Reposting here, since the other thread closed for condensing and I thought it might be important for people to know.
New Info on the Family Dollar Ponies:
No wonder these are hard to keep on the shelves! I went looking at a new Family Dollar store I don't usually go to, and I was all set to be disappointed, as they didn't have any on the shelves. But I checked the trolleys full of unopened merchandise and--Behold! I found a box unopened that said Hasbro-My Little Pony! I was so excited, but tried not to get my hopes up, since it was a small box. I thought maybe it had more of the tiny plushies.
Well I got permission from the check out lady to open the box to peek and sure enough, it's the special four! Well, I'll tell ya--I bought the whole box right there! I didn't even open it all the way. Well it was only $24 for the whole box, so I did some math, that's 8 Ponies. I thought "whoa, is that right?" so I opened the box in the car--yup indeed, 8 Ponies. 2 of each kind. That was the ENTIRE shipment, there were no other boxes of the Ponies on the trolley, and none on the shelves.
If Family Dollar stores are only getting 8 of these Ponies at a time, no wonder they're so hard to get a hold of!