This set is available only at Toys R Us, however as usual it can be found at Amazon as well! Infact by clicking the link above you can find it for less then it is at Toys R Us! There's no guarantee how long that will last, but right now they have it for 5 dollars less with free shipping which brings it to be about 10 dollars less! If you are wanting to get this set I would definitely recommend checking Amazon
first this time.
These ponies are beautifully done, many of them haven't even had a pony before. Nightmare moon has never had a pony of her own only being available as Princess Luna so this is a great addition to any fans collection. The other ponies that come in this set include Rainbow Dash, Flower Wishes, Lemony Gem, Trixie Lulamoon, DJ P0N3, and Pinkie Pie. However there are problems with this set, that could be a reason you don't want it. For one thing, every single cutie mark has glitter on it. This kind of makes sense with Nightmare Moon's Cresent because of how her character is, however all the other it just looks sloppily painted on it isn't confined to just the cutiemark its just a stroke of glitter ontop of the mark. Also this is called the 'favorite collection' however there are two ponies here that I only know of because I looked them up before doing this blog! Lemony Gem, the yellow unicorn, and Flower Wishes, the pink pony with green hair, are both included in this set yet they are only background ponies. Lemony Gem didn't have a name till this set cam out, and Flower Wishes is actually called Daisy in the TV show in one of the very few times someone talks to her! The fact these two are included in the set to me is very odd, they are very pretty ponies but it is still an odd add in. They could have included a brushable big mac, or Doctor Whooves even (or Time Turner depending on how you know him)! I understand a bit why they didn't put in Zecora or a White Celestia, the main reason being is the fact they want more money so they put those as separate ponies to get as Toys R Us exclusives as well. Okay I think its time to move past the pony choice, I could go on and on about it especially how they put in 2 main characters that have millions of toys out already..Another problem I have with this set is how they did Nightmare Moon's hair, for one thing the way its curled against her leg makes it very difficult to do anything with. I ended up having to tuck part of the ends between her legs so she wouldn't have her hair doing psycho. Not only that, the purple to me is a very odd choice, her hair isn't purple as Nightmare Moon its dark blue like the night sky with stars in it. I'm not a fan of tinsel however I could understand having some tinsel in this at least, and of course a different hair color would have been nice. Either way she is very pretty that part is more of a personal preference for me. One of my biggest problems though comes from how they did DJ P0N3, this being her first time as a figurine.
Her hair is beautifully done and the blob of glitter on her cutiemark isn't too bad. However her eyes, well thats a different story. DJ P0N3 has never showed her eyes on the show, so I understand why they didn't do any sign of eyes on her pony. However with the unicorn mold having the slanted eye indent, it makes her look really weird if you look at her with her head turned. It would have been a lot better if they had made a new mold for her, or even if they had taken the Earth pony mold and put a horn in the mold that would have worked. With the Earth ponies they have a rounded eye, granted it wouldn't have fully covered the glasses but I think it would have looked better then the slanted indent in her glasses.
My final problem with this product though has nothing to do with the ponies itself. Its the packaging, the package unopened is beautiful, with the back having a full version of each of the ponies with their names so you know who you are getting. However opening the package was a completely different story, with it not being a box it was hard to get to the ponies to begin with and it looked like it was taped up by a tape happy machine. I ended up having to cut each pony out with the plastic so I could even get them out of the plastic. Also the way they did the hair has made it hard to do anything with several of their hair. The manes were held out to the side making some of them literally stick out to the side without the tape of the plastic thing holding it there. If their hair had been done how it usually is, with it being lightly twisted to the side and held with a bit of tape then these would be a lot easier. However now with some of them it seems it will take getting the hair wet to even try to tame it.
Anyway these ponies are beautifully done and its great to have characters we haven't had before. A lot of things I listed above are personal preferences but they don't stop me from loving this set. Even if I had known about these problems and had the money, I still would have gotten these ponies just because they are beautiful and I love the series. I do highly recommend getting these for your pony fans, I just wanted you to know of the problems incase your fan is a very picky collector because they may not like some of the problems I listed above.
first this time.
These ponies are beautifully done, many of them haven't even had a pony before. Nightmare moon has never had a pony of her own only being available as Princess Luna so this is a great addition to any fans collection. The other ponies that come in this set include Rainbow Dash, Flower Wishes, Lemony Gem, Trixie Lulamoon, DJ P0N3, and Pinkie Pie. However there are problems with this set, that could be a reason you don't want it. For one thing, every single cutie mark has glitter on it. This kind of makes sense with Nightmare Moon's Cresent because of how her character is, however all the other it just looks sloppily painted on it isn't confined to just the cutiemark its just a stroke of glitter ontop of the mark. Also this is called the 'favorite collection' however there are two ponies here that I only know of because I looked them up before doing this blog! Lemony Gem, the yellow unicorn, and Flower Wishes, the pink pony with green hair, are both included in this set yet they are only background ponies. Lemony Gem didn't have a name till this set cam out, and Flower Wishes is actually called Daisy in the TV show in one of the very few times someone talks to her! The fact these two are included in the set to me is very odd, they are very pretty ponies but it is still an odd add in. They could have included a brushable big mac, or Doctor Whooves even (or Time Turner depending on how you know him)! I understand a bit why they didn't put in Zecora or a White Celestia, the main reason being is the fact they want more money so they put those as separate ponies to get as Toys R Us exclusives as well. Okay I think its time to move past the pony choice, I could go on and on about it especially how they put in 2 main characters that have millions of toys out already..Another problem I have with this set is how they did Nightmare Moon's hair, for one thing the way its curled against her leg makes it very difficult to do anything with. I ended up having to tuck part of the ends between her legs so she wouldn't have her hair doing psycho. Not only that, the purple to me is a very odd choice, her hair isn't purple as Nightmare Moon its dark blue like the night sky with stars in it. I'm not a fan of tinsel however I could understand having some tinsel in this at least, and of course a different hair color would have been nice. Either way she is very pretty that part is more of a personal preference for me. One of my biggest problems though comes from how they did DJ P0N3, this being her first time as a figurine.
My final problem with this product though has nothing to do with the ponies itself. Its the packaging, the package unopened is beautiful, with the back having a full version of each of the ponies with their names so you know who you are getting. However opening the package was a completely different story, with it not being a box it was hard to get to the ponies to begin with and it looked like it was taped up by a tape happy machine. I ended up having to cut each pony out with the plastic so I could even get them out of the plastic. Also the way they did the hair has made it hard to do anything with several of their hair. The manes were held out to the side making some of them literally stick out to the side without the tape of the plastic thing holding it there. If their hair had been done how it usually is, with it being lightly twisted to the side and held with a bit of tape then these would be a lot easier. However now with some of them it seems it will take getting the hair wet to even try to tame it.
Anyway these ponies are beautifully done and its great to have characters we haven't had before. A lot of things I listed above are personal preferences but they don't stop me from loving this set. Even if I had known about these problems and had the money, I still would have gotten these ponies just because they are beautiful and I love the series. I do highly recommend getting these for your pony fans, I just wanted you to know of the problems incase your fan is a very picky collector because they may not like some of the problems I listed above.
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