Would you buy a Pony for design even if you don't like the character?

[scarletjul]

I bought Sunset Shimmer even though I didn't care much for her in the movie.

[Pony Adventures]

Yes. The toys always come first for me!

This is the same feeling for me!

[hathorcat]

I am all about the toys The show is a bolt on and so I am honestly not fussed by the characters. I have a couple of G4 Rainbow Dashes so that shows that the fact I actively dislike her character but love the colours and design in her toy.   

I do have a terrible habit of not liking the over hyped ponies mainly because I dont understand the degree of adoration and sometimes that puts me off the toy *eyes up Trixie* However if I like their style and colours then I can get over that too.

[U2QueenBee]

It depends, I did get Sunset Shimmer even though I don't like her in the film (though I bought her before I saw it), but I think I wouldn't necessarily buy, say, Diamond Tiara.  I suppose it depends just how much I like the design vs. how much I dislike the character, and which I see first.  I did end up getting a Pinkie Pie even though I don't like pink and got really really tired of seeing her in G3, because I love her character on the show.

[Mad-March]

The design of a toy is always more important to me! I'd buy a design I liked even if I didn't like the character, but even if I had a favorite character but their toy looked awful, I probably wouldn't buy it.

[LadyMoondancer]

Toys first!

But it also depends . . . do I not like them as a person, or do I not like them as a character?  Diamond Tiara is an awful person, but a great character . . . a great villain / antagonist character.  Same with Silver Spoon.

Snips and Snails, on the other hand, get on my nerves.  So I would actually be more inclined to get Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon over Snips and Snails based on "character", even though Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are much meaner.

[Carrehz]

I'm more interested in the toys than the TV shows (I don't watch FiM at all, heh), so.. yes I will say that I did end up buying a Sweet Stuff almost entirely because I fell in love with how adorable she is in the TV show, though! Originally I wasn't really a fan of Twinkle Eyes, but I had to make an exception for her (and Galaxy! Those twinkle eyes have grown on me ).

[Honeycomb]

I only buy for design, I don't care about the shows at all.

[RainbowAlicorn999]

I would buy anything that's a new character even if it was a random oc.

[goddessofpeep]

For me, the toys and the shows are completely separate.  What happens on the show ususally has no effect on my collecting. Liking a character on the show can slightly increase my desire to buy the toy, but not by much. Occationally I dislike the toy AND the character on the show(Pinkie Pie comes to mind), but I'm a pony collector first. It's all about the toys for me.

[G4Sweeties]

Well, yeah!

[Trinity]

Yes! I have a brushable Trixie, even though she's an annoying character. Also I'm really tempted to grab a Sunset Shimmer. >.>

[Uninu]

Yes. I don't care for some characters but the ponies are pretty so I buy them anyway.

[rtattles]

Plenty for G1, and I figured I can always change their personalities to suit my taste. The following names are:

Paradise, Truly, Heart Throb, Lickety Split and Gusty. I never understood why Gusty had to be so nasty like she's constantly passive aggressive. I hated Truly's Southern belle accent. Heart Throb was a bimbo in my eyes...etc. I actually liked their toys though.

[girlyponce]

If I like the look of the toy, I'm all for it - the show personality doesn't really come in to play at all for me. Especially because they change all of the time...