Rebranding Brushables Spotted? (Royal Family in Packaging! Page 14)

[Taxel]

Lyra's open mouth is fine, I think what throws her off is her eyes because they look like they are in the wrong spot.
Looking at them again, something seems off with their ears to me

Her eyes are definitely off but her open mouth is really just bizarre. I don't think it looks good with such a weirdly stylized pony muzzle. The closed ones are cute but the open one is like... kind of freaky. It might look better painted.

I don't know if this is what you're seeing but, besides the fact that there is no painted detail (green tongue) the designer missed their anatomy 101 class. Instead of having the jaw drop and extending the face, the ponies muzzle rises up. Compare the placement of the tip of Lyra's nose to the back of the ear with any other character with a closed mouth.

Edit; This would affect the wonky eyes too, the muzzle being so high up the face makes the eyes look way too low, like they're melting/drooping off. Though the eyes look like they're printed too low in general? I guess these are still prototypes and/or rejects so they aren't necessarily an accurate representation.

That's exactly it! Her nose seemed way too high but I couldn't place it 100%, but you're right! The jaw is at the same exact level as the rest of the head. That doesn't make any sense at all.

I really hope they fix that before the final release if these are official. The rest of Lyra's pose is just adorable. I'm sure it would be easy to fix with a custom but its way easier just to buy a pony that's sculpted properly from the start.

[sd_dreamcrystal]

Here's a new Fluttershy one. She looks so happy.

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Sooooo two standing poses for Fluttershy? Well that is kind of bleh, at least her mouth open looks better than Lyra's? I think.. hard to tell with how bright  the image is

[EnaRocketQueen]

I'm...not sure I like them. The Fluttershy's quite cute but I like G4 as it is

[Bergamot]

I love these! Crossing my fingers for Muffins and waiting for Rarity in this new form!

They look more "on model" to Lauren Faust's pitch drawings for the show than they do to the final characters in the show. The expressive limbs, pointy muzzles, face arrangements, and pear-shaped bodies really give that impression.

[sd_dreamcrystal]

ok since Lyra's muzzle looks wonky, I thought I'd see what the difference was with lines Sadly the Twilight I chose (the posed one) I think is slightly turned but you'd get the gist

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[invaderhorizongreen]

Looks like someone pinched the nose and tugged a bit hard, but I might consider if they are real. 

[Sunset]

I think that I could get past the heads if they can just keep the legs from being too noodley.  I definitly think the "unicorn" eyes are contributing to the issue.  They aren't angled correctly on the head.  True in a real horse they would be closer to the correct angle but the faces on FiM are so anthropomorphised that the eyes should be angled to face forward.    That's why Fluttershy and AJ don't bother me nearly as much.  And really, Rarity is the only one who has that eye shape.  If they are going to go to all this trouble to make new moulds to be more show accurate, they could at least design some new "unicorn" eyes.

[Jorgito93]

On one hand, i like that they have different poses.On the other hand, there is something with these that look strange.Maybe too cartoony like someone said.I definitely prefer regular g4 design but there is some good ideas behind these.

[sd_dreamcrystal]

One of the things I want to see if the current G4 heads would fit on these. I would not might transplanting the old heads and transplanting the new horse onto the old heads either I really don't care for the shape of the muzzle which has no chin, at least the current ones do.. sort of

[ponyqueen]

Has anyone seen this? Japanese "comic and quiz"- the animation style looks quite like this new toy style!!!

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC-%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA-%E3%81%B7%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A1%E3%81%90%E3%81%BF%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88-AKIRA/dp/4092805063/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1473607273&sr=8-8&keywords=%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC

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[Carrehz]

The eyes, that's it!! That's what bothers me about these! I couldn't put my finger on it before I saw that close up of Lyra Yeah, the eyes are really weirdly off-center on these. It looks okay on the older ones but with Lyra's open/raised mouth it just throws everything off. I hope that's fixed for the final release, if these ARE legit.

Celestia is not only white, but her eyes are gorgeous and her shoes are painted!

Is it bad that I read this and thought "oh, they're probably fake then, Hasbro would never bother to paint small details like that"?

[Leave a Whisper]

Ugh.

[SpaceButtPonies]

I wouldn't be surprised if these are the exclusive merch for Japan.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

God I hope these are fake ._.

Either Hasbro looked into our G5 Speculation thread and picked up some of the more questionable joke ideas, or Pokey the Pony from Gumby is the father of these things.

Seriously though, they look like cheapo knock offs.

Pokey?!  *can't stop laughing*

Ewwwwwwwww I am searching for eyebleach as we speak.  UGH the legs!  I hate rubber-hose animation at the best of times! And the noses - what animal are we supposed to be emulating?

Seriously Hasbro, it feels like y'all go down the rabbit hole of Crazy when new designs for MLP come out... why can't we go back to HORSE PLAY?

[ponyqueen]

Either Hasbro looked into our G5 Speculation thread and picked up some of the more questionable joke ideas, or Pokey the Pony from Gumby is the father of these things.

Seriously though, they look like cheapo knock offs.

For anypony who missed it, the G5 assumption thread is a hoot. You'll laugh til your sides ache.    http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,339554.msg923149.html#msg923149