I'm a bit if a super robot junkie, so achieving impossible feats is something I should pick up

I wonder how much PinkiShy fanwerks we'll get out of the new toy set too.

@Ace: Well, I actually just linked to the pic with the box for more context, but I was going to post about both sets until I saw your post, so I guess it still counts

Think people will swap Fluttershy out for Twilight to recreate the scene from "Feeling Pinkie Keen"?

I don't think people draw shipping inspiration from toys.

That's what I was thinking. Why else would there be a Pinkie bathtub set?

We still need a Gummy mini fig though

Okay, that bath set is just bizarre.

They even included bottles of shampoo and conditioner.

I wonder what kinds of conditioner they have in Equestria.

Ace: And do they use the same shampoo and conditioner for both their coat and mane?

@Kuroi: that could get expensive fast.

The conditioner's obviously for fighting off intruders.

That would make it too easy to track down changelings though

I wonder if a particularly skilled changeling could mimic everyday objects or turn invisible? That would make for an interesting conflict.

Curacao is a Changeling.

Changelings aren't like Decepticons or Predacons, they can only mimic living things of similar mass.

I'd also assume that unless they're relatively high level they'd probably have to keep the basic shape as well.

I guess Roid Rage is safe then.

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@Ace You don't know that. We already know that they can change their body shape, so it's possible that they could use it in a more advanced manner. Or not. We'll see what the comic does with them.

In truth we're overdue for another Ice Age.

So far the writers have avoided using sea products. No seaweed, miso, or sea salt.

@Perpetual: It's technically possible, but I get the feeling that if that was a common thing they'd have used it in the finale. My take on their powers isn't so much total shapeshifting as the magical equivalent of switching skins in a video game. The appearance changes, but the basic shape doesn't get modified much; even if the changelings change form, it'll always be a quadruped with a similar body type to the ponies.

Yeah, there's no hard evidence, but I think that it makes more sense. I find it easier to assume that they just don't have the ability to mimic inanimate objects than to assume that they can but just didn't for some reason.

I did say "particularly skilled, " because yeah, I doubt that it would be something that the average grunt could pull off.

Yeah, that's what I meant; someone like Chrysalis might be able to do it, but I don't think it's something that's considered a widespread ability.

It'd be funny if a particularly skilled changeling was able to invoke the image of Weeping Angels by pretending to be a stone statue of a pony.

[1]Hey look, I can post pretty fan art too.

@Ace: I have to say, if I had changeling powers, I'd probably use them more for just messing with people than for anything practical.

I had a fanfic idea a while back that I ended up shelving that involved Rarity trying to mimic changeling magic for the Mundane Utility of being able to change her mane and clothing at will, but taking things a bit too far when she actually succeeds.