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I am SO out of the loop and I don't wanna go back and read through several pages of this thread. Would someone be king of enough to answer my question.... Is Pony actually announced to be showing up in stores?
Hm...not quite sure what to think about this. I have been an active member of the pony community for over 15 years. Now i don't collect every generation, and honestly I don't get the whole FiM thing one bit. It really honestly confuses me. I don't collect G4's even a tiny bit, and haven't watched the show more than twice.Mind you, I'm very thankful for the FiM community as they have sparked a fire under Hasbro and are propelling them to extend ponies even further (not that the "early" collectors, for lack of a better term, weren't sufficient - but the FiM fandom has helped keep ponies popular). With that being said, I have no clue who Pony is. Honestly! And I'm not quite sure the controversy around her(if someone could fill me in that'd be awesome!). But I'm sort of split.On one hand, I think it's fabulous that she's going to be Comic Con exclusive. And for that reason I will probably get her. (I normally collect the exclusives.). I think it's fitting that the FiM fandom is honored with her as they've really helped launch the G4 line.One the other hand...I don't know who she is. And so for her to be the Fair exclusive seems out of place for me. Even if she was only the Fair exclusive and not both, I still don't think it's quite as fitting. Now I understand that Hasbro had promised a continuation of G3's for the fair and I personally would have preferred that. But I would be flexible and understand if they did a different gen such as the G4, being that the G3's are almost done (I say almost because of the pony project). I wish they would have done a different pony altogether for the fair, and in my personal preference, not a pony from the show as I don't even know the characters. I think it's a bit of a slap in the face to the longtime collectors who have proceeded the FiM fandom. Why do we lose out on our collecting preferences simply because the FiM wave of collectors have come along?Would you have been as upset with a Pony release for the fair if she wasn't also for the Con?Please note - I am not trying to be disrespectful to the FiM fandom community in any way and if it's come off as that, I'm sorry. I'm just frustrated with Hasbro for overlooking certain problems of Pony's duel release.