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Quote from: Carrehz on November 05, 2019, 01:04:20 PMQuote from: PinkiePie97 on November 04, 2019, 01:39:26 PMQuote from: Carrehz on November 04, 2019, 01:32:35 PMQuote from: tailrustedtealeaf on November 04, 2019, 10:45:38 AMI have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going. That's my horse theory. ? I thought G3.5 was in full swing before FiM started production. I could've sworn I saw some G3.5-style concepts for what eventually became FiM (from before Faust became involved)...I don’t know anything about those concepts you mentioned, but FiM was in development in 2008. I believe G3.5 started in 2009.I'm probably misremembering/getting things mixed up. I recall seeing some G3.5-styled concept art/storyboards/somesuch on a Blogspot somewhere, years ago... anyone know what I'm talking about? I did some searching but I can't for the life of me find them :sThe impression I was under is that they wanted to redesign MLP and then hit upon Faust when she came to Hasbro to pitch a Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls show; I can buy G3.5 being a filler line but I'm not sure if I believe it being a transition into G4 like some people were describing. I'll concede that y'all probably know way more about the ins and outs of how FiM came to be than I do, though This? http://kathycarrtoons.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-little-pony-character-drawings.html?m=1
Quote from: PinkiePie97 on November 04, 2019, 01:39:26 PMQuote from: Carrehz on November 04, 2019, 01:32:35 PMQuote from: tailrustedtealeaf on November 04, 2019, 10:45:38 AMI have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going. That's my horse theory. ? I thought G3.5 was in full swing before FiM started production. I could've sworn I saw some G3.5-style concepts for what eventually became FiM (from before Faust became involved)...I don’t know anything about those concepts you mentioned, but FiM was in development in 2008. I believe G3.5 started in 2009.I'm probably misremembering/getting things mixed up. I recall seeing some G3.5-styled concept art/storyboards/somesuch on a Blogspot somewhere, years ago... anyone know what I'm talking about? I did some searching but I can't for the life of me find them :sThe impression I was under is that they wanted to redesign MLP and then hit upon Faust when she came to Hasbro to pitch a Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls show; I can buy G3.5 being a filler line but I'm not sure if I believe it being a transition into G4 like some people were describing. I'll concede that y'all probably know way more about the ins and outs of how FiM came to be than I do, though
Quote from: Carrehz on November 04, 2019, 01:32:35 PMQuote from: tailrustedtealeaf on November 04, 2019, 10:45:38 AMI have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going. That's my horse theory. ? I thought G3.5 was in full swing before FiM started production. I could've sworn I saw some G3.5-style concepts for what eventually became FiM (from before Faust became involved)...I don’t know anything about those concepts you mentioned, but FiM was in development in 2008. I believe G3.5 started in 2009.
Quote from: tailrustedtealeaf on November 04, 2019, 10:45:38 AMI have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going. That's my horse theory. ? I thought G3.5 was in full swing before FiM started production. I could've sworn I saw some G3.5-style concepts for what eventually became FiM (from before Faust became involved)...
I have a theory that G3.5 was a transition meant to get everyone used to less snout on the ponies because at that point, they would have already had FiM in production and knew the direction the line was going. That's my horse theory.
There is no way what we call G3.5 was in development after or alongside G4. Think about it... why would they make an extra reboot just to "ease" kids into the G4 style. It was simply a decision to chibify the G3s because that look was already in back then. Hasbro experienced success with their LPS reboot so why not make ponies look that way. G3 had been on shelves for a while, the Core 7 thing was taking off... all of that was planned years before G4 was being planned.G4 would have probably gotten replaced by G5 way sooner if it hadn't become some sort of viral sensation. And these redesigns must have been in development for longer as well.
I’ve come to realize I don’t really care what animal MLPs look like so long as they look cute. G4s were very deer-like, but they were cute deer, so I like them. These things? They’re like cats, but they’re so incredibly grotesque and deformed that they look more like gremlins. If these were marketed as toy cats, they’d still be atrociously ugly.
Quote from: otocolobus_manul on November 06, 2019, 04:30:13 PMI’ve come to realize I don’t really care what animal MLPs look like so long as they look cute. G4s were very deer-like, but they were cute deer, so I like them. These things? They’re like cats, but they’re so incredibly grotesque and deformed that they look more like gremlins. If these were marketed as toy cats, they’d still be atrociously ugly. That's a good way of looking at it.
Quote from: MJNSEIFER on November 06, 2019, 04:37:54 PMQuote from: otocolobus_manul on November 06, 2019, 04:30:13 PMI’ve come to realize I don’t really care what animal MLPs look like so long as they look cute. G4s were very deer-like, but they were cute deer, so I like them. These things? They’re like cats, but they’re so incredibly grotesque and deformed that they look more like gremlins. If these were marketed as toy cats, they’d still be atrociously ugly. That's a good way of looking at it. No not really. You called a brand my little pony for 30+ years, it had better be a bloody horse.
I want something between super deformed cat/goat chimera and anatomically correct horse lol but more towards the horse end of things 😂😂
If I want realistic horse, I go to Breyer
Quote from: Zapper on November 06, 2019, 07:20:49 AMThere is no way what we call G3.5 was in development after or alongside G4. Think about it... why would they make an extra reboot just to "ease" kids into the G4 style. It was simply a decision to chibify the G3s because that look was already in back then. Hasbro experienced success with their LPS reboot so why not make ponies look that way. G3 had been on shelves for a while, the Core 7 thing was taking off... all of that was planned years before G4 was being planned.G4 would have probably gotten replaced by G5 way sooner if it hadn't become some sort of viral sensation. And these redesigns must have been in development for longer as well.Or it might not have. Big sparkly eyed balloon head things are unfortunately popular and refuse to go away. And I do concede to your earlier point btw, I'm just tired and cranky and Faust irks me for chucking girls toons under the bus to curry favor with a trolly fanbase, for her impo awful style, and because I'm petty and am blaming her for much of the ills of modern mlp.
Quote from: SaraMari on November 07, 2019, 07:48:00 AMI want something between super deformed cat/goat chimera and anatomically correct horse lol but more towards the horse end of things 😂😂My Little Chimera is the girl toyline we never knew we needed till now.