I LOVED those recolor designs! And-- while I can forgive Hasbro somewhat, since I suppose with a little time and effort
or commission money they could be done justice through fan-made customs, I'm especially sad we didn't get that Pony Humdrum. He was just adorable, and imo was the best part of the whole comic.
I've tempted myself with getting those bigger ones whenever I see them up on eBay-- but, yeah! I'm thoroughly happy with that variant wave of the Mane Six brushables as a unique twist to a lot of G4's 'business as usual', but it was The Mane-iac and Humdrum that were what
really tied the whole thing together for me~
IKR!!
And you know, I'll even go further to say. I even kinda feel like there's something inherently sort of great about My Little Ponies with a 'superhero' twist to them. Because if you ask me, one of the essential strengths of that genre is it's ability to invoke imagination and wonder through these mono-manically gimmicked characters in brightly colored outfits. which... Isn't a far cry from MLP itself, if you ask me!
And-- that being said, too? Those SDCC ponies (sadly, without official names) from 2007 and 2009, are MAJOR grails of mine. The "original" Power Ponies themselves, one could even say!