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Is it confirmed we aren’t getting Powder and Sky Flier? I just thought they’d come later like Pinwheel and Starflower...
What's character design got to do with it?
And some random artist on DA making merch with regular eyes is different from a toy company reproducing a set that revolves solely aound a gimmick.
And people collect de-flocked SS ponies? So what? That's people deliberately altering a gimmicky toy.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 04, 2020, 06:28:35 PMWhat's character design got to do with it?Someone who is a fan of a character, especially if they are a fan of the show, may not care about the gimmicks. Fizzy is still Fizzy even if she doesn’t have the twinkle eyes. Or maybe she gets flocking or twice as fancy symbols. She’s still Fizzy. And a lot of people would still want her.
I'd love to see the TAF ponies and, you're right, TAF Majesty proves they know how to make them!
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on November 04, 2020, 07:24:50 PMI'd love to see the TAF ponies and, you're right, TAF Majesty proves they know how to make them!A potential problem with the first TAF set is that it's five different molds that BF hasn't made yet. It seems like at most they can do two new molds for each set at a time. The only exception so far was the first Rainbow set when they introduced three molds at the same time (but all of those could be reused in later sets). They do have 4/6 molds ready to go for the second TAF set, but I'm guessing those are not as iconic as the first set even if they are very beloved by collectors.I wonder if BF is leaving Galaxy out of their first TE release, so they can include her later if they do a second set of four? Then their second TE release can be Galaxy, Speedy, Masquerade and Sweet Pop, leaving only Whizzer out.
Actually, that sounds weirdly plausible. Although it would be a shame not to see Whizzer, as aflame mentions, she is the one off pose in the group. And it's not a common pose so not easily reuseable unless they plan for Paradise and Wind Whistler down the line. Which I wouldn't complain about (and those COULD have no flocking, since one was released as a regular pony and the other at least projected, they're not dependent on the gimmick in quite the same way as the TES and Rainbows) but which seems a long way from likely at the moment.
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I'd assume they would do the actual twinkle eyes on them! I've taken one apart before and if I recall correctly it was just one piece (the "gem") shoved in the eye socket, not too complex...I wonder if the price might go up a bit though? That said, if they don't do the gem eyes I won't personally be tooooo disappointed, and with pandemic-related impacts who knows. I would like to get Fizzy, out of the first set, and like someone else said, whether or not she had the gem eyes isn't a deal breaker for me. She'd still be visually the same for the most part. The gems don't have any particular meaning to me, though I'm sure some people are more attached to them. Oh if they do Tic Tac Toe with regular eyes I would totally get her...
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 04, 2020, 06:28:35 PMWhat's character design got to do with it?Someone who is a fan of a character, especially if they are a fan of the show, may not care about the gimmicks. Fizzy is still Fizzy even if she doesn’t have the twinkle eyes. Or maybe she gets flocking or twice as fancy symbols. She’s still Fizzy. And a lot of people would still want her. Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 04, 2020, 06:28:35 PMAnd some random artist on DA making merch with regular eyes is different from a toy company reproducing a set that revolves solely aound a gimmick. ? I wasn’t talking about random artists on DA? Every piece of official Retro merchandise that I’ve seen for years has depicted Fizzy with regular eyes.Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 04, 2020, 06:28:35 PMAnd people collect de-flocked SS ponies? So what? That's people deliberately altering a gimmicky toy. People like that character and don’t like the flocking gimmick. If they could buy a Bangles, for example, without the flocking then they wouldn’t have to alter the vintage one? An example of the gimmick not being the be-all and end-all? I just meant for this to be a fun discussion. My opinion doesn’t in any way effect what Basic Fun will or will not do.