Welcome to the MLP Arena!
Site Announcements Arena Tutorials Sigs & Site Support Introductions Pony Corral Swap Talk! Pony Fairs! MLP Nirvana Nirvana Sales Pony Brag Arena Off Topic Dollhouse Toy Box & Games Cupboard Customs Custom Sales Arts & Crafts Corral Adoptables For Sale - For Auction For Trade Wanted Trader & Classifieds Support What's Your Problem Private Messages Contact Us!
0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.
But that doesn't erase the fact they MUST be in the toy aisle or you won't get any of those things either.Ironically, G1 has come back as a license brand. They don't make G1 toys, but they have licensed their likeness to just about everybody. Makes me wish they either put the original G1 cartoon on Discovery Family or make a new show based on them to compliment FiM to take advantage of the nostalgia. Perhaps even bring those characters into the G4 toyline for some added variety.
I mean would it be so hard for Hasbro to have a free to play MLP game online and put in a webcode with each new pony so you could unlock them online? Children would get more from the product, parents more for their money and Hasbro could release many new characters without as much fear of them not selling.
Quote from: mimicsno1fan on April 05, 2015, 02:14:37 PMI mean would it be so hard for Hasbro to have a free to play MLP game online and put in a webcode with each new pony so you could unlock them online? Children would get more from the product, parents more for their money and Hasbro could release many new characters without as much fear of them not selling. That's exactly what Hasbro is doing with the next releases for both MLP and EQG. The ponies and dolls are coming with "zap codes" that can be scanned to unlock characters in the new MLP mobile game.
Quote from: Majesty on April 05, 2015, 09:05:52 AMI haven't seen many new ponies recently, with the exception of the two princess ponies who are paired with one of the mane 6 I saw at Toys R Us. I wish when there was a new episode such as the two parter we had recently Hasbro would make new brushables based on the ponies we saw most often. They could make a Starlight one and Party Time, etc. I just saw Skywishes and Sweetie Drops at TRU the other day. A brushable Starlight was seen at Toy Fair and TRU is going to be getting a new Pony Mania pack featuring all new ponies and Target will eventually be getting a Mane-iac brushable.
I haven't seen many new ponies recently, with the exception of the two princess ponies who are paired with one of the mane 6 I saw at Toys R Us. I wish when there was a new episode such as the two parter we had recently Hasbro would make new brushables based on the ponies we saw most often. They could make a Starlight one and Party Time, etc.
I think unfortunately sometimes we forget we are not the market (unless for some of the aforementioned merch)
No matter how many times they rinse-repeat the brand, it won't ever be G1 again.
There's a difference between copyright and trademark. Copyright simply means you have exclusive rights to something. Trademark is your registered use of something including names and terms. You can trademark a specific use of even a generic term. However, you have to clearly define your registered use of the term and live within it.
I sometimes joke that Tales killed G1. Notice the brand began to implode after Tales aired on the Disney channel and spent the better part of a decade in the wilderness except in Europe.
I'm not sure about the case of Cotton Candy. It might have been their trademark had already lapsed and they had not bothered to renew thinking it was still active. It would be something to look up.