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G4 Blind Bag Ponies are pony toys that take the form of fully molded figurines that approximately half the size of a Playful Pony figure. Blind Bag Ponies tend to more closely resemble the characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic due to their molded hair. The term Blind Bag Pony refers to the packaging that the figurine comes in: opaque "surprise" packaging that prevents the user from determining what pony is inside. However, each bag also includes a unique imprinted code somewhere on the bag. As collectors have discovered, this code can be deciphered to reveal the identity of the pony within the bag.
Early Blind Bag waves consisted solely of female ponies and were recolors of the Mane Six. At this point, Unicorns were based off of Twilight Sparkle or Rarity, while Earth Ponies were based off of Pinkie Pie or Applejack. All Pegasus Ponies were recolors of Rainbow Dash, including Fluttershy, one of the Mane Six. Later waves added more variety in molds, including male Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasus Ponies, and Alicorn Ponies. Also, while some early waves featured the Mane Six and recycled G3 ponies, later waves tend to include more supporting and minor characters from the TV show.
Some blind Bag sized figurines have been released as part of a miniature set, including anywhere from three to six ponies. Most revolve around a specific theme. Figurines released as part of these sets are more likely to have unique, individual molds, rather than being recolors and thus, are more likely to be accurate to the show. Some of the molds used for these figurines have been used in later Blind Bag Waves for re-releases or as recolors for other ponies.
Contents
- 1 About Blind Bags
- 2 Blind Bag Waves
- 2.1 Blind Bag Wave I
- 2.2 Euro Wave I
- 2.3 US Wave I
- 2.4 Second Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
- 2.5 Euro Wave II
- 2.6 Third Set of Ponies (12 Pieces)
- 2.7 Fourth Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
- 2.8 Fifth Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
- 2.9 Seventh Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
- 2.10 Friendship Celebration Collection
- 2.11 Pony Rainbow Collection
- 2.12 Pinkie Pie and Friends Mini Collection
- 2.13 Blind Bag Wave VII
- 2.14 Blind Bag Wave IIX
- 2.15 Blind Bag Wave IX
- 2.16 Wave X
- 2.17 Wave ??
- 3 Miniature Sets
- 4 See also
About Blind Bags
Previous Gens
G4 are not the first My Little Pony blind bags. See Blind Bag Ponies. The scale of G4 blind bag ponies is similar to Ponyville figurines of G3 and G3.5 (so they may be referred to also G4 Ponyville or G4 PV).
Blind Bags vs Sets
Pony figurines are either released individually in blind bags or boxed sets (with the occasional boxed single).
Blind Bags include one figurine and a matching collector card, featuring the name and artwork of the pony, and a simple description about the pony's personality. The monolingual US collector cards tend to feature a longer description than multilingual European cards.
Distribution
The US distribution of blind bags mostly missed the first two waves. In their place were briefly packaged ponies on cards.
The initial delay spurred collectors to source their ponies from Taobao.
Blind Bag Identification
- Two Digit Codes
- Early European blind bags have two numerals lightly stamped on the outside of the bag on the top the back seam. These numbers correspond with the pony's number listed below.
- Five Digit Codes
- Except for the newest Neon set, all American blind bags, and later European blind bags have a five digit code stamped into the flap on the back of the package. The 1st, 3rd, and 5th number is to confuse you. The second and forth numbers tell you which pony is inside. See the charts below.
- Two Letter Codes
- The Neon set has a two letter code stamped into the bottom flap of the bag. The first letter is A and the second letter tells you which pony is inside. See below for a chart matching ponies to letters.
Wave II
Wave III
Wave IV
Wave V
Wave VI
Wave VII
Wave IIX
Wave IX
Blind Bag Waves
Blind Bag Wave I
- Pink Bag
- First Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
- G4 Blind Bag Ponies<ref
1. Pinkie Pie
2. Applejack
3. Rainbow Dash
4. Rarity
6. Fluttershy
7. Sugar Grape
8. Lily Blossom
9. Minty
10. Bumblesweet
11. Fizzypop
12. Flower Wishes
13. Roseluck
14. Sweetie Blue
15. Pepperdance
16. Lemon Hearts
17. Cherry Spices
18. Sweetie Swirl
19. Lucky Swirl
22. Glittery Pinkie Pie
23. Glittery Twilight Sparkle
24. Glittery Rainbow Dash
23.5. Glittery (Purple Variant) Twilight Sparkle
Euro Wave I
All 24 ponies were released in blind bags in Europe from the start.
US Wave I
At first in the US/North America only the mane characters were released. Fluttershy at first only appeared in the US with the puzzle house (which is still quite rare), which drove her value up extremely high initially.
They have been packaged:
- as individually packed singles
- as a four pack
- as singles in a cardboard house with a puzzle
The individual on card ponies have been sold in the US, Canada, and the UK so far.
- Wave 1
Playhouse Puzzle
- for sale on (German) Amazon.de
- supposedly a few appeared at US Kmarts
- 2011
- Includes pony figure (Twilight, Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy)
- Includes a 24 piece, double-sided puzzle featuring character on one side and garden floor on other for play.
- Box unfolds to create miniature house
Twilight Sparkle, cardboard house, and puzzle
Pinkie Pie, cardboard house, and puzzle
Fluttershy, cardboard house, and puzzle
US Wave III
The first set of blind bags appeared by the box (finally) on hasbrotoyshop.com February 2012, ie officially available in the US.
It seems that some/all of the first full run of blind bags released in North America do not have their collector card number punched into the packaging. Secretly however they do. Each of the two-digit numbers have been interspersed with the numbers: 2, 4, and 5. (Single digit numbers written with a zero ie 2 is written as 02). [2]
So 02 + 245 = 20425.
- 20415 - Pinkie Pie (1)
- 20425 - Applejack (2)
- 20435 - Rainbow Dash (3)
- 20445 - Rarity (4)
- 20455 - Twilight Sparkle (5)
- 20465 - Fluttershy (6)
- 20475 - Sugar Grape (7)
- 20485 - Lily Blossom (8)
- 20495 - Minty (9)
- 21405 - Bumblesweet (10)
- 21415 - Fizzypop (11)
- 21425 - Flower Wishes (12)
- 21435 - Roseluck (13)
- 21445 - Sweetie Blue (14)
- 21455 - Pepperdance (15)
- 21465 - Lemon Hearts (16)
- 21475 - Cherry Spices (17)
- 21485 - Sweetie Swirl (18)
- 21495 - Lucky Swirl (19)
- 22405 - Sweetcream Scoops (20)
- 22415 - Firecracker Burst (21)
- 22425 - Pinkie Pie (Glittery) (22)
- 22435 - Twilight Sparkle (Glittery) (23)
- 22445 - Rainbow Dash (Glittery) (24)
Second Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
Second Blind Bag Set, (Dark) Purple Bag
This set re-releases the mane six, and now includes the glitter versions of the rest of the mane six (ie Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy). The set is about 1/3 characters that have been released as G4 full sized toys, 1/3 mane cast and 1/3 entirely new characters.
1. Pinkie Pie
2. Applejack
3. Rainbow Dash
4. Rarity
6. Fluttershy
7. Feathermay
8. Blossomforth
9. Lulu Luck
10. Star Swirl
11. Tealove
12. Ribbon Heart
13. Cheerilee
14. Daisy Dreams
15. Stardash
16. Honeybelle
17. Dewdrop Dazzle
18. Rainbow Flash
19. Pudding Pie
20. Snowcatcher
21. Twinkleshine
22. Glittering Rarity
23. Glittery Applejack
24. Glittering Fluttershy
Euro Wave II
The whole set of 24
Third Set of Ponies (12 Pieces)
US Wave II
The Toys 'R Us Exclusive 12-pack contains the mane six and six new G4 characters (different from Euro blind wave II), that are all G3 up-cycles.
Twilight Sparkle
Pinkie Pie
Rainbow Dash
Applejack
Rarity
Fluttershy
Coconut Cream (see also G3 Coconut Cream)
Beachberry (see also G3 Beachberry)
Peachy Pie (see also G3 Peachy Pie)
Skywishes (see also G3 Skywishes)
Sweetsong (see also G3 Sweetsong)
Gardenia Glow (see also G3 Gardenia Glow)
Fourth Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
Third Blind Bag Set, Light Purple Bag
The set is the first G4 merchandise to feature male ponies [3] or anything glow-in-the-dark.
Euro Wave III
2. Rarity
3. Bitta Luck
4. Rainbowshine
5. Goldengrape
6. Pinkie Pie (glow-in-the-dark)
7. Rainbow Dash
10. Sea Swirl
11. Big McIntosh
12. Twilight Sparkle (glow-in-the-dark)
13. Pinkie Pie
14. Apple Dazzle
15. Lovestruck
16. Berryshine
17. Meadow Song
18. Rarity (glow-in-the-dark)
19. Applejack
20. Fluttershy
21. Cherry Berry
22. Heartstrings
23. Noteworthy
24. Lucky Dreams
Fifth Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
Fourth Blind Bag Set, Blue Bag
Euro Wave IV
The secret ID number on some packaging may have five digits rather than two digit. (Single digit numbers written with a zero ie 2 is written as 02.) The two-digit numbers have been interspersed with the numbers: 5, 4, and 2. [4]
So 02 + 542 = 50422.
Stock photos from Equestria Daily.
1. Applejack (glittery)
2. Fluttershy (glittery)
3. Lulamoon (glittery)
4. Crimson Gala (glittery)
5. Minuette (glittery)
6. Royal Riff (glittery)
7. Pinkie Pie (glittery)
8. Merry May (glittery)
9. Electric Sky (glittery)
10. Chance-A-Lot (glittery)
11. Berry Green (glittery)
12. Rarity - Special Edition (metallic silver)
13. Twilight Sparkle (glittery)
14. Rarity (glittery)
15. Sassaflash (glittery)
16. Peachy Sweet (glittery)
17. Twilight Sky (glittery)
18. Applejack - Special Edition (metallic gold)
19. Rainbow Dash (glittery)
20. Mosely Orange (glittery)
21. Amethyst Star
22. Twilight Velvet
23. Shoeshine
24. Pinkie Pie - Special Edition (metallic pink)
Sixth Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
Fifth Blind Bag Set
Stock photos from Equestria Daily.
3. Sunny Rays
4. Junebug
5. Breezie
9. Rainbow Dash
10. Flippity Flop
11. Gardenia Glow
12. Skywishes
13. Trixie Lulamoon
14. Diamond Rose
15. Cinnamon Breeze
16. Ploomette
17. Golden Delicious
18. Ribbon Wishes
20. Fluttershy
21. Forsythia
22. Flitterheart
23. Rainbow Wishes
Seventh Set of Ponies (24 Pieces)
Sixth Blind Bag Set, Purple/Blue Bag
Euro Wave VI
This wave consists of regular versions of the glitter toys from wave IV, some of them with tridimensional cutie marks, Cherry Spices and Trixie Lulamoon with Twilight Sparkle's mold rather than the usual Rarity mold and Roseluck with new colors. The only new pony in this wave was #20 Magnet Bolt
Photos from Strawberry Reef.
1. Pinkie Pie
2. Fluttershy
3. Twilight Sparkle - Special Edition (3D Cutie Mark)
4. Rainbow Dash
5. Rarity
6. Applejack
7. Minuette
8. Roseluck (new colors)
9. Trixie Lulamoon - Special Edition (3D Cutie Mark; Twilight Sparkle mold)
10. Twilight Velvet - Special Edition (3D Cutie Mark)
11. Mosely Orange
12. Berry Green
13. Merry May
14. Cherry Spices (Twilight Sparkle mold)
15. Electric Sky
16. Crimson Gala
17. Amethyst Star
18. Twilight Sky
19. Sassaflash
20. Magnet Bolt
21. Royal Riff
22. Peachy Sweet
23. Chance-A-Lot
24. Shoeshine
Friendship Celebration Collection
- Toys 'R Us exclusive set containing re-releases of figures from the first two waves. As well as a few accessories.
- Sweetie Swirl and Firecracker Burst
- Lily Blossom and Bumblesweet
- Lemon Hearts and Pepperdance
- Sugar Grape and Lulu Luck
- Rainbow Flash and Sweetie Blue
- Blossomforth and Flower Wishes
Pony Rainbow Collection
- Target Exclusive
- 7 piece set
- Pony Rainbow Collection
- .jpg
stickers
The Pony Rainbow Collection versions of Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity are almost exact matches to the Wave 4 versions. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are darker than their Wave 1 versions. Twilight Sparkle is a brighter purple than Wave 1 as well. Fluttershy is darker than Wave 4 and slightly lighter but still close in color to her Wave 2 counterpart. Applejack is darker than in both Wave 4 and Wave 2. Rarity is more opaque than her Wave 2 version. With the exception of Emerald Ray, the Rainbow Collection does not have the black numbers stamped on the bottoms of their hooves differentiating them from the other waves.
- Comparisons
L to R: Wave 2, Pony Rainbow Collection, Wave 4
L to R: Pony Rainbow Collection, Wave 2, Wave 4
L to R: Wave 1 pink, Wave 1 purple, Pony Rainbow Collection
L to R: Wave 1, Pony Rainbow Collection
L to R: Wave 1, Pony Rainbow Collection
L to R: Wave 2, Pony Rainbow Collection
Pinkie Pie and Friends Mini Collection
- Walmart Exclusive
- 12 piece set
The Applejack included in this set did not have her hair ties painted.
Blind Bag Wave VII
- translucent ponies
- Gray/Aqua Bag
- 24 pieces
This wave introduced the translucent pony miniatures. It featured three of the Wonderbolts, two of which were pictured in the packaging. Spitfire and Soarin had their names and descriptions switched on their collector cards, though they were named correctly in the packaging.
White background photos from 123toyuk.
1. Pinkie Pie
2. Fluttershy
4. Rainbow Dash
5. Rarity
6. Applejack
7. Cherry Pie
9. Banana Fluff
10. Lilac Links
11. Cherry Fizzy
12. Misty Fly
13. Banana Bliss
14. Sweetie Drops
15. Holly Dash
16. Berry Dreams
17. Soarin
18. Lucky Clover
19. Lily Blossom
20. Apple Stars
21. Barber Groomsby
22. Caramel Apple
23. Spitfire
24. Lily Valley
Blind Bag Wave IIX
- Neon Bright Blind Bag Ponies
- Black/Dark Purple Bag
The bags for this wave were changed so that there was no longer a center flap for the codes to be imprinted on. Instead, letters were imprinted along the bottom edge of the bags. The numbers for the ponies were changed to the corresponding letter of the alphabet skipping the letters "J" and "Q" and adding an additional A at the beginning. That made #1 Applejack's code "AA," #2 Big McIntosh's code "AB" and so on through "AZ" for #24 Twilight Sparkle.
1(A). Applejack
2(B). Big McIntosh
3(C). Royal Riff
4(D). Mosely Orange
5(E). Gilda the Griffon
6(F). Flam
7(G). Flim Skim
8(H). Fluttershy
9(I). Skywishes
10(K). Granny Smith
11(L). Princess Cadance
12(M). Golden Harvest
13(N). Flower Wishes
14(O). Pinkie Pie
15(P). Sassaflash
16(R). Comet Tail
17(S). Rainbow Dash
18(T). Sunny Rays
19(U). Gardenia Glow
20(V). Lemon Hearts
21(W). Rarity
22(X). Ribbon Wishes
23(Y). Lotus Blossom
24(Z). Twilight Sparkle
The ponies that are repeats from the seventh wave are brighter in the neon wave.
- Comparisons
L to R: Wave 7, Wave 8
L to R: Wave 7, Wave 8
L to R: Wave 7, Wave 8
L to R: Wave 7, Wave 8
L to R: Wave 7, Wave 8
L to R: Wave 7, Wave 8
Blind Bag Wave IX
1(A). Applejack (pic from different wave)
2(B). Big McIntosh (pic from different wave)
3(C). Fluttershy (pic from different wave)
4(D). Pinkie Pie (pic from different wave)
5(E). Rainbow Dash (TAF rainbow accents)
6(F). Rarity
7(G). Amethyst Star
8(H). Shoeshine
9(I). Noteworthy (pic from different wave)
10(K). Sea Swirl (pic from different wave)
11(L). Berryshine
12(M). Princess Cadance
13(N). Peachy Sweet
14(O). Lily Valley
15(P). Nurse Snowheart
16(R). Sprinkle Medley
17(S). Tropical Storm
18(T). Mr. Carrot Cake
19(U). Green Jewel
20(V). Lavender Fritter
21(W). Apple Honey
22(X). Honey Rays
23(Y). Prism Glider
24(Z). Grape Delight
Wave X
- the numbering is only a best guess[5]
- translucent and/or glittery line
1. Gilda The Griffon (pic from different wave)
2. Snail Squirm
3. Snipsy Snap
4. Fluttershy
5. Lemon Hearts (pic from different wave)
6. Mosely Orange (pic from different wave)
7. Applejack (pic from different wave)
8. Junebug
9. Pinkie Pie (pic from different wave)
10. Flower Wishes (pic from different wave)
11. Princess Twilight Sparkle
12. Ribbon Wishes (pic from different wave)
13. Rainbow Shine
14. Royal Riff (pic from different wave)
15. Trixie Lulamoon
16. Lotus Blossom (pic from different wave)
17. Sunny Rays (pic from different wave)
18. Peachy Sweet
19. Green Jewel
20. Strawberry Sunrise?
21. Sun Shower _____?
22. Rainbow Swoop?
23. Diamond Mint
24. Sassaflash (pic from different wave)
Wave ??
Sunset Shimmer • DJ Pon-3 (plain version?)• Suri Polomare • Big Wig • Spitfire • Purple Wave • Emerald Ray (plain version?) • Flash Sentry • Rising Star • Apple Munchies • Lightning Dust • Pinprick • Violet Velvet • pale blue earth pony with magenta hair • dark pink stallion with light blue hair • lavender earth pony with dark pink hair • yellow earth pony with pink hair and purse cutie mark[6]
DJ Pon-3 (non-TAF)
Lightning Dust
alternate colored Pepperdance
alternate colored Dainty Daisy
different colored Daisy Dreams
alternate earth G4 Forsythia
Cadance look alike?
Cadance look alike?
Miniature Sets
Miniature Collection Wave I
- Apple Family
- Cloudsdale
Wonderbolt
- Pony Wedding
Wave II
- Spa Pony Set
Wave III
- Class of Cutie Marks Set
- Famous Friends Set
Miniature Collection Wave IV
Deluxe Miniature Collection
- Cake Family Babysitting Fun
- Elements of Harmony Friends
- Pony Lesson Set
Smarty Pants doll (not labeled in set)
- Groovin' Hooves Set
- Royal Surprise Set
Miniature Collection Wave V
- Rainbow Pony Favorite Set
Rarity
Dr. Hooves
Applejack
DJ Pon-3
Princess Twilight Sparkle
- Daring Pony Story Set
Daring Do Dazzle
Rainbow Dash
Princess Twilight Sparkle
See also
- Blind Bags (all generations)
- Collector Cards (cards included in blind bags)
- Enterplay Trading Cards
References
- ↑ http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/blind-bags-are-identifiable.html
- ↑ http://www.toyreviewdaily.com/2012/01/17/code-number-list-my-little-pony-blind-bags-us-series-1-kiosk-ponies-2012-hasbro/
- ↑ http://www.bronycon.org/images/blindbags/wave3/
- ↑ http://mylittleponymadness.weebly.com/1/post/2012/05/wave-4-blind-bag-identification.html
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152032521298978
- ↑ http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,349768.0.html
