[Toys] My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Rainbow Dash

Okay. So. Jazzfoxrules sent me something again. This was an unexpected item, I never thought that I would end up pulling something so brightly colored out of the envelope she and her cousin sent me.

As a previous review will tell you, I like the current My Little Pony cartoon, but I would not feel brave enough to buy the merchandise. She seemed to remedy that somewhat by sending me something for free instead.

Dangit. Well. Here we go??

So... Uh... Heh heh. Where do we begin? Okay, serious review face. *ahem*

My Little Pony figures are sadly the way they seem to have always been; an unposeable body with maybe a swivel at the neck, and of course, the gimmick of brushable hair/mane/tail. As you can see by the little bit of art on the packaging, she does not have quite the same hair. We'll get to that in a sec.

Okay, so, the sculpting is nice, it's a simple art style to follow. I've heard these toys actually do fail in one regard, which is that they use head sculpts from the last MLP toyline, which means they just look a little off from what the show designs are like. It's the mouth that gives it away the most. Something feels too "baby doll" about it.

I do like the paint apps, how few there may be, as the eyes match the show pretty well with the multiple color tones. Yet again from the picture you can see they're not totally shaped properly though. Her cutie mark works well though, even if it's just show on one side. Odd choice.

The hair... is long. And messy. I think it's apparent from the art that this character, whether you know her or not, is meant to have some wild short hair, but here it's depicted as pretty freaking lengthy and curly. I'm tempted to cut it, but then I realized that would probably go horribly wrong. In more ways than one.

For accessories... she comes with a comb. As though you didn't feel emasculated enough. Well, after getting some knots out of her hair (*facepalm*) I tossed it in a box and never turned back. She also comes with a little immobile wagon that clips onto her back legs, with a little squirrel of sorts that can be pegged into the wagon. I also tossed these in the box. Eheh.

Not sure if it's of any importance, but she has a hole in one of the front hooves, like how most action figures have holes on the bottom of their feet.. Presumably this is so you can peg her onto playset pieces. I dunno, could be of use to you, we knows.

Overall, I think it looks okay. But I think if I ever own anymore MLP merch, I'd prefer plastic hair on mine, since that would be more likely to resemble the show design. As is, combable hair is not a gimmick for me. However it probably does open up customization possibilities for those who know how to handle this stuff. I know that within the massive MLP fan community there are guides for this kind of stuff...

Uh. How do I end this review? Well, uh, if this review doesn't do it for you, look forward to some more robots! YEAH!