New G4 pony toy designs

[PinkieLopBun]

Someone on Twitter was trying to call these G4.5. Um those exist kind of exist already

One of my friends was calling it the same thing. To be fair, I don't think it's that well known outside the collecting community.

[SpacePinto]

And here I thought they couldn't possibly make them any less pony-like...

[Harmonie]

Wrong direction, Hasbro! Please return them to be more like pony/horse like. These look like cats. =/

[Barnacle_lady]

Very ugly and I don't want to collect these. I like cats but I like ponies more.

[Zapper]

I like cats but I like ponies more.

This is cracking me up for some reason

I think we need to work out what we are going to call drastic redesigns within one generation. G4 has been rather unique in that area in that in order to sell the same characters over and over they need to change their style once in a while.

So far these look gimmicky to me since they are so big. Kind of like the big headed "duckface" baby versions we saw earlier. Or even Cutie Mark Crew. They could be their own line.

If they completely replace the previous brushable style could we consider them G4.7?

G3.5 - in hindsight - looked a lot like a transitional stage from G3 to G4 while G4.5 looks more like an intentional - but belated - way to freshen up the FiM show brushables.

[gabumon]

does anyone have photos of the backs of the packaging?  maybe it explains “The
Ponies Drink a magical Potion that changes them into Chihuahuas!”. with some sort of Pound Puppy tie in?

[SunbeamV]

As a trans guy, on bad days I think of myself as a deformity. These are worse.

I'm so sorry you experience that but as a fellow trans person I think I'm gonna pee my pants laughing! 

I noticed how they really do have forward-facing eyes now as well as a human jaw. Ew. So I whipped this up lazily half-asleep quickly referencing* my own ponies.

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*I looked over my shoulder at the ponies on my shelf and thought "yeah, that's close enough".

Where are their chins?

I still stand by me liking the detailed eyes and the accessories, but the face gets worse the more you look at it. ::

At least they have more sculpting than G4.5s....

can I just say, this drawing is incredible! It illustrates the stylistic evolution so well, amd you make g3 look so graceful! Now that I see them all lined up like this, I also think part of the problem is that the eyes are way too low on the face on these new ponies?

[Wardah]

The art style looks very much like what is currently in if you watch cartoons.

Please provide a couple of different cartoons where horses look like this (and are not meant to be a parody of MLP).
I can think of Unikitty when I see Pinkie Pie, but I can't come up with anything else. Also, Unikitty is already a bit older by now.

I was thinking mostly human centered cartoons like the newer Power Puff Girls and Teen Titans Go but there is a cartoon called Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty that these guys would look right at home in.

[Zapper]

The art style looks very much like what is currently in if you watch cartoons.

Please provide a couple of different cartoons where horses look like this (and are not meant to be a parody of MLP).
I can think of Unikitty when I see Pinkie Pie, but I can't come up with anything else. Also, Unikitty is already a bit older by now.

I was thinking mostly human centered cartoons like the newer Power Puff Girls and Teen Titans Go but there is a cartoon called Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty that these guys would look right at home in.

This just confirms that these redesigns look a lot like cats and people
And now that you mentioned TTG! all I see is Beast Boy when I look at them.

[RoseNoire]

Those G4.75 remind me of this weird video, rofl. https://youtu.be/ZiVhpMbCA8c

As for my opinion,  it doesn't differ much from the majority.

I like the feathered legs, it is really cute, their body is not my favorite, but could have been decent if it weren't for the head. It's rather nightmare inducing and way too cat-like. Won't buy for sure. Hasbro's direction those days is way too much towards those Lol dolls trends and similar creep shows I despise.

[DreamvalleyMLP]

Maybe it's a Halloween series...? With the scary horror look and all.. 

Hard pass.

First thing I thought of when I saw these was L.O.L. features. That, and My Little Cat obviously.

The oversized head, the basic paint job. Just no. At least the muzzle doesn't look like a coat hanger this time.

[allymer]

it really is painful to watch alas... I do miss my pretty kitten . ahhh no my eyes are burning  lol. I really hope some one made a mistake soon to be fixed. surly not a while like based on those horrible sketch of a toy.
there's not even a bit of mlp life in this thing. I know we had so many creation over the past 35 years of ponies and some up n down. but honestly Hasbro acting out very randomly lately with ponies related. they just recently realise those g1/g3 fake looking nostalgia supposedly pones. which got us wonder are those the next molds for the future line. they were a begging of somthi mg and had a good feel to it. those are amazingly horrible ponies and I do hope it's not our next 10 years.

[Wardah]

The art style looks very much like what is currently in if you watch cartoons.

Please provide a couple of different cartoons where horses look like this (and are not meant to be a parody of MLP).
I can think of Unikitty when I see Pinkie Pie, but I can't come up with anything else. Also, Unikitty is already a bit older by now.

I was thinking mostly human centered cartoons like the newer Power Puff Girls and Teen Titans Go but there is a cartoon called Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty that these guys would look right at home in.

This just confirms that these redesigns look a lot like cats and people
And now that you mentioned TTG! all I see is Beast Boy when I look at them.

Yeah it basically looks like they took the current cartoon trends and tried to apply them to ponies. Since they are not G5 and G5 isn't ready yet I wonder if these are just Hasbro's way to keep ponies in the stores since the FIM show ended. Maybe there will be a hastily made web series to go along with them.

[Carrehz]

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Since they are not G5 and G5 isn't ready yet I wonder if these are just Hasbro's way to keep ponies in the stores since the FIM show ended.

I'm really hoping this is the case...

[Teddy]

The bodies and furry hooves are ok with me, but those heads/ears/faces....eeekk!!! >.<