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While I can't help you with exact chronology, from what I remember the pony you're referring to was one of the earlier TaoBao finds. They're also probably not prototypes, but bootlegs or grey market variants.
Eh. I feel like not all ponies that hit taobao go for sale on there for the same reason, especially in the earlier days.
Quote from: banditpony on December 23, 2018, 10:49:32 AMEh. I feel like not all ponies that hit taobao go for sale on there for the same reason, especially in the earlier days.You are of course entitled to feel any way you want, but the reason why ponies are sold on TaoBao is because they know they'll sell for good money (relative to how much a factory/worker can get per piece to the legitimate owner of the product.) Nothing coming from TaoBao is sold with the consent of Hasbro, which makes them by definition 'bootleg'.
where a prototype generally refers to a single or small run of ponies - often partially finished or handmade - that were created at the behest of Hasbro to see what the toy would look like before committing to a full production run.
Quote from: Baby Sugarberry on December 23, 2018, 04:50:58 PMQuote from: banditpony on December 23, 2018, 10:49:32 AMEh. I feel like not all ponies that hit taobao go for sale on there for the same reason, especially in the earlier days.You are of course entitled to feel any way you want, but the reason why ponies are sold on TaoBao is because they know they'll sell for good money (relative to how much a factory/worker can get per piece to the legitimate owner of the product.) Nothing coming from TaoBao is sold with the consent of Hasbro, which makes them by definition 'bootleg'.I was talking about the reason the pony produced, not why they show up on taobao. (ie some are created by factory workers, some are rejects, and some are pre-production for hasbro that get changed for production -- like minty, or the sdcc pony).I agree nothing that is sold by taobao is sold with the consent of hasbro -- 100%. I disagree that makes everything a bootleg. I have a different definition. We've already discussed our differences in the past ,and it's not needed to do again. I think the video explains well enough why I agree that I think this pony was created by Hasbro, but did not make it to production. Which fits what your definition of a prototype is.
Why are you so intense on this word?
Quote from: banditpony on December 24, 2018, 12:45:39 PMWhy are you so intense on this word? Why are you so adamantly against it?