I don't have wave 1; I started with wave 7 I believe. But from pictures online that I have seen of wave 1, I agree that they look a lot the
same. I add this because I opened 3 ponies from wave 12 today and I thought this and shared it with a friend, too. I think, just from the
sheer amount of waves there have been and the fact that the molds are so similar, they may not be able to keep up new things about them, other than color, agreed,
The glitter ponies were really similar and that was in two waves, I think. Being a huge glitter and blind bag fan, this didn't bother me,
but I definitely see the challenges of keeping a toy that small exciting.