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Always a fun topic and I may get things thrown at me for it...but why should it ever have to be gender neutral?I personally have never seen a problem with some toys being aimed at boys and some toys being aimed at girls. Not saying there is no cross over in preference and of course no harm in it either way. But I just have never understood the need to try to make everything appeal to everyone. Girls are often put in the corner and more money, time and effort put into boys lines. So what if girls actually have ownership of something? There is no harm in girls having their own thing, their own toys and there own voice to like something aimed at them without the need to make it suddenly appeal more to boys as well - by doing that it may loose its fundamental appeal to little girls. MLP is aimed at girls and while a toy that would appeal to boys was the original concept of G1 that was when the ponies were naturally coloured. As soon as Cotton Candy, Bluebelle and Blossom hit shelves in their Rainbow packaging teaching little girls how to braid there hair...they became a girls toy. So for the sake of the MLP line that we all love - pastel coloured little ponies on fun and frivolous adventures with brushable hair in frilly & girly playsets - I hope it doesnt. Hasbro has a nice balance in G4 - lots of merch made my licensees to appeal to the adult male market - be they t shirts or vinyl figures. I think that's the way the line should go - that ensures the fundamental MLP line stays as it is. And the adult fandom that has been generated by the show is satisfied.
Quote from: hathorcat on December 03, 2014, 01:45:38 PMAlways a fun topic and I may get things thrown at me for it...but why should it ever have to be gender neutral?I personally have never seen a problem with some toys being aimed at boys and some toys being aimed at girls. Not saying there is no cross over in preference and of course no harm in it either way. But I just have never understood the need to try to make everything appeal to everyone. Girls are often put in the corner and more money, time and effort put into boys lines. So what if girls actually have ownership of something? There is no harm in girls having their own thing, their own toys and there own voice to like something aimed at them without the need to make it suddenly appeal more to boys as well - by doing that it may loose its fundamental appeal to little girls. MLP is aimed at girls and while a toy that would appeal to boys was the original concept of G1 that was when the ponies were naturally coloured. As soon as Cotton Candy, Bluebelle and Blossom hit shelves in their Rainbow packaging teaching little girls how to braid there hair...they became a girls toy. So for the sake of the MLP line that we all love - pastel coloured little ponies on fun and frivolous adventures with brushable hair in frilly & girly playsets - I hope it doesnt. Hasbro has a nice balance in G4 - lots of merch made my licensees to appeal to the adult male market - be they t shirts or vinyl figures. I think that's the way the line should go - that ensures the fundamental MLP line stays as it is. And the adult fandom that has been generated by the show is satisfied.I really agree with this, and was what I was thinking. It's true, boys get a lot more lines devoted to them and directed at them, and then when something big happens for girls, there's issues with 'gender neutrality.' Which isn't fair. :/I would rather see toys like Legos, which originally were intended to be gender neutral back when they first came out, be more gender neutral.
It's true, boys get a lot more lines devoted to them and directed at them, and then when something big happens for girls, there's issues with 'gender neutrality.' Which isn't fair. :/
So, My Little Pony should stick to its guns. Maybe release some boy brushables (with proper hair please), but keep them in the minority and unmistakably MLP.
What?? You don't like Shining Armor's Treasure Troll hair?????
What's wrong with MLP being a girl's franchise, and the boys that like it, you know, just being able to like it for what it is?Yes, we really should stop being so rigid with these gender things, but... If we force "gender-neutrality" instead of just letting people like what they like, aren't we just making things worse? Guys generally hate MLP because it is 'girly'. Instead of changing MLP, we need to make society 'grow up' and learn that being 'girly' isn't a bad thing.
What's wrong with MLP being a girl's franchise, and the boys that like it, you know, just being able to like it for what it is?