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Oooooh, pretty! Was it actual ponies in the video I missed? Or Equestria girls?
Along with 'how can we insert Monster High into MLP without getting sued by Mattel...'
Quote from: Taffeta on January 29, 2018, 11:26:27 AMAlong with 'how can we insert Monster High into MLP without getting sued by Mattel...'It's a school. Mattel doesn't have the copyright to the institution of knowledge friendship.
Quote from: Zapper on January 30, 2018, 05:34:32 PMQuote from: Taffeta on January 29, 2018, 11:26:27 AMAlong with 'how can we insert Monster High into MLP without getting sued by Mattel...'It's a school. Mattel doesn't have the copyright to the institution of knowledge friendship.SpoilerNo, but the basic concept of a school where everyone of different species can conveniently come together to learn about all kinds of things is suspiciously similar to the idea of rebooting and creating the new MH school concept. It's obviously not close enough to be the same as MH, which is why I said it the way I did, but Hasbro and Mattel have this ongoing relationship of how they can exploit markets of each other's toys without stepping on the trademarks and so on. A school within the pony context isn't new, but this kind of school is far more similar to the concept of Monster High (and even the way the promo clip was set up) than it has any kind of relationship to the schoolhouse of G1 either as a toy or as a setting for the Tales series. Mattel also have the EAH school concept of recent years as well. It's not an accident in my opinion that Hasbro want to now extend the reach of their very successful (if lacking in fresh imagination of late) line into that area, because Mattel's products are fading there and there's maybe a gap in the market to exploit.It's also not an accident in my view that the MLP movie involves ponies turning into sea creatures to save the world. Because Mattel did that with Scarrier Reef and Monster High. Again, different enough not to tread on the corporate toes, but too related in terms of theme and timing to be completely considered accidental. Toy marketing is all about exploiting gaps left by the rival without compromising their copyright. Mattel did it with Barbie and the Rockers in the eighties and tried to do it with a more recent rock star line when Rainbow Rocks was out. Hasbro are just true to form in their ongoing product rivalry for the same share of the child market.
Am I the only one who doesn't like the concept of a "school" like imaging being 8 years old or something:"Yay I'm finally done with school for today! Let's watch some TV"*the heroes are at school*