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They're all common from the Zeries1, I would say about $5 each, maybe $10 for the big ones

Hasbro would partner with Takara/Takara-Tomy again and rerelease Takara My Little Pony!

I'd gladly pay a higher price for something that's already higher priced and so rare! I feel like it would be a good move for Hasbro too, but they don't ever listen to us Collectors :p

What's something you wish Hasbro would do with the Brand to make it even better?

( P.S. You get infinity internet points if you get the topic's name reference! )

Hasbro has already going on like this like for some years. I'm not surprised anymore and I still ask why this arguments keeps popping up. I personally think Hasbro is going a good ways with a lot of variety for everyone. Don't like Brushables? Have some Blind Bags etc. I mean G1 also had the Petittes which weren't brushables. Besides we have advanced a lot in terms of technology which makes it able to make different kind of toys.

I'm just going to be honest. I don't post much new releases anymore because I'm kinda tired having these arguments popping up. Like I mentioned, Hasbro is already going this way with the line since... 2009-2010. At least they're trying and I respect that.

The petite had brush able tails tho :/

Bling bags would be so much better if their tales were brush able!

Post Merge: October 09, 2015, 04:13:24 PM

O_o the brand has nothing to do with being brushable. And... Things change.

Uhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnmmmmm...

Post Merge: October 09, 2015, 04:15:48 PM

Quote from: Sparkle Pony on October 09, 2015, 05:03:13 AM

I think the weird thing to be is that despite the fact most bronies aren't particularly into the merchandise, they still have a level of influence over it.  I don't think it is necessarily their fault per se, but more of Hasbro's for actually listening to them complain about merch they don't buy.  I think Hasbro has a bad tendency to overestimate the sales they can get out of bronies or something.

I think this is where a lot of frustration comes from. To a lot of collectors brushables are the most important part of the toyline.  So it sucks to see that part of the toyline decline while bronies get a lot that caters to them.
You can't say "you can't complain cause this is just a toyline aimed at kids" while other adult fans get what they want.  Personally i'm dissapointed that the brushable toyline is boring beyond belief but there is still enough that keeps me amused. (Though these days i enjoy collecting Pokemon more) If G4 stops entertaining me i will just collect older gens or wait for G5.

Thank you

Post Merge: October 09, 2015, 04:23:18 PM

Quote from: Mrbrightsky on October 09, 2015, 06:22:53 AM

What makes MLP MLP are cute, colorful small horses marketed towards children. I feel like collectors have forgotten that. [And, on preview, so on and so forth]

Ehhh... I get what you're saying, but from a technical perspective of the toy industry, this is slightly inaccurate. "My Little Pony" as a brand can (and does!) encompass many iterations on the "colorful horses" theme, from miniature figurines (Petites/Ponyville/BBs) to category-jumping "big girl" fare (Dream Beauties/EQG). But for My-Little-Ponies-as-product, "hair play" is one of the key features that drives its play pattern. The characteristic of being horses provided a welcome respite for kids who didn't care for humanoid fashion dolls and allowed MLP to explode in its niche, but from a broad toy perspective, this is somewhat secondary. If you distilled Barbie down into "blonde woman" you wouldn't be wrong, but you would be off the mark as to why she's a successful toy. This seems to be a conflict of perspective between people who merely consume toys and those who are also interested in what goes on "under the hood" which isn't going to be resolved by a bunch of back-and-forth NO U'ing so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I will say My Little Pony traditionally had two other main factors that drove its success, besides the non-human hair play aspect. One was a pony's adaptability: it could be played with a certain way one day and another way the next, and provided a lot of room for imaginative, story-building play. The other was collectibility: each pony was distinguished from the next, and the prospect of constantly adding to your collection is inherently marketable. What MLP is is only one leg of the toy success tripod, with what you can have and what you can do them being the others.

Hasbro has been frankly slacking on collectibility since G2, recycling colors schemes, names, and symbols, with a return to form in early G3 but a rapid drop-off circa 2008 which choked out the line. Unless you were a fiend for cheap accessories, "catching them all" was laughably easy to accomplish. Adaptability was also sacrificed in late G3-G4 with Hasbro's steadfast and inexplicable desire to hang the MLP franchise on characters instead of character. There's little room for creative, open-ended play when the only ponies you can buy are "pre-loaded" with personalities, and little engagement with the new products once you buy all the characters. To be clear, these are both issues that predate FiM, but it's a lot easier to notice that the tail is now wagging the dog when the tail is frankly the dog's most distinctive feature by design.

The sticking point for curmudgeon collectors is that, with the diminishing investment in "brushable" production, MLP is now falling on all three of these of its traditional features. The Venn diagram overlap between collectibility, adaptability, and "colorful hair to style" in a pony-shaped package has effectively shrunk to nil, and the brand identity has gone with it. So what is Hasbro's vision for the My Little Pony brand now? Fashion dolls? Mini figures? Art & craft kits? (Not including the plush, collectible cards, and designer vinyl toys from outside licenses.) If Hasbro has no direction other than "a cute, colorful small horse" (or apparently human-horse hybrid!) being all a toy needs to be a My Little Pony, then that's not brand diversification, that's brand dilution. My Little Pony got to where it is because it was different from other girls' toys and spawned copycats; to see the brand become the copycats instead of innovating on their core theme is kind of sad.

Yes, brands need to change and incorporate trends to stay fresh and current, but changing into whatever is popular is a recipe for no one to like you because there's no you to like. Basically, the plot of every kids' show: Be confident and true to yourself, and you'll make your real friends who respect you for being you. Blindly mold yourself to fit every fashion, and you'll eventually alienate everyone for being fake and hate yourself in the morning.

Quote from: MoonbeamStar on October 08, 2015, 05:48:40 AM

I think the issue is the mentality of collectors that have been doing this since the beginning: A pony is only a toy with brushable hair and everything else is invalid.

I feel badly for collectors who have come on the scene with FiM; sometimes you seem take long-time collectors' opinions very personally. (Not meaning YOU you here, but general-you.) I realize it can't be very fun to show off your Funko collection and have someone respond with "so you don't have any actual ponies?". It sucks to feel like you're being put down, but it's not a judgement on you, just that G1-3 collectors have become so accustomed to specifying that they have n ponies plus or minus x petites, y plush, z fakies, etc., that its sometimes counter-instinctual to imagine collections consist solely of minifigs or non-Hasbro products or fashion dolls. It doesn't mean your love for MLP is invalid, just that it's in a different form than what collectors have become used to over the decades, and they sometimes don't cushion their words enough to soften the fact that they can't immediately relate to your perspective.

On the other hand, please keep in mind that its also not fun for something that you've enjoyed for 20+ years to get edged out so much that you have to specify "brushables" for what was once the entire line. It also hurts to have a new crop of pony fans come on the scene and say "you've had your time with MLP; it's ours now" and claim that long-time collectors, of all people, have forgotten what ponies are. When a new MLP fan says "the brand has to change", a stubborn previous-gen collector hears "the brand has to change to suit me", and having Hasbro tacitly agreeing just rubs salt in the wound. At least the majority of long-time fans learned from the G2 wars that it's not worth attacking other collectors over, so their community is relatively free of "what you like sucks, ergo, you suck." (Hasbro and their decisions are still free game though!)

Just something to think about if you feel like you're being unfairly persecuted. I hate to see people flame out.

Someone said the mic was dropped earlier??

Well the mic just detonated the stadium after this reply!!

The age range for MLP is younger than the age range for MH/EAH. The age range for MLP is really into Shopkins right now.

See that's what I don't get.

Clearly Hasbro sees that little kids want to collect various things..

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 06:23:05 PM

The problem with what Flitter said is their strategy is to make My Little Pony disposable to the buyer.  "Kids don't hold interest in things as much anymore."  "Then let's make our brand even less interesting!"  Anyone else see the problem here?  I think their market research people have a defeatist attitude and are willing to settle.  My Little Pony has grown in popularity, but are they really helping the brand's legacy.  It's supposed to be Hasbro's flagship brand for girls, but their attitude it suggests otherwise.  Kids come in and go out in a year.  It makes money, but leaves little of an impression.

How hard is it to create new characters to sell along side the Mane 6?

I couldn't agree more!

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 06:23:24 PM

ARE they selling?  I mean, sure the ponies slowly trickle off the shelves, but at a pitiful pace.  I think it's pretty apparent that this is hurting Hasbro in the long run.  (Or maybe they just sell really slowly around here, haha.)

They definitely aren't in my area.

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 06:27:23 PM

Quote from: banditpony on October 08, 2015, 02:51:48 AM

But when you think about it, there is a TON of pony stuff out there. To like the brand you don't have to have a shelf full of ponies.

THANK YOU!

I say this every time a thread like this pops up (which is incredibly often...) and I think the issue is the mentality of collectors that have been doing this since the beginning: A pony is only a toy with brushable hair and everything else is invalid.

Nope nope nope.

And as someone who is part of this "newer generation of fans" (even though I also collect G1), I feel like this community looks down on me and others like myself because we collect ponies that aren't just brushable and we support other companies that have partnered with Hasbro.

And to say that they're pandering to us? We have the SAME complaints as you do when it comes to the lack of different characters for brushables.

It's fine and dandy to dislike Funko figures, or the various brands of pony plushies, or blind bags, etc. but don't pretend that these are something other than My Little Pony. They may not be your MLP, but they're still MLP. Brushables aren't the only toys that exist for this franchise anymore, sorry. Funko has done a wonderful job of giving us a variety in characters, say what you will about them. The blind bags, while I can see why collectors aren't fond of them, are also doing well in the variety department and we're even getting new poses and play sets with those!

If you pay attention to other toy lines, you'll notice that the smaller, molded, blind bag type toys are actually pretty popular (Shopkins...Shopkins EVERYWHERE) and most toys with brushable hair tend to be dolls (MH, EAH, EqG). It makes a lot of sense why Hasbro has gone the direction they have with ponies, even if we, as collectors, don't totally agree that it's the right direction.

Also, to piggyback off of a previous post, I don't believe collectors make up much of the fan base here. Hasbro isn't trying to appeal to us.

Brands like Funko (I know I keep bringing them up, but they always come to my mind first for stuff like this) are trying to appeal to the collectors for this generation, and even little kids like them! It's really not all about brushables anymore. Times change, you know?

I'm truly sorry, I'm not trying to come off as being mean or anything, but I was kinda right there with the OP until the "pandering to the newest generation of fans" statement and that kinda riled me up, but I'm good now.

I don't agree, and I'm sorry if these threads bother you, but it's something you've just now come into contact with. People that have been collecting most of their lives have seen this struggle with the brand over and over again.

G4 looked promising in the beginning because they were releasing new characters.

And I'm not too sure I get your Funko point? Because they seem to be rereleasing the same characters over and over again as well..NMM, Lyra(which was only named that because of Bronies..when did Hasbro do that for us?), BonBon, SweetieBelle...

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 06:30:12 PM

Of course it's all My Little Pony, but ponies with brushable are the core the very concept of My Little Pony.  It's like the handheld RPG's for Pokemon.  There's tons of other spinoff games and merchandise for Pokemon, but the handheld RPG's are what define the brand.

The problem is not that these annexes exist.  The problem is they've taken over the brand.  They're the ones that have a wide variety of characters and better designs.  Money is going into them while brushables seem to be an after thought.

And, as a business major, I can tell Hasbro seems to only care about the short-term wins with this brand.  They don't care about customer retention and maintaining the legacy.  Sure it makes money now, but what happens when Friendship is Magic ends and it's time to move on?  You're going to lose the vast majority of bronies and the money they put into this secondary market that's commandeered the brand.  The brand itself will have a reputation for being limited and cheap.  If they've trademarked the name, Hasbro should be making a brushable of it.

Yes, this!! x infinity!!

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 06:31:34 PM

Quote from: Al-1701 on October 08, 2015, 03:57:35 AM

The problem with what Flitter said is their strategy is to make My Little Pony disposable to the buyer.  "Kids don't hold interest in things as much anymore."  "Then let's make our brand even less interesting!"  Anyone else see the problem here?  I think their market research people have a defeatist attitude and are willing to settle.  My Little Pony has grown in popularity, but are they really helping the brand's legacy.  It's supposed to be Hasbro's flagship brand for girls, but their attitude it suggests otherwise.  Kids come in and go out in a year.  It makes money, but leaves little of an impression.

How hard is it to create new characters to sell along side the Mane 6?

Unfortunately, for the most part, kids (and FiM enthusiasts) want what they see on TV. I know when I first started collecting, I only wanted the mane 6, CMC and princesses. I wasn't even interested in more minor characters like Trixie. It's like we've seen in Suited for Success and Canterlot Boutique - you can make the most creative and innovative and beautiful thing ever, but people will still reject it in favor of what they're most familiar with.

Aaaaaand what did we learn in the end of that episode?

Ultimately that's not what makes others happy!

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 06:36:15 PM

Quote from: MoonbeamStar on October 08, 2015, 06:22:19 AM

Quote from: CoonhoundBetty on October 08, 2015, 06:13:47 AM

I want to see more boys, and NOT in the blind bag size. WHY is there not a Big Mac yet, hasbro?!?!?!!?

I do question why we've gotten like...3 Shining Armor's and no Big Mac, despite Big Mac being in the show much longer. Ridiculous.

I think they counted Shining Armor as an accessory to Cadance.

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 03:09:23 PM

Quote from: Al-1701 on October 08, 2015, 02:55:24 PM

Quote from: Elisto on October 08, 2015, 02:10:38 PM

so what changed? That's what I don't understand.

Hasbro Marketing:  "Pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny.  Pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny."

That's their reaction to the brony craze.  A bunch of people with a lot of disposable income.  They have very little loyalty to the greater brand, but appealing to their tastes makes money now.  That's good enough.

Umm, have you ever been around bronies? The majority of them are broke high-schoolers that can't afford much beyond blind bags and maybe a plush or Funko or two.

There's also nowhere near enough of them to make an impact on the main toyline, especially since most of them prefer the merchandise geared more towards their demographic- (vinyl figures, trading cards, etc.)

They're not the cause of everything that's wrong with G4, no matter how much you like to blame them for it.

Eh....I'd have to disagree.

Post Merge: October 08, 2015, 06:37:38 PM

You can't deny bronies have caused Hasbro to warp this brand.  Whether their impact is tangible or not, the show staff and the company has concentrated on them.

Exactly, and yet they don't really buy the merchandise, as was stated above.

So why does Hasbro keep pandering to them? No offense to those who identify as Brony

Ok, so I've been a collector for nearly 30 years now, I've seen the rise and fall of every generation, and there's just something that's irking me!

Why Hasbro do you insist on churning out the same repeat characters..over..and over again!?

I understand they want to create a "brand" with recognizable characters which is great but can they seriously not release a whole line of new characters?

We get maybe 5 new characters a year, but yet we get tons of re-releases of the Mane 6 over and over again! Which is great, continue doing that Hasbro but could we maybe JUST maybe get one or two releases a year of new characters?

I'm sorry but it breaks my heart going into the stores and just seeing ponies SIT on the shelves.

It's the reason why I don't purchase ponies anymore, and it's aggravating. Ponies literally sit on the shelves all year long because no one wants the same repeated ponies time and time again.

Atleast from a collector stand point I don't. This is why I've begun collecting Monster High/Ever After High and other toy brands such as The Zelfs.

Which both sets of toys do rerelease characters but they also release new characters each season.

Why isn't Hasbro catching on and understanding the fact that if they would release a set of new characters that they would sell, and not sit in the shelf.

Parents don't want to buy multiples of the same character just because it has rainbow hair, or a new accessory.

Hasbro really needs to pull it together.

The least they could do is release a new set of characters and keep the Mane6 for things such as Funko figures, or other various things.

Why won't Hasbro listen to the people that have been supporting their brand for nearly 30 years but they'll completely pander to the newest generations of fans?

It boggles my mind!

Anyone else feel this way?