Hot Topic has listed 2 interesting items. The first one is their variant for the Friendship is Magic #24 Comic and the first of the Siege of Crystal Empire Story Arc. All the Hot topic covers for this story arc are designed by Tony Fleecs and they are supposed to form one big image when you combine them all. You can order it here for $5.50.

Today we review loads of figures from the first Friendship is Magic Collection in one mega long video! We got these figures on Amazon and are glad they finally arrived! You can watch the video on YouTube or embedded below:

We have more comic news for you. Issue #34 of the Friendship is Magic Series has been released. This is also the first of the four issues for the "Siege of the Crystal Empire" Story Arc. There are a total of 5 covers for this issue:

• Cover A by Andy Price
• Subscription Cover by Sara Richard
• RI Cover by Stewart McKenny
• Hot Topic cover by Tony Fleecs
• Salt Lake Comic Con Exclusive Cover by Tony Fleecs

While Amazon did have the Friendship is Magic Collection listed for a few weeks, most of the listings were ran by 3rd party sellers, and those listed by Amazon did have a very low stock. Until now! All sets have their correct price and stock, plus the bigger sets are on sale now as well!

Single Packs

• Apple Fritter Single - $2.99
• Apple Munchies Single - $2.99
• Apple Strudel Single - $2.99
• Flam Single - $2.99
• Jonagold Single - $2.99
• Peachy Sweet Single - $2.99

Figure Packs

• Apple Flora and Candy Caramel - $4.99
• Apple Bloom and Sweetie Babs - $4.99
• Big McIntosh Figure Pack - $4.99
• Sleeping Applejack Figure Pack - $4.99

Story Packs

• Sweet Apple Juice Stand Set - $7.49
• Super Speedy Squeezy 6000 Set - $7.49

Ultimate Story Packs

• Sweet Apple Acres Barn - $16.49

And it seems like a new commercial has arrived. Here we have the commercial for the very popular Friendship is Magic Collection figures. Looks kinda cute with the whole scenery. In the end you can also see the chase figures for the wave 13 and wave 14 blind bags.

Thanks to Spazz DHN for the video! You can watch it below or on Youtube.

And we finally found the stock images of the upcoming Friendship is Magic Collection! It seems that we have the whole first Apple Family series now, so scroll on down and enjoy the beautiful figures that you can find in stores later this year (towards fall).
(We'll add these figures with packaging to the databases later!)

Last week we asked you for which of the newly announced releases you were most excited, and the results are very clear: The Friendship is Magic Collection! Even though we first thought that these might be brushables or POP figures, the final designs for the blind bags seem to have gotten everyone excited for them! And the second place was pretty much expected to be a popular release: Rarity's Boutique. The new line of brushables and wave 13 blind bags also got a few votes, followed closely by the Friendship Celebration App, Playskool Friends, Twilight Sparkle's Kingdom and the RC Scooter (either Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy). The new POP ponies did not seem to be so popular.

Just look at that GORGEOUS Display. This is the display for the announced Ponyville Friendship is Magic Collection that's gonna be available this fall. It features the whole Sweet Apple Acres and the meaning of this series is to build your own world. You can see each individual set here!

Thanks to Stitch Kingdom for the heads up!

So a lot of you have been wondering what exactly the announced Apple Family figures are. First we thought dolls, then we thought brushables. But in the end it turns out they are all Blind Bags. Don't be sad tough because in my opinion. They are gorgeous! For example take out that awesome barn that comes with Red Gala and Granny Smith. It will retail for about $19.99. Remember that no release dates are known yet.

All these images were found on the investor website of Hasbro. Thanks to Wardah for the heads up!

We've found some images and info online from a Hasbro partner confirming the release of special Apple Family sets, which we found 2 weeks ago on Amazon (part 1 / part 2). The sets will probably be released under a new name: Friendship is Magic Collection (see logo above) and 4 type of releases: Story Packs, Story Packs with accessories, Larger Story Packs and the Ultimate Story Pack.
We're still not 100% sure what these are, but I found something interesting. Remember the Red Gala blind bag with new mold we found a few weeks back? Well, the Ultimate Story Pack will contains a Red Gala figure! I personally think that this is not a coincidence and that these sets might finally be playsets for blind bag ponies! We can't know for sure, but it's going to look like it (especially if you look at the prices)!
Below we have a listing of all ponies included in each: