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for Tranaformers Hasbro runs multiple lines and they should do the same for MLP:one for Pre Schoolers (Rescue Bots)one for 6 to 10 year olds (Cyberverse)one for 8 to 13 and up. (Generations)one for teens and adults who like Michael Bay shows (Studio Series)one for adults only (Masterpiece)MLP doesnt need THAT many toylines but at least 2 or three would be good:Extra Trendy and Girly - for preschool to 11 year olds (their current target)G1 inspired toyline (take it back from Basic Fun and own it) for grown up collectors. Free of gimmicks. lots of characters. All brushable(?)I’d LOVE to see Hasbro do that for MLP
ya I guess we should be happy with Basic Fun then. it’s basically a line for grown ups.
Yeah, I don't think bronies have had any significant impact on the toyline (and any product that might've been targeted to them was only an addition, it didn't replace the main toyline). The only thing that matters is what the majority of kids and parents will buy. Hasbro wanted to establish a core cast of recognizable characters long before, but G4 was the first time it was really successful thanks to the cartoon.Something that comes to mind is the big gift sets Hasbro kept putting out throughout G4. In the beginning they were called "Favorites Collection" and the majority of the ponies in them were unique characters. You can argue bronies had some influence in what characters were selected (although toy-only characters like Dewdrop Dazzle and Minty also appeared in these sets). But it still meant ponies with really unusual color schemes as well as some villains being made as toys. I think Hasbro reasoned that putting unique characters in these big sets would make them sell well. But now in recent years all big gift sets seem to only contain the mane six and the princesses. Strange as it may seem, I guess these sets sold better to kids and parents if they contained ALL the ponies kids already know and like.
i just have this metal “tic” about them - “it should be Hasbro doing this!”. I know its irrational.
Only speaking for the stores here, but the M6 sets shelfsat (and still shelf sit). When I was able to go to stores I could still find things like merpony Pinkie with relative ease. The yellow one? Not so much.
that’s not how I remember it, though. I mean- wasn’t it the bronies’s constant cries for “show accurate” characters what led Hasbro to change Celestia from pink to white as one of the first movements that got the ball rolling for more? And I mean a very large chunk of the molded toylines as I said, might have been a result of that also. I don’t want to give the fandom more credit than due, but to my knowledge, I don’t think this many molded ponies and character lines came out in other generations, and I can only think of one source for the cause. You made mention of the “Favorites collection” sets, but weren’t those majorly packed with the fandom’s fleshed our characters from the series? Dj Pon-3, Bon Bon, Lyra, Pony, etc? Yeah there were other ponies at times, but I recall them mostly being the secondary 6 with the show villains like Luna or Chrysalis.