I don't like the So-Softs either. Even as a kid I didn't like their gimmick.
I don't like Morning Glory (the flutter). Not her personality and definitely not her color scheme.
Dream Beauties look perpectually depressed to me because their mouths are like real horse mouths, so essentially they aren't smiling.
I really don't like Rapunzel either, I can't see what the fuss is about, at all! :what:
Also, so-softs freak me out! Never liked the feel of flocking.. *shudders*
I don't like the So-Softs either. Even as a kid I didn't like their gimmick.
I don't like Morning Glory (the flutter). Not her personality and definitely not her color scheme.
Dream Beauties look perpectually depressed to me because their mouths are like real horse mouths, so essentially they aren't smiling.
Oh yeah, I forgot about Dream Beauties. I just can't love those girls. They have such an empty, glazed over expression that I find unsettling, especially in combination with all that makeup.
I don't like Wind Whistler's cartoon personality. I always felt like she was purposely throwing word-of-the-day vocabulary into her speech to look smart when she was not, in fact, particularly clever. She still needed a twelve year old girl to take charge, you know what I'm sayin'?I do love her cartoon personality myself, but at the same time, I agree with you. I think the writers just kept a thesaurus nearby when they were writing episodes featuring Wind Whistler, or something. That seems to be how it was back then (and maybe still is), an easy way to clue the audience in on who the clever character was was to have them use big words (and possibly have one of the other characters respond with a line like "In English, please?" to further emphasise this).
I think ponies in Collector's pose look depressed.
I don't care for baby ponies.
Oh, I just thought of another one. I don't like the idea of the boy ponies being drafthorses (furry hooves) while the females don't have furry hooves.
If they wanted to make a new breed with both male AND female drafthorses, then okay. But having just the boys as drafthorses (and in the US, ALL the boys except like two babies) just doesn't make sense. (I also dislike most of the Big Brother ponies' designs.)
I blame Lady & the Tramp for this, with the whole "the girl puppies are purebred spaniels still, somehow, and the boy puppy is a clone of the Tramp", lol. What was up with that?
I don't like Gusty. She is the equivalent of a 90s webpage with a green background and red text.
I like Bunny Hop's pose. As a kid, I thought it was really cool.
Goldilocks was way more cuter then Rapunzel.
And. I am ready to dodge fakies. I wouldn't like most G1 ponies if it wasn't for nostalgia.
but even now- they have a seperate "boy" mold instead of just making boy ponies with the same molds.
What are some of your unpopular pony opinions?
I love tinsel hair. It's so beautiful, especially when it sparkles and flashes in sunlight.
I don't like the Mimic pose. It's my least favorite unicorn pose.
I don't like certain Collector Status Ponies like;
Mimic, if she were more green and less yellow and were on a different pose, I'd be desperately wanting her, because her hair is unique and gorgeous and I adore Twinkle Eyes and the color of hers especially.
I don't get the love for Rapunzel either. She's just blah to me and I don't care for her colors and symbol.
I love the Gingerbread and Tootsie poses. I think they're cute.
I love gradient color and cascading symbol G3s. I think they're stunning and unique.
What are some of your unpopular pony opinions?
I love tinsel hair. It's so beautiful, especially when it sparkles and flashes in sunlight.
I don't like the Mimic pose. It's my least favorite unicorn pose.
I don't like certain Collector Status Ponies like;
Mimic, if she were more green and less yellow and were on a different pose, I'd be desperately wanting her, because her hair is unique and gorgeous and I adore Twinkle Eyes and the color of hers especially.
I don't get the love for Rapunzel either. She's just blah to me and I don't care for her colors and symbol.
I love the Gingerbread and Tootsie poses. I think they're cute.
I love gradient color and cascading symbol G3s. I think they're stunning and unique.
I agree with the above!
I love the Gingerbread pose too, it's athletic and strong. I did own a perfect Gingerbread once but I sold her within three months because I couldn't bear to display her. I kept worrying too much about her condition. Too perfect! However, I do have Shady, Daisy Sweet, Sky Rocket and Birthday pony but I would love to have TE Sky Rocket and Cupcake too.
I also love the Tootsie pose, particularly Tootsie, Snowflake, Cuddles, Merriweather, Cherries Jubilee, Tutti Frutti, Sweet Suds, Cherry Sweet, Rosette, Play Time and Magic Star. So many nice ponies!
My favourite complete set of ponies is the set that includes Snowflake, Gypsy, Honeycomb and Hopscotch. Not sure if that's controversial or not but I think they are just such a great set.
All the G2 boys had the same molds as the girls, too.
Who's Daisy Sweet?
Who's Daisy Sweet?
Here she is!
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Daisy_Sweet (http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Daisy_Sweet)
Semi related, I don't understand why G3 Minty is considered the same character as g1 Minty. IMHO, they are clearly two different ponies. Not at all like g1 Applejack and G4 Applejack.
I don't know if this is controversial, but I wish Honeycomb's hair was golden (like her baby) instead of chartreuse. I think it makes more sense for a bee themed pony--like honey. ;)
I don't dislike her but I just don't get why G3 Minty is so popular and is the most popular of her Gen. Her colors and symbols are nothing special.
And yet I LOVE the Piggy Ponies. They're beautiful and not creepy at all!
I don't like Wind Whistler's cartoon personality. I always felt like she was purposely throwing word-of-the-day vocabulary into her speech to look smart when she was not, in fact, particularly clever. She still needed a twelve year old girl to take charge, you know what I'm sayin'?
Oh, that reminds me of another unpopular opinion of mine:
I hate the term "Nirvana". I prefer "variants" and "country exclusives."
Oh, I don't like So Softs, either. You can barely see their symbols!! And their pretty colours get covered up. It's annoying since a lot of SS ponies have beautiful colours and/or symbols...Agreed on everything!
Also, idk if this is a popular or unpopular opinion or what, but I don't like First Tooth babies, either. I dunno, the tooth just looks weird to me.
Remembering first tooth babies I remembered that I hate baby Quackers. Her voice is super annoying and why does she quack? Is it a condition? Or is she just trying to cosplay a duck?
Um... what "edgy character"? Is this how (some) bronies write her, because I've never seen anything edgy about her character in the show...
There are also G4 ponies I don't like. I don't like Luna. Luna fanboys will find me and kill me. I mean yeah I like her design but her whiny edgy character is ugh. And every edgelord fanboying(girling) over her like mad hating Celestia and other princesses, saying how much Luna is unappreciated and how lonely she is (basically transferring their problems on her) is driving me insane.
I think ponies in Collector's pose look depressed.
I don't care for baby ponies.
both of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hate nearly all baby ponies... and i think the collectors pose is SUCH a stinker. theres so many beautiful poses out there the collectors one is so Eyore..
Um... what "edgy character"?Princess of the night, dark design, jealous of her sister, becoming a monster, torturing herself with guilt and threatening to destroy Equestria seem pretty edgy to me :) I mean she won't beat Sombra's edgyness (he's like an ultimate "original character do not steal") but still.
Seriously, I'm a Fluttershy fan (she's my favorite pony), but I can tell that he's usually very kind and supportive to her, with "Putting Your Hoof Down" being the exception (yet bronies act like he's always like that, if not worse). Usually Angel's main flaw is that he's spoiled, but some of Fluttershy's fans act like he routinely hurts her, which he doesn't. Is this a joke, because it saddens me that they see him like this.Agreed. Angel doesn't hate Flutty. It's tough love.
Not everyone sees luna as a whiny loser or has to hate Tia. It's transference to dislike any character just to oppose some few of that character's more vocal (and whiny) fans.I know, I know. But I can't do anything about myself. Every time I see a whiny fan I feel a bit mad about the character who they're whiny about. It was much worse when I just got into FiM. I had internet fights a lot :biggrin:
Edit: Oh wait! I recognize the Queen, Nightmare Moon, Trixie....Sombra? I don't know who goofy, bad hair day, or notice me are though....totally stumped! Help me out!Yep! "Goofy" is Discord, "notice me" is Ahuizotl (I can see him stealing stuff just to get in another book about Daring Do. He just looses all the time so why does he try? He wants to be a star! XD), "bad hair day" is Mane-iak. I hope I didn't insult anyone's favourite character, this was supposed to be silly xP
I want more Princess Gold Lily and Princess Sterling toys, they're such pretty unipegs.Agreed! I thing the fact their wings are different colors from their bodies makes them unique. I've seen people hate them for that.
Teddy is just awful. I don't ship him and Sweetheart at all (or him or anyone), he's such a jerk. Ace is also pretty bad--kind of like the pony version of Gaston. Speaking of Tales, my least favorite main Tales girl is . . . SWEETHEART. Hey Sweetheart, your verbal quirk is really truly annoying.
I'm not a big fan of Mimic.
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I want more Princess Gold Lily and Princess Sterling toys, they're such pretty unipegs.
I dislike the terms alicorn, cutie mark, and putting pony into various words, everypony,somepony, it's forced and sounds lame, not to mention the sheer number of horse puns annoys me. Stop Hasbro. We know they're horses.
I dislike the terms alicorn, cutie mark, and putting pony into various words, everypony,somepony, it's forced and sounds lame, not to mention the sheer number of horse puns annoys me. Stop Hasbro. We know they're horses.
I'm not fond of Pinkie Pie G3 or G4.More for me.
...if I had to choose between loving or hating her I'd choose to love her, she's very lovable :)Slippery slope....sounds like a rabid lunafan in the making to me
I wish I could read your fanfic but sadly I don't have time to read, especially in English. I have to use google translate when reading or writing a lot :blush:Google translate can't possibly be behind your perfect grammar....better than a lot of people I know, just saying. I'd read it to you but the only Russian I know is "nyet"
Yep! "Goofy" is Discord, "notice me" is Ahuizotl (I can see him stealing stuff just to get in another book about Daring Do. He just looses all the time so why does he try? He wants to be a star! XD), "bad hair day" is Mane-iak. I hope I didn't insult anyone's favourite character, this was supposed to be silly xPI barely noticed those characters, yes including Q. I like sweetheart sisters too. Don't hate the skinny!
I want more Princess Gold Lily and Princess Sterling toys, they're such pretty unipegs."Who? sounds like I need them
Agreed! I thing the fact their wings are different colors from their bodies makes them unique. I've seen people hate them for that.
I could care less if they "look like horses". I have no special preference for horses over other animals and my favorite real animals are cats. I just love fantasy creatures and pastel, vaguely equine things definitely fit the bill.
I dislike the terms alicorn, cutie mark, and putting pony into various words, everypony,somepony, it's forced and sounds lame, not to mention the sheer number of horse puns annoys me. Stop Hasbro. We know they're horses.
But that's the only way we know they're not deer.
When I was still interested in FiM/G4 way back I really was not bothered at all by the Celestia toys being pink (This was back when I still cared about show accuracy mind you) I'm still not. I don't like G4/FiM anymore now but even if I still did, pink Celestia toys still wouldn't bother me.
Which is weird since I'm usually annoyed and aggravated when girl toys force and overuse the color pink, but for some reason, pink Celestia has just never bothered me. :shrug:
The term 'alicorn' has always bugged me too. I think 'pegacorn' makes more sense especially since not everyone isa nerdfamiliar with D&D terminology :P
QuoteI want more Princess Gold Lily and Princess Sterling toys, they're such pretty unipegs."Who? sounds like I need them
Agreed! I thing the fact their wings are different colors from their bodies makes them unique. I've seen people hate them for that.
I think Raindrop is every bit as pretty as Nachtlight and it's kinda sad that she doesn't seem to be as wanted or talked about.
I like Sweetheart Sisters, too! I love how elegant and lithe and pretty they are. I need more of them :PWhen I was still interested in FiM/G4 way back I really was not bothered at all by the Celestia toys being pink (This was back when I still cared about show accuracy mind you) I'm still not. I don't like G4/FiM anymore now but even if I still did, pink Celestia toys still wouldn't bother me.
Which is weird since I'm usually annoyed and aggravated when girl toys force and overuse the color pink, but for some reason, pink Celestia has just never bothered me. :shrug:
The term 'alicorn' has always bugged me too. I think 'pegacorn' makes more sense especially since not everyone isa nerdfamiliar with D&D terminology :P
I didn't really care whether Celestia was pink or white, either. She does look nicer as white, but idk I didn't think it was -that- big a deal. (Also it bothers me how most of the white!Celestia toys overdo her cheek blush..)QuoteI want more Princess Gold Lily and Princess Sterling toys, they're such pretty unipegs."Who? sounds like I need them
Agreed! I thing the fact their wings are different colors from their bodies makes them unique. I've seen people hate them for that.
Princess Sterling:
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Princess Gold Lily (in the back - sorry it's not that good a photo, it's the only one I have of mine ^^;)
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I love them!! Especially Sterling's symbol, it's so pretty and delicate. It reminds me of something from Sailor Moon.I think Raindrop is every bit as pretty as Nachtlight and it's kinda sad that she doesn't seem to be as wanted or talked about.
I love her, too!! I wish she was more popular. She seems harder to find than Nachtlicht, too, at least for me (though I haven't really been looking for her lately, admittedly - can't afford her atm :P).
Your girls are lovely Carrehz.
Well for those of us who dislike the term, we can't blame cutie mark on G4. G3 started that one.
i'm not sure whether or not this is an unpopular opinion, but i love the SHS molds, and the colors Hasbro paired them with. they're such dainty "giraffes," as my father used to call them :silly:
i'm not sure whether or not this is an unpopular opinion, but i love the SHS molds, and the colors Hasbro paired them with. they're such dainty "giraffes," as my father used to call them :silly:
Aww. :happy:
What would he call Creamsicle then?
I pretty much love and appreciate all ponies, all generations. That seems to be quite unusual. I do have my favourites, obviously, but anything pony-shaped reels me in sooner or later. I used not to like seaponies but now I do. I even think BBEs and G3.5 are sweet, and I'm intending to bbuy at least one G4.5.
I REALLY like the G1 ponies with gimmicks. The Sweet Talkin' ponies (I have all three languages!), the roller skate ponies, the incredibly blingy Princess Sparkle, Dance 'n' Prance ponies, Brush 'n' Grow....I just really love them all.
I think Friendship is Magic is a fun kid's cartoon that can be enjoyed for what it is without being analysed to within an inch of its life. That certainly seems to be a rare opinion.
Well for those of us who dislike the term, we can't blame cutie mark on G4. G3 started that one.
Really? I thought it started with G4. I missed most of the early G3 stuff and only got back in to ponies around the time the Core 7 started.
Ponyfan
There's still a lot I don't know about ponies. :) I knew G3s had cutie marks but I thought they were still being called symbols in G3.
Ponyfan
OMG I need that little pink piano too...seems I don't know G4 as well as I thought I did.
OMG I need that little pink piano too...seems I don't know G4 as well as I thought I did.
The piano came with the wedding castle (the one w/ Shining Armour) :)
Not sure if "alicorn" is a D&D term or not.. I'd always heard it used to refer to unicorn's horns before FiM adopted it as the "official" term for a unicorn w/ wings. I think FiM got it from the fandom but idk where they got it from.
I know that Piers Anthony used the term "alicorn" for winged unicorns in his Xanth books. I don't know if he was the first to use it for them or if he got the idea from a different source. Anyway, it was widely used in the MLP community before G4; heck, it was widely used during G2. "Check out this pony I drew, she is an alicorn with a heart symbol", etc.
I like the term alicorn. "Winged unicorn" seems to downplay the pegasus aspect, implying that being a unicorn is more important. And the other fan-terms that used to be around just sounded silly IMO. (Pegacorn sounds like a foot disease.)
Yes, let the horned pegasus fly free, lol.
Mmmmm custard pie...
Comb my Hayer. I'm pretty!
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I think that the intonation of German Sweet Talking Pony declaration of love could not be more lacking in love if she tried. Consequently I find it hilarious and thus my German STP is my favourite :)
Re alicorns, prior to discovering MLP I had only ever heard alicorn used to refer to the stuff that unicorn horns are made of, so it really grated to hear ponies referred to as alicorns. But what else to call them? Nothing else sounds right.
I know that Piers Anthony used the term "alicorn" for winged unicorns in his Xanth books. I don't know if he was the first to use it for them or if he got the idea from a different source. Anyway, it was widely used in the MLP community before G4; heck, it was widely used during G2. "Check out this pony I drew, she is an alicorn with a heart symbol", etc.
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I think that the intonation of German Sweet Talking Pony declaration of love could not be more lacking in love if she tried. Consequently I find it hilarious and thus my German STP is my favourite :)
"Ich hab dich lieb!"
Totally agree with this, I love those talking German ponies. Meanwhile the Spanish talking ponies sound very bossy! "Comb my hair! Give me a little kiss! Let's go and play!" Yes, ma'am, right away, ma'am! Demanding little ponies :D
Re alicorns, prior to discovering MLP I had only ever heard alicorn used to refer to the stuff that unicorn horns are made of, so it really grated to hear ponies referred to as alicorns. But what else to call them? Nothing else sounds right.
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I think that the intonation of German Sweet Talking Pony declaration of love could not be more lacking in love if she tried. Consequently I find it hilarious and thus my German STP is my favourite :)
"Ich hab dich lieb!"
Totally agree with this, I love those talking German ponies. Meanwhile the Spanish talking ponies sound very bossy! "Comb my hair! Give me a little kiss! Let's go and play!" Yes, ma'am, right away, ma'am! Demanding little ponies :D
Re alicorns, prior to discovering MLP I had only ever heard alicorn used to refer to the stuff that unicorn horns are made of, so it really grated to hear ponies referred to as alicorns. But what else to call them? Nothing else sounds right.
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I think that the intonation of German Sweet Talking Pony declaration of love could not be more lacking in love if she tried. Consequently I find it hilarious and thus my German STP is my favourite :)
"Ich hab dich lieb!"
Totally agree with this, I love those talking German ponies. Meanwhile the Spanish talking ponies sound very bossy! "Comb my hair! Give me a little kiss! Let's go and play!" Yes, ma'am, right away, ma'am! Demanding little ponies :D
Re alicorns, prior to discovering MLP I had only ever heard alicorn used to refer to the stuff that unicorn horns are made of, so it really grated to hear ponies referred to as alicorns. But what else to call them? Nothing else sounds right.
No kidding. They're so much fun. The German one sounds kind of...fed up. The Spanish one is super-demanding and the English one sounds like an airhead.
If anyone has not heard these, I have soundbytes on my site here:
http://www.etherella.com/scrapbook2/1992_sweettalkingponies.htm
I remember inventing a lot of winged unicorn ponies as a child and I used a weird word (I was eight, don't kill me) which was something like "unicus".
If strawberries are involved, I will be keeping them. You can have the custard, but I want the fruit.
*Hands over strawberries*
Here's one I've never heard others say so I assume it's an unpopular opinion:
I feel that Princess Tiffany, Bridal Beauty, and Pony Bride look out of place due to their realistic color palates, which are in contrast to the whimsical bright colors of the other ponies.
Here's one I've never heard others say so I assume it's an unpopular opinion:
I feel that Princess Tiffany, Bridal Beauty, and Pony Bride look out of place due to their realistic color palates, which are in contrast to the whimsical bright colors of the other ponies.
I wouldn't describe Pony Bride as being "realistic" in any way....
Princess of the night, dark design, jealous of her sister, becoming a monster, torturing herself with guilt and threatening to destroy Equestria seem pretty edgy to me :)Thank you for explaining. I personally wouldn't find anything really edgy about that myself though, no offense. It just seems like a "children's show" thing to me;
That reminds me, I don't like the animal friends in g1. What were they called again? None of them are cute to me at all. They seem pretty popular with collectors but I care for them 0%.
That reminds me, I don't like the animal friends in g1. What were they called again? None of them are cute to me at all. They seem pretty popular with collectors but I care for them 0%.
I'm shocked. I thought Creamsicle at least was universally loved.
I share various "unpopular" opinions that have been mentioned here, but I think I have one really unpopular opinion... :lookround:
I just HATE G4. And G3. And G2. But especially G4. I will not even give them a chance because I don't even acknowledge them as ponies, as they simply aren't (to me). Especially G4 makes me sick (I'm not saying that to be rude, on the contrary, I don't feel comfortable saying out loud here, but since this is the appropriate thread...), the style as well as the whole "fandom". I don't recognise ANYTHING My Little Pony in them. It's just a completely different world, it could be Pony versus Barbie for all I know. And the worst side effect of this fandom is that it's so widely known, even outside the collectors world.
Why does that matter so much? Well, because I used to be that weirdo who collected plastic toy horses. I liked that. Now it's a "thing" to collect ponies, and people don't even picture the right "ponies" when I tell them. So I don't talk about it anymore. I was a proud collector once. :pout:
There. I said it. You can throw tomatoes at me now. :lookround:
I share various "unpopular" opinions that have been mentioned here, but I think I have one really unpopular opinion... :lookround:Yes! Well said! The later versions looked like escaped from the Power Puff girls.... G1 forever !
I just HATE G4. And G3. And G2. But especially G4. I will not even give them a chance because I don't even acknowledge them as ponies, as they simply aren't (to me). Especially G4 makes me sick (I'm not saying that to be rude, on the contrary, I don't feel comfortable saying out loud here, but since this is the appropriate thread...), the style as well as the whole "fandom". I don't recognise ANYTHING My Little Pony in them. It's just a completely different world, it could be Pony versus Barbie for all I know. And the worst side effect of this fandom is that it's so widely known, even outside the collectors world.
Why does that matter so much? Well, because I used to be that weirdo who collected plastic toy horses. I liked that. Now it's a "thing" to collect ponies, and people don't even picture the right "ponies" when I tell them. So I don't talk about it anymore. I was a proud collector once. :pout:
There. I said it. You can throw tomatoes at me now. :lookround:
Having said I like all ponies....I have to admit I can't get excited about plushies. I mean, I don't hate them, and I have a couple of TY Rainbow Dashes, but I can't go crazy over them like some people do.
I don't think ponies HAVE to have brushable hair. Sure it's fun, but I like Petites, G3 Ponyville and G4 blindbags just as much as their more hairy counterparts.
That reminds me, I don't like the animal friends in g1. What were they called again? None of them are cute to me at all. They seem pretty popular with collectors but I care for them 0%.
Having said I like all ponies....I have to admit I can't get excited about plushies. I mean, I don't hate them, and I have a couple of TY Rainbow Dashes, but I can't go crazy over them like some people do.
Definitely not a fan of the G1 wing design. It just looks like a lump of lumps :P
Definitely not a fan of the G1 wing design. It just looks like a lump of lumps :P
That sort of bothered me too when I first started collecting G1. XD I'm used to it now, but I definitely like how G4 pegasus wings look, with more detailed feathers.
Definitely not a fan of the G1 wing design. It just looks like a lump of lumps :P
That sort of bothered me too when I first started collecting G1. XD I'm used to it now, but I definitely like how G4 pegasus wings look, with more detailed feathers.
Ooh I absolutely love g1 wings. I think they look way cuter than the skinny wings g4s have..!
I actually do really love G1 and G4's wings.
G3 wings I have admit look super bizarre. They don't even look like wings, they look like weird nubbly growths of flesh on their back. xD I love G3 pegs though, even with their strange wings. Snow'El is my fave.
Definitely not a fan of the G1 wing design. It just looks like a lump of lumps :P
That sort of bothered me too when I first started collecting G1. XD I'm used to it now, but I definitely like how G4 pegasus wings look, with more detailed feathers.
Ooh I absolutely love g1 wings. I think they look way cuter than the skinny wings g4s have..!
I actually do really love G1 and G4's wings.
G3 wings I have admit look super bizarre. They don't even look like wings, they look like weird nubbly growths of flesh on their back. xD I love G3 pegs though, even with their strange wings. Snow'El is my fave.
I actually do really love G1 and G4's wings.
G3 wings I have admit look super bizarre. They don't even look like wings, they look like weird nubbly growths of flesh on their back. xD I love G3 pegs though, even with their strange wings. Snow'El is my fave.
i think the only wings i DONT like are g4.... i think its because they are not stylized!! they look pretty dang close to a cartoon characters feather wings, but g1 and g3 have beautifully unique and stylized wings. g2..lets just not talk about that. i feel like the g4s lack "character" or any sort of ... good design quality in their molds.
Definitely not a fan of the G1 wing design. It just looks like a lump of lumps :P
That sort of bothered me too when I first started collecting G1. XD I'm used to it now, but I definitely like how G4 pegasus wings look, with more detailed feathers.
Ooh I absolutely love g1 wings. I think they look way cuter than the skinny wings g4s have..!
I actually do really love G1 and G4's wings.
G3 wings I have admit look super bizarre. They don't even look like wings, they look like weird nubbly growths of flesh on their back. xD I love G3 pegs though, even with their strange wings. Snow'El is my fave.
Snow'El is awfully pretty. Isn't she rare or something? I've never seen her on eBay now that I think of it.
I don't know if mine are unpopular:
I dislike all the generation point 5 labels. Gen. 4.5...3.5...meh, it's just annoying IMO.
The term 'brushable' - MLP are supposed to have brushable hair, it's the whole concept, but that cheesy term gets incorporated and constantly pulled into the already existing MLP community. The term comes across as if brushable is some kinda weird offshoot of MLP, like it's unusual for MLP to be brushable. When it's the exact opposite.
The term cutie mark - barfs...enough said.
I hate the way models need to be put together. Ha
I think people who complain about the brushable hair are adverse to the hair play thing...i was like that at first especially with plushes but i like fixing the hair now too especially compared to bad vinyl hair like EG mini Rarity...so cute otherwise even the large head isnt so bad but that HAIR ug but thats probly not unpopular opinion. I like having good vinyl hair and brushable hair toys but i hate them together on same toy just No! I got a g3.5 mcd unfinished custom toola roola with its molded tail cut off and finished cleaning up the flash and stuffed in a short full-size regular tail and it came out really nice.
As far as wings g1 waffles or flyswatters are weird but cool and i like the wings in particular on one of the new Twilight Sparkr sculpts (that has a down-curve to them) and i especially love the unique g3 Starcatcher wings especially once i've curved them a little.
Flutterpony wings are great too cuz you can make or use anything you want and the pony has perfect attachment points. The originals? Never seen any, haha.
As to the rest, i need more tomatoes.
I'm sure you've noticed that's hardly an unpopular opinion around here though maybe you have a more extreme case of your affliction.
That being said, :tomato: :tomato: :tomato: comin at you, i love g4 (and g1 too though)
Yes! Well said! The later versions looked like escaped from the Power Puff girls.... G1 forever !
The term 'brushable' - MLP are supposed to have brushable hair, it's the whole concept, but that cheesy term gets incorporated and constantly pulled into the already existing MLP community. The term comes across as if brushable is some kinda weird offshoot of MLP, like it's unusual for MLP to be brushable. When it's the exact opposite.
The term cutie mark - barfs...enough said.
Oh yeah, just remembered something else. I'm not much of a fan of the Funko vinyls. I mean, they're okay, but I never really got all the hype around them. They're all in the same poses! @_@; So boring.
"The Glass Princess" is one of my favorite episodes. I never get tired of the pony wash/makeup scene.
I always thought the wings on the Firefly pose were folded also.
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I don't think the Surprise Twins Pony is weird. I think it is hilarious.
Mommy Bombs Away and her babies Depth Charge and Torpedo.
Rainbow_Quartz thanks for feeding my illusion that your opinion as to G4 is "unpopular".
Rainbow_Quartz thanks for feeding my illusion that your opinion as to G4 is "unpopular".
I feel like it is (among pony fans I know personally anyway.)
Also, I don't know if this is unpopular or not, but I feel that G3 had the best ears. I like them better than the G1 triangle.
Unpopular opinion: The "noodle legs" people complain about on the latest G4 ponies . . . make them look more like real horses than previous G4s. Real horses have skinny legs in proportion to their bodies.
Also, I don't know if this is unpopular or not, but I feel that G3 had the best ears. I like them better than the G1 triangle.
Unpopular opinion: The "noodle legs" people complain about on the latest G4 ponies . . . make them look more like real horses than previous G4s. Real horses have skinny legs in proportion to their bodies.
Also, I don't know if this is unpopular or not, but I feel that G3 had the best ears. I like them better than the G1 triangle.
Rainbow_Quartz thanks for feeding my illusion that your opinion as to G4 is "unpopular".
I feel like it is (among pony fans I know personally anyway.)
i think its because this whole "brony" subculture literally came from g4 so like, theres a higher percentage of people who are actively into it who would probably try to fight you on the internet if you said you didnt like it. i personally love all gens~ ponies are ponies. theres no reason to hate g4 just cause its new. a lot of bronies hate g1-3 because they love g4, but a lot of people who love g1-3 and hate g4 are real "first generationers" to use pokemon terms. people who think it just can't get any better than gen 1, but in reality, the newer gens are just as good or lacking in creativity as their predecessors.
i don't care for g4 toys. i wish the quality was better, its like all the good toys were made in the 1980s, and now everything is about as producing as much as possible for as little as possible.
I never liked boy ponies - any of them. I don't collect them. No Big Brothers, no Baby Brothers, and no Mountain Boys. More for everyone else I guess!
theres no reason to hate g4 just cause its new. a lot of bronies hate g1-3 because they love g4, but a lot of people who love g1-3 and hate g4 are real "first generationers" to use pokemon terms. people who think it just can't get any better than gen 1, but in reality, the newer gens are just as good or lacking in creativity as their predecessors.
Fluttershy is the Worst G4 Pony ever, haha not really but i dont like her meekness/aggression, its a bad stereotype/example but yours is very special and is a good example of how its no one's business what you like or dislike or why. Of course, an example of why its cool to hear what others like/dislike that's "unpopular" is to help find others who share your preferences, and also to know how to avoid stepping on anypony's toes :silly: #ducks and looks for the custard pies
Taffeta you might have hit on the origin of the term brushable...even Hasbro knew better than to call them hairy.
Rainbow_Quartz thanks for feeding my illusion that your opinion as to G4 is "unpopular".
I never liked boy ponies - any of them. I don't collect them. No Big Brothers, no Baby Brothers, and no Mountain Boys. More for everyone else I guess!
theres no reason to hate g4 just cause its new. a lot of bronies hate g1-3 because they love g4, but a lot of people who love g1-3 and hate g4 are real "first generationers" to use pokemon terms. people who think it just can't get any better than gen 1, but in reality, the newer gens are just as good or lacking in creativity as their predecessors.
I think this comment is as problematic as the comments people make about hating this or that generation. This thread is an unpopular opinion thread, though, so chances are opinions will come up that will upset some people. It's the nature of the thread and surprising that it hasn't gone into flaming so far.
But I am going to stick my neck out here and I'm going to say that it's fine to hate any element of MLP that you choose. But when you create categories into which you lump groups of collectors indiscriminately, you risk problems. As we all know, not all G4 fans are bronies. Not all G1 fans hate G4. But if they do, so what? It's not really a rule that they have to like or accept any later generation if they don't want to.
Disliking another generation doesn't make you mean or nasty. The key is not about liking or disliking ponies, but about being respectful to the fans of those ponies you dislike.
I have some of all the generations, but those I consider my collection are my G1. This is because I grew up with them. Because of that, I consider them the best generation. That doesn't mean I disrespect the others, or the people who collect them/love them/grew up with them. So long as nobody is flaming at me for loving G1, I couldn't care less what other people are into. And I think that's what really matters. Not what your preferences are, but how/if you impose those on other people like they're the only way of looking at it.
Very importantly, too - your best friend in the pony community isn't necessarily the one who collects exactly the same as you - the one who loves the same things as you might be the person you hate most. (I had that experience a long time back with Italian ponies, when it turned out that the other person at the time really into Italian ponies was also one of the most evil people the pony community ever had the misery to spawn)
I don't think it's natural or necessary to imply everyone should love all ponies if they don't want to. But everyone should treat all generations with equal respect. Do as you would be done unto, because ponies may be plastic but people aren't. Something like that.
I like G1 best but I am still travelling around Japan with a little G4 fluttershy that my sister bought me, and every night I check to make sure she is safely back in the bag because she's special and I would hate to lose her. She's special not because of what generation she is, but because she was bought for me by someone I'm close to, as a mascot for my journey. The reason this Fluttershy is my travel companion is because she reminded my sister of a G1 pony I had had as a child who was supposed to be able to grant wishes. I had her when our mother was ill, and I chose her because I thought she would bring good luck. So because of that G1 and childhood memory, Naynie bought Fluttershy for me, and because of that Fluttershy is with me everywhere I go in Japan, making memories that I send home.
So I'm a G1 collector and I will always love them best. But that doesn't make me a "first generationer". These ugly generalisations don't actually apply to all or even most collectors, some of whom have been here for two decades doing this and have seen all the generations come and go.
I think we should have got to the point where we stop labelling each other and just get on with it now. I mean, seriously. The ponies don't know if you don't buy them, and if someone doesn't want to, that means someone else has the opportunity.
tl:dr - I guess my unpopular opinion here is that people should stop worrying what other people like/dislike and just worry about what they like/dislike instead.
I have seen virulent new Gen hate come from a handful of old school pony fans since I joined this board. It isn't the majority but it's there every time MLP changes. It happened when G3.5 came out, it happened when G4 came out, and it happened with the most recent change. This thread is a safe place and all so it doesn't bother me as much here but it sometimes makes me sad to hear something I like called "ugly".
As much as i firmly believe we all should love all pony regardless of generation, i also feel we should be and are free to dislike whatever we dislike too. What's important is to not dislike those who like what we dislike. We're not all the same and thats a great thing.
I feel a bit green-eggs-n-ham about those who wont give new gens a chance but, unlike in Dr Suess, i dont think anyone really likes to be Sam-I-am'ed about it.
LaW, what is the reverse exactly? That it makes you ugly to hear something called sad? :silly:
(Thats a joke by the way, my last one missed the mark, sorry again about that) Other than my lame attempts to get a few laughs i think this thread has been a nice place to discuss pony opinions without any ugly.
So who's gonna start the popular pony opinions thread? Or maybe the op feels like updating this one so we can compare and contrast and keep it fresh before we end up "going around in circles" as it is so tactfully sometimes put. I bet when we examine them closely, some popular opinions might turn out to be less popular than we assume.
Sorry Taffeta i wasnt joking you about fluttershy but only about the -pony suffix.
My general dislike of fluttershy as a character is an unpopular opinion i think among those who love FiM and i meant to acknowledge that yours is very special because she was a special gift. I have a pony like that too for the same reason. Also she looks good in that rainbow magic version and i love your current avatar image of her posed with the cherry blossom.
Sorry i tangled that up but im absolutely not attacking your fluttershy and only singling her out as a very special gift pony that is well loved for reasons i feel too.
Another unpopular opinion of mine is that I'm not too fussed about getting accessories with a few exceptions.
Another unpopular opinion of mine is that I'm not too fussed about getting accessories with a few exceptions.
I'm the same way. I don't care about accessories. The exceptions for me would be things like the dragons, bushwoolies, etc....
Just my personal, unpopular opinion:
A lot of people seem to place #2 on the list of best G1 villains (after Tirek of course, lol). Unpopular opinion: I don't think he's very impressive at all. The idea of Tambelon and a kingdom that's stuck in a dimension for a long time, I like that. The unicorns getting stuck there while winking, I like that. Buttons' dream message, I like that. But Grogar himself has no presence and his design is just kind of . . . there. "Yep, I sure am a sheep or goat a-wearing a collar. I got defeated by a magic bell that I placed so carelessly that the ponies found it before they even escaped."
Just my personal, unpopular opinion:
It took me a long time to like them just because of the word "cutie mark"
Their best episode is Cutie Mark Crusaders but mostly because of Diamond Tiara's whose voice is soooo good that episode.
Is it unpopular to really, really like Diamond Tiara, both as a failed bully and even more as a reformed good guy?
A lot of people seem to place #2 on the list of best G1 villains (after Tirek of course, lol). Unpopular opinion: I don't think he's very impressive at all. The idea of Tambelon and a kingdom that's stuck in a dimension for a long time, I like that. The unicorns getting stuck there while winking, I like that. Buttons' dream message, I like that. But Grogar himself has no presence and his design is just kind of . . . there. "Yep, I sure am a sheep or goat a-wearing a collar. I got defeated by a magic bell that I placed so carelessly that the ponies found it before they even escaped."
I think we should have got to the point where we stop labelling each other and just get on with it now. I mean, seriously. The ponies don't know if you don't buy them, and if someone doesn't want to, that means someone else has the opportunity.
tl:dr - I guess my unpopular opinion here is that people should stop worrying what other people like/dislike and just worry about what they like/dislike instead.
Mommy Bombs Away and her babies Depth Charge and Torpedo.
Speaking of the cartoon, I love The End of Flutter Valley. That seems to be a pretty unpopular opinion around here ^^; I like "Bright Lights" too, dunno how popular that one is..
Speaking of the cartoon, I love The End of Flutter Valley. That seems to be a pretty unpopular opinion around here ^^; I like "Bright Lights" too, dunno how popular that one is..
I always wondered why they never made a Night Shade toy.
I think the Fancy Mermaid ponies are cute.wait, whut? This is an unpopular opinion? I'm with Ponyfan!
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I think the Fancy Mermaid ponies are cute.
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I think the Fancy Mermaid ponies are cute.wait, whut? This is an unpopular opinion? I'm with Ponyfan!
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End of Flutter Valley is upopular? whaaaa
That was actually the G1 movie I grew up on. G3 were my childhood ponies, but I bought 3 G2 myself and my aunt gave me all her childhood G1 ponies. When I was really young, like 6 or 7, we were at Toys R Us and she saw a G1 DVD and bought it for me, it was that movie. It was the first G1 movie I'd ever seen and I really loved it at the time.
I watched a few years later and realized it was pretty terribly done. Lmao. That bee dude and Morning Glory would switch voices constantly! It was cringy yet hilarious to hear some gruff scratchy bee dude voice coming out of a dainty little flutter pony.
Post Merge: April 13, 2017, 08:49:22 PMI think the Fancy Mermaid ponies are cute.wait, whut? This is an unpopular opinion? I'm with Ponyfan!
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Wait, also what? I totally thought the mers were loved! They're so cute. I've always wanted one.
I really don't like Starlight Glimmer. I could say I hate her, in fact. No part of me believes she could ever be fully reformed. I still believe she's just secretly masquerading under the guise of being a good guy just to learn all the ins and outs of the Mane 6 and eventually exploit their weaknesses so she may take over the world.
Nightshade didn't get a toy because the G1 cartoons didn't influence the G1 toyline at all. It would have been impractical for Hasbro and Sunbow to coordinate in-depth.
Remember that at the time the only ways to communicate were:
- physical letters
- the phone (and long-distance phone calls were expensive)
- meeting face-to-face (Sunbow was in NY, Hasbro was in Rhode Island, and the writers were scattered all over, they just mailed in their scripts.)
I watched a few years later and realized it was pretty terribly done. Lmao. That bee dude and Morning Glory would switch voices constantly! It was cringy yet hilarious to hear some gruff scratchy bee dude voice coming out of a dainty little flutter pony.
I wonder if anyone has ever made a Nightshade custom.
Nightshade didn't get a toy because the G1 cartoons didn't influence the G1 toyline at all. It would have been impractical for Hasbro and Sunbow to coordinate in-depth.
Remember that at the time the only ways to communicate were:
- physical letters
- the phone (and long-distance phone calls were expensive)
- meeting face-to-face (Sunbow was in NY, Hasbro was in Rhode Island, and the writers were scattered all over, they just mailed in their scripts.)
I wonder if anyone has ever made a Nightshade custom. Personally, I never cared for a Michael Jackson inspired pony, but I'm sure there are quite a few people who liked the idea.
"Do the moonwalk, ponies. Put that sparkle in your shoes. Do the moonwalk, ponies. And you'll never get the blues."
This has spawned an unpopular opinion from me, who doesn't even watch FIM and who has seen maybe one season total.I really don't like Starlight Glimmer. I could say I hate her, in fact. No part of me believes she could ever be fully reformed. I still believe she's just secretly masquerading under the guise of being a good guy just to learn all the ins and outs of the Mane 6 and eventually exploit their weaknesses so she may take over the world.
Ssssssh! You're giving away the Season 7 finale.
I don't have a problem with Megan or human characters in MLP.
This has spawned an unpopular opinion from me, who doesn't even watch FIM and who has seen maybe one season total.I really don't like Starlight Glimmer. I could say I hate her, in fact. No part of me believes she could ever be fully reformed. I still believe she's just secretly masquerading under the guise of being a good guy just to learn all the ins and outs of the Mane 6 and eventually exploit their weaknesses so she may take over the world.
Ssssssh! You're giving away the Season 7 finale.
The idea of someone playing the mane 6 back on their friendship is magic game by pretending to be friends with them in order to do something horrible is a depth of storyline continuity and planning that would probably make me more interested in the show.
So I would actually like it if that were the case with a character, instead of them all buckling to the brainwashing sooner or later.
I will also add that one reason I like EQG animation better is that even after she has been 'saved', Sunset Shimmer remains somewhat conflicted and mistrusted by others - a character development continuity that I love. I've not seen seven, eight seasons of FIM but from what people have said here continuity doesn't really happen...
So I would absolutely start watching FIM if there was a continuous psychological game going on behind the scenes with someone playing the Mane 6 at their own game.
Feel free to throw the tomatoes, but though I have only ever seen the toy, that image of Starlight Glimmer now makes me like her a whole lot more.
This has spawned an unpopular opinion from me, who doesn't even watch FIM and who has seen maybe one season total.I really don't like Starlight Glimmer. I could say I hate her, in fact. No part of me believes she could ever be fully reformed. I still believe she's just secretly masquerading under the guise of being a good guy just to learn all the ins and outs of the Mane 6 and eventually exploit their weaknesses so she may take over the world.
Ssssssh! You're giving away the Season 7 finale.
The idea of someone playing the mane 6 back on their friendship is magic game by pretending to be friends with them in order to do something horrible is a depth of storyline continuity and planning that would probably make me more interested in the show.
So I would actually like it if that were the case with a character, instead of them all buckling to the brainwashing sooner or later.
I will also add that one reason I like EQG animation better is that even after she has been 'saved', Sunset Shimmer remains somewhat conflicted and mistrusted by others - a character development continuity that I love. I've not seen seven, eight seasons of FIM but from what people have said here continuity doesn't really happen...
So I would absolutely start watching FIM if there was a continuous psychological game going on behind the scenes with someone playing the Mane 6 at their own game.
Feel free to throw the tomatoes, but though I have only ever seen the toy, that image of Starlight Glimmer now makes me like her a whole lot more.
I'm not sure if I like the backcards/art for later G1 UK/euro ponies, in those they look somewhat knock-off or hippo-ish compared to the earlier g1 art. :lookround:
As for the age target of EQG vs FIM, that sort of jars with the argument FIM is too influenced by the brony (adult) community. Moreover, kids shows used to contain grittier stuff even when aimed at a much younger audience (RAMC is one example, but I remember kids shows from my childhood aimed at much younger kids than MLP where you had a union strike in one and a dig at government measurement changes in another.) I realise we live in a sanitised age, but if the brony community is an element in decision making, then..?
Target age and plot are also often a bit irrelevant since if the kid is too young to get the nuances they will pass over them, but if the kid is old enough to get them they'll get them and enjoy the show longer.
I'd say it's more that EQG has a Jem influence which FIM doesn't have. And Jem was always very nuanced (albeit probably aimed a bit older).
As for the age target of EQG vs FIM, that sort of jars with the argument FIM is too influenced by the brony (adult) community. Moreover, kids shows used to contain grittier stuff even when aimed at a much younger audience (RAMC is one example, but I remember kids shows from my childhood aimed at much younger kids than MLP where you had a union strike in one and a dig at government measurement changes in another.) I realise we live in a sanitised age, but if the brony community is an element in decision making, then..?
Target age and plot are also often a bit irrelevant since if the kid is too young to get the nuances they will pass over them, but if the kid is old enough to get them they'll get them and enjoy the show longer.
I'd say it's more that EQG has a Jem influence which FIM doesn't have. And Jem was always very nuanced (albeit probably aimed a bit older).
I don't think the "brony influence" goes past anything that's appropriate for the target audience and is similar to the occasional reference aimed at parents watching a show with their kids. Things like a reference to a character from media only older viewers would recognize or things like that that would go unnoticed by the target audience. The show itself is still very much aimed at their original target audience.
As for the age target of EQG vs FIM, that sort of jars with the argument FIM is too influenced by the brony (adult) community. Moreover, kids shows used to contain grittier stuff even when aimed at a much younger audience (RAMC is one example, but I remember kids shows from my childhood aimed at much younger kids than MLP where you had a union strike in one and a dig at government measurement changes in another.) I realise we live in a sanitised age, but if the brony community is an element in decision making, then..?
Target age and plot are also often a bit irrelevant since if the kid is too young to get the nuances they will pass over them, but if the kid is old enough to get them they'll get them and enjoy the show longer.
I'd say it's more that EQG has a Jem influence which FIM doesn't have. And Jem was always very nuanced (albeit probably aimed a bit older).
I don't think the "brony influence" goes past anything that's appropriate for the target audience and is similar to the occasional reference aimed at parents watching a show with their kids. Things like a reference to a character from media only older viewers would recognize or things like that that would go unnoticed by the target audience. The show itself is still very much aimed at their original target audience.
While I agree with this generally, they did release that 100th episode that was entirely fanservice. The pony team IS listening., and they Do know about all the stuff bronies do and it does influence the show.
Here's an unpopular opinion of mine that seems unpopular both here and in the brony fandom - I don't think "Muffin Pony" stole "The Last Round Up" from Applejack at all, or rather she didn't for me. I was pleased to see her, I appreciated the little fandom gesture (it's okay when it's relevant and/or not in your face, in my opinion), but the rest of the episode was, and still is an Applejack episode to me.
Oh... is this unpopular? I think that cheese sandwich pony is just... a thousand times no.Whaat I have never seen an MLP porcelain figure with hair :shocked: Someone tell me how I can acquire one!
Another unpopular one.. I love those retro g1 porcelains, especially Firefly! It seems like none of you guys bought her so it was SOOOO HARDDD for me to track one down to buy. I finally did though. :heart:
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Like ok, slightly off/strange, but I love it still.
Oh... is this unpopular? I think that cheese sandwich pony is just... a thousand times no.
Another unpopular one.. I love those retro g1 porcelains, especially Firefly! It seems like none of you guys bought her so it was SOOOO HARDDD for me to track one down to buy. I finally did though. :heart:
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Like ok, slightly off/strange, but I love it still.
This is taking the thread off topic but you have missed my point. I never said anything about inappropriate for kids, I said exactly what you said about things that are fan aimed that go over the heads of the target audience but are not per se inappropriate. Kid's shows are full of them, and there's a reason so many adults like it as well as kids. G3 had a very defined demographic, but I don't think G4 does, even if it began that way. We have G4 toys aimed at toddlers, and I don't think you'd say the show was aimed at them specifically either. G4 is aimed "at kids" and they'll take any that want to watch it. To achieve that, they probably insert a mix of things different age groups can pick up on. I don't think FIM is for little kids or that the demographic is different from EQG. I think it just lacks continuity and thus development of many characters in a past-present-future way, unlike EQG where Sunset Shimmer has continuity in a past-present-future way. But this is possible because EQG has fewer animated films and they are longer, whereas FIM is churning out short weekly episodes. Format is what is different here in my opinion.
Yeah but nothing in that episode was anything inappropriate or unenjoyable for their target audience. Not every single thought or idea bronies have is something that's inappropriate for kids.
Well except possibly for an occasional sippy-cup, the toys are all rated 3 and up so that at least is clear as to demographics. Unfortunately this means i can never find baby stuff in pony prints for my pony plushes and newborn stuff all fits Buildabear ponies.
Is it unpopular to think my pony plushes should be wearing pony printed newborn clothes etc? Plenty of generic n disney stuff etc but just not the same. Dont moms want to clothe their newborns in mlp with mlp pacifiers, diaper pins and toys?!
Probably just me. My opinions are by definition probably unpopular.
Well except possibly for an occasional sippy-cup, the toys are all rated 3 and up so that at least is clear as to demographics. Unfortunately this means i can never find baby stuff in pony prints for my pony plushes and newborn stuff all fits Buildabear ponies.
Is it unpopular to think my pony plushes should be wearing pony printed newborn clothes etc? Plenty of generic n disney stuff etc but just not the same. Dont moms want to clothe their newborns in mlp with mlp pacifiers, diaper pins and toys?!
Probably just me. My opinions are by definition probably unpopular.
Playskool line is ages 0-3 depending on the toy.
I do not like Moondancer pose at all, to me it makes the pony look utterly ungraceful.
I don't like G2... they look un-definined to me, like parts of the face are missing or something. Not a fan of flutter ponies, and I have mix feelings about the SHSs, they look very alike G2, except they have a face sorta.
lol @ some of the comments about Gusty...
It's not that I don't like the So Soft ones... they are just such pain to restore I am starting to dislike them a little.
I do not like Moondancer pose at all, to me it makes the pony look utterly ungraceful. My favorite poses are probably Medley and the 2 legs standing of So Soft, dynamic and harmonious looking.
I confess my least favorite (ugly I dare say) color combination are the Xmas themed G1 ones... that green and that red is just... no.
Well except possibly for an occasional sippy-cup, the toys are all rated 3 and up so that at least is clear as to demographics. Unfortunately this means i can never find baby stuff in pony prints for my pony plushes and newborn stuff all fits Buildabear ponies.
Is it unpopular to think my pony plushes should be wearing pony printed newborn clothes etc? Plenty of generic n disney stuff etc but just not the same. Dont moms want to clothe their newborns in mlp with mlp pacifiers, diaper pins and toys?!
Probably just me. My opinions are by definition probably unpopular.
Playskool line is ages 0-3 depending on the toy.
They have baby MLP onesies/rompers. And awhile back they had bibs/socks/bows etc for babies as well.
You'll have to try to track her down from another collector, but you'll probably have to search a long time like I did!
Glory is easy to find. I think not that many people bought Firefly.
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They were retro ones made I'm not sure what year, at a time I was on hiatus from collecting. Apparently they would have made Sunbeam and Medley, but they were really unpopular with collectors because they didn't look like the ads.
Never saw the ads so I didn't have to be let down. :lol:
I don't like Diamond Dreams. Her body color and hair color are great, but the pastel colors on her cape look out of place.
This made me think of another one: I don't like the Merry Go Round set. The molded blankets and molded flowers on the back of the head just look so weird to me.
I don't like Diamond Dreams. Her body color and hair color are great, but the pastel colors on her cape look out of place.
This made me think of another one: I don't like the Merry Go Round set. The molded blankets and molded flowers on the back of the head just look so weird to me.
I specially like the white MGR, forgot offhand which one she is.
Don't care much for Diamond Dreams as much, which works out well for me.
Off topic, I love the little carousel horses on poles and I'm ending up with quite a few porcelain ones on music boxes.
LadyMoondancer, I'm jealous of your real carousel. I love the full size versions most! Especially ones that are not plastic. One of the Dirty Harry movies has a vintage one in the final shootout scene that one of the characters is restoring; makes me love that movie.
I specially like the white MGR, forgot offhand which one she is.
Don't care much for Diamond Dreams as much, which works out well for me.
Off topic, I love the little carousel horses on poles and I'm ending up with quite a few porcelain ones on music boxes.
LadyMoondancer, I'm jealous of your real carousel. I love the full size versions most! Especially ones that are not plastic. One of the Dirty Harry movies has a vintage one in the final shootout scene that one of the characters is restoring; makes me love that movie.
Have you ever seen the Matchbox Carousel Collection? They are darling little miniatures! I desperately want.
I specially like the white MGR, forgot offhand which one she is.
Don't care much for Diamond Dreams as much, which works out well for me.
Off topic, I love the little carousel horses on poles and I'm ending up with quite a few porcelain ones on music boxes.
LadyMoondancer, I'm jealous of your real carousel. I love the full size versions most! Especially ones that are not plastic. One of the Dirty Harry movies has a vintage one in the final shootout scene that one of the characters is restoring; makes me love that movie.
Have you ever seen the Matchbox Carousel Collection? They are darling little miniatures! I desperately want.
I have one of those - or something very like those - from when I was a kid. We used to have a fair that came near us every year and there was always a carousel. I was quite obsessed with riding it, and so when those were in shops I ended up buying one. I am pretty sure it's the same thing as you're mentioning. I have her still, somewhere, but goodness knows where or which one I have. They are very pretty though, I totally agree.
Edit to add: I think the one I have may be Hopper. It was so nostalgic googling them all.
(Completely off topic xD)
I have absolutely no idea where she is, even if I was back home, so pictures are not possible. I am not even 100% that it was Hopper, but I definitely had one and that one looks the most familiar.I specially like the white MGR, forgot offhand which one she is.
Don't care much for Diamond Dreams as much, which works out well for me.
Off topic, I love the little carousel horses on poles and I'm ending up with quite a few porcelain ones on music boxes.
LadyMoondancer, I'm jealous of your real carousel. I love the full size versions most! Especially ones that are not plastic. One of the Dirty Harry movies has a vintage one in the final shootout scene that one of the characters is restoring; makes me love that movie.
Have you ever seen the Matchbox Carousel Collection? They are darling little miniatures! I desperately want.
I have one of those - or something very like those - from when I was a kid. We used to have a fair that came near us every year and there was always a carousel. I was quite obsessed with riding it, and so when those were in shops I ended up buying one. I am pretty sure it's the same thing as you're mentioning. I have her still, somewhere, but goodness knows where or which one I have. They are very pretty though, I totally agree.
Edit to add: I think the one I have may be Hopper. It was so nostalgic googling them all.
(Completely off topic xD)
Pictures pretty please? Hopper is a cutie!
And hey it's my topic, go as off topic as you want. ^^
(off-topic but Cswift, I love your sig! Pinkie Cooper :heart::heart:)
I prefer pink-haired ponies to be unfaded, but I do love that "in-between" colour they get sometimes.. not quite white yet but not pink either, just sort of both and neither at the same time, shimmery with pinker patches here and there.. so pretty. Too bad it doesn't really show up in photos though, haha.
(off-topic but Cswift, I love your sig! Pinkie Cooper :heart::heart:)
I prefer pink-haired ponies to be unfaded, but I do love that "in-between" colour they get sometimes.. not quite white yet but not pink either, just sort of both and neither at the same time, shimmery with pinker patches here and there.. so pretty. Too bad it doesn't really show up in photos though, haha.
I'm never too sure if I like the MGR ponies or not. I like the white one (forget her name), the colour + molded flowers remind me of some ornaments my nan had so she makes me smile, but the others.. I dunno, I go back and forth on my opinion of them a lot. Their colours are too garish for me, for the most part.. I guess I don't really dislike them, but I wouldn't want one either? If that makes sense.
I think the Sunny Daze pose is much prettier then the Diva pose.Agree with this! It's quirky, and I absolutely loathe the Diva pose. I have never understood why people like it. When I went through my G3s to sell a lot of the Diva pose ones didn't stick around. The only one I remember keeping is Winter Snow and only because she is a European pony.
I can't wait for g5 to pop up and flush out the last of the people latching onto the brony label
I think super mint condition collections are boring. I prefer my ponies to be a little beat up, have some history and character!I prefer my pets to be like your ponies are. I love a dog with history. An old soul who has not necessarily had life be roses, but is his own "person" because of it. Character, quirks and all!
I love the BBE babies. Moreso than the regular g1 babies.
I think super mint condition collections are boring. I prefer my ponies to be a little beat up, have some history and character!
That thick chunky coloured tinsel they used for the Butterfly Island g3s was really pretty.
I do like Mimic (green and parrots!!! my faves!!) but if anyone from that set deserves that amount of attention, it's Bright Eyes.
I prefer the g4.5 reboot ponies over the older g4s. By comparison, the older ones look droopy and dull and the reboot set look a little closer to what ponies should look like, imo.
I can't wait for g5 to pop up and flush out the last of the people latching onto the brony label and g4's popularity. I was still very much a child when the brony phenomenon started and was extremely hurt by feeling chased out of the community I grew up in because I was now seemingly in the minority and in the wrong for being a kid who liked kids toys. The last of my childhood was taken away from me for the comfort of adult men in a space that didn't belong to them and I can't wait for them to get a taste of their own medicine when g5 rolls around and children take up the majority of mlp fans again.
I can't wait for g5 to pop up and flush out the last of the people latching onto the brony label and g4's popularity. I was still very much a child when the brony phenomenon started and was extremely hurt by feeling chased out of the community I grew up in because I was now seemingly in the minority and in the wrong for being a kid who liked kids toys. The last of my childhood was taken away from me for the comfort of adult men in a space that didn't belong to them and I can't wait for them to get a taste of their own medicine when g5 rolls around and children take up the majority of mlp fans again.
... I've seen too often that the men (and, granted, some of the women) involved aren't willing to extend the same courtesy to others that they demand for themselves, and instead swagger about acting like they own MLP and anyone who doesn't fit into their mold is stupid and wrong.
I love the BBE babies. Moreso than the regular g1 babies.
I think super mint condition collections are boring. I prefer my ponies to be a little beat up, have some history and character!
I do like Mimic (green and parrots!!! my faves!!) but if anyone from that set deserves that amount of attention, it's Bright Eyes.
...hurt by feeling chased out of the community I grew up in because I was now seemingly in the minority and in the wrong for being a kid who liked kids toys.
I like the 'G3.5' ponies. I think they are cute and were good quality, especially their hair. There should just have been waay more characters.
I've seen a lot less of this than I hear people complain about, and I think hypocrisy is a tempting two-way street. Also bronies aren't going away with the end of G4 any more than anyone here quit being interested in My Little Pony when G1 stopped. Diverse fans of MLP are going to have to learn to get along, and i believe one day we will.
Hm...another unpopular opinion...maybe this one isn't so much "unpopular" as just weird, but I feel like as the generations went on, the pony names started getting worse and worse. In G1 there's often some kind of poetic device behind them -- "Cherry Treats" is alliterative (in sound if not in spelling,) "Night Glider" utilizes assonance, "Moondancer" utilizes consonance, "Up, Up and Away" references a turn of phrase, etc. But the later you get the more you get names like "Twilight Sparkle" and "Rainbow Dash" that don't really have any rhyme or reason. It bothers me a little, LOL
Of course, G1 had some unforgivable names too. "Yum-Yum?" Really? :P
I like Sherbert more then Scoops and Sweet Scoops.
I don't like the 2nd set of Princess ponies. The tinsel topknot is weird and their symbols are just random geometric shapes instead recognizable objects.
There is one thing that bugs me about Hasbro in the G1 line: Why did they release different ponies with the same name? Take Bright Eyes as a random example. Could they not have thought up a new name for the new pony? I mean, really? Grrrr.I think they were/are just lazy.
I don't like the 2nd set of Princess ponies. The tinsel topknot is weird and their symbols are just random geometric shapes instead recognizable objects.
Also the yellow one looks completely stoned. (Although that actually makes me like her slightly more than the others, lol.)
There is one thing that bugs me about Hasbro in the G1 line: Why did they release different ponies with the same name? Take Bright Eyes as a random example. Could they not have thought up a new name for the new pony? I mean, really? Grrrr.They only did this in the US. With one exception, in the UK line all ponies had different names. Duplicated names in the US line were either renamed in the UK line to have their own name, or they weren't sold here. (Bright Eyes was the latter). In the US, there are three ponies called Sea Breeze - an adult sea pony, a baby sea pony and a tropical pony. In the UK, there are none - we had neither sea pony here, and the tropical pony is Surfing Days.
I like G3.5 :lookround::thumb:
There is one thing that bugs me about Hasbro in the G1 line: Why did they release different ponies with the same name? Take Bright Eyes as a random example. Could they not have thought up a new name for the new pony? I mean, really? Grrrr.
I don't like the 2nd set of Princess ponies. The tinsel topknot is weird and their symbols are just random geometric shapes instead recognizable objects.
I don't like the 2nd set of Princess ponies. The tinsel topknot is weird and their symbols are just random geometric shapes instead recognizable objects.
I'm with you on the hair. Tinsel in doll hair in general is one of my biggest pet peeves. The stuff takes about two seconds to crinkle irreversibly and then it just sticks out every which way and makes the doll look unkempt no matter how meticulous you are and argh. It makes me *frumple*.
You guys inspired me to look up the 2nd set of princess ponies and you're right, one has a shield symbol and one has a tulip. Sunbeam has a circle, but I guess that could count as a very abstract representation of the sun? So as a group, I don't mind them as much as I first thought. ;) I still am not fond of Pristina's parallelogram or Taffeta and Misty's ovals though, lol.
I think some of the UK names for the Big Brothers are better. I used to call my Salty Tugboat, because I didn't understand and thought it was stupid. Still do actually. Imagine my surprise when I found out here his UK name is Tug.*polishes her crystal ball* xD
Tracks and Trucker make more sense.
I don't know if Chief, Tex, Wigwam and Barnacle have different names over there?
I know the meaning you mean, LOL, but that meaning isn't really in the UK. If Crumpet had been sold here though, hers does...
Slugger's name suits him best. First Base I get, but it also has uh... different connotations.
Step away from the crystal ball. :silly:
Step away from the crystal ball. :silly:
Meanie . :P xD
It personally irritates me that people swap genders. I would never argue with them over it, because they're not my toys and that's just rude, but it bugs me all the same.
It personally irritates me that people swap genders. I would never argue with them over it, because they're not my toys and that's just rude, but it bugs me all the same.
On one of the pony cassettes I was listening to the other day, it stated Moondancer was a he. That was an American cassette. It confused me because I am sure Moondancer is 'she' on the backcard...
It personally irritates me that people swap genders. I would never argue with them over it, because they're not my toys and that's just rude, but it bugs me all the same.
On one of the pony cassettes I was listening to the other day, it stated Moondancer was a he. That was an American cassette. It confused me because I am sure Moondancer is 'she' on the backcard...
Really? That's interesting.
It personally irritates me that people swap genders. I would never argue with them over it, because they're not my toys and that's just rude, but it bugs me all the same.
On one of the pony cassettes I was listening to the other day, it stated Moondancer was a he. That was an American cassette. It confused me because I am sure Moondancer is 'she' on the backcard...
Really? That's interesting.
Yep. There's one UK book as well that I *think* switches genders between the first and second edition for some of the ponies (Seashell maybe? Applejack maybe?) Someone probably remembers more clearly. And of course newborn twin Sniffles with the horn is a boy officially in the UK and not in the US.
I sort of agree with you. I mean, it's up to every person to choose, but I try to keep the genders as they are. I think it's fine for Baby Schoolbag and for Sportstime to be slightly less "macho" boy ponies, and I think it's cool for Sniffles to be a boy, because it means that (in the UK at least) there's a first generation unicorn.
I wish my keyboard still remembered how to type the number that comes before 2. It is very hard to talk about generation one ponies without that number key functioning.
@ Olympus - I don't really know Trixie's character, but I think she's one of the prettier G4 pony toys. I think she's a bit of a narcissist in the show? I can imagine how that might put someone off her...
Ponywear is both silly and unnecessary. But sometimes that makes it fun. I always wanted to be able to dress my ponies up in a spacesuit. That is still a dream unfulfilled, as I still don't have a complete Ponynaut.
I had no idea that there was a pony spacesuit. Does it come with a little helmet?
I had no idea that there was a pony spacesuit. Does it come with a little helmet?
It does indeed :D. That's the piece I still have never managed to get hold of :( I imagine it looks really cute. That set of outfits is the most ridiculous. But I love the idea of sending a pony into space...
I had no idea that there was a pony spacesuit. Does it come with a little helmet?
It does indeed :D. That's the piece I still have never managed to get hold of :( I imagine it looks really cute. That set of outfits is the most ridiculous. But I love the idea of sending a pony into space...
I hope you one day get that piece! Though I'd imagine that it could be broken pretty easily depending on the quality of the plastic.
Wingers were originally planned to be baby flutters, but at some point their concept was changed to the adult Summer Wings and later Windy Wings that we know today. :) I remember Ruth Bush (former Hasbro artist/designer/molder) mentioning that.
Wingers were originally planned to be baby flutters, but at some point their concept was changed to the adult Summer Wings and later Windy Wings that we know today. :) I remember Ruth Bush (former Hasbro artist/designer/molder) mentioning that.
Wingers were originally planned to be baby flutters, but at some point their concept was changed to the adult Summer Wings and later Windy Wings that we know today. :) I remember Ruth Bush (former Hasbro artist/designer/molder) mentioning that.Wingers are supposed to be adult ponies? O_o
Wingers were originally planned to be baby flutters, but at some point their concept was changed to the adult Summer Wings and later Windy Wings that we know today. :) I remember Ruth Bush (former Hasbro artist/designer/molder) mentioning that.Wingers are supposed to be adult ponies? O_o
Edit: Here's a picture from Ruth Bush's presentation at Pony Fair, thanks to ShelvesOfWhimsy's camera skills. *waves*
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The 'baby flutter' / wingers prototypes are three pictures to the left of the pony sink sketch, with the stand-in pipecleaner wings. ;)
Yes, they're small adults. :) If you look at their faces compared to the baby ponies, their features are more "adult" and refined. Like, less chubby, smaller eyes in comparison to their faces, stuff like that. (I assume the molds had more baby-ish faces when they were intended to be baby flutters.)
It's really hard to say which concept I like more--I love baby ponies (except newborns and teeny tinies, ha ha well I guess I like 'some' baby ponies), but I do love the wingers as they are now.
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The 'baby flutter' / wingers prototypes are three pictures to the left of the pony sink sketch, with the stand-in pipecleaner wings. ;)
It personally irritates me that people swap genders. I would never argue with them over it, because they're not my toys and that's just rude, but it bugs me all the same.
I had no idea that there was a pony spacesuit. Does it come with a little helmet?
It does indeed :D. That's the piece I still have never managed to get hold of :( I imagine it looks really cute. That set of outfits is the most ridiculous. But I love the idea of sending a pony into space...
Well I love all g1 ponies except TAKARA ponies from Japan....they look like soulless teddy bears and Definitely do not make me think of my Little Ponies
G3.5 terrible body molds...bleh
Oh yeah love big Macintosh from fim reminds of big brothers!!
I think it's dumb that ponies earn their symbols these days and that it's given such importance in their society. We had 3 generations where they were born with it, so what happened exactly? What would they think of ponies who were born with it. What would they think of pony races/species not born with it at all like sea ponies or Bright Valley ponies? Why did Breezies and Merponies go from having them to not having them?
I had no idea that there was a pony spacesuit. Does it come with a little helmet?
It does indeed :D. That's the piece I still have never managed to get hold of :( I imagine it looks really cute. That set of outfits is the most ridiculous. But I love the idea of sending a pony into space...
I saw a picture of the G1 spacesuit ponywear, it's adorable! Not very well sealed though...seems pony rumps are vacuum-proof.
Since I think you don't watch FiM, Taffeta, you probably have not seen Rainbow Dash's Nightmare Night astronaut costume (which is super cute):
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I think FIM does put too much emphasis on earing a cutie mark and how it determines a pony's place is society. What is a pony got a cutie mark they didn't like are they stuck forever doing that talent?
Why did Breezies and Merponies go from having them to not having them?
That reminds me of something that annoys me, which is when people describe the G4 pose with one front leg bent as "the walking pose". That is NOT a walking pose. The other three feet are planted flat on the ground and none of the other legs are bent; the pony is not walking.
I think FIM does put too much emphasis on earing a cutie mark and how it determines a pony's place is society. What is a pony got a cutie mark they didn't like are they stuck forever doing that talent?
I think the idea is that if the pony didn't like doing it, it wouldn't be their special talent...which is, of course, silly. Plenty of people are talented at things they wouldn't want to do all the time. I love music and have a knack for it but I'd never want it to be a job.
I also agree that cutie marks being connected to that pony's specific place in society is a bit irksome, but for different reasons -- I feel like before that was established as lore, Hasbro felt a bit more free to just create symbols that looked nice since they didn't necessarily have to mean anything. What would the deal with Twice as Fancy ponies be? Would they be mega-ultra-talented? Would Munchy's talent be making excellent fast food?
I know right?? I'd like to see most of the Nightmare Night costumes as ponywear, I think we did get a couple of them but I'm not sure, maybe the chicken suit?snip
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WHY CANT THIS BE A REAL PONY WEAR OUTFIT!
That reminds me of something that annoys me, which is when people describe the G4 pose with one front leg bent as "the walking pose". That is NOT a walking pose. The other three feet are planted flat on the ground and none of the other legs are bent; the pony is not walking.I call that the "bent leg" pose and it's an improvement but no, not walking. As to poses, at least now some of the Guardian of Harmony poseable action figures let us put them into our own poses even though there's a disclaimer right on the box that we have to "hand-support" the poses, haha. I'm going to make some stands to help them keep the poses I like and for now I position them very carefully so they can just barely balance and stand up on display for me.
Ooooh, don't even get me started on the CMC's symbols :stressed: It took them THAT long to get them and then they're basically all the same, kinda ugly, and don't even look match their body colours?!? >___<!!!
Ooooh, don't even get me started on the CMC's symbols :stressed: It took them THAT long to get them and then they're basically all the same, kinda ugly, and don't even look match their body colours?!? >___<!!!
Not to mention no new updated toys.I still don't understand that.Like seriously hasbro,you sell the same mane 6 over and over with only small differences and when the cmc get their cutie mark you don't make a version of them with it when that would be a logical thing to do?
Not to mention no new updated toys.I still don't understand that.Like seriously hasbro,you sell the same mane 6 over and over with only small differences and when the cmc get their cutie mark you don't make a version of them with it when that would be a logical thing to do?
Ah, cutie marks. The stupidest thing about them is the name, and even the show makes fun of them
I think the CMC's cutie marks are the colors they are because they have each of the 3's mane/tail colors in them but I agree their marks could have been a lot better designed.
Petite ponies are cute but I can't bring myself to pay $15-$40 for a single petite pony.
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I don't like sea ponies.
Where can I find some G3 Spike? I haven't seen him.If you mean as a toy, you can't (unless someone made a fan version) - he isn't a toyline character.
-I love customs but I hate it when people use non-baity G3s as a base. They are becoming rare.
I feel like we have some kind of responsibility to protect existing pony stock of all generations in acceptable or good collector condition from unnecessary customisation or restoration, but I have absolutely no idea how that could be achieved.
I feel like we have some kind of responsibility to protect existing pony stock of all generations in acceptable or good collector condition from unnecessary customisation or restoration, but I have absolutely no idea how that could be achieved.
We keep making those fan-based customs - like Genie and Puppy Love! If we have a regular stock of custom bodies to be able to order from, then people don't have to use actual vintage ponies! ;)
I feel like we have some kind of responsibility to protect existing pony stock of all generations in acceptable or good collector condition from unnecessary customisation or restoration, but I have absolutely no idea how that could be achieved.
We keep making those fan-based customs - like Genie and Puppy Love! If we have a regular stock of custom bodies to be able to order from, then people don't have to use actual vintage ponies! ;)
I don't like sea ponies.
This is shocking to me to read on the Arena of all places :lol:
Here is a nitpicky one of mine:
I don't like the name "Twilight Sparkle". It sounds like a Frankenstein name. Might as well call Rarity "Glory Sparkle" - that would at least make sense :P
-I love customs but I hate it when people use non-baity G3s as a base. They are becoming rare.
-G3 Spike is best Spike. G1 and G4 are both annoying.
-Male ponies in G4 have really ugly designs (there are only a few exceptions) and I hate the ones with humanoid beards or the fact most of them have short manes and boring color schemes to make them less ~girly.
-The songs in G4 aren't that great. Other cartoons have similar material and that's ok.
I feel like we have some kind of responsibility to protect existing pony stock of all generations in acceptable or good collector condition from unnecessary customisation or restoration, but I have absolutely no idea how that could be achieved.
We keep making those fan-based customs - like Genie and Puppy Love! If we have a regular stock of custom bodies to be able to order from, then people don't have to use actual vintage ponies! ;)
I feel like we have some kind of responsibility to protect existing pony stock of all generations in acceptable or good collector condition from unnecessary customisation or restoration, but I have absolutely no idea how that could be achieved.
We keep making those fan-based customs - like Genie and Puppy Love! If we have a regular stock of custom bodies to be able to order from, then people don't have to use actual vintage ponies! ;)
Are they making extras for customizing? Cause I'd love to buy original blank molds of G1 ;p
I feel like we have some kind of responsibility to protect existing pony stock of all generations in acceptable or good collector condition from unnecessary customisation or restoration, but I have absolutely no idea how that could be achieved.
We keep making those fan-based customs - like Genie and Puppy Love! If we have a regular stock of custom bodies to be able to order from, then people don't have to use actual vintage ponies! ;)
Are they making extras for customizing? Cause I'd love to buy original blank molds of G1 ;p
I was happy to see Windy. :) She was my first pony. But I don't like the sequin-mane tshirt with her on, it looks wrong :/
Animation wise-G3.5 and G4 look alot alike, so people who hate one and praise the other, have a lot of nerve.
Also dislike that she pony-fied herself as an alicorn. You're not god, Lauren :angel:
Also dislike that she pony-fied herself as an alicorn. You're not god, Lauren :angel:
Pretty sure it was the brony fanbase that did that...
Nope, it was her :lol:
http://mlpfanart.wikia.com/wiki/Lauren_Faust
So I am unsure which bits of this are unpopular opinions, but this statement of Faust's (I'm copying from Wiki, if it's misquoted or misattributed then that's my disclaimer) about the original MLP animation being "endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying".
So the reason I have issues with this, aside the obvious fact anyone who's ever seen Rescue at Midnight Castle, Tambelon, Bright Lights, Somnambula, Revolt of Paradise Estate etc knows it's rubbish, is that in my opinion, that statement perfectly sums up FIM.
I am not even that big a fan of the old animated series. But I have become much more sympathetic to it since that, because as far as I'm concerned, Faust basically created a series that was everything she hated about G1 animation. And most of those reasons, especially the obsessive need to befriend everything, is why I couldn't ever get into FIM.
I don't remember a compulsive need for the old ponies to befriend every villain they met. I do remember North Star ringing a bell to consign one of them to a world of darkness though...
Given the size of the FIM fandom, it's clearly an unpopular opinion, so I am putting it here :D
So I am unsure which bits of this are unpopular opinions, but this statement of Faust's (I'm copying from Wiki, if it's misquoted or misattributed then that's my disclaimer) about the original MLP animation being "endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying".
So the reason I have issues with this, aside the obvious fact anyone who's ever seen Rescue at Midnight Castle, Tambelon, Bright Lights, Somnambula, Revolt of Paradise Estate etc knows it's rubbish, is that in my opinion, that statement perfectly sums up FIM.
I am not even that big a fan of the old animated series. But I have become much more sympathetic to it since that, because as far as I'm concerned, Faust basically created a series that was everything she hated about G1 animation. And most of those reasons, especially the obsessive need to befriend everything, is why I couldn't ever get into FIM.
I don't remember a compulsive need for the old ponies to befriend every villain they met. I do remember North Star ringing a bell to consign one of them to a world of darkness though...
Given the size of the FIM fandom, it's clearly an unpopular opinion, so I am putting it here :D
So I am unsure which bits of this are unpopular opinions, but this statement of Faust's (I'm copying from Wiki, if it's misquoted or misattributed then that's my disclaimer) about the original MLP animation being "endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying".
So the reason I have issues with this, aside the obvious fact anyone who's ever seen Rescue at Midnight Castle, Tambelon, Bright Lights, Somnambula, Revolt of Paradise Estate etc knows it's rubbish, is that in my opinion, that statement perfectly sums up FIM.
I am not even that big a fan of the old animated series. But I have become much more sympathetic to it since that, because as far as I'm concerned, Faust basically created a series that was everything she hated about G1 animation. And most of those reasons, especially the obsessive need to befriend everything, is why I couldn't ever get into FIM.
I don't remember a compulsive need for the old ponies to befriend every villain they met. I do remember North Star ringing a bell to consign one of them to a world of darkness though...
Given the size of the FIM fandom, it's clearly an unpopular opinion, so I am putting it here :D
And, if I may diverge from the G4 ranting for a while, I think MOC/MIB ponies, especially from the earlier generations, are the saddest thing ever. 20 years in a box? :cry:
Also dislike that she pony-fied herself as an alicorn. You're not god, Lauren :angel:
Pretty sure it was the brony fanbase that did that...
Nope, it was her :lol:
http://mlpfanart.wikia.com/wiki/Lauren_Faust
So I am unsure which bits of this are unpopular opinions, but this statement of Faust's (I'm copying from Wiki, if it's misquoted or misattributed then that's my disclaimer) about the original MLP animation being "endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying".Unless Lauren Faust has said a clearer version of this quote since then, it's not even set in stone that it was My Little Pony she was referring to when she said this. The gist of the quote goes something like "The programs they had for little girls back in my day were like that, so I sent my toys on adventures" - she doesn't say specifically that she meant My Little Pony when she said this. I think I've heard that Lauren said something about G1 having endless tea parties at a convention, though, but if that's the case, she might be misremembering - she didn't watch the cartoons that much, from what I can understand, not because she didn't like them, but because she already had her ideas on how it should be, and the show seemed too far away from it, or something. I can understand this, especially given her age at the time (though there are still holes in this, with how her Mane Six act close to who they "replaced" at times, but I've already covered that in another post).
Faust basically created a series that was everything she hated about G1 animation. And most of those reasons, especially the obsessive need to befriend everything, is why I couldn't ever get into FIM.
and don't even get me started on "cutie mark". They weren't called that back in MY day.... :PNot an unpopular opinion, trust me. I felt like the only one who liked the term cutie mark when I first joined, but that's all been sorted out now.
I checked out G4 because so many people were going nuts over it ... and I don't quite see what they see? Sure, it looks nice, and it can be funny at times, but I'm not seeing the groundbreaking aspects people gush over.I think the "ground breaking" thing about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was that, to some of us (including myself) it seemed like the kind of children's shows we'd grown up with; there was heart to it, and the cute friendship moments weren't treated like a joke (and the few times they were, the emphasis was on the friendship moment, and not the joke) - somewhere between 2000 and 2010, friendship moments and all together cute heart-warming moments had become somewhat of a joke in children's shows (at least, with the shows I saw it did), and while I am totally fine with there being children's shows that aren't focused on love and friendship and a more of a comedy throughout (there are shows like this that I liked back then, and even further back in the 90s, so they aren't a bad thing), it felt to me like we'd kind of forgotten how to do a normal heart-warming moment, without having a joke about how "lame" and "cheesy" these moments are take over the whole scene - I can only think of two jokes like this in what I consider the golden age of FiM (seasons one and two), and they were both in the same episode; "Cutie Mark Chronicles", and neither of them took over the heart-warming part. There was also a lot of throw away stuff, like there being more attention to detail in how the characters acted, and little things to make them seem more "real", but I will admit, that there are probably other shows that did the same thing - hell, a lot of the praises bronies sung about G4 were present in the previous generations as well.
Twilight I actually thought was a stand-in quite a few times; she reads like someone's overcompensating OC and when I noticed a closeness in hair-style to Faust ... that's probably a giant coincidence considering how many different mane styles there could possibly be but I couldn't unsee it. I laughed at the idea of her proving that 'anyone' could be a Princess. Yeah, no, she has had every available advantage going for her and was groomed practically from birth (or when she had that Deus Ex Magica moment) to be a Princess.
Faust honestly gets too much worship compared to the other minds behind MLP through the generations.
Also dislike that she pony-fied herself as an alicorn. You're not god, Lauren :angel:She was never trying to be, it's not even a "supernatural" maned alicorn, and it was probably done before the stigmatism of alicorn-OCs happened. It is so rare I see anyone in the brony fandom actually complain about an alicorn OC these days, that when someone finally does complain about one, it seems so out of the blue, and I'm like "Really, I thought we were done with that?"
According to brony-haters, FiM-Haters and sometimes even My Little Pony-haters we (myself and other bronies) are supposed to treat Lauren like God, but I have yet to see any of this...Also dislike that she pony-fied herself as an alicorn. You're not god, Lauren :angel:She was never trying to be, it's not even a "supernatural" maned alicorn, and it was probably done before the stigmatism of alicorn-OCs happened. It is so rare I see anyone in the brony fandom actually complain about an alicorn OC these days, that when someone finally does complain about one, it seems so out of the blue, and I'm like "Really, I thought we were done with that?"
Even with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna in mind, I don't think it entered her head that the fans thought that alicorns were godlike (which for the record, I don't think they are) - the idea what they were was all the fandom, as far as I can see. I honestly think it was all done innocently - I mean, it's not even a character. Maybe she just really liked how alicorns looked?
Yeah, you kind of did I'm sorry to say (I'm literally apologising to you, if it doesn't come across that way). It's just that... I really relate to Lauren in places, and have a lot of respect for her, because like I said, she was the first writer that I saw as a human - nowadays I view them all as human, because they are, especially now that I am trying to be a writer myself, but she was the first, she was the one who made me realise that they are just people like you and me, because she just managed to be so relatable (her having a DeviantArt page helped with this). So, it ends up hurting me more than it should when people personally "attack" her, rather than simply criticise her ideas, or her episodes, which by the way, I am totally fine with doing (while I did like previous shows she'd worked on, albeit without even knowing she worked on them, I genuinely think that FiM is the first thing involving her to be really high on my list, and not just in the average section). It just gets to me, that people seem to directly act like she's doing something wrong, or taking what she says too literally, like she personally attacked them or something. It's just she became so relatable, that I do end up taking this personally. I'm sorry, but I do. It's mostly because she genuinely seems like a nice person who just wanted to share her story, and bring her "fanfictions" with her toys to life. I realise that I am speculating, but I'm basically giving her the benefit of the doubt.
Looks like I hit a nerve, but in the earliest interviews Faust had stated that the idea of an alicorn or "winged unicorn" ruler came to her mind because as a design choice it united all three types of ponies into one.
And the alicorns are the most powerful ponies, or at least they were supposed to be in the first season that she developped.
Take out my word choice of "god" and replace it with "most powerful" or "best of the ponies" or "ruler" and you may understand my Unpopular Opinion. You're speculating about her intentions just like everyone else in here. No need to take everything so personally ^.^
Lauren Faust is full of crap.Again, unless she actually did say she invented them, she is not saying that she invented them. Taking Zapper's post at face value, I do not see any evidence of Lauren saying she invented alicorns, winged unicorns, or whatever you want to call them (I know that "alicorn" usually means the horn, or something from the horn) - she simply seems to be saying that the idea of one being the ruler came to her. She could have meant that she saw a Winged Unicorn and then come up with the idea of making them what they were in her show.
She certainly did not invent alicorns. Winged Unicorns, have been around way before MLP.
I don't get where she gets the endless tea party crap from? I mean Tales had a couple if I remember correctly, but that's not all they did Every episode. Plus the Tales ponies are flawed and feisty.
I didn't like Dream Beauties when I was little. I only had one and I think I remember feeling like she was too big to be played with my other My Little Ponies
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One of my unpopular opinions is, I don't get the big deal over Tux n Tails. He's kinda dull, plus we have waaay too many blue and white boy ponies. Like, couldn't they have come in colors other then mostly pink and blue?
This extends to his three wives. Satin n Lace is just a boring pony.
One of my unpopular opinions is, I don't get the big deal over Tux n Tails. He's kinda dull, plus we have waaay too many blue and white boy ponies. Like, couldn't they have come in colors other then mostly pink and blue?
This extends to his three wives. Satin n Lace is just a boring pony.
Ah that made me laugh out loud. Forget Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, it's Tux & Tails & the Three Wives. Magenta Satin is a really nice colour though.
It reminds me of a scene from my mediaeval Japanese text where a guy can't decide who his principal wife is and the two women end up having a full on scrap in the street because of it.
Going back on topic, the earlier stuff reminded me of another unpopular opinion. Please let's not have this one reacted to the same as the last but...
I don't like alicorns. I don't even like the word :/
One of my unpopular opinions is, I don't get the big deal over Tux n Tails. He's kinda dull, plus we have waaay too many blue and white boy ponies. Like, couldn't they have come in colors other then mostly pink and blue?
This extends to his three wives. Satin n Lace is just a boring pony.
Ah that made me laugh out loud. Forget Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, it's Tux & Tails & the Three Wives. Magenta Satin is a really nice colour though.
One of my unpopular opinions is, I don't get the big deal over Tux n Tails. He's kinda dull, plus we have waaay too many blue and white boy ponies. Like, couldn't they have come in colors other then mostly pink and blue?
This extends to his three wives. Satin n Lace is just a boring pony.
Ah that made me laugh out loud. Forget Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, it's Tux & Tails & the Three Wives. Magenta Satin is a really nice colour though.
:lmao:
I like winged unicorns, but I really really hate the term "alicorn". (Unpopular opinion: I don't really care for the whole "alicorns are ~*super powerful goddesses*~!" thing. I wish we had more of them, and I don't care if they're in the show or not. XD Sterling and Gold Lily are two of my favourite G4s.)
Yeah I don't care about their hyper powers. It's like becoming one makes you become super Saiyan. They even change their hair-dos!
Yeah I don't care about their hyper powers. It's like becoming one makes you become super Saiyan. They even change their hair-dos!
Yep, that lesser known omnipotent power of the alicorn, HAIRDRESSING xD
I love electronic and vehicle symbols. Tug's ship, Starhopper's flying saucer, the DnP pony with the headphones, (I can never remember her name.) Baby Racer's race car, 4-Speed's truck, DJ's stereo.
I don't like 4-Speed's name, it's weird.
I love electronic and vehicle symbols. Tug's ship, Starhopper's flying saucer, the DnP pony with the headphones, (I can never remember her name.) Baby Racer's race car, 4-Speed's truck, DJ's stereo.
I don't like 4-Speed's name, it's weird.
I'm with you on these :D I prefer 4-Speed's UK name, "Trucker". Still not the best name, admittedly, but not as weird as his US one.
Talking about songs, even though i think g4 has the best songs, i really think the quality of them went down after season 5.There are a few good songs in season 6 and 7, but most are forgettable.
Also, even though i think a lot of g3 songs are rather forgettable, Far Apart is one of the most beautiful song MLP ever had.
Yep i've heard Sweet Music, i'm currently watching Tales.I like the song, my only problem with it is that the character for who being a rockstar is the main character trait makes music so light that it makes Imagine Dragons sound like death metal compared to itTalking about songs, even though i think g4 has the best songs, i really think the quality of them went down after season 5.There are a few good songs in season 6 and 7, but most are forgettable.
Also, even though i think a lot of g3 songs are rather forgettable, Far Apart is one of the most beautiful song MLP ever had.
Yeah that one kinda reminds me of Somewhere Out There. :)
Have you heard MLP Tales Sweet Music? It's really pretty.
Yep i've heard Sweet Music, i'm currently watching Tales.I like the song, my only problem with it is that the character for who being a rockstar is the main character trait makes music so light that it makes Imagine Dragons sound like death metal compared to itTalking about songs, even though i think g4 has the best songs, i really think the quality of them went down after season 5.There are a few good songs in season 6 and 7, but most are forgettable.
Also, even though i think a lot of g3 songs are rather forgettable, Far Apart is one of the most beautiful song MLP ever had.
Yeah that one kinda reminds me of Somewhere Out There. :)
Have you heard MLP Tales Sweet Music? It's really pretty.
Wait is he the one that says flapdoodle? Or is that Fireball?Fireball. Lightning is the one that winks in and out and flirts with Confetti when she's babysitting.
I love all ponies with tinsel or glitter. You have a sparkly pony? Im going to love it!
I also love so softs. I remember when I started collecting I thought they looked kinda.. Well, not my thing. But once I got one in a lot, I instantly fell in love. SS ponies with good flocking are so adorable!
I dont really care about baby ponies. They're ok, I will keep them if they come in a lot, but I would probably never buy them. Unless we are talking about jewellery babies.. :lookround:
So-softs are a pretty popular set.
No they're pretty popular. In fact I'd say they're the one of the most popular and best known G1 sets period. Right up there with Twinkle Eyes, Big Brothers, Collector Ponies and Rainbow Ponies.So-softs are a pretty popular set.
Depends who you ask I guess, I had some serious trouble selling my so softs when I sold my collection, unlike everything else. I even got a comment on one that asked for a discount because it's an ugly pony. It was a near mint condition pony, if not mint. :lol: I think they're cute though!
I don't like G3 Spike... I didn't realize this was an unpopular opinion until reading about how much people liked him. XD G1 Spike for life.
I think the SS ponies are what we'd say in the UK were like marmite - people love them or hate them. Though why would that buyer want to buy an ugly pony? So cheeky to ask for a discount ;) you didn't design the pony :D
*gets ready to doge fakies*
I liked the episode where Twilight became a princess. It reminded me of a Broadway musical with all the songs.
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*gets ready to doge fakies*
I liked the episode where Twilight became a princess. It reminded me of a Broadway musical with all the songs.
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*gets ready to doge fakies*
I liked the episode where Twilight became a princess. It reminded me of a Broadway musical with all the songs.
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I don't think it's an unpopular opinion to like magical mystery cure. People loved to hate on it in the beginning, but now that Twilight has been a princess for the majority of seasons, people don't really care anymore :PIt was definitely an unpopular opinion in the beginning, like you said, especially in the brony fandom. If this counts, I still have a sort of unpopular opinion on it, because I was one of the few people who were sold on Princess Twilight Sparkle the second it happened (in hindsight, it's kind of strange that people hated it for the reasons they did, in my opinion).
*gets ready to doge fakies*
I liked the episode where Twilight became a princess. It reminded me of a Broadway musical with all the songs.
This is more of a childhood opinion, but I'm still posting it. :P When I was a child and watched the show, I was always annoyed that there always HAD to be some villain. Something dramatic always HAD to happen. I just wanted to be in Ponyland, I just wanted to watch ponies being ponies! Why must some stupid villain always show up and ruin everything? :sneaky:
I guess I wasn't very adventurous. XD
I don't understand why everyone is so enamored with A Very Minty Christmas (or any G3 cartoon for that matter). I thought all the G3 cartoons were terrible.Personally, I'd say you just have to come at them with the right mindset. They're not fantastic high-budget theatrical releases, but they're cute and charming. Not everyone has to like them, but it helps if you don't take them too seriously ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think official Hasbro plushies of most gens are almost always horrible looking. G3 had the only decent looking ones. DD had a G3 baby Pinkie Pie plushie and G4 Trixie Lulamoon plush and the g4 one looked like it was below dollar store quality.I agree for g4.And even outside of hasbro, the only correct ones you can find in stores are probably the aurora ones (totally not biaised because my first pony was my dear Fluttershy from aurora).That's why i prefer the chinese bootleg ones tbh, more show accurate and larger choice of characters.
I don't like the ribbon hair on the plushies.
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Is that an unpopular opinion? i always thought it was ugly.I don't like the ribbon hair on the plushies.
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Me either
I am a believer in your toy, do whatcha want, but it makes me twitchy to see people customizing rare, expensive ponies.
I am a believer in your toy, do whatcha want, but it makes me twitchy to see people customizing rare, expensive ponies.
I am a believer in your toy, do whatcha want, but it makes me twitchy to see people customizing rare, expensive ponies.
Is this unpopular? But yes I agree. All it does it make them even more rare and expensive. If someone wants to customize for the pose just buy a much cheaper pony with the same pose (preferably a bait, and in cases of rare ponies who are bait, restore them don't customize).
My collection is not the community's collection.
My collection is not the community's collection.
Umm okay? Care to elaborate? I'm a little slow on the uptake today.
(I don't think we ever see it anymore in FIM).
I've been the same really, barring "Putting Your Hoof Down" which was once the lowest the show could sink, in my opinion. Anything after season two can go either way, though season three ended up looking better in my opinion, compared to what was to come - it really needed more episodes for me to give it a full opinion.I don't know,Dragon Quest was pretty bad too (and the fact that it's a worse version of Spike's Search doesn't help either).
Eh, for me it's not the real life name that's the problem. It's the fact that everything in this show is a stupid horse pun shoved in your face, like their ridiculous language.
Besides and here is my unpopular opinion, it's not like MLP n Friends had creative, fantasy sounding names with the exception of Tambelon.
Crystal Desert, Volcano of Gloom, Pony Land, Flutter Valley, The Mushromp, Muensterville. C'mon! How generic can you get?
I think season 1 and 2 of FiM are both overrated. People are all too quick to remember the good episodes, and forget that there's as many dumb ones as in newer seasons.
I don't care for the show or Lauren Faust that much. :) I didn't know anything about her until after the show came out, I got around to watching an episode and found out about her on this forum. Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina are still my very favorite MLP cartoons and those are the ones that matter most to me. I do love the Pony Wedding episode and the episodes before it. But as the show went on, I lost my enthusiasm. For me, the excitement of the characters meeting each other and creating a dynamic together was the interesting part. The Chrystal Empire just didn't click for me and that's where it eventually lost me.I think season 1 and 2 of FiM are both overrated. People are all too quick to remember the good episodes, and forget that there's as many dumb ones as in newer seasons.
I agree. Also how people make the cut right after the end of S2 is suspicious. That's when Lauren Faust wasn't consulting anymore.
I love all ponies with tinsel or glitter. You have a sparkly pony? Im going to love it!
I also love so softs. I remember when I started collecting I thought they looked kinda.. Well, not my thing. But once I got one in a lot, I instantly fell in love. SS ponies with good flocking are so adorable!
I dont really care about baby ponies. They're ok, I will keep them if they come in a lot, but I would probably never buy them. Unless we are talking about jewellery babies.. :lookround:
I liked "Slice of Life", too.
Well, except Octavia's voice. Worst excuse for an English accent I've ever heard, and I've heard a loooot of bad English accents -_-
I liked "Slice of Life", too.
Well, except Octavia's voice. Worst excuse for an English accent I've ever heard, and I've heard a loooot of bad English accents -_-
Don't get me started on bad English accents in things.
Whenever I watch Jem, the only one who has a reasonable voice is Jetta, because her voice artist is more or less English and Christy Marx insisted on her having a proper speaker for the role, but some of the others are awful. I didn't know Octavia was meant to be 'English' but if it's that bad, I would probably hate her on sight ;)
Luna's future is one of the most boring song of FiM, trying to be epic but failed miserably.Now half of the brony fandom probably wants to kill me because they worship Luna.By the way, i think Luna is way too overrated.omg me too i prefer celestia anyway
I hate ridiculously priced ponies too. That's pretty popular from a buyer's perspective. :snicker:i have seen sunade best ponies going up to 30 dollars like honestly
I don't like G3 Spike... I didn't realize this was an unpopular opinion until reading about how much people liked him. XD G1 Spike for life.my biggest problem is his voice
I thought all the ponies having different accents was kind of weird, especially when they live together. Where are you from, Truly? How far do ponies travel? How big is ponyland?? In my head, I always felt G1 ponyland was a relatively small group of ponies with some wandering around in the wilderness.
I also disliked that the boy ponies suddenly returned and yet no one ever mentioned or missed them before. Total destruction of a "head canon" I suppose. lol.
So I am unsure which bits of this are unpopular opinions, but this statement of Faust's (I'm copying from Wiki, if it's misquoted or misattributed then that's my disclaimer) about the original MLP animation being "endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying".like honestly i prefer teaparty and befriending villans then action and adventure like whats so wrong with teaparties
So the reason I have issues with this, aside the obvious fact anyone who's ever seen Rescue at Midnight Castle, Tambelon, Bright Lights, Somnambula, Revolt of Paradise Estate etc knows it's rubbish, is that in my opinion, that statement perfectly sums up FIM.
I am not even that big a fan of the old animated series. But I have become much more sympathetic to it since that, because as far as I'm concerned, Faust basically created a series that was everything she hated about G1 animation. And most of those reasons, especially the obsessive need to befriend everything, is why I couldn't ever get into FIM.
I don't remember a compulsive need for the old ponies to befriend every villain they met. I do remember North Star ringing a bell to consign one of them to a world of darkness though...
Given the size of the FIM fandom, it's clearly an unpopular opinion, so I am putting it here :D
Animation wise-G3.5 and G4 look alot alike, so people who hate one and praise the other, have a lot of nerve.omg finaly someone said it
I love the BBE babies. Moreso than the regular g1 babies.omg i thought i was the only one its so annoying how they got 3 different documentarys and we havent got one
I think super mint condition collections are boring. I prefer my ponies to be a little beat up, have some history and character!
That thick chunky coloured tinsel they used for the Butterfly Island g3s was really pretty.
I do like Mimic (green and parrots!!! my faves!!) but if anyone from that set deserves that amount of attention, it's Bright Eyes.
I prefer the g4.5 reboot ponies over the older g4s. By comparison, the older ones look droopy and dull and the reboot set look a little closer to what ponies should look like, imo.
I can't wait for g5 to pop up and flush out the last of the people latching onto the brony label and g4's popularity. I was still very much a child when the brony phenomenon started and was extremely hurt by feeling chased out of the community I grew up in because I was now seemingly in the minority and in the wrong for being a kid who liked kids toys. The last of my childhood was taken away from me for the comfort of adult men in a space that didn't belong to them and I can't wait for them to get a taste of their own medicine when g5 rolls around and children take up the majority of mlp fans again.
I might as well confess to finding Octavia Melody's voice to be beautiful. I don't mind if it was supposed to be English or not, I think it suited her personally. ^.^
Perhaps I'm old-fashioned but I would also rather have five new ponypeople come into the community in a year (of any generation fandom) because of love of the toy/series/concept rather than 500 come in on the back of a fad wave everyone is talking about. I still hope that when the fad wave is over, the bronies that are left will become part of the same community as the rest of us, and we'll all just get on with it quietly, but maybe that's naive.
firefly is so overated and grey and yellow horse is just an unfunny mean joke
firefly is so overated and grey and yellow horse is just an unfunny mean joke
Gray and yellow horse?
I like the G3 Tiny Tins. I don't know if that's unpopular or not, but they are HTF so I'm guessing they didn't sell that well?
I only have Sew-and-So without her Tin. I'd really like Bumblesweet, she's my fav of the set(s).
I like the G3 Tiny Tins. I don't know if that's unpopular or not, but they are HTF so I'm guessing they didn't sell that well?
I only have Sew-and-So without her Tin. I'd really like Bumblesweet, she's my fav of the set(s).
firefly is so overated and grey and yellow horse is just an unfunny mean joke
Gray and yellow horse?
Ditzy/Muffins, I'm guessing.
yeah cus its mostly the voice and her clumsyness is a joke that seems like it would be on south park instead of a show teaching kids about lovefirefly is so overated and grey and yellow horse is just an unfunny mean joke
Gray and yellow horse?
Ditzy/Muffins, I'm guessing.
I might as well confess to finding Octavia Melody's voice to be beautiful. I don't mind if it was supposed to be English or not, I think it suited her personally. ^.^
I don't mind ponies with different accents, it suggests different regions of Ponyland. But I consider fake English accents culturally offensive and that's another matter. So if an American cartoon does several regional US accents, like Truly's, that's not an issue. And if they get a voice artist from a country to do a specific accent, that's fine. But I hate when (usually) US TV shows think it's ok to fake an accent. And I can only imagine what Scottish people feel about that character from Ice Cream Wars...even though I sort of understand why he was Scottish.
I might as well confess that I dislike the Apples' accents.
English is not my native language but even I can hear that they are really forced. I spent time abroad and I heard a lot of Southern US accents. Some of which I almost couldn't understand.
But nothing was like that annoying twang Applebloom has. The entire "the Apples are hicks" thing is weird to me.
I guess that's just because I'm not from the US and I don't understand all your stereotypes. But in my country farming is not something associated with Texans or cowboys, so I actually enjoy that our dub doesn't have an accent. She just talks ponified country-isms.
A lot of German fans hate that she doesn't have an American accent but that would sound so forced and dumb here. I don't know... I don't need it. She's just a farmer with a cowboy hat.
Why the hate against Rapunzel? *Cuddles Punzie* "There, there...they don't mean it like that".
1. I don't like Twinkle eye Ponies. Except Quackers and Masquerade.
2. I didn't like the final result of the "Let's make a Pony" thread. (Possibly because she was a Twinkle Eye and she was just TOO MUCH!)
3. I don't like the Collector's Pose. It makes ponies looks fat (huge butt and head/short legs) and they have an unhappy, even a little bit dopey face expression.
4. I HATE it when people use bait/vintage ponies to customize them. I HATE IT! YES I SAID IT! Keep your hands off of the Vintage 80's. If you feel the need to tinker on a pony, atleast try to bring them back to their former glory. Even if they are bait...let them be. It shows that they were well loved and played with. Clean them up and give them a happy home.
5. I don't care for pony merchandise. Not even the vintage.
6. I always get sad when I see a pony lover get rid of or selling their collection.
7. I love simple ponies like Tootsie and Posey the most. They just give that simple no nonsense pony feeling that I can't otherwise discribe.
8. I don't care for baby ponies at all. I dont understand why some go for so much. In my logical brain it tells me "It's less pony for more money".
I'm not sure how popular/unpopular this is, but Snuzzle isn't one of my favorite ponies.OMG!! Noooo!! NOt possible!
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I also agree with Pierlala's 4, 6 and 7 points, and especially 4. I feel exactly the same. Both with that and with deboxing of vintage pony items. I think it might be unpopular and I have mentioned it before, but I do believe in responsibility to the community and future of pony collecting by preserving what we can of the past now, while we still have it. That's the historian in me I think. My pony motto is generally 'do no harm'. I also tend to see rehairs and repaints as customs, not restorations.
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I can't stand G3 Pinkie Pie. She's annoying and her voice is so annoying.
I'm not fond of G4 Pinkie Pie either, but I will take her over stuffed-nose G3 Pinkie Pie any day.
I'm not sure how popular/unpopular this is, but Snuzzle isn't one of my favorite ponies.
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My collection does not belong to or exist for the community.
My collection is for me to enjoy.
Not for someone else to enjoy.
My collection is appropriate and appreciated by me, for me. Right now. In the present.
Plastic ponies are not real living endangered species.
My collection does not belong to or exist for the community.
My collection is for me to enjoy.
Not for someone else to enjoy.
My collection is appropriate and appreciated by me, for me. Right now. In the present.
Plastic ponies are not real living endangered species.
But anyway everyone is entitled to their own opinions :biggrin:
(...) but the moment you start bragging about all the things you customised or decarded, then you bring it into other people's faces, and that has an impact on those people and how they feel. I think it's fine to do what you believe in, but it doesn't hurt to consider other people's positions before making that kind of a post.
But anyway everyone is entitled to their own opinions :biggrin:
And this is the most important motif of this thread :)
As for the MIP/decard debate, it is I think still the most controversial thing in the community, with people firmly on both sides for different reasons.
When I first came into pony collecting online I didn't understand anything about MOC. A lot of ponies we got from clearance stores in the middle 1990s (a lot of which are htf now) got decarded or deboxed because I was still mostly a kid and didn't think about the consequences. I wouldn't say I regret that, because I was still a teenager and I didn't know any better.
But I guess with time I've come to a very firm position about ponies in packaging. I think it came about mostly because I collect UK ponies in package, and they are not like the US release ponies. There are a lot of US release ponies on card still from some sets, like the TAF ponies and the TE ponies from the first set. I don't personally like the idea of decarding those, but in a sense, if one or two are decarded, it doesn't obliterate the existence of those items from our community. Maybe this makes me a hypocrite, I don't know, but I feel it's best to be honest. UK MOC examples from the old years are already scarce. I feel like that means one decarded pony basically removes a piece of our knowledge going forwards.
For me decarding a MOC pony is the same as tossing a Nirvana pony into the incinerator, or cutting it into pieces. If someone wants to do that to a Nirvana, or a OOAK pony, they can. It's their property, right? I suspect that there'd be much more outrage about that than there is about decarding though. For those of us for whom specific MIP ponies are the grail item, it's very upsetting when people post bragging about decarding, post images, videos etc. I don't say that you can't do as you like with your own property, but I find those threads really provocative.
Not liking something is not a reason to disrespect the people who do, basically. That's how I feel about things like this. I don't like Takara ponies or piggy ponies, but if I had one, I'd sell it. I wouldn't take time to mutilate or customise it and then post images or video about it on the forum bragging about how much I had enjoyed the process.
If you have something in a form you don't like, then it makes sense to me to sell it, get the money and buy the thing you actually want. I don't understand the mentality of anyone who has something they don't like, knows someone else wants it, and instead of selling it so it can be appreciated, they choose to destroy it "because they can."
Basically it's more than about an individual's personal right over their property. I think that everyone does have that right, even if that is decarding or customising, but there are ways and means in which to tackle it and sometimes discretion is the better part of valour. It's fine to consider your collection yours to do with as you like, but the moment you start bragging about all the things you customised or decarded, then you bring it into other people's faces, and that has an impact on those people and how they feel. I think it's fine to do what you believe in, but it doesn't hurt to consider other people's positions before making that kind of a post.
And now I'm expecting to be pelted by the fakies, but that is my unpopular opinion in favour of the community over the individual in pony collecting :)
Well, this will clearly be an unpopular opinion. But I say if you are going to unbox a MIP g1 anyway, go ahead and record it. At least that way there is a record and others can vicariously enjoy the moment with you. I did that exact thing with a carded Blueberry Baskets. She was water damaged and moldy inside the bubble. But I recorded the opening and clean up so others could vicariously experience something they hadn't experienced in 30 years.
Are the Sunshine ponies popular? I love Waverunner and Beach Ball.
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Are the Sunshine ponies popular? I love Waverunner and Beach Ball.
Are the Sunshine ponies popular? I love Waverunner and Beach Ball.
I always thought those are the most popular Sunshines :lol:
Everybody loves Beachball.
Wow people actually make videos opening MoC? Ooooh boy, that would be my boiling point.Yesterday l saw a deboxing of a MIC Applejack, so l guess she was pretty old. It was on Instagram. For me ponies should be free from the boxes, but l can understand that it upsets collectors. That's why l always buy loose ponies and mostly baity ones.
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I always thought those are the most popular Sunshines :lol:
Everybody loves Beachball.
I always thought those are the most popular Sunshines :lol:
Everybody loves Beachball.
Then I guess it's an unpopular opinion that I don't like Beachball. :P
I always thought those are the most popular Sunshines :lol:
Everybody loves Beachball.
Then I guess it's an unpopular opinion that I don't like Beachball. :P
Now I feel sorry for Beachball...;)
On a slightly connected note, my unpopular opinion...
This pony is called Hula Hula.
http://www.etherella.com/scrapbook2/hula_hula.htm
I know her as Pina Colada but Hula Hula makes more sense since she has Palm trees as a symbol instead of a drink.
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I always thought those are the most popular Sunshines :lol:
Everybody loves Beachball.
Then I guess it's an unpopular opinion that I don't like Beachball. :P
Now I feel sorry for Beachball...;)
On a slightly connected note, my unpopular opinion...
This pony is called Hula Hula.
http://www.etherella.com/scrapbook2/hula_hula.htm
I'm of the opinion that the US people botched their names. Pina Colada should have been Tootie`s name and Hula Hula makes more sense for Pina Colada and Sea Breeze for Hula Hula. Your girl sure is vibrant! :lovey:
Hulaway! XD
My Sail Away is nicknamed Kalea which is Hawaiian for Bright.
Hulaway! XD
My Sail Away is nicknamed Kalea which is Hawaiian for Bright.
That's really pretty :D
I did think that if there's a variation on the yellow pony from the set (UK: Summer Heatwave, US: Tootie Tails) I might make her Tootie Heatwave. That seems appropriately amusing. If a bit cruel.
@Ponyfan-That's so cute!
I'm tired of McDonald's Ponies being half moulded, half brushable. I think its tacky. I wish they'd go one way or the other.
@Ponyfan-That's so cute!
I'm tired of McDonald's Ponies being half moulded, half brushable. I think its tacky. I wish they'd go one way or the other.
Then because little kids take those toys they would go with moulded because of the choking hazard. I find it would be sad for me because I like brushables but oh well.
Now I feel sorry for Beachball...;)
I guess it's an unpopular opinion that I don't have one when it comes to the "it's your pony, do what you want/all ponies belong to the community"-debate. I tried thinking about how I feel about this subject, but I've come to the conclusion that I really, honestly don't care. :lookround:Now I feel sorry for Beachball...;)
Haha well, to make it better, I don't think she's ugly or anything, she's just in the wrong set. :P She doesn't scream "sunshine" to me at all with those colours. I would have loved her if they picked some sunnier colours for her!
I don't really follow G4 (the show or the toys) but I've at least gotten used to their look.
Now the new Seaponies have reminded me of all my "ew, what is that?" feelings all over again.
I don't really follow G4 (the show or the toys) but I've at least gotten used to their look.
Now the new Seaponies have reminded me of all my "ew, what is that?" feelings all over again.
I know they are creepy to me. I am feeling guilty for not liking them too much. I wonder if they will grow on me, but right now I just am not getting a good feeling when looking at them.
Wait, its an unpopular opinion that you don't have an opinion on all of us having our own opinions. Is that pretty much what you said? XD *gives cookies*
Aw. Well, I'm sure she tried really really hard to be sunshiney. Or maybe it's just that, growing up in the UK where summer is a mythical thing and sunshine even more so, it never occurred to me that pale blue and white wasn't sunshiny...I mean, that's about as blue as our sky ever gets in summer ;)
What are some of your unpopular pony opinions?
I like most 3D symbols. Cutie Cascades, Princess Ponies, Magic Scenes, Precious Pockets, Secret Surprise, Merry Go Rounds.
I love tinsel hair. It's so beautiful, especially when it sparkles and flashes in sunlight.
I love gradient color and cascading symbol G3s. I think they're stunning and unique.
What are some of your unpopular pony opinions?
I like most 3D symbols. Cutie Cascades, Princess Ponies, Magic Scenes, Precious Pockets, Secret Surprise, Merry Go Rounds.
I love tinsel hair. It's so beautiful, especially when it sparkles and flashes in sunlight.
I love gradient color and cascading symbol G3s. I think they're stunning and unique.
I know I'm late and maybe this has already been discussed but... are these unusual opinons?! I had no idea! I also secretly love tinsel then :lol: these are the reasons why I love G3 so much- they really went crazy with the symbols. and precious pockets were my favorite childhood ponies!
Here is mine:
I hate taf ponies. I like the simplicity of just one symbol.
What are some of your unpopular pony opinions?
I like most 3D symbols. Cutie Cascades, Princess Ponies, Magic Scenes, Precious Pockets, Secret Surprise, Merry Go Rounds.
I love tinsel hair. It's so beautiful, especially when it sparkles and flashes in sunlight.
I love gradient color and cascading symbol G3s. I think they're stunning and unique.
I know I'm late and maybe this has already been discussed but... are these unusual opinons?! I had no idea! I also secretly love tinsel then :lol: these are the reasons why I love G3 so much- they really went crazy with the symbols. and precious pockets were my favorite childhood ponies!
Not everyone is into 3D symbols and I hear the precious pockets are easy to break. I have Bunny Hop sans symbol, poor girl.
Tinsel is lovely, but even I have to admit it can be kinduva pain to care for. XD
I have a very unpopular opinion. I love all ponies. I even like the freaky BBES and eyelash princesses. The dance N prace with their weird button in front, the strange drink N wet babies, and even the peek a boo babies with their weird bulgy necks. Most of these ponies look great with their accessories so even the weird ones have a place in my herd.
Here is mine:
I hate taf ponies. I like the simplicity of just one symbol.
I don't really follow G4 (the show or the toys) but I've at least gotten used to their look.
Now the new Seaponies have reminded me of all my "ew, what is that?" feelings all over again.
I don't really follow G4 (the show or the toys) but I've at least gotten used to their look.
Now the new Seaponies have reminded me of all my "ew, what is that?" feelings all over again.
This :blink:
Post Merge: October 16, 2017, 03:37:16 PM
So here's mine...I don't like Firefly :(
I really want to like her because, well...she's Firefly, but I can't stand her weird flesh coloured body and blue hair combo.
It's a shame because I have almost all of the early G1s and there's a gaping hole in my collection where Firefly should be but I just can't bring myself to own her.
One solution I have considered is to maybe get a Nirvana version of her (if there is one with a different colour combo or something...) and then that would justify having her...if that makes sense? I've done that with Cherries Jubilee whose body colour I also can't stand. My Nirvana CJ is GREEN and that makes me very happy!! :biggrin:
I've never liked her much either. Plus she's on a pose I'm not fond of.Now the new Seaponies have reminded me of all my "ew, what is that?" feelings all over again.So here's mine...I don't like Firefly :(
Toy Firefly isn't my favorite either, but I can look past it because Rescue at Midnight castle is just about my favorite cartoon thing ever. I get the feeling that's how it is for a lot of people ^.^
Toy Firefly isn't my favorite either, but I can look past it because Rescue at Midnight castle is just about my favorite cartoon thing ever. I get the feeling that's how it is for a lot of people ^.^
My introduction to Firefly was Rescue at Midnight Castle and the book “The Magic Rainbow” I never had Firefly or Baby Firefly in my childhood ponies.
I like petite ponies even though they’re really small. I’m not a big fan of So Soft ponies.
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Wow! So I'm definitely not alone when it comes to disliking Firefly...that makes me feel better :)
Yes, there is a green CJ - she's a venny I think (from memory)...
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:VenCherriesJub.jpg
I think she's meant to be blue but mine is definitely green, lol! :lol:
Toy Firefly isn't my favorite either, but I can look past it because Rescue at Midnight castle is just about my favorite cartoon thing ever. I get the feeling that's how it is for a lot of people ^.^
My introduction to Firefly was Rescue at Midnight Castle and the book “The Magic Rainbow” I never had Firefly or Baby Firefly in my childhood ponies.
I like petite ponies even though they’re really small. I’m not a big fan of So Soft ponies.
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Petites are super cute! The prices, not so much.
I'm not bothered that there are no males in G3. The world of G3 was like the kindergarten version of the all-female island in Wonder Woman comics. I thought it was cute.
I don't watch the g4 tv show.. So I have no idea what the heck is going on xD I mean I've seen a few episodes of I guess "the first season" (before Twilight's wings), but that's been about it.. However if there's ever a bluray collection with all the epis, then I might possibly get it.. And I'd still like to see the new movie, on bluray more than likely (but that could be due to it looking like a traditionally animated film which has me all excited).
Though I did see a page or so of the comic in a google search once, and it did intrigue me quite a bit (it actually looked pretty good!), though I imagine there's probably more depth in the comics than the tv show..
I dont mind ponies with buzz cuts, I have a speedy with one , and a slightly broken horn to boot. I will keep them that way. I even have a winger with a haircut, gonna leave her that way.
I'm not really into nirvana ponies, I think a lot of them look like knockoffs. (even though I know they are not!)
I don't think there are enough male ponies so I make up my own, turning some female ponies into males, in all generations.
I don't pay any attention to the G4 show or any of the cannon information about the characters. For a long time I hated G4 completely but now it's grown on me and I collect the toys and make up my own imaginary world for them. I'm into them now but I still have no interest in the show. I think that's a pretty weird opinion?
I don't think there are enough male ponies so I make up my own, turning some female ponies into males, in all generations. (Some examples, Majesty, Skydancer, Skyflier, Masquerade, G2 Sunsparkle, Kimono, G3 Rainbow Dash)
I don't pay any attention to the G4 show or any of the cannon information about the characters. For a long time I hated G4 completely but now it's grown on me and I collect the toys and make up my own imaginary world for them. I'm into them now but I still have no interest in the show. I think that's a pretty weird opinion?
I like that some babies don't match the species of their parents and/or have other differences. Like some of the TAF babies and some others. It makes them unique and shows variation.
I like Mimic's shade of green and I want her really bad because I think she's pretty, not because she is rare.
In my childhood collection Baby Palm Tree was Pina Coloda’s baby. Since Baby Palm Tree has wings I pretended that she inherited them from her father, also a pegasus.
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Ooooh I thought of one. I don't like the dancing butterflies pose like. At all. There is not a single pony in that pose that I want. It just looks awkward to me somehow.
Ooooh I thought of one. I don't like the dancing butterflies pose like. At all. There is not a single pony in that pose that I want. It just looks awkward to me somehow.
Lol, I think I read somewhere that this pose is known as the "broken neck pose"... I personally like it but I think there are plenty who don't, judging from that description of it! :lol:
Ooooh I thought of one. I don't like the dancing butterflies pose like. At all. There is not a single pony in that pose that I want. It just looks awkward to me somehow.
Lol, I think I read somewhere that this pose is known as the "broken neck pose"... I personally like it but I think there are plenty who don't, judging from that description of it! :lol:
The Powder pose isn't one of my favorites either. I know some people say it looks like the ponies are stargazing but I want my ponies to be able to look at me. Coco Berry was one of my least favorite childhood ponies because of her pose.
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Also, I actually like ponies with gimmicks. Especially if they make a noise. Two of my favourite ponies are my German Sweet Talkin' ponies. Ich hab dich liebe! Kammst du mein Haar? <3
Is it just me, or do the Princess Ponies look hilarious to everyone else as well? I crack up laughing every time I see those ridiculous eyelashes. They look like Groucho Marx eyebrows!
Is it just me, or do the Princess Ponies look hilarious to everyone else as well? I crack up laughing every time I see those ridiculous eyelashes. They look like Groucho Marx eyebrows!
I also hate that the toys didn't follow the tv show. 4-Speed is purple in that not very pale blue as his pony (he looks like a gosht). Or is it the other way round? :blink:
The only time I am really picky about the toys looking exactly like they do in the show is when the toys are way off like the pink Celestia toys. That didn't make any sense because she's white in the show but the first toys of her were all pink.Fizzy has her hair different in the show as for Whizzer... so l rehaired my toys. I grew up watching the tv show and not the comics so for me the canon should be tv (regarding hair and colors l mean).
I don't mind differences in G1 between the toys and the show. Most of them are pretty accurate to the corresponding toy except for hair colors, I think one of the sea ponies in Rescue from Midnight Castle was colored a little differently than the toy. The one that matches Bowtie's colors.
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Thought of another one: Equestria Girls is my favourite part of G4! I love the films and short cartoons, and I love the dolls (though I do wish they had less plastic clothing. But then it is quite fun finding new fabric clothes for them, so I don't mind too much).My favorite part too! I love the movies and the minis, and Sunset Shimmer is my favorite character in all of G4 :biggrin:
A manticore that looks like a pony?
A manticore that looks like a pony?
I would welcome anything in G4 that looks like a pony :P
I hope this isn't too controversial; but for unpopular opinions, I am not comfortable with the legality of Genie, Puppy Luv, and Kitty Luv (etc.).
The only time I am really picky about the toys looking exactly like they do in the show is when the toys are way off like the pink Celestia toys. That didn't make any sense because she's white in the show but the first toys of her were all pink.Fizzy has her hair different in the show as for Whizzer... so l rehaired my toys. I grew up watching the tv show and not the comics so for me the canon should be tv (regarding hair and colors l mean).
I don't mind differences in G1 between the toys and the show. Most of them are pretty accurate to the corresponding toy except for hair colors, I think one of the sea ponies in Rescue from Midnight Castle was colored a little differently than the toy. The one that matches Bowtie's colors.
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Lets not forget that the g1 animation committed some shocking faux pas over playsets, including how baby Cuddles entered Lullabye nursery but ended up in Paradise Estate (or vice versa) so animators are not always reliable for rhat product representation.
Lets not forget that the g1 animation committed some shocking faux pas over playsets, including how baby Cuddles entered Lullabye nursery but ended up in Paradise Estate (or vice versa) so animators are not always reliable for rhat product representation.
I've never noticed that before and now I want to rewatch the whole series to try and find it..
Lets not forget that the g1 animation committed some shocking faux pas over playsets, including how baby Cuddles entered Lullabye nursery but ended up in Paradise Estate (or vice versa) so animators are not always reliable for rhat product representation.
I've never noticed that before and now I want to rewatch the whole series to try and find it..
I found it. I had to screenshot part of the scene. :) It's from Revolt of Paradise Estate
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(She is classier than Rapunzel though. My unpopular probably more popular opinion that has almost certainly been said earlier in the thread)
If we are talking flutter poses, I don,t like the Cloud Puff pose. I feel like she has mumps.
All Flutters look like they have mumps
Well, judging by a bunch of comments I've seen here, I guess maybe "I really like the Honeysuckle pose and think it looks the most elegant of the Flutter poses" might be an unpopular opinion
I had fun trying to find the scene and taking the screenshots. :) I found another strange animation choice in Ghost of Paradise Estate.
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I had fun trying to find the scene and taking the screenshots. :) I found another strange animation choice in Ghost of Paradise Estate.
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I had fun trying to find the scene and taking the screenshots. :) I found another strange animation choice in Ghost of Paradise Estate.
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I think maybe this is not the same building as the Lullabye Nursery? Maybe. The original nursery was next to Dream Castle, and we see this pink building next to Paradise Estate. Perhaps the ponies built a new nursery next to PE after they moved there? This pink nursery kind of looks like an extension of PE with the colors and the door. We see them working on its interior in "The Ghost of Paradise Estate", and the baby ponies are sleeping at the estate, possibly because the new nursery is not ready to move into yet?
But, we also see the original Lullabye Nursery again in later episodes ("The Revolt of Paradise Estate" among them), so... I don't really know. Either way you turn it, it doesn't make sense.
It never made sense to me that the adults slept in the castle and the babies were banished to a separate building to fend for themselves. How did they not get kidnapped more often? And what was with the episodes where the first tooth babies were responsible for the newborns? I liked the idea of the nursery but I think the use of it in the cartoons made the adults look really irresponsible.
I had fun trying to find the scene and taking the screenshots. :) I found another strange animation choice in Ghost of Paradise Estate.
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I think maybe this is not the same building as the Lullabye Nursery? Maybe. The original nursery was next to Dream Castle, and we see this pink building next to Paradise Estate. Perhaps the ponies built a new nursery next to PE after they moved there? This pink nursery kind of looks like an extension of PE with the colors and the door. We see them working on its interior in "The Ghost of Paradise Estate", and the baby ponies are sleeping at the estate, possibly because the new nursery is not ready to move into yet?
But, we also see the original Lullabye Nursery again in later episodes ("The Revolt of Paradise Estate" among them), so... I don't really know. Either way you turn it, it doesn't make sense.
It never made sense to me that the adults slept in the castle and the babies were banished to a separate building to fend for themselves. How did they not get kidnapped more often? And what was with the episodes where the first tooth babies were responsible for the newborns? I liked the idea of the nursery but I think the use of it in the cartoons made the adults look really irresponsible.
In the UK there was a designated ponyland babysitter/nurse pony to take care of the babies. The first ponyland nurse was Cotton Candy, but the first I remember being really involved with the baby ponies as well as with medical stuff was Gusty, then Lollipop (Sweet Tooth). Later Caramel Crunch did a lot of that kind of stuff as well. Also the adult ponies often taught the baby ponies things or were involved in things. I've flicked through my comic issues and there's one cover of Masquerade taking the newborn twins out, one of Caramel Crunch and Sand Digger helping newborn ponies decorate a Christmas tree, etc. I also remember a story about the baby first tooth ponies and they're arguing and causing problems...I think it is the Slitherwigs and Ladders story..? I remember Chief and a couple of other adults dragged into it trying to solve the baby ponies' crisis and teach them to work together or something along those lines...
Ok, so the comic didn't always make sense but at least it had a form of baby pony childcare, education and mentoring that the animation really didn't have...(unless you count Megan lying to the baby ponies to trick them into going to bed?)
Every time I find out something new about the UK pony lore, I like it even more. :)
In the cartoon at times it seems like the adults let the babies wander around on their own until something bad happens to them and then they must rescue them What was Megan thinking when she let 3 baby ponies go backstage to meet Bright Lights and Zeb alone?
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I love neon yellow hair :blush:
I love neon yellow hair :blush:
I love neon yellow hair :blush:
Me too.
I love neon yellow hair :blush:
This one is probably really controversial and I don't mean offense to anyone who uses the term but, I hate the term pony cancer. I think its kinda, I dunno, wrong to use that word when so many have suffered or lost to it. Either directly or by proxy of a loved one.
I like the Soda Sippin ponies and their ice cream floats.
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This one is probably really controversial and I don't mean offense to anyone who uses the term but, I hate the term pony cancer. I think its kinda, I dunno, wrong to use that word when so many have suffered or lost to it. Either directly or by proxy of a loved one.I agree. I remember reading somewhere that on eBay, a buyer messaged a seller "does she have cancer" or something along the lines of that, and the seller was very hurt and shocked because she had a loved one die from actual cancer :( I feel like it is insensitive.
I like the Soda Sippin ponies and their ice cream floats.Me too! I love their color schemes!
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This one is probably really controversial and I don't mean offense to anyone who uses the term but, I hate the term pony cancer. I think its kinda, I dunno, wrong to use that word when so many have suffered or lost to it. Either directly or by proxy of a loved one.
I agree with this.
Also I don't like the sitting pose.
I can't remember if I put this in this thread, but I prefer simple ponies over ones with gimmicks.
Also, my favorite G1s are Posey, Kiss Curl and Tootsie. They are underestimated yet awesome. I have a small Posey army. :blush:
This one is probably really controversial and I don't mean offense to anyone who uses the term but, I hate the term pony cancer. I think its kinda, I dunno, wrong to use that word when so many have suffered or lost to it. Either directly or by proxy of a loved one.
I agree with this.
Also I don't like the sitting pose.
I can't remember if I put this in this thread, but I prefer simple ponies over ones with gimmicks.
I agree with LAW's comment and the above comments about simple ponies over gimmicks. Rainbow and TE level gimmicks though I am fine with, just I like the old school ponies better.
I also dislike the use of pony cancer. I dislike most of the terms we use for flaws because frankly they don't make sense to me and never have, I have no idea what inspired half of them. But a lot of people in my familiy have been affected by cancer. It's not an appropriate term for a plastic toy. Unfortunately just saying that won't change anything, because people have been objecting to its use for years, but it still gets used...
I prefer Cascade and her green waterfall to Sprinkles and her white one. Cascade is one of my very favourite ponies and I think she is tremendously underrated/forgotten about.
I prefer Cascade and her green waterfall to Sprinkles and her white one. Cascade is one of my very favourite ponies and I think she is tremendously underrated/forgotten about.
Me too. I wish we'd gotten Cascade.
I prefer Cascade and her green waterfall to Sprinkles and her white one. Cascade is one of my very favourite ponies and I think she is tremendously underrated/forgotten about.
Me too. I wish we'd gotten Cascade.
ditto, I never can find her sometimes shes so hard to find. I think shes pretty. Maybe someday I shall get her. Until then I just gaze at her beauty. Not that I like sprinkles but Cascade is just so different.
* :throw:gets ready to dodge fakies* I used to use the term "pony cancer" before I realized it was offensive to people and have since stopped using it.
Add me to the group that likes Cascade better than Sprinkles. :)
* :throw:gets ready to dodge fakies* I used to use the term "pony cancer" before I realized it was offensive to people and have since stopped using it.
Add me to the group that likes Cascade better than Sprinkles. :)
^^ me too, for both comments! Hmm but what new term could we use to describe those specific brown dots?
I think Sprinkles would have been much prettier in blue like the prototype we saw in the commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuWQQTPtiUo
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I wish the new not-ponies had symbols, too! The sea ponies being blank doesn't bother me, since G1 sea ponies didn't have symbols either (yeah, I know about the ones w/ necklaces, but still), but I really don't understand why the Breezies/hippogriffs don't have symbols.. another problem I have with the "cutie mark" ~lore~ - it excludes non-ponies! :P They just don't look like they're part of the MLP line without symbols, to me.. If that makes sense.
(what I find really weird is that despite all this, Zecora has a symbol, even though she's a zebra and it seems that in G4, only ponies have symbols.. :s weird. I mean, I LIKE that she has one, but it just seems like an odd exception. I guess perhaps they hadn't figured out the 'rules' at the time, or something? Still weird, though.)
I know it's listed as a cutie mark in the wiki, but has anyone actually officially stated that this is what Zecora's symbol is? I've always kind of viewed it as something else. I don't know what, but I always thought it was meant to be something else entirely.
(what I find really weird is that despite all this, Zecora has a symbol, even though she's a zebra and it seems that in G4, only ponies have symbols.. :s weird. I mean, I LIKE that she has one, but it just seems like an odd exception. I guess perhaps they hadn't figured out the 'rules' at the time, or something? Still weird, though.)
I know it's listed as a cutie mark in the wiki, but has anyone actually officially stated that this is what Zecora's symbol is? I've always kind of viewed it as something else. I don't know what, but I always thought it was meant to be something else entirely.
(what I find really weird is that despite all this, Zecora has a symbol, even though she's a zebra and it seems that in G4, only ponies have symbols.. :s weird. I mean, I LIKE that she has one, but it just seems like an odd exception. I guess perhaps they hadn't figured out the 'rules' at the time, or something? Still weird, though.)
I know it's listed as a cutie mark in the wiki, but has anyone actually officially stated that this is what Zecora's symbol is? I've always kind of viewed it as something else. I don't know what, but I always thought it was meant to be something else entirely.
(what I find really weird is that despite all this, Zecora has a symbol, even though she's a zebra and it seems that in G4, only ponies have symbols.. :s weird. I mean, I LIKE that she has one, but it just seems like an odd exception. I guess perhaps they hadn't figured out the 'rules' at the time, or something? Still weird, though.)
I always figured it just was her "stripe pattern" because zebras each have their own pattern of stripes, kind of like fingerprints.
I also really love the new seaponies and hippogriffs. I've been wanting G4 to have more variety in species and getting two new species was a big surprise. I just wish the hippogriffs had cutie marks. They are half-pony, aren't they?
- I don't like Sprinkles at ALL, she always looked like a faded Firefly to me.
- also I hate the Firefly pose.
- most of the G3 ponies after the head-turn change look awful. I've passed on ponies whose design I loved but she looked too much like a camel (RIP Daffidazey).
- G3 Chocolate Chipper seems beloved (at least on tumblr?) but I hate her! she's so generic pink-and-purple with the design being an afterthought slapped on there. I wish she had some yellows, creams, dark reds or navys, maybe brown??? worked into her design, ughh.
- if there's a nirvana pony I want, I would never be happy with a custom of her.
- I can't watch the G1 cartoon as an adult, it just has zero artistic merit and even nostalgia isn't enough to make it enjoyable for me. I think "Rescue at Midnight Castle" is pretty enjoyable for a children's 80s cartoon, it's a good sick day movie.
- don't like the G4 toy line! MLP has always been dozens and dozens of unique pony "characters" to collect, and releasing the same characters over and over isn't why I like collecting MLP. it also feels cheaply-made (that hair!).
- I just loathe FiM Pinkie Pie.
aaah that felt good to get out.
Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
I’m surprised that G1 Twilight the unicorn isn’t more popular. When a lot of people name favorite ponies I don’t see her mentioned as much as Moondancer and Glory. Speaking of Glory, she’s not one of my favorite ponies.
In G4 I think Thorax is an interesting character and I like him much better than Duscord.
Ponyfan
Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
I’m surprised that G1 Twilight the unicorn isn’t more popular. When a lot of people name favorite ponies I don’t see her mentioned as much as Moondancer and Glory. Speaking of Glory, she’s not one of my favorite ponies.
In G4 I think Thorax is an interesting character and I like him much better than Duscord.
Ponyfan
I like Glory, but she's not my favorite.
I'll admit, I like Twilight, but never thought she would be a favorite of mine. She wasn't even on my wishlist and I traded for her on a whim. It was Instant Love people!
Mine goes:
Gusty
Twilight
Moondancer
Powder
Skyflier
Sparkler
Glory
Sunbeam
I think Skyflier is an underrated beauty.
I don't like Baby Sea Poppy. She's kinda dull.
Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
I don't want to insult your story because it's beautiful, and i understand that she means a lot to you, but for me,while Ringlet is a lazy name, Rainbow Magic seems pretty run-of-the-mill MLP, like a name someone would use in a parody.Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
Really unpopular opinion coming up now. That name for that pony really really offends me.
Rainbow Magic is a really special pony in my childhood. I've mentioned it before, but her story over here said she could grant wishes, and I chose her when my mother was ill because I wanted to wish for her to get better. As a child, I believed Rainbow Magic granted that wish, so I consider her really precious. (That's the reason my sister bought me the Fluttershy she did to go to Japan, because Rainbow Magic has that meaning for us both).
Because of that, I really cannot stand the laziness of the naming of this set in the US. I am not generally a fan of US names but I don't usually find them actively offensive. This one offends me because I can't stand that such a beautiful, special, meaningful pony should have been given a name that maybe took ten seconds of looking at her concept art to decide on. All of the set have pretty lazy names, but only hers really offends me.
She's worth more than that, Hasbro. She's Rainbow Magic, for goodness sake!
I don't want to insult your story because it's beautiful, and i understand that she means a lot to you, but for me,while Ringlet is a lazy name, Rainbow Magic seems pretty run-of-the-mill MLP, like a name someone would use in a parody.Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
Really unpopular opinion coming up now. That name for that pony really really offends me.
Rainbow Magic is a really special pony in my childhood. I've mentioned it before, but her story over here said she could grant wishes, and I chose her when my mother was ill because I wanted to wish for her to get better. As a child, I believed Rainbow Magic granted that wish, so I consider her really precious. (That's the reason my sister bought me the Fluttershy she did to go to Japan, because Rainbow Magic has that meaning for us both).
Because of that, I really cannot stand the laziness of the naming of this set in the US. I am not generally a fan of US names but I don't usually find them actively offensive. This one offends me because I can't stand that such a beautiful, special, meaningful pony should have been given a name that maybe took ten seconds of looking at her concept art to decide on. All of the set have pretty lazy names, but only hers really offends me.
She's worth more than that, Hasbro. She's Rainbow Magic, for goodness sake!
I didn't quite thought that out...I'm sorry, it was unnecessary.I don't want to insult your story because it's beautiful, and i understand that she means a lot to you, but for me,while Ringlet is a lazy name, Rainbow Magic seems pretty run-of-the-mill MLP, like a name someone would use in a parody.Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
Really unpopular opinion coming up now. That name for that pony really really offends me.
Rainbow Magic is a really special pony in my childhood. I've mentioned it before, but her story over here said she could grant wishes, and I chose her when my mother was ill because I wanted to wish for her to get better. As a child, I believed Rainbow Magic granted that wish, so I consider her really precious. (That's the reason my sister bought me the Fluttershy she did to go to Japan, because Rainbow Magic has that meaning for us both).
Because of that, I really cannot stand the laziness of the naming of this set in the US. I am not generally a fan of US names but I don't usually find them actively offensive. This one offends me because I can't stand that such a beautiful, special, meaningful pony should have been given a name that maybe took ten seconds of looking at her concept art to decide on. All of the set have pretty lazy names, but only hers really offends me.
She's worth more than that, Hasbro. She's Rainbow Magic, for goodness sake!
I don't have a problem with your opinion of the name, it's your opinion.
I think if you have to start a post with "I don't want to insult" something, then maybe it's better thoguht and not said at that particular moment.
I didn't actually say that the name Rainbow Magic was the best name ever. Just that that was the name I identify that pony by, and it has strong connections to my childhood memories. If she's not going to be called Rainbow Magic in the US, at least US Hasbro could have made an effort to give her a name worthy of who she is, because to me she's Rainbow Magic, the pony who grants wishes. Because that's what Hasbro UK called the pony that I chose when my mother almost died, and that pony could grant wishes, and my mother survived.
So I think maybe your post was not really necessary. I mean, it's your opinion on the name, so fine, but I really think you missed my point completely, and by doing that, you did offend me.
I didn't quite thought that out...I'm sorry, it was unnecessary.I don't want to insult your story because it's beautiful, and i understand that she means a lot to you, but for me,while Ringlet is a lazy name, Rainbow Magic seems pretty run-of-the-mill MLP, like a name someone would use in a parody.Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
Really unpopular opinion coming up now. That name for that pony really really offends me.
Rainbow Magic is a really special pony in my childhood. I've mentioned it before, but her story over here said she could grant wishes, and I chose her when my mother was ill because I wanted to wish for her to get better. As a child, I believed Rainbow Magic granted that wish, so I consider her really precious. (That's the reason my sister bought me the Fluttershy she did to go to Japan, because Rainbow Magic has that meaning for us both).
Because of that, I really cannot stand the laziness of the naming of this set in the US. I am not generally a fan of US names but I don't usually find them actively offensive. This one offends me because I can't stand that such a beautiful, special, meaningful pony should have been given a name that maybe took ten seconds of looking at her concept art to decide on. All of the set have pretty lazy names, but only hers really offends me.
She's worth more than that, Hasbro. She's Rainbow Magic, for goodness sake!
I don't have a problem with your opinion of the name, it's your opinion.
I think if you have to start a post with "I don't want to insult" something, then maybe it's better thoguht and not said at that particular moment.
I didn't actually say that the name Rainbow Magic was the best name ever. Just that that was the name I identify that pony by, and it has strong connections to my childhood memories. If she's not going to be called Rainbow Magic in the US, at least US Hasbro could have made an effort to give her a name worthy of who she is, because to me she's Rainbow Magic, the pony who grants wishes. Because that's what Hasbro UK called the pony that I chose when my mother almost died, and that pony could grant wishes, and my mother survived.
So I think maybe your post was not really necessary. I mean, it's your opinion on the name, so fine, but I really think you missed my point completely, and by doing that, you did offend me.
Rainbow Curl Ringlet isn’t popular? I think she’s pretty too.
Really unpopular opinion coming up now. That name for that pony really really offends me.
Rainbow Magic is a really special pony in my childhood. I've mentioned it before, but her story over here said she could grant wishes, and I chose her when my mother was ill because I wanted to wish for her to get better. As a child, I believed Rainbow Magic granted that wish, so I consider her really precious. (That's the reason my sister bought me the Fluttershy she did to go to Japan, because Rainbow Magic has that meaning for us both).
Because of that, I really cannot stand the laziness of the naming of this pony in the US. I am not generally a fan of US names but I don't usually find them actively offensive. This one offends me because I can't stand that such a beautiful, special, meaningful pony should have been given a name that maybe took ten seconds of looking at her concept art to decide on. All of the set have pretty lazy names, but only hers really offends me. The fact that its necessary to say what set she has come from before her name just proves how unoriginal it is.
She's worth more than that, Hasbro. She's Rainbow Magic, for goodness sake!
As for the unicorns, I am on the Glory bandwagon and have been since I was about five so can't really comment on that ;)
Puddles and Peeks' symbol. LAW...you are trying to ruin these poor twins for me;)
I think Skyflier is an underrated beauty.
I think Skyflier is an underrated beauty.
So glad someone else thinks that! I also feel the same about Powder :)
I think Skyflier is an underrated beauty.
So glad someone else thinks that! I also feel the same about Powder :)
I think Skyflier is an underrated beauty.
So glad someone else thinks that! I also feel the same about Powder :)
I agree that they deserve more attention, especially Skyflier. I think Powder is quite loved already, and I love her, didn't really understand how truly beautiful Skyflier was until I had one of my own.
I agree that they deserve more attention, especially Skyflier. I think Powder is quite loved already, and I love her, didn't really understand how truly beautiful Skyflier was until I had one of my own.
yeah I originally just got Skyflier as a buddy for Powder but once I saw her in person I really adored her!
Tootsie and MM Cuddles are adorable. Their pose isn't well loved, but they're two ponies that I fell in love with once I actually had them in my hand. Tootsie's colors are so unique, and I never noticed Cuddles' pink stripe in her mane before I actually got her.
Tootsie and MM Cuddles are adorable. Their pose isn't well loved, but they're two ponies that I fell in love with once I actually had them in my hand. Tootsie's colors are so unique, and I never noticed Cuddles' pink stripe in her mane before I actually got her.
Tootsie and MM Cuddles are adorable. Their pose isn't well loved, but they're two ponies that I fell in love with once I actually had them in my hand. Tootsie's colors are so unique, and I never noticed Cuddles' pink stripe in her mane before I actually got her.
is Tootsie as pea-green as she usually looks? it just seems to clash with the aqua to me but I've never seen her IRL. I've seen people call Baby BBE Frosting "pea-green" but IRL she looks pastel sugary green to me.
*gets ready to dodge flying objects*
I am a G1 collector who does not like the G1 cartoons. Notably the voice acting and, in some cases, the storylines. Most of the songs don't appeal to me either.
Don't get me wrong, I think they're cute and I fully understand that they were created just to sell extra merchandise...it's just that, outside of one or two episodes, I found them a little dull to watch. :huh:
I don't always mind cut hair. Sometimes it actually looks really cute when it's short! I guess it all depends on the pony and how much hair was chopped off.
I don't care at all about this G5 leaked stuff :shrug:Neither do I :lol:
I might have, if it were new and fresh.
I might have, if it were new and fresh.
I find it interesting, but I'm neither excited or horrified by it. I like speculation about stuff, but to me that's all it is. I still consider G5 a myth until it actually appears on our shelves. Hasbro are prone to changing their minds. Often ;)
I LOVE late generation gimmicks. Colorswirl, color-changing, tropical neon, rockbeat, dance n prance ponies -hay yeah. The g4 ones too (snowglobe, pearly, seaponies), but I'd like them more if I liked g4 style better :P1
With G4, I kinda hafta have gimmicks. They're mostly not worth owning otherwise. Impo.
With G4, I kinda hafta have gimmicks. They're mostly not worth owning otherwise. Impo.
I admit I only have Shine Bright Twilight Sparkle because her light up unicorn horn makes me laugh.
I don't care at all about this G5 leaked stuff :shrug:
With G4, I kinda hafta have gimmicks. They're mostly not worth owning otherwise. Impo.
I admit I only have Shine Bright Twilight Sparkle because her light up unicorn horn makes me laugh.
Neat. Ididn't know there was one like that.
It'd be nice.With G4, I kinda hafta have gimmicks. They're mostly not worth owning otherwise. Impo.
I admit I only have Shine Bright Twilight Sparkle because her light up unicorn horn makes me laugh.
Neat. Ididn't know there was one like that.
I got her in a lot of second hand G4 at a really knock down price, I bought the lot for Trixie and the original Cheerilee, both of whom I think are really pretty, and she amused me so ended up staying too. I had to look up what her set was though. Had no idea.
@Zapper, I generally agree. I don't mind if it continues or it ends. I just hope if it ends, the fad people will disappear and the pony community can actually be more of one community instead of divided like it currently is. There are lots of great G4 people here and I see them at ponycon as well. So I live in hope.
One I can think of is I don't think the TAF Babies are cute like everyone else does, and they are not on my top wanted list.
The MO babies that are cutest to me are Baby Sugarcake and Gametime. I know they are rare, but they don't seem super popular. I think they have the prettiest colors.
One I can think of is I don't think the TAF Babies are cute like everyone else does, and they are not on my top wanted list.
The MO babies that are cutest to me are Baby Sugarcake and Gametime. I know they are rare, but they don't seem super popular. I think they have the prettiest colors.
I love the Taf babies and really have a couple of favorites. I don't own any though. One thing that bothers me is Baby Sugarberry's hair color. It is wrong, wrong and triple wrong. That little pony needs the same awesome hair as the adult version. MO I would still want her though because I love Sugarberry in general.
One I can think of is I don't think the TAF Babies are cute like everyone else does, and they are not on my top wanted list.
The MO babies that are cutest to me are Baby Sugarcake and Gametime. I know they are rare, but they don't seem super popular. I think they have the prettiest colors.
I love the Taf babies and really have a couple of favorites. I don't own any though. One thing that bothers me is Baby Sugarberry's hair color. It is wrong, wrong and triple wrong. That little pony needs the same awesome hair as the adult version. MO I would still want her though because I love Sugarberry in general.
She doesn't?
I'm probably just going to say a lot of things people have already said, but here goes...
- I loathe Mimic. She's overpriced and overhyped, and for some reason my first thought on seeing her "wow, snooty", which isn't something I feel with Milky Way
- I'm looking forward to G5 immensely and I really hope they decide to go with all new ponies, because I'm tired of the Mane Six
- I would happily deflock even a mint So-Soft because I hate the texture and the way it dulls their colours
- I love G2 a LOT
- I didn't know about the Sweetheart Sisters until three years ago and I fell in love with them all. I love their poses and daintiness and I feel like they complete the pony lifecycle, between baby ponies and adult ponies
- The German baby ponies need more love (but they also don't because they're expensive enough as it is XP)
- I don't get the hype over Nirvana ponies. Most of them are tremendously ugly and they look cheap.One I can think of is I don't think the TAF Babies are cute like everyone else does, and they are not on my top wanted list.
The MO babies that are cutest to me are Baby Sugarcake and Gametime. I know they are rare, but they don't seem super popular. I think they have the prettiest colors.
I love the Taf babies and really have a couple of favorites. I don't own any though. One thing that bothers me is Baby Sugarberry's hair color. It is wrong, wrong and triple wrong. That little pony needs the same awesome hair as the adult version. MO I would still want her though because I love Sugarberry in general.
She doesn't?
No, it's lighter and pinker, more like magenta. It is, however, almost the exact same shade as Strawberry Surprise's... :wonder:
One I can think of is I don't think the TAF Babies are cute like everyone else does, and they are not on my top wanted list.
The MO babies that are cutest to me are Baby Sugarcake and Gametime. I know they are rare, but they don't seem super popular. I think they have the prettiest colors.
I love the Taf babies and really have a couple of favorites. I don't own any though. One thing that bothers me is Baby Sugarberry's hair color. It is wrong, wrong and triple wrong. That little pony needs the same awesome hair as the adult version. MO I would still want her though because I love Sugarberry in general.
She doesn't?
No, it's lighter and pinker, more like magenta. It is, however, almost the exact same shade as Strawberry Surprise's... :wonder:
Ohh.
OT but I love your avatar. One of my favorite water types.
Bewilderbeast I love your av, too!! Azumarill is the best :heart: and I love that shot of it, so cute XP
Bewilderbeast I love your av, too!! Azumarill is the best :heart: and I love that shot of it, so cute XP
Popular Pony Opinion. Azumarill rocks!
i hate firefly and rainbowdash g4 and i wish sprinkles was more popular and diamond dreams reminds me of mcdonalds
i hate firefly and rainbowdash g4 and i wish sprinkles was more popular and diamond dreams reminds me of mcdonalds
The color scheme. ;)
i hate firefly and rainbowdash g4 and i wish sprinkles was more popular and diamond dreams reminds me of mcdonalds
For some reason I found the bolded bit of what you said hilarious. While we're on the food associations, I think Lightning looks like cheese. Red Leicester cheese. With cheddary hair.
I have discovered that I like Equestria Girls. :) I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the first film but I really liked it.
i didnt know it was bolded loli hate firefly and rainbowdash g4 and i wish sprinkles was more popular and diamond dreams reminds me of mcdonalds
For some reason I found the bolded bit of what you said hilarious. While we're on the food associations, I think Lightning looks like cheese. Red Leicester cheese. With cheddary hair.
I do too. I don't know if it is an unpopular opinion but I genuinely like Equestria Girls movies/eps and I still like the old dolls. I still rescue them from charity shops even if they lack articulation. Especially Sunset Shimmer. I think Rainbow Rocks won it for me because of all the nods it makes to the old Jem cartoon. The ending of RR is very much like a scene in the early Jem episodes, where the Holograms try to draw away the attention of fans crowding around the Misfits' rigged battle of the band contest. Adagio does remind me somewhat of Pizzazz as well, so I love her too. Her sidekicks are not much like Stormer and Roxy, but I can make do. Hasbro were definitely channeling Jem when they made Rainbow Rocks.I have discovered that I like Equestria Girls. :) I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the first film but I really liked it.
I like Rainbow Rocks a lot!
lolI do too. I don't know if it is an unpopular opinion but I genuinely like Equestria Girls movies/eps and I still like the old dolls. I still rescue them from charity shops even if they lack articulation. Especially Sunset Shimmer. I think Rainbow Rocks won it for me because of all the nods it makes to the old Jem cartoon. The ending of RR is very much like a scene in the early Jem episodes, where the Holograms try to draw away the attention of fans crowding around the Misfits' rigged battle of the band contest. Adagio does remind me somewhat of Pizzazz as well, so I love her too. Her sidekicks are not much like Stormer and Roxy, but I can make do. Hasbro were definitely channeling Jem when they made Rainbow Rocks.I have discovered that I like Equestria Girls. :) I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the first film but I really liked it.
I like Rainbow Rocks a lot!
@MamiTomoe - you're not going mad, I bolded it ;)
Ponies like Heart throb, Pinkie Pie and Strawberry Surprise are waay too pink.
Ponies like Heart throb, Pinkie Pie and Strawberry Surprise are waay too pink.
Pink body with magenta hair usually looks gross to me. But I love Strawberry Surprise! She's my exception from the norm.
I don't mind having ponies that aren't in mint condition. I think that ponies with play wear have much more personality to them and hold a very interesting story. I always wonder who the ponies were owned by, who bought them, if they were a gift, how they were played with, etc. I have a baby ballerina Pony with a star drawn in pen where her symbol would be if she had one, and I can't bear to try to fade it away. Whatever child owned her loved her so much that she gave her a symbol and I just can't take that away from the pony.
I don't mind having ponies that aren't in mint condition. I think that ponies with play wear have much more personality to them and hold a very interesting story. I always wonder who the ponies were owned by, who bought them, if they were a gift, how they were played with, etc. I have a baby ballerina Pony with a star drawn in pen where her symbol would be if she had one, and I can't bear to try to fade it away. Whatever child owned her loved her so much that she gave her a symbol and I just can't take that away from the pony.Me too! Most of my ponies are from goodwill and aren't anywhere near mint so I would have to learn to deal with it anyway. That story is so precious!
I really like ponies who have names on the hooves. It makes me think of Toy Story 2. A lot of my childhood ones have my name on the hooves still. It's just sweet although a little sad too that that person grew up and no longer loved them.
Cue Jessie's song...
I really like ponies who have names on the hooves. It makes me think of Toy Story 2. A lot of my childhood ones have my name on the hooves still. It's just sweet although a little sad too that that person grew up and no longer loved them.
Cue Jessie's song...
I visciously remove things like that because I don't want the ponies to remember their former masters. I am the one and only overlord once they're in my realm :angry:
I really like ponies who have names on the hooves. It makes me think of Toy Story 2. A lot of my childhood ones have my name on the hooves still. It's just sweet although a little sad too that that person grew up and no longer loved them.
Cue Jessie's song...
I visciously remove things like that because I don't want the ponies to remember their former masters. I am the one and only overlord once they're in my realm :angry:
I don't mind having ponies that aren't in mint condition. I think that ponies with play wear have much more personality to them and hold a very interesting story. I always wonder who the ponies were owned by, who bought them, if they were a gift, how they were played with, etc. I have a baby ballerina Pony with a star drawn in pen where her symbol would be if she had one, and I can't bear to try to fade it away. Whatever child owned her loved her so much that she gave her a symbol and I just can't take that away from the pony.
I think each and every official G4 plush is ugly. The only ones that look nice are the BaB but I hate the nylon hair and costs.
That's why I got the Chinese factory ones on ebay who look show accurate and even have their marks on both sides.
Hasbro should have made them hand over the patterns before they sent a C&D. Their plushies looked super cute and had nice quality.
I really like ponies who have names on the hooves. It makes me think of Toy Story 2. A lot of my childhood ones have my name on the hooves still. It's just sweet although a little sad too that that person grew up and no longer loved them.I hate you.I didn't want to cry today.
Cue Jessie's song...
I think each and every official G4 plush is ugly. The only ones that look nice are the BaB but I hate the nylon hair and costs.
That's why I got the Chinese factory ones on ebay who look show accurate and even have their marks on both sides.
Hasbro should have made them hand over the patterns before they sent a C&D. Their plushies looked super cute and had nice quality.
They are ugly. It's a crying shame that other companies put more effort and quality into Hasbro's products then Hasbro does.
I think each and every official G4 plush is ugly. The only ones that look nice are the BaB but I hate the nylon hair and costs.
That's why I got the Chinese factory ones on ebay who look show accurate and even have their marks on both sides.
Hasbro should have made them hand over the patterns before they sent a C&D. Their plushies looked super cute and had nice quality.
They are ugly. It's a crying shame that other companies put more effort and quality into Hasbro's products then Hasbro does.
I think each and every official G4 plush is ugly. The only ones that look nice are the BaB but I hate the nylon hair and costs.
That's why I got the Chinese factory ones on ebay who look show accurate and even have their marks on both sides.
Hasbro should have made them hand over the patterns before they sent a C&D. Their plushies looked super cute and had nice quality.
I think each and every official G4 plush is ugly. The only ones that look nice are the BaB but I hate the nylon hair and costs.
That's why I got the Chinese factory ones on ebay who look show accurate and even have their marks on both sides.
Hasbro should have made them hand over the patterns before they sent a C&D. Their plushies looked super cute and had nice quality.
Oooh I'd love to see pictures!
I have some Ty plushies and I think they are cute, and I'd love to have BaB plushies but I can't afford them. But in general I agree plushies could be much better.
I don't like Flutter Pony wings. I do have one Flutter with original wings and she's very special of course. But I just don't think they look like wings. I like the Summer/Windy Wing Ponies much better. Their wings are much prettier and more creative, plus they are more durable. I think the ponies themselves are cuter too. I do like Flutter Ponies though! I do like the iridescence of their wings and their delicate look, I just think they could have been shaped better.
I don't like most of the official G4 plushies (except the Build-A-Bear ones--but why does their hair get messed up so easily??? Like????)I'm pretty sure it's a g4 version of her, but she looks nice.
BUT
I also don't like the G1 plushies, the Hasbro Softies. They look unhappy, like they're screaming their regrets.
About the 'bootleg' (but nice) plushes, I just found out they made G1 Jazzie. You can easily find her on eBay if you search for her. Has her rollerskates and CD player and everything.
People on eBay.uk selling ponies without doing research. On eBay.uk today I found someone selling pony books, with Bow Tie and they're saying its a flutter pony. Clearly they don't know the difference between Flutter pony size and the earth pony size.
I think G3, especially the movies (i.e. Princess Promenade) had the best animation out of all MLP cartoons.I second this completely! It is one of the reasons I refer to G3 as "The Beautiful Generation".
I think G3, especially the movies (i.e. Princess Promenade) had the best animation out of all MLP cartoons.
so trueI think G3, especially the movies (i.e. Princess Promenade) had the best animation out of all MLP cartoons.
I agree too! To be fair though, G1 isn't really the kind of show that gets praise for its animation usually and G4 tends to be a matter of taste. The G3 animation is pretty universally appealing looking.
Probably one of my biggest pet peeves with MLP toys is poses that have the legs fused to the body (Bubbles/Firefly pose in G1) or the legs fused together (some G2 poses) or the leg fused to itself (like the G2 Tipsy Tulip pose). It's one nice thing about G3 and G4, as far as I'm aware neither generation did these things with the brushables.
I think G3, especially the movies (i.e. Princess Promenade) had the best animation out of all MLP cartoons.
I agree too! To be fair though, G1 isn't really the kind of show that gets praise for its animation usually and G4 tends to be a matter of taste. The G3 animation is pretty universally appealing looking.
Probably one of my biggest pet peeves with MLP toys is poses that have the legs fused to the body (Bubbles/Firefly pose in G1) or the legs fused together (some G2 poses) or the leg fused to itself (like the G2 Tipsy Tulip pose). It's one nice thing about G3 and G4, as far as I'm aware neither generation did these things with the brushables.
I think G3, especially the movies (i.e. Princess Promenade) had the best animation out of all MLP cartoons.
I think G3, especially the movies (i.e. Princess Promenade) had the best animation out of all MLP cartoons.
The animation might be nice but I hate the G3 cartoons because the voices are so annoying.
I really really want a reboot. I'm tired of FIM.
Ok, just thought of another unpoular pony opinion of mine...
I think some ponies' symbols are too small (like G1 Hopscotch or G3 Crystal Lake) and a lot of G3 ponies seem to have symbols that are "something and nothing"...if that makes any sense :lol:
For example, the symbols of G3 Amberlocks, Dazzle Surprise and Garden Glade leave me feeling that they could have been so much more; as if some ponies' symbols don't really do justice to their names.
I much prefer something bold like Shenanigans, Denim Blue or Sapphire Shores...
Just my thoughts anyway...
I actually like the G3 Donkey pose.
I actually like the G3 Donkey pose.
I love the Donkey Pose! It makes the ponies look really excited to me, like they're about to tell you something wonderful! :lol:
I have the goal to get every Donkey Pose pony, they're just so cute.
really? Oh, good. Now that I think about it, Hasn't FIM been around since 2010 or 2011? I'd say thats a great run! I see it everywhere still. It kinda makes me sad to think about children who will be upset at the style change and feel "betrayed" kinda like how I did when G2 came out (i like G2 now)I really really want a reboot. I'm tired of FIM.
Believe me, that's not an unpopular opinion here. A lot of us are looking forward to G5 and a possible redesign :)
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or just a pet peeve, but it always bugs me when FiM ponies raise a leg while they're walking.
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Notice how, for a brief moment, the entire body is supported by a single hoof. I realize they want ponies to use human body language, but like, they're ponies? Ponies who need their limbs for walking, not gesturing?
I don't like the new combs. They're not good for brushing. Thw old brushes that were clustered in the middle like a horse brush were always better because they get everything.
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't either. I mean they are kinda cute and all. But I have absolutely no desire to collect them.
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't either. I mean they are kinda cute and all. But I have absolutely no desire to collect them.
Thirded.
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't either. I mean they are kinda cute and all. But I have absolutely no desire to collect them.
Thirded.
Fourthed.
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't either. I mean they are kinda cute and all. But I have absolutely no desire to collect them.
Thirded.
Fourthed.
Fithed? Is that a word?
They’re cute, but they just don’t seem like Mlp to me at all.
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't either. I mean they are kinda cute and all. But I have absolutely no desire to collect them.
Thirded.
Fourthed.
Fithed? Is that a word?
They’re cute, but they just don’t seem like Mlp to me at all.
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't either. I mean they are kinda cute and all. But I have absolutely no desire to collect them.
Thirded.
Fourthed.
Fithed? Is that a word?
They’re cute, but they just don’t seem like Mlp to me at all.
Sixthed!
I suspect it's a ploy by Hasbro to try and prime people for how small G5 ponies are going to be... :wonder:
I don't like the Cutie Mark Crew figures.
There I said it.
I don't either. I mean they are kinda cute and all. But I have absolutely no desire to collect them.
Thirded.
Fourthed.
Fithed? Is that a word?
They’re cute, but they just don’t seem like Mlp to me at all.
Sixthed!
I suspect it's a ploy by Hasbro to try and prime people for how small G5 ponies are going to be... :wonder:
Maybe we'll need a microscope to see them. Maybe they're already out. Next time you see a gap on shelf? Maybe it's not a gap. Maybe it's just G5 ponies O.O
I also don't like Paradise.
I also don't like Paradise.
*faints*
xD
Lickety Split is a funny name. But whenever I hear it I think of that wretched song tape song. Can't help it. My whole family think it too. So whatever it actually means, it's now just a song lyric that fits nicely into the rhythm da-da-da-dum ;)
I still think Chocolate Chip (Coco Berry) is the most terrifying stink bomb Hasbro ever produced.
Yet another unpopular opinion: I don't care about Lickety Split. At all. I don't even like her name.
I also don't like Paradise. It's the red hair, I think. Yes, I know, red hair is uncommon on ponies, but... ehh....
And I don't like poses that involve looking very, very up in the sky, like some baby sea ponies and Zig-Zag.
The names, symbols, and powers of a pony don't necessarily have to match up.
The names, symbols, and powers of a pony don't necessarily have to match up.
True, but it is a help if they at least make some sense xD. I always thought it had something to do with licking and banana splits which is just a bit...well...odd.
So anyway, moving on...
I like Lickety. I prefer the 1985 earth pony set to the 1984 one. :)<---bound to be unpopular.
I also don't like Paradise.
*faints*
xD
Lickety Split is a funny name. But whenever I hear it I think of that wretched song tape song. Can't help it. My whole family think it too. So whatever it actually means, it's now just a song lyric that fits nicely into the rhythm da-da-da-dum ;)
I still think Chocolate Chip (Coco Berry) is the most terrifying stink bomb Hasbro ever produced.
The names, symbols, and powers of a pony don't necessarily have to match up.
True, but it is a help if they at least make some sense xD. I always thought it had something to do with licking and banana splits which is just a bit...well...odd.
So anyway, moving on...
I like Lickety. I prefer the 1985 earth pony set to the 1984 one. :)<---bound to be unpopular.
I like Tootsie and Posey and to a lesser extent CJ.
I personally am not a set completer, because I don't see the point of buying ponies I don't like, just to have em all.
When I was younger sister and I bought every pony we didn't have from carboot sales, irrespective of the condition. We split them between us. We;re still pretty completionist but there are ponies she has that I don't and vice versa. So if it's a pony she already has, I might choose to get it too, but I might not. And vice versa. We both have Twist and Bright Eyes TE and so on, but Naynie has Crumpet and Munchy and I have Buttons and Twilight. I guess my unpopular opinion is that rather than having just my collection, I feel like I'm a partner in three collections - my own, my sister's, and the childhood collection I adopted from my friend when she decided to part with them. Together they make one collection, but can also be enjoyed separately or in smaller groups. And I don't feel any need to get Crumpet or Munchy, even though I'm a completionist at heart, because as far as I'm concerned, the collection already has them. MLP would not be so much fun for me if my sister and I hadn't played together with them from the start.
I don’t like the inclusion of yaks, hippogriffs, etc, in FiM. I don’t like all these different species in a thing called My Little *Pony*.
I hate braiding hair. I like long, flowing hair. I mean, small braids are fun to do, but braiding tails or manes is a last resort neccesity for me, because it means the hair refuses to be managed.
I hate braiding hair. I like long, flowing hair. I mean, small braids are fun to do, but braiding tails or manes is a last resort neccesity for me, because it means the hair refuses to be managed.
I hear ya. I think braided hair on MLPs looks like a kid has played with the pony rather than a piece of a collection to display and care for.
I hate braiding hair. I like long, flowing hair. I mean, small braids are fun to do, but braiding tails or manes is a last resort neccesity for me, because it means the hair refuses to be managed.
I hear ya. I think braided hair on MLPs looks like a kid has played with the pony rather than a piece of a collection to display and care for.
I braid. Thus far all of my ponies who have experienced braiding have lived to tell the tale ;) but it does kink the hair. Mind you, I have a picture from a Hasbro catalogue where Brilliant Blossoms has clearly had her hair braided and then brushed loose. And she's the display model for the photographs. So if it's good enough for Hasbro...
I hate braiding hair. I like long, flowing hair. I mean, small braids are fun to do, but braiding tails or manes is a last resort neccesity for me, because it means the hair refuses to be managed.
I hear ya. I think braided hair on MLPs looks like a kid has played with the pony rather than a piece of a collection to display and care for.
I don't really care for Dream Castle as a playset. Though that one customizer who did hers up for the night ponies was amazing.
I don't really care for Dream Castle as a playset. Though that one customizer who did hers up for the night ponies was amazing.
I never cared much for any of the playsets. I know this will sound funny to a lot of people, but I've always felt all the MLP playsets (at least for G1 & G3) are just too small. I've never seen the playsets in person, but by looking at pictures it doesn't look Dream Castle or Paradise Estate would accommodate more than a few ponies. I'd love to hear how many adult ponies fit in these playsets from those who have them.
Even if Hasbro had cut back on playset accessories to focus on just making the playsets bigger, that would have been preferable.
I know it may not have been logistical due to costs, space, etc.... But then again even a massive cardboard castle that could have been folded/disassembled would have been cool.
Anyway, is that an unpopular opinion not to like the G3 Core poses ? I can't tell why, but they look off to me. =/
I just don't like G2 or G4 ponies, although I somehow appear to have quite a few G4's these days. I don't like them much, but I can't seem to leave them if I see them in charity shops...
G3 playsets were plenty big for me as a kid. Celebration Castle could hold 18 ponies easily, and it took up a great deal of room in my bedroom, which was in an apartment and shared with my sister.I don't really care for Dream Castle as a playset. Though that one customizer who did hers up for the night ponies was amazing.
I never cared much for any of the playsets. I know this will sound funny to a lot of people, but I've always felt all the MLP playsets (at least for G1 & G3) are just too small. I've never seen the playsets in person, but by looking at pictures it doesn't look Dream Castle or Paradise Estate would accommodate more than a few ponies. I'd love to hear how many adult ponies fit in these playsets from those who have them.
Even if Hasbro had cut back on playset accessories to focus on just making the playsets bigger, that would have been preferable.
I know it may not have been logistical due to costs, space, etc.... But then again even a massive cardboard castle that could have been folded/disassembled would have been cool.
Not sure they are in good enough condition to be honest.I just don't like G2 or G4 ponies, although I somehow appear to have quite a few G4's these days. I don't like them much, but I can't seem to leave them if I see them in charity shops...
Why not sell them to collectors who like them?
Not sure they are in good enough condition to be honest.I just don't like G2 or G4 ponies, although I somehow appear to have quite a few G4's these days. I don't like them much, but I can't seem to leave them if I see them in charity shops...
Why not sell them to collectors who like them?
I've never seen Dream Castle in person, but Paradise Estate is fairly big in my opinion. I only have one third of it and it's really possible to insert a bunch of ponies in it. =D
G3 playsets were plenty big for me as a kid. Celebration Castle could hold 18 ponies easily, and it took up a great deal of room in my bedroom, which was in an apartment and shared with my sister.
I've never seen Dream Castle in person, but Paradise Estate is fairly big in my opinion. I only have one third of it and it's really possible to insert a bunch of ponies in it. =DG3 playsets were plenty big for me as a kid. Celebration Castle could hold 18 ponies easily, and it took up a great deal of room in my bedroom, which was in an apartment and shared with my sister.
Hmmmm... Maybe they just look small to me because I've never seen them in person, and usually when I see photos of them they're of just the playsets themselves without any ponies inside to get a feel for capacity. Now I suddenly want those playsets :)
I've never seen Dream Castle in person, but Paradise Estate is fairly big in my opinion. I only have one third of it and it's really possible to insert a bunch of ponies in it. =DG3 playsets were plenty big for me as a kid. Celebration Castle could hold 18 ponies easily, and it took up a great deal of room in my bedroom, which was in an apartment and shared with my sister.
Hmmmm... Maybe they just look small to me because I've never seen them in person, and usually when I see photos of them they're of just the playsets themselves without any ponies inside to get a feel for capacity. Now I suddenly want those playsets :)
G3's Crystal Rainbow Castle is pretty huge! I had to reorganize my entire pony collection when I thrifted it to make room for it! I use it to display my favorite G3s that I have, here's what it looks like with a bunch of ponies on/surrounding it in my display:
It bugs me that some fans can't wrap their brain around the fact that older ponies don't earn their symbols. They simply have them.
It bugs me that some fans can't wrap their brain around the fact that older ponies don't earn their symbols. They simply have them.
That's why I find it annoying when newer fans mock G1 babies for having baby-themed symbols. G1 babies came in so many forms. Some are born, some are created from mirrors as the spitting image of a childless pony, some look exactly like their parents. So what.
When I was a kid I simply assumed the symbols could change over time and adjust to what the ponies enjoyed (like mood rings, lol).
It bugs me that some fans can't wrap their brain around the fact that older ponies don't earn their symbols. They simply have them.
That's why I find it annoying when newer fans mock G1 babies for having baby-themed symbols. G1 babies came in so many forms. Some are born, some are created from mirrors as the spitting image of a childless pony, some look exactly like their parents. So what.
When I was a kid I simply assumed the symbols could change over time and adjust to what the ponies enjoyed (like mood rings, lol).
The difference between G1 baby ponies/symbols/etc and G4 is conformity. G4 bothered to make a rule about it, and G1 didn't.
The mocking is actually revealing about the fandom itself. If a person goes out of their way to make fun of something/someone else, especially unprovoked, it means they're not entirely secure in themselves and what they believe. While it's annoying, I mostly feel sorry for the people who feel the need to behave like that. There are plenty of G4 fans who don't, and they're the ones I hope will stick around after G4 ends.
I don't know if it's an unpopular opinion or not, but as time goes on and G4 begins to fade a little, I feel like dividing MLP into generations needs to go back to being just a way to identify lines, and not a way to create factions. I love my G1 ponies. They're absolutely the core of my collection. But I have G2, G3 and G4 as well and I like them just fine too. I realise the faction thing didn't begin here, but I was never a fan of the tribal mentality with G1 and G2 and I'm still not now.
I love seeing kids in the town centre with pony purses or pony dresses or pony bags -or seeing a child of about three clutching a BAB plushie and it's almost as big as they are. I like seeing kids enjoy MLP, whether it's G1 or G4 or whatever it might be. I generally am over the brony insecurity complex thing now. There's room for four generations (and a half) of ponies and I dare say there'll be room for G5 as well, so long as the kids don't abandon it :)
People mocking G1 symbols and G1 in general is taking things waaay too seriously. It's a toy! Made for children! :lol: I think some of the newer fans do this maybe because they discovered MLP as adults and not kids. They interpret and analyze all things MLP with an adult mind while we who played with ponies as kids, at least I, fondly remember the fun of that and don't mind that the story behind the toy isn't perfect. The MLP story evolved over 35 years time and that's it.
With G1 I always wondered what happened when the babies grew up. Were there just two of Heartthrob, or did they still refer to her daughter as Baby Heartthrob? And what happened when she had a baby? Were there just three Heartthrobs running around? Near the end of G1 with the newborns/newborn twin sets that weren't specifically assigned to an adult they sort of fixed this issue but I still wondered what happened when the original babies finally grew up.
Same with Rapunzel, I don't like her colors at all, or not very much about that pony. I think the hype about her is only because the fact that she is a rare pony.
I'm not sure how many people share this with me, but I don't like the Piggy ponies and don't understand the attraction and high value. :shrug:
I'm not sure how many people share this with me, but I don't like the Piggy ponies and don't understand the attraction and high value. :shrug:
Seconded :D
I like ReUnicorno better then Majesty.
I like ReUnicorno better then Majesty.
I do, too :)
They do look awfully cute together, though.
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I get really annoyed when people bid on pony auctions days before they're due to be over. That doesn't help you get the item at all. The important part of bidding is in the last minute.
I like ReUnicorno better then Majesty.
I do, too :)
They do look awfully cute together, though.
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Carrehz he is absolutely stunning! :stunned: :faint: and baby majesty is cute.
I think green and yellow ponies are generally the ones that command the highest prices, so I am not sure they are underrated...xD
Re the snipe vs the proxy bid. Ultimately it doesn't matter which method you use if you are putting in the max you want to pay whenever you bid. If the auction goes above your bid then you should bow out really.
I am not a fan of automatic snipe programs. I often bid a little before the end and then turn the PC off and go do something else so I don't get caught in a bidding war. If I win I do, if not, then oh well. I don't do automatic sniping. For me that's more annoying than people bidding ages before the auction ends. I sometimes put low bids on items I want to bid on later so I get proper reminders from ebay, as Ebay fails often to remind me of watchlist items ending, but always reminds me of things I've been outbid on.
Over 20 years of using ebay, though, the people I don't understand are the ones who bid much more than a pony is realistically worth because they get caught up in hype. I don't mind when people bid, not really, but if I see a faded Posey going for £30 for no apparent reason, then I have to wonder about the bidders involved.
wait...what is a "piggy" pony??
wait...what is a "piggy" pony??
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=228066 (http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=228066)
They're Nirvana ponies from Spain.
I like the gen 3 rainy day outfit, even if it is all plastic, I like how it looks and feels.
wait...what is a "piggy" pony??
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=228066 (http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=228066)
They're Nirvana ponies from Spain.
oh...oh my gOD!! i am LAUGHING
I like Algodoncete's colors and symbol though. It's like a rain storm.
wait...what is a "piggy" pony??
http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=228066 (http://mlparena.com/archive/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=228066)
They're Nirvana ponies from Spain.
oh...oh my gOD!! i am LAUGHING
I like Algodoncete's colors and symbol though. It's like a rain storm.
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I almost liked them when I saw this photo on Pinterest (I didn't know that their eyes open and close), but I realised that I just thought that the photo was very sweet. I see other pictures of them, and I may like a colour scheme or a name or a symbol, but overall, they are just not for me.
I like the gen 3 rainy day outfit, even if it is all plastic, I like how it looks and feels.
I didn't know gen 3 had a rainy day outfit? Where can I find pictures of that?
I like the gen 3 rainy day outfit, even if it is all plastic, I like how it looks and feels.
I didn't know gen 3 had a rainy day outfit? Where can I find pictures of that?
I think it’s sweet too! It’s a little tough as it’s plastic, and the holes in the hat are quite sharp on mine xD, but it’s so cute on them!
There were 3 versions of it, here are some links:
Sunset Sweety: http://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/Release/teapartysets.html (scroll down until you find ponyville tea party, she’s in blue)
Star Swirl: (the original and most common one)
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/G3_Star_Swirl
Pick a lily:
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Pick-a-Lilly_and_Sunny_Salsa#Pick-a-Lilly
Some of my unpopular opinions are:
- Butter Kiss has a strange pose, was it used for anyone else? And was it a re make of another’s pose? She’s always looked a bit off to me.
- Another is that I like g3.5s, they have so much hair, and it’s so soft!
- I’m tired of the toys being based off of the show, it seems like Mlp has gone from a toy line to a cartoon with merchandise.
- Ponies with printed on glasses! Gah! The BAB DJ and FS photo finish don’t have them stamped on, so we know they have eyes!
- the names for some of the blind bags are getting more strange by the wave! I like to have a giggle when I see them in the shops :P
Mlp Sunsparkle x
- Ponies with printed on glasses! Gah! The BAB DJ and FS photo finish don’t have them stamped on, so we know they have eyes!
- the names for some of the blind bags are getting more strange by the wave! I like to have a giggle when I see them in the shops :P
Mlp Sunsparkle x
I've long since thought they were inspired by paint colour sample sheets.I would probably believe someone if they said that was true.
Re the snipe vs the proxy bid. Ultimately it doesn't matter which method you use if you are putting in the max you want to pay whenever you bid. If the auction goes above your bid then you should bow out really.
I am not a fan of automatic snipe programs. I often bid a little before the end and then turn the PC off and go do something else so I don't get caught in a bidding war. If I win I do, if not, then oh well. I don't do automatic sniping. For me that's more annoying than people bidding ages before the auction ends. I sometimes put low bids on items I want to bid on later so I get proper reminders from ebay, as Ebay fails often to remind me of watchlist items ending, but always reminds me of things I've been outbid on.
Over 20 years of using ebay, though, the people I don't understand are the ones who bid much more than a pony is realistically worth because they get caught up in hype. I don't mind when people bid, not really, but if I see a faded Posey going for £30 for no apparent reason, then I have to wonder about the bidders involved.
Totally with you on the toy line/show shifting dynamic. I want a toy line, not something thrown together to keep a cartoon with questionable values on screens.
My unpopular pony opinions - I LOVE the collectors pose! I think it is a very sweet and soulful pose (if that makes sense!)
My unpopular pony opinions - I LOVE the collectors pose! I think it is a very sweet and soulful pose (if that makes sense!)
When I was a child I felt the collector's pose was sort of droppy and so all the collector pose ponies I had were Grandma Ponies.
My unpopular pony opinions - I LOVE the collectors pose! I think it is a very sweet and soulful pose (if that makes sense!)
When I was a child I felt the collector's pose was sort of droppy and so all the collector pose ponies I had were Grandma Ponies.
I've never been a huge fan of the 'Tootsie pose', but I think a lot of people like it and favour it. I only just recently got Cherries Jubilee, the only one I have in this pose, because I don't like it so much. It seems awkward somehow. :wonder:
I've never been a huge fan of the 'Tootsie pose', but I think a lot of people like it and favour it. I only just recently got Cherries Jubilee, the only one I have in this pose, because I don't like it so much. It seems awkward somehow. :wonder:
As a kid I hated this pose. I had Snowflake and Cherries Jubilee and I wasn't always nice to them. They also got to be stand in boy ponies when I needed more than the three I had for a game or something. But when I was about 8 or 9 I decided to start writing stories about Magic Star and I actively chose to make Cherries Jubilee her best friend because I wanted to like the pony more. It worked. The pose is goofy, but now I don't mind it - though I think part of that was because I knew that here in the UK, Magic Star (with whom I was a bit obsessed at the time) was also in that pose.
The weird thing is that now to me that's normal for Magic Star. So my unpopular opinion is that I don't like Magic Star in the rearing pose. Also, I consider SS Magic Star and the other SS ponies the variants, even though they came out earlier than the movie ponies we had over here - because I grew up ignorant of SS ponies and they are the ones with the gimmick ;)
I like Skippety Doo and Truly in that pose but Magic Star in the rearing pose just looks wrong to me.
It's funny, I feel like I've somehow seen Magic Star more in the Tootsie pose than rearing, but I prefer the rearing. I always picture deflocked or Brazilian first, though; I have to make more of a conscious effort to picture SS Magic Star, despite her being the wider release, I think.I agree about NSS, sitting, and rearing ponies being more standard, even if I like SS ponies.
I think that there should have been more rearing, and sitting, ponies, as well as non-flocked versions of SSs, on that note. Another for the opinion bank. :joy:
I've never been a huge fan of the 'Tootsie pose', but I think a lot of people like it and favour it. I only just recently got Cherries Jubilee, the only one I have in this pose, because I don't like it so much. It seems awkward somehow. :wonder:
I've never been a huge fan of the 'Tootsie pose', but I think a lot of people like it and favour it. I only just recently got Cherries Jubilee, the only one I have in this pose, because I don't like it so much. It seems awkward somehow. :wonder:
I strongly strongly dislike that pose as well.
I've never been a huge fan of the 'Tootsie pose', but I think a lot of people like it and favour it. I only just recently got Cherries Jubilee, the only one I have in this pose, because I don't like it so much. It seems awkward somehow. :wonder:
I strongly strongly dislike that pose as well.
Me too :)
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Not sure if this has already been said, but I don't like the Sweetheart Sisters or any ponies in that pose...
Bridal ponies are utterly unnecessary to me O.o. So Satin and Lace and Confetti get away with it - they're enough ponies on their own without all the accoutrements. Bridal Beauty and Pony Bride are just...nope.
I like the SHS. It's mostly because of Starflash and the other Glittering ponies, though. Starflash was a childhood pony for me, and I have a gorgeous Moonshimmer (Twinkler in USA) and Sunblossom as well. I would LOVE some nice minty prom queens - my loose ones are all a bit worse for wear but I think they are really pretty as well.
I hate the bride pose though. I never wanted either Pony Bride or Bridal Beauty. My sister has both but I'm not interested. And while I like Confetti and Satin and Lace, I am not interested in them dressing up as brides, either. Bridal ponies are utterly unnecessary to me O.o. So Satin and Lace and Confetti get away with it - they're enough ponies on their own without all the accoutrements. Bridal Beauty and Pony Bride are just...nope.
I like the SHS. It's mostly because of Starflash and the other Glittering ponies, though. Starflash was a childhood pony for me, and I have a gorgeous Moonshimmer (Twinkler in USA) and Sunblossom as well. I would LOVE some nice minty prom queens - my loose ones are all a bit worse for wear but I think they are really pretty as well.
I hate the bride pose though. I never wanted either Pony Bride or Bridal Beauty. My sister has both but I'm not interested. And while I like Confetti and Satin and Lace, I am not interested in them dressing up as brides, either. Bridal ponies are utterly unnecessary to me O.o. So Satin and Lace and Confetti get away with it - they're enough ponies on their own without all the accoutrements. Bridal Beauty and Pony Bride are just...nope.
I'm thinking Hasbro botched the names of that particular set of SHS.
wait...what is a "piggy" pony??
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They're Nirvana ponies from Spain.
oh...oh my gOD!! i am LAUGHING
I like Algodoncete's colors and symbol though. It's like a rain storm.
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I almost liked them when I saw this photo on Pinterest (I didn't know that their eyes open and close), but I realised that I just thought that the photo was very sweet. I see other pictures of them, and I may like a colour scheme or a name or a symbol, but overall, they are just not for me.
Me neither, at first. But then I ended up with a pair and they grew on me, especially wearing g3 accessories that happen tobfit perfectly. (Crown, flower Bouquet, and skirt) Just those two, though. As funny as the spotted giraffe-looking one is to me, I definitely don't want more.
Not sure if this has already been said, but I don't like the Sweetheart Sisters or any ponies in that pose...
My unpopular opinion is that I quite like the Waterfire pose, I thinks it's a pretty nice one. It looks like the pony is sticking its tongue out to be silly or blowing a bubble gum. ^^those outfits would be better moulded on
I also quite enjoy G3 tinsel as long as I don't see it too often. Problem is, I feel like I have too many tinseled ponies to enjoy this feature anymore. *Non-tinseled ponies are okay too, hasbro ! *
I just got Fancy Free yesterday with a bad case of tail rust. If my de-rusting methods ruins her tinsel, I'm pretty sure I'd be up to de-tisel her completely. But I'm still unsure, I don't like to damage ponies, I'm the first one against de-tinseling. That might hurt so much. ._.Oh, and speaking of printed-out accessories....This upcoming lineup...Wellp, spoiler about the new lineup(School of friendship brushables), you've been warned twice.
My unpopular opinion is that I quite like the Waterfire pose, I thinks it's a pretty nice one. It looks like the pony is sticking its tongue out to be silly or blowing a bubble gum. ^^
I also quite enjoy G3 tinsel as long as I don't see it too often. Problem is, I feel like I have too many tinseled ponies to enjoy this feature anymore. *Non-tinseled ponies are okay too, hasbro ! *
I just got Fancy Free yesterday with a bad case of tail rust. If my de-rusting methods ruins her tinsel, I'm pretty sure I'd be up to de-tisel her completely. But I'm still unsure, I don't like to damage ponies, I'm the first one against de-tinseling. That might hurt so much. ._.Oh, and speaking of printed-out accessories....This upcoming lineup...Wellp, spoiler about the new lineup(School of friendship brushables), you've been warned twice.
I hope that disliking printed on clothes is never an unpopular opinion. I can understand rubber clothes because kiddies like to play rough sometimes and plastic is more durable and can get easily washed.
But halfway printed on is a joke. Even to kids. Little girls have standards, too.
I remember when I was a kid I would get annoyed when a doll wasn't able to change clothes. It hindered my play if something was stuck in a certain look (in my case mermaids with painted/moulded on tops, heh).
On the bright side one of the cmc finally has a toy with her symbol.I thought I saw one before at Targe, I don't remember which one.
I hate printed on clothes with a passion, it looks super cheap, hate it. :enraged:
I hate printed on clothes with a passion, it looks super cheap, hate it. :enraged:
I also don't like the wedding ponies. Bridal Beauty & Pony Bride make me think of Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. The bridal ponies' identities are locked into being brides to the point where they've assumed permanent names associated with a one-time event, just as Miss Havisham wore her wedding gown every day as permanent attire despite it only being for a one-time event.
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While I agree with the writer's logic, a terrible part of me kinda wishes they did go ahead and make the villain Celestia and Luna's brother ... just to watch the hardcore G4 canon zealots freak out
I don´t like flutters, BBEs (that faces... :whoa:) or flocked ponys. And I´m not a fan of putting mechanisms inside ponys (like happy tails, B&G, Secret Surprise...)
Okay bear with me here:
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
I reroot all my ponies, despite 'good' hair quality
I think the pony tales cartoon is great.
I remove the first tooth paint from first tooth babies with acetone.
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
Okay bear with me here:
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
I reroot all my ponies, despite 'good' hair quality
I think the pony tales cartoon is great.
I remove the first tooth paint from first tooth babies with acetone.
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
I totally get why you would want to deflock because when I was a kid I hated the flocking and tried to rub it off. Also there are quite a few pony fans I have seen expressing their distaste for the first tooth on the babies so you are not alone.
Do you reroot the hair because you dont like the colors or just because you want the hair to be in the most pristine condition?
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
Well I'm absolutely in the mind set of it's your pony do what you want...
However, I'd like to throw it out there that people will trade their flocked ponies with rubs that are good candidates for deflock for minty flocked ponies...
Your intro post mentions you are new to collecting, so I figured I'd let you know.
Okay bear with me here:
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
I reroot all my ponies, despite 'good' hair quality
I think the pony tales cartoon is great.
I remove the first tooth paint from first tooth babies with acetone.
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
I like the name Serena over Aquamarine, because I like Sailor Moon. Plus Serena has always been a wonderful name.
Okay bear with me here:
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
I reroot all my ponies, despite 'good' hair quality
I think the pony tales cartoon is great.
I remove the first tooth paint from first tooth babies with acetone.
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
Okay bear with me here:
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
I reroot all my ponies, despite 'good' hair quality
I think the pony tales cartoon is great.
I remove the first tooth paint from first tooth babies with acetone.
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
Honestly, this is the saddest news I have heard, read or been subjected too all day. -_-
Okay bear with me here:
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
I reroot all my ponies, despite 'good' hair quality
I think the pony tales cartoon is great.
I remove the first tooth paint from first tooth babies with acetone.
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
I don't like Squash ems or Mash ems or whatever they're called.
I like the name Serena over Aquamarine, because I like Sailor Moon. Plus Serena has always been a wonderful name.
Okay bear with me here:
I only buy baits people, no need to throw shade on what's said before okay :(
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
I absolutely cannot stand when people make customs from G1 ponies instead of putting their time, energy, and resources into restoring them. It makes me really, really sad when I see that someone has made a custom from a G1.
Building off that previous statement, I don't believe in the concept of "bait" ponies, since if a pony can be customized, that pony could have been restored instead.
I absolutely cannot stand when people make customs from G1 ponies instead of putting their time, energy, and resources into restoring them. It makes me really, really sad when I see that someone has made a custom from a G1.
Building off that previous statement, I don't believe in the concept of "bait" ponies, since if a pony can be customized, that pony could have been restored instead.
I agree with you on this one. While some ponies can absolutely be considered bait, many of the ponies I've seen used for customs could have totally been restored. While I don't hate customs I'd rather have a pony rehaired with it's original color and length and completely repainted symbols instead of a custom. I like my ponies to be as original as possible.
Many of my own ponies were sold as baits, and I was able to restore them enough that they'll very well. I like to encourage others to attempt to fully restore a pony before calling it bait.
Okay bear with me here:
I deflock all my ponies, no matter what the flocking condition is.
I reroot all my ponies, despite 'good' hair quality
I think the pony tales cartoon is great.
I remove the first tooth paint from first tooth babies with acetone.
And now everyone will call me a pony abuser XD
I love the eyelash princesses, I think there's a very small pool of us :lol:.
I love the eyelash princesses, I think there's a very small pool of us :lol:.
I love my Princess Spiderlashes!
I absolutely cannot stand when people make customs from G1 ponies instead of putting their time, energy, and resources into restoring them. It makes me really, really sad when I see that someone has made a custom from a G1.
Building off that previous statement, I don't believe in the concept of "bait" ponies, since if a pony can be customized, that pony could have been restored instead.
I agree with you on this one. While some ponies can absolutely be considered bait, many of the ponies I've seen used for customs could have totally been restored. While I don't hate customs I'd rather have a pony rehaired with it's original color and length and completely repainted symbols instead of a custom. I like my ponies to be as original as possible.
Many of my own ponies were sold as baits, and I was able to restore them enough that they'll very well. I like to encourage others to attempt to fully restore a pony before calling it bait.
I agree with you both to a point.
I'm particularly uncomfortable with customising such joyful, pretty little things as ponies into pop-culture icons and monsters.
However, I do like alternative rehairs when done with the 'spirit' of the original ponies intact.
Disagree. Antiques are a lot older then that.
Disagree. Antiques are a lot older then that.
That’s why I said “by some standards”. 50 is the standard for some antique collectors... At 35, G1s are closing on that number pretty quickly.
In any case, a collectible surviving 35 years only to end up being dubbed “bait” and then irreversibly customized rather than restored... seems pretty sad to me. :(
Disagree. Antiques are a lot older then that.
That’s why I said “by some standards”. 50 is the standard for some antique collectors... At 35, G1s are closing on that number pretty quickly.
In any case, a collectible surviving 35 years only to end up being dubbed “bait” and then irreversibly customized rather than restored... seems pretty sad to me. :(
35 is not even close to 100.
They're not 50 either. They'd be considered vintage at this point. You said by some standards they're old enough to be considered antique. That's flat out ridiculous, since 35 isn't anywhere near the 50-100 category. Its not an interchangeable term so your contradicting yourself and resorting to hyperbole.
They're not 50 either. They'd be considered vintage.
That’s why I said “nearly”. In “toy years”, 35 is a pretty ripe old age... Look at everything Barbie went through between 1959-1994.
I’ve come to loathe the word “vintage”... It technically gives no definition of age, and half the time is used to describe items from ten years ago. >_<;
They're not 50 either. They'd be considered vintage.
That’s why I said “nearly”. In “toy years”, 35 is a pretty ripe old age... Look at everything Barbie went through between 1959-1994.
I’ve come to loathe the word “vintage”... It technically gives no definition of age, and half the time is used to describe items from ten years ago. >_<;
The terms aren't interchangeable. You said by some standards they're considered antique which is flat out ridiculous. Your contradicting yourself and resorting to hyperbole. 35 is nowhere near 50-100. Especially since there are toys far older then that. Furthermore Vintage is at minimum 20 years. So you can't say it has no definitive age. :hmm:
People describing 10 years as vintage is just as silly as you describing antique ar 35 years.
And I said they're not even considerd nearly. Funny, all I need do is type in requirement age for vintage and it pops up as 20 years. That sure sounds like a definitive age to me.
And I said they're not even considerd nearly. Funny, all I need do is type in requirement age for vintage and it pops up as 20 years. That sure sounds like a definitive age to me.
15 years isn’t much, IMO. If you thinnk it is, that’s fine, since “much” and “nearly” are also completely arbitrary.
Any strict age requirement for “vintage” isn’t in the actual definition of the word. I just gave you the dictionary definition.
And I said they're not even considerd nearly. Funny, all I need do is type in requirement age for vintage and it pops up as 20 years. That sure sounds like a definitive age to me.
15 years isn’t much, IMO. If you thinnk it is, that’s fine, since “much” and “nearly” are also completely arbitrary.
Any strict age requirement for “vintage” isn’t in the actual definition of the word. I just gave you the dictionary definition.
Interesting. I gave you a definition of antique and you chose to ignore it. Bit hypocritical of you.
And I said they're not even considerd nearly. Funny, all I need do is type in requirement age for vintage and it pops up as 20 years. That sure sounds like a definitive age to me.
15 years isn’t much, IMO. If you thinnk it is, that’s fine, since “much” and “nearly” are also completely arbitrary.
Any strict age requirement for “vintage” isn’t in the actual definition of the word. I literally just gave you the dictionary definition.
I have no problem with debating an opinion. But you have been rather uncivil to me, calling my statements “silly” and “hyperbole”.
Judging whether or not 35 is close to 50 and deciding at what age something is "vintage" of "antique" is kind of a matter of opinion. I think your argument might go on until G1s are definitely described as archeological artifacts.
And I said they're not even considerd nearly. Funny, all I need do is type in requirement age for vintage and it pops up as 20 years. That sure sounds like a definitive age to me.
15 years isn’t much, IMO. If you thinnk it is, that’s fine, since “much” and “nearly” are also completely arbitrary.
Any strict age requirement for “vintage” isn’t in the actual definition of the word. I literally just gave you the dictionary definition.
I have no problem with debating an opinion. But you have been rather uncivil to me, calling my statements “silly” and “hyperbole”.
Silly and hyperbole isn't an insult. If i were being uncivil and rude to you, trust me, you'd know it. As I'm not always the nicest person and I'm quite mouthy and uncouth.
If you think that someone calmly pointing out that 35 years isn't close to 50 or 100 is rude, uncivil or catty, then I don't know what to say to that.
Judging whether or not 35 is close to 50 and deciding at what age something is "vintage" of "antique" is kind of a matter of opinion. I think your argument might go on until G1s are definitely described as archeological artifacts.(Bolded for emphasis)
Really now? Tone can sometimes be hard to intrepet on the internet. I did not call you names, nor have I exploded in a fit of petty anger at you. Kindly do not acuse me of being uncivil, rude or catty unless I actually am being rude.
Perhaps you should go look up the definition of silly. Its not an insult.
Definition of silly
sillier; silliest
1 archaic : helpless, weak
2 a : rustic, plain
b obsolete : lowly in station : humble
3 a : weak in intellect : foolish
b : exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment a very silly mistake
c : trifling, frivolous
The flocking is one of the most valued thing in a pony for me, if i could, id flock all of them
I kinda thought I might be the only person in the world who loves flocking. XD I wonder why they never make flocked ponies anymore? :cry: It still seems popular in other toy lines, like Shopkins.
I don't come across a modern flocking toy very often if at all anymore and in my personal opinion, it really seems like hasbro has been cutting corners at every possibility on the G4 MLP toys and personally,, they're even pretty creepy looking :(
I don't come across a modern flocking toy very often if at all anymore and in my personal opinion, it really seems like hasbro has been cutting corners at every possibility on the G4 MLP toys and personally,, they're even pretty creepy looking :(
O ya... >.> I hope G5 has more to offer than G4. I wish it was still about the pony toys themselves and not the show. >.< Used to be that the cartoon promoted the toys, now the toys promote the cartoon, and badly, at that, since they only seem to like to release the Mane 6, and occasionally very-hard-to-find backgrounders. (I don't keep up with the shows or comics anymore, I tried at first, but I've taken peeks at the original characters from them and it hurts my heart that they don't even bother trying to make toys of them, I bet they'd sell like hotcakes. I want those damn Norse ponies from the comics, BADLY. >.>) That is one of my unpopular opinions, I guess, if that is one- I really hate the whole FiM show thing and the stereotypes/culture around it, and the fact they try to make it more pop-culture than it already is.
They hardly look like ponies to me, I really don't like Americanized-Anime flair they tried to give it (Don't get me wrong I love anime, but ponies should be separate imo)- and it's sad to see Hasbro doing everything possible to make the ponies as cheap as humanly possible to save as many pennies as they possibly can, which is ultimately running the line into the ground. I miss all the creativity, thought, and uniqueness that went into MLP.
I don't come across a modern flocking toy very often if at all anymore and in my personal opinion, it really seems like hasbro has been cutting corners at every possibility on the G4 MLP toys and personally,, they're even pretty creepy looking :(
O ya... >.> I hope G5 has more to offer than G4. I wish it was still about the pony toys themselves and not the show. >.< Used to be that the cartoon promoted the toys, now the toys promote the cartoon, and badly, at that, since they only seem to like to release the Mane 6, and occasionally very-hard-to-find backgrounders. (I don't keep up with the shows or comics anymore, I tried at first, but I've taken peeks at the original characters from them and it hurts my heart that they don't even bother trying to make toys of them, I bet they'd sell like hotcakes. I want those damn Norse ponies from the comics, BADLY. >.>) That is one of my unpopular opinions, I guess, if that is one- I really hate the whole FiM show thing and the stereotypes/culture around it, and the fact they try to make it more pop-culture than it already is.
They hardly look like ponies to me, I really don't like Americanized-Anime flair they tried to give it (Don't get me wrong I love anime, but ponies should be separate imo)- and it's sad to see Hasbro doing everything possible to make the ponies as cheap as humanly possible to save as many pennies as they possibly can, which is ultimately running the line into the ground. I miss all the creativity, thought, and uniqueness that went into MLP.
I like the name Princess Tiffany, even though I don't usually like human names for animals.Same. Tiffany reminds me of a brand name, Tiffany, that sell fancy expensive jewelry and such, so it's fitting for a princess.
Judging whether or not 35 is close to 50 and deciding at what age something is "vintage" of "antique" is kind of a matter of opinion. I think your argument might go on until G1s are definitely described as archeological artifacts.
Archaeological is 1 million years from now when archaeologists dig them up and deduce that little girls were involved in some kind of ancient, widespread, horse-cult. ;)
I kinda dont like any of the gen 4 play sets, they are kinda boring to me.
The flocking is one of the most valued thing in a pony for me, if i could, id flock all of them
If someone doesn’t agree with my aforementioned feelings on whether 35 is close to 50
I feel that ponies will not reach antique status due to being plastic, my feelings are that if they are not put into some sort of oxygen deprived, light deprived and heat deprived device they will do one of two things, turn into a puddle of color and no shape, or crack and harden and be delicate like a figurine, break easily and hair will be a clump of goo. Since I collect antiques myself in the form of dolls from as early as 1800's even glass can't seem to handle the test of time without shattering, rubber products cave in, flake, crack and melt into hard globs. Ponies sadly will probably do the same thing I fear. -_-
Man I wish 35 was close to 50. I would be young suddenly again. :lol: I would have to say that no they are not close at all since I have reached both and would very much like to return to the 35.
I....
Actually think Newborn Cuties is kinda cute.
I....
Actually think Newborn Cuties is kinda cute.
They're adorable! I love their curly hair and their little bows. :lovey:
Starlight is my least favorite of the Tales girls. I don't like her colors, toy, or her personality
I...I have to say it...
I really, really don't like Rainbow Dash. I cannot stand her as a character. I think she is so rude and narcissistic and not even in a fun way. It's like she has learned nothing since episode 1. All the other characters are great...Except for her.
I...I have to say it...
I really, really don't like Rainbow Dash. I cannot stand her as a character. I think she is so rude and narcissistic and not even in a fun way. It's like she has learned nothing since episode 1. All the other characters are great...Except for her.
I wish she was less mean on the show it seems like its not about her filter its just her being outright meanI...I have to say it...
I really, really don't like Rainbow Dash. I cannot stand her as a character. I think she is so rude and narcissistic and not even in a fun way. It's like she has learned nothing since episode 1. All the other characters are great...Except for her.
Agreed, she is so irritating!
I had G4 Rainbow Dash as a toy before I ever saw the show (I remember choosing her because she had rainbow hair!). I made up my own personality for her, and decided that design-wise she was my favourite G4. So seeing her abrasive cartoon counterpart is always really jarring for me! It's like, "That's not Rainbow Dash!", only of course it is.
hahaha I know but I still feel bad. But she's the worst.I...I have to say it...
I really, really don't like Rainbow Dash. I cannot stand her as a character. I think she is so rude and narcissistic and not even in a fun way. It's like she has learned nothing since episode 1. All the other characters are great...Except for her.
This is the Unpopular Opinion thread, its alright to say it.
I wish she was less mean on the show it seems like its not about her filter its just her being outright meanI...I have to say it...
I really, really don't like Rainbow Dash. I cannot stand her as a character. I think she is so rude and narcissistic and not even in a fun way. It's like she has learned nothing since episode 1. All the other characters are great...Except for her.
Agreed, she is so irritating!
I had G4 Rainbow Dash as a toy before I ever saw the show (I remember choosing her because she had rainbow hair!). I made up my own personality for her, and decided that design-wise she was my favourite G4. So seeing her abrasive cartoon counterpart is always really jarring for me! It's like, "That's not Rainbow Dash!", only of course it is.
G4 Rarity is a whiny drama queen and a bit too bossy for my liking. All you have to do is make her snotty and we'd have the next generation Truly.
When it comes to divas, I far prefer Melody to the likes of Truly and Rarity.
I need to throw this out there and I'm sorry if its been said before. Sweet Scoops and and Sherbet are practically the same pony imho and one is insanely priced. I understand the mailorder versus a common 3D symboled pony but I still don't understand why so many people love one and hate the other.
I've been wondering why Hasbro thought it was necessary to give a lot of the baby ponies diapers (except the drink n wets) unless it just went along with the "taking care of the baby pony" theme.
I guess party panties were basically the same thing just prettier and harder to get on the baby ponies
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I need to throw this out there and I'm sorry if its been said before. Sweet Scoops and and Sherbet are practically the same pony imho and one is insanely priced. I understand the mailorder versus a common 3D symboled pony but I still don't understand why so many people love one and hate the other.I like Sherbert's pose better.
I need to throw this out there and I'm sorry if its been said before. Sweet Scoops and and Sherbet are practically the same pony imho and one is insanely priced. I understand the mailorder versus a common 3D symboled pony but I still don't understand why so many people love one and hate the other.I like Sherbert's pose better.
Here's one:
I don't want a full collection of every G1 in existence. Instead, my goal has always been a relatively small herd comprised only of ponies from select sets. There are a lot more ponies I'd pass on than ones I actually want.
I don't get the love for Peachy. Her colors look like they don't mesh well and she's on a pose I don't like.
For some reason I just can't get into pegasi. Their poses and color schemes I find to be uninteresting. Wingers and flutterponies are out, too. The only pegasi I'd want for my collection are Locket and Starcatcher. They are their respective generational exceptions, it seems.
I don't get the love for Peachy. Her colors look like they don't mesh well and she's on a pose I don't like.
I concur on this. Everyone was getting so excited about the possibility of a parlour retro release and I'm sitting thinking - does the world really need more Peachys?
I don't get the love for Peachy. Her colors look like they don't mesh well and she's on a pose I don't like.
I concur on this. Everyone was getting so excited about the possibility of a parlour retro release and I'm sitting thinking - does the world really need more Peachys?
Raaarrrrrr!!!!
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I don't get the love for Peachy. Her colors look like they don't mesh well and she's on a pose I don't like.
I concur on this. Everyone was getting so excited about the possibility of a parlour retro release and I'm sitting thinking - does the world really need more Peachys?
Raaarrrrrr!!!!
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Taffeta cannot come to the computer at the moment. She is too busy evacuating to a safe location.
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Year 1 and Year 2 (minus the sitting pose) don't appeal to me as much as they seem to do to others. MLP was really brought to life as of Year 3 IMO. Oh gosh, I feel like I'm betraying the brand...
I don't get the love for Peachy. Her colors look like they don't mesh well and she's on a pose I don't like.
I concur on this. Everyone was getting so excited about the possibility of a parlour retro release and I'm sitting thinking - does the world really need more Peachys?
Raaarrrrrr!!!!
Taffeta cannot come to the computer at the moment. She is too busy evacuating to a safe location.
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Run Taffeta Ruuun!
G1 Pegasus wings are weird. They are rows of bumps! And they are hard to draw if you want to be accurate. It took me a bit to not find them weird, but I'm fine with them now and don't really notice.
G1 Pegasus wings are weird. They are rows of bumps! And they are hard to draw if you want to be accurate. It took me a bit to not find them weird, but I'm fine with them now and don't really notice.
I guess it depends which European exclusives and where in Europe. The UK didn't get all those lovely y2 and 3 pegasus and unicorn ponies so it's hard for me to agree on that, but most of Europe did get them so *shrug*
I also have 4 European exclusives and plan to add a few more, because I think they got some of the better ponies over there. That may be an unpopular opinion; I don't know.
I guess it depends which European exclusives and where in Europe. The UK didn't get all those lovely y2 and 3 pegasus and unicorn ponies so it's hard for me to agree on that, but most of Europe did get them so *shrug*
Tafetta, was this a reply to my post here?I also have 4 European exclusives and plan to add a few more, because I think they got some of the better ponies over there. That may be an unpopular opinion; I don't know.
I was referring to what you guys got in the UK. I'm not sure which sets you guys didn't get (other than the ones you mentioned and I think the So Softs, right?), but you got so many that I love: Hopscotch, Cascade, Good Weather, Thundercloud, Fireball, Sweet Delight, Sports Time, Painting Time, Music Time, Snowdrop, Love Story, Love Token, Patch, Bright Eyes, hollywood Northstar, hollywood Buttons, and hollywood Wind Whistler to name some.
G1 Pegasus wings are weird. They are rows of bumps! And they are hard to draw if you want to be accurate. It took me a bit to not find them weird, but I'm fine with them now and don't really notice.
Corn on the cob
I have a very unpopular opinion here - regarding:
Twinkle-Eyed Bright Eyes
a pretty enough pony, but I just can't like her blue and orange colouring combo At ALL, nor am I a fan of her clock symbol either. :shrug: :whistle: :help:
Sorry!!
I have a very unpopular opinion here - regarding:
Twinkle-Eyed Bright Eyes
a pretty enough pony, but I just can't like her blue and orange colouring combo At ALL, nor am I a fan of her clock symbol either. :shrug: :whistle: :help:
Sorry!!
:lmao:G1 Pegasus wings are weird. They are rows of bumps! And they are hard to draw if you want to be accurate. It took me a bit to not find them weird, but I'm fine with them now and don't really notice.
Corn on the cob
I don't see why Tales gets so much flak. Especially since their is plenty slice of life episodes in FiM. More so then Friends. That seems rather hypocritical.
Hmm, I don't know if this is unpopular or not, but I really like the jewels in G2 eyes. It's neat to sit across the room from my collection in the afternoon and see them shining and twinkling in the light ^.^The jewel is one of the selling points for me.
I absolutely without question HATE the G2's and current run of MLP. :enraged:
As in Cannot. Stand. Them.
I absolutely without question HATE the G2's and current run of MLP. :enraged:
As in Cannot. Stand. Them.
There are still Shadows among us...
Each to their own :) Some of the later g2 have amazing colour schemes. I admit they don't look particularly equine, but for me they kind of lost the right to be considered realistic when they decided to make ponies pink and green.
I love tales because I grew up watching them! They were re-run on TV in the early 2000's straight after school and I used to love watching it.
I actually forgot about it but always remembered a specific episode where one of the ponies won a competition to an island? and I spent ages tracking it down. It just so happens that the day i found out that it was Tales, I found a copy in CEX for 50p, still works and my dad was very impressed about watching it that night.
He's actually nicknamed my pony Kasper, Teddy, because hes so much like him.
:soapbox pony:
The G2s look like snakes with legs.
4.5 look feline:soapbox pony:
The G2s look like snakes with legs.
oh my god you're right
and then the 3.5 look like ducks.....What's next?
4.5 look feline:soapbox pony:
The G2s look like snakes with legs.
oh my god you're right
and then the 3.5 look like ducks.....What's next?
Not sure if this is particularly unpopular, but even though Pink Dreams is one of my favourite ponies, I really think she should have been a different type of pony. Maybe a regular baby or adult. A flutter with a sleeping cat just seems off. Flutters should be all about flowers and flying/wind-related things!
Not sure if this is particularly unpopular, but even though Pink Dreams is one of my favourite ponies, I really think she should have been a different type of pony. Maybe a regular baby or adult. A flutter with a sleeping cat just seems off. Flutters should be all about flowers and flying/wind-related things!It's because she was created for the Slumber Party Gift Pack. She was a Flutter Pony for variety (and because the Flutters were big at the time), and has a sleeping cat because everyone in that pack has a sleep-related name and symbol. Pillow Talk the TAF pony has pillows, Nightcap the First Tooth Baby has nightcaps, Sleep Tight and Sleepy Head the Newborn Twins have a bassinet and a set of pajamas. Yum Yum (similarly an oddball among the Flutters, as she has candies for her symbol) has the same kind of deal - she was created for the Party Gift Pack and given a sweets motif to fit the theme since sweets are generally provided at parties.
Takara ponies real or fake are just super weird to me , they dont count as ponies to me. In my eyes they are more like anthropomorphic horses.
Love it seems makes flyin dreams, so hearts can soooar.
;)
Takara ponies real or fake are just super weird to me , they dont count as ponies to me. In my eyes they are more like anthropomorphic horses.
I agree. They don't do anything for me.
About the G2s looking like snakes with legs (lol) they also kind of look like brontosaurus. Like, Berry Bright and Cutesaurus seem related when you look at those necks.
The earlier G4 MLPs (not the current ones) look a lot like deer or mice. For some reason they made their ears HUGE in comparison with their bodies, and even in comparison with how they look on the show.
They also told Lauren Faust that they couldn't have more G1-ish ears (like, more triangular) because "sharp angles are for boys, rounded shapes are for girls." Wh-what?
People from Planet Marketing, that's who.
I will say that the G1 ears are sometimes a bit too triangular, as in looking more like cat ears, but that is still utterly trashy reasoning on Hasbro's part.
It's honestly not surprising that the G4 toys have some awkwardness to their looks in ways. The designs of most characters, while they try to follow a horse-y body shape, are heavily stylized especially when it comes to the heads and on top of that the animation is often guilty of cheated angle (especially in early seasons). Trying to capture that in 3D? I can't say I envy the designers.
They also told Lauren Faust that they couldn't have more G1-ish ears (like, more triangular) because "sharp angles are for boys, rounded shapes are for girls." Wh-what?
The g3 cartoon is terrriiiibbblllleeee!!!! Yikes the voices!
I'm not much of a fan of pearly ponies; they give me a bit of a Silent Hill vibe, like how everyone always seems to have really gross, clammy skin. :|
I'm not much of a fan of pearly ponies; they give me a bit of a Silent Hill vibe, like how everyone always seems to have really gross, clammy skin. :|
I'm not much of a fan of pearly ponies; they give me a bit of a Silent Hill vibe, like how everyone always seems to have really gross, clammy skin. :|
The g3 cartoon is terrriiiibbblllleeee!!!! Yikes the voices!
Lots of G3 voice actors are now voicing G4 ponies :lol:
The g3 cartoon is terrriiiibbblllleeee!!!! Yikes the voices!
Lots of G3 voice actors are now voicing G4 ponies :lol:
In the new G4 show they don't sound like adult babies with brain issues. :rolleyes:
The g3 cartoon is terrriiiibbblllleeee!!!! Yikes the voices!
Lots of G3 voice actors are now voicing G4 ponies :lol:
In the new G4 show they don't sound like adult babies with brain issues. :rolleyes:
Your gonna tell me that G4 Pinkie Pie doesn't sound like an insane, screeching chipmunk on helium? I find that hard to believe. Even G3 Pinkie doesn't crank up it past 11.
Plus Shining Armor sounds like a smug dude-bro.
The g3 cartoon is terrriiiibbblllleeee!!!! Yikes the voices!
Lots of G3 voice actors are now voicing G4 ponies :lol:
In the new G4 show they don't sound like adult babies with brain issues. :rolleyes:
Your gonna tell me that G4 Pinkie Pie doesn't sound like an insane, screeching chipmunk on helium? I find that hard to believe. Even G3 Pinkie doesn't crank up it past 11.
Plus Shining Armor sounds like a smug dude-bro.
The thing about Pinkie Pie is that she's used in moderation with the rest of the group. It's not terrible 24/7 like in g3 where they think constant noise is necessary to keep a kid's attention. :rolleyes:
I'm not much of a fan of pearly ponies; they give me a bit of a Silent Hill vibe, like how everyone always seems to have really gross, clammy skin. :|
THIS. What really bugs me is when the eyes are pearly too. It makes it hard to see their eyes and it doesn't make sense for the eyes to be pearly in the first place.
Management-enforced laziness, probably. Pearlizing the eyes would be simpler and cheaper than masking them off when applying the pearlized finish.I'm not much of a fan of pearly ponies; they give me a bit of a Silent Hill vibe, like how everyone always seems to have really gross, clammy skin. :|
THIS. What really bugs me is when the eyes are pearly too. It makes it hard to see their eyes and it doesn't make sense for the eyes to be pearly in the first place.
I completely agree with you on that. what in the world compelled them to pearlize the eyes?
I'm not much of a fan of pearly ponies; they give me a bit of a Silent Hill vibe, like how everyone always seems to have really gross, clammy skin. :|
THIS. What really bugs me is when the eyes are pearly too. It makes it hard to see their eyes and it doesn't make sense for the eyes to be pearly in the first place.
I completely agree with you on that. what in the world compelled them to pearlize the eyes?
I have to admit, I'm fully aware the G3 movies were bad but god do I love them.
Thistle Whistle's speech impediment was so endearing, too! Speaking of Razaroo. Her whistle-lisp made me want her pony sooo badly as a kid because I found it adorable. Never got her, but when I got Wind Whistler as a kid that's how I made her talk, too.
G3 ponies had a surprising amount of depth to their personality, when they weren't backgrounders. Kimono and Minty for example?
I like the second set of Princess Ponies. Particularly Pristina, Misty, Taffeta and Moondust. Granted, I wish the tinsel was done better, but they're still a very pretty set.
I like the second set of Princess Ponies. Particularly Pristina, Misty, Taffeta and Moondust. Granted, I wish the tinsel was done better, but they're still a very pretty set.
I like them too :D I wish they had been sold here in the UK :(
Though Pearl will always be my darling in the princess stakes.
I like the second set of Princess Ponies. Particularly Pristina, Misty, Taffeta and Moondust. Granted, I wish the tinsel was done better, but they're still a very pretty set.
I like them too :D I wish they had been sold here in the UK :(
Though Pearl will always be my darling in the princess stakes.
I didn't know that? Stingy Hasbro.
Tiffany/Pearl is one I'm biased towards, as she was a childhood pony. I also love Starburst/Amber and Primrose/Ruby.
I wonder what the second set of princesses would've been named if they'd been sold there? Although I like their names just fine and think they suit them well.
Yay a fellow Tiffany fan. I wanted her since I was a kid and finally got her over a year ago. White hair, white body, she was the perfect dream pony for me. The name Tiffany was weird for a pony but it fit the theme of spoiled ponies because Tiffany is an expensive brand, I think. "Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she's got a Mercedes-Benz."
Yay a fellow Tiffany fan. I wanted her since I was a kid and finally got her over a year ago. White hair, white body, she was the perfect dream pony for me. The name Tiffany was weird for a pony but it fit the theme of spoiled ponies because Tiffany is an expensive brand, I think. "Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she's got a Mercedes-Benz."
I think if the animated characterisation of the princesses had been the main thing here I wouldn't have wanted any of them. It still breaks my heart to think of spoiled Princess Tiffany behaving like a brat. Pearl was such a beautiful, sensitive and artistic soul in the UK comics. All the princesses had great characters, but Pearl was special <3.
I love faded pink hair on most ponies. It just isn't worth the extra money for me to buy a pony with that pink hair if I can't display it. I'd rather not buy a pony with unfaded hair than buy it and not be able to display it.
I prefer the name Princess Starburst over Princess Amber. I mean Amber is a really pretty name and all, but one particularly horrible bully ruined it for me. Plus I love Starburst shapes and candy.
I like the second set of Princess Ponies. Particularly Pristina, Misty, Taffeta and Moondust. Granted, I wish the tinsel was done better, but they're still a very pretty set.
I like them too :D I wish they had been sold here in the UK :(
Though Pearl will always be my darling in the princess stakes.
I didn't know that? Stingy Hasbro.
Tiffany/Pearl is one I'm biased towards, as she was a childhood pony. I also love Starburst/Amber and Primrose/Ruby.
I wonder what the second set of princesses would've been named if they'd been sold there? Although I like their names just fine and think they suit them well.
I like them too. I would have kept the names the same over here, if it had been up to me, as well. We didn't have any pony called Sunbeam in the UK. We did have 'Princess Moondust' (the orange petite with the castle was called that here) but we certainly didn't have a Dawn, Pristina or Taffeta either. And actually, we didn't have a Misty, because we only had four of the six Watercolor babies, and that wasn't one. Oh, wait. We had the petite Misty, but Petites somehow don't count the same?
So the names would've been new and different :)
Hasbro are stingy. We had the first set in both 1987 and 1988. Leading to confusion about accessories forevermore after that...seems they weren't consistent between years.
I prefer the name Princess Starburst over Princess Amber. I mean Amber is a really pretty name and all, but one particularly horrible bully kinda ruined it for me. Plus I love Starburst shapes and candy.
Amber is my middle name :'( I'm sorry you met a bad one :(
Starburst used to be Opal Fruits over here. I quite like the German name, I think she's Topaz?
I can actually relate. I have a similar feeling for Tiffany. :hug:
I can actually relate. I have a similar feeling for Tiffany. :hug:
Plus now I've got another friend named Amber. ;)
I prefer the name Princess Starburst over Princess Amber. I mean Amber is a really pretty name and all, but one particularly horrible bully ruined it for me. Plus I love Starburst shapes and candy.Aww. It was the opposite for me. When most of my 3rd grade class followed the bully's example and avoided me and my "germs", my friend Amber was the only one who would spend time with me.
They're also main characters in Pokemon.
It's funny that the second princess set has ponies named Misty and Dawn. That's my favorite aunty's name.
I like Sunshimmer better then Sunset Shimmer.
I like Sunshimmer better then Sunset Shimmer.
I totally agree. I'd take Sunshimmer over Sunset Shimmer any day.
I...I took a whiff of my daughter's Coconut Grove. :huh: I dunno if the smell has mutated with age, or if hasbro legit doesn't know what coconut smells like, but I did not find it particularly pleasant. It's kinda put me off getting one for myself.She smelled vaguely sweet to me, I think? My sister had one as a kid but the scent is long gone iirc.
I...I took a whiff of my daughter's Coconut Grove. :huh: I dunno if the smell has mutated with age, or if hasbro legit doesn't know what coconut smells like, but I did not find it particularly pleasant. It's kinda put me off getting one for myself.
I...I took a whiff of my daughter's Coconut Grove. :huh: I dunno if the smell has mutated with age, or if hasbro legit doesn't know what coconut smells like, but I did not find it particularly pleasant. It's kinda put me off getting one for myself.
I...I took a whiff of my daughter's Coconut Grove. :huh: I dunno if the smell has mutated with age, or if hasbro legit doesn't know what coconut smells like, but I did not find it particularly pleasant. It's kinda put me off getting one for myself.
The only pegasus from my g3 collection I sold without regret.
If I ever find one with no scent, she will come home with me. I had her from store and honestly...that's not a nice smell. Coconut Grove and I think Citrus Sweetheart...both ponies I love the look of but cannot stand the smell so sold them.
Now I get funny looks at toy fairs when I sniff the pony :) But I am not buying one with its scent intact ever again. I have picked up a couple of scented G3 at fairs which have faded to tolerable levels. I am hopeful one day I can re-add those two ponies to my collection without the pong.
OK - this one will be unpopular, sorry in advance!
G1 Rapunzel -
for sure a much-loved, much coveted (and rare/expensive) pony...
but I just don't admire her yellow/pink colour combo all that much :bolt:
OK - this one will be unpopular, sorry in advance!
G1 Rapunzel -
for sure a much-loved, much coveted (and rare/expensive) pony...
but I just don't admire her yellow/pink colour combo all that much :bolt:
OK - this one will be unpopular, sorry in advance!
G1 Rapunzel -
for sure a much-loved, much coveted (and rare/expensive) pony...
but I just don't admire her yellow/pink colour combo all that much :bolt:
You are not alone, can't say I like her that much either (good thing too, I have far too many expensive ponies on my wish list as it is)
I don't like Discord as a villain. Plus it annoys me that they took a creature from Asian mythology and called it something else completely.
I can't remember if I shared this one:
Mimic is my least favorite TE unicorn, and my second least favorite TE overall after Quackers.
I think Twilight Sparkle is an incredibly boring character. If she was a real person I'd stuff her into her locker.
I think Twilight Sparkle is an incredibly boring character. If she was a real person I'd stuff her into her locker.
I think Flippity-flop is kinda cute. Her symbol and name are lame , but she has great colors.
The only pegasus from my g3 collection I sold without regret.
If I ever find one with no scent, she will come home with me. I had her from store and honestly...that's not a nice smell. Coconut Grove and I think Citrus Sweetheart...both ponies I love the look of but cannot stand the smell so sold them.
Maybe that is an unpopular opinion of mine, liking scented ponies. :lol: I know they seem to bother a lot of people and even give some headaches.
:hmm:
Sometimes I feel like tossing ponies in the garbage.
I won't. But I feel like it because it's too much of a hassle to sell single semi-common ponies these days. (This is about seashell btw).
:lol: How is THAT for unpopular.
:hmm:
Sometimes I feel like tossing ponies in the garbage.
I won't. But I feel like it because it's too much of a hassle to sell single semi-common ponies these days. (This is about seashell btw).
:lol: How is THAT for unpopular.
:hmm:
Sometimes I feel like tossing ponies in the garbage.
I won't. But I feel like it because it's too much of a hassle to sell single semi-common ponies these days. (This is about seashell btw).
:lol: How is THAT for unpopular.
Thrift store donations?
I LOVE the Sunshine Pony set. Their gimmick is so cute! Apparently this is unpopular? Or no one favors them that much? They're my favorite!
I LOVE the Sunshine Pony set. Their gimmick is so cute! Apparently this is unpopular? Or no one favors them that much? They're my favorite!
*raids banditpony's trash*
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I LOVE the Sunshine Pony set. Their gimmick is so cute! Apparently this is unpopular? Or no one favors them that much? They're my favorite!
I LOVE the Sunshine Pony set. Their gimmick is so cute! Apparently this is unpopular? Or no one favors them that much? They're my favorite!
I've been searching for a Seaflower since the dawn of time but she seems so loved, nobody wants to sell her for a fair price here. Always see her starting at 20€.
:hmm:
Sometimes I feel like tossing ponies in the garbage.
I won't. But I feel like it because it's too much of a hassle to sell single semi-common ponies these days. (This is about seashell btw).
:lol: How is THAT for unpopular.
:hmm:
Sometimes I feel like tossing ponies in the garbage.
I won't. But I feel like it because it's too much of a hassle to sell single semi-common ponies these days. (This is about seashell btw).
:lol: How is THAT for unpopular.
Haha, same here. XD Especially baits, fakies, G2, G3 and G4 (and obviously G3.5, but I didn't think I needed to mention that, oh wait...). I am not a customizer, restorer or a collector of the generations mentioned above. Shipping abroad is crazy here, so it's not worth it to sell them either. They just take up a lot of space I cannot spare, so I really just want to throw them out.
...But I can't. I already feel like a bad pony mother because I prefer ponies in good condition, so throwing them out would just make me feel worse. XD It'll probably happen though, one day...
A lot of charity shops etc here will collect unwanted stuff if you have enough of it.
Or I guess a note on a sale website for anyone local...or a daycare, or whatever....
Dunno. Not really ok with ponies being thrown away for a lot of reasons, some sentimental, but also environmental given that we're talking about plastic. Recycling them in some meaningful way is probably better.
White Tootsie is pretty, but I like green Tootsie better. White and blue is such a common color combo, green and blue less so.
People posting their thoughts on throwing ponies away made me nervous irl :lol:
People posting their thoughts on throwing ponies away made me nervous irl :lol:
I'm sorry about that.
I figured it was truly an unpopular opinion so it was a safe place to say my thoughts. Just trash in my trash can.
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(^ love this btw)
People posting their thoughts on throwing ponies away made me nervous irl :lol:
I'm sorry about that.
I figured it was truly an unpopular opinion so it was a safe place to say my thoughts. Just trash in my trash can.
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Well Bandit, when you see a bunch of pony collectors punching each other while digging through your trash, remember this moment. XD
I don't like the G1 Rainbow Ponies one bit. I only like Confetti and Nightlight (even though she isn't your run-of-the-mill rainbow pony). But I don't understand what the big deal is about them- in my opinion, they all look pretty much the same because of the hair. I always thought a cute line (and a much better idea than the original rainbow ponies) would be entirely one color ponies, such as a green pony with a darker green hair color, and so on. They could have little paint buckets of their color symbols! I have no idea what good names would be though.. "Green" sounds boring.
I also am not a fan of TAF ponies. I love the concept, but I just don't really like any of the TAF ponies that are made except for Pillow Talk. I also like Sand Digger, Wave Runner, and Mainsail but they weren't really meant to have TAF as their main gimmick.
Mimic is a touch overrated.
I'm not a huge fan of that pose, the head's too big or something, it could have been more elegant, and I wish it were.
I'm not a huge fan of twinkle eyes.
I'm not a huge fan of ponies having symbols of creatures that I kind of feel would be on par with them in their universe.
I'm not a fan of the neon yellow/green/red combination as it was the color of a sweater I had in 1988.
Lol. Okay, the sweater part cracked me up.
I'm not a fan of the neon yellow/green/red combination as it was the color of a sweater I had in 1988.
As a kid (and still as an adult), I used to pick my favorites from a set and look for that particular one. I couldn't afford or have them all so it was out of necessity really. Because she was green, because of her symbol and because she had a pose my other ponies didn't, Mimic was my pick from the Twinkle Eyes. I didn't get her. Of course I moved on, but she still holds a special wish place for me. :)
It seems like every toy vaguely looking like a horse gets called a fakie
It seems like every toy vaguely looking like a horse gets called a fakie
Yeah that one's a bit of a head scratcher.
Taffeta how could you? Don't you know that meat's meat and ponies gotta eat? That's why Princess RnS has those big ol' chompers. "Come closer my child," she says as she beckons gently. "Let me give you a little kiss." :bolt::For some reason I'm suddenly reminded of the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty.
I like certain ponies, such as Steamer, Glow and Player with white hair more.Totally agree with Glow! She feels so much more mystical that way.
I like certain ponies, such as Steamer, Glow and Player with white hair more.Totally agree with Glow! She feels so much more mystical that way.
I think Up Up and Away would be neat with green and yellow hair instead of just pink.
I don't like Tara Strong's voice and find it annoying. She only has 2 voice modes. Sickeningly cutesy bimbo and annoyed bimbo with a cold.
She doesn't make me wanna jam something pointy in my ears like Bobcat Goldthwaite and whoever voices Spongebob does, but she does annoy the crap outta me all the same with her voice. Change it up!
I don't like Tara Strong's voice and find it annoying. She only has 2 voice modes. Sickeningly cutesy bimbo and annoyed bimbo with a cold.
She doesn't make me wanna jam something pointy in my ears like Bobcat Goldthwaite and whoever voices Spongebob does, but she does annoy the crap outta me all the same with her voice. Change it up!
I don't like Tara Strong's voice and find it annoying. She only has 2 voice modes. Sickeningly cutesy bimbo and annoyed bimbo with a cold.
She doesn't make me wanna jam something pointy in my ears like Bobcat Goldthwaite and whoever voices Spongebob does, but she does annoy the crap outta me all the same with her voice. Change it up!
I partially agree, I don't know why people are all over her.
I made my Munchy jokes in the past but I think it's silly now even when other people make them.
Horses do eat meat in the wild. They are especially known for plundering birds nests and eating not only the eggs but the chicks as well for extra protein.
So in a way the Munchy pony is a bit of horse trivia if you want to pretend the hot dogs aren't soy :lol:
I made my Munchy jokes in the past but I think it's silly now even when other people make them.
Horses do eat meat in the wild. They are especially known for plundering birds nests and eating not only the eggs but the chicks as well for extra protein.
So in a way the Munchy pony is a bit of horse trivia if you want to pretend the hot dogs aren't soy :lol:
Really? I've heard of deers doing that but not horses. Interesting.
I don't like Tara Strong's voice and find it annoying. She only has 2 voice modes. Sickeningly cutesy bimbo and annoyed bimbo with a cold.
She doesn't make me wanna jam something pointy in my ears like Bobcat Goldthwaite and whoever voices Spongebob does, but she does annoy the crap outta me all the same with her voice. Change it up!
I partially agree, I don't know why people are all over her.
Because she is super active on Twitter and interacts a lot with fans, does cosplay and posts pictures of herself in low cut shirts :lol:
But I'm over her as well. Good for her for getting all these voice roles but I watched a show where she voiced literally every female character that appeared and it was really annoying.
We had two voice actresses for Twilight and I like both better than Tara, which is like... blasphemous to say here in Germany, haha!
Sunlight doesn't remind me of a bright sunny day. More like a spring time gray day when the sun starts to pop up after a good rainstorm.
Sunbeam has never been a favorite pony of mine.
Ponyfan
It seems people forget about her quite often. I guess she isn't that memorable.Sunbeam has never been a favorite pony of mine.
Ponyfan
Totally with you! I wouldn't say 'hated' her as a kid but saw her as 'meh' the moment she was introduced to the comic/stories as Majesty's party planner. What a waste.
Sunbeam has never been a favorite pony of mine.
Ponyfan
I feel like it's become 'trendy' to hate on G4, and to be honest it reminds me of the bronies' unreasoning hatred of G3.
I’ve always wondered how Hasbro decided who got babies and who didn’t. Moondancer and Glory got babies but Sunbeam and Twilight the unicorn didn’t have official Hasbro babies.
Ponyfan
I’ve always wondered how Hasbro decided who got babies and who didn’t. Moondancer and Glory got babies but Sunbeam and Twilight the unicorn didn’t have official Hasbro babies.@Ponyfan, I think that one can be explained by a mundane reason. Glory and Moondancer were rereleased in the year the babies came out, so was Firefly...makes business sense to release them all together. Of course, why those ponies were chosen to be rereleased is maybe the real question...?
I really dislike the proportions and colors of the Dolly Mix figures.I dislike them because of their style.. The faces seem off to me :shrug:
I wonder if anyone has said this before. It bothers me how many 80s ponies I see signed by Bonnie Zacherle/others every year. I just don't like ittttt I could only let them sign a poster.
I wonder if anyone has said this before. It bothers me how many 80s ponies I see signed by Bonnie Zacherle/others every year. I just don't like ittttt I could only let them sign a poster.
I wonder if anyone has said this before. It bothers me how many 80s ponies I see signed by Bonnie Zacherle/others every year. I just don't like ittttt I could only let them sign a poster.
I feel like it's become 'trendy' to hate on G4, and to be honest it reminds me of the bronies' unreasoning hatred of G3.
I am actually more worried about the opposite - that we're getting into territory where expressing an opinion is being interpreted as hating on something :/
I wonder if anyone has said this before. It bothers me how many 80s ponies I see signed by Bonnie Zacherle/others every year. I just don't like ittttt I could only let them sign a poster.
Yeah. I couldn't let a figure be signed.
I feel like it's become 'trendy' to hate on G4, and to be honest it reminds me of the bronies' unreasoning hatred of G3.
I am actually more worried about the opposite - that we're getting into territory where expressing an opinion is being interpreted as hating on something :/
I agree with this 100%.
I wonder if anyone has said this before. It bothers me how many 80s ponies I see signed by Bonnie Zacherle/others every year. I just don't like ittttt I could only let them sign a poster.
Yeah. I couldn't let a figure be signed.
I've enjoyed reading this thread so much I have to add something!Same! I think the pose is cute, but I just can't get into the actual sets. Probably because I HC some of them as boys anyway.
Welllll, I don't like boy ponies. Big Brothers, Mountain Boys, they do nothing for me. Just have no interest at all in collecting them- I've had some over the years and always sold them in the end. I only have the family daddies at the moment (they were childhood ponies) but that's it, I don't need to have them.
Which I guess is odd but good news for the rest of you who love them ;)
Same! I think the pose is cute, but I just can't get into the actual sets. Probably because I HC some of them as boys anyway.
The original unicorns looked like bee sting victims with their hunchbacks and bulgy arses.I saw a listing for a shiny pony who's body had been conditioned with vinyl conditioner. (they said the shine would go away..?) Idk. Sometimes plasticizer leakage can make a pony shiny too.
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Oooh and I'm always minorly squicked out by eBay sellers who oil their ponies' bodies and hair up all shiny. Why is that a thing? Lube job pony just is not attractive.
The original unicorns looked like bee sting victims with their hunchbacks and bulgy arses.
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Oooh and I'm always minorly squicked out by eBay sellers who oil their ponies' bodies and hair up all shiny. Why is that a thing? Lube job pony just is not attractive.
The original unicorns looked like bee sting victims with their hunchbacks and bulgy arses.
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Oooh and I'm always minorly squicked out by eBay sellers who oil their ponies' bodies and hair up all shiny. Why is that a thing? Lube job pony just is not attractive.
Eww who does that? Makes me wonder if they're trying to get rid of leaking ponies?
I love Brazil Bowtie more then Ladybird.
I like Ladybird, just not quite as much as Seashell, Brazil Bowtie and Bubbles. One of these days I would like to see Hasbro make a ladybug pony in red and black. I have no idea why they shy away from those 2 colors.
What's her name in Greek? Is it just the Greek word for ladybug?
Eww who does that? Makes me wonder if they're trying to get rid of leaking ponies?
Eww who does that? Makes me wonder if they're trying to get rid of leaking ponies?
Forgive my ignorance, but what is a leaking pony? Are ponies melting now? I know they used to get brown cancer spots...
Well, Hasbro used plasticizer to make the vinyl soft, so I don't now about hard plastics. It is contagious too, the fumes can get others leaking.
I think I recall it happening to Breyers. Someone said it shrunk their horses a little and they got sticky.Yeah, the gases can affect other ponies. I think ponies who are already down the cycle are more prone, but it can get the process started for others :( It's best to quarantine the leaking ones until they are completely done.
Post Merge: August 26, 2018, 09:40:06 AMWell, Hasbro used plasticizer to make the vinyl soft, so I don't now about hard plastics. It is contagious too, the fumes can get others leaking.
Contagious?!
I think I recall it happening to Breyers. Someone said it shrunk their horses a little and they got sticky.Yeah, the gases can affect other ponies. I think ponies who are already down the cycle are more prone, but it can get the process started for others :( It's best to quarantine the leaking ones until they are completely done.
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Contagious?!
I like Ladybird, just not quite as much as Seashell, Brazil Bowtie and Bubbles. One of these days I would like to see Hasbro make a ladybug pony in red and black. I have no idea why they shy away from those 2 colors.
What's her name in Greek? Is it just the Greek word for ladybug?
Erm. Something beginning with a P. It isn't Ladybird or anything like that, I think it just means Easter Pony or something...it's some kind of play on words with the Greek word for Easter and for Ladybird...I think.
But we didn't know any of this when greek ponies first started showing up, and I nicknamed her Ladybird, because I have no imagination, and it stuck, because apparently nor did anyone else xD.
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Ladybird
Wiki has bravely attempted to spell it ;)
To stay on the thread topic - I like Brazilian ponies more than Greek ponies.
On a related note, my unpopular/just really random opinion is that there should be much, much more focus on rambling on about the names given to ponies in foreign languages :) But probably most people aren't as obsessed with foreign languages as me!
Late to the party, but it looks as if the pony's name is meant to be Πασχαλιτσα (Paschalitsa), which is indeed Greek for 'ladybird'. But Πάσχα (Pascha) is Easter, so, since the pony was sold in an Easter egg and has ladybirds on her, then yes, it's a play on words. Possibly ladybirds are especially associated with spring/Eastertide in Greece?
Unpopular opinion - people shouldn't use translated names when the translation sounds stupid. I am sure Meezing doesn't literally mean 'sing a long'.
Rainbow_Quartz thanks for feeding my illusion that your opinion as to G4 is "unpopular".
I feel like it is (among pony fans I know personally anyway.)
i think its because this whole "brony" subculture literally came from g4 so like, theres a higher percentage of people who are actively into it who would probably try to fight you on the internet if you said you didnt like it. i personally love all gens~ ponies are ponies. theres no reason to hate g4 just cause its new. a lot of bronies hate g1-3 because they love g4, but a lot of people who love g1-3 and hate g4 are real "first generationers" to use pokemon terms. people who think it just can't get any better than gen 1, but in reality, the newer gens are just as good or lacking in creativity as their predecessors.
i don't care for g4 toys. i wish the quality was better, its like all the good toys were made in the 1980s, and now everything is about as producing as much as possible for as little as possible.
I have no issues with leaving a G1 pony behind at a flea market... in fact, I leave most of them. I leave all other gens...
Here's one:
I don't want a full collection of every G1 in existence. Instead, my goal has always been a relatively small herd comprised only of ponies from select sets. There are a lot more ponies I'd pass on than ones I actually want.
I found this catalog page on the Wiki. I'm not sure if it's a typo or not but
http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/9/9d/213.jpg
It calls both the unicorn and the yellow Earth pony Coco Berry and Crunch Berry/Cherry Berry as Swirly Whirly/Butter Kiss
I’m not sure how popular this opinion is but I love the Dancing Butterflies pose. :lovey:
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I am sure Meezing doesn't literally mean 'sing a long'.
I found this catalog page on the Wiki. I'm not sure if it's a typo or not but
http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/9/9d/213.jpg
It calls both the unicorn and the yellow Earth pony Coco Berry and Crunch Berry/Cherry Berry as Swirly Whirly/Butter Kiss
I’m not sure how popular this opinion is but I love the Dancing Butterflies pose. :lovey:
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And if you squint you can see that the MOC Sherbet/Sorbet Surprise is labelled CHERRY Berry, which is the UK name for Crunch Berry. BUT I have a UK insert from 1988ish that lists that same pony as Cherry Berry, too. As I said, Hasbro had issues with that set. I don't like the set particularly as ponies, but all the mess ups around them fascinate me as a pony geek o.o.
I also love the Dancing Butterflies pose! I had her as a child and I thought it made her look so beautiful :D
I can't stand the Hyppogriffs. They don't look anything like a Hypogriff. They just look like claw footed deformed whatevers. Yes that includes the babies. They're just butt ugly.
I am sure Meezing doesn't literally mean 'sing a long'.
Actually it does. :P
I am sure Meezing doesn't literally mean 'sing a long'.
Actually it does. :P
Really? Ok. In that case, the fail is in the Dutch naming sense then xD. I dunno how silly it sounds in Dutch in context, but it sounds really silly in English with the hyphenation.
That's right, they are all awful :P
'Meezing' is probably hard to pronounce as well for non-Dutchies- 'mee' should be pronounced as the name 'May' and then 'zing' as in 'bazinga' ;)
That's right, they are all awful :P
'Meezing' is probably hard to pronounce as well for non-Dutchies- 'mee' should be pronounced as the name 'May' and then 'zing' as in 'bazinga' ;)
Oh huh, interesting! I've been mispronouncing it all this time ^^;
I feel like making a really crass 'amazing' joke...
Thanks Nienna :D It's great to know the background to the names and the meanings. I am going to stick with Meezing as her name. Because even though I know it is a silly name, it sounds cooler than the English ;)
with those hardened plastic frowns and glazed over dead eyes.
with those hardened plastic frowns and glazed over dead eyes.
Yeah, the Dream Beauties look really depressed / unhappy. I get that they are molded to look more like real horses, but there's such a thing as getting too literal!
Fashion Star Fillies have the same thing going on, they all have expressions like they just got a letter saying they lost it all in the stock market or something.
You want to hear unpopular opinions?
Starlight Glimmer is the worst character any show has ever produced.
Chloe, Foop, and Sparky from FOP combined with Rey from Star Wars wasn't this bad.
And if I'm allowed to, I'll explain why.
I agree with the Dream Beauties and Petites.
Although I do really love the Dream Beauties in a weird way. I think of them as like, alternate universe MLP. In some weird universe between ours and MLP's, where it's ALMOST realistic but still not. :lol: I'd love to have one someday. Though maybe not collect them, because they're pretty giant.
Just thought of an opinion here, not sure if unpopular or not.
Oakly weirds me out. Where are his ears!? He just kind of has these two mitten looking things sticking off his head.
If I didn't know beforehand, I'd have a hard time guessing he was supposed to be a moose.
Edit: Wow I'm just stupid! He DOES have ears. My mind has been blown. I just saw a photo of him at a different angle, I've only ever seen him from the front before. Whooooops! Ignore me.
You want to hear unpopular opinions?I love hearing people rag on Starlight! Please, go ahead!
Starlight Glimmer is the worst character any show has ever produced.
Chloe, Foop, and Sparky from FOP combined with Rey from Star Wars wasn't this bad.
And if I'm allowed to, I'll explain why.
I agree with the Dream Beauties and Petites.
Although I do really love the Dream Beauties in a weird way. I think of them as like, alternate universe MLP. In some weird universe between ours and MLP's, where it's ALMOST realistic but still not. :lol: I'd love to have one someday. Though maybe not collect them, because they're pretty giant.
Just thought of an opinion here, not sure if unpopular or not.
Oakly weirds me out. Where are his ears!? He just kind of has these two mitten looking things sticking off his head.
If I didn't know beforehand, I'd have a hard time guessing he was supposed to be a moose.
Edit: Wow I'm just stupid! He DOES have ears. My mind has been blown. I just saw a photo of him at a different angle, I've only ever seen him from the front before. Whooooops! Ignore me.
It's funny you should mention this because his backcard story has the ponies asking why his ears are so weird and he's all, "LOL they're antlers, I'm a moose."
I might have already expressed this unpopular opinion but I'm not sure because this thread is so long . . . Ponies look better with neck-length hair than hair down to the floor. Hair down to the floor makes them look less pony-like.
It is so aggravating to me that they use such long manes on the ponies in G3, G4, and a lot of sets in the latter half of G1. IMO a long mane is also more likely to end up with teased, frizzed, or otherwise wrecked if the pony has been played with by a child.
While we are on this subject: ponies with ringlets in their hair. What a terrible idea. They are going to get butchered if the child ever brushes the pony's hair and they don't even look as good as 'natural' curls.
I love the long pony hair. On specific G1 sets. I think the G3s could do with growing into their hair, sometimes.
I adore Brush & Grows and their long hair. It is hard to store them neatly but I do and always did love styling them. But I found Braided Beauty stood up to all my styling pressure much better than Star Gleamer did. Tinsel in styling pony hair is not a good plan. It looks gorgeous when new, but it doesn't stand up to kids. All my Princess BnGs have their hair in permanent braids because their hair basically doesn't look great loose. It doesn't look great braided, either, but it isn't falling out that way.
I love factory curl but hate washing it. And I love the ringlets when absolutely mint. The ringlet ponies' hair is too long for me when brushed out. My Lemon Treats is tripping over her hair, because it's no longer ringletty.
I like Starlight Glimmer. The show became way more interesting after she was added to the cast as a reformed baddie.
Suggesting that the writers "hate MLP FIM and want it to die" is pretty silly. They are professional writers; if they hated a show they wouldn't work on it. There are plenty more fish in the sea when it comes to cartoons.
I think Tiramisu is a rather boring pony. No offense to those who like her.
You want to hear unpopular opinions?
Starlight Glimmer is the worst character any show has ever produced.
[snip]
Rey from Star Wars wasn't this bad.
You want to hear unpopular opinions?
Starlight Glimmer is the worst character any show has ever produced.
[snip]
Rey from Star Wars wasn't this bad.
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Rey and Starlight haters sustain my power :lol:
I think Tiramisu is a rather boring pony. No offense to those who like her.
*covers pony's eyes* You didn't see that, Tira. Nope. Nothing to see here at all ;)
She's sitting on my shelf looking at me in consternation ;)
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Starlight Glimmer is the worst character any show has ever produced.
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Rey from Star Wars wasn't this bad.
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Rey and Starlight haters sustain my power :lol:
So you were a member of the Sith all along! I should have known.
You don't love Starlight Glimmer, the way she is now, and you can't. Her fans love the idea of her far more than they actually love her, and while some are aware of this, most aren't.While I doubt this is true for all of her fans... this is pretty much the case for me. I put Starlight Glimmer on a pedestal for a while, but it then dawned on me that I didn't like the way she was being used or written by the time we got to season seven, and when I looked back, I saw that I wasn't pleased with how she was written since her first appearance, aside from the fact they redeemed her (more on that in a moment.)
You want to hear unpopular opinions?
Starlight Glimmer is the worst character any show has ever produced.
[snip]
Rey from Star Wars wasn't this bad.
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Rey and Starlight haters sustain my power :lol:
So you were a member of the Sith all along! I should have known.
Yep, t'was I - The Emperor!! Sadly the fandom fell in love with me and LucasFilm decided to ruin me in novels and prequels :lol:
Here's my unpopular opinion. Twilight Sparkle is a bland, sucky, annoying character, with an okayish design.
You don't love Starlight Glimmer, the way she is now, and you can't. Her fans love the idea of her far more than they actually love her, and while some are aware of this, most aren't.
You mention the mane 6 being believable friends, but honestly I've never really bought their friendship. They feel much more like a group of close co-workers than they do close friends.
A little girl watching MLP might find it more realistic to stop a misguided evildoer by teaching them and leading them.
QuoteA little girl watching MLP might find it more realistic to stop a misguided evildoer by teaching them and leading them.
This reminds me of a post I read somewhere where a dad was introducing young kids to Dungeons & Dragons, and their first reaction to seeing a goblin--which is the low level Evil Grunt of D&D--was to try to befriend it because "Maybe he's just lonely." :)
I loved the 2017 movie but yeah, having Fluttershy be scared of the weird animals in Klugetown was so wrong. She should've been trying to free them. Incidentally, apparently there was originally a subplot where the sea ponies locked up the Mane Six and Fluttershy convinced sea creatures to free them. But it was cut for time. :(
Starlight Glimmer actually seems a bit more nuanced than the Mane Six to me, possibly because she isn't the Element of [thing]. I really enjoyed that, even after 'turning good', she would sort of . . . try to do good things in a bad way. I'm pretty sure I remember her trying to solve a friendship problem by screwing with ponies' heads, leading to disaster. And that is my jam.
I've never liked Discord, but the most recent episode with him had a particularly terrible moral. Just complete BS.
Unpopular opinion: I like to watch people debate the quality of characters in a children's show. :P
Actually there are more then 2 Pegasus poses Ragamuffin.
There is:
Coconut Grove pose
Styling Starcatcher pose
Silver Glow pose
Baby Honolulu pose
Starsong Pose
Heart Bright pose
Star Flite pose
Baby Mochanut pose
Although they should have added more in the other poses. As well as made all the pegasus.
Tales may be subtle but it is the worst of the MLP shows when it comes to morals.
"If a boy blackmails you, it means he LIKES you! You should go out with him!"
"A boy who gets jealous of a pig (seriously?) and purposely drives it away from its home to get lost is GREAT boyfriend material! Animal cruelty is okay if it's a sign that he ~likes~ you!"
"The boy you have a crush on isn't into you? Remold yourself into what you think he wants instead of being yourself! The moral is: it will totally work!" This episode also had Starlight tell Patch that she still doesn't like soccer right at the end, just to make sure the viewer doesn't forget that what Starlight was getting out of this was A Boyfriend, not pride in her own accomplishments or any kind of personal growth.
Other shows have had some stinkers too, with GARF or the terrible MLP FIM buffalo episode, but MLP Tales had the highest percentage of terrible morals IMO, given how few episodes it actually had.
l love Pepper Berry. I don't get the whole putting pepper on a strawberry thing, its a pretty weird symbol, and I'm not crazy on that pose, but she's a pretty wild colored pony and I sure would like to have her.
l love Pepper Berry. I don't get the whole putting pepper on a strawberry thing, its a pretty weird symbol, and I'm not crazy on that pose, but she's a pretty wild colored pony and I sure would like to have her.
l love Pepper Berry. I don't get the whole putting pepper on a strawberry thing, its a pretty weird symbol, and I'm not crazy on that pose, but she's a pretty wild colored pony and I sure would like to have her.
Pepper Berry is stunning, honestly one of my favorite G3s! Is she unpopular? I've got her MOC, but I'd love to have a loose one someday too!
l love Pepper Berry. I don't get the whole putting pepper on a strawberry thing, its a pretty weird symbol, and I'm not crazy on that pose, but she's a pretty wild colored pony and I sure would like to have her.
Does Pepperberry have the issues with hair rot etc that some of the other discount ponies have? She's the one which is salmony pink with really reddish hair, right, in the diva pose? I'm pretty sure she was one of those...?
I kind of like her too. Even though those colours should not work. I really hope she doesn't have those issues :( it's the most heartbreaking thing that can happen, seriously.
So maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I find the idea of hair rotting/falling out way way worse and more traumatic than the idea of plasticiser leakage or regrind, even if it discolours the pony in the process...
Hair rot might actually make me burst into tears of frustration
l love Pepper Berry. I don't get the whole putting pepper on a strawberry thing, its a pretty weird symbol, and I'm not crazy on that pose, but she's a pretty wild colored pony and I sure would like to have her.
Does Pepperberry have the issues with hair rot etc that some of the other discount ponies have? She's the one which is salmony pink with really reddish hair, right, in the diva pose? I'm pretty sure she was one of those...?
I kind of like her too. Even though those colours should not work. I really hope she doesn't have those issues :( it's the most heartbreaking thing that can happen, seriously.
So maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I find the idea of hair rotting/falling out way way worse and more traumatic than the idea of plasticiser leakage or regrind, even if it discolours the pony in the process...
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I haven't heard of Pepper Berry having rot issues, but since she is a budget one I wouldn't be surprised if she can get it too. Since mine is MOC though, I have no idea if mine has the issue and can't check.
I'm okay with the diva pose but I don't LOVE it like some people do.
I like the head turned open mouthed pose and the donkey pose, which I know are both . . . not universally loved. :P
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l love Pepper Berry. I don't get the whole putting pepper on a strawberry thing, its a pretty weird symbol, and I'm not crazy on that pose, but she's a pretty wild colored pony and I sure would like to have her.
l love Pepper Berry. I don't get the whole putting pepper on a strawberry thing, its a pretty weird symbol, and I'm not crazy on that pose, but she's a pretty wild colored pony and I sure would like to have her.
I saw her at the flea market on Sunday. She stood out cuz of her symbol. I thought it was salt at first, like how people will put salt on melons to make them sweeter.
I still deeply dislike Banana Surprise.
I'm not a fan of Banana Surprise either. (At least have some yellow somewhere, darnit, instead of wishy pink and dull aqua!). And I also like the 2nd set Rainbows better. Am still angry with Hasbro more than 30 years later that the UK didn't get them :/
Banana Surprise has a pretty cute color scheme IMO, but her colors certainly don't match her name.
Banana Surprise has a pretty cute color scheme IMO, but her colors certainly don't match her name.
I guess that's the surprise.
Does anyone else have a "weird affinity pony"? Like for me I'm just drawn to Sew-and-So. I love the colour orange but I'm indifferent to Sew-and-So design-wise. But I'm SO attracted to her. Another one is Summer Bloom. She's a very plain, kind of boring pony, but there's Just Something About Her. My taste in ponies is otherwise predictable, I know what I like (yellow ponies with bright green in their hair, please!! I LOVE Guava Lava), so Sew-and-So and Summer Bloom are just. Weird.
Also Muse and Romperooni are some of my favourites. Purple and orange look really good on a pony! I can't think of a lot of ponies that are purple with orange hair. Probably because whoever's designing ponies are more gravitated towards saturated colours? Which admittedly orange on purple look kind of bad, unless you're designing something for Halloween. If you desaturate them, I love it!! It reminds me of a really late summer sunset or something.
I like the second set of G1 rainbow ponies better than the first set, and Confetti is on the top of my most wanted list. Pink/yellow/green/blue is common on ponies, but orange/pink/yellow/blue is unique. The body colours and symbols are unique too. The only rainbow pony I got out of the repros was Moonstone because I don't have much interest in the others, but I'd be more inclined to buy them all if they released this set instead ;)
I don’t like the FIM episode “Slice of Life”
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Why does Baby Noddings have a bunny symbol?
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Does anyone else have a "weird affinity pony"? Like for me I'm just drawn to Sew-and-So. I love the colour orange but I'm indifferent to Sew-and-So design-wise.
I don't like the Sundae Best ponies or, really, any ponies with 3-D symbols. Except maybe the Merry Go Round ponies.
honestly the concept was already weak because we dont know the characters we have no reason to care about them if they wanted an episode about secondary characters instead that could work because we already know zecora,the cmc,the apple family but we know nothing about the main characters in the episode except on forums that kids should never be onI don’t like the FIM episode “Slice of Life”
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A very pandery episode. Maybe it could've worked if they weren't three years late with some of the references... and a lot of people found the Gummy part funny but to me it was kind of... tryhard? Like, "How do you do fellow kids? Existential crises are cool, right? We're hip. We're funny. Be sure to gif this and put it on social media. 'Top Ten Moments When MLP Got Too Real', amirite?"
honestly the concept was already weak because we dont know the characters we have no reason to care about them if they wanted an episode about secondary characters instead that could work because we already know zecora,the cmc,the apple family but we know nothing about the main characters in the episode except on forums that kids should never be onI don’t like the FIM episode “Slice of Life”
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A very pandery episode. Maybe it could've worked if they weren't three years late with some of the references... and a lot of people found the Gummy part funny but to me it was kind of... tryhard? Like, "How do you do fellow kids? Existential crises are cool, right? We're hip. We're funny. Be sure to gif this and put it on social media. 'Top Ten Moments When MLP Got Too Real', amirite?"
FiM-pinion: I would have loved to see Cheerilee become more prominent in the show. I know she isn't important to many, but I'd feel like she would have been a wonderful recurring character to help Twilight and just hang out.
honestly the concept was already weak because we dont know the characters we have no reason to care about them if they wanted an episode about secondary characters instead that could work because we already know zecora,the cmc,the apple family but we know nothing about the main characters in the episode except on forums that kids should never be onTo be fair, it is possible for kids to be interested in the background ponies - they might just like how they look and be curious about them.
I think Spring Parade is pretty cute. Wish there were more ponies with orange/light green/yellow instead of the usual orange/purple/pink.
Unpopular opinion: I like the G3.5 toys. The show was atrocious, but I think the toys are cute in their own way. Even how heavy they feel is kinda nice. I just wish they did more characters, honestly.
Unpopular opinion: I like the G3.5 toys. The show was atrocious, but I think the toys are cute in their own way. Even how heavy they feel is kinda nice. I just wish they did more characters, honestly.
I dont really get why so many people seem to love Gusty? I think she is rather boring. Ok, the red strike in her hair is nice, but the dark green is so dull. The other unicorns from that set is so much prettier imo, but still, hasbro choosed Gusty to make several variants of... :P
I dont really get why so many people seem to love Gusty? I think she is rather boring. Ok, the red strike in her hair is nice, but the dark green is so dull. The other unicorns from that set is so much prettier imo, but still, hasbro choosed Gusty to make several variants of... :P
I don't dislike Gusty, but I was gutted when I realised we may have come super close to having Ribbon instead ;) I really love Ribbon. I'd have loved her as a kid. I don't hate Gusty, and I grew up with her in the sense a friend of mine had her and I now have that pony, so I have a nostalgic fondness for her. She was also pushed down our throats in the comics as well. So I can't dislike her. But I'm just kind of...give me Ribbon. Seriously.
I like the glittery symbol Gusty better than the UK one. Which might seem an impossible opinion from me but it's true. I really want a Fable Gusty because I feel like she's the perfect Gusty and the one we didn't get.
But if it's a choice. Give me Ribbon. Anyday.
I dont really get why so many people seem to love Gusty? I think she is rather boring. Ok, the red strike in her hair is nice, but the dark green is so dull. The other unicorns from that set is so much prettier imo, but still, hasbro choosed Gusty to make several variants of... :P
I don't dislike Gusty, but I was gutted when I realised we may have come super close to having Ribbon instead ;) I really love Ribbon. I'd have loved her as a kid. I don't hate Gusty, and I grew up with her in the sense a friend of mine had her and I now have that pony, so I have a nostalgic fondness for her. She was also pushed down our throats in the comics as well. So I can't dislike her. But I'm just kind of...give me Ribbon. Seriously.
I like the glittery symbol Gusty better than the UK one. Which might seem an impossible opinion from me but it's true. I really want a Fable Gusty because I feel like she's the perfect Gusty and the one we didn't get.
But if it's a choice. Give me Ribbon. Anyday.
Imagine if Ribbon had been available in the UK in Gusty's pose :lovey:
I would probably have about ten. Gusty is nice, one of my favourites, but RIBBON *grabby hands*
I dislike her voice.
I dislike her voice.
Ay, caramba!
As a kid, I felt disappointed after watching the MLP cartoons, I really wanted to enjoy them, but I hated the squeaky voices.
Contrast that to the wonderful She-Ra, Jem etc.
Just my opinion! :bolt:
As a kid, I felt disappointed after watching the MLP cartoons, I really wanted to enjoy them, but I hated the squeaky voices.
Contrast that to the wonderful She-Ra, Jem etc.
Just my opinion! :bolt:
I actually think SheRa is more annoying in the voice department. 99% of which is just Catra. Meowww....
Jem has a stellar cast though you do realise that a lot of the people on Jem were also on MLP?
Probably like the spoken word stories or the My Little Pony Song tape.
"My Little Ponies live at the edge of the Rainbow Forest. Theirs is a magical world where every day brings a new adventure..."
Etc.
Probably like the spoken word stories or the My Little Pony Song tape.
"My Little Ponies live at the edge of the Rainbow Forest. Theirs is a magical world where every day brings a new adventure..."
Etc.
I have never heard them! Something for me to investigate...
Probably like the spoken word stories or the My Little Pony Song tape.
"My Little Ponies live at the edge of the Rainbow Forest. Theirs is a magical world where every day brings a new adventure..."
Etc.
I have never heard them! Something for me to investigate...
LM has the song tape on Youtube. I don't know about the stories/spoken word. I have them on CD thanks to my Dad. I don't know where I've put the CDs though...I had thought of putting some of them up but currently can't find them. Yay me. :) I don't know if there are others on youtube...
Probably like the spoken word stories or the My Little Pony Song tape.
"My Little Ponies live at the edge of the Rainbow Forest. Theirs is a magical world where every day brings a new adventure..."
Etc.
I have never heard them! Something for me to investigate...
LM has the song tape on Youtube. I don't know about the stories/spoken word. I have them on CD thanks to my Dad. I don't know where I've put the CDs though...I had thought of putting some of them up but currently can't find them. Yay me. :) I don't know if there are others on youtube...
Rarity is impo, the dullest of the pearlescent merponies.
Rarity is impo, the dullest of the pearlescent merponies.
She the only pearly Mane 6 seapony I don’t own. Maybe it’s the plastic Hasbro used for her or the glitter?
Ponyfan
It drives me crazy how the FIM cartoon ponies have like hair styles instead of regular manes, but then the toys mostly just have regular manes making them look even less like the characters!!!
It drives me crazy how the FIM cartoon ponies have like hair styles instead of regular manes, but then the toys mostly just have regular manes making them look even less like the characters!!!
I have actually rehaired/added hair and cut/styled it on a few of them!It drives me crazy how the FIM cartoon ponies have like hair styles instead of regular manes, but then the toys mostly just have regular manes making them look even less like the characters!!!
Nothing stopping you from styling them yourself. ^.^ Some people do. That's part of the whole play experience. That's what brushable horses and dolls are for.
Actually I'm with you lol I wish the FIM cartoon ponies had more regular manes that matched the current toys and all the other generations' toons and toys!It drives me crazy how the FIM cartoon ponies have like hair styles instead of regular manes, but then the toys mostly just have regular manes making them look even less like the characters!!!
On the complete opposite position from this, actually. As a G1 person from a world where the toys dictate all, it annoys me that the show ponies have silly hairstyles that aren't reflecting their toyselves accurately. Although I don't watch the regular cartoon, I did notice in one of the EQG episodes that Sunset Shimmer when she turned back pony had really ugly hair...
As a kid, I felt disappointed after watching the MLP cartoons, I really wanted to enjoy them, but I hated the squeaky voices.
Contrast that to the wonderful She-Ra, Jem etc.
Just my opinion! :bolt:
I actually think SheRa is more annoying in the voice department. 99% of which is just Catra. Meowww....
Jem has a stellar cast though you do realise that a lot of the people on Jem were also on MLP?
All other ponies than G1 are ugly...*hearing a horde of fans coming at me The Shining axe style*
I can deal with G3 too but only G1 have my love :lookround:
I personally don't hate any generation but I also don't care if other people do. I'm a G1 person but I have some of each. I like that there are enough ponies to go around for everyone's taste. :)
I still don't like FIM though. While I think most of it is benign and largely superficial, there are a few disturbing things which seem to promote colonial attitudes and cruelty to animals. And even EQG, which I do like, does at one point try and make out like a popularity contest is a good thing and choosing people for their skills is a bad thing...
Anyways.
My unpopular opinion. I don't want there to be a G5.
At least, if there is one, I don't want it to be for a good long time into the future. Maybe 5 years from now. When there's been a chance for a complete start over, and not just more remaking of the remake. I think G5 right now with the mane 6 template is the death of MLP.
I'm kinda dreading G5. If its going to be more of the same, why bother?
I'm kinda dreading G5. If its going to be more of the same, why bother?
Are they going with a soft reboot and keeping it in a similar style to not get the fandom mad?
I believe that even with all its animation errors, the original G1 cartoon still looked way better than the new flash series.
I believe that even with all its animation errors, the original G1 cartoon still looked way better than the new flash series.I know I'm in the minority when I say this, but man, I think even G3's animation was just a smidge better. At least their hair moved around when they were in motion and didn't just wave around like wet cardboard, but, I'm also just heavily biased against flash and cheap looking flash-style anyway.
honestly, same here... I don't want to rag on FiM or anything (I know it's a Flash thing rather than anything specific to FiM, I have the same problem w/ Lion Guard), but man the walk cycles look so stiff! The G1 animation isn't perfect, sure, but it has some life to it, I like that.
I know I'm in the minority when I say this, but man, I think even G3's animation was better. At least their hair moved around when they were in motion and didn't just wave around like wet cardboard.
I believe that even with all its animation errors, the original G1 cartoon still looked way better than the new flash series.
I believe that even with all its animation errors, the original G1 cartoon still looked way better than the new flash series.I know I'm in the minority when I say this, but man, I think even G3's animation was just a smidge better. At least their hair moved around when they were in motion and didn't just wave around like wet cardboard, but, I'm also just heavily biased against flash and cheap looking flash-style anyway.
I mean, I love junk like Homestar Runner, but I wouldn't want to be paying to watch it on TV. When Arthur switched to flash, I couldn't watch it anymore because it's so stiff and flat looking now. It's just a bit depressing to see animation kinda... devolving? as time goes on. I never knew how much I'd miss looking at beautifully detailed backgrounds until everything went to Flash/Toonboom and 3D. I know cartoons aren't made for my age range anymore, and money's a bigger issue now, but it still just.. hurts.
So am I. Can't stand flash. G3's animation is nice to look at, if a little oversaturated. A pity the toon itself is rather bland.Even as someone who adores G3's style, I can agree. I watch them much less often than the G1 toons. They're cute, but there's not much substance beyond that.
I don't like Truly and Buttons.
I hate the way Hasbro names stuff. Every name these days have to be these overly-cutesy compound words slapped together in hopes that it might sound good. I've seen it on some of their LPS toys and its immediately become an obnoxious trend in their Botbots.
I hate the way Hasbro names stuff. Every name these days have to be these overly-cutesy compound words slapped together in hopes that it might sound good. I've seen it on some of their LPS toys and its immediately become an obnoxious trend in their Botbots.
I've noticed that too espeically with Daring Do's toy being offically named Daring Do Dazzle and Mrs Dazzle Cake.
Sometimes I think Habsbro must pull names out of a hat for their characters. :lol:
Ponyfan
Btw, is your avatar the new way of counting sheep? :P I'm pretty sure all those little hooves will knock a person out pretty quick, what with the oncoming concussion and all. XDI like looping things.
I hate the way Hasbro names stuff. Every name these days have to be these overly-cutesy compound words slapped together in hopes that it might sound good. I've seen it on some of their LPS toys and its immediately become an obnoxious trend in their Botbots.
I don't like Gusty. At least, I like her as a basic pony, though I am not obsessive about her. I hate her in the cartoon, though. She's a bully and a grump and completely unlike the Gusty I remember from my childhood, who was kind, empathic, clever and took care of the baby ponies. I really wish we'd had Ribbon instead. I mean, if we were going to get one or the other, which seems probable, I'd rather have had Ribbon...I didn't like her as a kid either, although now at least I find her like Bart Simpson voice hilarious.
Didn't Nancy Cartwright voice Gusty? I havent heard Gusty's voice in the series but now I gotta find a clip :lol:One word: https://youtu.be/4_8M4IzO-HU?t=632
I have come to the realization that I like Starshine in art more then toy. With the exception being German Starshine.
I don't like the darker pink stripe on the Anniversary Rainbows hair.
The 35ths scents are way too strong. What did they do? Drop the damn toys in pools of perfume? (Starshine's was the most mild.) The G3 Sunny Scents were never like this.
Were all G1 scents that strong? I've never had any.
I don't like Gusty. At least, I like her as a basic pony, though I am not obsessive about her. I hate her in the cartoon, though. She's a bully and a grump and completely unlike the Gusty I remember from my childhood, who was kind, empathic, clever and took care of the baby ponies. I really wish we'd had Ribbon instead. I mean, if we were going to get one or the other, which seems probable, I'd rather have had Ribbon...
Also, I really don't want retro versions of the Princess Ponies because they will have bushwoolies and the wrong accessories and the wrong names for what I remember. That is a totally selfish opinion, but in this thread those are allowed, right?
I don't really want to buy any pony or pony item reissued with the 'wrong' name for what I remember growing up with, but for some, like 'Sweetie/Sweet Stuff', I might make an exception. However, I really don't want it with the princess set because I associate the US names with that horrible characterisation of them as spoiled brats in the Quest of the Princess Ponies. I really cannot stand them in that show. Probably even more than Gusty tbh.
The princesses were beautifully characterised in the comics. Pearl was the sensitive one and the artist. Sapphire the wise one. Aquamarine the dreamer. Ruby the restless one always buzzing around. Amber the one who thought she could solve everything (but rarely could on her own), and Amethyst the one who meant well but always got things messed up somehow. And their dragons each complimented their personalities with personalities of their own - distinct individuals rather than a mass sheep mentality like the bushwoolies have. I love the Bushwoolies but I don't really love the fact they don't have their own personalities. So yeah. That's my really selfish unpopular opinion. No retro princesses please.
Didn't Nancy Cartwright voice Gusty? I havent heard Gusty's voice in the series but now I gotta find a clip :lol:One word: https://youtu.be/4_8M4IzO-HU?t=632
Didn't Nancy Cartwright voice Gusty? I havent heard Gusty's voice in the series but now I gotta find a clip :lol:One word: https://youtu.be/4_8M4IzO-HU?t=632
HOLY COW I felt like she's gonna tell us to eat her shorts at any second!!
But very often I look at customs and think 'noooo, that was a G1 pony'....
But very often I look at customs and think 'noooo, that was a G1 pony'....
Same!!
I would like replica small things, if they are in colors that did not exist for gen 1 and so on to distinguish them form the real deal.
"Still playing with the pure purple pony with the flowers on her butt I see, may I interest you in these ponies dressed in outrageous 80s fashion that violently vibrate while swishing their tails?"
I also think the early years of G1 are boring. The designs are plain but a big factor of my disinterest is the saturation of it. A lot of the retro merch is the Rainbows, Collectors, Applejack, Firefly, Glory, etc. It's tiring. That's why I'm SO excited for the Year 3 Rainbow repros! They're something NEW! :cheer: But anyways, I think 1985 onward is the best the generation has to offer. They did every gimmick in the book, they gave the ponies tons of colours in their hair, they gave them fun symbols, it's great.
I believe that even with all its animation errors, the original G1 cartoon still looked way better than the new flash series.
I believe that even with all its animation errors, the original G1 cartoon still looked way better than the new flash series.
where it’s used for forced and contrived lessons in“diversity”.
I think that was a more natural kind of diversity :/ Some ponies that look the same but come from different lands. Some ponies that look different but come from the same land. And some peoples of different species completely who may live in ponyland or outside and be integrated into the society through their friendships with other characters (Question Mark, Junk It, Weather Witch, etc).
:iconclap:I think that was a more natural kind of diversity :/ Some ponies that look the same but come from different lands. Some ponies that look different but come from the same land. And some peoples of different species completely who may live in ponyland or outside and be integrated into the society through their friendships with other characters (Question Mark, Junk It, Weather Witch, etc).
I love how big the G1 world seems in the cartoon and comics. There's always somewhere new to be explored, and different kinds of creatures. I think it would be more fun to make up your own stories set in the G1 world as well, because anything goes: magic, talking inanimate objects, pixies, whatever! All the 'world-building' that people get so excited about in G4 is actually quite restrictive in a way, a sort of storytelling equivalent of releasing the Mane 6 repeatedly.
And I just HATE the whole theme of teaching friendship to everybody. It makes all non-ponies look like idiots, for a start. G1 had one episode about friendship being great (The Magic Coins). G4 has had eight seasons and it's getting ridiculous. Friendship is nice, but it's not the be-all and end-all of existence. (I'm an unsociable introvert, if I lived in Equestria I would be so annoyed having friendship pushed at me all the time!)
If I was a kid with no prior interest in ponies and saw the G1 cartoon/comic/storybooks, I would probably get into ponies. If I saw G4, I would probably think it was not for me. I think actually if I had seen G4 when I was little I would have dismissed it as too girly because of all the fashion shows, parties, spa days, talking about feelings/friendship etc. Nothing wrong with that sort of thing, but as a kid I would have dismissed it in favour of adventure and magic.
Yeah, G4 is girly. It has guys interested in it, and does more than what would be stereotypically seen as "for girls" (in fact, all generations do this), but that will never make it "not girly". You won't find this brony using the cool stuff as proof that "the show isn't for little girls", because it is, and it annoys me when bronies do that - the point should be that little girl's cartoons can be entertaining for all, and that guys can like girly stuff.
In my mind, we (myself and other bronies) should embrace the fact it's girly, not try to prove it isn't. :lovey:
And yeah. G4 is really girly.
And yeah. G4 is really girly.
I have only watched a few G4 episodes (thankfully) and from what I've seen, it is WAY girlier than G1. For all the bashing old MLP has always gotten from everyone for supposedly being all tea parties and dressups, I can only recall a handful of times when the G1 cartoons featured anything stereotypically girly (like the costume ball at the end of the second special), other than that, when ponies were not busy saving their world from doom, they would usually just spend their time playing sports, landscape exploring or chilling by the pool. Meanwhile, I remember one G4 episode that was all focused on everyone going to a big ball, trying on their outfits and all, and in another there was a whole song where pony pricesses were singing to the newest princess about what a great pony princess she will be, and it felt REALLY sappy. If you ask me, despite Lauren Faust patting herself so much on the back for challening girly stereotypes in cartoons, G1 did way better job with that.
And yeah. G4 is really girly.
I have only watched a few G4 episodes (thankfully) and from what I've seen, it is WAY girlier than G1. For all the bashing old MLP has always gotten from everyone for supposedly being all tea parties and dressups, I can only recall a handful of times when the G1 cartoons featured anything stereotypically girly (like the costume ball at the end of the second special), other than that, when ponies were not busy saving their world from doom, they would usually just spend their time playing sports, landscape exploring or chilling by the pool. Meanwhile, I remember one G4 episode that was all focused on everyone going to a big ball, trying on their outfits and all, and in another there was a whole song where pony pricesses were singing to the newest princess about what a great pony princess she will be, and it felt REALLY sappy. If you ask me, despite Lauren Faust patting herself so much on the back for challening girly stereotypes in cartoons, G1 did way better job with that.
G4 also has a song dedicated to baking cupcakes, and an episode about sleepovers in the first season. :P
I genuinely don't have a problem with bronies unless they're the kind who trash G1 or trash people who like G1. But those are the crazies. I just think the word is tainted, so probably needs either serious renovation and reclaiming by the sane ones, or ditching and starting again. Because for many brony is always going to carry negative connitations, even though not all bronies are crazy.That's the option I'm hoping for, as I have a nostalgic and sentimental attachment to the fandom name, so I do hope that it get associated with the positive side of the fandom again. It's a shame that it has a negative connotation, but I can see why it does.
This is gonna be super controversial. I sometimes think that MLP would be better off dying out, if the if it is gonna be nothing but more mane six.
But on the other hand, there's nothing saying that a future incarnation might someday return the brand to its roots as a diverse collectible toyline with cartoons for commercials. So I'm holding onto hope that the brand won't suffer this bs forever. But the leaks, if they are real, have not given me hope.
The FiM toyline is the Teen Titans Go of the brand. Ugly, poor quality, excruciatingly repetetive, has overstayed its welcome and is being shoved down the throats of consumers ad naseum.
This is gonna be super controversial. I sometimes think that MLP would be better off dying out, if it is gonna be nothing but more mane six.
This is gonna be super controversial. I sometimes think that MLP would be better off dying out, if it is gonna be nothing but more mane six.
Maybe its controversial, but I agree. I have a certain pride in this collectable and this toyline and I would rather see it die completely than just watch it march soullessly on in clone form.
I think G4 Moondancer is awful. Those Rock Lee eyebrows, her round chihuahua head and her wishy-washy body color as though she came pre-yellowed makes me glad she never got a toy.I don't like her design either. Especially her eyebrows and her mane - she just doesn't look right to me.
Because the Gods forbid that a girl's toyline be girly. This gen is just as girly as the rest of em. And no matter how much the crazy, brainwashed fans scream otherwise, that's not gonna change. To somewhat quote the wise turtle sensei from Kung Fu Panda,
"You may wish for an apple tree or an orange tree, but it is still a peach tree."
I actually didn't like any of the references to G1 in G4. They were warped into things that never seemed quite right. Even poor Applejack. It's fine. I'm over it now.I liked them in season 1 and 2 (Applejack not counting, she's her own character), when they just sought of casual "Oh, remember G1 and G3?" style moments - assuming they were references, because they could have been coincidences, I like to think they were references or at least "reminders" though.
I still say its erroneous to call the Mane Six G1 inspired, when almost all of them are blatantly G3 carry overs. Lauren Faust was full of crap when she said that.They are G1 inspired. They were supposed to be G1 carry overs based on how she saw Six G1 ponies when she was younger - she was told not to make them those G1 ponies and was told to give them G3 names.
The jury is still out on whether she meant G1 when she said that, in my opinion. It could easily be taken to mean she meant other shows that weren't G1 the way it was worded.
I'm not sure it was even stated what girl's shows she meant, but if she never saw any back then she could have just assumed and gotten it wrong, she is allowed to make mistakes.
Either way, if they were inspired by her interpretation of G1, they are still G1 inspired as she was thinking of G1 when she wrote them and G3 had no hand in their creation other than their names, and some of their designs. They are definitely more G1 inspired than G3 inspired since they don't match any of the G3 ponies from their group, as much as I love G3.
Even so, I know Applejack was a huge favorite just for her small part with the Sea Ponies in Rescue at Midnight Castle. For me, FiM Applejack only looks like the G1 Applejack and they aren't the same pony at all. As a result, FiM Applejack is my least favorite pony.
Even so, I know Applejack was a huge favorite just for her small part with the Sea Ponies in Rescue at Midnight Castle. For me, FiM Applejack only looks like the G1 Applejack and they aren't the same pony at all. As a result, FiM Applejack is my least favorite pony.
I consider FIM Applejack and G1 Applejack different characters too.
Ponyfan
I think as I heard rumors that it was based on G1 and as they had an Applejack, I initially thought it would be the G1 version. She was very far from it and I was disappointed. I got over it but G4 Applejack never fully won me over. Reboots are always hard for me to watch at first. :P
Even so, I know Applejack was a huge favorite just for her small part with the Sea Ponies in Rescue at Midnight Castle. For me, FiM Applejack only looks like the G1 Applejack and they aren't the same pony at all. As a result, FiM Applejack is my least favorite pony.
I consider FIM Applejack and G1 Applejack different characters too.
Ponyfan
Me too. But that's a continuation of the basic concept that the mane 6 bear no resemblance to the G1 characters that allegedly inspired them. And it's also natural I think for a new gen to do new stuff?
And yeah. G4 is really girly. That's my unpopular opinion. G4 is way way way more girly and gendered than G1 is. Which is fine, but it annoys me when people describe G1 as being all about parties and stuff, when that's clearly what G4 is about.
Bigger isn't better! I see everyone say G4 fashion style size should be the norm for G5, but if ponies were that big, they'd be harder to display and keep, and be even harder to make playsets for. EQG had one playset, the school, and that thing was way too small for the dolls. The way Hasbro is nowadays, the playset would collapse under the weight of the pony.
I think G3.5 is a good size. Like the body...? But more proportional. G2ish? But shorter...
Bigger isn't better! I see everyone say G4 fashion style size should be the norm for G5, but if ponies were that big, they'd be harder to display and keep, and be even harder to make playsets for. EQG had one playset, the school, and that thing was way too small for the dolls. The way Hasbro is nowadays, the playset would collapse under the weight of the pony.
I think G3.5 is a good size. Like the body...? But more proportional. G2ish? But shorter...
Its no more difficult to display them then displaying G1 or G3 ponies. They're roughly about the same size.
Hasbro largely ignoring G2 makes sense to me from a business point of view as it bombed in the US, but as a European fan who was a tween when they came out I feel like all gens should be considered for nostalgia bait. Euros supported your crap when the USians didn't, Hasbro. Do something for us.
Guess my unpopular opinion is just being mopey about not getting pandered to enough. Make Ivy the lead in G5 :P
Hasbro largely ignoring G2 makes sense to me from a business point of view as it bombed in the US, but as a European fan who was a tween when they came out I feel like all gens should be considered for nostalgia bait. Euros supported your crap when the USians didn't, Hasbro. Do something for us.
Guess my unpopular opinion is just being mopey about not getting pandered to enough. Make Ivy the lead in G5 :P
Hasbro largely ignoring G2 makes sense to me from a business point of view as it bombed in the US, but as a European fan who was a tween when they came out I feel like all gens should be considered for nostalgia bait. Euros supported your crap when the USians didn't, Hasbro. Do something for us.
Guess my unpopular opinion is just being mopey about not getting pandered to enough. Make Ivy the lead in G5 :P
Hasbro largely ignoring the rest of the world when it comes to releases, exclusives and timelines of production is a bugbear of mine generally. Not that I want to see regional exclusives make a return in this day and age, but I would like to see regional packaging designs again, rather than generic and frankly boring packaging that we've seen these past couple of generations.
And as Zapper said, G2 had a strong presence in Europe. Being dominant in the US shouldn't be the criteria that decides what is and isn't remembered as not everywhere had the same childhood memories...BUT Hasbro is a US company, so good luck with that. ;)
Hasbro largely ignoring G2 makes sense to me from a business point of view as it bombed in the US, but as a European fan who was a tween when they came out I feel like all gens should be considered for nostalgia bait. Euros supported your crap when the USians didn't, Hasbro. Do something for us.
Guess my unpopular opinion is just being mopey about not getting pandered to enough. Make Ivy the lead in G5 :P
Hasbro largely ignoring the rest of the world when it comes to releases, exclusives and timelines of production is a bugbear of mine generally. Not that I want to see regional exclusives make a return in this day and age, but I would like to see regional packaging designs again, rather than generic and frankly boring packaging that we've seen these past couple of generations.
And as Zapper said, G2 had a strong presence in Europe. Being dominant in the US shouldn't be the criteria that decides what is and isn't remembered as not everywhere had the same childhood memories...BUT Hasbro is a US company, so good luck with that. ;)
I'm in the US and my very first ponies I owned were G2s so I have fond memories of them. Ivy is such a good, simple name, they should bring it back somehow! FiM has characters named Clever Clover and Dainty Dove... but they spelled it something like Dane Tee Dove? Something dumb. :P
Hasbro largely ignoring G2 makes sense to me from a business point of view as it bombed in the US, but as a European fan who was a tween when they came out I feel like all gens should be considered for nostalgia bait. Euros supported your crap when the USians didn't, Hasbro. Do something for us.
Guess my unpopular opinion is just being mopey about not getting pandered to enough. Make Ivy the lead in G5 :P
Hasbro largely ignoring the rest of the world when it comes to releases, exclusives and timelines of production is a bugbear of mine generally. Not that I want to see regional exclusives make a return in this day and age, but I would like to see regional packaging designs again, rather than generic and frankly boring packaging that we've seen these past couple of generations.
And as Zapper said, G2 had a strong presence in Europe. Being dominant in the US shouldn't be the criteria that decides what is and isn't remembered as not everywhere had the same childhood memories...BUT Hasbro is a US company, so good luck with that. ;)
I'm in the US and my very first ponies I owned were G2s so I have fond memories of them. Ivy is such a good, simple name, they should bring it back somehow! FiM has characters named Clever Clover and Dainty Dove... but they spelled it something like Dane Tee Dove? Something dumb. :P
In Spain we feel like we don't exist. Not only with the re-release cause here it is impossible to get them but even current releases don't come here until it is all done. And thinking we even had our own manufactured ponies... Shame!Hasbro largely ignoring G2 makes sense to me from a business point of view as it bombed in the US, but as a European fan who was a tween when they came out I feel like all gens should be considered for nostalgia bait. Euros supported your crap when the USians didn't, Hasbro. Do something for us.
Guess my unpopular opinion is just being mopey about not getting pandered to enough. Make Ivy the lead in G5 :P
Hasbro largely ignoring the rest of the world when it comes to releases, exclusives and timelines of production is a bugbear of mine generally. Not that I want to see regional exclusives make a return in this day and age, but I would like to see regional packaging designs again, rather than generic and frankly boring packaging that we've seen these past couple of generations.
And as Zapper said, G2 had a strong presence in Europe. Being dominant in the US shouldn't be the criteria that decides what is and isn't remembered as not everywhere had the same childhood memories...BUT Hasbro is a US company, so good luck with that. ;)
I second Ivy as a G5 main character!
I second Ivy as a G5 main character!
Yes, we are already two people! Let's get a petition going :lol: ;)
Heck, I would be so much more in favor of a reboot if they just took the old G2s and revamped their world. They had royalty ponies, magicians, ponies with glittery wings. All things already re-establshed in G4. So why not.
Ivy and Prince Firefly and their friends!
I second Ivy as a G5 main character!
I'm personally not fond of the term my little pony mommy in the old commercials.
I'm personally not fond of the term my little pony mommy in the old commercials.
I second this. *cringe*.
I'm personally not fond of the term my little pony mommy in the old commercials.
I second this. *cringe*.
Me too. My favorite will always be the classic "My Little Pony (insert name of pony set)
"i'm a My Little Pony Mommy" isn't my favorite but it's better to me than "We're My Little Pony girls/Say 'love' (Love!) if you love ponies:
Ponyfan
I have a soft spot for the UK one that is totally poking fun and ends with Bow Tie in her 'birthday suit' xD.
Also, maybe I'm biased, but this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esdu3Apk7Rc
Even despite the nauseatingly enunciated accent, is still less grating than this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E8q-O0K2hc
On another note, how did the US get from this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrloYNN7xQ
Which is a lovely commercial (despite the 'Sweet Tooth' name xD) to the horrible thing linked second above?
I think g1s are garbage.Spoiler:mrgreen:
I second Ivy as a G5 main character!
Count me in!
I forget if I said this but collectors pose reminds me of a tall hippo. 🤔
I forget if I said this but collectors pose reminds me of a tall hippo. 🤔
That made me laugh :D
I have never liked the Collector Pose much. I feel it particularly betrays Lemon Drop who is a showjumper and yet her legs are glued together like that. Unless she has springs fitted into her hooves, it's hard to see how she'd win any gymkhana, and Butterscotch likewise...
Would have rather seen LD at least in the (later) walking pose, because then at least she might be running between jumps, rather than examining her toes as she bounces along.
I forget if I said this but collectors pose reminds me of a tall hippo. 🤔
That made me laugh :D
I have never liked the Collector Pose much. I feel it particularly betrays Lemon Drop who is a showjumper and yet her legs are glued together like that. Unless she has springs fitted into her hooves, it's hard to see how she'd win any gymkhana, and Butterscotch likewise...
Would have rather seen LD at least in the (later) walking pose, because then at least she might be running between jumps, rather than examining her toes as she bounces along.
I forget if I said this but collectors pose reminds me of a tall hippo. 🤔
That made me laugh :D
I have never liked the Collector Pose much. I feel it particularly betrays Lemon Drop who is a showjumper and yet her legs are glued together like that. Unless she has springs fitted into her hooves, it's hard to see how she'd win any gymkhana, and Butterscotch likewise...
Would have rather seen LD at least in the (later) walking pose, because then at least she might be running between jumps, rather than examining her toes as she bounces along.
Fortunately, I think hippos are cute so this doesn't bother me.I forget if I said this but collectors pose reminds me of a tall hippo. 🤔
That made me laugh :D
I have never liked the Collector Pose much. I feel it particularly betrays Lemon Drop who is a showjumper and yet her legs are glued together like that. Unless she has springs fitted into her hooves, it's hard to see how she'd win any gymkhana, and Butterscotch likewise...
Would have rather seen LD at least in the (later) walking pose, because then at least she might be running between jumps, rather than examining her toes as she bounces along.
It's my dad's fault. I asked him to look for the 25th anniversary ponies for me.. and he brought be back something else instead saying "I didn't want to get those, they looked like hippos". So now the seed had been planted in my mind. XD
As a kid, I just kinda thought they looked old and droopy...
You have a great point about LD. She certainly deserves a more dynamic pose.
I most be one of the only people with a soft spot for the Firefly/Medley pose. But Medley was my first pony and I loved her.
Sunset, I have a soft spot for the Firefly pose, but I won't deny it has its flaws.
To be fair, Taffeta, that updated Firefly was made as a pack-in for a tape release of the cartoon pilot.
I'm not looking forward to seeing how they're gonna botch Grogar.I've got mixed feelings over this - I'm going to just have to remind myself it's not the same character if it all goes wrong like Tirek and The Smooze did, in my opinion.
Sunset, I have a soft spot for the Firefly pose, but I won't deny it has its flaws.
To be fair, Taffeta, that updated Firefly was made as a pack-in for a tape release of the cartoon pilot.
Yeah, that's true, but I never understood why she got so much of the focus when overall she played less of a part in the animation for MLP than did some of the later more standard characters. The thing is my annoyance for Firefly doesn't really come from RaMC, though. She's fine in that. It's the idiot things she used to do in the comic, getting herself into stupid situations by not thinking them through, and then having to be rescued - at least once by Medley, and once I think by Tootsie...probably with Majesty's help. Even as a kid I thought she was a nusiance ;)
Don't get me wrong, I still like the pony Firefly. But she's probably my least favourite in the set. They were never sold here, despite all the stories, but I would have loved Medley as a kid. I never wanted Firefly, and I'll never see RaMC as "Firefly's Adventure."
Contrary Cake?
brightberry, I definitely think Firefly's original pose fits her cartoon characterization better. I think she was given the update mainly because her original pose doesn't seat the Megan doll very well.I think it was more of a matter of convenience. The new Firefly release didn't overlap with Megan & Sundance. I remember them being over a year gone when the Firefly set was released. That's forever in kid years. It's more likely that as the original Firefly pose hadn't been used in years, they went with a mold that was already prepped as it was cheaper.
Contrary Cake?
If I remember right, Firefly ate some cake she shouldn't eat, and it made her behave in the opposite way from how she should do things, and she ended up in contrary town doing the opposite of what she was told and getting given things that weren't the same as she asked for. And...I think it's Tootsie and others - had to break the spell and convince her to come home, even though she doesn't recognise them and doesn't want to go.
...Only a few steps away from Tea rack :)
@Ponyfan, LAW and I found it, it's in comic 47 and it's posted here.
http://www.ponylandpress.com/library/comics/
I most be one of the only people with a soft spot for the Firefly/Medley pose. But Medley was my first pony and I loved her.Firefly was one of my first two G1s, and Medley was one of my sister's first, so I'm nostalgic for that pose as well. Same with Majesty/Glory and their pose.
...Only a few steps away from Tea rack :)
@Ponyfan, LAW and I found it, it's in comic 47 and it's posted here.
http://www.ponylandpress.com/library/comics/
Firefly and Skydancer were both in my original herd. I was completely enchanted with Skydancer and her rainbow hair. It's funny that gimmick is hardly thought of as a gimmick any more.I most be one of the only people with a soft spot for the Firefly/Medley pose. But Medley was my first pony and I loved her.Firefly was one of my first two G1s, and Medley was one of my sister's first, so I'm nostalgic for that pose as well. Same with Majesty/Glory and their pose.
Oh and I recently completed my US Firefly pose collection. Sprinkles wasn't on purpose but I do like the rest.
For an unpopular opinion, I didn't want toys of characters that had been completely "fleshed out". I really liked discovering who they were on my own. I'm still less interested in collectables of characters from my favorite moves or TV shows. Also, toys that didn't have a canon character suddenly getting one bothered me too.
I definitely think they were meant to be "Reimagined for G4" versions. And if you think about it, Tirac/Tirek in particular kinda had to be reimagined because his G1 schtick had already been used by Nightmare Moon.Yeah, and that, to me, ended up being a better call back to aspects of Rescue From Midnight Castle (regardless of whether it was intentional or not) than G4 Tirek did.
I definitely think they were meant to be "Reimagined for G4" versions. And if you think about it, Tirac/Tirek in particular kinda had to be reimagined because his G1 schtick had already been used by Nightmare Moon.Yeah, and that, to me, ended up being a better call back to aspects of Rescue From Midnight Castle (regardless of whether it was intentional or not) than G4 Tirek did.
That being said, if it were up to me, I would have at least kept Tirek's ability to turn ponies and other animals into monsters, and had that be his goal rather than stealing attributes. G4 Tirek is not a villain I can take seriously, and the main reason for that is because the ability they gave him means that one of the only things I can remember him doing is standing around with his mouth open.
I definitely think they were meant to be "Reimagined for G4" versions. And if you think about it, Tirac/Tirek in particular kinda had to be reimagined because his G1 schtick had already been used by Nightmare Moon.Yeah, and that, to me, ended up being a better call back to aspects of Rescue From Midnight Castle (regardless of whether it was intentional or not) than G4 Tirek did.
That being said, if it were up to me, I would have at least kept Tirek's ability to turn ponies and other animals into monsters, and had that be his goal rather than stealing attributes. G4 Tirek is not a villain I can take seriously, and the main reason for that is because the ability they gave him means that one of the only things I can remember him doing is standing around with his mouth open.
:lol: That last line got me!
I definitely think they were meant to be "Reimagined for G4" versions. And if you think about it, Tirac/Tirek in particular kinda had to be reimagined because his G1 schtick had already been used by Nightmare Moon.Yeah, and that, to me, ended up being a better call back to aspects of Rescue From Midnight Castle (regardless of whether it was intentional or not) than G4 Tirek did.
That being said, if it were up to me, I would have at least kept Tirek's ability to turn ponies and other animals into monsters, and had that be his goal rather than stealing attributes. G4 Tirek is not a villain I can take seriously, and the main reason for that is because the ability they gave him means that one of the only things I can remember him doing is standing around with his mouth open.
:lol: That last line got me!
Me too. Animation stills of err, "magic eating" Tirek look like a red baboon with an O-face.
For an unpopular opinion, I didn't want toys of characters that had been completely "fleshed out". I really liked discovering who they were on my own. I'm still less interested in collectables of characters from my favorite moves or TV shows. Also, toys that didn't have a canon character suddenly getting one bothered me too.
Okay, I know this one might be super unpopular, but I really need to get this off my chest. Sometimes I just believe that My Little Pony would have been much better off if Hasbro had just pulled the plug entirely after G3.5. There, I said it.*before G3.5, if you're gonna go that route :P
Okay, I know this one might be super unpopular, but I really need to get this off my chest. Sometimes I just believe that My Little Pony would have been much better off if Hasbro had just pulled the plug entirely after G3.5. There, I said it.
I could accept that statement if you could explain why.It's just because of plenty of things that happened afterwards and cannot ever be reversed now. To me, 2000s was overall a much better time to be a fan of MLP compared to today.
I feel like not liking g4 is one thing, but why should the brand of been stopped?
This may be an unpopular opinion or just a mundane one but I believe Sunshower is Sweetberry and Starcatcher's love child.
This may be an unpopular opinion or just a mundane one but I believe Sunshower is Sweetberry and Starcatcher's love child.
A sea pony is the love child of a Pegasus and an earth pony? :blink: :what:
Oh! :facepalm: I forgot about her completely. Oops.
:redface:
I think that might be more in the realm of personal toy interactions then unpopular opinion though. ^.^ ;)
Speaking of Rapunzel... How DID she become so expensive? Is there a story behind it?
On this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.Money is relative, if someone is a professional web developer without a family to support, spending four figure amounts on something they truly enjoy is not such a big deal.
Speaking of Rapunzel... How DID she become so expensive? Is there a story behind it?
I put this down to fandom status seeking. Somehow, rather like Mimic, she became a "must have" pony in the minds of people, thus the price escalated.
When I first came online though she was already expensive. I think in the late 1990s she sold around $150-200. Mine, I know, cost the original person who had her $80, but she's damaged, she's lost most of the length of her tail. I received her in a trade for some rare UK stuff which, at the time, sold for as much or more as Rapunzel, but at some point after that she rocketed whereas the other prices stabilised.
So like Mimic, her price has been a problem for a long time. But something happened at some point between to make it escalate so much. And I can only put it down to a few collectors being obsessed with getting her and thus bidding her up and up until that became the benchmark.
It's ridiculous really. She's fine, but she's not that thrilling. Of course, I would LOVE to have one with all the flowing locks in the tail as that's her chief crowning feature. But given that even with that flaw I wouldn't be able to afford her today, I'm just going to stick with the one I have and be glad of it. I much much much prefer Sweet Scoops, she's a lot classier - and I think, rarer - but Rapunzel is the fad favourite, so up and up her price goes...
On this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.
G2 will be perfect if not for hooves. All of the faces are cute! And I like how boy and girl are not separated unless by history.Despite their lack of poses or variety of interesting gimmicks, I agree. G2 was the cutest in general, imo.
I guess on that note, it also means that the seller got a lot of money to pay the rent/other bills with. I think if one person has so much money to spare, its probably better for everyone to spend it rather than hoard it. On the other hand, humanity is incredibly inefficient at doing anything that actually promotes the greater good. No matter how we look at it, it's ultimately frustrating.On this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.Money is relative, if someone is a professional web developer without a family to support, spending four figure amounts on something they truly enjoy is not such a big deal.
I guess on that note, it also means that the seller got a lot of money to pay the rent/other bills with. I think if one person has so much money to spare, its probably better for everyone to spend it rather than hoard it. On the other hand, humanity is incredibly inefficient at doing anything that actually promotes the greater good. No matter how we look at it, it's ultimately frustrating.On this note, to add an unpopular opinion - I think spending ridiculous amounts of money on ponies is ridiculous. Especially when you get into thousands. No piece of plastic to me is worth the same as a month's rent.Money is relative, if someone is a professional web developer without a family to support, spending four figure amounts on something they truly enjoy is not such a big deal.
And as a feed on from that - I also hate when people decide to buy ponies because they're 'rare and sought after' rather than just buying the ones they like most. I remember some years back someone gave advice to a new collector that they should focus on Mimic and Crumpet and others because they're 'sought after'...I hate that. Pick and collect the ponies you like, not the ponies that will impress other people if you own them.
I don't quite get Sweet Scoops's appeal. I do like a lot of the MO ponies that fetch higher prices, but she's one I'll just skip unless I thrift find her or get really into completion. What with student loans in the upcoming years, I doubt I'll even be able to afford her. :P
I don't quite get Sweet Scoops's appeal. I do like a lot of the MO ponies that fetch higher prices, but she's one I'll just skip unless I thrift find her or get really into completion. What with student loans in the upcoming years, I doubt I'll even be able to afford her. :P
I don't quite get Sweet Scoops's appeal. I do like a lot of the MO ponies that fetch higher prices, but she's one I'll just skip unless I thrift find her or get really into completion. What with student loans in the upcoming years, I doubt I'll even be able to afford her. :P
Ditto!
Certain ponies just don't do it for me, others do.
So ponies like Honeycomb, who is quite easy to get here in the UK (although getting more pricey) I just love and will place an opportunistic low bid here and there (and win!).
Then there is the much more expensive Nightglider - oh, what a beautiful design - I just had to have her in my collection, not for status but because she is so pretty! Same for greeny Buttons, such lovely colours, but eek her price is getting more crazy too.
Mimic - who intrigued me with her unusual body colour - I ended up customising a very baity Majesty into one, and that satisfies me :P nope, not shelling out over £100 for a "real" Mimic :cool:
Unpopular opinion: I really loved having human characters in G1 My Little Pony. I’ve always wished that later generations had incorporated Megan/Molly/Danny characters of some kind.I actually loved it too, I always found it cute how they would give them rides on their backs and all!
Unpopular opinion: I really loved having human characters in G1 My Little Pony. I’ve always wished that later generations had incorporated Megan/Molly/Danny characters of some kind.
I loved this concept as a kid because I was often daydreaming about being a Chosen One, getting transported into a fantasy world and getting to be part of the action. Neverending Story was my favorite childhood book.
Taffeta: Awwww... It’s kind of adorable that your childhood self was aggressively jealous of Megan. X3
I loved this concept as a kid because I was often daydreaming about being a Chosen One, getting transported into a fantasy world and getting to be part of the action.I honestly think that this was the point of Megan (and later her siblings) in the show, like it was meant to make us imagine that we could be the next one who gets taken to Ponyland, and hang out with our new ponyfriends.
I wish Hasbro would separate the franchises and just make a Magical Girl line that isn't supposed to be MLP in human costume.This has been my opinion for a while - they should have just made it a separate toyline/cartoon series, they didn't need to make it a My Little Pony spin-off, it was like they were scared that no one would like it unless it was vaguely pony related.
They could just keep all the character tropes and color coding. Magical Girls are not exactly hard to sell.
If it was just magical girl they would not need to be in a band.
I think the reason I am fine with EqG is that I don't like FIM. So it doesn't jar me at all because for me FIM is a non-thing and they kind of then stand alone? Albeit the most recent special had them running through Twilight's castle so that was a bit interesting. Even so, I admit it's all for love of Sunset Shimmer on my part :)I never liked EqG but TBH I think it's much better than FiM because at least Hasbro is honest here about giving their audience lanky big-eyed animesque schoolgirls without trying to disguise them as ponies :P
I think the reason I am fine with EqG is that I don't like FIM. So it doesn't jar me at all because for me FIM is a non-thing and they kind of then stand alone? Albeit the most recent special had them running through Twilight's castle so that was a bit interesting. Even so, I admit it's all for love of Sunset Shimmer on my part :)I never liked EqG but TBH I think it's much better than FiM because at least Hasbro is honest here about giving their audience lanky big-eyed animesque schoolgirls without trying to disguise them as ponies :P
I think the reason I am fine with EqG is that I don't like FIM. So it doesn't jar me at all because for me FIM is a non-thing and they kind of then stand alone? Albeit the most recent special had them running through Twilight's castle so that was a bit interesting. Even so, I admit it's all for love of Sunset Shimmer on my part :)I never liked EqG but TBH I think it's much better than FiM because at least Hasbro is honest here about giving their audience lanky big-eyed animesque schoolgirls without trying to disguise them as ponies :P
Any merchandise that is Mane Six is not new and I don't care who thinks I'm in the wrong. I'm starting to get to the point where I hate this brand. It went from amazing to awful in the space of one generation. Why Hasbro is so bent on killing this once amazing beloved franchise is beyond me?
Any merchandise that is Mane Six is not new and I don't care who thinks I'm in the wrong. I'm starting to get to the point where I hate this brand. It went from amazing to awful in the space of one generation. Why Hasbro is so bent on killing this once amazing beloved franchise is beyond me?
If G5 is the same as G4 but with frills, the franchise is dead. *shrugs*.
I don't like the Dancing Butterflies pose either. It's too easy to tip over, and the way she twists her body, her hair ends up covering up her symbol.
I actually liked the Mane 6. I'm probably one of the few people who were okay with multiple variations of the Mane 6. My biggest issue was when they would leave out one or two characters for some other random character.
But the issue is that they did not balance it. They made collecting characters about collecting seven characters in slightly different versions like Malibu Stacy and her new hat. You can do that with fashion dolls because different fashions and styles allow for virtually endless combos and looks.
Oh, LPS is a good comparison. They tried the "core set of characters" thing with that line, too - but IMO they actually did it *well* with LPS. The same couple of characters recurred for a while but they never overtook the line. Granted they kind of gave up on them after a while (I've never seen the LPS cartoon, but I get the impression they were hoping it would be "the next FiM" but it never really took off, not to the extent Hasbro were likely hoping for, anyway), but still.
(and a lot of rereleases don't even give them interesting gimmicks, many have no gimmicks at all in fact).
I really wanted to like the first tooth baby ponies, because I love Quackers, and wish adult Bouncy was that soft shade of yellow underneath the flock, and the idea and the accessories and everything, but they are just somehow wrong, and I don't know why. Maybe they should be a bit bigger, since they have more adult propotions than baby ponies. They just don't look right next to other ponies.
I really wanted to like the first tooth baby ponies, because I love Quackers, and wish adult Bouncy was that soft shade of yellow underneath the flock, and the idea and the accessories and everything, but they are just somehow wrong, and I don't know why. Maybe they should be a bit bigger, since they have more adult propotions than baby ponies. They just don't look right next to other ponies.
I always thought it was odd in the cartoon how the first tooth babies were responsible for the newborn twins-feeding, entertaining, diapering, etc. They lived alone in the Lullaby Nursery and the adults only showed up to see why the newborn twins were crying (because apparently they were loud enough to be heard all the way over in Dream Castle or Paradise Estate) and yell at the other babies for not taking good enough care of them. Shouldn't there have been an adult somewhere in the nursery?
I always thought it was odd in the cartoon how the first tooth babies were responsible for the newborn twins-feeding, entertaining, diapering, etc. They lived alone in the Lullaby Nursery and the adults only showed up to see why the newborn twins were crying (because apparently they were loud enough to be heard all the way over in Dream Castle or Paradise Estate) and yell at the other babies for not taking good enough care of them. Shouldn't there have been an adult somewhere in the nursery?
Wildshadow has a copy of the MLP and Friends show bible and she's posted pics from it before - I have a feeling one of them said something about avoiding depicting "mother/child" relationships between the baby ponies and their corresponding mum pony (i.e. the writers were supposed to just leave that vague/avoid bringing it up.. I guess cause it might open up awkward questions, like where/who their dads are? :p) but I might be misremembering that.
I know they did do stuff like that once or twice ("Bright Lights", like you mentioned) but on the whole they did seem to kind of side-step the issue.
No offense, but it kinda irritates me that people believe the G1 cartoons had little impact on kids and that we were only about the toys. Some of us did watch cartoons and were influenced by it.
No offense, but it kinda irritates me that people believe the G1 cartoons had little impact on kids and that we were only about the toys. Some of us did watch cartoons and were influenced by it.
If the cartoon had no impact they would have stopped doing cartoons.
What I like about G1 is that it had so many canons and you could follow one or more and they'd be all legit.
Germany had the Pony n Friends cartoon, the back cards and the story tapes. I mostly grew up with the story tapes, so to me Firefly was a boy until I saw RaMC when I was already an adult and my mind was blown (positively so beause in the German story tapes a lot of active girl characters were turned into boys, such as Gusty and Firefly).
The back cards would have them as girls but... I couldn't read XD
I agree with this wholeheartedly. Over here I've been told RAMC aired in the very early years but the TV series didn't (I watched a lot of US cartoons from this time, Transformers, Heman, Shera, Thundercats, they all aired here, but MLP never did and I always wondered why). They were all on VHS here but you had to go out and a: find and b: buy them so I had 4 eps as a kid and though I watched them a lot, I considered them inferior to the comics because they 'got the names wrong' and 'invented ponies' <---How a UK kid explains watching a show meant for a completely different audience where completely different ponies and names were available.No offense, but it kinda irritates me that people believe the G1 cartoons had little impact on kids and that we were only about the toys. Some of us did watch cartoons and were influenced by it.
What I like about G1 is that it had so many canons and you could follow one or more and they'd be all legit.
I agree with this wholeheartedly.No offense, but it kinda irritates me that people believe the G1 cartoons had little impact on kids and that we were only about the toys. Some of us did watch cartoons and were influenced by it.
What I like about G1 is that it had so many canons and you could follow one or more and they'd be all legit.
According to my G1 guidebook, they were intended to be even younger than the newborn baby ponies. I... I'm sorry, exactly HOW do you get younger than a newborn?? Are they fetus ponies?!
According to my G1 guidebook, they were intended to be even younger than the newborn baby ponies. I... I'm sorry, exactly HOW do you get younger than a newborn?? Are they fetus ponies?!
:lmao:
Maybe they were meant to be premie babies but I'd never heard they were supposed to be younger than newborns!
I don't particularly care for teeny tiny baby ponies either. According to my G1 guidebook, they were intended to be even younger than the newborn baby ponies. I... I'm sorry, exactly HOW do you get younger than a newborn?? Are they fetus ponies?!
:lmao:
Maybe they were meant to be premie babies but I'd never heard they were supposed to be younger than newborns!
I don't particularly care for teeny tiny baby ponies either. According to my G1 guidebook, they were intended to be even younger than the newborn baby ponies. I... I'm sorry, exactly HOW do you get younger than a newborn?? Are they fetus ponies?!:lmao:
Maybe they were meant to be premie babies but I'd never heard they were supposed to be younger than newborns!
I adore Teeny Tiny ponies, but yeah it is odd that they're clearly younger than what's referred to as the "newborn" ponies. As a result I think of the actual newborns as being the Teeny Tinies, "Newborns" as just being babies, and the normal "baby" ponies as being moreso toddlers, like the pony equivalent of a three year old child or something.
Ah, Woolworths. Gone, but certainly not forgotten in our hearts :cry: Wilko is trying to be you, but no-one will ever be you.So much this.
I may not be a very huge fan of G3, but I seriously believe that G3 Pinkie Pie is a much better written character than G4 Pinkie Pie.I like both of them, but G4 Pinkie Pie doesn't seem like an easy character to write (according to my friend/pen pal/writing partner, she's not.) The ultimate problem seems to be knowing how silly and "random" you're supposed to make her.
I may not be a very huge fan of G3, but I seriously believe that G3 Pinkie Pie is a much better written character than G4 Pinkie Pie.I like both of them, but G4 Pinkie Pie doesn't seem like an easy character to write (according to my friend/pen pal/writing partner, she's not.) The ultimate problem seems to be knowing how silly and "random" you're supposed to make her.
I think she was her best in seasons 1 and 2 - she was silly enough, and (for me at least) was only annoying if the joke required her to be (making it a "good" annoying - it affects the characters, not me.) She also wasn't really random, she just seemed that way at times, and she made some level of her own version of sense, it was shown that she was the kind of pony who thought others would get what she meant, so she didn't need to explain things (though I think she also said things that were simply silly because it was fun - Element of Laughter, and all that), but the further she went on she just seemed too random, like she was there for the throwaway jokes, and that was it. I even have a joke theory that they have Mirror Pinkie with them now, and don't realise it.
I may not be a very huge fan of G3, but I seriously believe that G3 Pinkie Pie is a much better written character than G4 Pinkie Pie.I like both of them, but G4 Pinkie Pie doesn't seem like an easy character to write (according to my friend/pen pal/writing partner, she's not.) The ultimate problem seems to be knowing how silly and "random" you're supposed to make her.
I think she was her best in seasons 1 and 2 - she was silly enough, and (for me at least) was only annoying if the joke required her to be (making it a "good" annoying - it affects the characters, not me.) She also wasn't really random, she just seemed that way at times, and she made some level of her own version of sense, it was shown that she was the kind of pony who thought others would get what she meant, so she didn't need to explain things (though I think she also said things that were simply silly because it was fun - Element of Laughter, and all that), but the further she went on she just seemed too random, like she was there for the throwaway jokes, and that was it. I even have a joke theory that they have Mirror Pinkie with them now, and don't realise it.
I really liked the characters in the first two-three seasons, but they lost their shine as time went on. I didn’t want to watch them become less interesting and more complicated in the name of character development nor did I want to keep watching them do the same thing over and over again.
Perhaps it would have been better if they had moved on to other ponies and did a few episodes and cameos with the main 6? It would had been pretty cool to see how other ponies/animals lived without the 6 jumping in to “fix” things.
-I generally prefer the ponies from the later half (year 6-12) as opposed to the early half that were released
FiM fans are not bigger then the collective 30+ year fandom.And thank heavens!
FiM fans are not bigger then the collective 30+ year fandom.And thank heavens!
FiM fans are not bigger then the collective 30+ year fandom.And thank heavens!
And hopefully the crazy ones are going away so that we're only left with the nice ones who are sane and don't post pony porn all over the internet.
I have an unpopular opinion on that subject but I don't want to get banned for saying it. XD
And hopefully the crazy ones are going away so that we're only left with the nice ones who are sane and don't post pony porn all over the internet.
I have an unpopular opinion on that subject but I don't want to get banned for saying it. XD
And hopefully the crazy ones are going away so that we're only left with the nice ones who are sane and don't post pony porn all over the internet.
I have an unpopular opinion on that subject but I don't want to get banned for saying it. XD
And hopefully the crazy ones are going away so that we're only left with the nice ones who are sane and don't post pony porn all over the internet.
You want the nice ones to go, too? :(
:silly:
It's a secret!I have an unpopular opinion on that subject but I don't want to get banned for saying it. XD
And hopefully the crazy ones are going away so that we're only left with the nice ones who are sane and don't post pony porn all over the internet.
You want the nice ones to go, too? :(
:silly:
Or believes all of us are crazy already...
Hasbro changed from Lauren Fausts story.
I have to admit, the finale has left me with a sorrowful yet comforting feeling. But if I may, I'd like to voice some things I believe Hasbro changed from Lauren Fausts story.SpoilerI believe Twilight is a semi false princess, with the biggest piece of evidence is what we see with Cadence and some of her off screen back story. Princesses have always had a strong, consistent talent since a very early age.
With Cadence, despite being born a pegasus she had always displayed a love for everyone and valued everyone. Same with Celestia and Luna, they've always had a special connection to the sun and moon respectively.
When we are first introduced to Twilight, she has no time for friends, only studying magic and is given the task of moving to Ponyville. She's also shown to be mostly associated with magic (hence special talent and with the elements of harmony, she is the literal element of magic, which has defined a large part of her life) so I believe that Twilight was maybe supposed to become a princess and be the princess of magic. Not the princess of friendship.
Because it does make sense for both Twilight and Cadence to be kinda unrelated but still be related. Everyone needs love, in the MLP universe and ours. And magic, is a complete necessary in their world to function, while in our world we need it in a different way.
And another thing that I believe Hasbro changed was the Cutie Mark Crusaders Cutie Marks. I believe Faust meant for the three of them have their own individual Cutie Mark, with Apple Bloom having an apple cutie mark, Sweetie Belle to be a singer and Scootaloo to be a stunt woman (through the slightly visible symbol inside their Cutie Mark)
I mean, in their own universe having 3 non related ponies have nearly identical Cutie Marks would be absolutely astounding (I'm saying non blood related in relation to Flim and Flam, who are twins and thick as thieves so it'd make sense for them to have nearly identical Cutie Marks)
Also a smaller nitpick is that Cheese Sandwhich and Pinkie Pie has a daughter that's a literal combination of the two, not a semi related Cutie Mark but idk that's probably just me.
And I have more issues with a lot more things but I'll leave them for now.
Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
Honestly I think calling any TV show "so-and-so's story" is kind of a logical fallacy. TV shows are made by lots of people, not just one! :p
I will admit, that a lot of my "Lauren did everything!" mentality back in the day was because I was soaking up the comments that seemed to be saying "Lauren did next to nothing!", so I felt she was underappreciated.
A lot of fans have spun her leaving into evil guy Hasbro trying to meddle with her ~vision and she quitting in tears. When in fact she left to work on her husband's Disney show and could have stayed at Hasbro if she would have wanted to.Wow, I never knew that was the reason (said show is actually pretty decent from what I've seen, and definitely seems like something Craig would create) - I honestly thought that she did leave due to creative differences, though not as extreme as Hasbro bullying her or anything like that. I'm sure I read that she felt messed around at times, like they'd tell her to do one thing (make the pony who became Trixie female) and later insist on something that contradicted that (the sudden inclusion of Pipsqueak in an episode where he didn't exist - the overall gist of it being "First you act like I can't have too many boy characters, and now you force in a boy character?") though it could have been corrupted and taken out of context - there was a lot of hearsay when it came to Lauren from what I saw.
oh man the crediting-Lauren-for-PPG thing drove me up the wall, I'm glad I don't see that any more. I mean I'm not saying she didn't do some great work on it, but sheesh!Yeah, that annoyed me as well (albeit for different reasons), even Lauren herself kept insisting it was Craig's show, and not hers. I mean, at least with Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, which also had this mistake attached to it, it made some level of sense, because I think Lauren was involved from the beginning, but she wasn't even one of the original people for Powerpuff Girls - she joined later on.
She developped FiM for TV, which is not quite the same as creator. She did not create MLP.Assuming I have read the first part of this correctly, I promise I am aware that she didn't create the entire My Little Pony franchise, just the G4 cartoon.
However, she still developped the FiM version of MLP. That means she came up with the basics for the cartoon world, the first few characters, the art style and basic character designs, she also oversaw other artists. She worked with a pre-existing thing, that doesn't mean she was a slacker. Extremes like that are nonsensical.
Moving a bit back more on-topic, I guess I just don't get the "they went away from Lauren's ~vision~!" thing x) That's what happens in shows! All the writers will, naturally, have their own opinions and things are gonna deviate from "the original plan", especially if the original creator (or developer in this situation, or whatever word you want to use) leaves the show before it's finished.
A lot of fans have spun her leaving into evil guy Hasbro trying to meddle with her ~vision and she quitting in tears. When in fact she left to work on her husband's Disney show and could have stayed at Hasbro if she would have wanted to.Wow, I never knew that was the reason (said show is actually pretty decent from what I've seen, and definitely seems like something Craig would create) - I honestly thought that she did leave due to creative differences, though not as extreme as Hasbro bullying her or anything like that. I'm sure I read that she felt messed around at times, like they'd tell her to do one thing (make the pony who became Trixie female) and later insist on something that contradicted that (the sudden inclusion of Pipsqueak in an episode where he didn't exist - the overall gist of it being "First you act like I can't have too many boy characters, and now you force in a boy character?") though it could have been corrupted and taken out of context - there was a lot of hearsay when it came to Lauren from what I saw.
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
We got over the worst of our whining with g2 and the shadows stuff 20 years ago. Now we just old people grumble about how things were better in our day...
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
We got over the worst of our whining with g2 and the shadows stuff 20 years ago. Now we just old people grumble about how things were better in our day...
Whining with G2?
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
We got over the worst of our whining with g2 and the shadows stuff 20 years ago. Now we just old people grumble about how things were better in our day...
Whining with G2?
When G2 first came out there were people who liked them and those who didn't and it got a bit heated for a while. But it got resolved eventually,and when G3 happened everyone seemed pretty happy.
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
We got over the worst of our whining with g2 and the shadows stuff 20 years ago. Now we just old people grumble about how things were better in our day...
Whining with G2?
When G2 first came out there were people who liked them and those who didn't and it got a bit heated for a while. But it got resolved eventually,and when G3 happened everyone seemed pretty happy.
I can see that, may I ask if you remember the main complaints of G2? I'm gathering (on the furthest back burner) info on G2 and I would like to make a video on G2 on why I think G2 flopped (Like those G4 commentary videos and maybe a little character in the corner)
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
We got over the worst of our whining with g2 and the shadows stuff 20 years ago. Now we just old people grumble about how things were better in our day...
Whining with G2?
When G2 first came out there were people who liked them and those who didn't and it got a bit heated for a while. But it got resolved eventually,and when G3 happened everyone seemed pretty happy.
I can see that, may I ask if you remember the main complaints of G2? I'm gathering (on the furthest back burner) info on G2 and I would like to make a video on G2 on why I think G2 flopped (Like those G4 commentary videos and maybe a little character in the corner)
I can see that, may I ask if you remember the main complaints of G2?
Ohhh I WISH they'd make some sort of repro G2... repro G2s, G2 characters in new molds, G4 chars in G2/G2-esque molds, whatever! I just want G2 to get its due for once, damn it.
I wouldn't mind retro versions of them, especially ones from Europe.
Nah, its not just you. I personally hate the gimmick and think they look downright horrifying. I think it's a fairly common feeling, judging by how ruthlessly dunked on BBE ponies were in a G1 thread a while back :lol:
Nah, its not just you. I personally hate the gimmick and think they look downright horrifying. I think it's a fairly common feeling, judging by how ruthlessly dunked on BBE ponies were in a G1 thread a while back :lol:I feel bad for the little things, but they just give off a Poltergeisty vibe.
Yes, I agree. I will collect every baby except those BBEs.Me too. :)
I don't think I've seen those costumes. Are there pictures of them?
I don't think I've seen those costumes. Are there pictures of them?They are delightfully weird! Which costumes are we talking about?
:lmao:I don't think I've seen those costumes. Are there pictures of them?They are delightfully weird! Which costumes are we talking about?
Here's my personal favorite video with the G3 costumes: Ponies doing Musicals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wouG4GpL1-I)
Or the G4 ones?
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Just because the color and symbols are a cliche, doesn't mean that the pony isn't beautiful. Pink/purple/blue/white is quite pleasing to the eye and there are plenty of people in the world who like flowers, butterflies, rainbows, hearts, stars and clouds.I love those cliche symbols. Sometimes the more uncommon symbols can just look plain weird or too "human" to me.
Just because the color and symbols are a cliche, doesn't mean that the pony isn't beautiful. Pink/purple/blue/white is quite pleasing to the eye and there are plenty of people in the world who like flowers, butterflies, rainbows, hearts, stars and clouds.
Wysteria is an incredibly pretty pony.
I think of Sniffles as a girl.
If you are a pony collector you are a hoarder. :pout:
If you are a pony collector you are a hoarder. :pout:
If you are a pony collector you are a hoarder. :pout:
If you are a pony collector you are a hoarder. :pout:
I consider myself more of a herder :biggrin:
If you are a pony collector you are a hoarder. :pout:
I consider myself more of a herder :biggrin:
I may not even be interested in gen 5 if it ever comes out. The way things have gone I dont have my hopes up.
I liked 3.5 I have most of them except for one mom pony. Gen four started out good but then BAM main six times 100.
I liked 3.5 I have most of them except for one mom pony. Gen four started out good but then BAM main six times 100.
I liked 3.5 I have most of them except for one mom pony. Gen four started out good but then BAM main six times 100.
Agreed. I like many aspects about G3.5. How they look, the quality, I love how the ponies have different hairstyles, and different heights. It's just a shame it was still all Core 7. If they had tried remaking other G3 ponies in G3.5 molds, or just made more new ponies altogether aside from just the moms, it would have been much better I think. It's just, being Core 7 brings it down hard, by making it less fun to collect due to the smaller number of ponies.
And with G4 yeah, it started out fine, but as time went on the variety became worse and worse. I think if Hasbro really do want to keep having a core cast of ponies like they'd been doing since 2008, they need to find a better balance between core pony releases and other ponies. Other toylines seem to handle this balance perfectly fine, but Hasbro seems to really be struggling with it when it comes to MLP... I'm sure there's a potential good balance somewhere... I hope they can find it for G5 if they really are going to rehash the Mane 6 again.
They did handle it fine at one point. The early years of g3. We had re-releases of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Minty and even as we starting getting into the 25th anniversary (very early on) you knew who the main cast was (especially if you watched the movies) but they weren't in your face. I don't even know why there needs to be a main cast. G1 and g3 were fine without it. (And even g2 but I don't know enough about it) And maybe quality has a play in it too, because the 25th's had good quality and different skits that still made me wanna buy them. And even when Minty kept getting re-released she was different every time.I liked 3.5 I have most of them except for one mom pony. Gen four started out good but then BAM main six times 100.
Agreed. I like many aspects about G3.5. How they look, the quality, I love how the ponies have different hairstyles, and different heights. It's just a shame it was still all Core 7. If they had tried remaking other G3 ponies in G3.5 molds, or just made more new ponies altogether aside from just the moms, it would have been much better I think. It's just, being Core 7 brings it down hard, by making it less fun to collect due to the smaller number of ponies.
And with G4 yeah, it started out fine, but as time went on the variety became worse and worse. I think if Hasbro really do want to keep having a core cast of ponies like they'd been doing since 2008, they need to find a better balance between core pony releases and other ponies. Other toylines seem to handle this balance perfectly fine, but Hasbro seems to really be struggling with it when it comes to MLP... I'm sure there's a potential good balance somewhere... I hope they can find it for G5 if they really are going to rehash the Mane 6 again.
Which is annoying considering they handle that balance quite well in their other toyline.
They did handle it fine at one point. The early years of g3. We had re-releases of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Minty and even as we starting getting into the 25th anniversary (very early on) you knew who the main cast was (especially if you watched the movies) but they weren't in your face. I don't even know why there needs to be a main cast. G1 and g3 were fine without it. (And even g2 but I don't know enough about it) And maybe quality has a play in it too, because the 25th's had good quality and different skits that still made me wanna buy them. And even when Minty kept getting re-released she was different every time.
They did handle it fine at one point. The early years of g3. We had re-releases of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Minty and even as we starting getting into the 25th anniversary (very early on) you knew who the main cast was (especially if you watched the movies) but they weren't in your face. I don't even know why there needs to be a main cast. G1 and g3 were fine without it. (And even g2 but I don't know enough about it) And maybe quality has a play in it too, because the 25th's had good quality and different skits that still made me wanna buy them. And even when Minty kept getting re-released she was different every time.I liked 3.5 I have most of them except for one mom pony. Gen four started out good but then BAM main six times 100.
Agreed. I like many aspects about G3.5. How they look, the quality, I love how the ponies have different hairstyles, and different heights. It's just a shame it was still all Core 7. If they had tried remaking other G3 ponies in G3.5 molds, or just made more new ponies altogether aside from just the moms, it would have been much better I think. It's just, being Core 7 brings it down hard, by making it less fun to collect due to the smaller number of ponies.
And with G4 yeah, it started out fine, but as time went on the variety became worse and worse. I think if Hasbro really do want to keep having a core cast of ponies like they'd been doing since 2008, they need to find a better balance between core pony releases and other ponies. Other toylines seem to handle this balance perfectly fine, but Hasbro seems to really be struggling with it when it comes to MLP... I'm sure there's a potential good balance somewhere... I hope they can find it for G5 if they really are going to rehash the Mane 6 again.
Which is annoying considering they handle that balance quite well in their other toyline.
I don't really like ponies who have a different mane color than tail color. I'm not talking about ponies with a stripe in their mane but ponies who have a pink mane and a purple tail (for example). It looks off to me. Why couldn't they just use the same color?
I've decided that the original My Little Pony Movie is a Halloween movie. It has witches, goblins, a giant spider, a blob that tries to take over everything, and plants that attack people...
Yeah. I needed to rant on it, even though it won't change a single darn thing. :P At least g3.5 had quality. And even though g4 had the balance early on, they totally ditched that concept. It doesn't help that the few diverse ponies they did make aged horribly 😔They did handle it fine at one point. The early years of g3. We had re-releases of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Minty and even as we starting getting into the 25th anniversary (very early on) you knew who the main cast was (especially if you watched the movies) but they weren't in your face. I don't even know why there needs to be a main cast. G1 and g3 were fine without it. (And even g2 but I don't know enough about it) And maybe quality has a play in it too, because the 25th's had good quality and different skits that still made me wanna buy them. And even when Minty kept getting re-released she was different every time.I liked 3.5 I have most of them except for one mom pony. Gen four started out good but then BAM main six times 100.
Agreed. I like many aspects about G3.5. How they look, the quality, I love how the ponies have different hairstyles, and different heights. It's just a shame it was still all Core 7. If they had tried remaking other G3 ponies in G3.5 molds, or just made more new ponies altogether aside from just the moms, it would have been much better I think. It's just, being Core 7 brings it down hard, by making it less fun to collect due to the smaller number of ponies.
And with G4 yeah, it started out fine, but as time went on the variety became worse and worse. I think if Hasbro really do want to keep having a core cast of ponies like they'd been doing since 2008, they need to find a better balance between core pony releases and other ponies. Other toylines seem to handle this balance perfectly fine, but Hasbro seems to really be struggling with it when it comes to MLP... I'm sure there's a potential good balance somewhere... I hope they can find it for G5 if they really are going to rehash the Mane 6 again.
Which is annoying considering they handle that balance quite well in their other toyline.
Yes I'm quite aware of that being a long time fan. I'm talking about 3.5/4.
Maybe popular opinion?The original Shining Armor has troll hair, and all you have to do is smooth it down. At least that's what I did, though it took a while to keep down, but its cute now. It looks more accurate than if they had given him normal hair (it wouldn't have smoothed down as easily, and this is Hasbro. There would be no accuracy -_- )
I wish they released an actual brushable Flurry Heart, a Shining Armor with a fringe (I think he always got a mohawk when it came to brushables) gave Chrysalis a proper mold (Not just the generic princess mold) and gave Cadence nice gradient pink to purple wings.
Maybe popular opinion?
I wish they released an actual brushable Flurry Heart
Maybe popular opinion?
I wish they released an actual brushable Flurry Heart, a Shining Armor with a fringe (I think he always got a mohawk when it came to brushables) gave Chrysalis a proper mold (Not just the generic princess mold) and gave Cadence nice gradient pink to purple wings.
Maybe popular opinion?
I wish they released an actual brushable Flurry Heart
IA. They could have done a brushable foal version of Flurry Heart and virtually nobody would have complained. Virtually not literally because McFlurry-haters complain about any- and everything that involves her :lol:
Maybe popular opinion?
I wish they released an actual brushable Flurry Heart, a Shining Armor with a fringe (I think he always got a mohawk when it came to brushables) gave Chrysalis a proper mold (Not just the generic princess mold) and gave Cadence nice gradient pink to purple wings.
I'd like that too. Horses having roached manes=pure suckage.
Would like a Flurryheart in a more horsey looking gen.
Post Merge: October 20, 2019, 10:53:58 AMMaybe popular opinion?
I wish they released an actual brushable Flurry Heart
IA. They could have done a brushable foal version of Flurry Heart and virtually nobody would have complained. Virtually not literally because McFlurry-haters complain about any- and everything that involves her :lol:
I really want a mcflurrys now. Mmm m n m..or reeses.
I've decided that the original My Little Pony Movie is a Halloween movie. It has witches, goblins, a giant spider, a blob that tries to take over everything, and plants that attack people...Not to mention it has grave robbing, ghosts, undead, actual blood (at G rating!), torture devices and some pretty disturbing implications...
!!!! Seriously? That would never fly today!I've decided that the original My Little Pony Movie is a Halloween movie. It has witches, goblins, a giant spider, a blob that tries to take over everything, and plants that attack people...Not to mention it has grave robbing, ghosts, undead, actual blood (at G rating!), torture devices and some pretty disturbing implications...
I've decided that the original My Little Pony Movie is a Halloween movie. It has witches, goblins, a giant spider, a blob that tries to take over everything, and plants that attack people...Not to mention it has grave robbing, ghosts, undead, actual blood (at G rating!), torture devices and some pretty disturbing implications...
Hydia steps on a bug and it turns into a big puddle. Technically insects don't have blood, but I guess it's kind of gruesome. As is the fact they eat live animals in a world where animals appear to have sentience. (but of course they don't eat any "cute" ones, just bats, worms etc.)
Also the witches are said to have genocided the grundles with their smooze, and maybe other creatures before them. There are dark implications, but all of these are in the background, glossed over or undermined by the extreme goofiness of the witches. There's nothing in this movie that would be deemed unacceptable today. (Well, maybe the blatant commercialism :lol:)
*Gasp* But wait, guys, surely G1 is all about tea parties and silly girly things like that?? *rolls eyes*
Speaking of Rainbow Roadtrip, I was pretty underwhelmed by it but I wouldn't mind if G5 went in that direction? I feel like it won't, but I sort of like the easy, low stakes, relaxing video.
So you want G3? :lol:Ok, good point. :P
MLP's media should NEVER try to cater to adults. Its not that kind of show. Its not Airbender or some rated r anime. Its an adventurous but innocent girls show and it was the worst thing they ever did and they're too stupid and arrogant to realize how much damage they've done.Can I marry yu
MLP's media should NEVER try to cater to adults. Its not that kind of show. Its not Airbender or some rated r anime. Its an adventurous but innocent girls show and it was the worst thing they ever did and they're too stupid and arrogant to realize how much damage they've done.Exactly. To me,as old as they should go audience wise is middle school aged. Obviously adults can enjoy it but they must NEVER forget that there are little kids watching. There are adults that are literally contacting the crew members to put swearing, scanty clothing and absolute dirty jokes in this show. And instead of blocking, not responding they play along and approve of it. Its getting to the point where I'm uncomfortable to even WATCH it, much less be anywhere near that fandom. G3 had adults enjoying it, yet there was no issues with that. As mature as g5 should be is as mature as g1 was. I'm 19 so obviously I grew up with FIM. I appreciated the shift in audience that it catered to early on, (which I thought was teens/pre-teens) or as Lauren Faust had it, I was dealing with thinking I was "too old" for g3 and LOVED that g4 was more mature and exciting. I loved the characters, plots and everything else. But after much of the crew left, including Faust, it became a wreck. I was glad that I grew to love g3 again. I also realized that MLP in general should stick with being for younger kids. And honestly? You can cater to adults and teens without making it unsafe for kids. They had that balance in the early seasons, but for some reason screwed up big time on it. I don't really want to rant on how "bad" FIM is because I know there are a lot of people on this site and in our little group of pony lovers who adore it. I like it too, but I realize its the crew that screwed up and more so a fandom issue than the show its self. They tested out the more mature theme on it, it happened. Now lets move on and hope g5 is safe for kids again.
MLP's media should NEVER try to cater to adults. Its not that kind of show. Its not Airbender or some rated r anime. Its an adventurous but innocent girls show and it was the worst thing they ever did and they're too stupid and arrogant to realize how much damage they've done.Exactly. To me,as old as they should go audience wise is middle school aged. Obviously adults can enjoy it but they must NEVER forget that there are little kids watching. There are adults that are literally contacting the crew members to put swearing, scanty clothing and absolute dirty jokes in this show. And instead of blocking, not responding they play along and approve of it. Its getting to the point where I'm uncomfortable to even WATCH it, much less be anywhere near that fandom. G3 had adults enjoying it, yet there was no issues with that. As mature as g5 should be is as mature as g1 was. I'm 19 so obviously I grew up with FIM. I appreciated the shift in audience that it catered to early on, (which I thought was teens/pre-teens) or as Lauren Faust had it, I was dealing with thinking I was "too old" for g3 and LOVED that g4 was more mature and exciting. I loved the characters, plots and everything else. But after much of the crew left, including Faust, it became a wreck. I was glad that I grew to love g3 again. I also realized that MLP in general should stick with being for younger kids. And honestly? You can cater to adults and teens without making it unsafe for kids. They had that balance in the early seasons, but for some reason screwed up big time on it. I don't really want to rant on how "bad" FIM is because I know there are a lot of people on this site and in our little group of pony lovers who adore it. I like it too, but I realize its the crew that screwed up and more so a fandom issue than the show its self. They tested out the more mature theme on it, it happened. Now lets move on and hope g5 is safe for kids again.
The show's issue is that it became a fan service, which is questionable. These are people in charge of making content for kids. Its sad that they have no issue with talking to people who make NSFW content that kids and even fans who want nothing to do with it come across. Yes with the internet all shows have this. MLP is not the only one going through this. But what I've seen is more...Shame be given in other fandoms that keep a lot of dirty content hidden. The MLP staff just thinks it funny, and it made me uncomfortable going to Twitter or such. Its not even small amounts its EVERYWHERE and the creators are not in the dark what so ever. I found stuff when I was ten and the internet wasn't nearly what it is now, so I only imagine that its much worse now. So no, as I did state, its not the show itself, but who's working on it. And the staff has no concern about what's going on either. Of course, not all the staff is like this. The only reason watching it makes me uncomfortable is because of what I've come across, and what I've stated above.MLP's media should NEVER try to cater to adults. Its not that kind of show. Its not Airbender or some rated r anime. Its an adventurous but innocent girls show and it was the worst thing they ever did and they're too stupid and arrogant to realize how much damage they've done.Exactly. To me,as old as they should go audience wise is middle school aged. Obviously adults can enjoy it but they must NEVER forget that there are little kids watching. There are adults that are literally contacting the crew members to put swearing, scanty clothing and absolute dirty jokes in this show. And instead of blocking, not responding they play along and approve of it. Its getting to the point where I'm uncomfortable to even WATCH it, much less be anywhere near that fandom. G3 had adults enjoying it, yet there was no issues with that. As mature as g5 should be is as mature as g1 was. I'm 19 so obviously I grew up with FIM. I appreciated the shift in audience that it catered to early on, (which I thought was teens/pre-teens) or as Lauren Faust had it, I was dealing with thinking I was "too old" for g3 and LOVED that g4 was more mature and exciting. I loved the characters, plots and everything else. But after much of the crew left, including Faust, it became a wreck. I was glad that I grew to love g3 again. I also realized that MLP in general should stick with being for younger kids. And honestly? You can cater to adults and teens without making it unsafe for kids. They had that balance in the early seasons, but for some reason screwed up big time on it. I don't really want to rant on how "bad" FIM is because I know there are a lot of people on this site and in our little group of pony lovers who adore it. I like it too, but I realize its the crew that screwed up and more so a fandom issue than the show its self. They tested out the more mature theme on it, it happened. Now lets move on and hope g5 is safe for kids again.
I've never seen anything in the show itself that would be objectionable to allow kids to watch. Fandom spaces are another story and I do wish the adult fans would have stuck to their own spaces.
I think Mom and Baby Up Up and Away are very cute and underrated TAFs. like them with white hair better.IKR like Baby Up up and away goes for way less than the other 5. I like mommy Up up and away with white hair but to me her baby looks better with pink.
I love purple/yellow as a color combination. Such a classic. I will never tire of it.I 100% agree. Autumn Crisp is an example, and one of my faves :heart: :lovey:
Orange and green ponies are the best! Long live Argies!
:throw: :bolt:
Orange and green ponies are the best! Long live Argies!
:throw: :bolt:
Spring Parade?
Orange and green ponies are the best! Long live Argies!
:throw: :bolt:
Spring Parade?
Lucozade pony! I think Spring Parade may be her actual name, but she's Lucozade to me now...
Applejack set the trend for orange ponies and Berry Bright is best G2 pony, so orange is good with me.
Eh, if I want laid back and low stakes I'll take Tales. Although the Runaway Rainbow and Ladybug Jambooree was awfully cute. I still haven't seen Faraway Friends or well, most G3 stuff.
Eh, if I want laid back and low stakes I'll take Tales. Although the Runaway Rainbow and Ladybug Jambooree was awfully cute. I still haven't seen Faraway Friends or well, most G3 stuff.
I can recommend watching Minty Christmas around Christmas time. Minty almost gets herself killed trying to pilot a balloon in stormy weather all on her own.
It's also legit funny how the other ponies react to Minty. It's like Pinkie Pie has just given up trying to understand her :lol:
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion on the Arena but I'd take Minty Christmas over the FiM Hearth's Warming episodes.
I've seen a Minty Christmas, it was so-so. Pinkie and Thistle had a couple of good lines.
Eh, if I want laid back and low stakes I'll take Tales. Although the Runaway Rainbow and Ladybug Jambooree was awfully cute. I still haven't seen Faraway Friends or well, most G3 stuff.
I can recommend watching Minty Christmas around Christmas time. Minty almost gets herself killed trying to pilot a balloon in stormy weather all on her own.
It's also legit funny how the other ponies react to Minty. It's like Pinkie Pie has just given up trying to understand her :lol:
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion on the Arena but I'd take Minty Christmas over the FiM Hearth's Warming episodes.
I've seen a Minty Christmas, it was so-so. Pinkie and Thistle had a couple of good lines.
"You broke Santa? :huh: "
Eh, if I want laid back and low stakes I'll take Tales. Although the Runaway Rainbow and Ladybug Jambooree was awfully cute. I still haven't seen Faraway Friends or well, most G3 stuff.
I can recommend watching Minty Christmas around Christmas time. Minty almost gets herself killed trying to pilot a balloon in stormy weather all on her own.
It's also legit funny how the other ponies react to Minty. It's like Pinkie Pie has just given up trying to understand her :lol:
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion on the Arena but I'd take Minty Christmas over the FiM Hearth's Warming episodes.
I remember thinking that the Minty Christmas was cute, it's probably the only G3 animation I feel like that about (it's not a criticism, just a different target audience) but mostly for the song...I love the song more than the show.
I haven't seen the FIM Christmas eps so can't compare, but I'm not really a fan of FIM so...maybe I would agree with you. I dunno...
^ But G1 boys had feathered hooves?
^ But G1 boys had feathered hooves?As a gimmick it's ok, not whole series is what I meant ^^'
I like the new designs a lot.
I like the new designs a lot.
Haha, I was just coming in here to say something similar. They're nothing amazing, but for something that'll just be on the shelves for a year or so before G5 actually begins, I'm fine with them. :) I'd much rather have these new style G4s on the shelves next year rather than them continuing the current molds, considering the character variety is going to be just a bad no matter what. Since they do look different I will be picking them up due to being a different mold style. While if we got another year of Mane 6 in the same molds I probably would not buy any.
I'm not crazy about the G1 Pegasus sets. Why did they only get four ponies when the Earthies and Unicorns got 8? Why only 2 poses when the others got 4? I don't dislike them, but they just don't grab me. Also, I wish Medley had been reissued on the Paradise pose.
I don't find Firefly iconic.I don't think I can really speak on that because she's...been forced to be iconic as far as I can remember, but I do think she's quite boring visually. I've also had my opinion of her soured because she's, like, the "cooool" pony in the sea of girly ponies or whatever (which she isn't, but man is she clung to by the Brownies). There are plenty other ponies that are interesting and more iconic (Cotton Candy??), but this one kicked the villain because G1 was metal.
Firefly's adventure Firefly is much prettier. Pose and everything. She has a much better color scheme.
Yeah, I don't get why a lot of G4 fans act like there's one, single, sole, G1 canon. There's lots of different G1 continuities! It's far from the only series/franchise/etc that has multiple continuities (Sailor Moon, anyone?). The pit pony backstory for the TEs is awesome (?? feels weird to describe something like that as "awesome", but... you get what I'm saying), but it's not the only backstory for them, guys! Not that I have any problem with mixing-and-matching stuff from various continuities (IMO that's half the fun of ponies, making up your own idea of Ponyland.. I've probably said before that that's one reason I dislike how show-centric G4 is), but acknowledge that you're doing that instead of just acting like these were universal concepts, dangit! :p
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Yes! That's it exactly. Thank you for putting it so nicely and much more clearly than I could :D
It's probably the same reason they view the G4 comics as "non-canon". My Little Pony has often had more than one continuity, that can be considered it's own canon (backcards, comics, cartoon to name what I would say are the obvious three.)
I'm sure not all bronies are like this, but I have noticed ones who are. I think those ones are still relatively new to how things work, but hey... at least they're showing some love to the past gens.
It's also like claiming Tales is G2 because they want it to be.
It's also like claiming Tales is G2 because they want it to be.
This annoys me so much it should go into the trivial complaints thread :lol:
Like... HOW can G1 toy characters be part of a G2 cartoon but have zero appearance in the actual G2 toyline. Riddle me this. Is it really so hard to accept that G2 didn't have a cartoon show? Only three clicks on the internet could tell them this.
Click 1: Search tab
Click 2: Enter "MyLittleWiki"
Click 3: Select "G2" link
I used to watch FiM on a German site hosting all sorts of MLP media and since it is run by Bronies they call Tales "G2" and the G3 specials are listed as "episodes" of a fictional G3 show.
It's also like claiming Tales is G2 because they want it to be.
This annoys me so much it should go into the trivial complaints thread :lol:
Like... HOW can G1 toy characters be part of a G2 cartoon but have zero appearance in the actual G2 toyline. Riddle me this. Is it really so hard to accept that G2 didn't have a cartoon show? Only three clicks on the internet could tell them this.
Click 1: Search tab
Click 2: Enter "MyLittleWiki"
Click 3: Select "G2" link
I used to watch FiM on a German site hosting all sorts of MLP media and since it is run by Bronies they call Tales "G2" and the G3 specials are listed as "episodes" of a fictional G3 show.
Because retconners are idiots.
It's also like claiming Tales is G2 because they want it to be.
This annoys me so much it should go into the trivial complaints thread :lol:
Like... HOW can G1 toy characters be part of a G2 cartoon but have zero appearance in the actual G2 toyline. Riddle me this. Is it really so hard to accept that G2 didn't have a cartoon show? Only three clicks on the internet could tell them this.
Click 1: Search tab
Click 2: Enter "MyLittleWiki"
Click 3: Select "G2" link
I used to watch FiM on a German site hosting all sorts of MLP media and since it is run by Bronies they call Tales "G2" and the G3 specials are listed as "episodes" of a fictional G3 show.
Because retconners are idiots.
:iconclap: to both these posts.
The G2 thing I add to my list of "reasons to lose respect in a brony person".
If they want to engage with earlier generations and such, that's awesome and I don't knock it.
But do it on the terms of that generation, don't trample your own assumptions over it like you know better.
I think they know, most of them, about G2 and the Tales thing. I have seen people say, "some people don't think so but I'm talking about the animation so it's G2" and stuff like that. Like it's a discussion option.
I think they know, most of them, about G2 and the Tales thing. I have seen people say, "some people don't think so but I'm talking about the animation so it's G2" and stuff like that. Like it's a discussion option.
This silly "the toys are G1 but the animation is G2" thing was introduced by Bronies who didn't want to admit they were wrong about something as trivial as MLP generations just because the icky girls with their cooties came up with it.
Even Hasbroken remember they made a G2 computer game instead of a show :lol:
Aren't pony generations a purely fan-made and non-official concept anyway? Because in that case there would be no problem to define the toyline G2 as the taller ones that existed between G1 and G3, and the cartoon G2 as MLPT since it was between the G1 Megan verse and the G3 straight-to-video specials, and it would be just as good as any other definition.
Aren't pony generations a purely fan-made and non-official concept anyway? Because in that case there would be no problem to define the toyline G2 as the taller ones that existed between G1 and G3, and the cartoon G2 as MLPT since it was between the G1 Megan verse and the G3 straight-to-video specials, and it would be just as good as any other definition.
Aren't pony generations a purely fan-made and non-official concept anyway? Because in that case there would be no problem to define the toyline G2 as the taller ones that existed between G1 and G3, and the cartoon G2 as MLPT since it was between the G1 Megan verse and the G3 straight-to-video specials, and it would be just as good as any other definition.
I can see what you say, but tbh these things define themselves and it cannot erase fact, no matter how much revisionists try to force it otherwise, it just makes em look arrogantly stupid. MLP&F and Tales is G1. It would be like G6 fans erroneously calling EQG G5 and telling G4 fans they're wrong and don't know anything whatsoever.
I never cared much for the idea of "canon" for most characters anyway. It can really ruin storytelling.This actually reminds me of a problem I have with the G4 fandom (it's probably mostly bronies, but also not all of them) is that there has to be such an issue about canon towards the show - like you "have" to stick with what the show states as fact, even when it comes to fanon, or something. Obviously, you don't, but there are some who have to point out that now that a background pony has been given somewhat of a canon, it's not right to stray away from that in fanon material, or something.
It would be like G6 fans erroneously calling EQG G5 and telling G4 fans they're wrong and don't know anything whatsoever.
It would be like G6 fans erroneously calling EQG G5 and telling G4 fans they're wrong and don't know anything whatsoever.
I hope this happens :lol:
I still don't understand why some people insist that categorizing generations by animation only came with G4.
I still don't understand why some people insist that categorizing generations by animation only came with G4.
Some people are right here :lol: And I don't "insist" on it, I observed it first hand. What a single person like you thought before Bronies came around doesn't matter in this argument. None of you tried to fight these fandom categories as they did and still do.
It was the G4 fans who populized the "Tales is really G2" stuff ignoring what the older fans said. It simply makes things more confusing if you refer to a G1 toyselling vehicle as G2 just because it's a secondary show. "Tales" is a great way to refer to it, that's literally what the show is called.
G1 ran for a couple of years and in Tales a bunch of later G1 ponies were featured, not a single G2. Tales wasn't about Sky Skimmer and Ivy.
I still don't understand why some people insist that categorizing generations by animation only came with G4. When I first got back into ponies in 2006, I soon discovered that the new ponies with short muzzles who giggled a lot were called G3s but I was confused by Tales which reminded me of the ponies from my childhood and yet was so different, so when I picked up all the mentions of "G2" which most people apparently hated for being so different, I figured it referred to MLPT since it indeed was quite different from the earlier show and it seemed like I was one of the few people who actually liked it, so I soon just came to the conclusion that G1 must have meant the first show with Wind Whistler, Fizzy etc., G2 was Tales and G3 was the "new" (at the time) ponies. Of course some time later I also discovered those weird ponies that looked like nothing else and had no cartoon at all, and soon I realized how it actually worked, but to this day I like to think that MLPT is either an animated adaptation of the G1 toyline or the G2 animated canon.
I thought G3 was the new generation of ponies for the first time since the 80s since I literally never saw the Friendship Garden ponies in stores at all and didn't realize they existed. Then I discovered Dream Valley and found out about those too.
Is it wrong that I kinda want her, JUST because she's a new character?
Is it wrong that I kinda want her, JUST because she's a new character?
Definitely not! I'm like this with every non-Mane 6 G4. :lol:
Good thinking on the cross-gen custom. She does look very bald in the package, I'm hoping it's just the hair color blending in.
I wish some of the really popular and expensive ponies were widely disliked and cheap, so I could grab them with ease.
I wish some of the really popular and expensive ponies were widely disliked and cheap, so I could grab them with ease.
I am sure that's a popular opinion ;)
I wish some of the really popular and expensive ponies were widely disliked and cheap, so I could grab them with ease.
I am sure that's a popular opinion ;)
:biggrin:
I wish some of the really popular and expensive ponies were widely disliked and cheap, so I could grab them with ease.
I am sure that's a popular opinion ;)
:biggrin:
<Maybe its time to spread rumours about some of them...
"Rapunzel steals hairclips."
"Mimic's really vain"
"Crumpet is so stuck up."
"Munchy's a cannibal!"
..Nope?
Breaking news, guys! Rapunzel was made a weird plastic as an experiment that eventually infects your entire herd with pony cancer, plasticizer leakage, and a new pony condition-THE FLUME. Please, quarantine or (even better) get RID of her!
:P
I'm excited for MLPPL.
I'm excited for MLPPL.
They had to fight for their right to party, but then some do-badder sabotaged them, so they had no sleep till Brooklyn.I'm excited for MLPPL.
Same. Because it isn't FiM. At this point I am just so sick and tired of FiM and its ever-repeating storyline of "will Twilight be a good princess of friendship?!?!?!" that I will even take Beast Boy ponies making dumb faces and playing with potions.
I think regular Swirly Whirly is prettier than than the German one.
I'm sorryyy :lol:I think regular Swirly Whirly is prettier than than the German one.
I gasped.
I'm sorryyy :lol:I think regular Swirly Whirly is prettier than than the German one.
I gasped.
I agree, Butter Kiss sounds not only prettier, but accurate as well. I have yet to have one with remaining scent I think? If they did I bleached them or soaked them in something that it no longer remains. Have you had one new or have you always gotten them used?I'm sorryyy :lol:I think regular Swirly Whirly is prettier than than the German one.
I gasped.
Butter Kiss is a much more logical name for her given her colouring. I've always thought Swirly Whirly was a generic name which could have been used for any of them.
Also this will make Zapper hunt me down, probably, but this pony's scent is basically what would happen if you mixed a bag of sweet smelling candy with some used cat litter.
Sundae Best pony scents are mostly horrific. They're the one set where if you find one where the scent has gone, you've basically lucked out.
*runs to secure all entrances and exits*
All mine are second hand - I never saw them from new but they're not my favourite set so I don't know if I would have bought them. I have had a few with very pungent smell though. I remember Butter Kiss's smell vividly because I bought a lot from the US and she perfumed the whole box kindly for me. I eventually sold her to someone who was actually happy she still had her scent...and I was thrilled to no longer have her in my trade box xD.I have Coco Berry, and I couldn't remember if it was because I soaked her but she smelled something awful. It could be age, since I've heard some people do like it, but I wouldn't know. My Sherbet no longer has her scent either. That's too bad that they age so awful because of it often times and it isn't even worth it! XD
The worst one is Chocolate Chip/Coco Berry, though. Although she is also the prettiest (at least the HK one is) in the set as far as I am concerned, so she hides her deadly behind her beauty.
*shiver*
I think the only one with a vaguely bearable scent (for me) is Sorbet Surprise/Sherbet
All mine are second hand - I never saw them from new but they're not my favourite set so I don't know if I would have bought them. I have had a few with very pungent smell though. I remember Butter Kiss's smell vividly because I bought a lot from the US and she perfumed the whole box kindly for me. I eventually sold her to someone who was actually happy she still had her scent...and I was thrilled to no longer have her in my trade box xD.
The worst one is Chocolate Chip/Coco Berry, though. Although she is also the prettiest (at least the HK one is) in the set as far as I am concerned, so she hides her deadly behind her beauty.
*shiver*
I think the only one with a vaguely bearable scent (for me) is Sorbet Surprise/Sherbet
Coconut. At least, mine does...it's meant to be grape, but...I never smelt a grape that smelt like that..O.oAll mine are second hand - I never saw them from new but they're not my favourite set so I don't know if I would have bought them. I have had a few with very pungent smell though. I remember Butter Kiss's smell vividly because I bought a lot from the US and she perfumed the whole box kindly for me. I eventually sold her to someone who was actually happy she still had her scent...and I was thrilled to no longer have her in my trade box xD.
The worst one is Chocolate Chip/Coco Berry, though. Although she is also the prettiest (at least the HK one is) in the set as far as I am concerned, so she hides her deadly behind her beauty.
*shiver*
I think the only one with a vaguely bearable scent (for me) is Sorbet Surprise/Sherbet
What does Sherbert smell like?
Coconut. At least, mine does...it's meant to be grape, but...I never smelt a grape that smelt like that..O.oAll mine are second hand - I never saw them from new but they're not my favourite set so I don't know if I would have bought them. I have had a few with very pungent smell though. I remember Butter Kiss's smell vividly because I bought a lot from the US and she perfumed the whole box kindly for me. I eventually sold her to someone who was actually happy she still had her scent...and I was thrilled to no longer have her in my trade box xD.
The worst one is Chocolate Chip/Coco Berry, though. Although she is also the prettiest (at least the HK one is) in the set as far as I am concerned, so she hides her deadly behind her beauty.
*shiver*
I think the only one with a vaguely bearable scent (for me) is Sorbet Surprise/Sherbet
What does Sherbert smell like?
Coconut. At least, mine does...it's meant to be grape, but...I never smelt a grape that smelt like that..O.oAll mine are second hand - I never saw them from new but they're not my favourite set so I don't know if I would have bought them. I have had a few with very pungent smell though. I remember Butter Kiss's smell vividly because I bought a lot from the US and she perfumed the whole box kindly for me. I eventually sold her to someone who was actually happy she still had her scent...and I was thrilled to no longer have her in my trade box xD.
The worst one is Chocolate Chip/Coco Berry, though. Although she is also the prettiest (at least the HK one is) in the set as far as I am concerned, so she hides her deadly behind her beauty.
*shiver*
I think the only one with a vaguely bearable scent (for me) is Sorbet Surprise/Sherbet
What does Sherbert smell like?
How...how does grape get confused with coconut? :blink:
You have a soft haired Fluttershy LaW? I'm surprised they exist. :P I would have loved to see more merponies, like Salina Blue truly being released.
I cleaned up a 2011 ish Fluttershy with tinsel in her hair and she's absolutely adorable with it. I'm surprised by just how much tinsel can make me love a pony.
Not sure if it's an unpopular opinion, but G4 Star Swirl and G4 Blossomforth are MUCH better than their G3 selves. I have some nostalgia for G3 Star Swirl but Blossomforth was so boring.
As an aside I don't understand people's issue whenever a new unipeg/winged unicorn/alicorn whatever, is revealed. No one complains when its a new toy in another species.It's a complaint because it makes alicorns less "special" or whatever. Or, like, "there are only 2/3 alicorns" depending on who you talk to when the Twilicorn thing was strong.
As an aside I don't understand people's issue whenever a new unipeg/winged unicorn/alicorn whatever, is revealed. No one complains when its a new toy in another species.It's a complaint because it makes alicorns less "special" or whatever. Or, like, "there are only 2/3 alicorns" depending on who you talk to when the Twilicorn thing was strong.
The pony life ponies are surprisingly nice quality, I'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
Not sure if it's an unpopular opinion, but G4 Star Swirl and G4 Blossomforth are MUCH better than their G3 selves. I have some nostalgia for G3 Star Swirl but Blossomforth was so boring.
I'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
I'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
I think the PL brushables look really cute from the front. I love how they did Trixie. The lack of jaw is too apparent from the side but I am happy about better hair.
PL >>> FiM big head reboot
huh yeah she is underrated SEVERELYI'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
I think the PL brushables look really cute from the front. I love how they did Trixie. The lack of jaw is too apparent from the side but I am happy about better hair.
PL >>> FiM big head reboot
But G4s always had big heads.
I know everyone goes gaga over Dazzle Glow and Star Glow, and I do too. But I think Bright Glow is absolutely gorgeous and underrated.
I never got the deer association with G4? Deer do have long long muzzles and jaws.Yeah, I couldn't see that one either. Maybe Celestia's design if any. I think Chihuahuas make for a better comparison.
I never got the deer association with G4? Deer do have long long muzzles and jaws.Yeah, I couldn't see that one either. Maybe Celestia's design if any. I think Chihuahuas make for a better comparison.
Not necessarily a pony opinion, but I'd like to see more fanartists draw horsey snouts on their ponies. It wigs me out to see ponies with anime faces on, but unfortunately that's a very popular style...
I never got the deer association with G4? Deer do have long long muzzles and jaws.Yeah, I couldn't see that one either. Maybe Celestia's design if any. I think Chihuahuas make for a better comparison.
Not necessarily a pony opinion, but I'd like to see more fanartists draw horsey snouts on their ponies. It wigs me out to see ponies with anime faces on, but unfortunately that's a very popular style...
Same here.
Not sure if this is unpopular or not but I really miss chubby ponies. I hate how skinny the figures are for G4100% agreed
I'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
I think the PL brushables look really cute from the front. I love how they did Trixie. The lack of jaw is too apparent from the side but I am happy about better hair.
PL >>> FiM big head reboot
But G4s always had big heads.
huh yeah she is underrated SEVERELYI'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
I think the PL brushables look really cute from the front. I love how they did Trixie. The lack of jaw is too apparent from the side but I am happy about better hair.
PL >>> FiM big head reboot
But G4s always had big heads.
I know everyone goes gaga over Dazzle Glow and Star Glow, and I do too. But I think Bright Glow is absolutely gorgeous and underrated.
Not sure if this is unpopular or not but I really miss chubby ponies. I hate how skinny the figures are for G4
I'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
I think the PL brushables look really cute from the front. I love how they did Trixie. The lack of jaw is too apparent from the side but I am happy about better hair.
PL >>> FiM big head reboot
But G4s always had big heads.
So? The reboot heads were bigger, rounder and their legs looked skinnier. The reboot look was ugly to me.
huh yeah she is underrated SEVERELYI'm officially all on the pony life train. Choo choo!
I think the PL brushables look really cute from the front. I love how they did Trixie. The lack of jaw is too apparent from the side but I am happy about better hair.
PL >>> FiM big head reboot
But G4s always had big heads.
I know everyone goes gaga over Dazzle Glow and Star Glow, and I do too. But I think Bright Glow is absolutely gorgeous and underrated.
She was my childhood glowing magic and I agree. She is a very pretty pony. I think the other two grab the attention because they have so many recognised and distinct variations, but Bright Glow has a couple of more subtle ones herself and she has a very sweet colour scheme.
Puddles and Peeks. I don't like em enough to buy them though.Just throwing out there that these two are so much more gorgeous in person. Didn't expect to like them as much as I do!
Puddles and Peeks. I don't like em enough to buy them though.Just throwing out there that these two are so much more gorgeous in person. Didn't expect to like them as much as I do!
If the plastic bubble is yellow/brown, its time to take the pony out
If the plastic bubble is yellow/brown, its time to take the pony out
If the plastic bubble is yellow/brown, its time to take the pony out
For me that's the same as saying when Posey's hair fades, remove it all and leave her bald.
People advocating decarding always make me upset, knowing as I do that some ponies only exist in a few examples MOC now. With age many of those bubbles may discolour. We ought to be doing no harm to the things we have left. If you don't like a discoloured pony package, sell it to someone who does. That's always the best solution.
We have thousands of examples of loose ponies. We don't need to make more.
100% agreed. These things have too high a value, are too rare to be taking them out. If its moldy and degrading then that's different obviously. But yellowing seems to minor to do that.If the plastic bubble is yellow/brown, its time to take the pony out
For me that's the same as saying when Posey's hair fades, remove it all and leave her bald.
People advocating decarding always make me upset, knowing as I do that some ponies only exist in a few examples MOC now. With age many of those bubbles may discolour. We ought to be doing no harm to the things we have left. If you don't like a discoloured pony package, sell it to someone who does. That's always the best solution.
We have thousands of examples of loose ponies. We don't need to make more.
I'm a bit on the fence about decarding, but not for the reason you might think.
I totally get both arguements for and against it, but I could never have a MOC or MIB pony. (and not just because of the price)
see, I have this overload of empathy and so I actually feel sorry for mint in package ponies, because I can't help thinking that they look trapped and miserable, even though I know they're just plastic. So if I got a mint pony, I'd feel so bad for her that I would have to decard her and rescue her...and then I'd get hung, drawn and quartered by the collecting community.
see, I have this overload of empathy and so I actually feel sorry for mint in package ponies, because I can't help thinking that they look trapped and miserable, even though I know they're just plastic. So if I got a mint pony, I'd feel so bad for her that I would have to decard her and rescue her...and then I'd get hung, drawn and quartered by the collecting community.
I don't mind that there were no adult unicorn boy ponies or pegasus boy ponies in G1.Neither do I.
I think the Soda Sippin ponies are pretty.
Ponyfan
Agreed, the soda sippin ponies are very pretty, especially when they still have their factory curls ❤️
I also think the drink n wet ponies are pretty- okay, yes, the pee thing is a bit odd, but they have cute names and lovely colours. (especially Rainfeather)
Agreed, the soda sippin ponies are very pretty, especially when they still have their factory curls ❤️
I also think the drink n wet ponies are pretty- okay, yes, the pee thing is a bit odd, but they have cute names and lovely colours. (especially Rainfeather)
I love the DnWs
Agreed, the soda sippin ponies are very pretty, especially when they still have their factory curls ❤️
I also think the drink n wet ponies are pretty- okay, yes, the pee thing is a bit odd, but they have cute names and lovely colours. (especially Rainfeather)
I love the DnWs
I remember being fond of Flicker and Wellyboot in the comic stories. But in the comics they splashed in puddles, they didn't drink and wet.
Agreed, the soda sippin ponies are very pretty, especially when they still have their factory curls ❤️
I also think the drink n wet ponies are pretty- okay, yes, the pee thing is a bit odd, but they have cute names and lovely colours. (especially Rainfeather)
I love the DnWs
I remember being fond of Flicker and Wellyboot in the comic stories. But in the comics they splashed in puddles, they didn't drink and wet.
The DnWs are the Soda Sippins after they drank one too many at the last concert. :silly:
I don't like the design, I don't like the voice acting, and I don't like the animation.
I don't like the design, I don't like the voice acting, and I don't like the animation.
Ooh, please elaborate on the voice acting. I find a lot of the M6 voices start to get on my nerves the more episodes I watch. I can do one or two at a time but I could never binge because of this. Pinkie is the worst for me because she screeches so many of her lines.
I don't like the design, I don't like the voice acting, and I don't like the animation.
Ooh, please elaborate on the voice acting. I find a lot of the M6 voices start to get on my nerves the more episodes I watch. I can do one or two at a time but I could never binge because of this. Pinkie is the worst for me because she screeches so many of her lines.
Pinkie needs to put a cork in it.
This is basically a personal opinion, but I have never liked Tara Strong. That's all there is to it. I can't really elaborate on why, but pretty much all of her characters get on my nerves.
At first, I thought Pinkie Pie's voice was on the annoying side, but my sister is a FiM fan (but she's NOT a crazy Brony, thank goodness), so I've had to listen to her watch the show at various points in time, and I've gotten used to her voice. Other than that, I can't really elaborate any more than that.
This is basically a personal opinion, but I have never liked Tara Strong. That's all there is to it. I can't really elaborate on why, but pretty much all of her characters get on my nerves.
At first, I thought Pinkie Pie's voice was on the annoying side, but my sister is a FiM fan (but she's NOT a crazy Brony, thank goodness), so I've had to listen to her watch the show at various points in time, and I've gotten used to her voice. Other than that, I can't really elaborate any more than that.
Pinkie's voice is the most annoying for me, but as the years have gone by, the worse Twilight's voice has become. I don't know what happened. I guess people's view on Tara Strong got to me? I always see online how people think she's a bit full of herself, or that she's overrated, or something, I don't know, I don't follow her anywhere or keep up with it. But recently I've noticed how sort of annoying her voice is... maybe to me it sounds kind of whiny and bratty.
I sat down and watched the Care Bears Nutcracker special for the first time during Christmas, and the main girl character, whatever her name was, I didn't think much of her voice at first, but halfway through the movie I noticed a peculiar nasally-ness to it. Could it be...? And it was! She was voiced by Tara Strong, all those years ago! She hasn't changed a bit, for better or for worse!
I've never heard people say that Tara was full of herself, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places - I've heard some people act like she's overrated occasionally (but that's to be expected when you're in everything), so yeah... maybe I'm just always in positive places whenever she's mentioned.Maybe once and awhile she'll be like that (I'm not really a fan of her myself). One example being when she found out the original PPG voices wouldn't be reused for the reboot (remember seeing her and Buttercup's VA holding "will work" signs up on Twitter). She has done a lot of good for the fandom like standing up to Howard Stern over his comments about bronies, and most importantly the Kiki Havivy fundraiser (which showed the fundraising capabilities of the fandom) https://www.facebook.com/KikiHavivyMemorial
I've never heard people say that Tara was full of herself, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places - I've heard some people act like she's overrated occasionally (but that's to be expected when you're in everything), so yeah... maybe I'm just always in positive places whenever she's mentioned.She has done a lot of good for the fandom like standing up to Howard Stern over his comments about bronies, and most importantly the Kiki Havivy fundraiser (which showed the fundraising capabilities of the fandom) https://www.facebook.com/KikiHavivyMemorial
So this girl's death is good for "showing Brony fundrasising capabilities". Noted.
That Facebook page even says "thanks to the Bronies and Tara she could prolong her life", no word on doctors and her mother is only mentioned as setting up a fundraiser together with Tara.
Yeah, some people would call that "being full of yourself" :P
I don't know why people would call that being full of yourself, unless Tara herself set up that FaceBook page - I can only read some of it, because I don't have a FaceBook account, but it looks like someone else set it up. If I did a page about the Arena, and made at least 90% of it all about you, then that wouldn't make you full of yourself, as you had no control over the article.
I sat down and watched the Care Bears Nutcracker special for the first time during Christmas, and the main girl character, whatever her name was, I didn't think much of her voice at first, but halfway through the movie I noticed a peculiar nasally-ness to it. Could it be...? And it was! She was voiced by Tara Strong, all those years ago! She hasn't changed a bit, for better or for worse!
Unpopular opinion: if it does not seem to be (semi) permanent damage, don't refer to it as a stain.When I first read this I disagreed strongly but the more I thought about I realized this is true, especially since by Google's definition it means "mark that is not easily removed"
:lol: Now if only more people would realize that.Unpopular opinion: if it does not seem to be (semi) permanent damage, don't refer to it as a stain.When I first read this I disagreed strongly but the more I thought about I realized this is true, especially since by Google's definition it means "mark that is not easily removed"
unpopular opinion: i LOVE the whizzer pose, its one of my favorites. and for g3 i like the crystal lace pose a lot. theyre fairly similar imo so that’s probably why hah. everyone seems to hate them though 😔
unpopular opinion: i LOVE the whizzer pose, its one of my favorites. and for g3 i like the crystal lace pose a lot. theyre fairly similar imo so that’s probably why hah. everyone seems to hate them though 😔
I like the Whizzer pose too. Its not an unpopular pose however.
that surprises me, i’ve only ever seen hate/general dislike for it :0I'm an avid fan of it as well, I've only ever seen extreme opinions, not so much general thoughts or an "eh".
unpopular opinion: i LOVE the whizzer pose, its one of my favorites. and for g3 i like the crystal lace pose a lot. theyre fairly similar imo so that’s probably why hah. everyone seems to hate them though 😔
I like the Whizzer pose too. Its not an unpopular pose however.
that surprises me, i’ve only ever seen hate/general dislike for it :0
I like the Whizzer pose too. Its not an unpopular pose however.
that surprises me, i’ve only ever seen hate/general dislike for it :0
that surprises me, i’ve only ever seen hate/general dislike for it :0I'm an avid fan of it as well, I've only ever seen extreme opinions, not so much general thoughts or an "eh".
To me, the biggest problem with it is that it makes the pony appear much taller when placed next to another pony.that surprises me, i’ve only ever seen hate/general dislike for it :0I'm an avid fan of it as well, I've only ever seen extreme opinions, not so much general thoughts or an "eh".
I think it frustrates people because they fall over forwards if the toes aren't right, but I like it too.
I really like G2s! Dainty Dove was my first pony ever and I think G2s are just so elegant and beautiful (granted, the magic motion ones with the mechanism in the neck do look a little weird . . . giraffe ponies :p).
White ponies with blue manes look boring. Including Majesty.
I only have two exceptions, Dangles and Denim Blue. The rest can croak :lol:
I think all those exotic Argentinian/Greek/Venezuelan/Zimbabwean etc. variants are really overrated. I mean, if it's just the same pony in a whole new pose then it can actually be interesting (for example I have to admit that Wind Whistler in the Surprise pose works really well), but what's the point of completely altering a pony's colors and sometimes even race? That's like pretty much a completely different character at this point. Let's just imagine a little girl somewhere in South America really likes North Star in the cartoon and asks her mom to buy her a North Star toy, buy instead she gets some weird yellow earth pony. What is even the point? Wouldn't Hasbro want to keep their copyrighted characters consistent across different markets? I could never understand this.
Can't understand the hype on the Takara ponies though. I saw one on a Japanese sale site for 250,000 yen this morning. This is what Western obsession has done to the price market, as they used to be much cheaper there - but it's all because people in the West are nuts enough to spend four figures on them and the Japanese have learned as much. Even as someone who speaks Japanese, loves Japan and Japanese culture/history/etc, I think they're ugly little moomins and hugely overrated and overpriced.
Can't understand the hype on the Takara ponies though. I saw one on a Japanese sale site for 250,000 yen this morning. This is what Western obsession has done to the price market, as they used to be much cheaper there - but it's all because people in the West are nuts enough to spend four figures on them and the Japanese have learned as much. Even as someone who speaks Japanese, loves Japan and Japanese culture/history/etc, I think they're ugly little moomins and hugely overrated and overpriced.
Pretty much what happened with other "nirvana" ponies. I can only speak in the case of Spain. Most collectors here cannot afford the current prices Spanish ponies are sold, unless they are literally destroyed. It's cheaper buying ponies from abroad. And about piggies, I still don't understand how a doll that is for son long considered fake and ugly & had no value, people fight today and raise prices ridiculously and all because one day they discovered that it had the rainbow logo. Lipstick on a pig...
I’m not a fan of the bronies from not the best experience I hear them talk about, they take a kids show too seriously (they are just cartoon horses oh my!), however I’ve definitely seen good bronies so of course not all of them are bad!
Ok, REALLY unpopular opinion incoming:THIS its so annoying especially when its inappropriate. I've seen art of Luna with batwings that I've appreciated but besides her its a big nope from me.
I'm sick of bat ponies. They were okay at first but now they seem to be a major species among fans and I get sick of seeing them everywhere. There are probably more bat pony OCs than earth pony ones. I hope they don't return. The concept comes off as edgy when you take "Flutterbat's" appeal and popularity into consideration and I also associate bat ponies with the less appropriate side of the fandom with how many arts I've seen of bat ponies, specifically, in stockings. :rolleyes: I guess that goes for any pony but whenever I see bat ponies it's usually either edgy or something inappropriate.
I'm all for adding new species of ponies (hippogriffs and kirins are welcome additions!) but "ponies with bat wings" is on the lazier side of things. Bat ponies are at their best when the designs draw inspiration from fruit, but if they're just an excuse to be edgy, yawn.
THIS its so annoying especially when its inappropriate. I've seen art of Luna with batwings that I've appreciated but besides her its a big nope from me.
Maybe I should try drawing it myself though to see what all the hype is about
That's the plan! :biggrin:THIS its so annoying especially when its inappropriate. I've seen art of Luna with batwings that I've appreciated but besides her its a big nope from me.
Maybe I should try drawing it myself though to see what all the hype is about
Be sure to make them cute! :lol:
I like Toola Roola with blue/purple/white hair more then the one with orange/pink/blue/purple.
I like Toola Roola with blue/purple/white hair more then the one with orange/pink/blue/purple.
Is that the original Toola? IN which case I agree...
G3 Cotton Candy is prettier then G1Totally agree with this one - G3 Cotton Candy is a very beautifully designed pony, in my opinion. Slightly Related: It's a shame she seems to have next to no fanart out there...
I adore Beddy Bye Eye babies. I have the complete set already, but every time I see one, I want it. I naturally have a few duplicates, and its reasonable self control that has thus far kept it to only a few duplicates! I just really love them. I think they are sweet and cannot understand why they creep so many people out.As a Furby fan I totally relate.
I love the pearly shimmery-ness of G3 plastic.
I love the pearly shimmery-ness of G3 plastic.
I love the pearly ones, but I was surprised how much I really love G3 Wysteria in the diva pose, despite not liking that pose much. And I think it's all to do with how she's matte and it works so nicely with her colouring I just really love her. So for me pearl is a pony by pony thing.
I also agree about G3 CC I think. I have some nostalgia for G1 CC but I don't like that pose.
I genuinely think the retro collector pose set are mostly nicer than their original counterparts too.
O don't see the Pony cartoons as canon, & consider the UK stories more canon, while the cartoons were just Ponies acting. Even Tales is a Pony soap to me & the Characters are trying to live normal lives after their acting days
O don't see the Pony cartoons as canon, & consider the UK stories more canon, while the cartoons were just Ponies acting. Even Tales is a Pony soap to me & the Characters are trying to live normal lives after their acting days
O don't see the Pony cartoons as canon, & consider the UK stories more canon, while the cartoons were just Ponies acting. Even Tales is a Pony soap to me & the Characters are trying to live normal lives after their acting days
That's a great explanation for the TV shows. For me as a kid they were so much out of character, and with different names, and so on, that that explanation makes a lot more sense somehow.
I am very biased towards the UK canon, but it did run for longer and include more ponies. And a lot of the ponies that the UK did not have, the US did not include in the animation anyway...
Cheers folks xxx I know we have our own stories for everypony & how they fit in our Ponyworlds.O don't see the Pony cartoons as canon, & consider the UK stories more canon, while the cartoons were just Ponies acting. Even Tales is a Pony soap to me & the Characters are trying to live normal lives after their acting days
I love this idea! Pony actors! I sort of think of Friendship is Magic in a similar way, as it is so different from the pony world I imagine my ponies living in.
My latest unpopular opinion is that I quite like the recent Pony Life shorts that have been on YouTube. The continual giggling is a bit much, but I do think they're cute and I think I would have loved them as a little child - and little children are after all the target audience for ponies. I am not a big fan of FiM, I think it tries too hard and its morals are forced. Give me giggly ponies engaging in silly high jinks any day :)
I don't get how its ruining a pony when a practiced and talented person restores it. If it doesn't ruin old buildings, works of art, dinosaur skeletons, your 30 yo gaming system, or your rusty bike, then it won't ruin a toy.
I understand of course that its unscrupulous to not disclose that it had work done and sell it for full price as mint condition. Or that inexperienced people can muck it up in their quest to learn, but an honest seller and a good restoration is not a bad thing.
I respect that this is a personal preference for many.
I don't get how its ruining a pony when a practiced and talented person restores it. If it doesn't ruin old buildings, works of art, dinosaur skeletons, your 30 yo gaming system, or your rusty bike, then it won't ruin a toy.
I understand of course that its unscrupulous to not disclose that it had work done and sell it for full price as mint condition. Or that inexperienced people can muck it up in their quest to learn, but an honest seller and a good restoration is not a bad thing.
I respect that this is a personal preference for many.
I am fine with restoration so long as it is openly disclosed so that everyone knows where they stand. I don't buy rehairs, but have no issue with other people having/doing them so long as there's a way to identify it. And for some reason that's unpopular, but this is the thread for that. I can't understand how people are happy to rip out all the remaining original hair but flip out about making a small mark on the hoof to indicate a rehair. But that again is just my opinion.
-nod- I don't mind restoration, rehairing, whatever, just mark it if you alter it. I mean, I get not wanting to ink up its hooves or w/e, I guess it's that instinctual "aaaaa ponies and pen don't mix!!" reaction... or I know some people have suggested carving a little "RH" or w/e into their hooves... I dunno, I can see how the instinct is to NOT do stuff like that. But, yeah, if you've already rehaired, taken off the head, etc then you've already altered it, it's no longer "original", so what the hell.
Rapunzel's continued popularity baffles me. Whenever the topic comes up, very few people say they like her! But she's been a highly sought after, expensive pony since I began collecting in the early 00s. It's funny that a pony so few people seem to actually like remains so popular.I see this opinion way more than i see people who actually like her and it's so surprising to me that people want her as a status symbol :huh:
My unpopular opinion is that I don't like (g1) Spike. He's whiny and annoying. The entire series could have done without the human kids.
I've always loved the flutter pony toys, but the Flutter Valley episodes are some of my least favorite.
Rapunzel's continued popularity baffles me. Whenever the topic comes up, very few people say they like her! But she's been a highly sought after, expensive pony since I began collecting in the early 00s. It's funny that a pony so few people seem to actually like remains so popular.I see this opinion way more than i see people who actually like her and it's so surprising to me that people want her as a status symbol :huh:
My unpopular opinion is that I don't like (g1) Spike. He's whiny and annoying. The entire series could have done without the human kids.
I've always loved the flutter pony toys, but the Flutter Valley episodes are some of my least favorite.
I absolutely adore rapunzel for her colouring and her hair, but I'm pretty obsessed with the story of rapunzel already so maybe that's why she's so appealing to me?
I absolutely refuse to pay the going rate for a real rapunzel and I'm not bothered about the status symbol of an original so im having a fakie made by a lovely arena member and will most certainly have her hoof marked so she is a known fakie, but I totally get why she isn't the pony for everyone, it's just a shame for the people who genuinely want her that she pops up every 6 months or so for like £1000 :(
I don't get the big deal over Lady Bird and Lambaditsa. They're okay.Same.
I don't get the big deal over Lady Bird and Lambaditsa. They're okay.Same.
I don't get the big deal over Lady Bird and Lambaditsa. They're okay.
I don't get the big deal over Lady Bird and Lambaditsa. They're okay.
Agreed. Sitting ponies are meh, Peachy is meh, Sitting pony plus peachy = meh squared.Though I feel superficially smug that people still use the name ladybird after all these years
I'm pretty fond of my Lambaditsa tbh. If only she & Ladybird weren't nearly twins though... (I also like the name Ladybird xxx)I don't get the big deal over Lady Bird and Lambaditsa. They're okay.
Agreed. Sitting ponies are meh, Peachy is meh, Sitting pony plus peachy = meh squared.Though I feel superficially smug that people still use the name ladybird after all these years
I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Only Pony I want MIP is Twisty Tail (UK preferred but Euro acceptable). Otherwise generally nopeI’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.
Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! :frolic:
Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.
Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! :frolic:
On the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids.I'm not sure why the ones who grew up with it don't do this, as you'd think they'd be the first to do this...
I'm fairly certain I've seen customs like that in the past, but its been a long while!Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.
Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! :frolic:
Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist!
On the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids.I'm not sure why the ones who grew up with it don't do this, as you'd think they'd be the first to do this...
Oh my gosh those are gorgeous! Thanks for finding them and sharing!I'm fairly certain I've seen customs like that in the past, but its been a long while!Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.
Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! :frolic:
Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist!
Edit: found them! https://www.deviantart.com/woosie/art/Merry-Go-Round-ponies-Set-2-203225055
Of course!Oh my gosh those are gorgeous! Thanks for finding them and sharing!I'm fairly certain I've seen customs like that in the past, but its been a long while!Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.
Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! :frolic:
Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist!
Edit: found them! https://www.deviantart.com/woosie/art/Merry-Go-Round-ponies-Set-2-203225055
Great find of an adorable pic!!! Wonder if Woosie is on here???Of course!Oh my gosh those are gorgeous! Thanks for finding them and sharing!I'm fairly certain I've seen customs like that in the past, but its been a long while!Merry Go Rounds are among my favorites! I'd die if they had made them for g3I’m not into the mint package. I prefer to hold the pony and take pictures of her.
Agreed, and for this reason I would never buy a vintage MIB pony! I'd be way too tempted to take her out, which would probably horrify some collectors.
I vastly prefer loose ponies over MIB ones, though I appreciate MIB collectors and MIB items. A MIB Merry Go Round pony came into my possession once. I loved her. I love MGR ponies in general and dont see them come up for sale often. I didn't have her in my collection yet and toyed with deboxing her for about a year before deciding against it and selling her here MIB. Anyway, I still don't have her in my collection. :/
Merry Go Rounds are gorgeous! Too bad Hasbro is too cheap and lazy to do it again these days.
Could you have imagined MGR G3s?! :frolic:
Ooooo, G3 MGRs would be awesome! I wonder if anyone ever made a custom like that? I don't remember seeing any but that doesn't mean they don't exist!
Edit: found them! https://www.deviantart.com/woosie/art/Merry-Go-Round-ponies-Set-2-203225055
This is slightly off topic but because Woolworths imported the Candy Canes in US boxes and sold them here (all six) while the four set were being sold in other places, Molasses is technically a UK name as well. I actually have an Xmas list from when I was a kid which says Candy Cane Molasses on it, although I had no recollection of this name when I came online and it's not in the comics. Most of my ponies came from Woolworths so my only explanation is that I saw one on the shelves. I didn't get her so it remains a mystery - but CC ponies (including Mint Dreams and Lemon Treats) are confirmed as imports here. So we can claim that name.Cheers Taf xxx I like them too.
I agree, it's the only US variant name I give any credence to because it avoids a repeat.
Your customs are cute :)
We only had 3 of the six sets, but those we did have had different names in the UK. Albeit whether they are any better...
Jabber and Jebber = Tickles & Giggles
Speckles & Bunkie = Fleecy and Fluffy
Sticky and Sniffles = Tuggles and Toddles.
On the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids.
In my opinion Jebber could have been named "Jibber" so that set of twins could have made the phrase "Jibber-Jabber" (meaning talking so fast, you don't understand - though I may have also heard it to mean "talking nonsense".) I also googled "Bunkie" and the only thing I found (though I didn't search for long) was that it could be slang for a bunk mate - nothing to do with Speckles whatsoever as far as I can see, and when I search for both words, I just get the ponies. I even tried searching "Safety Pin" (as in their symbols) with each name to see if I could find significance, but no.
But yeah... the names you mentioned in general aren't the best, in my opinion either.On the name subject...I think it's sad more UK people don't use the UK G1 names, even though the UK had far less name repetition than the US. I can understand why for people who came into G1 as adults, but not so much the ones who grew up with G1 as kids.I'm not sure why the ones who grew up with it don't do this, as you'd think they'd be the first to do this...
For me, (I came in as an adult) I tend to lean to the US names, because that's what I discovered them as, but I may choose the names I prefer out of the two for my project, or even compromise, like I planned to do for the canon names and the brony names in G4 (though if I recall correctly, only two G4 ponies really kept my "compromises" - and Hasbro compromised with "Lyra/Heartstrings" the same way I was going to anyway.)
I'll have a look through what the US/UK names in G1 are, and see which I like better, or if there are anyways to use both if I choose to in writing - for example, Sweet Stuff was called Sweetie in UK, but that's an easy one to compromise, as "Sweetie" could easily be Sweet Stuff's nickname anyway.
The pony name that always gets me is Woosie. :lol: I always picture a drunk or sick pony. Sometimes I think Hasbro came up with some of the pony names at the company cocktail party.
I grew up in the US so I didn't know the UK had different names for ponies until I joined the Arena but I try to use both names if I know them like Princess Tiffany/Pearl Sguarberry/Strawberry Fair etc..
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I think "Bunkie" refers to Bunkie beds/boards used in baby beds. In the 80s the term was used more often in the US. At least, where I lived it was common. I think the name is cute.
I did hate when Hasbro reused names. Baby Gusty got robbed.
I think flamingos are tacky as a decoration, (I like them IRL) but after getting Tropical Breeze and drooling over Fair Feathers I want MORE Mingo Ponies!Ha I love their tackyness. But I want more flamingo horses too!! So pretty. <3
Aand, I think Tic Tac Toe is a very underrated pony. Especially the baby. I mean, look at the colours in her mane and tail! I love that colour combo!
Maybe not really about ponies, but something that annoys me is the use of numbering variants from the mlp wiki. Like "this is Italian Blossom variant nr 3" in sales posts and such. It's not like they have a distinct official number on which one is which, they just happens to be numbered that way because of the appearence on a list. :P
Aand, I think Tic Tac Toe is a very underrated pony. Especially the baby. I mean, look at the colours in her mane and tail! I love that colour combo!
I like g3 Rainbow Dash more than g4 Rainbow Dash.I don't like either one of them but I have to admit that the G3 RD seems more tolerable to me.
I like g3 Rainbow Dash more than g4 Rainbow Dash.
I like G4 Rainbow Dash’s symbol over G3. It just makes more sense. But I like G3’s grayish color better. I’m only talking about the toys because they can have whatever personality I give them.
I like g3 Rainbow Dash more than g4 Rainbow Dash.This. I've come to hate g4 Rainbow Dash. (I know I know that sounds harsh but she became annoying to me :lookround:)
I like g3 Rainbow Dash more than g4 Rainbow Dash.This. I've come to hate g4 Rainbow Dash. (I know I know that sounds harsh but she became annoying to me :lookround:)
I greatly dislike the G4 comics by IDW as they have a lot of wonky, off-model art. That's the sole reason why I could never get into them.I ADORED the first 12 I think? Then the art just annoyed me. I liked the plots of a lot of them but yeah, that statement's valid
An unpopular opinion I have is that I don't like ponies (or any toys, really) with factory-curled hair. Whoever thought it was a good idea to curl pony or doll hair and then give it to an unruly child....smh. :shrug:
I have been about 50/50 on recurling my ponies' hair when restoring them. Some I am unsure if they actually came with curly hair or not, like Baby Surprise/Firefly, because I never see any that have it now, and their manes aren't very long, so I've just been styling them straight.
I recently bought my son a set of Mane Six brushables (mostly to steer him away from my G1s that I don't want him to destroy), and the curly haired ones are already trashed. I haven't given him Pinkie Pie yet, because I was going to try to wash and straighten her hair first in hopes of saving it; it's like they came with this factory glue(wax?) in their hair to make it look nice in the package, but man, it wreaks havoc the minute a child tries to play with it. Like, were these not meant to actually be played with? :crazy:
THIS!!! SO MUCH!!! Make hair styleable & manageable, so the kids (& us) can style it how we like please!!! In my Ponyworld every Pony gets a braided tail & a nice ribbon at the end of that braid. It may not be original, but it's a good quality satin or metallic ribbon wi a colour complementing the Pony. I also love to style the manes of Ponies wi long hair. You give us toys wi hair, we're going to groom & style it!!!An unpopular opinion I have is that I don't like ponies (or any toys, really) with factory-curled hair. Whoever thought it was a good idea to curl pony or doll hair and then give it to an unruly child....smh. :shrug:
I have been about 50/50 on recurling my ponies' hair when restoring them. Some I am unsure if they actually came with curly hair or not, like Baby Surprise/Firefly, because I never see any that have it now, and their manes aren't very long, so I've just been styling them straight.
I recently bought my son a set of Mane Six brushables (mostly to steer him away from my G1s that I don't want him to destroy), and the curly haired ones are already trashed. I haven't given him Pinkie Pie yet, because I was going to try to wash and straighten her hair first in hopes of saving it; it's like they came with this factory glue(wax?) in their hair to make it look nice in the package, but man, it wreaks havoc the minute a child tries to play with it. Like, were these not meant to actually be played with? :crazy:
I don't care much for pre-styled hair either. My Basic Funs have twisty hair and I straighten them too. I like running my fingers through hair.
It looks pretty when other people curl their hair, but really that is partially how they're meant to be played with.
I love factory curl :D
I greatly dislike the G4 comics by IDW as they have a lot of wonky, off-model art. That's the sole reason why I could never get into them.I ADORED the first 12 I think? Then the art just annoyed me. I liked the plots of a lot of them but yeah, that statement's valid
[quote author=LadyAmalthea link=topic=385476.msg1809558#msg1809558THIS!!! SO MUCH!!! Make hair styleable & manageable, so the kids (& us) can style it how we like please!!! In my Ponyworld every Pony gets a braided tail & a nice ribbon at the end of that braid. It may not be original, but it's a good quality satin or metallic ribbon wi a colour complementing the Pony. I also love to style the manes of Ponies wi long hair. You give us toys wi hair, we're going to groom & style it!!!
I don't care much for pre-styled hair either. My Basic Funs have twisty hair and I straighten them too. I like running my fingers through hair.
It looks pretty when other people curl their hair, but really that is partially how they're meant to be played with.
I love factory curl :D
An unpopular opinion I have is that I don't like ponies (or any toys, really) with factory-curled hair. Whoever thought it was a good idea to curl pony or doll hair and then give it to an unruly child....smh. :shrug:
I have been about 50/50 on recurling my ponies' hair when restoring them. Some I am unsure if they actually came with curly hair or not, like Baby Surprise/Firefly, because I never see any that have it now, and their manes aren't very long, so I've just been styling them straight.
I recently bought my son a set of Mane Six brushables (mostly to steer him away from my G1s that I don't want him to destroy), and the curly haired ones are already trashed. I haven't given him Pinkie Pie yet, because I was going to try to wash and straighten her hair first in hopes of saving it; it's like they came with this factory glue(wax?) in their hair to make it look nice in the package, but man, it wreaks havoc the minute a child tries to play with it. Like, were these not meant to actually be played with? :crazy:
I don't get what all the hubbub about flutters are.
UK art is one of the reasons I want the UK leaflet wi the Mountain Boys in it so much!!! I have all the UK ones before that & a couple from just after, but not that one!!!I don't get what all the hubbub about flutters are.
I'm the opposite, I love the Flutter wings and if I had to choose, I'd say I'd rather have flutters with wings than the wingers (as much as I think they're lovely). But I love them most in their box where they are untouched, because they display so well like that. So maybe I like the flutters best not fluttering?
In any case I was glad that they decided not to try and strengthen the wings to make repros (a very unpopular decision) because for me the magic of the flutters is their ephemeral delicacy.
I also like the 2nd set better than the first set though.
I think this all relates back to an early pony memory of mine as a five year old going to choose a pony with the wall of flutter ponies in Carrefour that I ultimately chose Tropical Breeze from. It's probably my earliest choosing a pony myself memory, so them in boxes with UK artwork is super nostalgic for me.
On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
UK art is one of the reasons I want the UK leaflet wi the Mountain Boys in it so much!!! I have all the UK ones before that & a couple from just after, but not that one!!!I don't get what all the hubbub about flutters are.
I'm the opposite, I love the Flutter wings and if I had to choose, I'd say I'd rather have flutters with wings than the wingers (as much as I think they're lovely). But I love them most in their box where they are untouched, because they display so well like that. So maybe I like the flutters best not fluttering?
In any case I was glad that they decided not to try and strengthen the wings to make repros (a very unpopular decision) because for me the magic of the flutters is their ephemeral delicacy.
I also like the 2nd set better than the first set though.
I think this all relates back to an early pony memory of mine as a five year old going to choose a pony with the wall of flutter ponies in Carrefour that I ultimately chose Tropical Breeze from. It's probably my earliest choosing a pony myself memory, so them in boxes with UK artwork is super nostalgic for me.
On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
I'm not that fond of the sea ponies, the pose is a bit stiff looking imo. The fancy mermaids look super cute though
UK art is one of the reasons I want the UK leaflet wi the Mountain Boys in it so much!!! I have all the UK ones before that & a couple from just after, but not that one!!!I don't get what all the hubbub about flutters are.
I'm the opposite, I love the Flutter wings and if I had to choose, I'd say I'd rather have flutters with wings than the wingers (as much as I think they're lovely). But I love them most in their box where they are untouched, because they display so well like that. So maybe I like the flutters best not fluttering?
In any case I was glad that they decided not to try and strengthen the wings to make repros (a very unpopular decision) because for me the magic of the flutters is their ephemeral delicacy.
I also like the 2nd set better than the first set though.
I think this all relates back to an early pony memory of mine as a five year old going to choose a pony with the wall of flutter ponies in Carrefour that I ultimately chose Tropical Breeze from. It's probably my earliest choosing a pony myself memory, so them in boxes with UK artwork is super nostalgic for me.
On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
The 1987 insert is harder to come by than some of the others, I think it was in print less time than the one before and the Strawberry Fair one that came right after and lasted for all of 1988. It's also hard to find UK packaging from 1987 compared with some other years, although there are some MOC examples. The TE ponies, for example - and Megan and Sundance. Which is a shame because they're so pretty. <3.
I also really love the Princess Pony boxes.
I have both of those things - pretty sure TT is the UK card I have - and can try and scan them for you if you like. No money necessary. My scanner is a bit temperamental though.Pretty please wi a cherry on top!!! Please scan the front of the backcard as well as there's a piccie there of Twisters too... :D
I don't care if a pony has marker under their hooves. You can't see it from display.
I have both of those things - pretty sure TT is the UK card I have - and can try and scan them for you if you like. No money necessary. My scanner is a bit temperamental though.Pretty please wi a cherry on top!!! Please scan the front of the backcard as well as there's a piccie there of Twisters too... :D
I'm not that fond of the sea ponies, the pose is a bit stiff looking imo. The fancy mermaids look super cute though
Same here!
Leaflet still appreciated. Let me know re front part of backcard (most important part is top half)I have both of those things - pretty sure TT is the UK card I have - and can try and scan them for you if you like. No money necessary. My scanner is a bit temperamental though.Pretty please wi a cherry on top!!! Please scan the front of the backcard as well as there's a piccie there of Twisters too... :D
I will try to. The insert is easy to get to, I have a separate folder for those on my bookcase.
I need to remember which box or folder TT's card is in. I have a LOT of cards (over 300 including the MIP ponies). It may take me a few days to work out which draw/box/file/shelf it is stored in but I'll try and dig them out.
Caveat - I don't know what condition the card front is in until I check my folder. My spreadsheet doesn't include any notes about it.
Caveat II - I am not sure if the whole card will fit as one entity on my scanner, I have a feeling it's a wider-than-normal release card.
I don’t really get the hype over fan made pony plushies. I think this is more relevant to the brony side of the fandom, but I can’t wrap my head around paying $400 or more for a stuffed animal of a one off character in a tv show. It sounds hypocritical as a toy collector, but for the price most of them are pretty average looking imo.Pink Kittywinks can back me up on this, but I'm sure the Custom 3-foot Starcatcher I bought from her was somewhere between £100 & £125, perhaps towards the bigger number due to her wings. And she was 3-foot & fully stuffed wi brushable hair!!! So how the smooze are people selling smaller plushies for more than 3x that price???
Oh, that plush is awesome!!!! Definitely more than a fair price for her! :) (I know I would have gladly spent that on a giant minty lol!) Pinkkittywinks always does awesome work! I’m definitely more so throwing shade at the brony fandom who thinks everything Hasbro puts out is bad and only super expensive custom made things are “worthy” of their collection. I’m all about custom art and paying artists fair prices, but their attitudes about it really rub me the wrong way. It’s hard to put into words haha!I don’t really get the hype over fan made pony plushies. I think this is more relevant to the brony side of the fandom, but I can’t wrap my head around paying $400 or more for a stuffed animal of a one off character in a tv show. It sounds hypocritical as a toy collector, but for the price most of them are pretty average looking imo.Pink Kittywinks can back me up on this, but I'm sure the Custom 3-foot Starcatcher I bought from her was somewhere between £100 & £125, perhaps towards the bigger number due to her wings. And she was 3-foot & fully stuffed wi brushable hair!!! So how the smooze are people selling smaller plushies for more than 3x that price???
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My point exactly!!! And when this thing is over maybe you can commission your own Minty of that size...Oh, that plush is awesome!!!! Definitely more than a fair price for her! :) (I know I would have gladly spent that on a giant minty lol!) Pinkkittywinks always does awesome work! I’m definitely more so throwing shade at the brony fandom who thinks everything Hasbro puts out is bad and only super expensive custom made things are “worthy” of their collection. I’m all about custom art and paying artists fair prices, but their attitudes about it really rub me the wrong way. It’s hard to put into words haha!I don’t really get the hype over fan made pony plushies. I think this is more relevant to the brony side of the fandom, but I can’t wrap my head around paying $400 or more for a stuffed animal of a one off character in a tv show. It sounds hypocritical as a toy collector, but for the price most of them are pretty average looking imo.Pink Kittywinks can back me up on this, but I'm sure the Custom 3-foot Starcatcher I bought from her was somewhere between £100 & £125, perhaps towards the bigger number due to her wings. And she was 3-foot & fully stuffed wi brushable hair!!! So how the smooze are people selling smaller plushies for more than 3x that price???
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I've seen that gorgeous Starcatcher before, but I didn't know who she belonged to! Now she's definitely worth every penny. :D But yeah I agree, I don't get dropping hundreds-thousands of dollars on plushies either. (Honestly, I don't understand paying that sort of money for most collectables ^^; I mean, I don't judge, people can do whatever they like with their money if it makes 'em happy, but I couldn't do it)I got her made for me by Kitty last year!!!
and I completely get what you mean about the "brony" plushies, Minty_Magic. I feel the same way, it is difficult to explain. I completely understand wanting something of your favourite char who never got any official merch (been there myself) but some of the prices those things go for... It's just hard for me to wrap my head around it all.
PKW is as ever a treasure to the community with the things she can produce.Exactly this. If Customisers like PKW can price fairly, why are other fan-made Customs going for prices like THAT??? Mind boggles...
I remember a plush Pinkie Pie selling to someone at ponycon a couple of years ago for around the £500 mark. I don't even understand how.
I have some small plushes of characters from an anime and they cost me around $45 each to have made although they are beautifully done. (Back in the days when the exchange rate wasn't hostile). I can understand £120ish for something as elaborate as that Starcatcher but £500 for a Pinkie Pie...? Yeah, it was a large Pinkie Pie but still...?
On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
YES, the early UK art is much prettier. More colourfull! Then again, I like the later US art better (when Europe got the cards with borders..)
Tell me about it!!! The only way to get art of the others is off the sides of boxes. If a certain set was sold on cards, you got a drawing of ONE & that was it!!! :sad: :sad: :sad:On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
YES, the early UK art is much prettier. More colourfull! Then again, I like the later US art better (when Europe got the cards with borders..)
I like the art on the border cards but it only focuses in on the one pony in the set, rather than all of them, which is a bit sad.
Tell me about it!!! The only way to get art of the others is off the sides of boxes. If a certain set was sold on cards, you got a drawing of ONE & that was it!!! :sad: :sad: :sad:On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
YES, the early UK art is much prettier. More colourfull! Then again, I like the later US art better (when Europe got the cards with borders..)
I like the art on the border cards but it only focuses in on the one pony in the set, rather than all of them, which is a bit sad.
Agreed!!! Can't get enough of side-cards for the later Ponies!!!Tell me about it!!! The only way to get art of the others is off the sides of boxes. If a certain set was sold on cards, you got a drawing of ONE & that was it!!! :sad: :sad: :sad:On another unpopular note - people wax lyrical about the US packaging, but I think the UK packaging for 1986 and 1987 is the prettiest pony package art ever done. Not just because of the ponies but the whole concept.
YES, the early UK art is much prettier. More colourfull! Then again, I like the later US art better (when Europe got the cards with borders..)
I like the art on the border cards but it only focuses in on the one pony in the set, rather than all of them, which is a bit sad.
Yes. BUT those with boxes rather than cards (like the Glittering SHS Ponies) have very pretty art.
PKW is as ever a treasure to the community with the things she can produce.Exactly this. If Customisers like PKW can price fairly, why are other fan-made Customs going for prices like THAT??? Mind boggles...
I remember a plush Pinkie Pie selling to someone at ponycon a couple of years ago for around the £500 mark. I don't even understand how.
I have some small plushes of characters from an anime and they cost me around $45 each to have made although they are beautifully done. (Back in the days when the exchange rate wasn't hostile). I can understand £120ish for something as elaborate as that Starcatcher but £500 for a Pinkie Pie...? Yeah, it was a large Pinkie Pie but still...?
I noticed some people don't like the Dolly Mix Ponies. I love them & think they're lovely for their size, which, note, is pretty small (I think only World's Smallest & maybe G1 Petites are smaller). I wish they'd made more than just the 20 G1s & the Core 7 G3s.
I LOVE the Dollymixes!!! Cutest things ever, I so wish they'd made more. Can you imagine how adorable a G4 set would be?!
Also they really are fantastic quality for their size. I've seen bigger toys than that that have multitudes of flaws; Dollymixes are pretty perfect, apart from the odd factory error here and there (yellowtail Minty, earth pony Glory).
I get annoyed when people say that older pony fans weren't into or influenced by the cartoons. Please speak for yourself only. Just because YOU were not big on them, and did not have YOUR play influenced by them, does mean the same for others. I love them and my play was influenced by them.
I get annoyed when people say that older pony fans weren't into or influenced by the cartoons. Please speak for yourself only. Just because YOU were not big on them, and did not have YOUR play influenced by them, does mean the same for others. I love them and my play was influenced by them.
Did someone say this?
I've never made a secret of the fact I'm a toy and comic person, but I've heard a lot of G1 fans talk about the cartoon. About as many have also said it didn't matter to them. I think it's more a case of not wanting to see older gens defined by the limited range of the G1 cartoon, not a matter of not being influenced by them.
This is not aimed at you, LAW, but it reminds me of some things on this line that bother me.
1. G1 does not haver only one canon, it has many different stories across different regions and mediums. That is the beauty of G1. I really get annoyed when people say (like in the Toys that Made us) that G1 had no canon. I grew up with the comics and that was absolutely a canon that lasted longer than any other G1 "canon". But there was also the G1 cartoon series and Tales, the backcard stories and space for a kid's own imagination as well. Sometimes those themes overlapped and sometimes they didn't. But for me G1 has the most rich and developed 'canon' because it carries so many possibilities, and is not dictated by one overreaching way in which people should view MLP.
ON a similar and maybe hypocritical note, I really don't like when people randomly flash in something from the comics as though it speaks for the whole of G1 overall. I'm talking about when people start talking about Majesty in G1 like her comic persona was universal, or the twinkle eye mine incident, and so on. These happened in a locally produced paper comic in the UK in the 1980s and may have gone to Europe as well. They do not define Majesty or the TE ponies for everyone, nor should they, and are often misrepresented anyway. I am all for people engaging with the comics, but actually engage with the comics, not with a social media post you saw that went viral.
Saw a YT video one time which talked about the TEs in terms of that comic story. It talked about it like it was accepted canon and misreferenced the comic number. Sigh.
On another note - I also like the dollymix, but only the G1 ones.
As someone who grew up with G3, I can't remember how I played with my ponies exactly. I had the books, I had all the videos, and I read all the backcards. I don't think anything ultimately influenced my play with the ponies. Ponies like Minty and such I think were influenced in some way, not that it matters, because I didn't play with those! I had a hefty collection and the "cast" of the story changed from time to time. Most of the ponies really do have nothing more than the to-do list on their backcard to go off of, personality-wise.
@LAW - it's all true, but for the most part I would say 75% of discussion on G1 characters centres (when they have them) on how the TV show portrays them.
I've experienced the opposite of your frustration...I've been called out a few times for criticising the Quest of the Princess ponies. Honestly, from my UK perspective, there's a sense that the G1 TV show > the comics in people's minds, so I hadn't thought that it could be read the other way around.
From the UK perspective it can be very stifling to have this idea of mainstream = US, and that probably makes me personally more resistant to the influence of the G1 series. I don't like having ponies I grew up with called US ponies. It's wearing having to constantly use US and UK names but I don't want to give up the names I grew up with, or the stories either. I'm so tired of having people tell me how things must've been sold in the UK because of what happened in the US, too.
So I probably have put distance between myself and the G1 TV series canon because I'm worried about the canon I grew up with being entirely lost or forgotten or just considered a 'novelty'. It often feels like a losing battle to preserve my childhood. While you're right that one person should not speak for the whole community, the fact remains that the US pony lore and pony release years and set names and pony names etc have spoken for the whole of pony for as long as I can remember, and keeping the rest alive is a lot harder work than it should be. There are absolutely no US exclusive ponies - and it would be nice for me personally to see more awareness of that across the community, especially in the ID sites that still persist in using US/other or the US year system for their formatting. And most of all in our very expansive pony lore, the existence of which "The Toys that Made Us" essentially denied by not looking beyond the US.
If my comments about the TV series have ever struck a nerve with you, though, it wasn't meant that way :hug:
As for an unpopular opinion, I think Majesty is kind of an overrated pony. Her colors are boring, and there's really nothing special about her to the point that she got to be the one that came with the Dream Castle. I'm probably just saying this because my son just loves her and talks about her all the time and it gets old. He has a slight speech impediment and calls her 'Madness-ty', which I find secretly charming.
As for an unpopular opinion, I think Majesty is kind of an overrated pony. Her colors are boring, and there's really nothing special about her to the point that she got to be the one that came with the Dream Castle. I'm probably just saying this because my son just loves her and talks about her all the time and it gets old. He has a slight speech impediment and calls her 'Madness-ty', which I find secretly charming.
I'm not super big on Majesty myself. I own her and she's fine, but I think I'd like her a lot more if she was in a different pose? I've never liked the Glory post all that much. And she seems to generally be of lower quality compared to most other G1s, being nearly constantly riddled with head body mismatches among other problems. It feels like they skimped on QC with her due to her coming in such a big playset. I like Majesty's color scheme, but I think she'd look better in a different pose, and I wish her quality control was better.
I don't see ponies without brushable hair as "real" MLP and I can't get excited for them. :cloud:
Definitely! I can't imagine MLP without actual hair. Being able to brush and style is a big part of collecting, personally :heart:I don't see ponies without brushable hair as "real" MLP and I can't get excited for them. :cloud:
I also feel like brushy hair is a key feature <3
Meanwhile I sit here reading this wondering this opinion is unpopular??? When Ponies as hair-play toys has been a thing for so long every generation had a salon/ grooming parlour/ spa (sometimes all of them). Mind. Boggles.Definitely! I can't imagine MLP without actual hair. Being able to brush and style is a big part of collecting, personally :heart:I don't see ponies without brushable hair as "real" MLP and I can't get excited for them. :cloud:
I also feel like brushy hair is a key feature <3
Meanwhile I sit here reading this wondering this opinion is unpopular??? When Ponies as hair-play toys has been a thing for so long every generation had a salon/ grooming parlour/ spa (sometimes all of them). Mind. Boggles.Definitely! I can't imagine MLP without actual hair. Being able to brush and style is a big part of collecting, personally :heart:I don't see ponies without brushable hair as "real" MLP and I can't get excited for them. :cloud:
I also feel like brushy hair is a key feature <3
I don't see ponies without brushable hair as "real" MLP and I can't get excited for them. :cloud:
*whispers* I quite like moulded hair ponies :blush:molded manes definitely make for better adventurous outings!
You can take them out and about on adventures without messing their hair up! But brushable hair is fun too.
*whispers* I quite like moulded hair ponies :blush:
You can take them out and about on adventures without messing their hair up! But brushable hair is fun too.
*whispers* I quite like moulded hair ponies :blush:molded manes definitely make for better adventurous outings!
You can take them out and about on adventures without messing their hair up! But brushable hair is fun too.
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
Guess you could customize the crossovers. Plasmane is practically Shady anyway.
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
Guess you could customize the crossovers. Plasmane is practically Shady anyway.
I don't think it would work for Wind Whistler or Bow Tie.
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
Guess you could customize the crossovers. Plasmane is practically Shady anyway.
I don't think it would work for Wind Whistler or Bow Tie.
Obviously, unless said customizer is a talented sculptor.
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
Guess you could customize the crossovers. Plasmane is practically Shady anyway.
I don't think it would work for Wind Whistler or Bow Tie.
Obviously, unless said customizer is a talented sculptor.
So not exactly me. Not to mention I'd really love officially licensed high-quality figurines of Wind Whistler in a cool pose or of Bow Tie with her cute little hair bows.
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
Guess you could customize the crossovers. Plasmane is practically Shady anyway.
I don't think it would work for Wind Whistler or Bow Tie.
Obviously, unless said customizer is a talented sculptor.
So not exactly me. Not to mention I'd really love officially licensed high-quality figurines of Wind Whistler in a cool pose or of Bow Tie with her cute little hair bows.
Paint-wise other ponies can still be done.
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
Guess you could customize the crossovers. Plasmane is practically Shady anyway.
I don't think it would work for Wind Whistler or Bow Tie.
Obviously, unless said customizer is a talented sculptor.
So not exactly me. Not to mention I'd really love officially licensed high-quality figurines of Wind Whistler in a cool pose or of Bow Tie with her cute little hair bows.
Paint-wise other ponies can still be done.
Weren't all the crossovers earth ponies anyway?
I would love molded-hair versions of ponies from the G1 cartoon!
Tales is part of G1, but if you think about it, its also sort of the first show driven part of the brand. At least here in the states since the GnS and Rock N Beats were the only thing we got merch-wise.
I don't know why I remember Tales as being made to market in Europe, but I remember thinking that when I caught a part of it way back when.
I wouldn't have known about the toys. No internet back then.I don't know why I remember Tales as being made to market in Europe, but I remember thinking that when I caught a part of it way back when.
Maybe because the characters that were made into toys were only sold in Europe? :shrug:
I wouldn't have known about the toys. No internet back then.I don't know why I remember Tales as being made to market in Europe, but I remember thinking that when I caught a part of it way back when.
Maybe because the characters that were made into toys were only sold in Europe? :shrug:
I don't mind "recycled names" - I never really did for a long time, as I get that they're all different ponies, with the same names (even if they reused the name "because it worked before" or whatever, like it was a marketable name), but also because I've tried naming my own ponies, and some of the names I came up with turned out to be the names of canon ponies.
Even less comprehensible when it's people in the UK who grew up with those other names.
Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but it's one I feel quite strongly about. Much as I love the brushable hair of all the pony gens, I can't abide it in the Petites! I literally will only collect the Petite Ponies with moulded hair. How weird is that? :blink:
Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but it's one I feel quite strongly about. Much as I love the brushable hair of all the pony gens, I can't abide it in the Petites! I literally will only collect the Petite Ponies with moulded hair. How weird is that? :blink:
I agree brushy hair on the petites is a weird thing...xD. I don't hate it, but it is definitely not the most convenient pony hair to deal with, either in standing up ponies or trying to style it. It's sort of 'what's the point', although I admit it looks pretty on the fancier sets.
I do quite like the mad curls mind you. Hasbro didn't use them enough.
It drives me crazy about how McDonald's ponies have a brushable mane or tail and then the other plastic.
Knowing Hasbro's current naming sense, it will probably be Curly Cutie. >.>Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but it's one I feel quite strongly about. Much as I love the brushable hair of all the pony gens, I can't abide it in the Petites! I literally will only collect the Petite Ponies with moulded hair. How weird is that? :blink:
I agree brushy hair on the petites is a weird thing...xD. I don't hate it, but it is definitely not the most convenient pony hair to deal with, either in standing up ponies or trying to style it. It's sort of 'what's the point', although I admit it looks pretty on the fancier sets.
I do quite like the mad curls mind you. Hasbro didn't use them enough.
Now we need a BnG or PP named, Mad Curls.
Knowing Hasbro's current naming sense, it will probably be Curly Cutie. >.>Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but it's one I feel quite strongly about. Much as I love the brushable hair of all the pony gens, I can't abide it in the Petites! I literally will only collect the Petite Ponies with moulded hair. How weird is that? :blink:
I agree brushy hair on the petites is a weird thing...xD. I don't hate it, but it is definitely not the most convenient pony hair to deal with, either in standing up ponies or trying to style it. It's sort of 'what's the point', although I admit it looks pretty on the fancier sets.
I do quite like the mad curls mind you. Hasbro didn't use them enough.
Now we need a BnG or PP named, Mad Curls.
Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but it's one I feel quite strongly about. Much as I love the brushable hair of all the pony gens, I can't abide it in the Petites! I literally will only collect the Petite Ponies with moulded hair. How weird is that? :blink:
I agree brushy hair on the petites is a weird thing...xD. I don't hate it, but it is definitely not the most convenient pony hair to deal with, either in standing up ponies or trying to style it. It's sort of 'what's the point', although I admit it looks pretty on the fancier sets.
I do quite like the mad curls mind you. Hasbro didn't use them enough.
It drives me crazy about how McDonald's ponies have a brushable mane or tail and then the other plastic.
Same. Its the reason I turned my nose up at the g3 ones.
Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but it's one I feel quite strongly about. Much as I love the brushable hair of all the pony gens, I can't abide it in the Petites! I literally will only collect the Petite Ponies with moulded hair. How weird is that? :blink:
I agree brushy hair on the petites is a weird thing...xD. I don't hate it, but it is definitely not the most convenient pony hair to deal with, either in standing up ponies or trying to style it. It's sort of 'what's the point', although I admit it looks pretty on the fancier sets.
I do quite like the mad curls mind you. Hasbro didn't use them enough.
I wonder if there's a way to give spiral curls to the ones without them?It drives me crazy about how McDonald's ponies have a brushable mane or tail and then the other plastic.
Same. Its the reason I turned my nose up at the g3 ones.
Has there ever even been a McD pony that had both mane and tail hair?
Has there ever even been a McD pony that had both mane and tail hair?No, I think, but FAKIES of g3(?) Mcdonald pony I used to see. Very bad plastic, so never did buy any.
Only the Euro G3 ones, & they're hard plastic & can't be rerooted
Has there ever even been a McD pony that had both mane and tail hair?
Knowing Hasbro's current naming sense, it will probably be Curly Cutie. >.>Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but it's one I feel quite strongly about. Much as I love the brushable hair of all the pony gens, I can't abide it in the Petites! I literally will only collect the Petite Ponies with moulded hair. How weird is that? :blink:
I agree brushy hair on the petites is a weird thing...xD. I don't hate it, but it is definitely not the most convenient pony hair to deal with, either in standing up ponies or trying to style it. It's sort of 'what's the point', although I admit it looks pretty on the fancier sets.
I do quite like the mad curls mind you. Hasbro didn't use them enough.
Now we need a BnG or PP named, Mad Curls.
Only the Euro G3 ones, & they're hard plastic & can't be rerooted
Has there ever even been a McD pony that had both mane and tail hair?
Kicks self because there's a spare McD's Silver Swirl on top of my monitor... :blush:Only the Euro G3 ones, & they're hard plastic & can't be rerooted
Has there ever even been a McD pony that had both mane and tail hair?
Euro g2 ones as well. :) they're very prone to hair rot though. and hard plastic, so can't reroot those either.
Sorry if I've already mentioned this one, but one of my possibly unpopular opinions is that I don't mind FiM having places named after real life places with horsey names - I understand people feeling that it removes the fantasy element, but for whatever reason I never minded.
I've never actually been a "horse girl" so it doesn't bother me when newer generations are super stylized and not very horse like. That's not to say I didn't like the earlier gens that are more horselike but horseyness has never been important for me to like MLP.
It's just some people would rather have one design over the other because it reads more equine and ponies are equines. Simple as that.
It's just some people would rather have one design over the other because it reads more equine and ponies are equines. Simple as that.
That sounds like the popular opinion of this forum :O
It's just some people would rather have one design over the other because it reads more equine and ponies are equines. Simple as that.
That sounds like the popular opinion of this forum :O
Yes.
And I was simply stating that it doesn't take one to be a "horse girl" to have this opinion :O
This seems to be a pretty unpopular-ish opinion here, but... I love the Mane Six... :lookround:I agree with you 100%! Applejack and Fluttershy are my favorites so it's always disappointing when they get left out in merchandise 90% of the time.
I get how they can be a problem from a toyline perspective or (especially) a collectors perspective, but purely as characters, I love them and have a sentimental and nostalgic attachment to them. They weren't always written how I feel they should have been, which is an opinion in itself, but for the most part I still feel attached to them as characters, and the friendship they have with each other, and always will.
This seems to be a pretty unpopular-ish opinion here, but... I love the Mane Six... :lookround:
I get how they can be a problem from a toyline perspective or (especially) a collectors perspective, but purely as characters, I love them and have a sentimental and nostalgic attachment to them. They weren't always written how I feel they should have been, which is an opinion in itself, but for the most part I still feel attached to them as characters, and the friendship they have with each other, and always will.
My unpopular opinion is that I don't think the animation is that important for defining MLP, their characters or whatever. It's admittedly harder to make that separation for G4, but I definitely feel like G1 and G3, the animation is an add-on and absolutely not integral or important to the line overall.
My unpopular opinion is that I don't think the animation is that important for defining MLP, their characters or whatever. It's admittedly harder to make that separation for G4, but I definitely feel like G1 and G3, the animation is an add-on and absolutely not integral or important to the line overall.
I don't think this would be considered an unpopular opinion among 99% of users on this particular board...
My unpopular opinion is that I don't think the animation is that important for defining MLP, their characters or whatever. It's admittedly harder to make that separation for G4, but I definitely feel like G1 and G3, the animation is an add-on and absolutely not integral or important to the line overall.
And with G4, speaking as someone who likes the toys but not really FIM, I'd have probably been happier with more toy variety, and fewer animated episodes, memes and the like.
I don't know why I am so apathetic towards older gen animation, except that as a kid it felt like it was full of mistakes because of the different names/ponies not sold here/whatever. I always preferred the comics. I dunno, I just feel like MLP is fine even when there isn't any animation. Which is why it always bothers me when G2 gets ignored simply because it lacks a cartoon.
My unpopular opinion is that I don't think the animation is that important for defining MLP, their characters or whatever. It's admittedly harder to make that separation for G4, but I definitely feel like G1 and G3, the animation is an add-on and absolutely not integral or important to the line overall.
I don't think this would be considered an unpopular opinion among 99% of users on this particular board...
I'm not sure. I think a lot more people reference/are sympathetic to the G1 animation when it comes to discussions, and certainly privelege the characterisation from those over other things like backcards.
My unpopular opinion is that I don't think the animation is that important for defining MLP, their characters or whatever. It's admittedly harder to make that separation for G4, but I definitely feel like G1 and G3, the animation is an add-on and absolutely not integral or important to the line overall.
I don't think this would be considered an unpopular opinion among 99% of users on this particular board...
I'm not sure. I think a lot more people reference/are sympathetic to the G1 animation when it comes to discussions, and certainly privelege the characterisation from those over other things like backcards.
If only...
What I miss is people being... allowed? to make up their OWN personalities for ponies. Like, it used to be that if you wanted to write a story where maybe one pony uses her cartoon personality, but another is more based on her backcard, or UK comic, or whatever, or just made up from wholecloth... no one would bat an eye. But nowadays, especially with G4/FiM, it's all "alternate universe" this and "headcanon" that, you know? I dunno if this makes sense, or if I'm wording it right, but I miss when it was just an understood thing, that everyone had their own idea/version of Ponyland.Me too
A bit off-topic, maybe, but it's what the convo reminded me of.
What I miss is people being... allowed? to make up their OWN personalities for ponies. Like, it used to be that if you wanted to write a story where maybe one pony uses her cartoon personality, but another is more based on her backcard, or UK comic, or whatever, or just made up from wholecloth... no one would bat an eye. But nowadays, especially with G4/FiM, it's all "alternate universe" this and "headcanon" that, you know? I dunno if this makes sense, or if I'm wording it right, but I miss when it was just an understood thing, that everyone had their own idea/version of Ponyland.
A bit off-topic, maybe, but it's what the convo reminded me of.
What I miss is people being... allowed? to make up their OWN personalities for ponies. Like, it used to be that if you wanted to write a story where maybe one pony uses her cartoon personality, but another is more based on her backcard, or UK comic, or whatever, or just made up from wholecloth... no one would bat an eye. But nowadays, especially with G4/FiM, it's all "alternate universe" this and "headcanon" that, you know? I dunno if this makes sense, or if I'm wording it right, but I miss when it was just an understood thing, that everyone had their own idea/version of Ponyland.
A bit off-topic, maybe, but it's what the convo reminded me of.
I hope there are kids out there now ignoring FiM and inventing their own pony worlds :)
Me threeI hope there are kids out there now ignoring FiM and inventing their own pony worlds :)
Me too!!!
Me threeI hope there are kids out there now ignoring FiM and inventing their own pony worlds :)
Me too!!!
I hope there are kids out there now ignoring FiM and inventing their own pony worlds :)
Me too!!!
What I miss is people being... allowed? to make up their OWN personalities for ponies. Like, it used to be that if you wanted to write a story where maybe one pony uses her cartoon personality, but another is more based on her backcard, or UK comic, or whatever, or just made up from wholecloth... no one would bat an eye. But nowadays, especially with G4/FiM, it's all "alternate universe" this and "headcanon" that, you know? I dunno if this makes sense, or if I'm wording it right, but I miss when it was just an understood thing, that everyone had their own idea/version of Ponyland.
I'm going to miss them and all the other G4 ponies so much. Many based on G1 and G3 ponies makes it more painful to see them just disappear.Well, if it helps... they're not exactly going anywhere - like the generations before them G4 will continue to exist no matter how many generations are made, through memory, rerun, fanon, toy playing, and whatever else there is. The ponies you love from any generation will always be there for you when you need them. :good:
What I miss is people being... allowed? to make up their OWN personalities for ponies. Like, it used to be that if you wanted to write a story where maybe one pony uses her cartoon personality, but another is more based on her backcard, or UK comic, or whatever, or just made up from wholecloth... no one would bat an eye. But nowadays, especially with G4/FiM, it's all "alternate universe" this and "headcanon" that, you know? I dunno if this makes sense, or if I'm wording it right, but I miss when it was just an understood thing, that everyone had their own idea/version of Ponyland.I think for the most part we are, but I think I get what you're saying... It's probably because I'm so used to the terms, but I ultimately take phrases like "headcanon" and "alternative universe" to be evidence that you still are "allowed" to create your own version of My Little Pony, but it may be because those terms are basically a second language to me now, in a sense.
What I miss is people being... allowed? to make up their OWN personalities for ponies. Like, it used to be that if you wanted to write a story where maybe one pony uses her cartoon personality, but another is more based on her backcard, or UK comic, or whatever, or just made up from wholecloth... no one would bat an eye. But nowadays, especially with G4/FiM, it's all "alternate universe" this and "headcanon" that, you know? I dunno if this makes sense, or if I'm wording it right, but I miss when it was just an understood thing, that everyone had their own idea/version of Ponyland.
Aw, how I miss it, too :(
But it is because your own version is "play", and we cannot "play", fanfic is SERIOUS and ACTUAL WRITING *pouts*
I renamed half of my g4, I want to not have to explain :'(
If they are bronies who insist on using fan names not Hasbro names for certain ponies have absolutely no right to tell anyone else what to call their ponies. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the brony names or fan names for any ponies that Hasbro released under different names - until you start telling someone else in the same breath they're 'not allowed' to rename a pony because it's 'not canon'.
I don't write pony stories any more, haven't for years, but I feel like AU and so on...hrm. For me AU is a long way from the original storyline. Like when you take characters and put them into an entirely different universe. I know with one ff series I wrote a long time ago, it was a series with multiple continuities...so I took one as the basis and inserted bits from all of the others into the stories to create one big canon universe. That was technically 'AU' because it straddled canons - just like I guess crossing G1/G4 would be considered AU.
But I can understand why people don't want to use those terms with MLP, because you know, MLP has never had 'canon' in the same way as you expect a book or film or tv series to have. It's a new concept in G4 that never existed prior to that. So I can understand why people use those same terms - but also why some people feel they shouldn't have to, because MLP has always been a lot more liberal.
I hope that made sense.
If they are bronies who insist on using fan names not Hasbro names for certain ponies have absolutely no right to tell anyone else what to call their ponies. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the brony names or fan names for any ponies that Hasbro released under different names - until you start telling someone else in the same breath they're 'not allowed' to rename a pony because it's 'not canon'.
I don't write pony stories any more, haven't for years, but I feel like AU and so on...hrm. For me AU is a long way from the original storyline. Like when you take characters and put them into an entirely different universe. I know with one ff series I wrote a long time ago, it was a series with multiple continuities...so I took one as the basis and inserted bits from all of the others into the stories to create one big canon universe. That was technically 'AU' because it straddled canons - just like I guess crossing G1/G4 would be considered AU.
But I can understand why people don't want to use those terms with MLP, because you know, MLP has never had 'canon' in the same way as you expect a book or film or tv series to have. It's a new concept in G4 that never existed prior to that. So I can understand why people use those same terms - but also why some people feel they shouldn't have to, because MLP has always been a lot more liberal.
I hope that made sense.
It did make sense.
I was talking about stuff like, when they argue about Tales being G2 when its G1. Or when they say that FIM is the first girl show to have adventure, which is obviously bull.
If they are bronies who insist on using fan names not Hasbro names for certain ponies have absolutely no right to tell anyone else what to call their ponies. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the brony names or fan names for any ponies that Hasbro released under different names - until you start telling someone else in the same breath they're 'not allowed' to rename a pony because it's 'not canon'.
I don't write pony stories any more, haven't for years, but I feel like AU and so on...hrm. For me AU is a long way from the original storyline. Like when you take characters and put them into an entirely different universe. I know with one ff series I wrote a long time ago, it was a series with multiple continuities...so I took one as the basis and inserted bits from all of the others into the stories to create one big canon universe. That was technically 'AU' because it straddled canons - just like I guess crossing G1/G4 would be considered AU.
But I can understand why people don't want to use those terms with MLP, because you know, MLP has never had 'canon' in the same way as you expect a book or film or tv series to have. It's a new concept in G4 that never existed prior to that. So I can understand why people use those same terms - but also why some people feel they shouldn't have to, because MLP has always been a lot more liberal.
I hope that made sense.
It did make sense.
I was talking about stuff like, when they argue about Tales being G2 when its G1. Or when they say that FIM is the first girl show to have adventure, which is obviously bull.
...That's a whole other level of delusion. I feel I need extra fortification just to think about wading into it xD.
:devious: :silly:If they are bronies who insist on using fan names not Hasbro names for certain ponies have absolutely no right to tell anyone else what to call their ponies. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the brony names or fan names for any ponies that Hasbro released under different names - until you start telling someone else in the same breath they're 'not allowed' to rename a pony because it's 'not canon'.
I don't write pony stories any more, haven't for years, but I feel like AU and so on...hrm. For me AU is a long way from the original storyline. Like when you take characters and put them into an entirely different universe. I know with one ff series I wrote a long time ago, it was a series with multiple continuities...so I took one as the basis and inserted bits from all of the others into the stories to create one big canon universe. That was technically 'AU' because it straddled canons - just like I guess crossing G1/G4 would be considered AU.
But I can understand why people don't want to use those terms with MLP, because you know, MLP has never had 'canon' in the same way as you expect a book or film or tv series to have. It's a new concept in G4 that never existed prior to that. So I can understand why people use those same terms - but also why some people feel they shouldn't have to, because MLP has always been a lot more liberal.
I hope that made sense.
It did make sense.
I was talking about stuff like, when they argue about Tales being G2 when its G1. Or when they say that FIM is the first girl show to have adventure, which is obviously bull.
...That's a whole other level of delusion. I feel I need extra fortification just to think about wading into it xD.
Whatsa matter Taf? The war mecha you constructed last year still not enough? :silly:
If they are bronies who insist on using fan names not Hasbro names for certain ponies have absolutely no right to tell anyone else what to call their ponies. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the brony names or fan names for any ponies that Hasbro released under different names - until you start telling someone else in the same breath they're 'not allowed' to rename a pony because it's 'not canon'.
I don't write pony stories any more, haven't for years, but I feel like AU and so on...hrm. For me AU is a long way from the original storyline. Like when you take characters and put them into an entirely different universe. I know with one ff series I wrote a long time ago, it was a series with multiple continuities...so I took one as the basis and inserted bits from all of the others into the stories to create one big canon universe. That was technically 'AU' because it straddled canons - just like I guess crossing G1/G4 would be considered AU.
But I can understand why people don't want to use those terms with MLP, because you know, MLP has never had 'canon' in the same way as you expect a book or film or tv series to have. It's a new concept in G4 that never existed prior to that. So I can understand why people use those same terms - but also why some people feel they shouldn't have to, because MLP has always been a lot more liberal.
I hope that made sense.
It did make sense.
I was talking about stuff like, when they argue about Tales being G2 when its G1. Or when they say that FIM is the first girl show to have adventure, which is obviously bull.
If they are bronies who insist on using fan names not Hasbro names for certain ponies have absolutely no right to tell anyone else what to call their ponies. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the brony names or fan names for any ponies that Hasbro released under different names - until you start telling someone else in the same breath they're 'not allowed' to rename a pony because it's 'not canon'.
I don't write pony stories any more, haven't for years, but I feel like AU and so on...hrm. For me AU is a long way from the original storyline. Like when you take characters and put them into an entirely different universe. I know with one ff series I wrote a long time ago, it was a series with multiple continuities...so I took one as the basis and inserted bits from all of the others into the stories to create one big canon universe. That was technically 'AU' because it straddled canons - just like I guess crossing G1/G4 would be considered AU.
But I can understand why people don't want to use those terms with MLP, because you know, MLP has never had 'canon' in the same way as you expect a book or film or tv series to have. It's a new concept in G4 that never existed prior to that. So I can understand why people use those same terms - but also why some people feel they shouldn't have to, because MLP has always been a lot more liberal.
I hope that made sense.
It did make sense.
I was talking about stuff like, when they argue about Tales being G2 when its G1. Or when they say that FIM is the first girl show to have adventure, which is obviously bull.
Well that's what the original creator of FIM had said and since most bronies didn't have first hand knowledge they took her at her word. And at the time children's TV had mostly deteriorated thanks to the Children's Television Act requiring networks to air a certain amount of "educational" television and for some reason (sexism yay) it was often "girl's" cartoons that were used to fill that niche. Since after all stereotypically girls are supposed to be all about being social and teaching social values such as friendship is totally educational. It's also why early FIM had those shoehorned in "Friendship Lessons".
*watches the G1 movie* *brony voice* Huh? Where's Firefly and Twilight and Sparkler and Applejack? I thought they were the main characters of G1?:lmao:
What I really don’t understand is that there are ones out there who hate women but love a show that empowers girls that’s made by a woman?
But I can understand why people don't want to use those terms with MLP, because you know, MLP has never had 'canon' in the same way as you expect a book or film or tv series to have. It's a new concept in G4 that never existed prior to that. So I can understand why people use those same terms - but also why some people feel they shouldn't have to, because MLP has always been a lot more liberal.
Aw, how I miss it, too :(
But it is because your own version is "play", and we cannot "play", fanfic is SERIOUS and ACTUAL WRITING *pouts*
I renamed half of my g4, I want to not have to explain :'(
Probably also the reason why people can no longer even type two words into google to find out information on something because it's 'too much effort' to leave their social media feeds and memes for more than ten seconds at a time.
*watches the G1 movie* *brony voice* Huh? Where's Firefly and Twilight and Sparkler and Applejack? I thought they were the main characters of G1?
Yesss this is a great way of explaining it!! this is EXACTLY what I was trying to get across, thank you :D
What I miss is people being... allowed? to make up their OWN personalities for ponies. Like, it used to be that if you wanted to write a story where maybe one pony uses her cartoon personality, but another is more based on her backcard, or UK comic, or whatever, or just made up from wholecloth... no one would bat an eye. But nowadays, especially with G4/FiM, it's all "alternate universe" this and "headcanon" that, you know? I dunno if this makes sense, or if I'm wording it right, but I miss when it was just an understood thing, that everyone had their own idea/version of Ponyland.
Aw, how I miss it, too :(
But it is because your own version is "play", and we cannot "play", fanfic is SERIOUS and ACTUAL WRITING *pouts*
I renamed half of my g4, I want to not have to explain :'(
I'm glad it's not just me! Every time I watch the G1 cartoons I'm so excited...until Megan and her siblings show up lol, it really kills the vibe.
I never liked Megan nor the tie-in to the human world that the animation went in for so much. I liked much more the idea of ponyland alongside all these other lands inhabited by pixies and sprites and so on.
I don't consider non-G1 as MLP :lookround: I love my 80s stuff !I can kind of understand since g1 was the original I'm not sure if my pretty pony counts as an actual generation
Yessss...come on, hate me :shocked:
I don’t care about collectible integrity. I don’t care if you’ve broken a pony’s seal and replaced the washer and filled it up with googly eyes or whatever. I prefer a cleaned pony to an authentic, untampered one.
Of course I have a pretty small collection and am more of a customizer anyway, soooo
I don't consider non-G1 as MLP :lookround: I love my 80s stuff !
I don’t care about collectible integrity. I don’t care if you’ve broken a pony’s seal and replaced the washer and filled it up with googly eyes or whatever. I prefer a cleaned pony to an authentic, untampered one.
Of course I have a pretty small collection and am more of a customizer anyway, soooo
I guess I have the opposite opinion. I think this is an unpopular opinion these days though...Off with their heads!
But I feel like it matters when you take something out of the community, or permanently alter it in some way that could impact someone else down the line.
I've been here so long that I've seen so many people say, it's my personal item, I'll never sell it so it doesn't matter. ANd most all of those people did sell their ponies and did leave.
So for me I'll always be on the side of 'do no harm'.
Of course, a rusty or mouldy pony is not harmed by being decapitated and cleaned. I just don't believe in doing damage to ponies that don't need it.
I guess I have the opposite opinion. I think this is an unpopular opinion these days though...Off with their heads!
But I feel like it matters when you take something out of the community, or permanently alter it in some way that could impact someone else down the line.
I've been here so long that I've seen so many people say, it's my personal item, I'll never sell it so it doesn't matter. ANd most all of those people did sell their ponies and did leave.
So for me I'll always be on the side of 'do no harm'.
Of course, a rusty or mouldy pony is not harmed by being decapitated and cleaned. I just don't believe in doing damage to ponies that don't need it.
I guess I have the opposite opinion. I think this is an unpopular opinion these days though...Off with their heads!
But I feel like it matters when you take something out of the community, or permanently alter it in some way that could impact someone else down the line.
I've been here so long that I've seen so many people say, it's my personal item, I'll never sell it so it doesn't matter. ANd most all of those people did sell their ponies and did leave.
So for me I'll always be on the side of 'do no harm'.
Of course, a rusty or mouldy pony is not harmed by being decapitated and cleaned. I just don't believe in doing damage to ponies that don't need it.
Who let the Queen of Hearts loose?!
I guess I have the opposite opinion. I think this is an unpopular opinion these days though...Off with their heads!
But I feel like it matters when you take something out of the community, or permanently alter it in some way that could impact someone else down the line.
I've been here so long that I've seen so many people say, it's my personal item, I'll never sell it so it doesn't matter. ANd most all of those people did sell their ponies and did leave.
So for me I'll always be on the side of 'do no harm'.
Of course, a rusty or mouldy pony is not harmed by being decapitated and cleaned. I just don't believe in doing damage to ponies that don't need it.
Who let the Queen of Hearts loose?!
Tirek. He wanted those pony heads squeaky clean.
I guess I have the opposite opinion. I think this is an unpopular opinion these days though...
But I feel like it matters when you take something out of the community, or permanently alter it in some way that could impact someone else down the line.
I've been here so long that I've seen so many people say, it's my personal item, I'll never sell it so it doesn't matter. ANd most all of those people did sell their ponies and did leave.
So for me I'll always be on the side of 'do no harm'.
Of course, a rusty or mouldy pony is not harmed by being decapitated and cleaned. I just don't believe in doing damage to ponies that don't need it.
I guess I have the opposite opinion. I think this is an unpopular opinion these days though...
But I feel like it matters when you take something out of the community, or permanently alter it in some way that could impact someone else down the line.
I don’t care about collectible integrity. I don’t care if you’ve broken a pony’s seal and replaced the washer and filled it up with googly eyes or whatever. I prefer a cleaned pony to an authentic, untampered one.
Of course I have a pretty small collection and am more of a customizer anyway, soooo
I've been trying to think of an unpopular pony opinion to put in this thread for weeks. But the truth is I have way more important things in my life to spend my emotional energy on at this time. :( Perhaps someday I will finally come up with something. Maybe if I research Hasbro's business ethics I can come up with something...
I've been trying to think of an unpopular pony opinion to put in this thread for weeks. But the truth is I have way more important things in my life to spend my emotional energy on at this time. :( Perhaps someday I will finally come up with something. Maybe if I research Hasbro's business ethics I can come up with something...
Maybe your unpopular opinion is that you don't have any unpopular opinions???
please keep notes/mark it somewhere on the pony (or yeah put a note inside it, I like that idea too) that it's been altered! It's easy to say "it's on the buyer" but it's only possible for a buyer to know what they're buying, if the seller has informed them, which isn't always the case! If that makes sense. I don't have anything against rehairing, patching up rubbed-off symbols, etc, but I'd like to know so I can make an informed decision whether or not to buy.
I guess my opinion on the whole altering thing is... just think things through, don't do it if you don't think it's 100% necessary/you might regret it, and please keep notes/mark it somewhere on the pony (or yeah put a note inside it, I like that idea too) that it's been altered! It's easy to say "it's on the buyer" but it's only possible for a buyer to know what they're buying, if the seller has informed them, which isn't always the case! If that makes sense. I don't have anything against rehairing, patching up rubbed-off symbols, etc, but I'd like to know so I can make an informed decision whether or not to buy.
I feel though that no one IS baiting mint condition ponies :huh: Maybe I'm wrong and have just missed it when it came up, but most people who show before pics DO have mangy ponies. Who would bait an Ice Crystal? That's just dumb and I don't think customizer's who also collect would do such a thing.
That is true about lots. I have some collection ponies that I got in so called bait lots. Most just needed a tail or had a hair trim or something simple.
General question for anyone about "bait" - Do you feel that way about all gens? Just G1?
That is true about lots. I have some collection ponies that I got in so called bait lots. Most just needed a tail or had a hair trim or something simple.
General question for anyone about "bait" - Do you feel that way about all gens? Just G1?
I feel though that no one IS baiting mint condition ponies :huh: Maybe I'm wrong and have just missed it when it came up, but most people who show before pics DO have mangy ponies. Who would bait an Ice Crystal? That's just dumb and I don't think customizer's who also collect would do such a thing.
People have baited good or acceptable condition ponies since the start of pony collecting. It's just that in recent years it's become more frowned on, and so it's not so overt.
Although condition is subjective which is another problem.
Suggest the bait subject would make a good new thread?? It seems like an interesting discussion but it's going to get lost in here.
I don't consider non-G1 as MLP :lookround: I love my 80s stuff !
Yessss...come on, hate me :shocked:
I've seen & heard of people referring to the Pony toys as "merch".Gasp.
I've seen & heard of people referring to the Pony toys as "merch".
Nope. Sorry. Not to me.
MLP IS the toys. The Pony figures are the core, or heart, of the whole thing. I think here is where I disagree with the G4 fans. They talk of "time to watch Ponies" which to me sounds like going to the collection & admiring it (not that this sounds like a bad thing tbh). Then I realise they're referring to the cartoon, like it's the heart of everything.
The G1 cartoons were never the heart of G1, nor were the comics. The comics were never the heart of G2, & the cartoons were never the heart of G3. In all those cases the heart of the whole thing was the Pony toys.
I think that's where G4 got it wrong. It's not meant to be a show which spawns fun toys. It's meant to be toys with a fun show or shows.
I know at least one Discord server where that is an unpopular opinion I don't voice on there, for fear of what others would think. I don't mean it to degrade the cartoon in any way, but it's never been as important as the Pony toys to me. That's one of a thousand reasons I'm so disappointed in the lack of variety in the G4 brushables.
That's especially true for G4. With earlier gens I think people choose different aspects of the media to focus on, but I tend to agree - it's still Hasbro's promotional train. It's true of Jem as well...the animation (up till G4) and the comics are designed to sell ponies, and thus are all one big part of the advertising package.
That's especially true for G4. With earlier gens I think people choose different aspects of the media to focus on, but I tend to agree - it's still Hasbro's promotional train. It's true of Jem as well...the animation (up till G4) and the comics are designed to sell ponies, and thus are all one big part of the advertising package.
It's really weird. I tuned into Jem frequently, but I never saw a single doll being sold. I had no idea there even were toys until I discovered the Arena.
The idea of ponies as merchandise is a bronyism. With any luck as G4 moves into G5, some of those concepts will start to fade - although admittedly it's hard to see it happening with G5 so far.A bronyism I've never heard of until today, but there you go. I know some bronies don't seem to get that the toyline is the main part of MLP (which seems to be why the whole "Tales is G2" thing happened), but I didn't expect this.
Calling ponies merch is like calling Tales G2. It's advertising your ignorance to the rest of the pony community.
This also surprises me about bronies (although I have heard it said, I'm sure here, that they take the Twinkle Eye Ponies one as canon - I think even I stated that event as fact at least once), considering that in my experience they do the exact opposite with G4, i.e. they treat the comics as non-canon, and I keep explaining that the comics are canon, just a separate canon, and I tend to use the G1 comics as examples of how this works (i.e. everything created officially is "canon", but their own.) I'm surprised they're not just saying that the G1 (and any other generation) comics are non-canon as well, as that's the attitude they've taken with G4.
On which note, returning to the theme of this thread - as much as I love the G1 comics and wish everyone had access to them, I wish bronies would stop citing 'things that happened' in the comic like they know all about it. Frequently it's wrong or out of context, or an assumption that it's somehow concrete canon for everyone and can't be shifted.
The examples I see most often are ones relating to Majesty (often cherry picked), and the infamous "The TE ponies were enslaved in a mine" story...probably the former to compare with Celestia and the latter because Rarity had that whole ep stuck in a mine.
I also see them cite the wrong issues of comics when making these claims.
It's really annoying. If you want to talk about G1 comics, at least read them first.
I just don't like the misappropriation. I saw a YT video a while back which was preaching all about the TEs down the mine as G1 canon, and it just irked me. (I also saw a YT video where they'd swiped a picture from my website as well, which I don't appreciate, but that's another matter...
I try NOT to watch videos on YT now but I was trying to give the whole cross-generational thing the benefit of the doubt and not just jump to conclusions about bronies because of the bad stuff we hear about.
Tales = G2 is entirely unforgivable though :P
I would agree all versions of pony are their own canon, whatever the generation. That makes sense to me? And that also includes headcanon because in G1-3 they were just part of how MLP worked.
I've seen & heard of people referring to the Pony toys as "merch".
I think the direction MLP is going in is not going to make old school collectors or bronies happy. Tbh it almost feels like they are trying for a Paw Patrol/PJ Masks hit. Because after all those are big sellers with the target market despite the limited cast.This would make sense. I skimmed through the annual report for Hasbro earlier and they keep saying that the MLP media stuff is in the hands of eOne now...who made PJ Masks.
I think the direction MLP is going in is not going to make old school collectors or bronies happy. Tbh it almost feels like they are trying for a Paw Patrol/PJ Masks hit. Because after all those are big sellers with the target market despite the limited cast.This would make sense. I skimmed through the annual report for Hasbro earlier and they keep saying that the MLP media stuff is in the hands of eOne now...who made PJ Masks.
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I wouldn't mind so much, personally. I like most kids cartoons.
TBH, I'm not so worried about "G5" (I still don't like that Hasbro decided they could call the generational change with our labelling system, so yeah) and what its format is. If it's repetitive and annoying then it is - so long as it is for the kids and appeals to the kids, because they're the audience. The thing about FIM was that it became too much about the older fans and that kind of invaded the kids' space. Those of us who grew up with G1 didn't have to deal with that...I want a generation that puts the kids first, even if I think it's lame.
TBH the pony franchise/concept was broken irreversably by G4, and it probably can't ever be fixed. Repetitive toys are now going to be the core of the line, decorated by a TV show. At least they appear to be willing to nix the M6, at least to a degree. And that's something.
I think the direction MLP is going in is not going to make old school collectors or bronies happy. Tbh it almost feels like they are trying for a Paw Patrol/PJ Masks hit. Because after all those are big sellers with the target market despite the limited cast.This would make sense. I skimmed through the annual report for Hasbro earlier and they keep saying that the MLP media stuff is in the hands of eOne now...who made PJ Masks.
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I wouldn't mind so much, personally. I like most kids cartoons.
TBH, I'm not so worried about "G5" (I still don't like that Hasbro decided they could call the generational change with our labelling system, so yeah) and what its format is. If it's repetitive and annoying then it is - so long as it is for the kids and appeals to the kids, because they're the audience. The thing about FIM was that it became too much about the older fans and that kind of invaded the kids' space. Those of us who grew up with G1 didn't have to deal with that...I want a generation that puts the kids first, even if I think it's lame.
TBH the pony franchise/concept was broken irreversably by G4, and it probably can't ever be fixed. Repetitive toys are now going to be the core of the line, decorated by a TV show. At least they appear to be willing to nix the M6, at least to a degree. And that's something.
I agree with much of this. Except I'll say that it's not so much that it can't be fixed, but more likely that they won't. Hopefully Hasbro will surprise people and let it have a good chunk of variety in their toy line, and not stumble into the same pitfalls and ruts they've dug for themselves in 3.5 onward. It kinda galls me that little boys get better toylines, while little girls don't deserve squat in Hasbro's eyes. Out of touch old biddies.
I am not sure if I am unusual, having my first pony just before I turned 3 and putting them away in the attic when I was eleven.I think that's totally normal, at least it was where I grew up/with my friends. I would say the WAY we played with them changed as we got older, though.
I am not sure if I am unusual, having my first pony just before I turned 3 and putting them away in the attic when I was eleven.I think that's totally normal, at least it was where I grew up/with my friends. I would say the WAY we played with them changed as we got older, though.
Well I... never stopped playing. I suppose as I grew older it was more about building the world & collecting than actual play like a six year old, but I loved my old Ponies into my 20s (& it only stopped there because bad things began happening)
Idk if this is unpopular or not, but I just realised that I don't actually much like the G1 pony "Pillow Talk". I dislike her pose and her colours/symbol don't relaly grab me either. I do have her, though, so I'm not sure what I was thinking... :lol:
Anyone else have ponies they've spent money on that they later realise they don't care for that much?
Idk if this is unpopular or not, but I just realised that I don't actually much like the G1 pony "Pillow Talk". I dislike her pose and her colours/symbol don't relaly grab me either. I do have her, though, so I'm not sure what I was thinking... :lol:
Anyone else have ponies they've spent money on that they later realise they don't care for that much?
Perfectly normal :razz: :poke: :haha: :PWell I... never stopped playing. I suppose as I grew older it was more about building the world & collecting than actual play like a six year old, but I loved my old Ponies into my 20s (& it only stopped there because bad things began happening)
Same. I was given a friends ponies when I was around 13. They had to go on at least one adventure with my ponies :lol: Now I consider fixing hair or setting up playsets (like my G1 LPS) as "playing". Just making them look nice and admiring them, taking pictures, etc. I DO talk to my toys though (well, and some other inanimate objects, like my PC). "Oh, your hair is so pretty today." "I think you'd look better here." "Just gonna give you a brush." Things like that :P I think that's normal though - right?
Non-show accurate Celestia and Luna ponies are beautiful too.I think so too. I don’t need show accuracy. I think they should have made the cartoon ponies match the toys.
Non-show accurate Celestia and Luna ponies are beautiful too.
Cotton Candy and Snuzzle have the most significant symbols/cutie marks in the toyline's history. I will only elaborate if asked.
Ah! Thank you for asking!Cotton Candy and Snuzzle have the most significant symbols/cutie marks in the toyline's history. I will only elaborate if asked.
I'm asking :)
Ah! Thank you for asking!Cotton Candy and Snuzzle have the most significant symbols/cutie marks in the toyline's history. I will only elaborate if asked.
I'm asking :)
Cotton Candy is the blueprint of the My Little Pony concept, and Snuzzle is the first step into the time honored tradition of painting stars and flowers onto horse butts.
I don't like the pearly mail order baby ponies, they look super glossy and feel weird. :pout: :mad:
I don't like the pearly mail order baby ponies, they look super glossy and feel weird. :pout: :mad:
I don't like the pearly mail order baby ponies, they look super glossy and feel weird. :pout: :mad:
I don't like the pearly mail order baby ponies, they look super glossy and feel weird. :pout: :mad:
I think they're cute; HOWEVER I wish the pearly sheen was more durable. I'm so hesitant to buy them because they always show up with huge scrapes and rubbed spots! :( And how can you clean them, if you're afraid to brush it off?!
psychotic pastel giraffes.
Anything to do with perfume or makeup on ponies is just... weird. I get it, no hoof care playset, but ... I have never seen a horse wearing lipstick.
Anything to do with perfume or makeup on ponies is just... weird. I get it, no hoof care playset, but ... I have never seen a horse wearing lipstick.
Anything to do with perfume or makeup on ponies is just... weird. I get it, no hoof care playset, but ... I have never seen a horse wearing lipstick.
Not to mention the way the commercials show how the hoof polish is meant to be applied...like hippo toes...what's that about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7U1X0XCnwU
Also unrelated, but the song in this commercial is honestly a bop. Just so 80's!
Maybe not unpopular among us, but apparently unpopular with Hasbro...x2
I WANT GREEN PONIES
Maybe not unpopular among us, but apparently unpopular with Hasbro...They started making less and less green ponies. Almost every color has more ponies than green. Also there isn’t a lot of clear ponies and red ponies.
I WANT GREEN PONIES
Maybe not unpopular among us, but apparently unpopular with Hasbro...x2
I WANT GREEN PONIES
And less pink
Maybe not unpopular among us, but apparently unpopular with Hasbro...
I WANT GREEN PONIES
I think it would've been interesting to see how Hasbro developed the 7 characters (Tales Ponies) going forward if they had had a third or fourth year. It did seem like from 1993 and 1994 that they intended to reissue each of them in different sets with other ponies and then add other characters too - which would have worked nicely. But we'll never know if they only ever anticipated 2 years.I would be pretty upset if there were less pink ponies so I’m happy that they exist. But there is a lot of colors that I usually never really see ponies with. Also I didn’t grow up with g1 and I never saw the original show. But I like how their bringing back some g1 characters I would like if there were g1 ponies as actual characters in g5 Izzy kind of reminds me of buttons.
I guess it's unpopular but I'm fine with pink ponies. However, I do support the more green ponies as well :)
I also don't like the names of the G5s. But I'm really just unmoved by them completely right now...
I also don't like the names of the G5s. But I'm really just unmoved by them completely right now...
Same here. Their names are so weird.. but it's really difficult for me to feel strongly about the G5s either way. They're just kind of *there*, for me.Yep. That's it exactly. But if the kids like them, then it's all good.
I wish they could go back to the early days, where each wave would have one or two of the Mane Six, and a few backgrounders/OCs to accompany.
I wish they could go back to the early days, where each wave would have one or two of the Mane Six, and a few backgrounders/OCs to accompany.
That would only work if the only ponies they released were regular ponies with no gimmicks at all. Otherwise you would end up with a mismatched set trying to get all six because one pony would have tinsel and another two would have designs going down the leg and then another would be pearly and so on. That there reminds me of my biggest peeve. If they are going to have a mane six set they can't leave anyone out. I have skipped whole sets because one character was missing. The only set I got that didn't have all of them was the pearly ones because my love of translucent things is so strong. But I did also get the pearly reboot set that did include all six.
They could just do two waves for each line to include the main 6 and new characters each time. Three main characters and 3 random characters in wave 1, then the other 3 main characters and 3 more random characters in the second wave. I'd love that.
They could just do two waves for each line to include the main 6 and new characters each time. Three main characters and 3 random characters in wave 1, then the other 3 main characters and 3 more random characters in the second wave. I'd love that.
I agree, that'd be the perfect way to go about it! That way no one gets left out, but it's also not just the same old characters every time.
A few re-releases here and there are fine. I don't understand why hasbro has this horrendous need to drown everything else with a handful of characters. And we certainly don't need them constantly throughout the whole thing. Especially considering how easy it is to pick up a lot of toys second hand online.
Kids don't want 10 Rainbowdashes, 15 Twilight Sparkles, and 8 Sunny Starscouts. One of each will do just fine. MLP isn't Barbie, and it never should have been attempted that way.
Some adults army build. Kids, not as much. Extreme repetition frustrates them too. My daughter got a little sick of getting Rarity pack-ins, and willingly gave the extras away.
I've seen little girls digging for anything else, and not even bothering with mane suxx. I've seen them grab the basic fun ponies. I've seen them grab g3s, other g4s and fakies at swapmeets.
Honestly that's what really confuses me about the endless parade of main characters, how Hasbro DO get it right with Transformers. Like, why get it right with one line and not the other?? I don't know a lot about TFs but I do know whenever I see them on the shelves, yeah there'll be at least one Optimus Prime, but there's also a good variety of characters. Can't remember the last time we had that with MLP.
Admittedly TF does have multiple different lines (Rescue Bots/Bayformers/etc) whereas MLP usually just has one main line, so it's not entirely a fair comparison I guess, but still... If they could just give that kind of character variety to MLP, that would be fantastic.
MLP does have sets,which I suppose could be a somewhat similar counterpart.
MLP does have sets,which I suppose could be a somewhat similar counterpart.
Sorry, I probably should have said "series" not "lines" before. I meant TF has multiple different shows etc to promote whereas MLP usually only has one at a time (except for EQG).
So if I had seen Applejack with sparkly hair, and Applejack with apples all over, and Applejack with a hairband, I would have been one happy child :) Still, as I have so often been informed, I am quite weird, and I don't suppose Hasbro intends to market towards small weirdos :lol: Bit of a niche market! But that's my confession for today: my name is Shaz, and I like repetition of my favourite things :lol:
So if I had seen Applejack with sparkly hair, and Applejack with apples all over, and Applejack with a hairband, I would have been one happy child :) Still, as I have so often been informed, I am quite weird, and I don't suppose Hasbro intends to market towards small weirdos :lol: Bit of a niche market! But that's my confession for today: my name is Shaz, and I like repetition of my favourite things :lol:
I really don't think it's as weird as you think. It's rather common for kids to do that with other cartoon driven kid's franchises such as Paw Patrol or Peppa Pig. Whether we like it or not what MLP is about has changed to be more cartoon driven (this actually dates back to G3.5 Core 7 and not G4 so don't blame FIM) than toy driven.
G5 isn't MLP to me. Honestly, it's everything I don't like in a nutshell. First pony gen ever that I will buy none of it. If I didn't know it was G5 and was told it was some Disney pony thing I'd believe it 100%. The faces are especially outputting. I don't like the whole idea or characters. Would of prefered the leaked art of the revamped mane 6, with maybe some new green ponies or Minty too.
At least I can focus on the G1s through G4 things I'm missing now without much new G4 stuff (sadly)
In fact I appreciate G3's line a lot more and might expand that collection.
So if I had seen Applejack with sparkly hair, and Applejack with apples all over, and Applejack with a hairband, I would have been one happy child :) Still, as I have so often been informed, I am quite weird, and I don't suppose Hasbro intends to market towards small weirdos :lol: Bit of a niche market! But that's my confession for today: my name is Shaz, and I like repetition of my favourite things :lol:
I really don't think it's as weird as you think. It's rather common for kids to do that with other cartoon driven kid's franchises such as Paw Patrol or Peppa Pig. Whether we like it or not what MLP is about has changed to be more cartoon driven (this actually dates back to G3.5 Core 7 and not G4 so don't blame FIM) than toy driven.
If it's not weird then I guess I'm the odd one...when I was a kid, I never liked/wanted doubles of anything. And when my sister had ponies, I wanted her to have different ones that I didn't have, because it meant more ponies overall xD. I was really annoyed that some of her second hand ponies overlapped mine, because it seemed like a missed opportunity ;)
When we started online trading, naynie and I drew up a list of who would have which pony, rather than each of us having all of them. While there are some ponies we do both have now, there are others she has which I've never cared about getting - not because I don't like them, but because she has them, so I feel like the box is ticked.
I think both kinds of kid probably exist, but at least in G1 you kind of had a choice whether you wanted multiple versions of, say, Posey, or whether you wanted to collect the different characters instead.
Even now I don't really do armies. Where I have multiple of a pony there's either a reason behind it or they're variations.
The comments above is the most nuanced discussion I have seen about pony rereleases in my, admittedly, very short time on MLPArena. Bit of a breath of fresh air tbh.
Aloha chiquorita banana! Nice to see you on the arena! :hiya:
Aloha chiquorita banana! Nice to see you on the arena! :hiya:
Hi there Whisper! Probably not going to be super active on here (a little overwhelming) but I...exist! Haha.
Do you exist? And if so, on what plane of existence? Are there many of you? Or are you, only you? Deep stuff to contemplate. :wonder: :silly:
Aloha chiquorita banana! Nice to see you on the arena! :hiya:
Hi there Whisper! Probably not going to be super active on here (a little overwhelming) but I...exist! Haha.
Do you exist? And if so, on what plane of existence? Are there many of you? Or are you, only you? Deep stuff to contemplate. :wonder: :silly:
Aloha chiquorita banana! Nice to see you on the arena! :hiya:
Hi there Whisper! Probably not going to be super active on here (a little overwhelming) but I...exist! Haha.
Do you exist? And if so, on what plane of existence? Are there many of you? Or are you, only you? Deep stuff to contemplate. :wonder: :silly:
It's all good so long as there are cookies.
...Are there cookies?
Aloha chiquorita banana! Nice to see you on the arena! :hiya:
Hi there Whisper! Probably not going to be super active on here (a little overwhelming) but I...exist! Haha.
Do you exist? And if so, on what plane of existence? Are there many of you? Or are you, only you? Deep stuff to contemplate. :wonder: :silly:
It's all good so long as there are cookies.
...Are there cookies?
On this plane? Yes. On all planes? That's for the boldest of the bold to discover. Are you ready to find those cookies?
Aloha chiquorita banana! Nice to see you on the arena! :hiya:
Hi there Whisper! Probably not going to be super active on here (a little overwhelming) but I...exist! Haha.
Do you exist? And if so, on what plane of existence? Are there many of you? Or are you, only you? Deep stuff to contemplate. :wonder: :silly:
It's all good so long as there are cookies.
...Are there cookies?
On this plane? Yes. On all planes? That's for the boldest of the bold to discover. Are you ready to find those cookies?
I didn't know we were on a plane. Do I need my passport?? (runs away)
I don't know how unpopular this opinion is... but G4 ponies had the least appealing designs out of all the generations. I didn't like how they looked both as toys and in the animated cartoon. They barely looked like horses. G5 designs are an improvement in my opinion.
G5 isn't MLP to me. Honestly, it's everything I don't like in a nutshell. First pony gen ever that I will buy none of it. If I didn't know it was G5 and was told it was some Disney pony thing I'd believe it 100%. The faces are especially outputting. I don't like the whole idea or characters. Would of prefered the leaked art of the revamped mane 6, with maybe some new green ponies or Minty too.
At least I can focus on the G1s through G4 things I'm missing now without much new G4 stuff (sadly)
In fact I appreciate G3's line a lot more and might expand that collection.
as a kid, i had a few duplicates and was absolutely willing to play with them (usually going the sisters/twins route, i think there was an evil clone plot one time though :P) so many g3 pinkies lol.
i said it in the g5 toys thread but i think pipp's wings are super cute and it makes me think they might introduce a few different styles of wings? i do like that as a design choice even if the novelty toys don't always work as well (poor, poor flutter ponies)
G5 isn't MLP to me. Honestly, it's everything I don't like in a nutshell. First pony gen ever that I will buy none of it. If I didn't know it was G5 and was told it was some Disney pony thing I'd believe it 100%. The faces are especially outputting. I don't like the whole idea or characters. Would of prefered the leaked art of the revamped mane 6, with maybe some new green ponies or Minty too.
At least I can focus on the G1s through G4 things I'm missing now without much new G4 stuff (sadly)
In fact I appreciate G3's line a lot more and might expand that collection.
Wouldn't call it an unpopular opinion. A lot of people seem to be having a mixed reaction about it, as far as I can tell.
It's sad to me to see how much negativity this new gen has been receiving from the get-go, especially when I genuinely think they are SO DARN CUTE!
I really like the G5 animation and I think the ponies look fine in it. I'm looking forward to the movie. The toys are another story, imo. It's been brought up before; the flat faces, the long necks, the hair only on the top of the head, etc. I will still collect Sunny and Hitch figures (if they can decide on a body color for Hitch. Is he orange, yellow, what?).
Yeah honestly I think people have been pretty chill about G5 so far, definitely compared to how things were when Pony Life/G4.5 was revealed.. or Equestria Girls... pretty sure I recall the Movie G4s having a frostier reception than G5's getting, too. :P So far it seems like most of us here either LOVE G5 or are just kind of neutral to it, I've seen some "ugh yeah these aren't for me"-type posts but I don't remember seeing any huge super-angry rants about G5.
Of course idk how people are reacting to them in other communities, that's just my perspective of how things are here on the Arena.
Now on Hasbro's social media accounts, on the other hand.... people who dislike it are uh. Very loudI used to keep comment notifs on my G5MLP IG account so I could answer questions but now I've just taken to totally ignoring comments. It's exhausting to read!and annoyingabout voicing their negative opinions every time Hasbro makes a new post. At least on Instagram they are, not sure about elsewhere but I'd imagine it's similar. I think it's mostly children who grew up with G4 being very hostile to G5 on Insta.
Yeah here the reception overall is pretty neutral and people who dislike it are chill about it.
Now on Hasbro's social media accounts, on the other hand.... people who dislike it are uh. Very loudand annoyingabout voicing their negative opinions every time Hasbro makes a new post. At least on Instagram they are, not sure about elsewhere but I'd imagine it's similar. I think it's mostly children who grew up with G4 being very hostile to G5 on Insta.
It's sad to me to see how much negativity this new gen has been receiving from the get-go, especially when I genuinely think they are SO DARN CUTE!
TBH, I haven't seen it as negativity really...in context with the way G2 was greeted, it's literally nothing at all. I think most people are quite on the fence about it and those who aren't so keen are more just neutral about it, there's not been (as far as I have seen) a lot of massively ranty posts on the subject.
Pony Life also had a much more vicious reception. And actually, I think G4 in its latter days has had a lot more mud thrown at it for repetitive toys and so on.
Most of the conversation I've seen on G5 has been extremely mild.
...But it's all relative compared to G2.
And of course, there's nothing at all amiss with finding G5 cute :)
People didn’t like G2 because it was the first time they’d ever been rebooted. They looked drastically different, lived in a different world and so on. I was ok with them but I would have much preferred staying with the original ponies. It was a sad time.
However, once I was able to get a complete DVD set of the G1 cartoons, I was much happier. I love our modern world. :lol:
People didn’t like G2 because it was the first time they’d ever been rebooted. They looked drastically different, lived in a different world and so on. I was ok with them but I would have much preferred staying with the original ponies. It was a sad time.
However, once I was able to get a complete DVD set of the G1 cartoons, I was much happier. I love our modern world. :lol:
I see, was G3 liked more by fans of G1?
People didn’t like G2 because it was the first time they’d ever been rebooted. They looked drastically different, lived in a different world and so on. I was ok with them but I would have much preferred staying with the original ponies. It was a sad time.
However, once I was able to get a complete DVD set of the G1 cartoons, I was much happier. I love our modern world. :lol:
I see, was G3 liked more by fans of G1?
People didn’t like G2 because it was the first time they’d ever been rebooted. They looked drastically different, lived in a different world and so on. I was ok with them but I would have much preferred staying with the original ponies. It was a sad time.
However, once I was able to get a complete DVD set of the G1 cartoons, I was much happier. I love our modern world. :lol:
I see, was G3 liked more by fans of G1?
Yes, G3s were very popular with kids and collectors alike
I actually wonder if my opinion is a little more unpopular.....I LOVE the look of G5!!!! :lovey: I know people are really disliking their "Elsa" looking faces, but I think they're all SO unbelievably cute, including Hitch (who I don't think looks like a smug jerk at all). I know that if I were a kid, I would have been all over these ponies, and I think their animation looks really top-notch from what we've seen. I am wary of the toys because we've been seeing a lot of molded hair which I personally hate, but otherwise I still think their actual designs are pretty darn adorable. It's sad to me to see how much negativity this new gen has been receiving from the get-go, especially when I genuinely think they are SO DARN CUTE!
Yeah that's what's got me worried, too. I guess I'm not opposed to the idea of an official G1/G4 crossover *in general*, but, I dunno, I just have a bad feeling about it for some reason. Can't quite put my finger on it, exactly. Hopefully my gut instinct is just off.
People didn’t like G2 because it was the first time they’d ever been rebooted. They looked drastically different, lived in a different world and so on. I was ok with them but I would have much preferred staying with the original ponies. It was a sad time.
However, once I was able to get a complete DVD set of the G1 cartoons, I was much happier. I love our modern world. :lol:
I see, was G3 liked more by fans of G1?
Also judging by the timeline, many G1 fans would have been entering their teens when G2 came out. I dunno about you but it seems to me that teens can often be a little bit extreme with being opinionated.
I'm very ambivalent about the new cross gen pony comics, considering Hasbro's track record of treating its past iterations badly, to entertain the toxic sub-fandom.
People didn’t like G2 because it was the first time they’d ever been rebooted. They looked drastically different, lived in a different world and so on. I was ok with them but I would have much preferred staying with the original ponies. It was a sad time.
However, once I was able to get a complete DVD set of the G1 cartoons, I was much happier. I love our modern world. :lol:
I see, was G3 liked more by fans of G1?
Also judging by the timeline, many G1 fans would have been entering their teens when G2 came out. I dunno about you but it seems to me that teens can often be a little bit extreme with being opinionated.
This is also very true. We were all very young (now we're all ancient and don't care any more xD) and there were a lot of opinions and emotions flying. It was also the first new generation so we weren't used to it. The ponies then were just termed old ponies and new ponies, but there were...let's say split opinions which kind of became factions which kind of became a bit...hostile towards one another and yeah, stuff occurred. I think we'll leave it there. A sad time is definitely a good way to put it.
But G3 was universally welcomed. A lot of people were really relieved that it was more like G1, and everything kind of calmed down with G3 because nobody wanted to repeat what happened with G2.
G2 are now recognised and respected though so it all ended fine.
I think the same problems exist with the same demographic with G4 and some of the anti-G1 sentiment.
People didn’t like G2 because it was the first time they’d ever been rebooted. They looked drastically different, lived in a different world and so on. I was ok with them but I would have much preferred staying with the original ponies. It was a sad time.
However, once I was able to get a complete DVD set of the G1 cartoons, I was much happier. I love our modern world. :lol:
I see, was G3 liked more by fans of G1?
Also judging by the timeline, many G1 fans would have been entering their teens when G2 came out. I dunno about you but it seems to me that teens can often be a little bit extreme with being opinionated.
This is also very true. We were all very young (now we're all ancient and don't care any more xD) and there were a lot of opinions and emotions flying. It was also the first new generation so we weren't used to it. The ponies then were just termed old ponies and new ponies, but there were...let's say split opinions which kind of became factions which kind of became a bit...hostile towards one another and yeah, stuff occurred. I think we'll leave it there. A sad time is definitely a good way to put it.
But G3 was universally welcomed. A lot of people were really relieved that it was more like G1, and everything kind of calmed down with G3 because nobody wanted to repeat what happened with G2.
G2 are now recognised and respected though so it all ended fine.
I think the same problems exist with the same demographic with G4 and some of the anti-G1 sentiment.
Well you have 2 different segments to the G4 fandom. There's the bronies who were mostly teens and young adults when G4 came out. They kinda mellowed out a bit and many actually moved on to other things. Then there's the actual kids who G4 was for who are just entering their teens. They actually have fond memories of Equestria Girls and are the ones who are reacting strongly to the news about G5. (much like LPS fans with the vintage 90s line, I think G1 isn't even on their radar)
Yeah here the reception overall is pretty neutral and people who dislike it are chill about it.
Now on Hasbro's social media accounts, on the other hand.... people who dislike it are uh. Very loudand annoyingabout voicing their negative opinions every time Hasbro makes a new post. At least on Instagram they are, not sure about elsewhere but I'd imagine it's similar. I think it's mostly children who grew up with G4 being very hostile to G5 on Insta.
Ones I can think of...I too would love a Custom poseable Danny doll
1: I actually like Danny and would have loved to see him arrive in Equestria (perhaps hanging out with Zecora for a bit before continuing to find the old Dream Valley). Note to self, make a 1/6 scale Danny action figure soon...
2: The Sweetheart Sisters are quite pretty.
3: Princess Royal Pink and Princess Royal Purple are just drop dead gorgeous.
That is all for now.
Thinking about it now it seems very odd to hear about how much fans hated g2... they look just as cute as G1 ponies to me.... Sure they were smaller and thinner but so were the flutter ponies and the sweeheart sisters from G1. This wasn't the first time people saw smaller, skinnier ponies.
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Like I fail to see how... the sweetheart sisters were drastically different from g2 ponies. To me they looked similar (and both were very cute).
G1 prices are too dang high!
...that might not be an unpopular opinion.
G1 prices are too dang high!
...that might not be an unpopular opinion.
I must admit, G5 is disappointing me, as well. I think Hasbro is forgetting about what makes MLP such a core evergreen toy brand and trying to make the toys fit content too much (which I didn't think could happen/I didn't think I would dislike). The core pony characters with no rooted hair really did it for me. Not gonna lie, I was a little mad. Why remove brushable hair?? This was SUCH a core play pattern in the toys which made MLP so great. Understanding that its more expensive to make a toy now than it was in 2003, but geez, we can really tell where the budget is going.
I do wish MLP would take their learnings from how successful G1 & G3 was. I SO miss G3, there was a charm about it that just didn't need all the extra content, and when it did have content, it was just the right amount, that it still lead to open-ended, imaginative play that you can continue with the ponies. Also variety is a big selling point for me too, but that might just be because I love collecting cute things :)
Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Moulded hair = fail to me too.
No brushy, no point. Basically...
Am I the only one who wants to kind of give g5 a chance. Even though it does have issues I don’t expect it to be perfect. I wouldn’t just completely avoid it just because there’s things I don’t like about it. I’m trying to give it hope because it’s still very new and I can’t really have an opinion off of it until I see more. I like the 3d style and even though it’s different the animation style doesn’t really bother me and besides most of the toys not having brushable hair I’m starting to like them a lot more.
Am I the only one who wants to kind of give g5 a chance. Even though it does have issues I don’t expect it to be perfect. I wouldn’t just completely avoid it just because there’s things I don’t like about it. I’m trying to give it hope because it’s still very new and I can’t really have an opinion off of it until I see more. I like the 3d style and even though it’s different the animation style doesn’t really bother me and besides most of the toys not having brushable hair I’m starting to like them a lot more.
Am I the only one who wants to kind of give g5 a chance. Even though it does have issues I don’t expect it to be perfect. I wouldn’t just completely avoid it just because there’s things I don’t like about it. I’m trying to give it hope because it’s still very new and I can’t really have an opinion off of it until I see more. I like the 3d style and even though it’s different the animation style doesn’t really bother me and besides most of the toys not having brushable hair I’m starting to like them a lot more.
No. I'm gonna give it a chance, they're just not high priority pony purchases. Although I'm not loving the weird faces, boring poses and lack of quality nylon hair. I do love the pegasus' colorful sculpted wings. Just waiting on that 9 pack and...brushy tailed Trailblazer. I'll snip it out, and stuff some gradient dyed nylon in his tail, so I don't hafta cry over hair rot later. Its a shame, I would have liked Charms Izzy Moonbow. She's kinda cute in person.
Moulded hair = fail to me too.
No brushy, no point. Basically...
Brushable hair ALWAYS mattered to me. When I was a child I'd often be found grooming my Ponies to calm myself
Brushable hair ALWAYS mattered to me. When I was a child I'd often be found grooming my Ponies to calm myself
Yep, we would sit in little groups at playtime, styling our ponies.
Unsure how successful G1 would have been without the brushable hair - it meant everything to us! :lol:
Brushable hair ALWAYS mattered to me. When I was a child I'd often be found grooming my Ponies to calm myself
Yep, we would sit in little groups at playtime, styling our ponies.
Unsure how successful G1 would have been without the brushable hair - it meant everything to us! :lol:
I remember doing that with my brush and grows. Braided Beauty especially as she had so much hair compared to Star Gleamer or any of my other non BG ponies. I adored Brush and Grows. I still do. I'd have an army of all of them if I had space. I already have multiples of some, which I pretend are upgrades...and still want to track down the four other Chinese ones as it's an excuse to have four more pretty BnGs.
Braids has a lot of hair but Bouquet, Pretty Vision etc, they have MASSIVE amounts of it.
I don't like the G5 boys faces. They've somehow managed to make them look even worse then the girls.
I don't like the G5 boys faces. They've somehow managed to make them look even worse then the girls.
Gotta agree! Perhaps it's the eyebrows... or the squareness of the head... they look too "tough" IMO!
I don't like the G5 boys faces. They've somehow managed to make them look even worse then the girls.
Gotta agree! Perhaps it's the eyebrows... or the squareness of the head... they look too "tough" IMO!
I don't think they look tough, just plain stupid and disproportionate.
I finally saw a G5 toy (Starscout) in person at a Walmart Sunday (which is all they had).
And honestly they look even worse in person. They literally have "block heads". That coupled with the body IMO puts them below Pony Life toys.
I hope I don't feel like this when I see them in person, but the multipack sets of G5 look kinda like the multipacks of fakies I see sometimes in the supermarket :/
I finally saw a G5 toy (Starscout) in person at a Walmart Sunday (which is all they had).
And honestly they look even worse in person. They literally have "block heads". That coupled with the body IMO puts them below Pony Life toys.
I don't think anything could be worse then PL toys
I don't like the G5 boys faces. They've somehow managed to make them look even worse then the girls.
I don’t quite know how unpopular this is anymore, but I refuse to have anything to do with G4/4.5. It was overblown, went on for too long, and got worse as time went on. Brought in some really sketchy fandom people, too. :huh:
I have to agree with that, as it makes for a lot of confusion as to who is who. I'm not fond of the huge discourse that used to be around ":muffin: Pony", so I'm glad that fandom phase is mostly over with or not in any of the circles I interact in, at least.I don’t quite know how unpopular this is anymore, but I refuse to have anything to do with G4/4.5. It was overblown, went on for too long, and got worse as time went on. Brought in some really sketchy fandom people, too. :huh:I don't like the fan names or animation names for the G4 ponies. Their names are whatever Hasbro put on their packages as far as I'm concerned. This is probably because I don't like the FIM fandom more than any sense of loyalty to Hasbro mind you...
It's their size I don't like, along with the lack of variety in the brushables.
Fashion Styles are a better size, but none of the CMC or other younger Ponies were made to match that.
The focus toy-wise also shifted from brushable to mini: in G4's case, blind bags. Even getting them opened is annoying. They're like toys for my other Ponies.
Back to the size of normal brushables: G4 normal size adults are the same size as G1 Baby Ponies. They're midget Ponies if you will.
My other least fave thing about G4 is my least fave thing about G3.5: repetition. We got, instead of the huge variety of characters, species & shapes featured in the show, a few token side-characters & the Mane Six ad nauseum. Even were I to get every G1 Butterscotch ever made, it would come nowhere near the amount of TS's I have, let alone the amount of TS's actually released (Yep I still don't have all the TS's ever released). It's just too much!!! Fortunately most of the TS's in my collection were easy to get hold of.
The fandom of G4 is a whole other discussion.
I don't mind the eyebrows on G5. I don't like them, but I think its because I'm used to the Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron movie/Spirit Riding Free toys, having them. So they don't bother me quite so much.I can't imagine eyebrows on any other generation, but I think G5 would look a bit bizarre without them. So I'm alright with them too; the Spirit comparison is relatable, at least in my case. Looks fine. :D
One thing that I'm sure will be unpopular here... I do think that FiM ultimately deserves the praise it gets.
I think all gens are good. Even G3.5 and G4How unpopular is G3.5 these days? I used to not be sure about it, but I do like it a whole heck of a lot better than G4!
I think all gens are good. Even G3.5 and G4How unpopular is G3.5 these days? I used to not be sure about it, but I do like it a whole heck of a lot better than G4!
And I agree with that last point, Tafetta; I wasn’t keen on all the G1 ‘references’ G4 tried to shove in.
I hardly ever notice anything about G3.5 specifically getting posted on here, including in For Sale and Customs and Art, for what that's worth. So I would say not very popular? Personally, they are my least favorite gen toys. It's not that I hate them, I just ...dislike them/ignore them. I reckon many others feel similar.I think all gens are good. Even G3.5 and G4How unpopular is G3.5 these days? I used to not be sure about it, but I do like it a whole heck of a lot better than G4!
My unpopular opinion is I find G3.5 really cute and I'm usually more excited to thrift one of them versus G4. They sell pretty okay for me, too!I agree, they are pretty cute :happy:
My unpopular opinion is I find G3.5 really cute and I'm usually more excited to thrift one of them versus G4. They sell pretty okay for me, too!
My unpopular opinion is I find G3.5 really cute and I'm usually more excited to thrift one of them versus G4. They sell pretty okay for me, too!
Oh agree they are cute. But the end of the g3 line is full of the same 7 ponies. They are a large improvement over the same static pose before the redesign.
Plus they had great hair. Shame hasbro did literally nothing interesting with them.
Yeah, it is a shame we got stuck with the same couple ponies :shrug:My unpopular opinion is I find G3.5 really cute and I'm usually more excited to thrift one of them versus G4. They sell pretty okay for me, too!
Oh agree they are cute. But the end of the g3 line is full of the same 7 ponies. They are a large improvement over the same static pose before the redesign.
Plus they had great hair. Shame hasbro did literally nothing interesting with them.
When I was a kid, pegasus ponies were my number 1 for some reason. My want list for most sets was usually topped by a pegasus, who I would never be able to find and thus would end up with one of the earth ponies instead...
But over here in the comics earth ponies and unicorns also both flew, and pegasus ponies also often had their own magic. So it wasn't really about that. I don't know what it was really.
G4's areas felt kinda samey but G5 feels really distinct. I LOVE all three towns and want to see all of them all the time! Goodbye to dirt road thatched-roofed G4 Ponyville! The cottages are all identical and it loses charm quickly, if it had any to begin with, because I'm remembering it through 2010-2011 rose-tinted glasses. Nothing about Ponyville makes me think "wow, I would want to live there if I was a little pony".Hard agree here; I'm very excited to see G5's world explored.
G4's areas felt kinda samey but G5 feels really distinct. I LOVE all three towns and want to see all of them all the time! Goodbye to dirt road thatched-roofed G4 Ponyville! The cottages are all identical and it loses charm quickly, if it had any to begin with, because I'm remembering it through 2010-2011 rose-tinted glasses. Nothing about Ponyville makes me think "wow, I would want to live there if I was a little pony".Hard agree here; I'm very excited to see G5's world explored.
G4 Ponyville has nothing on G3 Ponyville. It looks so flat, like every building is a cardboard cut-out representation. It doesn't really look like any of the ponies really live there. I can certainly say I wouldn't want to be a pony there either, lol. :zzz:
G4 is Equestria, surely, not ponyville?I was specifically referring to the town of Ponyville within Equestria in my posts :biggrin: Equestria as a whole is a little better, but the main setting is fairly dull in my opinion
I got really confused reading that :)
with g2 ponies i rather like the look of ponies that are designed with tinsel, as in: i like them if they are not detinsled. (hope that explanation makes sense)
G4 is Equestria, surely, not ponyville?I was specifically referring to the town of Ponyville within Equestria in my posts :biggrin: Equestria as a whole is a little better, but the main setting is fairly dull in my opinion
I got really confused reading that :)
Am I the only one who feels like I must keep every variant of a pony. Even if theres a slight difference from another release I still would want to keep it.
Am I the only one who feels like I must keep every variant of a pony. Even if theres a slight difference from another release I still would want to keep it.I can definitely understand that with certain ponies :P
Am I the only one who feels like I must keep every variant of a pony. Even if theres a slight difference from another release I still would want to keep it.
I do this with a few Ponies but only a few, otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep up!!!Am I the only one who feels like I must keep every variant of a pony. Even if theres a slight difference from another release I still would want to keep it.I can definitely understand that with certain ponies :P
Am I the only one who feels like I must keep every variant of a pony. Even if theres a slight difference from another release I still would want to keep it.You aren't, I'm on a quest to collect every variant of Princess Luna.
Nobody ever had a problem with G3 really until G4 came out and a bunch of bronies had an insecurity complex about what came before. I remember it as the generation that healed the last of the rifts over G2 (although most people had got over it by then) because it was a generation everyone basically got behind.That insecurity-complex drove me up the wall. It was like an entire YouTube genre from 2011-2013 where bronies would watch a G3 movie and scream about how bad it was for an hour. "It's for girls!" as if that's a bad thing, as if nothing "for girls" can be good :pout: Really fits riiiight in with their "love and tolerate" message.
I like Sweet Scoops more than Rapunzel. Always will. Simple is best.
Nobody ever had a problem with G3 really until G4 came out and a bunch of bronies had an insecurity complex about what came before. I remember it as the generation that healed the last of the rifts over G2 (although most people had got over it by then) because it was a generation everyone basically got behind.That insecurity-complex drove me up the wall. It was like an entire YouTube genre from 2011-2013 where bronies would watch a G3 movie and scream about how bad it was for an hour. "It's for girls!" as if that's a bad thing, as if nothing "for girls" can be good :pout: Really fits riiiight in with their "love and tolerate" message.
I like Sweet Scoops more than Rapunzel. Always will. Simple is best.
Nobody ever had a problem with G3 really until G4 came out and a bunch of bronies had an insecurity complex about what came before. I remember it as the generation that healed the last of the rifts over G2 (although most people had got over it by then) because it was a generation everyone basically got behind.
I like Sweet Scoops more than Rapunzel. Always will. Simple is best.
While the G3 ponies themselves seemed universally liked, I do remember there being some people who unfavorably compared the G3 cartoon with the original in a "cartoons were better when I was a kid. They had real conflicts and are too tame now." kind of way. But even then the conversation was kept in adult collector spaces and nobody would have commented that on a G3 video on YouTube.Nope. No one felt the need to 'justify' G4 being sooo different by putting the previous generations down. :huh:
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I don’t really care for mimic. At first she was kind of interesting. But when I kept seeing her on eBay going for thousands on every auction she just felt less special. Even though she’s so rare and is highly wanted I don’t see what’s so special about her.
I personally think Masquerade and Sweet Stuff have the prettiest colored TE Eyes. :)
I don’t think it’s also just her price. She does have unique colors but she just kind of exists to me like I don’t want or need her. If other people like her or purchase her it doesn’t bother me. I just wouldn’t buy her myself with the other options I could have. Like with rapunzel she’s another highly wanted and expensive pony but I wouldn’t spend time trying to get her.I don’t really care for mimic. At first she was kind of interesting. But when I kept seeing her on eBay going for thousands on every auction she just felt less special. Even though she’s so rare and is highly wanted I don’t see what’s so special about her.
I think Mimic is special, but I hate that she's so expensive. Not because I care what people want to pay for a pony, but because it's tainted her and made this whole thing where some folk think she's a status symbol and others have been driven away from her because of the price.
To me she's just a really pretty and uniquely coloured TE pony. She's my favourite TE, and was my first trade back in 1997, when I knew nothing about pony value and frankly could've cared less anyway. I adore the TE set overall. I'm just sad that her stupid price and all the idiocy that's happened around her since has made her such a divisive pony :/
With all that said, Tic Tac Toe has the most beautiful TE eyes of all of them. :)
I don't like G4 very much, they look very deformed. And Rapunzel, I also don't get what all the fuss is about. Her tinsel doesn't match her hair at all!I agree with this, they'd look great on SHS moulds.
Also, does anyone else think that if G2 had looked more like the Sweetheart Sister Ponies, it'd be better? Not that it's bad or that I hate it, but I just really love the Sweetheart Sister molds.
I don't like G4 very much, they look very deformed.
I don't like G4 very much, they look very deformed. And Rapunzel, I also don't get what all the fuss is about. Her tinsel doesn't match her hair at all!I think something like a SHS head on a G2 body would be nice. I really like the G2 legs, but not their heads so much.
Also, does anyone else think that if G2 had looked more like the Sweetheart Sister Ponies, it'd be better? Not that it's bad or that I hate it, but I just really love the Sweetheart Sister molds.
I don't like G4 very much, they look very deformed. And Rapunzel, I also don't get what all the fuss is about. Her tinsel doesn't match her hair at all!I think something like a SHS head on a G2 body would be nice. I really like the G2 legs, but not their heads so much.
Also, does anyone else think that if G2 had looked more like the Sweetheart Sister Ponies, it'd be better? Not that it's bad or that I hate it, but I just really love the Sweetheart Sister molds.
I suspect Wardah's post is actually not an unpopular opinion, but I pretty much feel the opposite. FOr me the joy of collecting is tracking down those items and finding them for as good a price as possible.
I'm gonna ruffle feathers with this one. It already irritates me that people are calling these ponies, the new Pinkie Pie, Rainbowdash, etc. They're character archetypes that we've seen throughout the series, sure. Patch, Wind Whistler, G3 Pinkie Pie, G3 Minty, Bright Eyes, Truly and so on. But how about we not fall into recent, short-sighted views of everything being a Mane Six knock off, and let them be who they are. Their own characters.OMG yep!!! Say it louder for the people in the back!!! Sunny is no TS. TS was a clumsy oaf who couldn't skate (winter wrap-up) while Sunny skates all the time. Izzy has some things in common with Pinkie Pie, others in common with Rarity, & yet more in common with neither. Each character is her own Pony. Even G1 Minty & G3 Minty are different characters (though in my Ponyworld they're mother & daughter), so we need to accept each new character as just that: a new character.
I'm gonna ruffle feathers with this one. It already irritates me that people are calling these ponies, the new Pinkie Pie, Rainbowdash, etc. They're character archetypes that we've seen throughout the series, sure. Patch, Wind Whistler, G3 Pinkie Pie, G3 Minty, Bright Eyes, Truly and so on. But how about we not fall into recent, short-sighted views of everything being a Mane Six knock off, and let them be who they are. Their own characters.OMG yep!!! Say it louder for the people in the back!!! Sunny is no TS. TS was a clumsy oaf who couldn't skate (winter wrap-up) while Sunny skates all the time. Izzy has some things in common with Pinkie Pie, others in common with Rarity, & yet more in common with neither. Each character is her own Pony. Even G1 Minty & G3 Minty are different characters (though in my Ponyworld they're mother & daughter), so we need to accept each new character as just that: a new character.
I'm gonna ruffle feathers with this one. It already irritates me that people are calling these ponies, the new Pinkie Pie, Rainbowdash, etc. They're character archetypes that we've seen throughout the series, sure. Patch, Wind Whistler, G3 Pinkie Pie, G3 Minty, Bright Eyes, Truly and so on. But how about we not fall into recent, short-sighted views of everything being a Mane Six knock off, and let them be who they are. Their own characters.OMG yep!!! Say it louder for the people in the back!!! Sunny is no TS. TS was a clumsy oaf who couldn't skate (winter wrap-up) while Sunny skates all the time. Izzy has some things in common with Pinkie Pie, others in common with Rarity, & yet more in common with neither. Each character is her own Pony. Even G1 Minty & G3 Minty are different characters (though in my Ponyworld they're mother & daughter), so we need to accept each new character as just that: a new character.
Ahhhh so glad to see people saying this, I am already tired of people saying Zipp is the new Rainbow Dash and Izzy is the new Pinkie Pie... They are not that similar at all, imo! Sure they have some things in common but they really are all new characters.
I know, I'm just saying that every single pony that was ever given characterization of some sort, be it in a back card, animation, or a book, is still their own character. Even if some traits overlap with another's character. The same rings true for any character in any medium really.
I think that G5 pegasus not being able to fly is dumb.
I think that G5 pegasus not being able to fly is dumb.
I agree with you.
I think that G5 pegasus not being able to fly is dumb.
I agree with you.
I think it's just weird, tbh. Like I said before, it's physiological, not magical. I don't care what G4 said about it.
Oh yeah, there's no way ANY of the regular pegasi in G1, 3, 4, or 5 would be able to fly without magic (I'm not too familiar with G2 wings). Those wings are all way too small/poorly shaped). G5 does have the "best" wings from a morphological point of view, with G4 also being somewhat good, but they are still too small. This had bothered me since I was a kid also, so you are not alone in thinking that! G5 wings make me really happy that they are moving towards more reasonable wings.I think that G5 pegasus not being able to fly is dumb.
I agree with you.
I think it's just weird, tbh. Like I said before, it's physiological, not magical. I don't care what G4 said about it.
See, I'm the opposite here. Ever since I was little it's bothered me that G1 and 3 (and 4 to a lesser extent) pegasi can fly since their wings are so small, so I've always assumed there was a magical element to pegasus flight. Child me would feel very validated ^^
I also basically agree with what LAW said about the G4 stuff. But while I'm riding the unpopular opinion train, I'm opposed to the idea ofpopularity cliquefriendship magic generally. So yeah. :) I guess I have a harder time with some of the G4 concepts anyway, because I also don't like the idea of symbols dictating destiny.
I am not going to pretend like I have as good a knowledge of G4 as you do, MJSNEIFER, so everything I'm about to say is couched in the disclaimer that this is my impression from the two and a halfish seasons plus odd episodes I have seen of FIM.
I would more associate the CM problem to a class system hierarchy. I don't know how rigid they are, but they are permanent and my impression was that they were a key coming of age event (given the young one and all the flap about them not having them yet). It's almost like they are anticipating them to give them some direction in life.
It may be more nuanced but my overall impression (see above disclaimer) is that FIM is a bit bad at joining the dots with their ideas to add nuances. So the nuances are for people to intuit, but they're not canonically explained. And that's where the issues are.
Whether the concept is the problem or the fact FIM doesn't seem to really explain it in a nuanced way I'm not sure. But I just don't really like it.
The race issue in FIM for me is another one completely, it's to do with ponies/other species, as I've mentioned before, Colonialism 101 and the like. Imposing friendship culture on other cultures as 'the best way' is kind of tone deaf, especially in the world we currently inhabit. I didn't like that (speaking as a British person from a nation with a horribly bloody history of colonising the world.)
Again I think this is partly because FIM doesn't explain things well, and broad strokes the idea of friendship being the answer to everything (it's not) and the ponies being great ambassadors of friendship (they're not) instead of recognising where maybe that narrative doesn't fit. Twilight especially, as she is not qualified to be the Princess of Friendship. None of them are, but especially not her. (I mean, Twilight and the pirates in the movie...just...no.).
I like the idea of the magic with pegasus ponies being superspeed and somersaults, although the G1 person inside of me also feels that invalidates Firefly and Whizzer's natural talents.Thank you. I never mentioned somersaults though, no offence (and there's no way I'd intentionally invalidate anything relating to the first pony I ever liked – which is Firefly in case you don't know and/or are interested.)
But honestly I'm really sad G5 didn't give magic to earth ponies. It's a UK-centric G1 opinion but it has always felt odd to me that earth ponies haven't been given magic since G1
It's a UK-centric G1 opinion but it has always felt odd to me that earth ponies haven't been given magic since G1. The most magical pony in G1, according to UK lore, was an Earth Pony. It's a shame this didn't happen in the US lore, because Sunny could have been that pony without having to change her species to conform to type. (Still hope that isn't meant to be permanent, but anyway).Wait, who was this G1 Earth Pony? I'm genuinely interested in hearing this, admittedly just in case it inspires me, but I'm also curious in general. It is possible that what happened to Sunny in G5 was meant to be a kind of power up than a species change – like she does that when she needs to, or something, but we'll have to see. It would be interesting to have a version of MLP where earth ponies do have more magic (again) I'm sure, so we'll have to just see what happens (and/or create our own if we get the inspiration to do so.)
I never really thought about the role of the Princesses, Luna and Celestia. I kind of saw them as quasi-deity figures, rather than dictatorial leaders. But I don't know whether growing up in a state with a monarchy means I have a different view towards the idea of an unelected head of state. But that could become a political discussion, so I'll leave that there. In essence ,I don't know if they are immortal (if they are, then they'd need to be in G5), but I don't see their role as a problem as regards the sun, moon etc. I like less the idea they have a court in equestria and integrate with the ponies and then make Twilight a princess, because for me that blurs the lines of what we're meant to see them as. But that's a different problem.
I am a historian, it probably influences my reactions to certain things. I do agree in general that MLP is a toy line and I have said that many times, but G4 has a tv show at its core, unlike the generations prior. I have no problem with gaps for nuances unless they create uncomfortable political issues (see Colonialism 101) but because G4 is so show-centric I would expect them to try harder to close those loopholes.Understandable, it makes sense that ones interests would influence how one sees something at times. I've basically gotten used to seeing each canon of MLP to be pretty much equal value as each other, and I've had the idea that canon in general doesn't have to be obeyed to the letter, so... I guess that's just how I see things. I had a lot more to say about this, but I kept going in circles, but it's mostly to do with the fact that (due to starting MLP with the cartoons?) I never really felt that G4s cartoon was any more or less the focus than the previous generation cartoons were, despite MLP being a toyline first. I honestly can't go any further without rambling and going off topic, so I'll leave it here for now.
I would disagree that a child's show doesn't need the nuances. If you don't want to teach kids problematic misconceptions then you need to close the story gaps that suggest it.Agree completely. I was more focused on the "MLP can be whatever you want it to be" angle, that I missed that I was giving the impression I thought this about children's shows in general - that was not my intention, and I'm sorry. Children's shows definitely need, and in my experience often have, nuances - I would definitely never write something off as just a children's show or use as reason why you can't take it seriously, or critique it or something (even today, there's kind of an off balance of how seriously children's shows are taken, or how much people allow each other to do so.) I do agree that you need to be careful you're not giving the kids - the target audience - the wrong message, especially (as I didn't consider before) they might not even know or be thinking of the fact that you don't need to obey canon, they might not even know what "canon" is at that age so the show might be the only version for some (although obviously some kids could just play with the toys independently from the show), but yeah... you are right to say the message has to spread correctly, so thanks for pointing that out.
Onto the G1 question. The pony is Magic Star, as per her fact file entry 1987. Her comic appearances also suggest she can grant wishes and do other things.Oh yes, Magic Star! I saw that about her when I checked her out for research a while ago, I'm sure (my research basically consisted of; that very page you linked me to) It's just one fanseries of course, but it would be cool if I could somehow find a way to incorporate the magical earth pony side to her character in my project, if I can (I already know that I'm including her at some point...) I'll try to see if I can find some of her comic book appearances too, basically see which "Magic Star" inspires me and/or fits in to the storyline (but it would be cool if I could do what I said it would be cool to do.)
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Magic_Star#Backcard_Stories_2
Her US backcard story also suggests she can grant wishes, so I suspect the UK team took that and evolved it.
Of course, with G1, we're all welcome to choose the version we want or make our own, since these several canons don't knit together - but I had the fact file as a 5 year old so that was always my impression.Not just G1, that's pretty much how it is with all generations, but in short I do agree that we can choose as much or as little as we want from all canons, that's pretty much what I was saying throughout the conversation, but I guess it got lost in the babble, sorry about that.
(I actually really love the idea of them being connected to earth, nature, maybe even seasons or weather. What a shame G4 didn't follow that through).Yeah, it is shame this never really went anywhere, again it's only one fanmade version, but I'll see if I can expand on that (thanks for mentioning seasons, I'll see if I can do something with that - weather is harder, because the pegasi have kind of stuck their flag in that, but... you never know; the only limited to storytelling is our own imagination, of course.)
Let's see...
I like flocked ponies. I know they can be disasters if they're not taken care of but something about them works for me. I'd love to try making my own someday.
I don't care for the sister style bodies (are we still calling them that?) The longer legs just make me think of other toy lines.
Don't care for G4. It's not for me. I pretty much exist in G1 world though a few g2s and g3s are appealing to me.
Wish I could say I don't get the hype for certain ponies but I REALLY want Icy Crystal haha I know mimic is always fluxing price wise. Not sure who else is coveted RN aside from Punz (though I know a lot of people don't care for her anymore)
I'm excited about the idea of new classic style ponies although I'm not sure yet how I feel about reproducing the old ones. I can see this causing issues with honesty during sales and I'd much rather see new fun ideas. The old line was limited by what they thought was marketable to little girls at the time but now there's a chance to expand since I think G1 is largely older fans or younger people who picked it up from older fans etc.
Probably not unpopular but I don't like the hard plastic types of toys that are super popular right now will all kinds of toy lines.
Oh wow!Let's see...
I like flocked ponies. I know they can be disasters if they're not taken care of but something about them works for me. I'd love to try making my own someday.
I don't care for the sister style bodies (are we still calling them that?) The longer legs just make me think of other toy lines.
Don't care for G4. It's not for me. I pretty much exist in G1 world though a few g2s and g3s are appealing to me.
Wish I could say I don't get the hype for certain ponies but I REALLY want Icy Crystal haha I know mimic is always fluxing price wise. Not sure who else is coveted RN aside from Punz (though I know a lot of people don't care for her anymore)
I'm excited about the idea of new classic style ponies although I'm not sure yet how I feel about reproducing the old ones. I can see this causing issues with honesty during sales and I'd much rather see new fun ideas. The old line was limited by what they thought was marketable to little girls at the time but now there's a chance to expand since I think G1 is largely older fans or younger people who picked it up from older fans etc.
Probably not unpopular but I don't like the hard plastic types of toys that are super popular right now will all kinds of toy lines.
Some people have done flocked customs on here.
http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,401438.0.html
The BF retro ponies aren't really identical to their G1 counterparts, but even if they were, their hooves are marked with Basic FUn and the date, so it's not really so easy to scam someone out of something. If someone's selling a pony and it's not clear, it should be possible to ask for the hoof markings.
The BF release finally brought Medley, Glory etc to the UK after a very long wait (we've been waiting for them since the 1980s, when they wrote them into our comics but didn't sell them here). Whatever happens with the rest of the release, I'm happy with what we've had because of that.
But my unpopular opinion is that I don't think we need them to make every existing G1 pony. And I don't care if we get Mimic and company in the slightest. I'd genuinely rather have Powder and Skyflier and that's 100%.
I didn't grow up with SS ponies, they didn't exist here, so I will always consider the movie star versions the original versions of the characters who exist in both forms. But I do love the SS ponies. If you get a nice one, they are gorgeous :)
The BF retro ponies aren't really identical to their G1 counterparts, but even if they were, their hooves are marked with Basic FUn and the date, so it's not really so easy to scam someone out of something. If someone's selling a pony and it's not clear, it should be possible to ask for the hoof markings.
The BF release finally brought Medley, Glory etc to the UK after a very long wait (we've been waiting for them since the 1980s, when they wrote them into our comics but didn't sell them here). Whatever happens with the rest of the release, I'm happy with what we've had because of that.
But my unpopular opinion is that I don't think we need them to make every existing G1 pony. And I don't care if we get Mimic and company in the slightest. I'd genuinely rather have Powder and Skyflier and that's 100%.
I didn't grow up with SS ponies, they didn't exist here, so I will always consider the movie star versions the original versions of the characters who exist in both forms. But I do love the SS ponies. If you get a nice one, they are gorgeous :)
I want Basic Fun to make Glow n Shows. I never did find Star Glow all those years ago, and I ain't paying her ebay prices. They're *drumrolls* astronomical.
The BF retro ponies aren't really identical to their G1 counterparts, but even if they were, their hooves are marked with Basic FUn and the date, so it's not really so easy to scam someone out of something. If someone's selling a pony and it's not clear, it should be possible to ask for the hoof markings.
The BF release finally brought Medley, Glory etc to the UK after a very long wait (we've been waiting for them since the 1980s, when they wrote them into our comics but didn't sell them here). Whatever happens with the rest of the release, I'm happy with what we've had because of that.
But my unpopular opinion is that I don't think we need them to make every existing G1 pony. And I don't care if we get Mimic and company in the slightest. I'd genuinely rather have Powder and Skyflier and that's 100%.
I didn't grow up with SS ponies, they didn't exist here, so I will always consider the movie star versions the original versions of the characters who exist in both forms. But I do love the SS ponies. If you get a nice one, they are gorgeous :)
I want Basic Fun to make Glow n Shows. I never did find Star Glow all those years ago, and I ain't paying her ebay prices. They're *drumrolls* astronomical.
*throws fakies*
The BF retro ponies aren't really identical to their G1 counterparts, but even if they were, their hooves are marked with Basic FUn and the date, so it's not really so easy to scam someone out of something. If someone's selling a pony and it's not clear, it should be possible to ask for the hoof markings.
The BF release finally brought Medley, Glory etc to the UK after a very long wait (we've been waiting for them since the 1980s, when they wrote them into our comics but didn't sell them here). Whatever happens with the rest of the release, I'm happy with what we've had because of that.
But my unpopular opinion is that I don't think we need them to make every existing G1 pony. And I don't care if we get Mimic and company in the slightest. I'd genuinely rather have Powder and Skyflier and that's 100%.
I didn't grow up with SS ponies, they didn't exist here, so I will always consider the movie star versions the original versions of the characters who exist in both forms. But I do love the SS ponies. If you get a nice one, they are gorgeous :)
I want Basic Fun to make Glow n Shows. I never did find Star Glow all those years ago, and I ain't paying her ebay prices. They're *drumrolls* astronomical.
*throws fakies*
:bolt:
The BF retro ponies aren't really identical to their G1 counterparts, but even if they were, their hooves are marked with Basic FUn and the date, so it's not really so easy to scam someone out of something. If someone's selling a pony and it's not clear, it should be possible to ask for the hoof markings.
The BF release finally brought Medley, Glory etc to the UK after a very long wait (we've been waiting for them since the 1980s, when they wrote them into our comics but didn't sell them here). Whatever happens with the rest of the release, I'm happy with what we've had because of that.
But my unpopular opinion is that I don't think we need them to make every existing G1 pony. And I don't care if we get Mimic and company in the slightest. I'd genuinely rather have Powder and Skyflier and that's 100%.
I didn't grow up with SS ponies, they didn't exist here, so I will always consider the movie star versions the original versions of the characters who exist in both forms. But I do love the SS ponies. If you get a nice one, they are gorgeous :)
I want Basic Fun to make Glow n Shows. I never did find Star Glow all those years ago, and I ain't paying her ebay prices. They're *drumrolls* astronomical.
*throws fakies*
:bolt:
Ah come on, do you think you're gonna get away with a cheesy joke like that without a fakie or two? :P
On topic, I feel like probably the glowing ponies are more fiddly to make and obviously like Mimic the bases are expensive. They do have the poses for Happyglow and Dazzleglow already mind you.
You are not kidding on gen on ponies I dont see them here in the states often and most of the auctions go for outrageous amounts.
Honestly - as a lifelong G1 collector - I can understand that perspective.Yeah I do always keep in mind that's the nature of trying to collect something older.
If I didn't grow up with G1 and collect them when they were common and easy to get at second hand sales, I probably wouldn't have so many now. 90% of my G1 collection - in terms of actual ponies - was put together before 2001. So yeah.
I think selling and buying in general was better back when Ebay was predominately private people selling stuff and more geared up to people selling to other collectors rather than some random person who found a pony in their attic and want 300$ for it even though it's dog eared and broken.
I can't speak for any local experiences you might have, but online sellers shipping internationally has always been an issue and there have always been people who will somehow find a way to make it your fault that you happen to live overseas. It is more complicated than it used to be to ship overseas, which hasn't helped, but the attitude sometimes people give over it is...a shame.
I actually don't know what G1s were or were not sold in your part of Europe, and I'm not sure if anyone's done any serious research into it. That may be a factor though. But there is also a culture of overpricing, usually by people who don't know what they are selling and want to make a quick profit.
I dont really know if this is an unpopular opinion or not but i honestly dont like so soft ponies all that much. Its not the ponies themselves i dont like though, its the flocking. It looks weird and doesnt age well, plus i just dont like the texture of most flocked toys.. Theres certain so softs who i think would look absolutely gorgeous as regular ponies, but they dont look as nice as they could because theyre covered in flocking.. and they never got regular releases, so theyre just forever stuck as so soft ponies which is a shame!
Despite all that though i would never purposefully deflock a so soft pony if it was in decent condition.. Ponies, especially g1 ponies, are getting harder to find in good shape every day so i would feel terrible ruining a perfectly good pony. But i would be lying if i said i wasnt hoping i would somehow find certain so softs with all their flocking already taken off so i could have the pony underneath without ruining the flocking for no reason lol
I love the glittering shs and the prom queens, also. I wish we'd had the prom queens here. Even though, culturally speaking, it wouldn't have made any sense at the time of the release.
Theres certain so softs who i think would look absolutely gorgeous as regular ponies, but they dont look as nice as they could because theyre covered in flocking.. and they never got regular releases, so theyre just forever stuck as so soft ponies which is a shame
I love the glittering shs and the prom queens, also. I wish we'd had the prom queens here. Even though, culturally speaking, it wouldn't have made any sense at the time of the release.
They could have always changed the name to something more culturally relevant since a prom is just a fancy dance and I'm sure there's some kind of fancy dances you have over there.
They should have had both Custy AND Ribbon tbh, especially as we had Baby Ribbon as well as Baby Gusty in our Play & Care sets (would have made sense to release the mums to go with the babies)
SDon't blame you tbh, our Shady is gorgeous!!!They should have had both Custy AND Ribbon tbh, especially as we had Baby Ribbon as well as Baby Gusty in our Play & Care sets (would have made sense to release the mums to go with the babies)
...And Heart Throb??
I would not have wanted to sacrifice Shady for her.
So, yesterday i watched the G5 film. I wasn't very fond of the toys but being aware they mostly depend on the film as a starting point I decided to reserve judgement until I saw it by myself.
...that said, I did not enjoy it at all. Overall it felt like a very watered down version of FiM, and I didn't like FiM to begin with, so... :P
I like to pride myself in finding good things in mediocre children's media, but this ain't it chief.
...I do like Izzy Moonbow a bit, tho. I can vibe with her hippie artistic personality. Again, not digging the toys of her but... maybe I could find a purple unicorn with blue hair in some other generation and declare it an acceptable substitute ;)
You mean like G1 Buttons (non TAF version), who also has buttons as a symbol?
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You mean like G1 Buttons (non TAF version), who also has buttons as a symbol?
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Yeah!! Is she pink or purple tho?? Card art shows her as purple but I see her toy pictures as pink. Is it the lighting?
You mean like G1 Buttons (non TAF version), who also has buttons as a symbol?
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Yeah!! Is she pink or purple tho?? Card art shows her as purple but I see her toy pictures as pink. Is it the lighting?
She's pink.
Yep, there are :)
Both are pictured here
http://www.etherella.com/scrapbook2/buttons.htm
although they're also probably on the wiki.
I love unconventional symbols (Star Hopper, Alphabittle) but I don't shy away from more classical ones. The right color scheme can make a pony really pop out, like Heart Throb! I find her "simple", but well executed: pink on pink and winged hearts works for a Valentine-themed pony, and making her a pegasus ties with her symbol and rounds the whole thing together. I love designs like that.
Also, I've decided baby ponies are not for me, doesn't matter the generation. I prefer adult proportions better.
This is a good analysis! There is something impressive about those simple designs that get it "just right". I think Posey is another one example where the design elements come together very well (she's popular for a reason!)
Unpopular opinion: I loved the fact that humans and humanoid characters like the witches were in the first generation of MLP. It somehow made the world more believable to 5 year old me and I.... dreamed of the day Wind Whistler would come to take me away to ponyland.
Unpopular opinion: I loved the fact that humans and humanoid characters like the witches were in the first generation of MLP. It somehow made the world more believable to 5 year old me and I.... dreamed of the day Wind Whistler would come to take me away to ponyland.
I don't really like the sitting pose. Sorry.
Unpopular opinion: I loved the fact that humans and humanoid characters like the witches were in the first generation of MLP. It somehow made the world more believable to 5 year old me and I.... dreamed of the day Wind Whistler would come to take me away to ponyland.I like the idea of the human characters at least, for basically what you said at the end of your post - like it opens up the idea to the kids watching that they could visit the ponies one day, or something, fuelling their imagination. However, I don't mind that they never did anything further than G1 with Megan-type human characters, and definitely prefer it to be about the ponies, but I do like the idea of it, and appreciate what they were (probably) going for.
I legit believed as a 5 year old that ponies lived over the rainbow. I also wanted a pegasus to come take me there xD.
I didn't believe in santa but I believed in ponies. Bless xD.
But I hated Megan.
Bearing in mind I had only 4 episodes as a kid and Megan is I think only in 2 of them...I think maybe it was more than just her animated persona. I generally assumed the animation got a lot wrong anyway, because of the US ponies/names.
But I flat out ignored Sundance because of Megan, poor pony. I never wanted her because I had a violent hatred as a kid of blond haired blue eyed dolls as well. Being a blond haired blue eyed kid, I did not want dolls that looked at all like me, and all the dolls at that time did -.-.
Fortunately Megan was hardly ever in the comic. There were a lot of other humanoid characters though, like Wizard Wantall and the Weather Witch and Miranda, and so on, and I never minded them at all.
So maybe I just had a lot of hate for Megan in particular.
I'd love to know the story behind "Lilac" and "Score". Normally I'd assume they were just early names for them that were changed after it was too late to fix it for the cartoon, but that's the only place those names have ever turned up, right? I know there's a catalogue page or something out there that lists some early names for the other brothers - Steamer's original name was Casey IIRC - but I think Quarterback is still Quarterback on there.. and none of the *other* boys had their names messed up in the cartoon... so what gives? It really feels like there must be an explanation for them - they didn't just get those names out of nowhere - but where DID they come from...?
I'd love to know the story behind "Lilac" and "Score". Normally I'd assume they were just early names for them that were changed after it was too late to fix it for the cartoon, but that's the only place those names have ever turned up, right? I know there's a catalogue page or something out there that lists some early names for the other brothers - Steamer's original name was Casey IIRC - but I think Quarterback is still Quarterback on there.. and none of the *other* boys had their names messed up in the cartoon... so what gives? It really feels like there must be an explanation for them - they didn't just get those names out of nowhere - but where DID they come from...?
Oh Casey would have been a cute name for Steamer! I'm trying to remember who was called Lilac? I don't think we have an actual pony named Lilac do we? I want one now.
The Quest of the Princess Ponies is one of the most horrible spectacles in G1 animation for me. It absolutely trashed the personalities and names of the beautiful gemstone princesses I'd adored as a kid in the comics, so I never really warmed to that at all.
Fleeing for their lives from a pack of power hungry evil lava demons?
Bingo!
Fleeing for their lives from a pack of power hungry evil lava demons?
Bingo!
It does make you wonder, doesn't it.
The sad thing is that I think maybe the lava demons had more personality at times. Although it has been a while since I watched it, and I may be remembering wrong.
Well, based on the previously cited argument that being a jerk is synonymous with having more personality, I guess that would make the main lava demon the character with the most overall...
Fleeing for their lives from a pack of power hungry evil lava demons?
Bingo!
It does make you wonder, doesn't it.
The sad thing is that I think maybe the lava demons had more personality at times. Although it has been a while since I watched it, and I may be remembering wrong.
Well, if you count Sunbow's typical power hungry ruler who abuses their minions as having more personality. :shrug:
That said, I like a lot of the imagery in QotPP.
Especially the reflective gleam on his eyes when he became a crystal demon. And the ice demons.
It's not that even in the UK comics, the princesses were perfect or always polite. I'm remembering Princess Ruby impatiently nagging and scolding at baby ponies because she's trying to impress a prince...and Amethyst constantly interfering and messing up everything she tried to do.
No need to get snippy. It's the unpopular opinions thread, we're not gonna agree on everything.
No need to get snippy. It's the unpopular opinions thread, we're not gonna agree on everything.
I guess my ultimate unpopular opinion here by far would be that, even though I love the toylines and wish I'd grown up with them, I am always going to think of the cartoons first (despite the fact I will always think of all "canons" when it comes to inspiration) - I know the overall response to this will basically be "Oh, it's a brony thing...", but I do have a love and respect for the toylines as well, but brony or not, the animations was what I started with, so I do value them.
I guess my ultimate unpopular opinion here by far would be that, even though I love the toylines and wish I'd grown up with them, I am always going to think of the cartoons first (despite the fact I will always think of all "canons" when it comes to inspiration) - I know the overall response to this will basically be "Oh, it's a brony thing...", but I do have a love and respect for the toylines as well, but brony or not, the animations was what I started with, so I do value them.
I have to admit that although the old pony toys are cute, to me MLP has always been mainly about cartoons as well, I grew up with the G1 cartoon and then as an adult in the 2000s I also developed a liking for My Little Pony Tales and partially for the G3 videos. I hate it when people perpetuate this fake dichotomy that you can either be a brony and like the G4 cartoon or a collector and like toys of different generations.
Unpopular opinion now, maybe? But I don't really like ponies having bridles and saddles.
Unpopular opinion now, maybe? But I don't really like ponies having bridles and saddles.
They're just pointless, really. Related, I was thinking of like a... theory? Lack of a better term? For G1's progress:SpoilerHorse phase -> Fantasy phase -> Domestic/Modern Phase
"Horse phase" obviously being the bridles and saddles, but also Megan's inclusion. The stable is also very horsey, but what makes it even MORE horsey are the trough accessories! Early MLP feels like "horses, but what if it was purple?" rather than how we know it today. "Fantasy phase" is the mainstream view of MLP. No need to explain further. Magical little ponies with magical little powers living in castles and going on adventures. "Domestic/Modern Phase" is obviously Tales, but also the shift of the brand entirely. From "magical ponies in castles" to "prom queen ponies" and "house furniture playset and pregnant mom pony". G1 is the most baby-heavy of all the gens, but instead of just "babies" there's an emphasis on "families" like, obviously, the Family sets (Sweet Celebrations, etc) in late-G1. A quick glance at MLW (which I know isn't the authority on MLP history, but it's good enough with something like this), early G1 looks like it's mostly adult ponies with some babies. But by year 7-8, it's halved, with a LOT of baby releases... like half adult ponies, half babies. Of course when I mean family I mean "mom, dad, baby", not "random orphaned baby" and "adult pony with her cloned baby self".
I know G1's progress was just a matter of them refreshing the brand to make it more appealing to its demographic, but it sort of repeats itself with the other gens:
G2: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
G2 started off with basic playsets and themes, went onto the royalty thing, then finished off with a mansion mom and baby playset. The focus on babies as time went on I think also contributes to the "domesticity" of the gen, since if you have babies, you probably will want to roleplay "family" stories. Cooking, school, and gardening playsets as well.
G3: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic/Baby Phase
G3 started off with very simple stories that didn't do much, but A Very Minty Christmas and The Runaway Rainbow gave the ponies more exciting adventures to go on halfway through the gen. Finish off the "Fantasy Phase" with Twinkle Wish Adventure. These ponies are going on adventures across the land and not just planning parties in Ponyville like the Free Media movies. As for "Domesticity", we have the Ponyville playsets-- ponies living in a town, a society, rather than a magical world. Ultimately, the gen wraps up altogether with Newborn Cuties.
Gens seem to have a focus on babies at the end of their run...? Is this a "last ditch effort" to make money? "OK we gotta bring out the big guns, give them babies. Little girls love babies."
G4: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
"Simple Phase" being the "slice of life" early episodes of FiM, "Fantasy Phase" being the more... "geek franchise" later seasons, and "Domestic Phase" being Pony Life. "Modern Phase" also fits Pony Life, just as Tales was G1's "Modern Phase". Although they came before PL, you could throw in a brief "baby phase" with the... 2 sets of baby Mane 6 merch we got...? :lookround: (The 6-pack minifigures and the Pinkie/Twilight dolls)
G5 has just begun but I wonder if we'll see a similar pattern. Maybe Hasbro can shake things up and give us babies right away. ;)
As for saddles... I think they can be done well on a pony. I like how G4 handled saddles, as a fashion thing. A little band on the back with a frilly skirt. I like simple clothes on ponies, not a button-up blouse, pants, and tennis shoes. Anything more *saddley* is pointless as there are no humans, and bridles are ESPECIALLY weird. At least with a saddle you could have a pet ride on your back or something... what's a cat going to do with a bridle? :brow:
But that still asks the question, should the ponies be being ridden?
I'm a sentient being. I don't want someone gallivanting around on my back telling me where to go :P
But that still asks the question, should the ponies be being ridden?
I'm a sentient being. I don't want someone gallivanting around on my back telling me where to go :P
If we're forced to, I'd agree.
We carry pets, children and occasionally other people if we need to. I mean, if I was a pony and the annoying two-legger that needed to come along was terribly slow... I probably would. The real reason I don't carry slow people around now is that it's tiring. But a pony doesn't have that problem. It doesn't mean that they get to tell me where to go. Even with a hackamore, horses still basically go where they want. They're just choosing to listen to their rider/friend. But honestly, if it was easy to carry other people who have movement issues, why wouldn't I do it?
Adorable cat and horse for fun:
https://youtu.be/dG0pbTItcDc
But that still asks the question, should the ponies be being ridden?
I'm a sentient being. I don't want someone gallivanting around on my back telling me where to go :P
If we're forced to, I'd agree.
We carry pets, children and occasionally other people if we need to. I mean, if I was a pony and the annoying two-legger that needed to come along was terribly slow... I probably would. The real reason I don't carry slow people around now is that it's tiring. But a pony doesn't have that problem. It doesn't mean that they get to tell me where to go. Even with a hackamore, horses still basically go where they want. They're just choosing to listen to their rider/friend. But honestly, if it was easy to carry other people who have movement issues, why wouldn't I do it?
Adorable cat and horse for fun:
https://youtu.be/dG0pbTItcDc
I feel like we're probing deep and meaningful issues here, but it's somehow still fun and interesting xD.
The irony of this is that I wrote pretty much my whole PhD thesis around the characterisation of horses in Japanese war tales, several of which are ridden by warriors (both with and without saddles).
But there's one character who on two occasions carries his horse, rather than the other way around. First, across a river, because it's injured. And second, down a mountain, so it doesn't get hurt.
...If it was that kind of mutually beneficial relationship, I can see there's a good reason for a horse to carry a person.
And the difference I guess between carrying an animal like a cat (aside the weight) is that the cat is probably not the one deciding where the horse should go, when it should stop, and so on. It would depend whether the horse was carrying the person as a favour, or whether the horse was being subjugated to the person's will, maybe.
...But this is way too deep for the unpopular opinions thread :)
But that still asks the question, should the ponies be being ridden?
I'm a sentient being. I don't want someone gallivanting around on my back telling me where to go :P
If we're forced to, I'd agree.
We carry pets, children and occasionally other people if we need to. I mean, if I was a pony and the annoying two-legger that needed to come along was terribly slow... I probably would. The real reason I don't carry slow people around now is that it's tiring. But a pony doesn't have that problem. It doesn't mean that they get to tell me where to go. Even with a hackamore, horses still basically go where they want. They're just choosing to listen to their rider/friend. But honestly, if it was easy to carry other people who have movement issues, why wouldn't I do it?
Adorable cat and horse for fun:
https://youtu.be/dG0pbTItcDc
I feel like we're probing deep and meaningful issues here, but it's somehow still fun and interesting xD.
The irony of this is that I wrote pretty much my whole PhD thesis around the characterisation of horses in Japanese war tales, several of which are ridden by warriors (both with and without saddles).
But there's one character who on two occasions carries his horse, rather than the other way around. First, across a river, because it's injured. And second, down a mountain, so it doesn't get hurt.
...If it was that kind of mutually beneficial relationship, I can see there's a good reason for a horse to carry a person.
And the difference I guess between carrying an animal like a cat (aside the weight) is that the cat is probably not the one deciding where the horse should go, when it should stop, and so on. It would depend whether the horse was carrying the person as a favour, or whether the horse was being subjugated to the person's will, maybe.
...But this is way too deep for the unpopular opinions thread :)
Well it's not so easy carrying around an animal that on average weighs between 800-1,200+pounds.
But that still asks the question, should the ponies be being ridden?
I'm a sentient being. I don't want someone gallivanting around on my back telling me where to go :P
If we're forced to, I'd agree.
We carry pets, children and occasionally other people if we need to. I mean, if I was a pony and the annoying two-legger that needed to come along was terribly slow... I probably would. The real reason I don't carry slow people around now is that it's tiring. But a pony doesn't have that problem. It doesn't mean that they get to tell me where to go. Even with a hackamore, horses still basically go where they want. They're just choosing to listen to their rider/friend. But honestly, if it was easy to carry other people who have movement issues, why wouldn't I do it?
Adorable cat and horse for fun:
https://youtu.be/dG0pbTItcDc
I feel like we're probing deep and meaningful issues here, but it's somehow still fun and interesting xD.
The irony of this is that I wrote pretty much my whole PhD thesis around the characterisation of horses in Japanese war tales, several of which are ridden by warriors (both with and without saddles).
But there's one character who on two occasions carries his horse, rather than the other way around. First, across a river, because it's injured. And second, down a mountain, so it doesn't get hurt.
...If it was that kind of mutually beneficial relationship, I can see there's a good reason for a horse to carry a person.
And the difference I guess between carrying an animal like a cat (aside the weight) is that the cat is probably not the one deciding where the horse should go, when it should stop, and so on. It would depend whether the horse was carrying the person as a favour, or whether the horse was being subjugated to the person's will, maybe.
...But this is way too deep for the unpopular opinions thread :)
Well it's not so easy carrying around an animal that on average weighs between 800-1,200+pounds.
Didn't seem to be a problem for Shigetada. When he crossed the river, he was carrying his horse and two other warriors as well as wearing armour.
...I hasten to add this is unlikely to be a true story xD.
SpoilerHorse phase -> Fantasy phase -> Domestic/Modern Phase
"Horse phase" obviously being the bridles and saddles, but also Megan's inclusion. The stable is also very horsey, but what makes it even MORE horsey are the trough accessories! Early MLP feels like "horses, but what if it was purple?" rather than how we know it today. "Fantasy phase" is the mainstream view of MLP. No need to explain further. Magical little ponies with magical little powers living in castles and going on adventures. "Domestic/Modern Phase" is obviously Tales, but also the shift of the brand entirely. From "magical ponies in castles" to "prom queen ponies" and "house furniture playset and pregnant mom pony". G1 is the most baby-heavy of all the gens, but instead of just "babies" there's an emphasis on "families" like, obviously, the Family sets (Sweet Celebrations, etc) in late-G1. A quick glance at MLW (which I know isn't the authority on MLP history, but it's good enough with something like this), early G1 looks like it's mostly adult ponies with some babies. But by year 7-8, it's halved, with a LOT of baby releases... like half adult ponies, half babies. Of course when I mean family I mean "mom, dad, baby", not "random orphaned baby" and "adult pony with her cloned baby self".
I know G1's progress was just a matter of them refreshing the brand to make it more appealing to its demographic, but it sort of repeats itself with the other gens:
G2: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
G2 started off with basic playsets and themes, went onto the royalty thing, then finished off with a mansion mom and baby playset. The focus on babies as time went on I think also contributes to the "domesticity" of the gen, since if you have babies, you probably will want to roleplay "family" stories. Cooking, school, and gardening playsets as well.
G3: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic/Baby Phase
G3 started off with very simple stories that didn't do much, but A Very Minty Christmas and The Runaway Rainbow gave the ponies more exciting adventures to go on halfway through the gen. Finish off the "Fantasy Phase" with Twinkle Wish Adventure. These ponies are going on adventures across the land and not just planning parties in Ponyville like the Free Media movies. As for "Domesticity", we have the Ponyville playsets-- ponies living in a town, a society, rather than a magical world. Ultimately, the gen wraps up altogether with Newborn Cuties.
Gens seem to have a focus on babies at the end of their run...? Is this a "last ditch effort" to make money? "OK we gotta bring out the big guns, give them babies. Little girls love babies."
G4: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
"Simple Phase" being the "slice of life" early episodes of FiM, "Fantasy Phase" being the more... "geek franchise" later seasons, and "Domestic Phase" being Pony Life. "Modern Phase" also fits Pony Life, just as Tales was G1's "Modern Phase". Although they came before PL, you could throw in a brief "baby phase" with the... 2 sets of baby Mane 6 merch we got...? :lookround: (The 6-pack minifigures and the Pinkie/Twilight dolls)
G5 has just begun but I wonder if we'll see a similar pattern. Maybe Hasbro can shake things up and give us babies right away. ;)
Very nice analysis! I can tell it was thought out, and it ultimately makes sense - the only part I'd disagree with is that not only did G4 technically start off with a "Fantasy Phase" (the first two-parter of FiM, especially the second half), and it's always kind of zigzagged (or tried to) between "Fantasy Phase" and "Simple Phase" - I'd even argue that some of the later seasons are more "Simple Phase" than S1. I think it depended more on the episodes they were showing, or something - as much as I love FiM, I'm not sure it was always as good at balancing the two; in fact one of the main complaints a friend and I have over the latter seasons is that they weren't really as adventurous as the earlier seasons (I'm not saying there wasn't adventure, but they seemed more focused on comedy, and may not have balanced it as well as they could have done), but ultimately, I feel it always kind of did both "Slice of Life" and "Adventure" from the begining.
They're just pointless, really. Related, I was thinking of like a... theory? Lack of a better term? For G1's progress:SpoilerHorse phase -> Fantasy phase -> Domestic/Modern Phase
"Horse phase" obviously being the bridles and saddles, but also Megan's inclusion. The stable is also very horsey, but what makes it even MORE horsey are the trough accessories! Early MLP feels like "horses, but what if it was purple?" rather than how we know it today. "Fantasy phase" is the mainstream view of MLP. No need to explain further. Magical little ponies with magical little powers living in castles and going on adventures. "Domestic/Modern Phase" is obviously Tales, but also the shift of the brand entirely. From "magical ponies in castles" to "prom queen ponies" and "house furniture playset and pregnant mom pony". G1 is the most baby-heavy of all the gens, but instead of just "babies" there's an emphasis on "families" like, obviously, the Family sets (Sweet Celebrations, etc) in late-G1. A quick glance at MLW (which I know isn't the authority on MLP history, but it's good enough with something like this), early G1 looks like it's mostly adult ponies with some babies. But by year 7-8, it's halved, with a LOT of baby releases... like half adult ponies, half babies. Of course when I mean family I mean "mom, dad, baby", not "random orphaned baby" and "adult pony with her cloned baby self".
I know G1's progress was just a matter of them refreshing the brand to make it more appealing to its demographic, but it sort of repeats itself with the other gens:
G2: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
G2 started off with basic playsets and themes, went onto the royalty thing, then finished off with a mansion mom and baby playset. The focus on babies as time went on I think also contributes to the "domesticity" of the gen, since if you have babies, you probably will want to roleplay "family" stories. Cooking, school, and gardening playsets as well.
G3: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic/Baby Phase
G3 started off with very simple stories that didn't do much, but A Very Minty Christmas and The Runaway Rainbow gave the ponies more exciting adventures to go on halfway through the gen. Finish off the "Fantasy Phase" with Twinkle Wish Adventure. These ponies are going on adventures across the land and not just planning parties in Ponyville like the Free Media movies. As for "Domesticity", we have the Ponyville playsets-- ponies living in a town, a society, rather than a magical world. Ultimately, the gen wraps up altogether with Newborn Cuties.
Gens seem to have a focus on babies at the end of their run...? Is this a "last ditch effort" to make money? "OK we gotta bring out the big guns, give them babies. Little girls love babies."
G4: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
"Simple Phase" being the "slice of life" early episodes of FiM, "Fantasy Phase" being the more... "geek franchise" later seasons, and "Domestic Phase" being Pony Life. "Modern Phase" also fits Pony Life, just as Tales was G1's "Modern Phase". Although they came before PL, you could throw in a brief "baby phase" with the... 2 sets of baby Mane 6 merch we got...? :lookround: (The 6-pack minifigures and the Pinkie/Twilight dolls)
G5 has just begun but I wonder if we'll see a similar pattern. Maybe Hasbro can shake things up and give us babies right away. ;)
I often found myself forgetting they were around 10, though part of it for me was seeing G4 and by extension pre-Tales G1 first, so it was probably fixed in my mind that a 9 or 10 year old Little Pony would be like the CMC (who are around 7, based on an audition script) or possibly the G1 Baby Ponies (who seemed more children than babies.)
I was also quite confused that the tales ponies were meant to be 10 years old. They seemed like young teenagers to me, at least 14 or thereabouts, given their behaviour and the fact this was the early 1990s. While I know kids grow up fast, they don't go to rock concerts on their own at age 10, much less perform in them.
Unpopular opinion now, maybe? But I don't really like ponies having bridles and saddles.
Unpopular opinion now, maybe? But I don't really like ponies having bridles and saddles.
I agree about bridles. I've always thought they look a bit out of place on MLPs. On Bowtie pose ponies it always seems to me that the bridle is uncomfortable for the pony and limits their ability to speak, although I assume that magical ponies would still be able to talk while wearing one.
I think it's okay if a pony wants to give someone or something a ride but not if the pony is forced to do so.
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I wish we got a gen 2 cartoon no matter how bad it could be.
I really really want Hasbro to make Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity in G5 form! We've already got the other three, so it seems a bit off not to make the others....
Yeah, yeah, I know... More Main 6 :lol: *dodges fakies*
I'm so disappointed that Hasbro continues to dive deeper into the simplistic, deformed, and butt ugly calarts style that has been plaguing American animation all these years. I'm just glad the toys don't resemble it. :huh:There's no such thing as CalArts style unless it actually came from that university in someway, and even then it means nothing, since anyone from said place can still do whatever style they want to do. It is just a go-to phrase for a style someone doesn't like, nothing more, nothing less - a hater of G1's cartoon could call it CalArts if they chose to, that's how silly the phrase is.
I wish they had kept that style for the later shows, the later art style and the way the hair is drawn ESPECIALLY look odd to me.
Ren & Stimpy's art style was so weird. I loved the realistic shots as a kid but they also freaked me out :lol:
G1 animation is... poorly. Is it because it was the 80s? or was it lack of good art direction? And I really hate the artwork of G1 where their heads are on backwards. And that one pose with a backwards head is used today for merch and I just... ugh, why.
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Unpopular opinion now, maybe? But I don't really like ponies having bridles and saddles.
They're just pointless, really. Related, I was thinking of like a... theory? Lack of a better term? For G1's progress:SpoilerHorse phase -> Fantasy phase -> Domestic/Modern Phase
"Horse phase" obviously being the bridles and saddles, but also Megan's inclusion. The stable is also very horsey, but what makes it even MORE horsey are the trough accessories! Early MLP feels like "horses, but what if it was purple?" rather than how we know it today. "Fantasy phase" is the mainstream view of MLP. No need to explain further. Magical little ponies with magical little powers living in castles and going on adventures. "Domestic/Modern Phase" is obviously Tales, but also the shift of the brand entirely. From "magical ponies in castles" to "prom queen ponies" and "house furniture playset and pregnant mom pony". G1 is the most baby-heavy of all the gens, but instead of just "babies" there's an emphasis on "families" like, obviously, the Family sets (Sweet Celebrations, etc) in late-G1. A quick glance at MLW (which I know isn't the authority on MLP history, but it's good enough with something like this), early G1 looks like it's mostly adult ponies with some babies. But by year 7-8, it's halved, with a LOT of baby releases... like half adult ponies, half babies. Of course when I mean family I mean "mom, dad, baby", not "random orphaned baby" and "adult pony with her cloned baby self".
I know G1's progress was just a matter of them refreshing the brand to make it more appealing to its demographic, but it sort of repeats itself with the other gens:
G2: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
G2 started off with basic playsets and themes, went onto the royalty thing, then finished off with a mansion mom and baby playset. The focus on babies as time went on I think also contributes to the "domesticity" of the gen, since if you have babies, you probably will want to roleplay "family" stories. Cooking, school, and gardening playsets as well.
G3: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic/Baby Phase
G3 started off with very simple stories that didn't do much, but A Very Minty Christmas and The Runaway Rainbow gave the ponies more exciting adventures to go on halfway through the gen. Finish off the "Fantasy Phase" with Twinkle Wish Adventure. These ponies are going on adventures across the land and not just planning parties in Ponyville like the Free Media movies. As for "Domesticity", we have the Ponyville playsets-- ponies living in a town, a society, rather than a magical world. Ultimately, the gen wraps up altogether with Newborn Cuties.
Gens seem to have a focus on babies at the end of their run...? Is this a "last ditch effort" to make money? "OK we gotta bring out the big guns, give them babies. Little girls love babies."
G4: Simple Phase -> Fantasy Phase -> Domestic Phase
"Simple Phase" being the "slice of life" early episodes of FiM, "Fantasy Phase" being the more... "geek franchise" later seasons, and "Domestic Phase" being Pony Life. "Modern Phase" also fits Pony Life, just as Tales was G1's "Modern Phase". Although they came before PL, you could throw in a brief "baby phase" with the... 2 sets of baby Mane 6 merch we got...? :lookround: (The 6-pack minifigures and the Pinkie/Twilight dolls)
G5 has just begun but I wonder if we'll see a similar pattern. Maybe Hasbro can shake things up and give us babies right away. ;)
As for saddles... I think they can be done well on a pony. I like how G4 handled saddles, as a fashion thing. A little band on the back with a frilly skirt. I like simple clothes on ponies, not a button-up blouse, pants, and tennis shoes. Anything more *saddley* is pointless as there are no humans, and bridles are ESPECIALLY weird. At least with a saddle you could have a pet ride on your back or something... what's a cat going to do with a bridle? :brow:
It's not that I'm offended by it, I just think cutie mark sounds overbearingly stupid. In the same way that belly badge for care bears sounds overbearingly stupid.
What I am offended by is people using that stupid term for ponies that came before G3. Because of their awful, condescending attitudes towards everything before G4 in general. The I wasn't around back then so that makes me an expert. While you who grew up with it, don't know your butt from a hole in the ground. It's ret-conning and ret-conners are usually both ignorant and arrogant.
If they had not taken such a belligerent attitude I wouldn't be as twitchy about it, and could happily ignore it, as I did during the G3 era.
It's not that I'm offended by it, I just think cutie mark sounds overbearingly stupid. In the same way that belly badge for care bears sounds overbearingly stupid.
What I am offended by is people using that stupid term for ponies that came before G3. Because of their awful, condescending attitudes towards everything before G4 in general. The I wasn't around back then so that makes me an expert. While you who grew up with it, don't know your butt from a hole in the ground. It's ret-conning and ret-conners are usually both ignorant and arrogant.
If they had not taken such a belligerent attitude I wouldn't be as twitchy about it, and could happily ignore it, as I did during the G3 era.
i always call it a 'cutie mark' no matter the gen, but not because i'm one of those people you described. i grew up with G3, which coined the term in the first place and so it was all i knew growing up. for me personally it just has a better ring than 'symbol' or 'mark' even though i realize that's all people called it back then
I think it's a weird thing to be ...is offended the right word? by someone calling something they grew up with different from what you grew up with. I say symbol, because that's what they were called in my gen. I don't mind cutie mark, I just don't use it unless I'm talking about G4 (I still say symbol for G3).As others have said, it's mostly because of how some bronies have imposed G4 stuff on things, and made their generation out to be right/superior and I do get what they mean by this – I have no idea if bronies have literally insisted that people call G1 and G2 symbols cutie marks or anything, but I can get that being annoying if they do. It is like when bronies actually complain when pre-G4 ponies say phrases like “everybody”, as if it's some undeniable fact that any version of MLP that doesn't say phrases like “everypony” is automatically inferior (which it's not), despite the fact that they likely don't care when G4 ponies themselves fail to obey this rule (this annoys me too, and I love the term “everypony”.)
My personal hatred - and it is hate - of cutie mark is not really the term itself. I mean, there are a lot of silly pony terms out there. But the association between the G4 version of cutie mark and the irrepressable urge of a section of G4 fans to impose their 'lore' on older generations without any respect or regard for how those older gens worked.Yeah, that's pretty much it... Like I say, I have no idea if other bronies have done this, but I understand the reaction if they have – this is probably why I caused controversy when I tried to explain what I was doing with my fanseries before, but I hope I can one day explain it correctly.
I didn't bother about cutie mark at all in G3, even though I thought it a silly name. I literally only started hating it because of the way that section of G4 fans tried to redefine everything pony through FIM lenses without bothering to understand what came before was different, or accepting it for what it was.
In short, all the words I hate about G4, I hate because of G4 fans behaving like numpties. There are plenty of stupid words in G1 as well, after all. And even if it makes me wince, I'm only likely to comment on someone calling a G1 symbol a CM if they're also trying to force G4 lore on G1 at the same time.
Going back to symbol, because it's not an official term for any generation, I find it a useful neutral term across all generations. It really refers to the marking on the pony toy, rather than the wider story behind them imo.
It's not that I'm offended by it, I just think cutie mark sounds overbearingly stupid. In the same way that belly badge for care bears sounds overbearingly stupid.I feel the same way about “belly badge” to be honest, at least to some extent (at the very least, it's not what I would have called it) so I see where you're coming from... yet for me, I can look at that and think “at least MLP used something like cutie mark, which doesn't sound stupid to me personally (and I heard the term “belly badge” first)... I dunno... I guess it's just an opinion thing and how one takes things... like some phrases can sound embarrassing to one person, but not to another (which I respect.)
What I am offended by is people using that stupid term for ponies that came before G3. Because of their awful, condescending attitudes towards everything before G4 in general.
"You people who grew up with those stupid girly generations, don't know your butt from a hole in the ground. So you have to defer to my expertise." Which to them means that G1 and G2 ponies have cutie marks, Tales is G2, and that MLP only became adventurous during FiM.
It's ret-conning and ret-conners are usually both ignorant and arrogant. I find them aggravating no matter what the subject is, because they stick their fingers in their ears and won't listen.
If they had not taken such a belligerent attitude I wouldn't be as twitchy about it, and could happily ignore it, as I did during the G3 era.
I wanna go back a bit to the comment about dragons - its true that the whole 'race' of dragons wasn't very well expanded upon in any of the generations of MLP we've had so far. BUT the G1 dragons, aside Spike, that went with the princess ponies, did at least have individual character exposition. Why dragons were working as attendants to royalty in the MLP world however...that is an interesting question. I do also remember some other stories about dragons in comics where the dragon was a bad guy, and I think Masquerade dressed up as one at one point as well. But the key point about all the dragons that hasbro made into toys is they are all 'baby' dragons. So it seems like baby dragons become royal pages at some point in their early life...the question is probably why.
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@MJSNEIFER, we will just have to disagree on that, since there's literally nothing in G4, including its G1 references, that I personally would find nostalgic or even consider a proper shout out to G1. Frankly, I'd be happier if G4 had left G1 alone and not tried to piggyback its ideas from time to time. It came over to me more as laziness on the part of the writers not being able to come up with their own ideas than a nod to G1 - most especially and recently in that horrible comic whatever it was where the writers clearly had no clue about G1 and just threw it in there for whatever reason.That's it exactly; we all have different ideas of what is nostalgic, so I respect your view, and I can see you respect mine, despite it not matching yours. For me, G4 is nostalgic, for you it's not... I respect that.
It's like the Jem movie. Unnecessary.
...There are a bunch of videos about wrecking 1980s nostalgia by insisting on forcing them into reboots and reinventing them for modern audiences. G4 is actually not the worst offender in this category compared to some of the others, but because that section of the G4 fandom tried so very hard to overwrite existing pony stuff with their own and were so hostile about it, it makes it hard to appreciate older gen references in the way that perhaps they were intended.
Again it probably comes down to the disgusting behaviour of that section of bronies. Although I think there's also a weariness from those of us who actually grew up with some of these 1980s classics that there are simply too many attempts to engage 'nostalgia' or 'retro' ideas by rewriting old stuff into a new and shiny format for the modern age.
But none of this means your story is invalid, or that you are wrong. It's simply that people have different perceptions on this based on their own preferences and opinions.
I have most of the comics, certainly 98% of the ones that would involve spike and the baby dragons, and all the annuals and stuff from the UK release, but I would need to go through all of them meticulously to see how they handled dragons in general, and whether there's any information on other species of dragon beyond the baby dragons in the paws and claws club (I thought of this too, but the story I remember most is the multiparter where they team up to rescue the kidnapped princess ponies).
I don't remember much about the animation version of the dragons since I wasn't that keen on Spike's Search and though I had the wouldbe dragonslayer as a kid, I wasn't interested in it as much as the other episodes. To go out on a limb, there's the story of Squire and the Dragon from MLP Tales (I think that's right?) that Patch tells at the sleepover (?).
...But I think it's interesting all the same, thank you for raising it as a point of consideration :) I never really thought about WHY the baby dragons were with the princesses except I remember Smokey was the youngest and so was with Sapphire, the wisest princess, so she could look after him as much as he looked after her. So there must be some deeper reciprocal of of some kind between royal ponies and dragons (not that Majesty is ever exactly called Queen, I don't think, but still).
Not sure if My Little Pony is "My Little Pony" anymore. It's more like "Lauren Faust's Little Ponies" or whoever's writing whatever nowadays. Drop MLP from the title. "Friendship is Magic". "A New Generation". "Tell Your Tale", "Make Your Mark".Again, nothing wrong... just Old Man Yells at CloudSpoilerMLP G1-3 is YOUR Little Pony. Everyone had a unique experience with their childhood ponies. If you had friends or peers who were into MLP, you probably didn't have the same exact collections, even then, how did you obtain said ponies? How you got the ponies is part the experience. Even if you met someone else with the same pony as you, you probably had a different personality for her, a completely different character. Everyone had their own stories. Not everyone had access to the VHSes or were able to catch MLP on TV, and a lot of people probably didn't even know there was animated media out, or comics. MLP, believe it or not, is a toy, these ponies are dolls. They are no different from Barbie, really, where you make up your own characters and your own stories. Especially when talking about G1 when rereleases of a character were rare and most of the ponies were unique designs and characters, there was no way to fit them all into a piece of media, and a lot of them don't have deep pre-set personalities. You had to make everything up yourself. My experience with MLP is being like "yeah that's a neat idea", seeing it from a story or something, and reenacting something similar. Not 1:1, and that would only be a single story, not everything I did with my ponies was like that.
I see kids online now who grew up with G3, which cool, I was a G3 kid too basically, but it's obvious they grew up with only the DVDs, because they focus on only MLP from around 2007. The era where the main characters were Minty, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie, and later, the Core 7. We're starting to move away from the "personalized" approach MLP had and going into the "prebuilt" era where everything has to be a certain way. G4 made this worse and worse, and G5 is continuing this "prebuilt"-ness.SpoilerSlightly off topic but related to the above, as an example: Most kids nowadays would think of G3 Pinkie as a leader-type, but not me. From the earliest stories and back cards, Pinkie was made out to be the "little sister" type, and I liked that, so I kept it with my own stories, and it's shaped my entire view of the character. I can not for the life of me ship Pinkie/Minty when I perceive Minty as an adult and Pinkie is... kid-ish. Star Catcher doesn't have much of a personality in the media, but I guess she's usually portrayed as a regal goddess in fanworks. Which she is, obviously, but MY Star Catcher was also very vain, snobby, and stories involving her would end up with her learning to have some humility. Those are the most stand-out examples I can think of, but all of MY ponies were different from the """canon""" ones.
Not saying it's bad or wrong, I mean, Care Bears and others have this approach with a single set of characters, but it's not MY Little Pony and it's not YOUR Little Pony. I guess you could say people making fanfics of random background ponies in FiM is more MLP-y than anything else, but I do think being on the internet sours things a bit? Like the closed-ness of having your own ponies in your own room making up your own stories, alone or with a friend, it's different than having a thousands-of-views YouTube video of OCs. MLP is such a nostalgia thing, fueled by whimsy and childhood innocence, adults RPing with their OCs isn't the same.
Not sure if My Little Pony is "My Little Pony" anymore. It's more like "Lauren Faust's Little Ponies" or whoever's writing whatever nowadays. Drop MLP from the title. "Friendship is Magic". "A New Generation". "Tell Your Tale", "Make Your Mark".I think that ultimately, the whole idea of this is still a thing, including with G4 onwards. I can't speak for everyone, but the whole idea of creating your own stories for the Little Ponies is still something that people do, even with the “pre-built” characters, as while you can go by canon personalities of the ponies (and don't forget that most, if not all, generations have at least two “canons” anyway, so you can choose which one to follow... or just make your own.) Having “pre-built” characters/lore does not stop this, in my opinion, it just gives you something to start off with, but even talking purely about fanfiction, you can go as far away from canon as you want (I am including canon personalities for ponies in general, but that's because we're basically paying homage to those versions, if not just taking the personality traits that we like of some of them... but with some ponies, we are ultimately creating stuff for.)
MLP G1-3 is YOUR Little Pony. Everyone had a unique experience with their childhood ponies. If you had friends or peers who were into MLP, you probably didn't have the same exact collections, even then, how did you obtain said ponies? How you got the ponies is part the experience. Even if you met someone else with the same pony as you, you probably had a different personality for her, a completely different character.
Speaking as a brony, I know exactly what you mean... it was a weird thing where one of the best things about the fandom, in my opinion (the creativity) led to one of the worst things about it, in my opinion (what you yourself described.) I remember speaking out about this as best as I could, saying that it's perfectly okay to have your own idea about these characters or even the show, and that nothing is "ruined" if the show does things differently.
What's funny to me is how a certain fandom did all the character building of blank slate backgrounders in G4 FiM and then had fights about it if anybody else disagreed with the common fanon. And then they disagreed and fought some more when Hasbro approved certain fanons and discarded other interpretations. Muffin pony, Lyra Heartstrings, DJ pony and the entire finale of the show where ships came true were the worst offenders. The B-fandom almost killed eachother over fan characters forced into a show with pre-built characters.
To me it showed that there is a need to have "MY little pony" but it can't really happen in a cartoon show or comic or whatever because that's official material as opposed to a single child's imagination.
Not sure if My Little Pony is "My Little Pony" anymore. It's more like "Lauren Faust's Little Ponies" or whoever's writing whatever nowadays. Drop MLP from the title. "Friendship is Magic". "A New Generation". "Tell Your Tale", "Make Your Mark".Again, nothing wrong... just Old Man Yells at CloudSpoilerMLP G1-3 is YOUR Little Pony. Everyone had a unique experience with their childhood ponies. If you had friends or peers who were into MLP, you probably didn't have the same exact collections, even then, how did you obtain said ponies? How you got the ponies is part the experience. Even if you met someone else with the same pony as you, you probably had a different personality for her, a completely different character. Everyone had their own stories. Not everyone had access to the VHSes or were able to catch MLP on TV, and a lot of people probably didn't even know there was animated media out, or comics. MLP, believe it or not, is a toy, these ponies are dolls. They are no different from Barbie, really, where you make up your own characters and your own stories. Especially when talking about G1 when rereleases of a character were rare and most of the ponies were unique designs and characters, there was no way to fit them all into a piece of media, and a lot of them don't have deep pre-set personalities. You had to make everything up yourself. My experience with MLP is being like "yeah that's a neat idea", seeing it from a story or something, and reenacting something similar. Not 1:1, and that would only be a single story, not everything I did with my ponies was like that.
I see kids online now who grew up with G3, which cool, I was a G3 kid too basically, but it's obvious they grew up with only the DVDs, because they focus on only MLP from around 2007. The era where the main characters were Minty, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie, and later, the Core 7. We're starting to move away from the "personalized" approach MLP had and going into the "prebuilt" era where everything has to be a certain way. G4 made this worse and worse, and G5 is continuing this "prebuilt"-ness.SpoilerSlightly off topic but related to the above, as an example: Most kids nowadays would think of G3 Pinkie as a leader-type, but not me. From the earliest stories and back cards, Pinkie was made out to be the "little sister" type, and I liked that, so I kept it with my own stories, and it's shaped my entire view of the character. I can not for the life of me ship Pinkie/Minty when I perceive Minty as an adult and Pinkie is... kid-ish. Star Catcher doesn't have much of a personality in the media, but I guess she's usually portrayed as a regal goddess in fanworks. Which she is, obviously, but MY Star Catcher was also very vain, snobby, and stories involving her would end up with her learning to have some humility. Those are the most stand-out examples I can think of, but all of MY ponies were different from the """canon""" ones.
Not saying it's bad or wrong, I mean, Care Bears and others have this approach with a single set of characters, but it's not MY Little Pony and it's not YOUR Little Pony. I guess you could say people making fanfics of random background ponies in FiM is more MLP-y than anything else, but I do think being on the internet sours things a bit? Like the closed-ness of having your own ponies in your own room making up your own stories, alone or with a friend, it's different than having a thousands-of-views YouTube video of OCs. MLP is such a nostalgia thing, fueled by whimsy and childhood innocence, adults RPing with their OCs isn't the same.
What's funny to me is how a certain fandom did all the character building of blank slate backgrounders in G4 FiM and then had fights about it if anybody else disagreed with the common fanon. And then they disagreed and fought some more when Hasbro approved certain fanons and discarded other interpretations. Muffin pony, Lyra Heartstrings, DJ pony and the entire finale of the show where ships came true were the worst offenders. The B-fandom almost killed eachother over fan characters forced into a show with pre-built characters.
To me it showed that there is a need to have "MY little pony" but it can't really happen in a cartoon show or comic or whatever because that's official material as opposed to a single child's imagination.
Not sure if My Little Pony is "My Little Pony" anymore. It's more like "Lauren Faust's Little Ponies" or whoever's writing whatever nowadays. Drop MLP from the title. "Friendship is Magic". "A New Generation". "Tell Your Tale", "Make Your Mark".Again, nothing wrong... just Old Man Yells at CloudSpoilerMLP G1-3 is YOUR Little Pony. Everyone had a unique experience with their childhood ponies. If you had friends or peers who were into MLP, you probably didn't have the same exact collections, even then, how did you obtain said ponies? How you got the ponies is part the experience. Even if you met someone else with the same pony as you, you probably had a different personality for her, a completely different character. Everyone had their own stories. Not everyone had access to the VHSes or were able to catch MLP on TV, and a lot of people probably didn't even know there was animated media out, or comics. MLP, believe it or not, is a toy, these ponies are dolls. They are no different from Barbie, really, where you make up your own characters and your own stories. Especially when talking about G1 when rereleases of a character were rare and most of the ponies were unique designs and characters, there was no way to fit them all into a piece of media, and a lot of them don't have deep pre-set personalities. You had to make everything up yourself. My experience with MLP is being like "yeah that's a neat idea", seeing it from a story or something, and reenacting something similar. Not 1:1, and that would only be a single story, not everything I did with my ponies was like that.
I see kids online now who grew up with G3, which cool, I was a G3 kid too basically, but it's obvious they grew up with only the DVDs, because they focus on only MLP from around 2007. The era where the main characters were Minty, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie, and later, the Core 7. We're starting to move away from the "personalized" approach MLP had and going into the "prebuilt" era where everything has to be a certain way. G4 made this worse and worse, and G5 is continuing this "prebuilt"-ness.SpoilerSlightly off topic but related to the above, as an example: Most kids nowadays would think of G3 Pinkie as a leader-type, but not me. From the earliest stories and back cards, Pinkie was made out to be the "little sister" type, and I liked that, so I kept it with my own stories, and it's shaped my entire view of the character. I can not for the life of me ship Pinkie/Minty when I perceive Minty as an adult and Pinkie is... kid-ish. Star Catcher doesn't have much of a personality in the media, but I guess she's usually portrayed as a regal goddess in fanworks. Which she is, obviously, but MY Star Catcher was also very vain, snobby, and stories involving her would end up with her learning to have some humility. Those are the most stand-out examples I can think of, but all of MY ponies were different from the """canon""" ones.
Not saying it's bad or wrong, I mean, Care Bears and others have this approach with a single set of characters, but it's not MY Little Pony and it's not YOUR Little Pony. I guess you could say people making fanfics of random background ponies in FiM is more MLP-y than anything else, but I do think being on the internet sours things a bit? Like the closed-ness of having your own ponies in your own room making up your own stories, alone or with a friend, it's different than having a thousands-of-views YouTube video of OCs. MLP is such a nostalgia thing, fueled by whimsy and childhood innocence, adults RPing with their OCs isn't the same.
What's funny to me is how a certain fandom did all the character building of blank slate backgrounders in G4 FiM and then had fights about it if anybody else disagreed with the common fanon. And then they disagreed and fought some more when Hasbro approved certain fanons and discarded other interpretations. Muffin pony, Lyra Heartstrings, DJ pony and the entire finale of the show where ships came true were the worst offenders. The B-fandom almost killed eachother over fan characters forced into a show with pre-built characters.
To me it showed that there is a need to have "MY little pony" but it can't really happen in a cartoon show or comic or whatever because that's official material as opposed to a single child's imagination.
Gosh, you folks both make really good points! I wonder if some of this is the trend we see of "playing with toys" as a key part of childhood that's going away, which is being replaced with more technological toys/playtime. I'm sure some kids (especially those who can't afford the latest electronic gizmos!) are still playing as kids a few decades ago did, but it may be harder with the onset of the cartoon+toy monopolies. G1 had a cartoon, sure, but not all of the toys featured in the cartoon; they were closer to blank slates. Whereas with G4, we were lucky to get the small handful of backgrounder toy ponies that we did! So there's less leeway for kids to engage in play, only recreating what they see on TV. Or - that's all media execs think they do, and so they plan toylines accordingly. Chicken vs egg conundrum!
I also think it would have been really cool if (like Zapper says!) the vocal folks online could have been a lot more chill about people inventing their own stories for the background ponies. Half the fun is coming up with the ideas of who these random characters might be! Not navigating 5 different websites to see what the "accepted fanon" is.
I don't like when ponies get overly humanized/modernized. That why I never liked Tales and it's one of the reasons why I haven't checked out g5 yet (ponies with smartphones ugh) With this I don't mean that they should be just regular animals either, but I always saw ponies more like fantasy beings with their own way of life not quadrupedal humans.
Not to argue or anything, just curious what you guys think.
What's the difference between a pony using a brush and a pony using a smartphone?
I don't like when ponies get overly humanized/modernized. That why I never liked Tales and it's one of the reasons why I haven't checked out g5 yet (ponies with smartphones ugh) With this I don't mean that they should be just regular animals either, but I always saw ponies more like fantasy beings with their own way of life not quadrupedal humans.
Not to argue or anything, just curious what you guys think.
What's the difference between a pony using a brush and a pony using a smartphone?
Not to argue or anything, just curious what you guys think.One is an item that has been used for centuries and not only for humans, but also for horses and other animals, it makes sense that a sapient pony would use a brush for personal care even in a fantasy or historical setting. Other is a modern technology item that puts story's technological level somewhere around 2010's + and leads to bunch of questions and implications about the world.
What's the difference between a pony using a brush and a pony using a smartphone?
G2 had a lot of neat ideas actually.
Berry Bright is best G2. I don't really understand all the Ivy hype, genuinely.
G2 had a lot of neat ideas actually.
Berry Bright is best G2. I don't really understand all the Ivy hype, genuinely.
Isn't there a G2 in similarish colors? Sea Foam or something?
My opinion that might be unpopular? I wish Hasbro had done more horse markings in G1. We have blaze and...? I think that's it. It would have been cool if they did things like paint or appaloosa. I guess Cotton Candy is as close to appaloosa as we got.
I'm not really into playsets, and wasn't when I was a kid either (aside from Castle Grayskull with the slime) but I always liked the G3 playset with the rainbow waterfall. Butterfly Island is its name. That was a cute playset. The little Breezie train was cute too.
My opinion that might be unpopular? I wish Hasbro had done more horse markings in G1. We have blaze and...? I think that's it. It would have been cool if they did things like paint or appaloosa. I guess Cotton Candy is as close to appaloosa as we got.
G2 had a lot of neat ideas actually.
Berry Bright is best G2. I don't really understand all the Ivy hype, genuinely.
Isn't there a G2 in similarish colors? Sea Foam or something?
Um, maybe Sea Breeze? The mail order? *racks brains for G2 names, at which she often fails*
But yeah, it's definitely a reused colour scheme.
I actually think it would've been cool to have a proper appaloosa set with different colours. O.O
Playsets...as a kid I wanted PE and the hair salon and had neither. So I have a special fondness for them. I had DC and the nursery and played with them over and over. As an adult...it's a problem of storage. :/
Everything that Carrehz said.
I met some awesome bronies at ponycon on a couple of occasions. But one of those same years was the year the brony convention here got cancelled and UK ponycon sold out. And some jerks who couldn't get tickets threatened to storm the building and I think there were some threats of indecent behaviour. Bear in mind ponycon has a lot of kids attending. Not good. Not welcome. BUT a lot of bronies did come to ponycon that year. And it was fine. We just all interacted like, well ponyfans. Shared infos. Bantered a bit. It was great. So yeah, the idea of G4 being popular with guys is great.
...The toxic elements, not great. They ruined the reputation of real pony fans, including those who were fans of G4. They attacked the older fandoms, spammed youtube videos, tried (and somewhat succeeded) in pushing their views on everyone.
Those fans were enabled by the attention they got from the media, the world, maybe even Hasbro, that they were 'the fans' of MLP. But they weren't. We were here before G4. We are here after G4. Most of us collect some G4, like some G4 things, but it's just another generation of MLP. It's not better or worse than the other gens. It has destroyed any hope of new or creative pony things going forward, though, since now Hasbro think they can cash in on the same theme, rather than being as original as they were for G1, G2, G3 and at the start of G4.
I'm hoping with time, as the toxic lot disappear, we'll get the fans of G4 who grew up with it and the real pony fans who were genuinely just into the line.
Anyway.
My possibly unpopular opinion for the week.
Walked into Smyths toys today. Saw the G5 pony display. It filled about a two metre section across, and up to about the midpoint of the bay (Smyths stacks very high as a rule). And about 95% of what was there was Sunny. Right now, I feel that G5 is worse than G4 in its character/toy repetition.
I swear, if I see many more Sunny Starscouts, I'm going to rename this generation the mane 1.
I know there's a bit more variety stateside, but still. This is not a great start. G4 at least began with variety. I was able to pick up 3 different ponies in 2011 in Finland, which is already 2 more than I generally see in stores in the UK in 2022.
...The toxic elements, not great. They ruined the reputation of real pony fans, including those who were fans of G4. They attacked the older fandoms, spammed youtube videos, tried (and somewhat succeeded) in pushing their views on everyone.
perhaps i mis-phrased that - i meant less that 'mlparena folks dislike bronies because they like a show for girls while i think that is cool', more-so i meant 'a lot of mlparena folks seem to find the bad side of bronies overshadows the good, while for me it is the inverse.' thank you all for your responses, though. i enjoyed reading them ^.^
I think Starlight and Melody, too, are easy to mix up. They're the same shade of pink and they're also quite similar in themeing... at least I think so. Melody wants to be a musician, a... star, perhaps?
I didn't like Pinkie Pie as a child when I was the target demographic for G3. I liked her at the start because she was the "little sister" but as time went on and she became the "leader" I didn't like it. It didn't help that she has the same voice as Sarah from Ed, Edd n Eddy, making her even more obnoxious and bratty to me. XD
I don't like the more pastel look they ended up giving her down the line too. I like the dark pink body, light pink hair. Eventually they made her entirely the same colour. Not dissimilar to how they lightened up/brightened Rainbow Dash... she went from a cloudy, grey-ish blue colour to teal, to a sky blue. The pearly bodies really make them special too compared to the lighter/brighter matte bodies... I love the (relative) jewel-y, dusky look of early G3. I wish MLP did more jewel tones. Kimono is gorgeous and the prototype Star Catcher they have in the pamphlet (http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/5/56/2004Pamphlet2.jpg) is to die for. It's an elegant look for MLP and it's too bad people want baby pink all the time. I had my pastel phase and it burned out too quickly. I've gone back to my childhood roots of loving warm colours and jewel tones. :P My very first favourite colour was red!
I think Starlight and Melody, too, are easy to mix up. They're the same shade of pink and they're also quite similar in themeing... at least I think so. Melody wants to be a musician, a... star, perhaps?
It definitely did, and still does - if there's one positive thing to say about bronies, they are definitely creative to this day. I'd love to provide some of my own creative projects once I'm able to, and do some similar stuff for the previous generations too - I always felt they deserved the same (positive) treatment.
I'm sure the G4 community had some great stuff, but it was built on the back of hate and derision aimed at existing pony collectors. That's obviously going to inform our feelings going forward.
I feel like if more non-toxic fans had done more to call out the behaviour and try and stop it, we'd probably have a better overall impression of the G4 fandom.
Unpopular opinion bronies would disagree with, I find the art and art style gorgeous and I think girly things is good!If this is about G3, I can honestly say as a brony that I 100% agree with you. I actually call G3 "The Beautiful Generation" because pretty much everything (if not everything) about it looks and sounds so artistically pleasing. The femininity of it all really adds to the beauty, and I just love it - I love girly things too. ^_^
Brony issue was that is the Anime crowd. g4 just looked close to their favourite slop, so same problems arose. Can not clean anime fan spaces.This seems to be an unpopular opinion in itself, but I never saw any similarity between G4/FiM style and anime style - they are completely different styles, that look nothing alike, in my eyes. I'm sure I even saw Lauren say she wasn't going for an anime look, and I agree with her.
I swear, if I see many more Sunny Starscouts, I'm going to rename this generation the mane 1.
I'm getting really sick of Sunny, too.
I'm already tired of Sunny as well.Hehe, oops :biggrin:
And yeah, as Taffeta mentioned, the porn was a massive issue. Personally, I don't have a problem with that sort of thing as long as it is properly filtered and tagged so that the only people who see it are people who consented to viewing it. And sure, other fandoms have this issue, but honestly, in my experience, bronies were the worst about it.
I also think G4 fans would do better to ditch the 'brony' tag. It's become the epicentre of the toxic, and will always be associated with the bad stuff.I understand why people would think this, but for me, I'm keeping the title - not only am I nostalgic towards the brony fandom, in spite of its flaws, I also feel that keeping the title, and acting like a good fan is a better way to go - show the world that it doesn't have to have that reputation (which, in my experience it is already moving away from, for the most part.) - that's how I choose to look at it anyway, I respect those that don't.
I hope they make Misty, but I hope they don't give her pre -crimped hair. It'll get tangled in the toy box really fast. Let kids and collectors crimp it if they like.
I hope they make Misty, but I hope they don't give her pre -crimped hair. It'll get tangled in the toy box really fast. Let kids and collectors crimp it if they like.How about, instead of normal nylon hair, we get a perfume puff-esque Misty. :biggrin: *fingers crossed*
I hope they make Misty, but I hope they don't give her pre -crimped hair. It'll get tangled in the toy box really fast. Let kids and collectors crimp it if they like.How about, instead of normal nylon hair, we get a perfume puff-esque Misty. :biggrin: *fingers crossed*
I hope they make Misty, but I hope they don't give her pre -crimped hair. It'll get tangled in the toy box really fast. Let kids and collectors crimp it if they like.How about, instead of normal nylon hair, we get a perfume puff-esque Misty. :biggrin: *fingers crossed*
I hope they make Misty, but I hope they don't give her pre -crimped hair. It'll get tangled in the toy box really fast. Let kids and collectors crimp it if they like.How about, instead of normal nylon hair, we get a perfume puff-esque Misty. :biggrin: *fingers crossed*
I freely admit I don't know who Misty is, since I haven't watched any of the new G5 stuff, but perfume puff hair is awesome. I think this may be an unpopular opinion, but I don't mind xD. It's so much fun to comb.
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I didn't like Pinkie Pie as a child when I was the target demographic for G3. I liked her at the start because she was the "little sister" but as time went on and she became the "leader" I didn't like it.
I hope they make Misty, but I hope they don't give her pre -crimped hair. It'll get tangled in the toy box really fast. Let kids and collectors crimp it if they like.How about, instead of normal nylon hair, we get a perfume puff-esque Misty. :biggrin: *fingers crossed*
I freely admit I don't know who Misty is, since I haven't watched any of the new G5 stuff, but perfume puff hair is awesome. I think this may be an unpopular opinion, but I don't mind xD. It's so much fun to comb.
She's a blue unicorn with fabulously crimped purple and green hair. Her colors are pretty anyway, it reminds me a bit of G3 Seaspray and G3 Daybreak. I don't watch the show either, but sometimes I like to look at new ponies.
https://g5mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Misty/Gallery
This is going back in the thread a bit, but I never noticed that change with G3 Pinkie Pie - aside from that one moment when she did math in "A Charmin Birthday" in a childish way ("If we add up one charm bracelet to the seven... to me, that adds up to eight." or something like that) - she never felt like the "little sister" character to me, she always seemed on the same level as the other "in general" ponies, and even took the lead in "A Charming Birthday" to some extent, so she always had leadership qualities to me, I guess...
No offense, just putting my two cents in there.
For the record I love G3 Pinkie Pie, but respect those who don't (she's super-adorable for me. ^_^)
Ah, I see. Thanks.This is going back in the thread a bit, but I never noticed that change with G3 Pinkie Pie - aside from that one moment when she did math in "A Charmin Birthday" in a childish way ("If we add up one charm bracelet to the seven... to me, that adds up to eight." or something like that) - she never felt like the "little sister" character to me, she always seemed on the same level as the other "in general" ponies, and even took the lead in "A Charming Birthday" to some extent, so she always had leadership qualities to me, I guess...
No offense, just putting my two cents in there.
For the record I love G3 Pinkie Pie, but respect those who don't (she's super-adorable for me. ^_^)
I believe Ragamuffin may be referring to the backcard/story version of Pinkie rather than the cartoon. IIRC the two were quite different.