I'd say flop for sure. The thing is ..well in my case I'd never stopped loving ponies since G1 and always got the new gens (even if it took me a while to accept G2 and G3.5
) . I've always been a bit of a pony addict (understatement!!
) but G5 was sooo bad it put me off right away, I've taken a long pony hiatus (
) and to this day I haven't been able to even make myself try out buying even one single G5. They're just too *shudder* weird for me? they creep me out (sorry to anyone reading this who loves them
) and of course the quality and variety had gone downhill before the end of G4.
I rarely see anything G5 where I live now, just the same old ones that have been shelf warming for ages and only a few when they were first released really. I'm sure there are plenty of other people who had the same feelings about them as I did and started to spend money on other collections instead as well. The Basic Fun G1 are the only "new" ponies I've bought in years
Hasbro really messed up IMHO.