Impulse Purchases.

So I'm a bit of a 'My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic' fan. You know, in a respectable twenty something, never going to grow up kind of way. I collect the trading cards, the toys (where is all the Big Mac merch?!), blind bag figures, etc. But then I saw the dog tags. DOG TAGS. What? Where the heck did this 'trend' come from? Is there a market for dog tags covered in technicolor ponies? Apparently so. I really tried to not want them (heck, I still don't really want them), but after a couple of Youtube reviews (Bins Toy Bin, I'm looking at you) something inside me snapped and the need to run to my nearest Walmart rushed into me. I still don't know exactly what happened, but here's what I ended up getting on my trip out.

So. The dog tags. I still don't really get it. I think I'm more excited about the vinyl decals that came with the package than I am about the plastic tags. The packs were $2.97 each and they came with a random dog tag, vinyl decal, tattoo set, and a checklist in case you want to collect everything in this series. I'm not sure if I will purchase any more of these, but I may try and track down the Discord option, as he is my favesies (hello, Q!). There are also Adventure Time dog tags, and a whole slew of other options so I guess this is a popular thing right now. Crazy kids these days.



I also stopped by the Dollar Tree and picked up some My Little Pony Series 2 Value Packs and some super retro (Seriously guys, I think this shit is from 1998) Pokemon tattoo sets. Why do they still have these available? I mean, it's super cool and you have NO IDEA how stoked I was to get classic Pokemon merch in 2013, but what the heck?

So that's what I picked up today. Thank you to YouTube for infiltrating my brain. I love you always.

My Little Pony Toy Haul

While we were out thrifting today, we stopped by a local discount store to check out their toy section. Mostly because it was Saturday and we did NOT want to have to deal with crazy Walmart people on the weekend. I'm very glad that we did, because I found some adorable My Little Pony toys!

The sets that I ended up purchasing the "Elements of Harmony Friends" and "Cake Family Babysitting Fun" Character Collections. From what I can see through the packaging, the paint jobs look really good (something that had kept me from buying previous sets was the horrifically messy coloring). I really like the Elements of Harmony set because, Nightmare Moon (obviously), but there are some neat characters that you don't see often.

 

 

I also picked up some of the Neon Bright blind bags. I only picked up three (whyyyyyyy) and totally wish I had grabbed more. The coloring on these guys is incredibly cool! I like the gradient in the coloring, being more intense at the top of the figure. And I got Big Macintosh (my favorite), so that was a big win. Lemon Hearts looks a little fucked up, but I don't expect blind bags to look super amazing.

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