Pumpkin Tart is the best Halloween pony! And Autumn Skye is the perfect autumn pony, and I have a lot of nostalgia for her. Abra-ca-dabra comes in third. Autumn Crisp is fine.

Fun Fairy and Lovely Ladybug can't really compete.

To me there's more incentive in buying the non-pony figures right now, not just because of the mane6, but also because of the lack of interesting designs of the other ponies. It's been years since I saw a pony and said, "Wow! She's so cute, I NEED her!". G4 ponies as of late are so boring, Hasbro doesn't want to design anything with interesting colours or cutie marks. Solid-coloured mane, two-toned if you're lucky, and your run-of-the-mill three-item copypasted cutie mark. I look at Pretzel and think, "Wow! You definitely... exist?". I don't get me started on the blind bags!! I know it's quantity over quality when it comes to those but some of them are very.... Hmmmm, design-wise.

I liked Skystar since I love her colours, but other than her I can't think of any pony I wanted because I liked the design. I want to get Sandbar pretty much because he's a yellow pony (which I collect specifically) and a boy. Early G4s like Dewdrop Dazzle (my fav G4), Lulu Luck, Ploomette, and Plumsweet were all really super cute and well-designed, what happened?

Squirmy and Wiggles are my favourites! Squirmy has really cute colours and both of them have a terrific name + symbol combo. I wish we had more snail ponies... and mushroom ponies!

I agree that the toy line is petering out.  I feel like the Cutie Mark Crew is just a place holder while they are working on whatever they are working on for 2020.  They’ve done it before.  There was that line of g3 Ponyville right before g4 came out.

G3.5 were more the filler years imo, but it's especially apparent in the newborn cuties line. I think G4.5 compares well to G3.5. G4.5 will have lasted ~3 years, G3.5 lasted... 2? 3 if you want to be generous? Depends how quick they want to get G5 out I guess. It took months for the G4 brushables to come out iirc. The reactions to both "gens" were the same too, which definitely confirms it.

The G3 handle looks familiar but I can't remember exactly where it came from, and MLW and Strawberry Reef aren't helping. X( I definitely owned it at some point. I know it came with a little case, my best guess is either candy or a cake topper (?). It's not a playset accessory or anything, it's merchandise.

I don't think Hasbro's concern is timeliness, though the timing of the Nightmare Night toys is... strange. The episode came out in 2011, and the toys came out in what, 2016? That's awful. The Gala was toyed around a bit I think in 2011 after the S1 finale, since they were producing those cardboard castle playsets, princesses, and the light-up saddles. To be fair, the REAL Gala ponies were released in late 2011 maybe, but I got them in 2012. Speaking of 2012, the wedding stuff was on time too, but I guess that's because it was culturally topical and they needed to get them out ASAP. Movie stuff wasn't bad either, though I still can't find Songbird Seranade anywhere.

We didn't get our first REAL Canterlot castle until 2016 (iirc). Most of the castles prior to Canterlot's were non-canon locations.

FiM collection in general was awful. I mean, it's a cool series and they actually put in NEW CHARACTERS (what a surprise!), but the timing...? Are they still doing it? We got the Apple Family barn first, then Sugar Cube Corner, Twilight's treehouse, the Carousel Boutique, and the Canterlot Castle. These were all seemingly inspired by season 1 which is an odd choice, even odder is the decision to make Twilight reflect that despite being an alicorn for 2 YEARS at the earliest at that point. Where's Fluttershy's cottage? Rainbow Dash's condo? Can we get Twilight's castle? Or the Crystal Empire castle? Why does the FiM Canterlot Castle cost SO much yet come with so little???

Hasbro's just lazy and greedy. They want stick to the mane6, we can get a fan favourite background pony if we're lucky. And even then it's a one-time Toys R Us exclusive in a $100 pack. DJ P0n3, Minty, Muffins... Zecora was $16! $16 for a 3-inch brushable!

... but what's wrong, guys? You don't want Pinkie Pie, glitter Pinkie Pie, tinsel Pinkie Pie, tinsel and glitter Pinkie Pie, super hero Pinkie Pie, styling/fashion Pinkie Pie, blindbag Pinkie Pie, chibi blindbag Pinkie Pie, seapony Pinkie Pie, glitter seapony Pinkie Pie, pirate Pinkie Pie, balloon hat Pinkie Pie, cake-wearing Pinkie Pie, bridesmaid Pinkie Pie, pearly Pinkie Pie, ribbon hair Pinkie Pie, pearly with ribbon hair Pinkie Pie, school uniform Pinkie Pie, masquerade Pinkie Pie, light-up saddle Pinkie Pie, baby Pinkie Pie, car-driving Pinkie Pie, helicopter-driving Pinkie Pie, swan boat-paddling Pinkie Pie, human Pinkie Pie, chibi human Pinkie Pie, or emoji Pinkie Pie???

Speaking of "baby Pinkie Pie", Hasbro, when are we getting newborn cutie versions of the mane6??? The bootleggers beat you to that years ago.

Sunrise Song commission!

Not grail ponies or ponies that are on your wishlist. I'm talking about ponies you may have seen in dreams that don't exist in real life.
I've had MANY dreams with "dream ponies" that I wish were real, including:

• "Princess Hailey": No different from Honeycomb, but packaged with princess pony accessories (hat and wand only)
• White Sparkle Pony Nightglider: Self explanatory and very pretty. Yes, she had her TAF symbols too!
• Factory Error Mimic: Mimic, same pose and same hair colours, but her body is orange like Speedy's! Out of all of them at least this one sounds plausible enough to exist

Have you guys ever had any dream ponies? Or any other impossible pony-related dreams? I have a recurring dream about finding an old abandoned Celebration Castle for sale at Wal-Mart... in-box, ready for someone to take it...