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Quote from: Baby Sugarberry on February 16, 2016, 11:42:31 PMNow if they really wanted collectors drooling at their door, Hasbro would do something like, say, take a pony that never had a non-Nirvana baby version, make both mom and baby, package them up, and boom you have instant market appeal. Nostalgia plus something new.THIS!!! Or do releases of ponies that weren't released in the U.S. or mail orders. Why not do something unique?
Now if they really wanted collectors drooling at their door, Hasbro would do something like, say, take a pony that never had a non-Nirvana baby version, make both mom and baby, package them up, and boom you have instant market appeal. Nostalgia plus something new.
Quote from: FarDreamer on February 18, 2016, 06:26:46 PMQuote from: Baby Sugarberry on February 16, 2016, 11:42:31 PMNow if they really wanted collectors drooling at their door, Hasbro would do something like, say, take a pony that never had a non-Nirvana baby version, make both mom and baby, package them up, and boom you have instant market appeal. Nostalgia plus something new.THIS!!! Or do releases of ponies that weren't released in the U.S. or mail orders. Why not do something unique?Because the average non-collector isn't going to fondly remember a non-US pony unless they grew up overseas. It needs to have wider appeal than just collectors.
Quote from: Wardah on February 18, 2016, 08:12:11 PMQuote from: FarDreamer on February 18, 2016, 06:26:46 PMQuote from: Baby Sugarberry on February 16, 2016, 11:42:31 PMNow if they really wanted collectors drooling at their door, Hasbro would do something like, say, take a pony that never had a non-Nirvana baby version, make both mom and baby, package them up, and boom you have instant market appeal. Nostalgia plus something new.THIS!!! Or do releases of ponies that weren't released in the U.S. or mail orders. Why not do something unique?Because the average non-collector isn't going to fondly remember a non-US pony unless they grew up overseas. It needs to have wider appeal than just collectors.Maybe the 7 MLP Tales characters could? I remember that I really wanted them as a child, but never saw them as a toy, I thought they didn't exist
Personally, I don't believe there was anything wrong with the packaging, which referenced the g1 art or selling three in a set. TRU did a similar concept for Strawberry Shortcake around the same time - I think the set contained Strawberry, Orange Blossom and Raspberry Tart - and it sold just fine (and it still seems to sell well on eBay.)In my opinion, the main problem was the lack of quality. Those ponies just look don't look as good as the originals, IMHO. I didn't even mind the brighter colors on them. But their hair is thin; their bodies are heavy and tip over easily. When you could literally buy the original pony for about the same price secondhand, most people were going to go out and buy the originals. In fact, most people already owned the originals, so why buy a semi-duplicate that didn't look quite as good?I appreciated that Hasbro tried. I wished that the Rainbow set had a better distribution, because I thought they looked a little better. But I wished they'd ignored the price point that collectors told them. Clearly, not all collectors could've answered them (I didn't, because I wasn't on the boards yet) and I was certainly willing to spend more than $5/per pony. And I wished they'd tried harder.
I had no idea the Quote from: Wardah on February 18, 2016, 08:12:11 PMQuote from: FarDreamer on February 18, 2016, 06:26:46 PMQuote from: Baby Sugarberry on February 16, 2016, 11:42:31 PMNow if they really wanted collectors drooling at their door, Hasbro would do something like, say, take a pony that never had a non-Nirvana baby version, make both mom and baby, package them up, and boom you have instant market appeal. Nostalgia plus something new.THIS!!! Or do releases of ponies that weren't released in the U.S. or mail orders. Why not do something unique?Because the average non-collector isn't going to fondly remember a non-US pony unless they grew up overseas. It needs to have wider appeal than just collectors.Alot of people over here didn't realize the Mountain Boys existed and look how popular they are.As a kid I always wished they had made the Tales ponies. I didn't realize they were made over in Europe. Plus they never made the boys. Alot of people would love to have official merch of Teddy, Lancer and Ace.People are absolutely in love with Raindrop and Nightlight too.
If Hasbro put out a decent quality Mom & Baby Minty set, most of us would be slapping down money so fast, our wallets would have rugburn. Heck if it had nice accessories, I'd drop 30$ on it without pause. Ponies were not cheap throwaway toys back in the day - even the least expensive, basic adult was ~an hourly wage's worth of money, and baby ponies were even more.
I do wish Hasbro would try again- I agree Wardah, if a teeny tiny company like Bridge Direct can manage it, why not a corporate monster like Hasbro ??? TRY AGAIN HASBRO!!!!
Because the average non-collector isn't going to fondly remember a non-US pony unless they grew up overseas. It needs to have wider appeal than just collectors.
Quote from: Wardah on February 18, 2016, 08:12:11 PMBecause the average non-collector isn't going to fondly remember a non-US pony unless they grew up overseas. It needs to have wider appeal than just collectors.I'm not sure this is necessarily true. A friend of mine who collects these says the lines are doing quite well: http://www.mattycollector.com/store/matty/DisplayHomeOffersPageI think Hasbro could make some good money doing releases aimed specifically at collectors, online only like these. For being a toyline aimed at girls, Hasbro certainly ignores the spending power of the female long time collector (and male G1 collectors).