My Little Restore

It may not be My Little Monday, but this set needs to be posted! This seems pretty nifty on the surface, but it’s actually a little bit of controversy. Supposedly, these are original G4 size, which means about 3 inches per pony. Then, they are “retro inspired” which means that they’re trying to nibble on G1 without being G1. Most people consider them so far as a bit of G3 hybrid together with G1, which now has the G4 characters.  However, they aren’t G1, 2, 3, or 4.  The problem would arise if any company (Hasbro) tries to REPLACE G1 ponies with these, (ex: take away Basic Fun’s license) because they are not G1 in look nor in size. They are exciting to see, and, of course, are pretty cute thanks to non-spherical heads. But you can see why worry–because these are in no way a replacement for G1 or nearly as good as it. From a toy / pony expert perspective…they’re a bit of a lazy start with only 2 body types, Twilight’s head is a kitbash (couldn’t add horn to peg head), tiny size, and the whole “jaw extends all the way around the head bobble-head look” as well as the non-sculpted-in sticker eye. Even G4s had a bit of an eye-well indentation.  Are these G5?  That remains to be seen. It COULD be a “gauge” where doing this and the comic con Twilight 2 Pack is to see fan/collector/layman/child reactions to the design before doing anything else. There’s no way to tell until something’s announced, though. Still, NEW pony something on shelves? Not bad at all.

I think the above sums it up best. I’m divided on these. On the one hand, I do think they’re kind of cute and I do like the idea of the Mane Six “retro” style. But also they look like some fakies I bought for a dollar a few years ago. Guess I’ll have to see them in person first!

Those are the ones I was thinking of! 🤣

It may not be My Little Monday, but this set needs to be posted! This seems pretty nifty on the surface, but it’s actually a little bit of controversy. Supposedly, these are original G4 size, which means about 3 inches per pony. Then, they are “retro inspired” which means that they’re trying to nibble on G1 without being G1. Most people consider them so far as a bit of G3 hybrid together with G1, which now has the G4 characters.  However, they aren’t G1, 2, 3, or 4.  The problem would arise if any company (Hasbro) tries to REPLACE G1 ponies with these, (ex: take away Basic Fun’s license) because they are not G1 in look nor in size. They are exciting to see, and, of course, are pretty cute thanks to non-spherical heads. But you can see why worry–because these are in no way a replacement for G1 or nearly as good as it. From a toy / pony expert perspective…they’re a bit of a lazy start with only 2 body types, Twilight’s head is a kitbash (couldn’t add horn to peg head), tiny size, and the whole “jaw extends all the way around the head bobble-head look” as well as the non-sculpted-in sticker eye. Even G4s had a bit of an eye-well indentation.  Are these G5?  That remains to be seen. It COULD be a “gauge” where doing this and the comic con Twilight 2 Pack is to see fan/collector/layman/child reactions to the design before doing anything else. There’s no way to tell until something’s announced, though. Still, NEW pony something on shelves? Not bad at all.

I think the above sums it up best. I'm divided on these. On the one hand, I do think they're kind of cute and I do like the idea of the Mane Six "retro" style. But also they look like some fakies I bought for a dollar a few years ago. Guess I'll have to see them in person first!