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I'm not saying it made logical sense. Spite never makes logical sense. I'm just saying there are very petty people out there who will harm themselves and their company to express their malcontent. If they personally hated Hasbro, they might have figured getting fired wasn't a big deal.
The only thing I hate about G2s now is the fact that they are the line that started with the 1 side symbol trend that continued on to the G3s and G4s. One of the most horrible things that can happen to a pony started off with that line. lol
G2s were in usa only for 2 years 97-98,but in Europe they ended until 2003 ( 7 Years ) It is sad that they did not get a TV Show otherwise the story would be different. So where did Pony Tales come into play? I thought it was G2.
The G1s ended because of the pure saturation of the toyline. Every kid in the neighborhood had a whole box of them. Seriously, by that point there were hundreds of individual characters and thousands of ponies for characters that had been re-released a number of times. There are an awful lot of say, Cotton Candy! And how many times did they re-release Sundance -though with different gimmicks... but seriously? That was not ever sustainable!
Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on June 29, 2014, 02:12:11 PMThe G1s ended because of the pure saturation of the toyline. Every kid in the neighborhood had a whole box of them. Seriously, by that point there were hundreds of individual characters and thousands of ponies for characters that had been re-released a number of times. There are an awful lot of say, Cotton Candy! And how many times did they re-release Sundance -though with different gimmicks... but seriously? That was not ever sustainable! if the re-release of the same characters was what killed G1 then G4 is in serious trouble.
Quote from: goddessofpeep on June 27, 2014, 08:39:58 PMAs for why the G1s ended, they probably just had their time. If you look at the line pretty much around the world, you see the same progression that the line has done for every generation. During the early time of the generation the ponies are simple, a few simple playsets get made, and there is a decent choice of ponies, but it's not overwhelming. In the middle of the line there's usually an explosion of different ponies and sometimes different kinds of ponies, some more involved playsets are made, and the pony aisle are filled with new stuff all the time. Towards the end of the line you start getting funky gimmick ponies and weird stuff coming out(sometimes entire other lines like petites, Dream Beauties, etc), smaller, cheaper playsets, and less variety of actual ponies. This!I think the line really lost its creative bearings . . . kind of like a popular sitcom that starts to recycle storylines or get a little too zany once the show starts losing steam. I would say the G1 MLP line "jumped the shark" at some point, although there were always some interesting ponies being made. For me, there are indications of Hasbro just not investing creativity in the line anymore: recycling old pony names, old playsets, relying on too many gimmicks. In my opinion, the line got way too far removed from its original inspiration--which was that children (often little girls) dreamed of having their own real ponies. I think after a while the "ponies" really became interchangeable with lots of other doll lines. But again, I think the sitcom parallel works well here--it's rare to keep a good thing going for years and years and years.
As for why the G1s ended, they probably just had their time. If you look at the line pretty much around the world, you see the same progression that the line has done for every generation. During the early time of the generation the ponies are simple, a few simple playsets get made, and there is a decent choice of ponies, but it's not overwhelming. In the middle of the line there's usually an explosion of different ponies and sometimes different kinds of ponies, some more involved playsets are made, and the pony aisle are filled with new stuff all the time. Towards the end of the line you start getting funky gimmick ponies and weird stuff coming out(sometimes entire other lines like petites, Dream Beauties, etc), smaller, cheaper playsets, and less variety of actual ponies.
Yeah, I agree. The same thing happened to the original Littlest Pet Shop line, IMO (produced by Kenner back then, not Hasbro). The pets started off relatively simple, and the set themes were cute, ordinary ideas: mommies and babies, pets with doghouses and kitty carriers and hamster homes, zoo animals, etc. The very cute molds and design stayed the same for several years. Then near the end, they started to get gimmicky, just like ponies, and they introduced brightly-colored animals with crazy-long hair, like mermaids and various other creatures, and then the horrible cartoon show with cartoony animals who had nothing to do with the original concept that you had your own tiny pet shop. I'm not even sure what the cartoon show's premise was, but I just remember anthropomorphic talking animals. Anyway, although, like in MLP, the end of the line was not without its bright spots (I loved my purple and green crazy-long-haired guinea pigs), it followed basically the same path.
Quote from: KarentheUnicorn on June 29, 2014, 05:05:10 PMQuote from: lovesbabysquirmy on June 29, 2014, 02:12:11 PMThe G1s ended because of the pure saturation of the toyline. Every kid in the neighborhood had a whole box of them. Seriously, by that point there were hundreds of individual characters and thousands of ponies for characters that had been re-released a number of times. There are an awful lot of say, Cotton Candy! And how many times did they re-release Sundance -though with different gimmicks... but seriously? That was not ever sustainable! if the re-release of the same characters was what killed G1 then G4 is in serious trouble.Well, thankfully there was a ton of selection and the re-release ponies were offered in different ways. You could mail-order the Collectors' Pose ponies or you could buy any of the dozens of ponies available on the shelf. And Hasbro stopped the re-releases for the most part after a few years. There were some repeats in sets - Twinkle Eyes, Big Brothers, unicorns, etc., but there were always a multitude of options. Re-releasing is a bad thing when you don't have much else available to purchase like we have seen with G3 Core 7 and G4 Mane 6 - sets of only 2 new characters with 2-4 re-release ponies at a time, the new gimmick always coming with a character we've seen already repeated, etc.
Quote from: phoenixsoul85 on June 29, 2014, 02:32:18 PMG2s were in usa only for 2 years 97-98,but in Europe they ended until 2003 ( 7 Years ) It is sad that they did not get a TV Show otherwise the story would be different. So where did Pony Tales come into play? I thought it was G2.MLP Tales was part of G1, although many people mistake it for G2. I suppose it can be considered the G2 of the cartoons, but it's still part of G1 and had G1 toy releases of the characters.