Do you think MLP will ever attempt Dream Beauties again?

[BubbleTea]

I would LOVE for DBs to come back. I like that they manage to be more horsey while still keeping many g1 features (the ears, eyes, and nostrils). I doubt Hasbro would bring them back but if basic fun did I'd buy them all. I would also love for  new characters with HQG1C.

[freezestime]

I just realised that to take pictures of the prototypes for the catalouge, they had to make 1 of each. That means at there's at least 1 of each irresistible, plus 1 prototype of all the ponies that were released.

I don't know where they would be now but it's possible they're in storage somewhere.

Idk may just be me but I'm hopeful they're still out there.

[LadyMoondancer]

I'd love to see the prototypes turn up, especially the white version of the merry-go-round Dream Beauty.  So pretty!

[Taffeta]

I just realised that to take pictures of the prototypes for the catalouge, they had to make 1 of each. That means at there's at least 1 of each irresistible, plus 1 prototype of all the ponies that were released.

I don't know where they would be now but it's possible they're in storage somewhere.

Idk may just be me but I'm hopeful they're still out there.

Some prototype or production sample type ponies have come into collector hands or been found at random but most are still missing and whether they survived or not is unknown. What we do have in the community as a whole is already interesting, but probably only the tip of the iceberg overall.

I agree about the DB prototypes. I don't think any DB proto stuff has ever come to light though.

[Shadowperla]

With as lot horse-ish fanart as I see and the beta g5 (art from leak) hooved, we'd have next gen just be like that

I liked DB, but as a part.

[Nemesis]

With as lot horse-ish fanart as I see and the beta g5 (art from leak) hooved, we'd have next gen just be like that

I liked DB, but as a part.

I’m thrilled by the G5 concept art myself, but I agree that having traditional MLP-ish ponies as well would be the best situation. I can’t help but wonder if the clashing styles might have been DB’s undoing in the first place, though? The toys wouldn’t have been terribly compatible for play, so maybe kids chose to stick with ponies that matched their existing collection?

[Marlin]

Fashion Star Fillies were sold in the 1980s by Kenner before that company was acquired by Hasbro in 1991. Dream Beauties were created after that so... I think in a since Fashion Star Fillies inspired Dream Beauties a little

As a BIG fan of FSF, I didn't know that and found that really interesting!

I like this thread - some really good thoughts here. I'd never really thought about it, but I think freezetime has some really good points below re the differences between FSF and DB's, despite neither line lasting more than a couple of years apiece.

Idk if this is relevant but researching both Dream Beauties and Fashion Star Fillies, I would say I understand why DB failed compared to FSF.

FSF was all in all better, the colour schemes matched, the hair was beautiful, they didn't rely on gimmicks, their ponies had some backstory (not in the form of a story) their faces were a bit more stylised but still fitted with them overall. They came with more than just a comb and ribbon.

This may be more of an opinion but they're like actually grounded more in reality (i.e ones a mysterious Arabian from Paris, instead of a pony that takes girls from their world into ponyland) like with me, I would imagine me being in ponyland but with FSF I could imagine them popping up in a horse show in like the real world.

Why I believe DB failed, their horses just had regular straight hair, they had less appealing designs and their colours were a mixed bag, they had like a few temporary gimmicks. Perfume ponies would eventually run out of perfume cream, the trim n grow ponies might be subjected to real scissors and the other 4 didn't have any gimmick that would stand out.

The absolute biggest thing is there's no character, no story about their line or about them, they only had names while FSF had Jolene, Chloe, Tamara who had a story. The characters are important to sell, the best example is G4 with the mane 6.

I've had a couple of DB's go through my hands. Never liked them enough to keep them to be honest. FSF on the other hand, I hands down would go for them over DB's any day