I've seen very little panicking over G5 in the brony community. There's a lot of bronies that recognize G4 is close to (or well past) squeezing everything they can out of the setting. I've seen a lot of ex-bronies saying they'd come back to check it out even. Many are excited by the news that G5 may target an older audience and have more episode-to-episode continuity like a proper adventure show. Not to mention the concept sounds really cool and will allow for an expansive universe with lots of different creatures as well as conflicts between them. And the new locations! The concept art for Neon City is amazing, and I'm excited to see the merchandise it spawns.

When I see people here hating on bronies, I feel like I'm missing something. I don't see bronies hating on collectors, and I've never had bronies hate on me when I talk about things I liked in older gens. I wrote a fanfic with G1 ponies in it, and had a friend write one with G3 ponies inspired by it, and both got 95%+ upvotes on fimfiction. Besides, doesn't the popularity result in more for us to collect?