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Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on November 26, 2012, 10:22:44 AMQuote from: Starly on November 26, 2012, 08:51:45 AMQuote from: Eternia on November 26, 2012, 08:09:53 AMI am 100% against this and would be furious if they did release her widely. Why? It would make more people happy. :/Many collectors feel that Limited Edition should mean just that. G4 Bubblecup was originally advertised as an exclusive to the convention. Some people booked international flights to attend the SDCC in order to obtain the pony as part of their ticket package. They waited in line for hours and were told, "We ran out of ponies." Therefore it would be quite distasteful if Hasbro re-released this pony after advertising it as an exclusive product. We know there will always be people who buy tickets to scalp the exclusive toys, but making the product mass-marketed and available to everyone after creating a "frenzy" about her would only hurt the sales of any future toys they would claim as "exclusive".There are many ways to create new mass-market editions and keep the collectors reasonably happy.The most obvious one is make her into the smaller Playful Ponies size and not re-release her as a brushable.Other ways are to have her in a different pose, different facial expression, switching the CM to the other side or some other minor variant to differentiate the exclusive from the mass-market version.Even the hardcore fans that traveled specifically to get her (which seems silly to me since she is cheaper on ebay than a plane ticket would have been, let alone a round-trip ticket from another country.) have to understand that hasbro is in the business of making money, and if they feel enough people will buy ditzy to warrant a new run they will do it. It is like the DJ Pon-3 or any other in the fan favorite set. If they re-release any of them people will get bent out of shape, but they are different than standard releases in a few ways...
Quote from: Starly on November 26, 2012, 08:51:45 AMQuote from: Eternia on November 26, 2012, 08:09:53 AMI am 100% against this and would be furious if they did release her widely. Why? It would make more people happy. :/Many collectors feel that Limited Edition should mean just that. G4 Bubblecup was originally advertised as an exclusive to the convention. Some people booked international flights to attend the SDCC in order to obtain the pony as part of their ticket package. They waited in line for hours and were told, "We ran out of ponies." Therefore it would be quite distasteful if Hasbro re-released this pony after advertising it as an exclusive product. We know there will always be people who buy tickets to scalp the exclusive toys, but making the product mass-marketed and available to everyone after creating a "frenzy" about her would only hurt the sales of any future toys they would claim as "exclusive".
Quote from: Eternia on November 26, 2012, 08:09:53 AMI am 100% against this and would be furious if they did release her widely. Why? It would make more people happy. :/
I am 100% against this and would be furious if they did release her widely.
Hot topic just gave away one Pony per store, I wonder if they manufactured more, or held a buttload back from SDCC and ponycon for them?
It wasn't one per store. They had a giveaway on their facebook page and gave away one per day for a week. Unless there was a giveaway I missed.
I sort of hope they do have more Pony's for sale My army could always do with having more added to it lol But i would like some small difference to mark her out from the ones i currently have ^_^
Quote from: Archer on November 26, 2012, 03:12:43 PMI sort of hope they do have more Pony's for sale My army could always do with having more added to it lol But i would like some small difference to mark her out from the ones i currently have ^_^Army?Of Ponies?!Why do you people make me so jelly and sad..
Quote from: Starly on November 26, 2012, 03:23:58 PMQuote from: Archer on November 26, 2012, 03:12:43 PMI sort of hope they do have more Pony's for sale My army could always do with having more added to it lol But i would like some small difference to mark her out from the ones i currently have ^_^Army?Of Ponies?!Why do you people make me so jelly and sad..http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/manga_mayhem/:muffin: Ponies.jpgShe's my fave pony from any gen lol I've always wanted a pony army too ^_^
Other ways are to have her in a different pose, different facial expression, switching the CM to the other side or some other minor variant to differentiate the exclusive from the mass-market version.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/manga_mayhem/:muffin: Ponies.jpgShe's my fave pony from any gen lol I've always wanted a pony army too ^_^