Back in 2016, during the Explore Equestria series, Panini announced their first line of collectible My Little Pony stickers. One year later a new set was inevitable with the release of My Little Pony: The Movie. And while we didn't see a new set in 2018 (in Europe most stores kept their stock of the movie set), Panini released the 3rd series of My Little Pony stickers last week. At least, this was the release date in Germany. According to the Panini Instagram this set was already available in the UK since September 2018, but we didn't hear any store finds of them at all!

Tied in with the School of Friendship line a lot of new faces are featured in this sticker album, among which of course the Young 6. In total you'll find 208 brand new stickers in this set, 48 of which are glitter variants. Completing your collection can be done through the usual two ways: 5-sticker booster packs or getting start kit which includes the sticker album and 26 stickers to kick-start your collection. The packs are 60p/€0.70 and the album, which also includes a poster, is available for £2.99/€2,50. While it sounds interesting to buy only albums, it could be a bit misleading as the album could contain a fixed set of sticker with each copy. Another option is available in France, which offers the album including a Twilight Sparkle mini figure (Egmont magazine figure).

More information and listings can be found on the English, German or French website of Panini, but expect to see these appear in European shops soon.

Thanks to Ayu for the heads up!

Remember those single molded mane ponies we saw at the Toy Fair this year? Even though the six-pack containing these has been released for a long time already, it kinda went quiet when around the single releases for these. But we have good news as they have been spotted at Gamestop! Thanks to Duel Monster for the heads up!

We were quiet busy with the new all-generation databases, and are preparing for the release of our book later this month, but that doesn't mean there's no store finds to be shared! This episode we don't have a real scoop to share, but we did see some new random merch from the US and UK, as well as various discounted items that you might want to check out.
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.

It's been a little while since our last Store Finds post, mainly due to the large project that we're working on for MLP Merch (be sure to mark October 1st on your calendar!), but that doesn't mean there's nothing new in stores! Well, actually, we didn't get a lot of reports the past few weeks, so the post isn't too large, though we did hear from Sweden and Germany again this time.
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.

An interesting new set has been spotted by Instagram user minisensmlp This set is called the "School of Friendship Mane Stage" and comes with Princess Cadance, Rarity and Baby Flurry Heart (who has more painted details than her previous releases.
This set was spotted at a Swedish Food Market called Ica Maxi and cost 249 SEK which roughly translates to $28 USD. Information about an US release us currently unknown sadly. We hope we can provide more news about that later.

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.

We have a short but interesting Store Finds post for you today, just to wrap up this week before it ends! In this post you'll find plenty of new stuff at Target, as well as a new set found in The Netherlands.
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.

We've posted about several ponies from this set from some time now, including at the SDCC this year, and we already anticipated on a larger, store exclusive set. Today we got the confirmation that this indeed is the case: say hello to the School of Friendship Collection Pack!
The full set consists of the CMC, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Spike along with over 35 accessories. As seen this set is divided into four classes, each with 2 characters and several accessories: Rarity's fashion lesson, Pinkie's baking class, Rainbow Dash's speed lesson and Applejack's outdoor class.

So at the moment I'm gathering information about all the older-gen ponies and taking pictures of my own ponies. And it's a lot of work let me tell you but very fun and interesting as well! But occasionally I like to check out some sites in the meantime to see if they have listed anything new. Turns out that Walmart has listed a new set called Fluttershy & Starlight Glimmer Pet Care Class! It contains both Fluttershy and Starlight with a lot of animals... a lot.

Today we have a special guest report from Anto, who was kind enough to shoot photos at this year's San Diego Comic Con of everything My Little Pony that was on display across the convention floor.
Hasbro had a relatively large booth this year with lots of items that are going to be release this year, including Cutie Mark Crew, Ultimate Equestria Collection and Best Gift Ever sets.
And of course we get to take a peek at an actual prototype of the Pinkie Pie Bishoujo statue can be seen.

Quite an unexpected store-find! Remember all the School of Friendship-clothes brushables we spotted several times before? Well today one of our readers Andres has found this brand new Twilight Sparkle brushable at a Mexican Store called Soriana, according to him this store can be compared to Walmart/Target. This Twilight is officially named 'Principal Twilight Sparkle' and is all dressed in her teachers-outfit and comes with a pair of glasses and a presentation board with stick (sounds familiar?).

I'm not sure if everyone is familiar with it, but 'Cucumber Time' is the perfect description for My Little Pony merch release news at the moment. It's summer, a lot of people are on holiday, we're in between two release seasons by Hasbro, we don't have a new MLP:FiM movie this year and TRU is out of business; there's just not a lot of news.
However, we did get a few store find reports in the past weeks, so we've decided to wrap this up in a new store finds post today, which hopefully helps some of you to find new stuff in stores!
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.

A small update on the upcoming Cutie Mark Crusaders brushables from the School of Friendship line today! On Taobao a photo was spotted where the three did not only have their painted on clothing, but also fabric skirts and accessories. As seen above Apple Bloom is carrying saddle bags and Scootaloo comes with a helmet. Sweetie Belle is currently only seen wearing her skirt, but that might change once we finally get to see them in packaging.
I bet people will be happy with that news, as a recent poll we held showed that painted on clothes are far from popular. Personally I think it's a great combination to see, and wonder if other ponies in the set (like Starlight Glimmer) get additional clothing as well.
Speaking of other ponies, if you look closely on the photo above, between Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, you can see a Fluttershy brushable with what looks to be a new outfit. If my eyes don't deceive me she's wearing a skirt/dress as well, combined with painted on shoes and a headband. While it's not very clear, we hope to get more information on these upcoming ponies in the coming weeks.
Thanks to Tomo for the info!

No longer are the CMC, Twilight Sparkle and Rarity the only ponies that we are certain of to appear in a School of Friendship outfit: Over on eBay a listing appeared (two, actually) for a new Starlight Glimmer brushable that features a green school outfit.
The outfit consists of a top with the School of Friendship badge and what appears to be shoes with Starlight's Cutie Mark on it. Aside from the outfit she is pretty similar to her Runway Fashions release from last year.
We're still awaiting official information on the set in which the ponies will be released, but seeing so many becoming available on both Taobao and eBay we think it's not too long of a wait for packaging shots.
Photo credit to mangoflavorcm and douhikeshop

Last week we asked you who your currently favorite pony from the mane 6 is, and compare the results to the last time we asked this, which was about 3.5 years ago. The first thing that we can see is that Twilight Sparkle jumped from place #4 to #1 in this year's results, and Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are more or less still as popular as before. Like Twilight, Applejack too got more popular, but Rarity saw the biggest decrease, and effectively switch placed with Twilight: from spot
1 to 4.

Scootaloo had the spotlight two weeks ago for being the first filly that was released after the reboot series started in 2017, and she had her cutie mark! Of course Scootaloo is never alone, so it was only a matter of patience before the complete Cutie Mark Crusaders trio would show up.
And that turned out to be today, as on eBay a listing has been posted featuring the complete CMC, all with their School of Friendship Outfit and cutie marks.
While the outfits and shoes are all the same, every one of them has a different pose: Scootaloo has an open mouth, Sweetie Belle a closed one and Apple Bloom has a raised hoof.
We don't have any further information on the release of the crusaders, but expect them to be bundled into a 3-pack that will be available towards the summer.

Over on AliExpress four new brushables appeared that will be part of the School of Friendship line. Right now Twilight Sparkle, Rarity and Scootaloo were spotted, the latter being the very first filly-sized brushable since the reboot line started last year.
Rarity, Twilight Sparkle and Scootaloo are dressed (painted, not removable) in school uniforms, while there's also a second Twilight Sparkle found that has no outfit, but features some multi-colored ribbons in her hair.
Because they were only found online, we have no idea what release type these brushables are going to get. Be aware that this could become a larger store exclusive set (e.g. Target).
Thanks to Monster Glad for the heads-up!

Below we have photos of all four ponies from all sides!

During the 2018 NY Toy Fair a Rarity was on display that mentions she "Sings a song" and "25+ phrases". It wasn't a big secret that this would be the next brushable to follow the talking Twilight Sparkle, but we didn't get a good look at the complete pony at the convention.

Luckily the official stock images for "Meet Rarity" are out now, showing her in more detail, including the box. The latter directly shows that Rarity keeps in style with her phrases: "Can you help me put on my necklace?" and "Isn't it beautiful?" are garunteed to be included, alongside at least 24 more phrases. Of course a necklace will be included, as well as a purse, hairband and comb. The pose of Rarity itself is pretty similar to that of Twilight Sparkle, but mirrored (and without wings, of course).

What's odd, is that the box not only mentions a sound-icon, but also a brushable-icon. Twilight Sparkle didn't have this, while she certainly had brushable hair! Maybe Rarity will talk when you brush her hair?

Whew it's been a while hasn't it? A more detailed post which explains the silence these days will be up soon. But thrust me, it's for a reason. (and a rather nice one as well. ;) )
Anyway BigBadToyStore has listed some new items up for pre-order. Some of them we already known like the upcoming Pony Friends Singles, and the awesome Starlight & Trixie Fan Series figure.