Not long ago the 5-packs of the 3rd Series of the Cutie Mark Crew figures were found early at Target. But now a Vietnamese website called "My Kingdom" has listed both 5-packs with some very nice stock images. I'll include the listings below:

While they are probably not going to be in time for the holiday shopping period, we're very close to a release of the Series 3 Cutie Mark Crew mystery packs in North America. The Canadian Amazon website just added images showing every detail of the upcoming 3rd series of Cutie Mark Crew packs, which have gotten a redesign from the earlier 2 sets. Sadly ordering is not possible at the time of writing, and the US site does not have the same listing online yet.

One big plot twist, however, is that these images surfaced on the listing of the Series 4 Cutie Mark Crew mystery packs, which still holds the same name and description. So either the description of the 4th series went out too soon, or we need to wait a bit longer for these photos to be updated to the correct ones.

Nevertheless, we already saw this set pop-up in The Philippines and an online listing in France, but this is the first listing with photos in Northern America that we know of. Though, the 5-packs already saw an early shelve release in the US.

Little reminder for those eager to open these packs once they get their hands on them: beware of the confetti inside! You'll make a whole lot of mess if you open these unprepared.

Below we have an overview of all the figures that are included in this wave. Want the full photo of each pony? We've updated the Cutie Mark Crew database with all high-quality photos, so you can now see every pony when extending your wishlist!

Exactly 10 months ago a mysterious Queen Chrysalis popped up on AliExpress, together with a brushable of Sandbar. While the latter has long been released, the changeling queen with updated eyes wasn't seen again. Until now, as JCPenney released their first My Little Pony exclusive, that includes the Queen Chrysalis figure!
She's combined with the complete mane 6, all with the same pose as the Reboot Series singles and School of Friendship Equestria Friends, being it without any accessories. Other than that the box itself is pretty basic, with the regular border and a green background. The back of the box shows an angry mane 6 and Queen Chrysalis. It retails for $29.99
While this release may not bring any new mold or characters to the shelves, it's good to see that JCPenney is also invested in releasing exclusive My Little Pony stuff, as Toys"R"Us is no longer able to release these lines in the US. I don't expect a large line of, let's say Ponymania, to come from JCPenney, but it's s slightly bigger chance at getting new releases nonetheless.
(Thanks to Erik for the info & photos!)

Amazon has updated one of their listings again! This time we get a good look at the Twilight Sparkle Magic Wings Figure. She has some really gorgeous Rainbow Wings. When you press her Cutie Mark her horn and wings will light up, they will also flutter. The body is the same as the Friendship Duet and Talking Ponies release minus the wings. So she's quite large, about the size of a Styling Size.

A while ago Entertainment Earth posted a listing for upcoming Cutie Mark Crew Keychain plush. No Images where shown when they got listed, but thanks to a Polish site, we now got images!

 It's been about two week since our last post, so time for a new report on the latest store finds! We've got a post filled to the brim with interesting releases, some neat price drops and loads of random licensed merch.
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.

A big scoop today with the first sightings of the Series 3 Cutie Mark Crew 5-packs! While the singles were first found The Philippines, these 5-packs were just out and about at a Target store in Texas. Though, at the counter they noticed that these were not yet in the system, so perhaps they were released a bit too early in stores. Nevertheless we now have photos of the sets and know which hidden characters are inside!
(Many thanks to Mark for the photos and info)

About two weeks ago Entertainment Earth has listed a lot of new items including new Equestria Girls Ones called: Fashion Squad. What's interesting is that they are a brand new kind of Equestria Girls Figures. When you take a quick look they might look like normal Equestria Girls Minis, but they actually got quite a make-over! First of all they are quite smaller than the ones we know standing about 3 inches tall. They also look much more different in terms of sculpt and their articulation has also been altered as they can no longer move their knees or elbows. They are still very expressive though and I quite like their new look. What about you?

I just stumbled upon a very interesting listing on Amazon Canada. It appears this is the placeholder listing for the fourth series of the Cutie Mark Crew Figures. To me it doesn't come as much of a surprise since the third series has already been found in stores. Makes me think that just like the later Blind Bags they want 2 or 3 series/waves released each year.

With the Pinkie Pie Bishoujo Statue being fully revealed and up for pre-order, it was only a matter of time before Kotobukiya would be teasing their next statue: Twilight Sparkle. We already got a look at the concept art for this statue but now Kotobukiya has posted the sculpt on their Facebook Page. Just like Pinkie Pie this figure is very detailed and the sculpt looks absolutely amazing. I bet she will look stunning when the colors are added!