Looking back at 2007, one of the most significant toy events here in Singapore has to be the sudden revived interest in collecting Transformers toys due to the release of the Transformers movie in July 2007.  The resale toy market here had been ‘flooded’ with the Transformers movie toys since just before the movie release.  The local toy collectors tend to follow a trend.  Many years ago, everyone was collecting X-men Animated action figures. Then they moved on to Batman Animated action figures, Star Wars Movie action figures plus vehicles, and Justice League Animated action figures.  Now the in-trend movie toys to collect is still Transformers and the trend looks to be continuing into 2008, until the next big movie with exciting toy mechandise comes along to topple the Transformers movie toys from the top of the local toy chart.

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When the G3 My Little Pony toyline started in August 2003, each pony came with her own brush, plus a pony charm with string to tie around her neck or tie to her brush. 

Gradually since 2004, Hasbro did away with the pony charm and strings, and finally in 2007, the ponies do not even come with their own brushes anymore!  E.g. 2003 MIB Wysteria vs 2007 MIB Wysteria.

I wonder how does Hasbro expect kids who are getting their first pony in 2007 and in the subsequent years to groom their ponies’ manes and tails? 

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