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!

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!

Good morning everyone! A few days ago we posted about the third series of the Cutie Mark Crew figures being spotted already in the Philippines. From then on it was only a matter since the first online listings would appear. But now they have been listed on the website of the French Toy Store: King Jouet. I remember going to one of those stores a few years back. You can see it as the French Toys'R'Us Stores being very large shops.

Normally we compile all store-finds into one big post about every week. But this is a really big exception as the THIRD Series of the Cutie Mark Crew has already been found in stores, in the Philippines, by one of our readers!

While we did see a few redesigns of earlier ponies in the latest bunch of My Little Pony magazine, but this month Egmont decided to include a new friend to the collection: Sunburst! He comes with his blue cape and has removable glasses. As always, the design of the figure is amazing for something you get for free with a magazine.
The November edition of the magazine is themed after him and contains your usual collection of stories & puzzles. While now released in Poland, the same magazine is released throughout various European countries and in some rare occasions the US too (don't count on it, though). If you don't live in a country that sells these magazines, you could take a look at this eBay listing, that as several available.
Thanks to Paulina for the info and photos!

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!