For the past few days our inbox has been flooded with this news: Basic Fun has listed the third series of Stack'ems on their website!
This set contains all new characters with some of them making their first merch appearance. Almost the whole "Young Six" is included: Sandbar, Silverstream, Yona, Gallus and Smolder and at last Cozy Glow. So no Ocellus sadly. (or perhaps she's in disguise... *looks at Cozy Glow*) By looking at the image it's very likely that Silverstream is gonna be the chase figure as she's filled with glitter.

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!

Hasbro is going to organize their very first HASCON convention on September 8-10, and while there are no exclusive figures planned, they did tease a My Little Pony box.
This box is not to be confused with the MLP subscription Box, because this is a one-time release at HASCON. It will be sold for $19.99 each and contains a wide range of merchandise from both Hasbro and licensed companies. Hasbro has included an All About Pinkie Pie brushable as well as a small Rainbow Dash seapony plush. Other items include a reading book, exclusive t-shirt, tumbler and a Stack'ems figure.
Overall I would estimate the value of the box around $50-$60, so it's a pretty good deal you get! It's unsure how many of these boxes will be available at HASCON, and whether any left stock will be sold through other ways (HasbroToyShop for example), but we'll keep an eye out for any news on that!
Update: The includes Pinkie Pie All About brushable differs from the Wave 1 release! Uncertain whether this is a HASCON exclusive figure or an unannounced Wave 3 version. (Thanks to Andres for the sharp eye)
Update 2: The Pinkie Pie figure is going to be released as a regular single brushable, so not exclusive figure here!

This week we've got a very international store finds post with photos from the US, UK, Ireland, Singapore and Poland! We see a few first-time release merch as well as some merch that has now been confirmed to be available in other countries, so head on down and read all about it!
If you happen to find brand new stuff in your local store, then feel free to write us a small message with photos.