Cobalte- here's the topic I started awhile back about Saran Ghoulia
http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,319692.msg584153.html#msg584153
I think we came to the general agreement that although Saran Ghoulia would possibly be more valuable there are no distinct giveaways saying that she is in fact Saran. So to sell Ghoulia as a saran haired doll you would pretty much have to just trust the seller. I believe I have a saran and normal haired Ghoulia but once again, I don't have a way to tell 100% that one of them is saran. I feel a difference in the hair and one is made in China, one in Indonesia (which I think we determined didn't mean anything lol) and there's a difference in their lips (which only tells me which ones which). Beyond that, I'm not sure. I bought one nude so I can't compare clothing either. As far as I'm aware, its just in the hair, which doesn't say too much lol.

Ah ok, thanks for the info. Kinda a PITA that there's no other differences to tell the two apart, haha! I'd love to have a Saran Ghoulia one day, as Ghoulia is the first doll I got.

dose cleo have purple in her hair and no tinsel?!

I spy teal streaks of some kind very faintly.. love the outfits though and Cleo's golden lippy.

The more I see of that two-pack, the more I want that Cleo. Lagoona still ain't doing it for me, though, so I'd need to split one with somebody.

I've been considering splitting for Lagoona but still undecided for now

Imageshack here!

I have heard murmurings that it is no longer eBay's policy to ban NPBs.

I voted Sig, DotD and 2.0. But I also really love Swim Line, Skull Shores, Classroom and DT... so many nice Lagoonas. I agree that she is very hit and miss however.

Adore that shot of Jackson.

Thought I would try something with Scaris Lagoonas top.

So my fave Goona got it.

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Great photo! I was wondering though, where did that scale-print bikini top come from? Swim Team outfit, perhaps? I keep seeing it and not knowing. Not knowing would make sense if it was the Swim Team FP, those never came out here.

Definitely seems like Hasbro's answer to MH, though their niche looks to be different and the crowd that enjoy things that are seen as more traditionally 'girly' or 'feminine' (long hair, skirts/dresses, lippy etc).

When I think about how these designs will translate to toys, they all give the options for Hasbro to use methods that cut their costs - having no horns means they can re-use the facial mould for all the pony-humans and either stick wings into the back of the body or just add fabric ones to the outfit. Making these outfits all dresses (combining the t-shirt/skirt combos into one) saves on the work that goes into pants. As for the shoes and stockings I have no doubt these will be plastic (seeing as Hasbro loves it in pony toy clothes). Meanwhile Pinkie and RD have similar length jackets and jewellery being limited to bangles and a hair clip.

I thought about that because I'm somewhat worried that is what Hasbro will do, unless they can use this to deliver a more competitive price they will lose out to other lines having better detailing IMO.

The addition of the 'pony tails' looks like an afterthought with how the skirts cover some of the connections between 'mane' hair and 'tail' hair, the way the hair appears to act when covered by body parts in general and the weird twist in Twilight's pink streaks... almost as if they may have planned to originally have tails and changed it at some point.

I just don't know about this. I like the boots in addition to the bigger lower legs to give the 'hooves' look, and Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie seem the best out of the lot to me.
Applejack looks ok though rather plain (at least they gave her cowboy boots!)
Twilight I don't mind so much, wish they'd given her a different color for the top
Rarity is also an odd one, why boots instead of heels or something? The light blue would look better even paler
Rainbow Dash is a mess. Jacket and shirt, fine, but a pink skirt seems so unlike her character! Hell, I would have been happy with a rainbow one, though that may be slightly clashy. Why does her 'tail' only seem to be in orange and yellow hues? What's with the random decal on the skirt? Looks like they just went to an attempt of sporty but missed the memo about the tomboy personality.

What happened to the 'you can be any sort of girl you like in any way' line of thinking... I guess Hasbro has well and truly thrown this principle, used to develop the Mane 6 characters; out for their toys.

ETA: Also, similar body shape to MH - 'small' breasts (compared to real-world standards), hips wider than the bosom and somewhat skinny waists. If you were hoping for a different body shape, sorry folks, doesn't look like it this time.


I'll still give it a chance, though it leaves me rather confused. This is a very controversial thing to be doing for the 30th Anniversary, I think if this is it for the celebration then a lot of people are going to be sorely disappointed.