We're back from our holiday and got quite a lot of interesting store finds piled up from the past two weeks! In this store finds post you'll find more info on the latest Cutie Mark Crew finds throughout the US, get an update of what's available in The Netherlands and various new finds at Walmart, including the School of Friendship exclusive sets.
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.

There's a new 3-day sale on My Little Pony merch at Zulily right now, with discounts ranging from 20-65%. At this moment the sale lasts about another 2 days and to help you scroll through all the items we've made a selection of new and interesting items that are discounted right now.
New items included 3D lights, comic bundles and the return of G1-inspired merch. Enjoy!

We've decided to save up the comic posts for one big announcement blog like this one. We've seen that comics posts are a bit less popular than our regular posts, but we still want to get the info out.
Below we have all releases and announcements from October. Enjoy!

Over on Kotaku, Hasbro has exclusively revealed the first details and pages of the upcoming Guardians of Harmony comic line, which was announced back when the first GoH figures were shared.
The first issue will be released on December 1st as a digital comic, and a "full print version" will be available in February 2017. It was not mentioned whether the latter is a physical release of the first issue or the paperback.
Below you can see a preview (warning: spoilers) of the first chapter that was released as a teaser. (Click the images to enlarge)

And last solicitations for 2016 have arrived. Next month we'll get to see what 2017 has to offer. Anyways as always a new issue of the Friendship is Magic Series has been announced together with a new Friends Forever one. Have all the information and covers below!

The newly announced Princess Twilight Sparkle comic, part of the My Little Pony Animated series, is available for pre-order. This comic features the season 4 episodes Princess Twilight Sparkle Part 1 and Part 2 from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic TV-series. This results in 148 pages of perfect stills from the show, bundled in one paperback comic.
It's set for a December 20 release, but pre-orders are now available for $7.99 each.
Below we have some more detailed information on the comic:

Looks like a new Paperback for the Friends Forever comics series has arrived. The 8th issue will contain issues #29 - #33. The cover is Retailer Incentive variant of #33 and made by Trish Forstner. You can pre-order this issue now for $19.99 and it will be released on February 21, 2017

Pre-order it here!

Seems like I skipped over last month. Whoops... Anyway IDW just announced their MLP Comics for November this year. A total of two to be exact. Have all the information below!

Today the 44th issue of the Friendship is Magic Series comics has been released. This issue contains the second part of the "Ponies of Dark Water" Story arc. It's written by Thom Zahler and the artist is Tony Fleecs. A total of 6 covers are available. What's interesting is that the Fried Pie one has changed as it was Sunset Shimmer before but the final version shows Starlight Glimmer in her place. The covers are:

Amazon has listed a new paperback for the Friendship is Magic Comic Series. This 11th issue will contain two Story Arcs. The one of "Ponies of Dark Water" and the "Ponyville Elections one" This means that this one will contain 5 comics instead of the usual 4. You can now pre-order it on Amazon for $19.99 and it will be released on January 10, 2017

Pre-order it here!