Pitch bibles for all shows?

[MJNSEIFER]

I was wondering if there is anyone out there who knows if it's easy to get ahold of the pitch bibles, or whatever they're called, for each series.  Basically it's the planning for the show, what they were thinking of putting in to the show, and the like.

Thanks for any help.

[Jinxxy]

This would be an interesting read! Giving you a bump!

[lovesbabysquirmy]

They do exist for G1's shows... only a few collectors have them, as they are very very very collectible and hard to find.    G2 didn't have a show, G3 wasn't really "high quality" so most collectors didn't care.  G4... well, I'm sure they will trickle out eventually unless they are destroyed as part of official paperwork that Hasbro has shredded to protect their brand/confidential info.   

[hathorcat]

I think I only know of 2 in collector's hands to be honest and the last one on ebay was well into the $300 figure I think. To be honest I am surprised it did not go higher it was certainly worth more in my opinion.

You may have more luck with G3 but to be honest these things tend to have to be returned to the studio/company after shows complete and would often have been destroyed. This is going to make tracking them down very hard.

[Tirac]

UGH. I WISH I had a G1 one.
Naturally, since pitch bibles were most likely only used by select members of the staff, they're probably one of a kind and really rare.

[MJNSEIFER]

Yeah, I had a feeling this wouldn't be easy.  Thanks for the replies so far though.

[Lyra]

I would expect the pitch bible in PDF form to leak onto the internet eveentually, normally companies just email their pitch bibles around to clients, edit: well for G4

[hathorcat]

I can believe that of licensing packs, Lyra. LPs always end up getting leaked over time. But show bibles are a different thing - they really only should ever be accessible by show staff and sometimes a limited number of them.

[reanna-mator]

Lauren Faust mentioned the pitch bible for FiM in a recent Q&A, stating, unsurprisingly, that she'd love to share it but it belongs to Hasbro so it really isn't hers to share. Too bad.

[Lyra]

I can believe that of licensing packs, Lyra. LPs always end up getting leaked over time. But show bibles are a different thing - they really only should ever be accessible by show staff and sometimes a limited number of them.

Hathorcat, I am quite sure I was not talking about liscencing packs. I was talking about pitch bibles. I was not refering to studios that produce pitch bibles for animated series as something that I am outside of - but part of.
Studios often share pitch bibles with people beyond their own staff, for example other companies providing services and funding, sometimes printed sometimes as files.
FiM is not new anymore and because it has such a largley 'enthusiastic' fanbase on the internet my personal opinion was that it was 'probably going to leak eventually' which could be next week or in 80 years etc  and is just speculation
EDIT: I made my post a lot shorter

[StoryDreamer]

I've seen press kits with information from pitch bibles, but some show bibles are pretty lengthy, with over 50 pages.

There are actually two versions of show bibles - pitch bibles, and the other kind that are expanded on as the series goes on. Like they have terminology, character sketches, catch phrases, etc. That is given to freelancer writers/writers for hire on shows, etc. It might also be given to people who write books for the show (tie-ins).

They're going to be very expensive if you manage to track one down.

[Tirac]

Would someone who has a G1 pitch bible even be able to convert it to PDF?
G4 you could get in serious trouble, but does Hasbro still keep the muzzle on G1 stuff like that?

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Would someone who has a G1 pitch bible even be able to convert it to PDF?
G4 you could get in serious trouble, but does Hasbro still keep the muzzle on G1 stuff like that?

G1 they don't care, no, but if you were the person who spent that kind of money on an OOAK collectible, would YOU upload it to the internet?   Kind of makes it not OOAK after that.

[StoryDreamer]

There's a He-Man one someone has shared online.

[MJNSEIFER]

Lauren Faust mentioned the pitch bible for FiM in a recent Q&A, stating, unsurprisingly, that she'd love to share it but it belongs to Hasbro so it really isn't hers to share. Too bad.

That sounds about right.  It's a shame that the wrong people seem to be in control of things like that.