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K'NEX to Release My Little Pony-Themed Sets
News from an expected brand as Paul Fogarty, managing director at K'NEX UK, mentions My Little Pony as an upcoming license deal, as reported by ToyNews. He further says that 2017 will be the year that they will be "introducing K’NEX to children aged three and upwards for the first time", possibly hinting at a set with larger pieces.
Now don't think that this means we'll see life-size ponies built out of the classic K'NEX parts; nowadays they have multiple licenses that include molded figures, building blocks and even character blind bags. Take a look at their Mario range for example which is a great example of how a brand can be combined with K'NEX, and hopefully the MLP sets will be just as good.
This is just a teaser for what's coming, and the big reveal of what K'NEX is working on will be at the 2017 NY Toy Fair. Of course we'll report any news that we hear from K'NEX or the Toy Fair as it becomes available.

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  1. They've could've also plan a Lego My Little Pony set. Wondering when will that happen...

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  2. Don't think K'NEX would allow Hasbro to also partner up with Lego contractually. Maybe Hasbro's own KREO band is still an option, but I bet K'NEX will be the only building brand that will license MLP for now.

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    1. Wouldn't be very profitable tho as that brand is hardly avaiable on an international scale.

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    2. They released KREO sets in Europe, being it mosly in dump stores or smaller licensed sets in toy stores (I remember thousands of KREO Battleship sets laying around), though it wasn't really a great success.

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