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Quote from: Leave a Whisper on August 02, 2019, 04:07:04 PMQuote from: Sunset on August 02, 2019, 10:18:08 AMI don’t know whether it will effect G5 or not. I suspect that this is just a place holder line in between G4 and what ever is coming down the pipeline.Something awful is coming down the line. Of this I have no doubt. Hasbro is making a complete mess, except this time, I'm not sure its phoenix will ever rise again as anything more then a shell of its former selfI'm excited for G5 for the potential it could have, but I just can't imagine it being big. I think it will either do "okay" or under-perform.
Quote from: Sunset on August 02, 2019, 10:18:08 AMI don’t know whether it will effect G5 or not. I suspect that this is just a place holder line in between G4 and what ever is coming down the pipeline.Something awful is coming down the line. Of this I have no doubt. Hasbro is making a complete mess, except this time, I'm not sure its phoenix will ever rise again as anything more then a shell of its former self
I don’t know whether it will effect G5 or not. I suspect that this is just a place holder line in between G4 and what ever is coming down the pipeline.
G1 is full of 'collect them all' language. I think that's an idea that can still be capitalised on now. I don't think throwaway toys are as good an idea as Hasbro seem to think.
Quote from: Taffeta on August 04, 2019, 01:18:28 AMG1 is full of 'collect them all' language. I think that's an idea that can still be capitalised on now. I don't think throwaway toys are as good an idea as Hasbro seem to think.Oh, definitely. I'd bring up Shopkins, but those aren't as popular as they used to be. "Blind bag" toys in general are super popular, for the surprise element of course, but also you have so much variety. You could potentially get something new every time. If you don't like what they're offering, sit and wait until the next wave, where there's probably something new. You don't have that luxury with Cutie Mark Crew, where 75% of the line is taken up by Mane 6. Literally. I counted. There's 24 in a wave, and each of the Mane 6 usually get their EQG form, their pony form, and their seapony form. And there are, what, 5 waves now? And it's all taken up by Mane 6.
What evidence is there that BotBots aren't popular with girls? Also, a lot of the BotBots characters are girls.I don't know which demographic is buying BotBots, but I have to assume they're successful because Hasbro is releasing their third wave of them.There are also female characters in the more traditional "vehicle to robot line", Windblade is basically co-starring with Bumblebee in Transformers: Cyberverse and half of the Decepticon Seekers are female.
These are all very valid points, LOL! I mean, I never got the whole Shopkins thing, maybe I would've been into it when I was a kid, I'm not sure. It is, however, nice to see more female TFs of any kind in the line!
I'm still new to this game, since I only became a pony collector in adulthood, but I'm interested to see what happens next. Whatever Hasbro does with themselves is going to be judged hard because of the hype surrounding the ponies. FIM was been their cash cow, whatever they do, they should do slowly. Also, to whomever mentioned the "Transformers BotBots"... what even are these? If this was an attempt to get girls into the franchise, they failed miserably, IMHO. No longer the demographic here, clearly, but if you want girls in, they should've tried making the female characters more available, given Elita-One, Arcee, and some of the other girls action figures comparable to the male characters. Cause these are really kinda dumb.
Quote from: LightheartRose on August 04, 2019, 09:38:56 AMI'm still new to this game, since I only became a pony collector in adulthood, but I'm interested to see what happens next. Whatever Hasbro does with themselves is going to be judged hard because of the hype surrounding the ponies. FIM was been their cash cow, whatever they do, they should do slowly. Also, to whomever mentioned the "Transformers BotBots"... what even are these? If this was an attempt to get girls into the franchise, they failed miserably, IMHO. No longer the demographic here, clearly, but if you want girls in, they should've tried making the female characters more available, given Elita-One, Arcee, and some of the other girls action figures comparable to the male characters. Cause these are really kinda dumb.@Leave A Whisper, I'm very sorry if I offended you, I didn't mean to in the least. And I had no clue they'd started making more femmes! The ten year old in me just screamed with joy. This only goes to show me that I, as a toy restorer and seller myself to get on the ball a little more!