We haven't heard from Kotobukiya for a few months but we finally got some news for you! After the reveal of Applejack in February the last member of the Mane Six now receives their limited Edition too: Rainbow Dash. 

Just like the other limited editions her skin color has changed to reflect the one of her pony counterpart. Her hair is now also translucent together with glitter and combined with Rainbow Dash'es hair it looks absolutely stunning! The base itself is also transparent and her box has a nice glitter/holographic effect too!

According to the official blogpost she will be released October 2022. Pre-order should be opening soon. We'll add those to this post once they have been spotted.

Have more images and the official description below:

It's been a while since the last limited edition My Little Pony bishoujo statue by Kotobukiya, but we finally have the confirmation that Applejack will be the next release!

It's been almost half a year ago that we shared with you the strange news that the Kotobukiya bishoujo statue wasn't going to be another pony from MLP:FiM, but in fact a ponified version of Hatsune Miku! The 3-way collaboration (Hasbro, Kotobukiya & Crypton) is part of the MikuWorldCollab project, and quite unique for the world of My Little Pony. A couple of months after that first announcement, we got the see the minimally updated sculpt for the statue, but without any colors.

Earlier this year we got a big surprise when Kotobukiya announced a crossover between their Hatsune Miku and their line of My Little Pony bishoujo statues. It has been quiet for a few months, but over on Twitter they just revealed the concept sculpt of this unique collab.

 

It was expected that Rarity would be the next one to receive a Limited Edition Version of her Bishoujo Statue, but it was just a matter of when, and the time is now! Kotobukiya just shared images for this one and she's looking very pretty. Just like the other limited edition ones her skin color is the same as her pony version, and her hair is translucent and filled with glitter, and it totally suits her in my opinion.

 

I gotta be honest, I really did not see this one coming but it's true, and I like it. Now that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are up for pre-order it was only a matter of time before we've gotten an announcement for a new upcoming statue, many people were speculating that it might be Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, the CMC or other popular characters from the TV show, but instead it's Hatsune Miku!

This statue is designed by Shunya Yamashita and is part of the large MikuWorldCollab which is a collaboration project between Miku and popular IPs from around the world such as Pusheen, Over Action Rabbit and also My Little Pony! Alongside Hatsune Miku herself she will be bundled with an actual Pony Miku as well which looks really cute in my opinion.

So far no other information has been revealed yet but we'll let you know once images of the Prototype arrive. 

While both Princess Celestia and Luna were announced at the same time to join the Bishoujo line-up, the younger sister of the two, Princess Luna is now already available for pre-order. We did see several stages already of the Princess Celestia one including an unpainted prototype, but now, 1,5 month later Kotobukiya has now revealed the final look for Celestia.

After releasing limited editions of Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle in 2020 it's now time for a limited-run version of the Fluttershy bishoujo statue, which was announced earlier today on Kotobukiya's own Twitter.

Starting today the Princess Luna bishoujo statue by Kotobukiya can be pre-ordered. She's the first of the two princess to be available, whereas Princess Celestia will follow later. Pre-orders are open in Japan right now, and US-based retailers will follow in the next hours. The release is planned for September 2021.

The past days have been a bit busy with all the G5 news, but G4 is still going on as well! In January Kotobukiya had posted the finished sculptures for the upcoming Princess Celestia and Luna Statues, and now they have revealed the painted version of Luna + the Pony Sculpt of Princess Celestia.

Back in August we learned that the line of My Little Pony Bishoujo statues would not end with the mane 6 and Sunset Shimmer, but that Princess Luna and Princess Celestia were going to be added. Now, just before the end of the year, Kotobukiya reveals the final (unpainted) sculpt design for both of the human versions. They also show the final human + pony version of Princess Luna separately, and we expect them to share the pony design of Princess Celestia soon.

About a month after the reveal of the finished statue, the Sunset Shimmer Bishoujo Statue by Kotobukiya is now available for pre-order! She's $109.99 USD and will be released in April 2021. Kotobukiya has also shared some more detailed shots of the figure itself and just like the others, she looks absolutely stunning! 

Have the pre-order listings below as well as the official description and more pictures of the statue itself.

• Kotobukiya Official Website - $109.99
• (more to be added)

Almost exactly a month ago Kotobukiya sent out loads of information on upcoming statues. Biggest news was of course the announcement of the Princess Luna and Princess Celestia statues, but among the other images that were shared was also this limited edition Twilight Sparkle bishoujo statue.

 

We have lots of Kotobukiya news this morning! During their Kotobukiya Summer Expo livestream they revealed the next two statues for the My Little Pony Bishoujo statues line: Princess Luna and Princess Celestia, and the artwork for these already looks incredible! Can't wait to see what the statues themselves will look like. 

Some days ago Kotobukiya revealed a limited edition version of their Pinkie Pie Bishoujo statue. The statue has now been listed on Entertainment Earth and is now available for pre-order.

And we're staying with My Little Pony news from Japan today with the announcement that pre-orders for the Applejack bishoujo statue by Kotobukiya are now available! Aside form that we're also treated with a compilation of all final statue designs.
For example Entertainment Earth has her listed now with an expected release date of January 2021. However, Kotobukiya sticks to a November 2020 release date.
We have now listed all status in our database too, that is, until the Sunset Shimmer statue final design is published of course.

After the initial designs of the mane 6 bishoujo statues, Kotobukiya announced earlier this year that they would additionally work on a Sunset Shimmer statue, due to popular demand.
After nearly 3 months we finally got the confirmation that the Sunset Shimmer project has continued and we can now lay our eyes on the colored concept art for this upcoming statue. While it was already expected, we can now see that she's indeed rocking her original outfit with a purple top, leather jacket, orange skirt and boots. And she's accompanied by her pony form, who's posing like she's ready for action.
As seen on the poster, it takes some time to design and finalize this figure as it was not part of their original line up, and thus the release date is still TBD. When more info becomes available on a release date or pre-orders, we'll be sure to post about it here!

The 2020 New York Toy Fair is behind us so it's time for our yearly wrap-up. And this year has been quite disappointing for those who were expecting to see tons of new merchandise. Granted we'll probably see a lot more merchandise during the next Toy Fair in 2021 since the G5 Movie will be released the same year. For this year the focus lays on the new Pony Life Series which will debut this spring/summer.

Hasbro

Hasbro didn't reveal many new items this year. Most of the items shown were Reveal the Magic Toys that are actually already available. Several new items have been spotted though, including the officially announced "Kiss my Unicorn" Princess Celestia and the Unicorn Sparkle Collection which comes with DJ Pon-3, Rarity, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie and Twilight Sparkle. Alongside those two we also got a glimpse at the Potion Princess Cadance, the Potion Dress-up Rarity and new Fashion Squad singles of Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle.
There was also an absence of Cutie Mark Crew, which leaves the question what future this line will see in 2020.
And lastly we can't ignore the absolutely adorable Fluttershy juice box cushion that was on display next to the Kiss my Unicorn figure. No idea what their plans are with this, but I sure hope this will be taken in production!
(Photos by My Froggy Stuff, Hasbro & Toy Caboodle)

Basic Fun

Retro Ponies
Basic Fun did show their upcoming sets of the second series of the Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi Ponies alongside the first set of Earth Ponies. The ponies that will be released as part of the Earth Pony II set are Cherries Jubilee, Lickety-Split, Posey and Tootsie. The Unicorn and Pegasi Ponies are Gusty, Sparkler, Suprise and Heart Throb.

Mega Mashems
Brand new are these Mega Mash'ems, which are larger versions of the well known Mash'ems/Fash'ems that we've known My Little Pony versions of since 2013. This new line will start with 4 figures: Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy in blind capsules.
Meijer has listed the Mega Mash'ems last week, including a high quality render of the packaging, but it seems to be down again.
(Photos by Juegos Juguetes y coleccionables)

Just Play

More licensed product news come from Just Play, who will start to release My Little Pony plush this year, as well as another release of the large Pinkie Pie styling head, possibly with new packaging and accessories.
(Photos by Toy Caboodle)

WizKids

The role-play oriented figure designer WizKids recently released their unpainted miniatures, which are now in display in both packaged form and some painted samples. If you're interested in painting your own, they are available on Amazon.
(Photos by Bizzarro Toys)

YuMe

A new name here is YuMe, who showed their first line of My Little Pony licensed products. And they start off with a pretty large line-up, including plush in various sizes, a "Magic Advent Calendar" and most excitingly: a line of collectible stampers called Pony Pals. These small stampers with pony-figures come in their own dome, with their matching pet and interchangeable flooring to customize the domes. On the display we learn that the first series will include the mane 6 and 2 others who were (purposely) left out of frame. Perhaps Trixie and Potion Nova?
While the name YuMe probably sounds unfamiliar for you, people within the EMEA (Europe, Middle-Eastern, Africa) region will get to know them very well over the next year, as they become the primary partner for plush for these markets. This is especially welcome, as the amount of plush licenses dropped significantly in the past few years.
(Photos by Scott Rubin, thanks to Ayu for the heads-up)

Kotobukiya

The bishoujo statues by Kotobukiya were also on display, but the most recent reveal of the colored Applejack statue was absent. However, the teaser poster for Sunset Shimmer was there and we get the confirmation that the Rainbow Dash statue will have a slightly increased MSRP compared to the other girls, which is also reflected on their US website now.
(Photo by Scott Rubin)

That was all for the 2020 New York Toy Fair! If you missed anything in this post, or have photos of your own, feel free to contact us.

Several days ago pre-orders for the Kotobukiya Bishoujo Rainbow Dash Statue started but we have some more Kotobikuya news for you! On their twitter page they've revealed the colored version for the Applejack Statue which looks really good, but they have also announced a new character to join the line-up: Sunset Shimmer. This is quite interesting as her announcement came quite as a surprise, of course you can't have Equestria Girls/Anthro MLP Character without including Sunset Shimmer in my opnion. This also makes me wonder if they will eventually release other characters as well overtime such as the Princesses, Starlight etc.

More info regarding Sunset Shimmer is coming soon. A painted Rainbow Dash and Applejack will be shown during this years Wonder Festival on the 9th of February.