G1 Basic Fun Retro Ponies: A Collector's Guide: CELESTIAL PONIES and 40th Anniversary

No Babies Surprise and Firefly?
 
Awesome! I'm just happy we're still getting ponies, even if I can't find them at my Targets.
Me either! I tried 2 of the Targets in Lexington and couldn't find a single thing.
I REALLY hope they meant 2020. I am not up for Time travel THAT far. I kinda like the job I have now, not the job I had back then! :p
 
I DID IT!!! o_O:D:cool:

Finally I bought these nine beauties!!!

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And I took advantage of free shipping and other promotional discounts, so, making an average, I paid 8.10 euros (9.00 dollars) for each pony ... Surely better than purchasing from U.S. (custom duties double up the amount) ...I'm so happy !!!! :star::star::star:
I'm looking forward to receive them... :ponylove:
 
I DID IT!!! o_O:D:cool:

Finally I bought these nine beauties!!!

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And I took advantage of free shipping and other promotional discounts, so, making an average, I paid 8.10 euros (9.00 dollars) for each pony ... Surely better than purchasing from U.S. (custom duties double up the amount) ...I'm so happy !!!! :star::star::star:
I'm looking forward to receive them... :ponylove:

That's a great deal! Congratulations on a good pony haul. :ponylove:
 
Why retailers aren’t stocking/may not buy:
(1) Basic Fun probably can’t give the kind of discounts a larger company like Hasbro can, so these ponies are low-margin; and/or
(2) With the end of G4, retailers aren’t re-stocking MLP in general, and that extends to the repros.
Don’t know if either of these possible explanations is right, but I’ve been puzzling over the issue and thought I would share.
 
hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well.

For anyone in need of the second set of rainbow ponies (not including starflower and pinwheel), they’re available on target for the reg price of $9.99. If you spend $35 dollars or more shipping is free to your house. I bought them because I’d rather not pay $20+ for each one on eBay. Just thought I’d like you guys know! Sorry if this has been posted, I haven’t seen anything about this on here yet, so hopefully it helps someone!
 
I'm late to the party, but yay baby ponies! I guess this person was onto something! Wish we could've got Ember, though, although with her alts I can see why she's tricky.

Why retailers aren’t stocking/may not buy:
(1) Basic Fun probably can’t give the kind of discounts a larger company like Hasbro can, so these ponies are low-margin; and/or
(2) With the end of G4, retailers aren’t re-stocking MLP in general, and that extends to the repros.
Don’t know if either of these possible explanations is right, but I’ve been puzzling over the issue and thought I would share.
This makes sense, thanks Larkspur! IMO the ending of g4 should be more reason to stock these, not less. Give the pony-lovers what they want while we're between stops :p I guess the retailers don't see it that way though XD

It'd be awesome if BF could open their own online store and sell them themselves, though! nudge nudge, wink wink ;) especially with those darn exclusivity agreements that make me anxious if ill ever get one...

@CriStable Glad you got them! :D
 
I found the 1983 collection at the Aldi I go to! They had Minty, Butterscotch, and Blue Belle. Aldi kinda tends to be sporadic with what they stock though, so I very much doubt they'll be there next time I'm there.
 
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Finally found my first Repro's at a Target! I had been picking them up at Meijer's. Just the Year 3 rainbows, 1 set of 6 (I had all but the unicorns already) on the end cap mixed in with the G3 Retro mane 6(?Not sure what to call them) and they were on sale. $7.29 each and buy 2 get 1 free. Not sure if that was just that Target specifically or what but I am down to just a few of the Repro's left to find and pick up.
 

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2nd set Rainbow Ponies are at Target in Marysville, WA. There are 2 Star Flowers, 1 Tickle, 1 Trickle and 2 Flutterbye left, along with many G3 Mane Six.

I got out like a bandit thanks to an ad on the end cap that was labeled wrong and placed in the wrong location and was expired for a Buy 2, Get 3rd Free. The manager honored it cause of the major mistakes and gave us 25% off cause we didn't know about the text Target for extra savings using their app. So, no more pony hunting for me until March. I'm set for a while.
 

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I’m so jealous of y’all finding these. We still haven’t even gotten the Pegasus, Unicorn or Classic collections yet. :,( It’s like we just got the collector pose and first scented rainbows and that’s it.
That sucks, Sky. We’re on the same boat, though! The “Classic” set is barely making an appearance on Target shelves here as we speak. The poor employees have no idea of what we’re saying when we ask if they have the second set rainbows.
Forgot to mention, but Quackers had scored a Twilight on her school trip a couple of weeks ago at a Love’s. She only saw the unicorns there, no sign of the pegs either. Still debating whether she wants to trade her for a MIB Retro Firefly or keep her and debox her.
 
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