It's sunny here right now. It's meant to be a nice weekend. I'm going in the garden later, with any luck

Yesterday was also mostly nice. I've been in London/Surrey, and the weather down there was changeable to say the least. There was one thunderstorm and a couple of hailstorms, but also bright sunshine which was lovely to walk in. Not a lot of rain despite the forecast. I managed to walk quite a lot without getting caught in a downpour.

I love walking in the outer zones of London because I can use the bus stops to navigate and not get lost, while still seeing nature

They are from the same release year, but I would still err on the side of it's been changed over later at some point.

I think their official release date is May, but I may be wrong about that. It may also be the dock issue that's delaying them stateside.

Back from my trip down south. Can report no new plushes down there, only the first three.
The Toymaster franchise stores in Staines and Putney both had the blind bag figures, so I managed to complete my set (no extras, sorry, limited bag space!)

I have a nice photo of Putney's pony range, here it is...

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They also had some greater range in G5. I said some, so don't get excited Putney also had Celestials and the 40th anniversary collector ponies.

Epsom had nothing as far as I could see this time. Sutton had Nova and I think the 40th anniversary collector ponies.

All Novas and Polaris etc had the original stripes. No pink ones.

On the non-toymaster front, Fenwicks in Kingston had Nova and a lone plush Firefly in the middle of a doll section. Nowhere else that I saw.

Entertainer in Wimbledon had basically the same as Entertainer here. Which amused me greatly.

And TKMaxx somewhere, I forget where now, maybe Epsom? Had a single Rainbow Dash (one with poseable legs?) which must have been there a LONG TIME.

A side-note for anyone unfamiliar with London planning to visit and wanting to hunt ponies.

Thanks Ponyfan

UK peeps - if anyone's still looking for them, I found the Basic Fun blind boxes at GAME today! They only had two (i.e. not a whole box or anything) but figured I'd pass the info on anyway.

Game? That's unusual Thanks for the heads up.

I would also go with Buttons for the same reason as PonyBookworm. I love Bangles, though. And as a So Soft pony...I think Bangles wears it better. SS Buttons's flocking often gets dingy and loses her beauty beneath the fuzz. Regular Buttons is gorgeous though, and wins overall.

Korean dramas are hit and miss with me. Some of them I really love, some I just can't get into. The last one I watched was also set in a hospital, which is what made me dig out Mayonaka no Ame and rewatch it. I don't remember what it was called though.

OMG shockponie that's terrible that's horrible to make fun of someone's medical condition. especially your boss. seems like something that should be illegal.

BC, i hope you can get an appointment soon and find out whats going on.

I was going to say, is that not illegal over there?
Here it would be considered workplace discrimination.

There are a lot of times when job adverts are prioritised on internal candidates. I hate interviews and I won't lie, there's a mountain of evidence how they suit people who are good at selling themselves rather than necessarily good at the job. I am NOT good at selling myself, so I find interviews really stressful.

But if they close an advert early, it's not possible to even apply and try and get an interview. Just roadblock after roadblock at the organisation's convenience.

Personally I would keep them as is as a curiosity until more information can be gathered.

The idea of them being moulded from a toy sharing the same mould is a good one. But yeah, if Finland didn't get the toy originally...it's a bit odd them being there. That said, stuff does travel around Europe. Even here in the UK we've found all kinds of things that should not be here but somehow are...