I can't say that Naruto is that exciting. I tried to get into it but there are other anime that I find more appealing, Like Ghost in the shell or even Macross frontier. Now, if you abridge Naruto, it's funny as heck....
But MLP is a cute change of pace. I was thinking back to my childhood earlier and I guess I had a good balance going. I played with MLP toys at a friends house but I had transformers at home. Boys toys always seemed to be able to do more, like had more articulation in them than girls toys. anyone notice that? Like the GI Joe figures vs Barbie.
I will say this though, either I've gotten dumber or the transformers have employed the guys who make the rubiks puzzles, because I bought Movie Optimus Prime for my son a couple of years ago. It took me half an hour and a youtube video to turn it into a truck! But MLP seems to have stayed the same... if a little smaller?