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Yeah I wonder will the mane and tail be full of that wax gunk like TRU Shadowbolt Rainbow Dash, in order to hold the hairstyle in place?
Quote from: banditpony on July 14, 2017, 11:24:45 AMQuote from: Sunset on July 14, 2017, 10:18:11 AMIt seems to me the real reason they put these in big packs like this is to force us to buy more. Sure $10 dollars per pony is better than $15 per pony... but only if you intend to purchase all 6. The truth is if they were individual, most people would only buy their 1-3 favorites and leave the rest. This way they force you to buy the entire set while rationalizing that you are spending less when actually you are spending more if you don't want all the ponies in the set.No one is being forced to buy these ponies. They are available individual as well (with outfits and accessories)With the movie coming out there is going to be a higher interest in buying the mane 6. It's been hashed out time and again why the mane 6 remain on the store shelves. Don't like them, don't buy them! Whatever the reason. Too expensive. Duplicate. Ugly. Too big. Not cost efficient. It's fine!But they are on store shelves for a reason... I'm not saying people can't refuse to buy them. I'm just saying that it is likely a factor in making these huge sets as opposed to releasing them singly or in pairs. And I'm not even just thinking of just this set. The new TRU set is 12 ponies for $60. That comes out to $5 a pony so the consumer isn't even getting a discount for buying in bulk. Sure, there will always be kids who don't yet have the mane6. Yadayadayada. I'm not arguing with that.But how many *more* people are going to buy this set for just 4-6 less common ponies who would have not bought the rest of the ponies if they were all offered singly? That's money in Hasbro's pocket. They've "forced" you to buy more ponies than you might have otherwise. Alternatively, you could say that the consumer is paying extra for rarer ponies. Effectively, someone who doesn't want the mane6 is paying $10 per pony for the other 6 ponies in the pack. Side note: I also feel FS sized ponies for $10 isn't actually a discount so much as the lack of a bunch of accessories. The reason single FStyles are $15 is because they are sold with $5 worth of accessories. This is another example of "tricking" you into buying more. Remember in g1 when pony clothes were sold separately? Well, somewhere along the way, Hasbro must have figured out it was easier to get people to buy a pony w/ accessories for a higher price than to try to get them to buy just the accessories separately.Oh, and last thing. The difference between the Target set and the single FS is the "show accurate" hair. That's the selling point for the large set. So yeah, if you don't care about that (which I don't) then you can absolutely get the mane 6 singly. But if show accuracy is big for you, then yes, you will have to decide whether buying the whole set is worth it to you or find some other way of getting the ponies you want second hand.
Quote from: Sunset on July 14, 2017, 10:18:11 AMIt seems to me the real reason they put these in big packs like this is to force us to buy more. Sure $10 dollars per pony is better than $15 per pony... but only if you intend to purchase all 6. The truth is if they were individual, most people would only buy their 1-3 favorites and leave the rest. This way they force you to buy the entire set while rationalizing that you are spending less when actually you are spending more if you don't want all the ponies in the set.No one is being forced to buy these ponies. They are available individual as well (with outfits and accessories)With the movie coming out there is going to be a higher interest in buying the mane 6. It's been hashed out time and again why the mane 6 remain on the store shelves. Don't like them, don't buy them! Whatever the reason. Too expensive. Duplicate. Ugly. Too big. Not cost efficient. It's fine!But they are on store shelves for a reason...
It seems to me the real reason they put these in big packs like this is to force us to buy more. Sure $10 dollars per pony is better than $15 per pony... but only if you intend to purchase all 6. The truth is if they were individual, most people would only buy their 1-3 favorites and leave the rest. This way they force you to buy the entire set while rationalizing that you are spending less when actually you are spending more if you don't want all the ponies in the set.
That's right Sunset and LadyMoondancer but, in this case you also do get one rare accessory: Applejack's hat! What a bonus.
Well, technically they are making you buy the whole set if you would prefer to have one out of the set So it's technically true that you have to buy 5 other ponies if you only like/want to buy 1 pony in this set.
Quote from: KarentheUnicorn on July 14, 2017, 02:43:11 PMWell, technically they are making you buy the whole set if you would prefer to have one out of the set So it's technically true that you have to buy 5 other ponies if you only like/want to buy 1 pony in this set.Yes, thank you!
I got two Power Ponies at thrift and they are really different than the lose FSs. All together in the box you don't really see how different they are. I don't know about the other big multi-sets but I think the ponies are probably different enough to make each of them in the sets uniquely collectible
...No one is being forced to buy these ponies...I'm not saying people can't refuse to buy them...
...I would rather just buy one pony at a time ...I'd rather go back to a wall of individual ponies where I could at least pick and choose. ...a bunch of ponies you've already bought 5 times before.
When I bought FS Applejack when she was new (but htf) on shelves... I tried to give away her accessories for free (including the hat). No one wanted it. And I trashed it.
Quote from: Sunset on July 14, 2017, 02:47:33 PMQuote from: KarentheUnicorn on July 14, 2017, 02:43:11 PMWell, technically they are making you buy the whole set if you would prefer to have one out of the set So it's technically true that you have to buy 5 other ponies if you only like/want to buy 1 pony in this set.Yes, thank you! Ok, I would agree if there was a pony in the set that was not obtainable by any other means... which HAS happened in the past. That's why I stressed I'm only talking about this set. But all of these will be available as singles. I don't know what else to say.
I think we've been talking at cross purposes because you replied to my original post in which I was *not* talking about *only* this set but replying to the general comments on " why do they keep releasing big sets."Also, I get the feeling that my words are being interpreted as being very complaintive when I was more trying to have an intellectual discussion. (Though I admit to finding it irritating having to find something to do with the one millionth Pinkie next time I choose to buy a set.)Lastly, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on the availability of *these* paticular ponies in *this* set... Not "OMG Show Accurate Hair" Fashion Styles, at any rate. Cause that's the pattern to the Target exclusives. There is a unifying theme with one large pack of 6 Fashion Style ponies and smaller sets and singles of Playful sized ponies and that paticular theme isn't available in any other way. That's what makes them exclusive.