NY Toy Fair 2014

[prancingstag]

In my opinion the lack of Applejack is because she's the only one of the main six that doesn't have pink or purple


Is like Tales Bright Eyes is one of the rare ones of the 7 friends, also she's the only one without pink or purple

So Hasbro assumes little girls won't like them   

Well, overall in terms of marketing, what do little girls like? Pink/purple! Sparkles! Magic! Rainbows! Fashion! Mothering/nurturing! That covers five of the main six.

Umm... kicking trees until the fruit falls off? Pulling wagons and selling produce? Being a responsible working adult/the voice of reason? Maybe put that one on the backburner.

[Zapper]

I think it has nothing to do with orange. Honeybuzz sold like hotcakes.
I think it has to do with both AJ and Brighteyes having "boring" personalities in kids' eyes. Both are the voice of reason, both do very "adult" things and not the cool adult things but the boring ones: working hard and studying hard.

Edit: Twilight was that boring kind of character and look what Hasbro did: Princess-ification

[Shiromisa]

Hey, with any luck, they'll all end up princesses at the end of this season!

[hathorcat]

Princess-ification

New favourite word

[U2QueenBee]

But...orange is the best color in the WORLD!!!!!!!

Woot, a fellow orange-lover! I still haven't got my hands on Honeybuzz...I hate how ludicrously expensive trans-Atlantic shipping is now, it makes it so hard to buy ponies from America when the shipping is more than the pony.

[CupidStrikes]

I think it has nothing to do with orange. Honeybuzz sold like hotcakes.
I think it has to do with both AJ and Brighteyes having "boring" personalities in kids' eyes. Both are the voice of reason, both do very "adult" things and not the cool adult things but the boring ones: working hard and studying hard.

Edit: Twilight was that boring kind of character and look what Hasbro did: Princess-ification

I dunno, wasn't the point of the ponies having such varied personalities the point, so as to appeal to all children, including the bookish, quiet, and more "adult" ones? Though, Hasbro's obsession with pink and Pinkie Pie suggests their marketing department have their heads firmly stuffed into traditional gender stuff so I shouldn't be surprised if they think little girls won't want a character that reads

[Zapper]

I think it has nothing to do with orange. Honeybuzz sold like hotcakes.
I think it has to do with both AJ and Brighteyes having "boring" personalities in kids' eyes. Both are the voice of reason, both do very "adult" things and not the cool adult things but the boring ones: working hard and studying hard.

Edit: Twilight was that boring kind of character and look what Hasbro did: Princess-ification

I dunno, wasn't the point of the ponies having such varied personalities the point, so as to appeal to all children, including the bookish, quiet, and more "adult" ones? Though, Hasbro's obsession with pink and Pinkie Pie suggests their marketing department have their heads firmly stuffed into traditional gender stuff so I shouldn't be surprised if they think little girls won't want a character that reads

Well, of course that's mostly Hasbro's fault and gender stereotyping comes into play big time. That's why they made Twilight a princess.
But here's the thing: kids really do tend to like the entertaining characters more, no matter how mature they are for their age, no matter their gender. AJ and Brighteyes are the least funny or entertaining characters out of their respective groups.
Before Twilight became a Princess she had this episode where she went nuts Gollum-style and apparently kids loved that.

I don't even know many adult fans who like AJ. Personally, I love her and I hate how she gets replaced by some background pony ever so often. But she is undoubtly the least popular out of the Six and in my opinion this has to do with her rather serious attitude, her job and that most of her episodes center around her being overworked or dealing with family issues. That's just not as appealing as a funny dramaqueen like Rarity, silly Pinkie Pie, rebellious RD, powerful Twilight or cutesy-wootsy Fluttershy with all her adorable animal friends.

And about Brighteyes... I really do think there are not many kids who love to do their homework. Kid!me thought Brighteyes was annoying (along with all the mean boy ponies of Tales)

[Galactica]

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Oh hey! I was just looking through ASM's photos (which are great by the way) and noticed these Equestira girls- they are wearing the outfits that are on that My Little Pony FIM game-  Or at least, that is what they were wearing when I deleted the game 

http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/mlp-equestrian-girls/IMG_0492.jpg


Also-  is it just me or do these Snowglobe ponies appear to be in different sizes?  Is that a smaller version of Celestia in the box- and a larger one loose?  Or maybe the one loose is just a prototype? (Noting the difference between the solid plastic wings and clear wings)

Doesn't the face mold look like they are GIANT pony (Styling/Chinese New Year Pinkie) size?  http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0460.jpg

I guess this was an issue in a different thread- but you can actually see in this picture that the Breezie pony wings do come from their shoulders/backs, not their butts (a relief) http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0461.jpg

Sure looks like the Castle is going to come with Twilight Sparkle (and not Luna) after all  http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0468.jpg

The POP ponies look a LOT less cute up close.  Especially the felt manes and tails, the thick yarn manes and tails, the plastic string manes and tails... http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0470.jpg  Maybe a clever customizer can save them?  Also the HEART shapes in their eyes are very off-putting.   Honestly even the nicer accessories look like a mess.  Still- I think these will probably be popular with the kids.  I can imagine my niece liking the Ms. Potato Head aspect of these guys...

A better look than I've seen so far at the Goth ponies http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0478.jpg  -  I feel like these might be pretty fun to customize.

[prancingstag]

Also-  is it just me or do these Snowglobe ponies appear to be in different sizes?  Is that a smaller version of Celestia in the box- and a larger one loose?  Or maybe the one loose is just a prototype? (Noting the difference between the solid plastic wings and clear wings)

Doesn't the face mold look like they are GIANT pony (Styling/Chinese New Year Pinkie) size?  http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0460.jpg

If you look here, you can see that the Snowglobe ponies appear to all be the same size, just the boxes are on pedestals. And yes, Rainbow Princess Twilight Sparkle appears to be a giant styling size, in comparison to the styling strands ponies which we know are fashion style sized.

If I move Celestia's eyes to be level, her feet appear to also be level with the bottom of the box:

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And if I move the styling strands ponies feet to be level with Twilight's, she appears to be giant styling size:

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[Galactica]

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Hmm-- I'm not so sure, honestly the more I look at this picture http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0457.jpg the more it looks like two sizes to me-

Especially when the smaller size seems to have the solid wings and the larger size the translucent wings?  And doesn't the mold for the larger one- look just a little more detailed? (May be imagining things here)

So to summarize new ponies I have:

Entirely new ponies:
1) New Photo Finish http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/mlp-equestrian-girls/IMG_0481.jpg
2) Holly Dash
(Maybe Octavia and Asagio too?)
3 & 4? Breezies (although they are completely plastic and packaged with rainbow re-colors- so they look more like accessories to me than actual ponies) But at any rate-2 new Breezies-  – Sea Breezie (purple w/ blue hair) & Sunset Breezie (orange with pink hair) http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0461.jpg

Same Characters seemingly new Molds
* New Snowglobe ponies (existing characters- but better than a re-color)  Luna, Cadence, Twilight (I guess the jury is out but they may be different sizes) http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0457.jpg

Twilight and Cadence(sorry she looked pink due to the lighting I guess) – Appear to be in the GIANT Styling/Chinese New Year size- with new wings   http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0460.jpg
POP Ponies- of the mane 6 http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0445.jpg; http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0443.jpg

RE-COLORS- some new characters same molds
* New giant Talking Chrysalis http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0482.jpg
* Assorted Rainbowified recolored mane 6 (too many to keep track of or care about)
* Mane 6 re-colored as Goth ponies (AJ, FS, Pinkie, Rarity, Celestia, Twilight Sparkle) http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0478.jpg
* Cadence Colorable pony (look in top right corner of photo) http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0448.jpg  (In Luna mold)
* Blind-bag re-colors- lots of them.  http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0464.jpg

Did I miss any?  And I mean brushable ponies, not merch/plush or blind bags.

[sd_dreamcrystal]

Galactica - I get a forbidden page with this image links

[BlueBelle]

Galactica - I get a forbidden page with this image links

So do I.

[prancingstag]

Where are you getting styling size Cadence from? Both of the ponies in that photo are Twilight.

Initially I get "forbidden" messages from these links but if I select the URL and hit enter again the image shows up.

[Dragonflitter]

Where are you getting styling size Cadence from? Both of the ponies in that photo are Twilight.

Oh I thought it was Cadance too! But yeah, it looks like it was just a trick of the light, making the Twilight-out-of-the-box a different color than the Twilight-in-the-box. But the one that looks like Cadance has Twilight's crown and the exact same accessories.



Ahem... WHY are my precious pony girls now covered in stupid black mascara and dressed in silk stockings!?! Are they going to the pony boardwalk? Giant talking Queen Crysallis is wearing silk stockings too! Is she going to give us pillow talk when you press her buttons?

[sd_dreamcrystal]

Hmm-- I'm not so sure, honestly the more I look at this picture http://toyfair14.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0457.jpg the more it looks like two sizes to me-

Especially when the smaller size seems to have the solid wings and the larger size the translucent wings?  And doesn't the mold for the larger one- look just a little more detailed? (May be imagining things here)

I think the size has to do with perspective here. The ones that are closer forward will look bigger while the ones further back will look smaller

Post Merge: February 21, 2014, 06:10:19 PM

also while Photo Finish is a new brushable I do feel she is in the same mold as the earth ponies... and looking at the image I already can tell she will have the same problem as the first burshable for DJ... painted on glasses

and don't forget there is another new brushable single that is another unicorn