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G4 was already the downfall of the franchise. The toy quality has been atrocious for a long time because it became all about the TV show and other associated media instead of the toy line. I don't have high hopes for the next gens in terms of collectability.
Quote from: achab1984 on October 16, 2024, 03:05:29 PMMy personal feeling that hasbro killed the brand after the first few years of the G4 ponies.Agreed.And don't get me started on the secondary fanbase constantly demanding the ponies not have brushable manes anymore because of "show accuracy".
My personal feeling that hasbro killed the brand after the first few years of the G4 ponies.
I stopped considering bronies to be pony fans when they started calling Tales G2 To me there are two different groups - actual G4 fans, and bronies...and it's the latter who are fixed on 'show accurate' blah and obsessed with overwriting all other MLP with their own concepts and ideas.Like the people who swear blind they invented the fandom and there was never a pony community before they appeared. We'd all have been so much better off, and so would the brand, if they never had.(Again, talking about toxic bronies, not all G4 fans).
Like the people who swear blind they invented the fandom and there was never a pony community before they appeared.)
Quote from: Taffeta on December 10, 2024, 07:13:19 AMLike the people who swear blind they invented the fandom and there was never a pony community before they appeared.)They also relentlessly mock the previous gens and treat them as lesser for being targeted towards a younger audience.
Quote from: gunmute on December 11, 2024, 08:32:05 PMQuote from: Taffeta on December 10, 2024, 07:13:19 AMLike the people who swear blind they invented the fandom and there was never a pony community before they appeared.)They also relentlessly mock the previous gens and treat them as lesser for being targeted towards a younger audience. Let's not forget they mock them for being for girls while swearing up and down that G4 is the only gen not just for boys but for grown men because they have creepy villains (that all get redeemed, at least G1 ponies killed them lol) Nevermind the first two seasons of FiM were completely girl-targeted and are being hailed as the best of the series, nevermind the fan-pandering even started to annoy the b-words after a while and they started fighting over which fancanon to make official and threatened the showrunners and writers. Their own fandom started eating itself.Edit: typos
I'm not seeing much out and about, but there is retro merch coming out now and then, so I think this will be a hibernation period but the nostalgia means it's absolutely not fading anytime soon. It will be interesting to see if they capitalise on nostalgia for G4 the same way Monster High G1 is getting