After 24 waves of blind bags Hasbro shifted to a new style of blind bag-styles figures with the Cutie Mark Crew blind packs. Luckily there was one upcoming set that would still feature the original blind bag figures that we knew since G4 started in 2010: the Best Gift Ever blind boxes.
While announced very early this year at the NY Toy Fair, we already knew this set was targeted for a release towards the holidays, and October is pretty close to December! The boxes are now in-stock on Amazon.com and should ship right away.
Below we have a quick overview of all ponies that are included and our database contains all names and details of who's available within the set (and keep track of which ponies you want or have with the checklist and wishlist!).

After a long series of teasers Kotobukiya finally made the Pinkie Pie bishoujo statue available for pre-order today. Not only that, but the new listings contain additional photos of the figure and the "final product may vary" notice has been dropped. We couldn't spot any major changes so soon, but this is the first time the figure could be seen in such detail! You'll find these photos further down this post.
International customers will be able to pre-order a statue through Entertainment Earth, where it's listed for $99.99. The release date in the US is set for late June / early July 2019, so we'd have to keep our patience for a few more months!

Out of nowhere a new My Little Pony CCG (Collectible Card Game) Booster Box has been listed on Amazon. This new set will be called: Friends Forever and will, according to the description, contain cards of the Pillars of Equestria and the "Young Six".
The strange this is that I haven't been able to find an official announcement yet or any other info about this set aside from some other listings on different websites. But there is an Amazon listing and you are able to pre-order it for $99.83. You'll receive a booster box containing 36 packs with 12 cards inside of them, this means you'll get a total of 432 cards.

We were quiet busy with the new all-generation databases, and are preparing for the release of our book later this month, but that doesn't mean there's no store finds to be shared! This episode we don't have a real scoop to share, but we did see some new random merch from the US and UK, as well as various discounted items that you might want to check out.
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.

After months/years of hard work we can finally present to you: Databases of the older generations of My Little Pony! This year, during the celebration of the 35th Anniversary of My Little Pony, is the perfect moment for this update to the databases and hope you'll enjoy the new (err, old) friends from the MLP universe!
You can now add all generations of ponies to your checklist, wishlist ánd: You now also have the ability to make add personal notes for every pony.

It's been a bit quiet on MLP Merch lately, and that's not all down to the fact that there isn't much to report on: We're working very hard to get the biggest update of MLP Merch ever ready for release next week!
Followers of our Twitter might have spotted some teasers hinting on the release, and we're now so close to a release that we'd very much like to share with you what's going on. To get the biggest change out in the open: we're adding the classic G1, G2 and G3 ponies to the database! This allows everyone to finally get a complete checklist and wishlist of ponies outside of just G4 ponies and merch.
Aside from this we're also adding a long awaited feature to the database, namely that of adding personal notes to ponies. Through this way you can keep note of how many ponies you own, if there's anything missing from a set or to keep track of where you bought a pony from.
And there's more that will we added next week, so keep an eye out for the release next week!

We hope that you understand our current lack of posts in favor of this update and are looking forward to the release next week. We'll keep you posted!

Entertainment Earth has listed a new set on their website: The "Royal Ponies of Equestria" Set to be exact. This set contains the three Princesses Cadance, Celestia and Luna. None of them have any gimmicks but each comes with a crown/tiara. Also, this is one of the first releases for Celestia in her reboot-mold with fully solid-colored wings. According to the description they are a great set for those new to collecting (G4) My Little Pony.

It's not just San Diego that has its own comic convention! From 4 till 7 October the New York Comic Con will be back for the 2018 edition, and this year we get to see an awesome convention exclusive! No, it's not a figure, but we get a 35th Anniversary enamel pin set featuring the My Little Pony '83 logo and the retro designs Twilight Sparkle and Applejack. These are an addition to the pins released at the SDCC this year (seen below).