MLP G5 Discussion and Speculation Thread

Honestly it's mostly the facial expressions that feel off, but that's most likely due to merch usually using lesser quality stuff. Those proto-vectors that G4 had on everything for years, anyone?

@Applepie1973
The style resembles the animatic we saw too…yeah I believe it. I don't like the front view much at all (too human-looking?) but the 3/4 views are cute. Not as unique-looking as G4 imo but it's definitely cute (besides, it'll look different in the actual movie and show. We all know the G4 vectors look different than the show). As for the designs themselves, not crazy about the horn and wings being different colors than the bodies but I like the feathered hooves and the unicorn is pretty.

I realized something interesting: In one of the leaked emails from December 2017, a Hasbro employee was giving suggestions to a character designer. One of those suggestions was giving different horn patterns to unicorns! Apparently they're going with this concept in the final product, but with a different character designer (Imalou instead of Erika Worthlake).

@GoodVibesGorgeous
It also contradicts the leaks we got as an earth pony wasn't mentioned.

@GoodVibesGorgeous

Maybe all of the unicorn toys will be able to have a glowing horn that really shows off the designs? My first thought when I saw the unicorn's horn was "it looks like those toys that make the horn out of different material so that it can light up."

@Background Pony #4B15
I think these designs match up with all the other more reliable leaks we got much more than the 4Chan "movie plot" posts did (even that animatic we saw had an earth pony), so I think it's time we can put the 4Chan posts to rest.

If that is actual G5 merchandise Considering that the movie is supposed to be CGI it Might just be some 2d artwork they for merchandise

@Background Pony #6ABD
Probably. It probably attract children's attention a lot!


@northern haste
Yes. That's why it looks a bit weird.

The characters look good enough — though I wonder if there'll just be a starring trio. And not sure about the horns/wings… or how it'll translate to CG. But as it is, it's very My Little Pony.

@Background Pony #6ABD
The leaker did say it was an "early draft" so there is a chance it was real at some point but they made a lot of changes.

@Background Pony #4B15
Yes. Movies change a lot during development!

@northern haste
i remember somebody mentioning they had trouble translating Flynn into a drawing, particularly the hair.

Are these names for the G5 characters I see coming up in the image tags (Sunny, Izzy and Pipp) from any official source or is it just fan nicknames?

@Background Pony #6ABD

Fan names most likely

I can't believe how many Filly Funtasia comments there are referring to the art style on a G5 blanket. Just… Why talk about how different it is from Filly Funtasia's art style? Why not any other franchise?

@Algebroot Neogears

I just see people comparing it to Filly Funtasia. That was actually my first thought too, they look similar at first glance.

@Background Pony #6ABD
I only saw people saying "At least it's not as bad as what's seen in Filly Funtasia" and "This is what it looks like when [generation] and Filly Funtasia are put into a blender".

I guess this is where the names are coming from?

@Background Pony #6ABD

@Algebroot Neogears

I just see people comparing it to Filly Funtasia. That was actually my first thought too, they look similar at first glance.

I agree

@Applepie1973
I think the one with wings a different color from her coat is a big cause of that one.

Really not sure how to feel about the art on that blanket. I won't say it's ugly but it's just… off. I can't put my finger on it.

@Brass Beau
maybe it's just 3d to 2d fuckness or something.

i say that if g5's storyline is almost as good as g4's, then i can get behind it easy enough

Hmm… anyone else wondering if that thing the pegasus is wearing is a crown? MLP likes it's princesses in every generation…

Also, the clear differences in horn and wing design are going to make it harder to sell as Equestrian future. Maybe it's due to interbreeding with other species?