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Quote from: ImmortalPanda on September 04, 2012, 11:11:19 PMI wonder if it's a manufacturing thing. Like, if they have to flip the pony over to put the symbol on the other side, and it takes too much time, so they discontinued it. That actually wouldn't surprise me considering I used to work a manufacturing job :/I don't think they actually have to flip the pony around to do both sides--I am pretty sure all the ponies go through the machinery in the same "direction" (whether that's head-first or butt-first or whatever) and then something swoops in to stamp them from either the left or the right.Most of the G4s are in the same pose, yet some have symbols on the left and some on the right. (Ditto with some G3 poses, like the donkey pose.) IMO this indicates Hasbro's machinery has the capability of doing either side, or both sides. They are definitely not going to have separate machines, one for left-symboled ponies and one for right-symboled ponies!Also, the G3 art ponies have shown that Hasbro can do very intricate symbols if they feel like it.I think it comes down to "Kids can't see the other side in the packaging, so why bother?" (Wasn't this actually one of the answers from Pony Fair?) Lax.Incidentally, didn't some of the very last G2 have symbols on only one side, like the one with the teddy bear costume?
I wonder if it's a manufacturing thing. Like, if they have to flip the pony over to put the symbol on the other side, and it takes too much time, so they discontinued it. That actually wouldn't surprise me considering I used to work a manufacturing job :/
I'm not sure, because I wasn't the one paying for my ponies back then, but I'm betting that the Princesses, with the fancy symbols, Bushwoolies, and the accessories, cost more than a regular MLP at the time, too. They could have definitely factored the ornate symbol into the pricing. That's probably also why I never had one
Besides the manufaturing issues others mentioned, I'm also betting it is partly logistics when it comes to 3D symbols. I think there are a lot more of the 3d Symbols in G3 than G1, and I can see why they would also blame that not only on cost but manufactturing...I know G1 Princesses would be the exception/arguement to this rule, but still, the 3D symbols on G3s are bit more ornate and harder to put through manufacturing twice, AND position the same exact way on certain poses, etc
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/Files_Main/7CE91BA35056900B100160274A2B54EE.jpg[/img]^ Yeah, MLPs are in a cheap price range, but that Transformer has more paint on it than any G4 pony, has MOVING PARTS, and costs $3.99, less than a basic MLP. Like, why does MLP always take the hit? You know? They would never make an Autobot that had half of its car-mode painted.
First, Happy Birthday ponyRN! Second,I prefer it on both sides as well, I kinda consider it laziness on Hasbro's part not to put it on both sides.
Quote from: heftysmurf76 on September 06, 2012, 10:59:26 AMBesides the manufaturing issues others mentioned, I'm also betting it is partly logistics when it comes to 3D symbols. I think there are a lot more of the 3d Symbols in G3 than G1, and I can see why they would also blame that not only on cost but manufactturing...I know G1 Princesses would be the exception/arguement to this rule, but still, the 3D symbols on G3s are bit more ornate and harder to put through manufacturing twice, AND position the same exact way on certain poses, etcI disagree. 3-D symbols are probably even easier to do than "regular" symbols.Regular symbols: usually several different colors of paint, which all have to be aligned properly on the pony's body. (Imagine if the white cloud of G4 Rainbow Dash's symbol wasn't in alignment--you'd immediately notice that the cloud has "floated away" from the rest of her symbol!)3-D symbols: paint the symbol BEFORE inserting it into the pony (or in the case of the princess ponies, assemble the little gems, etc, ahead of time) and then jab the whole thing into the pony's flank.
If you release G4 ponies with symbols on both sides in the future, I will buy them. I already have the mane six, but I would replace them like that.
Quote from: ponyRN on September 06, 2012, 10:13:45 AMAs a G1 collector, I always preferred "symbol" to "cutie mark," but as I understand it, symbols refers to the older gens, like 1-2, and cutie mark came about in gen 3 and continues in 4. So that's how I phrase it, to avoid confusion.lol this is true, Hasbro trademarked the phrase 'cutie mark' back when they unveiled the G3 line and probably saw no reason to give up the trademark when the G4's came along, so they got it too.I guess this means technically cutie marks have -always- been on one side! lol............ *smacks self in forehead* I just realized it's probably meant be a play on the phrase 'beauty mark'! Oh man can't believe that never hit me before...
As a G1 collector, I always preferred "symbol" to "cutie mark," but as I understand it, symbols refers to the older gens, like 1-2, and cutie mark came about in gen 3 and continues in 4. So that's how I phrase it, to avoid confusion.