Mlp tales

[moonflower]

Just because it's a different setting doesn't make it a new generation - both the cartoon style and the toys and merchandise are clearly G1. For Tales had been G2, it would probably have looked something like this!

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I think the confusion arises from that particular image, which is actually the cover of a DVD release of MLP Tales.

The original VHS cover though is clearly G1:-
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Also, MLP Tales came out in 1992.
G2 didn't come out until 1997.

[MidnightMocha]

I consider it G1- like others have said, the toy style didn't change- it was like a side arm sister show to the other G1 show and movies. I grew up with it, loved it Just lost an auction on a Clover yesterday, lol!

I wish I could come into a thread about MLP Tales for once and not see someone bringing in a negative opinion to an otherwise uncharged thread. That isn't what the post was asking about. MLP Tales is near and dear to my heart right along with the other G1 shows, and it makes me sad.

[Al-1701]

There was only one other G1 show.

It should also be noted the comic in the U.K. continued up until 1993 and had a few stories involving the Tales characters towards the end.  Therefore, even the media ties Tales to G1.

[KarentheUnicorn]

It's G1.

People that say it's G2 or G anything else but G1 are ignorant of MLP history...sorry, but you don't know MLP.

EVEN if you go by the animation the toy and animation are pretty much the same. The only thing different in the tales cartoon is it's set to a different theme story, but the animation looks pretty much identical to what came before.

So, people who call it G2 don't know history and are doomed to look silly IMO. It's like calling Equestria Girls G5.

[Al-1701]

And when I said it Tales was the beginning of the end of G1, I mean it was the last global endeavor of G1.  And the fact the toys of the Tales characters were never widely sold outside of Europe might add to people's confusion.

[Bibinettepony]

G1 

[MJNSEIFER]

I wish I could come into a thread about MLP Tales for once and not see someone bringing in a negative opinion to an otherwise uncharged thread. That isn't what the post was asking about. MLP Tales is near and dear to my heart right along with the other G1 shows, and it makes me sad.

Well, you'll be pleased to hear that I love MLP Tales, and wish it had been on air longer (in my opinion, they axed it just as it was really starting to get good, and it was good already).

[Deep Purple Crystal]

Tales is definitely G1. The 7 Pony Friends (a.k.a the Tales girls) were part of the (European only) 1993 toyline.
Here are the girls in toy form
:http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/graphics/i-tales1.jpg
And these:
http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/graphics/i-tales2.jpg

Images courtesy of Dream Valley kimsites. I hope this is not wrong to copy them here.

[MidnightMocha]

I wish I could come into a thread about MLP Tales for once and not see someone bringing in a negative opinion to an otherwise uncharged thread. That isn't what the post was asking about. MLP Tales is near and dear to my heart right along with the other G1 shows, and it makes me sad.

Well, you'll be pleased to hear that I love MLP Tales, and wish it had been on air longer (in my opinion, they axed it just as it was really starting to get good, and it was good already).

I mean I'm not gonna pretend it was a masterpiece or on the same level as other shows, but I love it for what it was when I was a child, and I'm not sure why it's held against the same standards as cartoons today, and then criticized.


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[hathorcat]

I consider it G1- like others have said, the toy style didn't change- it was like a side arm sister show to the other G1 show and movies. I grew up with it, loved it Just lost an auction on a Clover yesterday, lol!

I wish I could come into a thread about MLP Tales for once and not see someone bringing in a negative opinion to an otherwise uncharged thread. That isn't what the post was asking about. MLP Tales is near and dear to my heart right along with the other G1 shows, and it makes me sad.

Where was the negativity in the thread about Tales?

[MidnightMocha]

@hathorcat- there isn't much explicitly, but there always seems to be a little and I felt it wasn't really called for given that the thread doesn't ask for an opinion about the show. It's not a big deal but it seems to happen a lot with regard to Tales for some reason? I guess same could be said for G3.5.


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[hathorcat]

Ok. I will admit I dont see any negativity in the thread at all that is why I was confused

I am sure if you read it that way no one meant it. Now a thread about G3.5 in any shape or form...then everyone will be negative.

[MidnightMocha]

Ok. I will admit I dont see any negativity in the thread at all that is why I was confused

I am sure if you read it that way no one meant it. Now a thread about G3.5 in any shape or form...then everyone will be negative.

Oh no I'm not saying it's even necessarily negative, but to say that Tales took all the magic out of G1 sounds a bit harsh to me, that's all! It was pretty magical to 6 yr old me who loved talking ponies. I just loved Tales as a kid and have seen it get a lot of backlash because people consider it separate from G1. I totally agree G3.5 gets a lot worse lol


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[hathorcat]

Ahhh...I get you.

Did the poster perhaps mean "magic" literally though. Tales became a very slice of life show - ponies going to school every day, sleeping in beds, cooking in kitchens, hanging out in cafes [and not a unicorn or pegasus in site]. Whereas pre Tale there were multiple types of ponies, who did magic, who were more often found in a castle or a field or on a wild adventure with some mythical creature. Maybe thats what taking the magic out of the show meant?

[MidnightMocha]

Ahhh...I get you.

Did the poster perhaps mean "magic" literally though. Tales became a very slice of life show - ponies going to school every day, sleeping in beds, cooking in kitchens, hanging out in cafes [and not a unicorn or pegasus in site]. Whereas pre Tale there were multiple types of ponies, who did magic, who were more often found in a castle or a field or on a wild adventure with some mythical creature. Maybe thats what taking the magic out of the show meant?

It's entirely possible! Just not what it sounded like so could totally be my problem, lol. It was slice of life! I think that means I must be a pretty boring person because my younger self thought that was awesome- I was like, if a pony is going to school and baking and such...well, I do those things! What if I'M a pony?

But I digress- you're probably right