Check out this MLP deadstock! Have you found this near you?
This SpotLite Project-A-Lite toy is dated 2015, and was released to promote the Cutie Mark Magic toy line. This era was around season 5 of My Little Pony, when the Cutie Map was introduced and began summoning ponies across Equestria with the magic of their Cutie Marks. Most pony toys around this time have extra cutie marks printed on their legs and eyes, as evidenced by the Pinkie Pie vector used on this packaging. Strangely, Cutie Marks in the show seldom take up more space like this. Smaller cutie marks appear on the Mane Six when they go Rainbow Power mode, but that’s a different gimmick from the prior year. It would be cool to see the ponies power-up and have their Cutie Marks grow across their bodies, temporarily increasing their natural talents.
What do you think of the Cutie Mark Magic line? I personally wish they would release more plain ponies without gimmicks— it’s not that I dislike gimmicks, far from it! But sometimes, a pony’s ONLY toy release is in a gimmick line and not a regular toy, and THAT always annoyed me. Examples include but are not limited to Bon Bon, Roseluck, Aloe, Photo Finish, and Octavia. None of those ponies got plain, show-accurate, 3” brushable toys. They all have patterns or added mane colors that pulls me out of the immersion. It just bothers me so much that these ponies didn’t get a regular release before a gimmick release— or a regular release at ALL! These are the passionate complaints of my inner child. I may be 24 as I share them, but trust that they are the rantings of a 12 year old.
