Anyone want to talk anout it?

Official synopsis:


Three Rainbow Rocks characters are coming back.

. I am looking forward to the special just because of them. I love the new song so much.

Hasbro also released a bunch of EqG festival shorts on their MLP FiM youtube channel. They are cute but nothing special (unless you like RariJack )

The ponies are having a traditional school ball called Fetlock Fête and Sandbar asks out Yona to be his "pony pal" (see what they did there?) for this special event.
Yona is very happy about it but worries she won't be able to fit in with the ponies because of her yak-y ways. Rarity offers her help in a very "My Fair Lady" style including a song. The rest of the M6 join her (excluding Twilight), each of them showing Yona a part of the traditions such as preparing a gift basket or dance moves. Yona seems to fail at all of them during the montages but eventually gets it all right for rehearsal and again we get the MFL callback with the ponies exclaiming "I think she's got it!".

At the ball Sandbar is a bit weirded out by Yona's rapid change and the Student Six giggle but Yona seems to get everything right until she stumbles over her dress while dancing (a part she didn't rehearse) and chaos ensues.

Yona runs away and Sandbar finds her in their treehouse moping and vowing to stay there forever. Sandbar admits to her that he never wanted her to change because he likes her the way she is. They return back and all ponies do a dance from the yaks.

Before someone corrects me that the episode was based on "She's All That"... SAT was in itself inspired by "My Fair Lady"
I was pleasantly surprised by the episode because I expected something annoying such as the episode where Pinkie Pie plays that yak instrument. But Yona was just too adorable and we got a song.
The song did not really have great lyrics, imo. But it was kinda hilarious seeing a pony spin on "The Rain In  Spain".
My point of criticism would be that this goshdarn show once again does a culture clash thing with a different species, kind of portraying the non-pony as the less cultured one. But we should be used to that by now.

It was good that Yona realized that just because you are not represented on a poster does not mean you can't take part. Her trying to "morph" into a pony could have been handled way worse. Such as Twilight actually changing her into one (as shown in the song montage when she is a ponyona for a hot second). But they "thankfully" just went for the behaviour bits.

I think the episode has rewatch potential as opposed to the last one where the characters actions just made me cringe a bit. Quibble posing as a sports pony was more annoying to watch than Yona learning the pony ways, imo.

Have you seen these? There are three different equine figures: one is a pony, one a unicorn and one a zebra. Their faces and eye prints look super charming to me. I wish MLP G5 faces would look more like this.

https://ispot.tv/a/IBgx

Imagine you are suddenly in charge of MLP via dark magic or a magic lamp and everyone at Hasbro has to do your bidding.

How would you design the next gen of ponies?
Would there be a cartoon show, movies? What types of toys would you create?

Here is the only catch: the genie/witch/wizard does not allow you to just copy your favorite gen

I'm curious. I noticed these are popular right now along with regular blind box figures. I personally like the idea but wish it was easier to get the characters I really want.

Since we had some threads about cartoon reboots I was getting curious what kind of ongoing animated shows y'all are into. You can't hate them all

I'm keeping up with:

Bob's Burgers
Steven Universe
Star vs The Forces Of Evil
Disney's Tangled The Series
MLP FiM (allthough I see myself watching that for completionist sake)

I'm most looking forward to Marvel's new cartoon with Squirrel Girl and the Netflix She-Ra reboot. Oh, and MLP G5 of course.

I wish they would reboot more Disney Afternoon shows. Gargoyles, Gummibears and Darkwing Duck to be precise. I loved those as a kid and would love to see a modern spin on them for a new generation of kids.

I rediscovered my love for vintage and new plastic face plush critters. I recently found out about Toy of the Year Fur Babies (Bush Babies in UK and EU).
They have a retro design going on that reminds me of Monchhichi and they have a gimmick that lets you control their ear and eye movements.

I fell in love and ordered one immediatly and now I've been looking at other ones and realized how much nostalgia I have for that particular subset of toys.
There are also artists who create their own and sell them through etsy or ebay. Like fantastic Gremlins replicas or own creations.
I also love the kind of art plush doll with a sculpted face, inset eyes and painted.

There are many crazy talented artists out there who create these.

Do you have any plastic/hard faced plushes or art dolls? Retro, new or custom creation?
Please share them with me!