With all the supply chain issues and shortages going on we're surprised to announce that the second series of Kwistal Fwenz by Mighty Jaxx is released early! Originally planned for 22 June, but they managed to get enough stock and orders can be placed right now for both the full box and single packs.

After releasing two waves of Hidden Dissectibles, Mighty Jaxx started a brand new series of My Little Pony figures at the end of last year with the Kwistal Fwenz. While this was a surprising move from Mighty Jaxx, knowing their regular line-up, it did turn out to be a success and that's why we can now share the second series with you!

One of the biggest My Little Pony figure hits from 2020 were the Hidden Dissectibles ponies. These blind bags featured unique My Little Pony sculpts with half dissected ponies. Many people wanted to see more ponies in this same style, and they have been heard: Mighty Jaxx just announced their second series of My Little Pony Hidden Dissectibles!
Update: Series 2 Hidden Dissectibles are now available! Check our review for all details or get them directly at Mighty Jaxx (you can use our referal link for $10 off $100)

Remember the Stack'ems? These were Tech4Kids' (now Basic Fun) take to rival Disney's Tsum Tsum stackable figures. Back in 2016 they were announced at the Toy Fair, only to be released a whole year later. This year they announced their second series of Stack'em figures, but got overshadowed by Hasbro's own stackable figures: the Cutie Mark Crew blind packs.
Despite that, Basic Fun has continued their promised line-up of Series 2 Stack'em figures, which can now be found at Walmart. There's a total of 12 figures to collect: Cheerilee, DJ Pon-3, Muffins/Derpy, Octavia, Princess Luna and Spike. All in both regular and clear versions.
Thanks to @mlp.collection for the photo!

At the first announcement, only two weeks ago, we've read tons of positive responses on the Cutie Mark Crew series that Hasbro will introduce this year. After a bit of digging we managed to get more information about the first set of blind bags that will be released alongside the 5-packs. And not just any bit of info, but the complete line-up for wave 1 + box design!
The Cutie Mark Crew blind bags line continues with the regular 24 characters per box, but this time you'll get either a pony, seapony or Equestria Girl. In all three categories the mane 6 is featured, but one is missing: a seapony Rarity is not included. This first wave, which is named 'Cafeteria Cuties', the totals come up at 12 ponies, 5 seaponies and 7 Equestria Girls.
Every character comes with a unique accessory and a 'home' in which they fit, and these can be stacked on top of each other to easily store and display your collection of Cutie Mark Crew figures.
Below we have the list of characters that will be included in the first wave, which is expected to be released in May of 2018. Also listed is the official description for this new line of blind bags.

Only 8 days ago we first saw Wave 21 blind bags in stores, and in record time we've got images and names of all upcoming Wave 22 characters!
This next wave is a pretty close tie-in to the previous wave in that it's a mixture of Crystal ponies, Apple family members and some Rarity episode-related characters thrown in too. In contrast this wave does feature a bit more well-known characters like DJ Pon-3, Big McIntosh, Octavia and Starlight Glimmer. From the official mane 6 we only see Rainbow Dash in this series.

Chase figures can be identified by the same glitter-mane as in wave #21, which are Rainbow Dash, Thunderlane, Derpy/Muffins, Fluffy Clouds and Fire Streak.

Below we have a list of all characters names plus images of both the figures and their show counterparts.

After eBay UK and Toys"R"Us Singapore, the latest EqG Minis series is now available on Amazon. The Mall Series singles all marked as "In Stock", so there's no limited stock at the moment.
This first wave of singles features Trixie, Derpy/Muffins, Sweetie Drops, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle and Roseluck. Yep, that means no Lyra to accompany Sweetie Drops / Bon Bon this time, but who knows what the following waves will feature!
All links to the listings are available below:

• Derpy/Muffins Mall Collection Singles
• Rainbow Dash Mall Collection Singles
• Roseluck Mall Collection Singles
• Sweetie Drops Mall Collection Singles
• Trixie Lulamoon Mall Collection Singles
• Twilight Sparkle Mall Collection Singles

It's been well over 2 months since we first saw official images on Amazon about the EqG Minis Mall Series figures, and now it's finally time for the first sets to be available. The first wave of single characters features Trixie, Derpy/Muffins, Sweetie Drops, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle and Roseluck and every character comes with their own piece of headgear and base. Currently the only known listing where they're available is over on eBay UK, but a wider release is bound to happen really soon. The seller is US-based, so it's unsure in which country the Minis have arrived first, but keep an eye out for stores to get these in stock, wherever you live.
Thanks to Chloe for the heads-up!

The first batch of the new Equestria Girls Minis we saw during the NY Yoy Fair this year has appeared on Amazon and several other websites. The theme for this line will be the mall with some of the characters having shops. Amazon has listed the Mall Collection Singles which includes a lot of new characters as well like Derpy/Muffins, Trixie and Roseluck and more.

Hasbro has released their official press statement for the upcoming line of Equestria Girls for 2017. Several figures have already been announced before, but there is plenty of new merch coming our way the coming months, including some interesting names! Expect sets with Starlight Glimmer, Daring Do, Trixie, Muffins (Derpy) and more, including a new character: Juniper Montage!
A big point of attention is the fact that all listings for this year's Equestria Girls line-up consists of Minis and with that it's officially over for the Equestria Girls dolls line. We'll await the Toy Fair for a definite conclusion, but the released info is a pretty big hint.

We've listed all press release information below and highlighted the more interesting names to make it a bit more readable.

Taobao already revealed that the Wonderbolts line would be a Target Exclusive line, but as always Argos UK also carries this line, and for some reason the new Wonderbolt merchandise has been spotted both in-stores and online... well only two sets.

The first figures of the Nightmare Night Friendship is Magic Collection have appeared on Amazon. The four single figures have low stock and are sold by 3rd party sellers, but this is usually an indication that the figures will be properly available in a week or so.
The other, bigger sets are not available yet, but it could be a matter of days before they pop up on Amazon or other websites.
Below we have the listings for the figures that are available at the time of writing. I expect the first batch to sell out quick, though!

• MLP Nightmare Night FiM Collection Rainbow Dash
• MLP Nightmare Night FiM Collection Muffin (Derpy)
• MLP Nightmare Night FiM Collection Princess Luna
• MLP Nightmare Night FiM Collection Mayor Mare

The official websites of the MLP Fashems and MLP Squishy Pops by Tech 4 Kids have updated their website which includes some HQ Images of the upcoming figures. We first got a look at these during the Spielwarenmesse and the NY Toy Fair but we didn't had good images of both.
First of all we're already at the 5th series of Fashems, as always six figures will be included with one of them being Starlight Glimmer. The CMC will be re-released as well in this wave but they will have their cutie mark which probably is the first time we see merch of them with their CM's. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie will be in this wave as well. According to the images they should be available this spring which is quite soon.

The Single Story packs already got listed on Entertainment Earth now long ago but now Amazon has updated some of the listings including images and full item descriptions. So far these are the only ones with updated listings and we have to wait for the next ones to be updated as well. None of them are available yet but they're expected for this fall.  Have the listings and all the other info below.

Entertainment Earth had these listed for several weeks already but since today the listing has been updated with images of some of the figures. Judging by the look of these I think it's safe to assume that these will be the "single" story packs containing one single figure with some small accessories. The figures listed are Mayor Mare in her clown costume. The first "show-accurate" Season 2 Princess Luna Blind Bag. Derpy/Muffins and Rainbow Dash in her Shadowbolt Costume.

This year Tech 4 Kids shared 4 My Little Pony merch lines with the crowd. Besides the well known Fashems and Squishy Pops, we also saw two new lines: Micro Lites and a new line of figures that look like Disney's Tsum Tsums. Scroll on down to the images and first impression of the new figures. Cuteness guaranteed!
Thanks to Patricia for the info!