At the time, it was the only way to get a Shining Armor and a Cadance in scale with the rest of the figures! I needed that castle!
If someone would've told me that a year later they'd release a Shining in the Favorites pack and a Cadance alongside an AJ in a 2 pack...I'd still get the castle, but I wouldn't buy it at first glance :lol

So i got both wave 8 and wave 9 versions of princess cadence from blind packs today. I figured one of them will have to be a queen chrysalis stand-in until i can find that elusive 3 pack she's in.

If you ever find 2, pick me up one :lol
I need the Chrysalis minifig

There's a blind bag Cadence!?

*Realizes it's just a repaint*

...not fair

There's a Cadance minifig that has her own unique mold.

There is!?

Can't find pics anywhere, and chances are it'll never get released here, but those are great news!

I really want to pick up the music album on iTunes to support them but $17 for 11 songs is way too much. :(

Yep.
http://i.imgur.com/93IVHcz.jpg

It's a really nice figure, and aside from not having her cutie mark on both sides, is painted incredibly well.

That's my Cadance alright! Pretty good rendition. Not sure if there are any better than that.

Thats the mold they used for the 2 blind bagged ones i bought.