same thing!

[NanoRuby]

I sent an email to them a couple weeks ago with some questions about the fancy swirl ponies, and while the person who responded couldn't answer any of my questions, it at least still sounded like those are going to be released. Which is good, I'm still disappointed about the flower fantasy ponies.

I think the only 40th anniversary stuff out at the moment is the plushes

[StrawberryScoops]

I found the 40th anniversary Collector ponies at Toys R Us in Canada today. The boxes are cute but the ponies are the same as 5 years ago.

[Carrehz]

I found the 40th anniversary Collector ponies at Toys R Us in Canada today. The boxes are cute but the ponies are the same as 5 years ago.

So they don't have the "40" symbols that were shown in promo photos after all? Damn, that's a shame - I know a lot of people thought they looked tacky/lame, but I liked the altered symbols - okay, they WERE silly looking, but I appreciated there being some obvious way to differentiate them from the previous BF release. I wanted to get 40th Cotton Candy to add to my CC army.

[shabbychicdee]

I found the 40th anniversary Collector ponies at Toys R Us in Canada today. The boxes are cute but the ponies are the same as 5 years ago.

So they don't have the "40" symbols that were shown in promo photos after all? Damn, that's a shame - I know a lot of people thought they looked tacky/lame, but I liked the altered symbols - okay, they WERE silly looking, but I appreciated there being some obvious way to differentiate them from the previous BF release. I wanted to get 40th Cotton Candy to add to my CC army.

ditto same here and oh yes of course my OCD must have a 40th edition to me CC collection

oh are those plushys out now?
btw good something is showing up, iv been wondering too if anything was out

[PinkRosedust]

Bumping because I came back after a bit of time thinking I'd see some news. Anyone heard anything?

[Ponyfan]

Here's the thread about the plush.

https://mlparena.com/index.php?topic=404371.0


Ponyfan

[LadyMoondancer]

Three of the four Celestial Ponies have listings on Amazon now (not active yet though).    Though they are using pictures of custom ponies for some reason (maybe as placeholders while the "real" photos are finalized?) so just be aware that the poses and colors may vary from the finished product.

Although only three ponies are listed, the description confirms that it's a set of four ponies.  They are listed at $14.99 USD each.   I have heard that this set will be sold in Fall 2023.  But in any case it appears it is definitely going to come out!

[Crystal-Sushi]

Three of the four Celestial Ponies have listings on Amazon now (not active yet though).    Though they are using pictures of custom ponies for some reason (maybe as placeholders while the "real" photos are finalized?) so just be aware that the poses and colors may vary from the finished product.

Although only three ponies are listed, the description confirms that it's a set of four ponies.  They are listed at $14.99 USD each.   I have heard that this set will be sold in Fall 2023.  But in any case it appears it is definitely going to come out!

They're using customsbypandabear's custom photos, and apparently didn't ask her in any way

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[pinkkittywinks]

Thank you for sharing this crystal

Love pkw xxx

[Carrehz]

That's disgusting :/

Plus it's just stupid and misleading, aren't Basic Fun's version in different poses and such? It's gonna be the Running Press Firefly thing all over again... but yeah... very Not Cool of them to steal a custom photo

[Flitter]

It’s possibly more someone at Amazon’s fault than Basic Fun.
I’ve been seeing that a lot with Rainbow High lately that early classified mock up images are being posted as listings months before release date. Even with obvious watermarks across them. That image might have been something they showed retailers as an example of what they were trying to do or used as a reference to show their designers the idea. Still bad to steal but I bet that wasn’t intended by basic fun to be used in that listing at all. The customizer it right to be frustrated but the Celestial Pony designs are Hasbro’s. So, for her to say that BF’s designs are too close to hers is a little unwarranted imo because, like her and BF are using the same source image. I’ve seen the Basic Fun protos in a video and don’t really see them as exact copies.

[pinkkittywinks]

That's disgusting :/

Plus it's just stupid and misleading, aren't Basic Fun's version in different poses and such? It's gonna be the Running Press Firefly thing all over again... but yeah... very Not Cool of them to steal a custom photo

The prototypes we have seen so far are of two of the Celestial ponies. The blue pony in Tootsie pose and the dark pink pony in Posey pose.

https://mlparena.com/index.php?topic=403834.0

Love pkw xxx

[Ponyfan]

Whoever's at fault for stealing the picture of the customs and using it on Amazon without permission, I feel sorry for the customizer.   It's not fun to find out someone is using your photo and didn't ask first.  I had that happen to me once, but I think it was an honest mistake on the other person's part as when I confronted them about it, they immediately apologized and said they had gotten it from a website but couldn't remember exactly where. They also quit using the photo after that.  To be fair, I wouldn't have minded that they used it if they had asked me first and I hadn't found out the way I did.

All that being said, I'm still looking forward to seeing the Basic Fun Celestial ponies and hope we get to see the real pics soon.


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