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Farthing Wood was probably the beginning of the 90s. I remember I'd read A Fox Cub Bold before the series began, and I also remember my sister watching it as well. She would've been four or five, probably, so early 1990s seems probable?That wasn't dark so much as reality I guess... Albeit the shrike bush? That's pretty grim. And the pheasants? Also pretty grim.And there are some other grim things in the later stories too...all of which were more or less animated.We had some drama series that were pretty cool around then too. Some from Australia (will always love the Girl from Tomorrow, that was 1990, and they wiped out the whole Northern Hemisphere O.o, some based on stuff here (like Demon Headmaster, Worst Witch...the latter probably not too actually dark mind you,Demon Headmaster - definitely a bit dark). THose were not as gendered though. Nor was Farthing Wood.There was also the Silver Brumby and the Watership Down series (which I didn't really like) in the same 'real' vein.
@ all, I was talking about girls cartoons. As in "targeted towards girls only". I thought I had made this clear. Yeah, I guess I forgot about She-Ra and for today the She-Ra reboot. I don't even know why I did not think of it
Okay, here's my wantlist. G1. There weren't US releases for some of the MLP Tales ponies, were there? I thought that was odd. I would have liked it if more of the Tales ponies had been made. I also wanted a Nightshade and Tirek. G2: Honestly I had no idea that G2 existed until I got into collecting as an adult... Don't have many opinions about them. They're cute though!G3: Boys. Spike. More unicorns. Specifically a regular sized Cheerilee (purple unicorn). I would have LOVED that. And a non gimmicky Lily Lightly. I also would have loved to see the Mochanut and Dance Around molds used a lot more. They are darling. Another G3 regret is that they stopped the whole collector/art pony thing because some people were mad about their very existence. That really hurt.G4: More boys. More variety in the poses. More unique characters, related to the show or not. The G4 movie style toy poses are cute and lively but before that we had what, a raised hoof? Yaay. Better hair quality. The hair on the toys towards the end (especially the movie style ones) was awful.
Quote from: Nemesis on November 24, 2020, 05:40:30 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on November 23, 2020, 07:45:14 PMMore merry-go-rounds in other generations. I'd love a bigger set with detailed ponies and a proper carousel like the matchbox carousel animals.Imagine a rotating carousel with slots for all the G1 Merry Go Round ponies. <3 That would have been the best MLP playset ever.This!!! So this!!!
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 23, 2020, 07:45:14 PMMore merry-go-rounds in other generations. I'd love a bigger set with detailed ponies and a proper carousel like the matchbox carousel animals.Imagine a rotating carousel with slots for all the G1 Merry Go Round ponies. <3 That would have been the best MLP playset ever.
More merry-go-rounds in other generations. I'd love a bigger set with detailed ponies and a proper carousel like the matchbox carousel animals.
What's interesting about Rescue at Midnight Castle is that there isn't really anything dark in it (except Tirek's casual threats of beaheading ), it's all in the presentation, the visuals, music and voice acting. The witches from the movie do and are implied to have done much worse stuff than Tirek, but since everything else about them is so goofy, it never really comes off as dark.
Quote from: Lilja on November 27, 2020, 05:29:20 AMWhat's interesting about Rescue at Midnight Castle is that there isn't really anything dark in it (except Tirek's casual threats of beaheading ), it's all in the presentation, the visuals, music and voice acting. The witches from the movie do and are implied to have done much worse stuff than Tirek, but since everything else about them is so goofy, it never really comes off as dark. I'd never thought about it before, but wow, you're right! That's an interesting way of thinking about it... I love it. It is curious how the presentation of something can change how it comes off...
I have to say I think enslaving ponies/other creatures, oppressing them, chaining them to a chariot of darkness etc is a bit dark.