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I believe that in an email, there was a mention of a 9 month rest to let old toys cycle through sales and clearances to make way for G5?
"Gaps" are toy sales poison. They only work when the previous product has been really badly received and they want the public to forget the tainted name until the all new reboot comes along.Also, the audience for MLP is little girls and not adult collectors who need wallet breaks.Kids grow out of girly toys super fast these days. Not having a steady flow of pony could make them lose out on new fans/buyers.
Quote from: Zapper on January 19, 2018, 03:13:51 AM"Gaps" are toy sales poison. They only work when the previous product has been really badly received and they want the public to forget the tainted name until the all new reboot comes along.Also, the audience for MLP is little girls and not adult collectors who need wallet breaks.Kids grow out of girly toys super fast these days. Not having a steady flow of pony could make them lose out on new fans/buyers.it's the adults who are buying the toys for the little girls, mind you, and with the economy how it is- collectors or not, those adults would also need wallet breaks.
I do get the feeling of being overwhelmed by a glut of MLP releases. Because I definitely felt like that during G3. "OMG, more ponies to collect . . . Where am I going to put them, how much money is in my bank account, etc." I get it! LOL!But remember, we don't HAVE to collect everything that is in stores 'right now'. Just put it on your want list, figure out a budget, and collect what you can afford / what you like. I would have saved a lot of money if I'd bought G3s now instead of in stores--because they actually went down in price vs the store price, LOL.
Quote from: nightmare muffin on January 19, 2018, 11:07:41 AMQuote from: Zapper on January 19, 2018, 03:13:51 AM"Gaps" are toy sales poison. They only work when the previous product has been really badly received and they want the public to forget the tainted name until the all new reboot comes along.Also, the audience for MLP is little girls and not adult collectors who need wallet breaks.Kids grow out of girly toys super fast these days. Not having a steady flow of pony could make them lose out on new fans/buyers.it's the adults who are buying the toys for the little girls, mind you, and with the economy how it is- collectors or not, those adults would also need wallet breaks.But kids who want toys will always want toys. Clearance of mlp toys would be good for wallets, but a real clean break would mean the kid would move on to another toy line instead.