Faptacular: I still don't get why they dick around with pointless recolors of the mane six and a handful of minor characters when they've got so many canon BG ponies to work with.
The weirder thing is why though? Think of how many of us would plunk down cash for top quality merch. (I admit I'm coming around to wanting toys of canon characters.) They're a business, the whole point is to make money and they don't seem to want any of ours. That's counter-productive on their part.
Anonymous2(1): @anomalous: This.
Little girls are more likely to fangasm over some colorful pony with a candy for CM than a black/gray classy mare with a treble clef, which most kids are unfamiliar with. Hasbro's own OCs were designed to sell to kids, studio B's OCs were designed to fill specific roles in the story, often with a more complex purpose, which kids may not necessarily understand or be interested in.
Faptacular: @anomalous: & @Gomenasai:That doesn't change that they are in fact screwing themselves out of a lot of money seemingly for spite.
Besides I sometimes babysit my eight-year-old cousin and to keep her entertained we started watching FiM together. She started collecting the toys and absolutely hates Hasbro's OC ponies. If they're not in the show they are "fake ponies." (Her words exactly) and thus not worth her time or allowance. She even hates the pink Celestia. Even among little girls their are for lack of a better term: "Quality Snobs."
Lapp: @Faptacular: It might be more expensive than most, but I think Hasbro could see return and even profit for their investment if they were to release canon ponies or a line of canon pony-plashes online. Pretty sure I've mentioned this somewhere else and don't mean to sound like a broken record, but who wouldn't want a plush of their favourite pony?
I'm starting to think Hasbro doesn't want to officially recognize the older audience among bronies, or at least the way Studio B has. :(
Anonymous3(1): @Lapp: Hasbro does aknowledge bronies and even has a brony section on their official MLP site. But they don't like trying new approaches in fear of failing and losing money, they're unsure how marketable fan favorite characters are on the grand scale of things. I kind of understand their doubts, they're not idiots and there are many factors to take into account.
It's good enough that Hasbro is at least testing the waters with limited edition characters like Vinyl and Zecora. Derpy was their top selling exclusive at Comic Con, so they might throw some more bones our way in future.
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The weirder thing is why though? Think of how many of us would plunk down cash for top quality merch. (I admit I'm coming around to wanting toys of canon characters.) They're a business, the whole point is to make money and they don't seem to want any of ours. That's counter-productive on their part.
Little girls are more likely to fangasm over some colorful pony with a candy for CM than a black/gray classy mare with a treble clef, which most kids are unfamiliar with. Hasbro's own OCs were designed to sell to kids, studio B's OCs were designed to fill specific roles in the story, often with a more complex purpose, which kids may not necessarily understand or be interested in.
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Besides I sometimes babysit my eight-year-old cousin and to keep her entertained we started watching FiM together. She started collecting the toys and absolutely hates Hasbro's OC ponies. If they're not in the show they are "fake ponies." (Her words exactly) and thus not worth her time or allowance. She even hates the pink Celestia. Even among little girls their are for lack of a better term: "Quality Snobs."
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I'm starting to think Hasbro doesn't want to officially recognize the older audience among bronies, or at least the way Studio B has. :(
What the fuck kinda auto-correct is "plashes"... >:O
It's good enough that Hasbro is at least testing the waters with limited edition characters like Vinyl and Zecora. Derpy was their top selling exclusive at Comic Con, so they might throw some more bones our way in future.
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Actually, no! I'll stop this train of thought before it gets completely out of hand.
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I guess I'll just tell her a fellow fan appreciated her opinion. Everyone likes to feel validated.
FOR FACK'S SAKE MOAR!!!!