Almost all the G3 seasonal ponies were Target exclusives (in the US). (And apparently the G4 ones, which I didn't know about, whoops.) Which makes me wonder if Hasbro would not have made them if Target hadn't specifically requested them? Maybe a lack of such requests is why we've seen them fall off.
Almost all the G3 seasonal ponies were Target exclusives (in the US). (And apparently the G4 ones, which I didn't know about, whoops.) Which makes me wonder if Hasbro would not have made them if Target hadn't specifically requested them? Maybe a lack of such requests is why we've seen them fall off.
Oooh... I knew most of the G3s were Target exclusives, but not the G4s. (I only saw the Fluttershy in shops over here very briefly.... in The Works - a bookshop - of all places.) Yeah, that could explain things.
I could easily imagine it being a case of "Target want some sort of exclusive -> Hasbro oblige -> they sell well enough to continue for several years -> the later, less interesting ones don't sell and shelfwarm for ages -> Target are like 'welp I guess no one's interested in them then, cancel our subscription'"... that'd make a lot of sense.
(DID the last couple of seasonal ponies shelfwarm? I assume they did through other comments on this thread, but...)
Argos and Tesco had the Target licences between them.Well now we both have our Haven Bays. Let's hope we also get our Snowel IIs as well.
And Entertainer occasionally got end of line stock with the Target label on them still xD.
...Smyths picked up some of the Walmart ones. I bought the mirror Sunset Shimmer in Smyths and I think that was Walmart. No Haven Bay though.
I also only saw Spring Fluttershy in the Works. What was with that? Weird place to get a pony.
I would've loved had the Target ponies come here for g3. I hated having to import them. I still want that elusive Snow'el II but I think she's probably in the same 'too expensive for a G3 pony' category as most of the birthflowers.