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Is it truly sad that we expect poor quality from Hasbro? This is the same company that created such lovely and durable ponies in the 80's. Where is their pride in their work?
Quote from: Taxel on September 24, 2016, 06:41:08 AMQuote from: Al-1701 on September 24, 2016, 06:20:38 AMIs it truly sad that we expect poor quality from Hasbro? This is the same company that created such lovely and durable ponies in the 80's. Where is their pride in their work?Who needs pride when you can have money? If bad quality sells they have no reason to improve. Its a real shame.Goodwill use to mean something. If you made high quality toys, it reflected well on your company. It told investors you took your craft seriously and money put into your company was going to make a return not just for now, but for a long time to come. However, the modern investor is not looking at the long-term anymore and neither are companies.Also, when it comes to My Little Pony, the show is all that people seem to see anymore. The toys are a very small part of the brand.
Quote from: Al-1701 on September 24, 2016, 06:20:38 AMIs it truly sad that we expect poor quality from Hasbro? This is the same company that created such lovely and durable ponies in the 80's. Where is their pride in their work?Who needs pride when you can have money? If bad quality sells they have no reason to improve. Its a real shame.
I was not aware that the quality was so poor on the G4s. What exactly are the issues?
I look at what Hasbro is doing wonder if it's a bit of self-fulfilling prophecy."My Little Pony is considered a cheap and disposable brand.""Then let's make it cheap and disposable."Instead of rising to the challenge to make the brand more durable in the minds of buyers, they've decided to live down to expectations. Sadly, it has proven to be a profitable choice and probably the approach they will take with future generations. Though, that is because there really is no direct competition to force them to develop the best possible strategy. Just getting pony toys onto shelves is all need to do to win.
I also think the show let's them get a pass on the toys. The show is insanely popular (though I think at this point it's more popular for being popular than popular for actually being good anymore). That means people are willing to shell out money for the merchandise no matter what the quality.However, we do seem to have a more disposable society. Which is a shame from both a collector and an environmentalist.
Not that customs made of G1 out of G4 ponies don't look adorable, they often do. But as a Hasbro thing? Nah. G1 is fine as it is, in its bubble. G4 should do its own thing.