People who've been chasing the Natural Series by Pop Mart can soon find them at a western retailer: Entertainment Earth has announced to ship the figures and accepts pre-orders now.

Aside from all the G5 news, one of our most popular posts from the past months has to be the Pop Mart MLP Natural Series reveal. Personally we were really curious to take a closer look at these new blind boxes from China, from a brand we weren't familiar with. That's why we decided to order some and create a review!

Over in China on various apps and message boards news has popped up from Chinese toy manufacturer Pop Mart about a series of My Little Pony blind bag figures they are going to release. This set is called Natural Series and features unique poses and bases we've not seen before in blind bags of any kind!

We've already written about the new 2021 My Little Pony toys in McDonald's Happy Meal that were released in several countries, but so far were missing only one pony from the mane 6: Twilight Sparkle.

After the incredibly long wait for the Minty & Pinkie Pie 2-pack, Hasbro seems to pick up the speed regarding the Fashion Squad 2-packs. This week a brand new 'Best Friends' set was spotted at a Czech toy store revealing that a 2-pack with Princess Cadance and Twilight Sparkle is coming soon.

Happy new year everyone! It's been quite a ride the past months, and we hope 2021 will be a healthy year for everyone. There has been a lot of negativity, but for us personally we've also had our share of positive and life-changing moments. Here on MLP Merch we're going to continue for another year of pony merch, and are wondering what's going to happen in May with the NY Toy Fair, which is normally the peak of new announcements.

Because the event is a couple of months later than the regular week in February, we wouldn't be surprised if Hasbro is going to host an online presentation around that time and give a sneak-peak of what we can expect in the Spring 2021. Especially when the new movie and generation is on the horizon!

After the well-hidden announcement on the South African Facebook page of My Little Pony, we finally found more information on these figures at a Swiss toy store. The line will be called "Pony Friends", and contain more than just the Rarity, Sunset Shimmer and Princess Cadance figures from the teaser.

About two weeks ago we posted about new listings that had been spotted on Toywiz talking about Smashin Fashion figures. Today Entertainment Earth has also added these listings, but together with images as well! It turns out this a new line/set for G4 after Reveal the Magic. Three characters are included at the moment: Rainbow Dash, Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle. However in terms of design they now have an Anthropomorphic look and each of them also comes with clothing and (hidden) accessories. Judging from the packaging you're supposed to blow-up the bag and then smash it to reveal the accessories inside. It might also be possible to bend the figures in such a way that they resemble actual ponies. A listing for a Party Bus also has appeared but that one doesn't have images yet.

Get dressed with the My Little Pony Smashin' Fashion Mini-Figures! Each articulated figure includes bows, outfits, and other fun accessories to customize for your very own.

• Smashin Fashion Rainbow Dash Mini-Figure - $9.99
• Smashin Fashion Sunset Shimmer Mini-Figure - $9.99
• Smashin Fashion Twilight Sparkle Mini-Figure - $9.99
• Smashin Fashion Party Bus - $19.99
• Smashin Fashion  Mini-Figure Case - $31.99