What do you think of the new My Little Pony style and poses?

Posted by Hillary on September 6th, 2009

Hasbro decided to take My Little Pony in something of a different direction this year with bigger heads and smaller bodies. While this new style makes My Little Pony look more like the Littlest Pet Shop line of toys, they don’t have much in common with the ponies of last year.

Toys R Us just announced via Twitter that they are starting to stock these new MLP items so I wanted to take a look at the first ones to hit stores and find out what you think of them.

Let’s take a look at four of these new ponies in this new pose and style:

My Little Pony Rainbow Dash

My Little Pony Cheerilee

My Little Pony Styling Pony Pinkie Pie

My Little Pony Winter Sweetie Belle

As a fan of the vintage MLP, I prefer that when the new ponies look as much like the old ponies as possible so I cannot get 100% behind this new look. That said, I have to admit that some of the pigtail ponies are a little bit cute.

So while I don’t love this change, I could get behind it, I suppose assuming they still make ponies in the traditional style.

One thing I can’t get behind?

Freaky purple gargoyle lady down here.

My Little Pony So Soft Starsong

But I’m just one opinion. What do you think?

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Kim

I knew there had to be more people that are pissed off at this 'new look' for the ponies. They are GROSS!. The baby ones do indeed look like aliens. Anyone see that Xbox game of those aliens in Munches Odyssey? Yep...THATS what these new ponies look like. Such a shame! Ugly Ugly Ugly!
Lauren M

Do NOT like them. Had my daughter's 5th birthday. She's been playing with her MLPs from last summer's birthday, so I suggested to people she get some more. When she opened them I was surprised. I asked if they were baby ponies. Nope. Well, they don't go with the ones she already had. She really just wanted more plastic clothes for them because the 2 she got last year came with clothes. They are also more like the ones I had as a kid. I guessed they made the change to compete with LPS, which both my girls love, but YUCK!
Hillary

They don't really need to compete with Littlest Pet Shop, since they are both owned by Hasbro! :-)
redshit

I was in the shop and I wanted to take a look at the my little pony's, but then i saw those ugly weird pony's! everytime, there are no normal ponies anymore! I don't like the new!!
Rachel

They're cute and all... but they don't say "My Little Pony" to me. A far cry from the originals, and if you ask me, they make it look like Hasbro is trying too hard.
heartbroken inner child

So I finally saw these in the store a couple of days ago (I was unpacking boxes and found some of my childhood MLPs) and I... I can honestly say I wanted to break down and cry right then and there. They horrify me. worse than the G2's.
Anyways, I don't get it either.
Looks like if I want a nostalgia fix I'm springing for eBay and shipping now.
gothicsugar

I preferred the other G3 bodies. These are somewhat cute and are more the sorts of things I'd have to put on my computer desk than to consider collecting. The long haired ones, maybe.
Heather (Angstmonkey at the ml

they creeped me out at first, but are growing on me. i do want my own sweetiebelle, but she'd get customed pretty quick i feel. and yes, so soft starsong, so TERRIFYING! not sure why thye made that change.
Terry d

Rainbow dash reminds me of the lien in predator 1
Beckie

I personally like them. Not as much as the G1s, but keep in mind, they are ponies, nonetheless. I second the gargoyle thing, though.

What do you think of the new My Little Pony style and poses?

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