By the way, for those of you who actually collect the ponies (meeeeeeee), did you see the Target exclusive Canterlot stuff? Aside from Princess Celestia and Princess Luna ponies (!), they have a whole Gala set of ponies with dresses!
Target ponies!
I think they are neat, but I still don't get why they have to be "retro-ponies", in the sense that there is still only one point of articulation on these (the neck.) :p When I was little, that's the extent of playing with them--brushing their hair and turning their heads a little, mostly due to that fact. LOL
But the new show is all about action and adventures...you'd think they'd at least try to design them for a market beyond the "nostalgia" value (i.e. to parents and not to the kids) and give them a few articulated joints on their legs or something so kids could have more fun with them and not just put them on a shelf. ;_;