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Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« on: January 11, 2024, 09:19:32 AM »
Went to Walmart for the first time in I can't remember and decided to check out their pony section and it's really sad and pitiful how it's virtually non existent now. I saw large figures of Jazz and Izzy and some kind of small boxes that looked like tiny house playsets or something. Not sure what those were but yeah. It was sad to see how little there is now.
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2024, 10:13:44 AM »
last time I went to target they only had the mane 5 set with the long tails and that really ugly opaline fashion style I recently went to meijer and it probably had the best pony section I have seen in a while they had the 40th anniversary collector pose ponies as well as the year 3 earth ponies they also had some g5 singles and mini world magic sets but it is defiantly not what it used to be 
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2024, 04:39:46 PM »
My Walmart no longer has ponies at all but I’ve been finding G5 and even some G4.5 at the discount stores like Burlington, Ross, TJ Maxx, etc.
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2024, 05:04:26 PM »
My Walmart got rid of its pony section, I found a juice bottle and towel of g5 but that’s it
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2024, 05:45:47 PM »
The Meijers near me continue to have really good pony sections!  Everything Kitcatepic described plus lots of G5 playsets and little plushes, and really just pretty much everything pony that is out right now that I could think of except the newer Basic Fun stuff.

Targets have almost NOTHING.  Haven't been in a Walmart in months so not sure what they might have.
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2024, 06:43:38 AM »
I haven't seen a Walmart toy aisle with a MLP presence in such a long time. 
TRU has a section for Hasbro products and they usually put the MLP wherever the other animal toys are.

but true, absolutely nothing like the previous generations
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2024, 11:39:23 AM »
It's been like this for a while. A shame because I was hoping G5 would have reinvigorated the brand but toys seem to be very secondary now.
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2024, 01:58:28 PM »
It's like that here too :( Don't think ASDA has had anything MLP for over a year now, not sure about Tesco, and everywhere else only has a handful of things - and that's if you're lucky. I think there were bigger pony sections during G4.5 >_< It makes me so sad to see.
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2024, 06:14:47 PM »
Not much here either. Though Christmas was pretty recent.
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2024, 06:39:02 PM »
One of our biggest department stores has stopped selling MLP altogether!
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2024, 07:05:47 PM »
I occasionally wonder if Hasbro is slowly trying to get rid of the brand?
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2024, 08:19:46 PM »
Thailand has 2 major competing Department store chains, plus Toys R Us.
In one chain, Pony are on 70% sale section.
In Toys R Us, it is 20% off.
In the other chain, it still has its own section and seems to be fine.

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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2024, 12:10:06 AM »
I used to be able to find more variety of MLP at Walmart, for whatever reason; the last time I went hunting before Christmas, it looked like they'd gotten rid of it entirely. Target has only had a mini 20-pack and the extra-long hair set for six months, it feels like, occasionally interspersed with the RV set, which is another mini set. My next closest Target got rid of the pony section entirely.

It really sucks! I know I can't expect an 'everything store' like Walmart or Target to have a massive toy selection, but this feels significantly worse than G4 distribution by miles. Is Hasbro falling down, are the retailers drawing back? I don't want to get all my ponies from Amazon! :yikes:
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2024, 08:12:13 AM »
There is no my little pony in our local toy store. It's a big store with lots of things, including but not limited to gorjuss dolls, blind bag capsules, loads of plushies and lots more.No ponies though :(
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Re: Nearly Non Existent Pony Section
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2024, 08:29:38 AM »
I used to be able to find more variety of MLP at Walmart, for whatever reason; the last time I went hunting before Christmas, it looked like they'd gotten rid of it entirely. Target has only had a mini 20-pack and the extra-long hair set for six months, it feels like, occasionally interspersed with the RV set, which is another mini set. My next closest Target got rid of the pony section entirely.

It really sucks! I know I can't expect an 'everything store' like Walmart or Target to have a massive toy selection, but this feels significantly worse than G4 distribution by miles. Is Hasbro falling down, are the retailers drawing back? I don't want to get all my ponies from Amazon! :yikes:

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