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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #45 on: September 09, 2019, 08:41:06 PM »
I love G2s
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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #46 on: September 09, 2019, 08:44:45 PM »
I love G2s
G2 Bride (Wednesday afternoon ponies ) is one of my Favorites,missing about 8 Mocs to complete the moc collection and I have a complete loose collection with many armies
my Flickr got deleted so , just my instagram and FB pics remain, feel free to visit with the links below

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Hey, if you don't mind, can I ask about the translucent G2 unicorns? I think they'd be a custom
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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #47 on: September 09, 2019, 08:58:02 PM »
errrrrg, can’t think of her name. White with purple hair and crescent moon...
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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #48 on: September 09, 2019, 09:20:28 PM »
HOORAY! A thread for me! I will have to try to take pics of all my G2 beauties sometime. I actually happen to run a G2 appreciation blog on Tumblr, I just feel like it’s so underappreciated by some and wanted to have a place where its admirers can congregate! My fave always has been and will be Ivy. I think because her game was my favorite on the PC game growihg up.
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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #49 on: September 09, 2019, 09:34:40 PM »
I love G2s
G2 Bride (Wednesday afternoon ponies ) is one of my Favorites,missing about 8 Mocs to complete the moc collection and I have a complete loose collection with many armies
my Flickr got deleted so , just my instagram and FB pics remain, feel free to visit with the links below

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Hey, if you don't mind, can I ask about the translucent G2 unicorns? I think they'd be a custom
Yes , she is one of 7 customs made by Member Tiela here , soulcookies inc on FB


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I love G2s
G2 Bride (Wednesday afternoon ponies ) is one of my Favorites,missing about 8 Mocs to complete the moc collection and I have a complete loose collection with many armies
my Flickr got deleted so , just my instagram and FB pics remain, feel free to visit with the links below

https://www.facebook.com/BALTO72/photos/a.729481777171580/787411524711938/?type=3&theater


Enter HoustonCollector72 with the most amazing g2 collection in the would :heart:
starts drooling over just avatar  :drool:
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oh by the way
the G2 Castle and the Wedding Carriage are my most favorite sets
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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #50 on: September 09, 2019, 11:23:38 PM »
What about playsets? What’s everyone’s favorite playset? I love the wedding carriage. It’s such a lovely display in its box (and the little beanie g2s rest on top quite well...), and out of box (I have both...) is just fun. And the G2 castle is my favorite castle of all gens of MLP castles.

Good one... I think the Sailboat. It's just plain awesome!

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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #51 on: September 10, 2019, 12:41:36 AM »
Playsets... This reminds me of the fact that I found a G2 castle on vacation in denmark in 2017... and didnt buy it. 8€. And I left it there. -_- Well one day Ill have it :)

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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #52 on: September 10, 2019, 01:41:06 AM »
HOORAY! A thread for me! I will have to try to take pics of all my G2 beauties sometime. I actually happen to run a G2 appreciation blog on Tumblr, I just feel like it’s so underappreciated by some and wanted to have a place where its admirers can congregate! My fave always has been and will be Ivy. I think because her game was my favorite on the PC game growihg up.

I used to be on tumblr a lot, although since it scooter shinned itself I've stopped going on. I don't have too many memories of the game, but I remember spending the most time in Sweetberry's kitchen!

Post Merge: September 10, 2019, 02:02:08 AM

What about playsets? What’s everyone’s favorite playset? I love the wedding carriage. It’s such a lovely display in its box (and the little beanie g2s rest on top quite well...), and out of box (I have both...) is just fun. And the G2 castle is my favorite castle of all gens of MLP castles.

Good one... I think the Sailboat. It's just plain awesome!

Oh oh, do you know if it actually floats? Because that'd be more awesome!
« Last Edit: September 10, 2019, 02:02:08 AM by freezestime »
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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #53 on: September 10, 2019, 04:55:18 AM »
HOORAY! A thread for me! I will have to try to take pics of all my G2 beauties sometime. I actually happen to run a G2 appreciation blog on Tumblr, I just feel like it’s so underappreciated by some and wanted to have a place where its admirers can congregate! My fave always has been and will be Ivy. I think because her game was my favorite on the PC game growihg up.

I used to be on tumblr a lot, although since it scooter shinned itself I've stopped going on. I don't have too many memories of the game, but I remember spending the most time in Sweetberry's kitchen!

Post Merge: September 10, 2019, 02:02:08 AM

What about playsets? What’s everyone’s favorite playset? I love the wedding carriage. It’s such a lovely display in its box (and the little beanie g2s rest on top quite well...), and out of box (I have both...) is just fun. And the G2 castle is my favorite castle of all gens of MLP castles.

Good one... I think the Sailboat. It's just plain awesome!
Oh oh, do you know if it actually floats? Because that'd be more awesome!


 I does float and it works with batteries ,it has a propeller  , check the old commercial tv advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqx_jB5UwMI

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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #54 on: September 10, 2019, 06:09:22 AM »
Wedding Carriage and the boat are my favourites. :)  I actually have 2 MIB carriages with different languages but afterwards one turned out to be opened and the ponies were taken out. And since I don't have a loose version (yet), this moral dilemma pops up every now and then.

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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #55 on: September 10, 2019, 06:35:00 AM »
HOORAY! A thread for me! I will have to try to take pics of all my G2 beauties sometime. I actually happen to run a G2 appreciation blog on Tumblr, I just feel like it’s so underappreciated by some and wanted to have a place where its admirers can congregate! My fave always has been and will be Ivy. I think because her game was my favorite on the PC game growihg up.

I used to be on tumblr a lot, although since it scooter shinned itself I've stopped going on. I don't have too many memories of the game, but I remember spending the most time in Sweetberry's kitchen!

Post Merge: September 10, 2019, 02:02:08 AM

What about playsets? What’s everyone’s favorite playset? I love the wedding carriage. It’s such a lovely display in its box (and the little beanie g2s rest on top quite well...), and out of box (I have both...) is just fun. And the G2 castle is my favorite castle of all gens of MLP castles.

Good one... I think the Sailboat. It's just plain awesome!
Oh oh, do you know if it actually floats? Because that'd be more awesome!


 I does float and it works with batteries ,it has a propeller  , check the old commercial tv advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqx_jB5UwMI

:)

Oh my gosh! That's so adorable! I love this gimmick! I demand more boats!
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Re: Dedicated G2 thread!
« Reply #56 on: September 10, 2019, 12:06:54 PM »
The playset (and G2s in general) always gave me a very 'fae' vibe growing up, like you'd found a bunch of magical friends hidden away in the forest somewhere. I love it!

Yes! My headcanon is that the G2 ponies live in friend groups in separate gardens - the friendship gardens. Except for the princesses, who live in the castle of course. :)

Sky Skimmer was my first G2 and Petal Blossom was her best friend. They took care of the fauna and flora respectively (Petal Blossom had her pin cushion flying cloud). How did you all use to play with your ponies?
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« Reply #57 on: September 10, 2019, 01:06:12 PM »
I think G2's inception is very interesting and I wish we knew more about it. All the amazing prototypes that have been unveiled raise a lot of questions. It's been rumored that G2 was originally being developed by Kenner as its own toyline, separate from MLP. But when Hasbro bought the company they slapped the MLP label on them. I'm somewhat sceptical to these rumors, but it would explain why the design is so drastically different to G1.

But G2 is unique in many ways compared to other generations. There is almost an "action figure" feel to them with the all the action features and the specialized accessories each pony came with. The accessories also told you a lot about each pony's personality/hobbies. So even though there was no cartoon or a lot of stories otherwise, the core characters seemed very well defined.

Then there's the evolution the line went through in Europe. Culminating in the very weird last years where it seems it was mainly Hasbro France in charge of production. Suddenly some ponies used their French (or English translations thereof) names even on the English parts of the packaging. There were ponies that had the exact same colors and symbols, but different names. Lots of reused and generic accessories, and everything seemed very hastily and randomly thrown together. But this also resulted in some very unique color schemes. And names that are nothing like MLPs from other generations (Like "Medicin" and "Miss Teacher") and seem like they were made up by someone whose native language was not English.

It's too bad Hasbro completely ignores G2 whenever MLP's history is brought up. I'm hoping it will be covered in the upcoming "Toys that made us" episode, but probably it'll get a passing mention at most if even that. :(
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« Reply #58 on: September 10, 2019, 05:13:51 PM »
They were developed by the Kenner employees, at Hasbro's behest.  :)  I found an ex-Kenner employees blog about it a long time ago.  (No longer have the link unfortunately.)

They reason they looked so different from what came before was the ex-Kenner employees purposely tried to put their own spin on MLP, and also Transformers (Beast Wars), which Hasbro also gave them.  Their company being consumed by Hasbro left them unnerved and a little rebellious and they wanted to show some independence, not just produce something that looked identical to previous Hasbro products.  So MLP turned into G2 and Transformers ended up being robots that turned into organic looking beasts, which was also a radical departure from previous Transformers.

Great point about the later names!  Nosey and Click are my favorite examples.  For a long time I wondered why they'd give a name like Nosey to a pony.  Then I found out her French name is Curieuse, meaning curious.  You can kind of see the connection--nosey, curious. Someone just didn't know English well enough to know that if you say someone is nosey you are being rather more unkind than saying they are curious! ;)  As for Click, I think her name is supposed to evoke the click of a camera shutter, since they are tourist ponies.
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« Reply #59 on: September 10, 2019, 06:28:19 PM »
I think G2's inception is very interesting and I wish we knew more about it. All the amazing prototypes that have been unveiled raise a lot of questions. It's been rumored that G2 was originally being developed by Kenner as its own toyline, separate from MLP. But when Hasbro bought the company they slapped the MLP label on them. I'm somewhat sceptical to these rumors, but it would explain why the design is so drastically different to G1.

But G2 is unique in many ways compared to other generations. There is almost an "action figure" feel to them with the all the action features and the specialized accessories each pony came with. The accessories also told you a lot about each pony's personality/hobbies. So even though there was no cartoon or a lot of stories otherwise, the core characters seemed very well defined.

Then there's the evolution the line went through in Europe. Culminating in the very weird last years where it seems it was mainly Hasbro France in charge of production. Suddenly some ponies used their French (or English translations thereof) names even on the English parts of the packaging. There were ponies that had the exact same colors and symbols, but different names. Lots of reused and generic accessories, and everything seemed very hastily and randomly thrown together. But this also resulted in some very unique color schemes. And names that are nothing like MLPs from other generations (Like "Medicin" and "Miss Teacher") and seem like they were made up by someone whose native language was not English.

It's too bad Hasbro completely ignores G2 whenever MLP's history is brought up. I'm hoping it will be covered in the upcoming "Toys that made us" episode, but probably it'll get a passing mention at most if even that. :(

They were developed by the Kenner employees, at Hasbro's behest.  :)  I found an ex-Kenner employees blog about it a long time ago.  (No longer have the link unfortunately.)

They reason they looked so different from what came before was the ex-Kenner employees purposely tried to put their own spin on MLP, and also Transformers (Beast Wars), which Hasbro also gave them.  Their company being consumed by Hasbro left them unnerved and a little rebellious and they wanted to show some independence, not just produce something that looked identical to previous Hasbro products.  So MLP turned into G2 and Transformers ended up being robots that turned into organic looking beasts, which was also a radical departure from previous Transformers.

Great point about the later names!  Nosey and Click are my favorite examples.  For a long time I wondered why they'd give a name like Nosey to a pony.  Then I found out her French name is Curieuse, meaning curious.  You can kind of see the connection--nosey, curious. Someone just didn't know English well enough to know that if you say someone is nosey you are being rather more unkind than saying they are curious! ;)  As for Click, I think her name is supposed to evoke the click of a camera shutter, since they are tourist ponies.

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