I don't have a problem with Megan or human characters in MLP.

Quote from: banditpony on April 09, 2017, 10:59:19 AM

No.

I want G1 left alone-- besides random merchandise. I don't think a remake of the movie/cartoon would go over well. Everyone would pick it apart and complain because it wouldn't be done in a way they personally want.

Yeah, there's that too.  I think we'd see a bunch of threads about how Wind Whistler or Buttons or whoever is RUINED FOREVER because they were changed in a reboot.  But you can't expect characters to stay exactly the same in personality, sound of voice, or appearance when something reboots.  Just look at all the versions of Starscream.  He looks completely different from G1 to Transformers Armada to Transformers Prime.  And the Armada version isn't even a backstabber, which is usually the main trait people associate with him.

In a lot of ways I do consider G4 to be a defacto reboot of G1.  All of the ponies were originally based on G1 ponies, even if Applejack was the only one who squeaked through design-wise.  Spike is there.  It's a fantasy world full of dragons, etc. A lot of the locations were based off G1 playsets;  Cloudsdale was inspired by the G1 Waterfall, for example.  And Megan is absent, which makes it the perfect reboot for me, lol.

That Starlite's chin reminds me of Gaston.  I will say, though, that I think the designs there are much better than the previous reboot.  The one where Rainbow Brite looked uncomfortably like a Barbie doll and the horses had weeeeird proportions.

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I'd take those horses over that...John K-esque abomination...

Re: the 'RUINED FOREVER' thing, not really a problem for me. Even if a new iteration of old Gen thing does not end up to my liking its still better than Hasbro acting like the previous generations never even existed. At least it's SOMETHING...(Case in point: The Loyal Subjects vinyls. Not really a fan but I still think it's good they're making them) And like Transformers, it's not like Hasbro ever forgot about the old G1 versions of Optimus, Bumblebee etc., when they made new ones. Even today toys and merchandise of G1 versions of Transformers characters are still being made and Hasbro still makes the effort to release new/updated toys of lesser known G1 characters..

When I was still interested in FiM/G4 way back I really was not bothered at all by the Celestia toys being pink (This was back when I still cared about show accuracy mind you) I'm still not. I don't like G4/FiM anymore now but even if I still did, pink Celestia toys still wouldn't bother me.
Which is weird since I'm usually annoyed and aggravated when girl toys force and overuse the color pink, but for some reason, pink Celestia has just never bothered me.

The term 'alicorn' has always bugged me too. I think 'pegacorn' makes more sense especially since not everyone is a nerd familiar with D&D terminology

I like the 4 BBEs that I own although they are still far from being my favorites. I'm lucky that none of them have eye rust(yet, let's hope it stays that way)
I quite like the BBE unicorn mold, I think it's pretty cute. I only have Baby Ribbon and I would like to own a Baby Frosting and Gusty (any Gusty actually as I still don't have her or any variation of her) so long as they have no eye rust

This is just my honest opinion I do not mean any offense or hostility to those who are fans but my very honest hope for the future of MLP is the end of G4 and FiM altogether.
(Doesn't look like that'll happen soon though unfortunately for me)

Also for the return of characters from all of the previous generations especially G1. (though not all of them of course, having mostly new characters are still a must, just no more core cast focus)

I also hope for better quality control, and better design/color/symbol/theme choices, and of course, variety.

I hope that they go back to plastic ponies with brushable hair. No human forms. No blind bags. No ponies with molded hair. I just want ponies whose hair I can brush! lol

Same here

I want to live just long enough to see them cut off Rainbow Dash's head and put it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations being a db comes at too high a price.  I want to stare into her lifeless eyes and wave like this.

In all seriousness, I would like to see Hasbro feed the G1 nostalgia beast like they do the Transformers.  They could do it, but they seem to think MLP didn't exist before 2003 (and more and more 2010).

mood

(G1 TF fans don't know how good they have it is2g)

While having brushable hair is not what makes a pony MLP, it's still a nice thing to have, and is still a staple of the brand/franchise, a part of its "DNA" if you get what I mean.

Much like Transformers that don't transform, there is nothing wrong with MLPs w/ molded hair and they are needed for variety, HOWEVER, they should NOT overtake most or even half of the toys.

I don't see how having molded hair will make the toys more "gender-neutral", brushable hair is no more "girly" than pretty much every other characteristic the current toys already have.

2010 MGA hair was not good yeah. Never owned any Bratz from that year or any of the 1st wave Bratzillaz but I did have Moxie Girlz and not only was their hair bad, their clothing was flimsy and poor quality too.
Novi Stars don't have the best hair but I don't think their hair is particularly bad either.

I honestly think the new Barbies are a great idea that was very badly executed. Seeing them both irl and in photos their quality and clothing designs are terrible, and the nearly all of them have really bland boring face screenings especially when compared to older Barbies. Monster High's quality just kept waning over the years. EAH's quality was never even good to begin with IMO. Even with the 'detailed' accessories of their earlier dolls they have also always used really cheap poor-quality fabrics with questionable designs right from the very start and have always had really bad problems of glue head and wonky eyes. I'm personally not a fan of their faces either. I have to agree with Taxel that they were just MH's 'ugly stepsister'.
I don't know what happened exactly with Mattel financially but the quality of almost everything they've done recently has just been the worst IMO.

(sorry mods if I'm getting off-topic or inappropriate)