



Didn't know that Smurfette merchandise always (throughout Smurf history) sold out faster than any Smurf merchandise. I could have gotten her in my McDo Happy Meal but decided against it cuz I didn't know she was carrying a wand.





Saw the movie, understood that she's carrying a wand, and ordered another McDo Happy Meal. Too late, they are all out of Smurfettes.





So, as GOD as my witness, I VOWED that the next Happy Meal set of toys, I would complete. That would be Transformers...and MLP:FiM.





Was not impressed with the Transformers toys. They were so...bleh. So I went with the ponies because the details on them were much more classy.





As last year went by, the 4 pony toys were always before me in front of my monitor. I got XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Soon, XCOM: Enemy Within was announced to be launched that November (around the same time as MLP:FiM S4 was going to be launched). Had to wait. So with the pony toys in front of me, I decided to surf for MLP stuff. That's when I realized that all the episodes are available in YouTube and DailyMotion. Started watching...





Was first jumping from episode to episode, watching it on my phone before going to bed, then decided to watch it sequentially. S1E1-2 had a scene where Twilight was alone with Nightmare Moon, but her new friends were coming up the stairs, and she felt for the first time the magic of friendship. That somehow connected me to my childhood where I always had fun playing with friends, and that I no longer have that as much as before because I'm friggin' 34 years old and all my friends are scattered in Luzon...one is actually missing.





That one scene hooked me from just being an adult enjoying cartoons to one that really really appreciates it.





Found a "pegasister friend" in Steam and so on and so forth...





..but this reply is getting long.

Through, oddly enough, The Smurfs 2 movie and the McDonalds Smurf 2 toys.