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

[Skeen]

You know what else I like?  Cadance isn't hot pink.

I think that's the only thing I like!

Her cutie mark also looks like the correct one too, without the red gem on top.

I've never noticed a red gem on top 

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[LadyMoondancer]

I like the new Shining Armor mold much better, especially his face.

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Pic from Strawberry Reef.

^ Previous version had so many sharp, flat planes that he looked like Kryton from Red Dwarf.  There was also something strange about his stomach.  I can't quite articulate it, but it wasn't rounded enough.

[SpaceButtPonies]

I like the new Shining Armor mold much better, especially his face.

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Pic from Strawberry Reef.

^ Previous version had so many sharp, flat planes that he looked like Kryton from Red Dwarf.  There was also something strange about his stomach.  I can't quite articulate it, but it wasn't rounded enough.

I'm happy they didn't use troll hair for him again. I hate how they did that for the 1st Shining Armor, it looks like he's gotta go fast!

[LadyMoondancer]

Was that a Sonic the Hedgehog reference?  You rock. 

[sd_dreamcrystal]

They're... A little odd. Their heads look too round somehow, Cadance's symbol looks too small, and Shining Armor's eyes look weird. I hope it's just the photo making it look that way. But hey, there's a boy pony, yay for variety

Shining Armor was the only brushable boy that's been out for awhile for the G4 era :/ we're now just getting Soarin' who is the 2nd brushable for G4. So that's not very much variety...

I don't really count the Soarin FS because he is a reused female mold like the Shining Armor FS was a reused female mold.. I guess with FS ponies they are a little more gender neutral in the mold but still

[SpaceButtPonies]

Was that a Sonic the Hedgehog reference?  You rock. 

Haha yes!

[EnaRocketQueen]

You know what else I like?  Cadance isn't hot pink.

I think that's the only thing I like!

Her cutie mark also looks like the correct one too, without the red gem on top.

I've never noticed a red gem on top 

If I remember rightly, her cutie mark changed between two designs throughout A Canterlot Wedding. Without checking the wiki, I think the change might have been the red gem sometimes being there and sometimes not. I know after that episode it stayed consistent with one design that didn't have the red gem

[Deep Purple Crystal]

Nope. I still cannot force myself to find these new molds attractive. While I do like that Hasbro is trying to reinvent the brushable line in a more 'show-accurate' fashion, I think that the issue is that FiM's character designs simply do not aesthetically work when translated into physical toys - they are overly angular and stylized, which may work in for a show to allow for more economic animation and design, but not necessarily for figures, especially these bizarre creatures with stumpy legs, pointed muzzles and weird necks. They just look ugly - I guess it all factors down to personal taste, but I still long for the cute and streamlined yet realistic designs of G1 and G3 (G2 was a departure in terms of designs, but at least the molds have a sense of elegance. The revamped brushables merely look goofy).

I'm sticking with the theories from the G5 Assumptions thread. Damn it, where's my 100,000-piece ponies and my Princess Sweetie Apple Sparkle Cutie Dazzle? The Royal Family Set doesn't even come with a vial for those collector tears!

[Leave a Whisper]

Nope. I still cannot force myself to find these new molds attractive. While I do like that Hasbro is trying to reinvent the brushable line in a more 'show-accurate' fashion, I think that the issue is that FiM's character designs simply do not aesthetically work when translated into physical toys - they are overly angular and stylized, which may work in for a show to allow for more economic animation and design, but not necessarily for figures, especially these bizarre creatures with stumpy legs, pointed muzzles and weird necks. They just look ugly - I guess it all factors down to personal taste, but I still long for the cute and streamlined yet realistic designs of G1 and G3 (G2 was a departure in terms of designs, but at least the molds have a sense of elegance. The revamped brushables merely look goofy).

I'm sticking with the theories from the G5 Assumptions thread. Damn it, where's my 100,000-piece ponies and my Princess Sweetie Apple Sparkle Cutie Dazzle? The Royal Family Set doesn't even come with a vial for those collector tears!

The Tear Vial is sold separately.

[Sparkle Pony]

Nope. I still cannot force myself to find these new molds attractive. While I do like that Hasbro is trying to reinvent the brushable line in a more 'show-accurate' fashion, I think that the issue is that FiM's character designs simply do not aesthetically work when translated into physical toys - they are overly angular and stylized, which may work in for a show to allow for more economic animation and design, but not necessarily for figures, especially these bizarre creatures with stumpy legs, pointed muzzles and weird necks. They just look ugly - I guess it all factors down to personal taste, but I still long for the cute and streamlined yet realistic designs of G1 and G3 (G2 was a departure in terms of designs, but at least the molds have a sense of elegance. The revamped brushables merely look goofy).

I'm sticking with the theories from the G5 Assumptions thread. Damn it, where's my 100,000-piece ponies and my Princess Sweetie Apple Sparkle Cutie Dazzle? The Royal Family Set doesn't even come with a vial for those collector tears!

The Tear Vial is sold separately.

My favorite thread strikes back!

[True]

They honestly kinda remind me how I (and a lot of other people) tend to draw G4 style ponies xD

[Foxtale]

Will be hard to formulate an opinion about the ponies until I see them in person. The angle on this Cadance looks like she is suffering from the strange side look when they are straight on. It's so hard to make them look true to character and not strange IRL. I will most definitely be getting this set when it comes out. Excited to see new pony toys, but my wallet isn't... it got used to not buying ponies.

[TornadoTwist]

More brushables spotted in packaging:

http://www.mlpmerch.com/2016/10/more-original-series-reboot-sets-appear.html

[Taxel]

Doctor Fluttershy is too cute for words!!!

[zombienixon]

I guess it wasn't just a bad photo angle, Cadance's head is kinda messed up.