Stands too!!!!!!  Wow!  Way to go Mattel!

I went hunting today.  Still no Catrine:(  Finally got to see A swim doll in person, a Lala.  I didn't buy her though, I want one with LOTSA pink in her hair:)  Still had that one Ice/Blob pack with the sub-par lip screening kicking around.

I guess it was for the best.  I wound up spending a bunch of money on stuff for my apartment.  Not to mention the $1000 I spent on new appliances the other day   Getting divorced is expensive

I couldn't pull up my recently viewed stuff to check, so good to know they're still in the system.

AND I HOPE I GET HER. I'm rocking back and forth and constantly checking the order page hoping it doesn't switch to Backordered over night. ;o;

"You can expect to receive your item(s) between 12/20/12 and 12/26/12" - This made me raise an eyebrow in laughter though.. any of us that ordered her standard ground will be lucky if we get her before the New Year, ahaha.

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Quote from: Elisto on June 01, 2012, 03:48:04 PM

Personally, I doubt Hasbro has any idea "brony" doesn't encompass all MLP fans. How would they know that?

See I really agree, and I don't think they had any idea the collectors wouldn't be happy about this.

I disagree.  They designed a MLP Fair logo with only G1 ponies on it, which they certainly would know not to do with a brony convention.

I don't really mind the G3 to G4 mold switch--I would rather have G3 molds, but I can understand them wanting to promote their latest line.  And I have nothing against Ditzy Doo.   But she makes for a really . . . boring . . . collector pony.  Because that's what the MLP Fair is geared towards--toy collectors.  Maybe they collect G1, maybe G2, maybe G3 or G4, but it's mostly about the toys, with glorious dealer tables set up all over the place, plus customs to see or buy.  And I KNOW Hasbro knows this because they have gone all out in the past, giving us awesome and crazy exclusive ponies!   (And also because they, you know, have attended the Fair many times before. )

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Compare these ponies to Ditzy's basic, plain design.  She would be fine as a retail pony.  She is fine as the SDCC pony, because a lot of bronies a) are more into the TV show than toys and b) will be attending SDCC, so that all works out.  But she is boring choice for a Fair pony IMO.

And what makes it worse is that she isn't even an exclusive for the Fair--Hasbro just shrugged and said, "Yeah, nothing special for you!"   I'm sorry, but I think that is really sad.    Before this year, they always made separate SDCC and Fair ponies, even though the demand for SDCC ponies was obviously less than it will be this year.   

So now they are raking in more money than ever and outputting half as much product.

Well, yes, calling her boring is a matter of opinion.  So is calling her interesting.

" Pony" is very much a brony-based phenomenon.  I do not think the brony fanbase is at all incorrect when they feel that they were the ones who had such a huge effect that they rocketed her to fame and led Studio B to give her uneven eyes in episodes (other than the first episode, where her eyes were just a little in-joke by an animator.)

Not that more "traditional" fans, for lack of a better term, can't enjoy her;  I like her as a "Where's Waldo" type thing in the episodes.  But she is very much associated with bronies.

I don't dislike the pony on principal.  But I am testy that Hasbro gave the convention that mainly is geared towards their older fans (in terms of "years in the fandom", not "age") . . . something that was created by and is the unofficial "symbol" of newer fans.

And a toy that is not even unique to the MLP Fair?  As I said before, if they tried this with Botcon and SDCC, heads would roll.

As far as the design goes, she is just too plain for a MLP Fair pony IMO, as I said.  But beyond that . . . having her as the MLP Fair pony diminishes the connection between MLP collectors and Hasbro, which we have worked hard to build up.  Before, Hasbro took the time to create something special and unique for the Fair.   Some of their designs I've liked, some I didn't like, but you could always see the EFFORT they put into it, and I appreciated that.   With Ditzy . . . Hasbro didn't not even create her design.  Studio B did, as a random background pony.   So now we not only have an "exclusive" pony that is not really exclusive, but it's also one that Hasbro literally put no thought into designing, as it was designed by a different company.