I want to collect all these G4 Prototypes!

[snwbear24]

So, I am absolutely in love with these prototypes! Does anybody know where there is a list of the prototypes or do you have pictures that you can upload? Also, I know Taobao has them but how do you go about ordering from them? Thanks for the information!!

[Spike]

strawberryreef.com has a prototype list. It's a little outdated but I'm sure will get updated soon There's lots of threads about prototypes if you use the 'search' option on the top right hand corner of the mlparena website ^_^

[hathorcat]

I think the thing is to be careful with what you mean by "prototype" - very few of these ponies which we see could be classed as that. Most of the non released ponies we see are "frankenponies" - simply part ponies - heads, bodies, symbols and hair colour randomly put together in test runs or in error or outside the factory. These are cool and lots of people collect them but they are often not more than someone could do with some rehairing or popping one pony head on a different pony body.

There is the odd exception - Minty, Sweetie Blue, transparent/glitter ponies - they could probably be classed as "prototypes" in a very loose way as could some ponies which were found only on Taobao which have slight variations to their actual release - such as the larger eyed Drama Pony. These are complete ponies which were clearly created in factory for a potential purpose/release or prior to an actual toy run. 

Mrs Cake and the magenta coloured baby we have seen, right now we don't know if they will be released or if they are prototypes. Just because things are on Taobao doesnt make them a prototype - just about every release we have seen so far has turned up on Taobao before showing up on our store shelves. Personally with the size of release they have on Taobao I think they ll get a release but we wont know for certain until we see them in box or until they vanish from Taobao completely.

Strawberryreef.com has a lot of the oddities we have seen but so does Bright Idea's blog http://mysteryponies.wordpress.com/

For information on how to order on Taobao you should do a search over on the Trader Support forum as I am sure there will be information there.

[BrightIdea]

Cool, thanks for linking my blog, Hathorcat.

There hasn't been much prototype action until recently (and I have been extremely lazy, lol), so I need to do some major updates. Although I think like 90% of the prototypes and franken-ponies are there. I was going through and reviewing every oddity, so people would know if there is anything unique about the pony, and that some are just a mishmash of existing parts that anyone could make.

I am going to add groups of pictures for suspected prototypes (leaving out the just plain frankenponies), so its easy to identify what was likely assembled or made in the factory.

[Aitsuki]

This is one I haven't seen before! She's rather cute!

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[Spike]

This is one I haven't seen before! She's rather cute!

[link removed ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]

Hehe that's a fakie ^_^