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Quote from: Flutterwonder13 on March 02, 2013, 01:45:28 PMQuote from: Moonracer on March 02, 2013, 01:34:24 PMI'm pretty sure that with Faust's influence, this whole thing would've worked out much, much, MUCH better.I'm pretty sure if Lauren had a say, this trainwreck would have never made it off the drawing board.Nothing personal, you guys, but this Faust worship needs to stop. This brand is owned by Hasbro and Hasbro decides what happens to the brand. Faust successfully revamped what has already been there to begin with, she didn't come up with the idea of MLP on her own and then got ripped off by Hasbro. Also, she left on her own, she wasn't kicked out or anything. Why not just wait and see what this new franchise will be abaout instead of declaring it a massive fail just because it was obviously designed to compete with other toy company's material....
Quote from: Moonracer on March 02, 2013, 01:34:24 PMI'm pretty sure that with Faust's influence, this whole thing would've worked out much, much, MUCH better.I'm pretty sure if Lauren had a say, this trainwreck would have never made it off the drawing board.
I'm pretty sure that with Faust's influence, this whole thing would've worked out much, much, MUCH better.
PS: Femmephobia is disgusting. Just because this will be most likely set in a school doesn't mean that it is going to be only about "omg drama drama, I like a boy, I am too fat" subjects.Relax, give it a chance. If it turns out to be sucky you still have enough time to hate on it *fg*
Also, I personally don't like the style of the designs which says nothing about them objectively, but the designers also really failed to implement the personality of the characters into the designs. You can't just use colours and cutie mark tattoos to get across the idea that this is X character. For example, Rarity has the plainest outfit of them all, yet she's the fashionista. They couldn't jazz her up a bit with a scarf or cool jewellery? And why no pants? There is absolutely nothing wrong with skirts, but in a group of 6 very different girls, RD and AJ are probably going to be pant/short wearers (and I don't buy the "but a uniform" idea since they obviously aren't wearing the same styles). Or then there's the fact that all the outfits are very similar. Why can't one be wearing a longer skirt and shoes? I won't write off the show entirely, but I am certainly going in very hesitant since I am not liking what I am seeing.Also, if this is the 30th anniversary celebration of pony, I am going to be very disappointed.
They're definitely very "safe", but I can't entirely blame Hasbro for going that road, and keeping them simple and all close to the same look for the first run of the line. Even Mattel wasn't super out there, relatively speaking, with the first MH dolls. And I think I feel like they're rather schoolgirl-uniform-esque not because they are uniforms but rather because the similar skirt + shirt + boots shape unifies the line, while leaving room for personalizing each character (a little). I certainly agree they could've done lots more--but I do like what there is (Fluttershy's puffy skirt, RD's sneaker-boots, Rarity's sleeker-chic A-line skirt plus belt, Applejack's denim). It'll be really interesting to see how the art translates into actual dolls, and whether what character-specific details there are, will be prominent.
I also forgot that they will probably have different outfits to buy, and hopefully there will be outfit changes in the show (although I would understand if not--there rarely are in cartoons. They do have a fashion designer among them, though).