Molded vs Brushable Hair?

[LadyMoondancer]

The tails on the G4s are set too low, as well.  They don't look right.  :/  Real horses' tails start right after their spine.  Obviously I don't expect a MLP to adhere strictly to horse anatomy, but it would look so much better if they would just move them up a smidge.

[LunaMoonCustoms1212]

The tails on the G4s are set too low, as well.  They don't look right.  :/  Real horses' tails start right after their spine.  Obviously I don't expect a MLP to adhere strictly to horse anatomy, but it would look so much better if they would just move them up a smidge.

yeah i feel the same way, they just need to be a little farther up so that they look better when standing, the GoH did a pretty good job, they were quite a bit higher up.

[ashlyne]

There are a few things I think of when I think of "classic" MLP (the main lines, not the spin-off or gimmicky sub-collections)

1) Brushable hair, makes it a bit more doll-like than an action figure.
2) Colorful variety and collectability
3) Unique symbols that define each one

When it comes to G1's there's a fourth characteristic:   4) Soft plastic, vinyl bodies.  This sets them apart from a lot of the other horse toys that were out at that time (not including fakies who just want to be MLPs)   I don't think I would've enjoyed them as much with hard plastic bodies, honestly, and it's one of my gripes about the G2 and G4 lines.   

[kasin]

Yes Ashlyne! I completely agree about the soft vinyl body being a important element from G1. It's a big kill joy for the G2 and G4 lines for me too.

Character variety was very important for the G1 line as well and the lack of it in G3 and G4 really makes them hard for me to enjoy collecting. I think character variety is why MLP has a much bigger collector community than other popular 80s toy lines like Rainbow Bright, Strawberry Shortcake or Care Bears.

[ashlyne]

I thought the G3 had a pretty good variety in my opinion, up until the Core 7 idea came out. If you look at the years from 2003-2007, there were very few repeats in the line, and some gorgeous variety in the herd.   Unfortunately, Core 7 killed it and the good part of the generation didn't last nearly as long as the first generation.

[Baby Sugarberry]

G3 lacked diversity in colors more than it lacked diversity in characters - so much pink, purple and white!  There are precious few G3's without one of those three, alas.

[Galactica]

The tails on the G4s are set too low, as well.  They don't look right.  :/  Real horses' tails start right after their spine.  Obviously I don't expect a MLP to adhere strictly to horse anatomy, but it would look so much better if they would just move them up a smidge.

Yes- exactly.  And true MLP anatomy is a bit silly anyway- but THIS doesn't comport with the anatomy of ANY animal on earth. No animal has a tail coming from THERE.

[Baby Sugarberry]

*snorts* No, they certainly don't have tails growing from *there*.      Oh Hasbro.  What were you thinking?

[dragonfly]

I prefer brushable. But as long as it's not a combination of molded and brushable on the same pony (ex: molded mane, brushable tail), it's all right by me.

[LadyMoondancer]

If Hasbro made Breyers:

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[Galactica]

lol- exactly!

[Leave a Whisper]

G3 lacked diversity in colors more than it lacked diversity in characters - so much pink, purple and white!  There are precious few G3's without one of those three, alas.

No it didn't. It had nearly every color of the rainbow including black, gray and red. Two of which had never been introduced before. I don't know why people say that? There's a ton of orange, yellow, blue and green out there. Not to mention art pop, tie dye etc.

Plus it's not like there were barely any pink, purple and white in every other generation. There was plenty. By your definition, all MLP gens have little color  diversity, despite obvious evidence to the contrary.

[kasin]

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.....  "The Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty" by Ann Rice...... *cough cough*  .....

[sd_dreamcrystal]

I love brushable hair- but not when it is so ridiculously thin like the tails on the G4 standard size brushable ponies.

I think kids like to play with thier toys-  although the recent GOH ponies don't have brushable hair- they do have more posing posibilities- so I have to assume kids are going to like that.  I find the GOH stuffs surprisingly appealing.

The GoH figures are more likely to lose wings and tails. Seriously there isn't much holding them there

[LadyMoondancer]

G3 had good diversity* until the Crystal Princess line.  Too many pink/white/purple lookalike ponies after that point.

* except hardly any unicorns and pegasi, which I still don't get.

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Wow, creative.

Butterfly Island had the best of G3 IMO.