It sounds like they are planning on actual toys for us! Which is really cool. And of course the Blurays/DVD releases. Hopefully they have some awesome behind the scenes stuff included.
You can find both embeds after the break!
Due to popular demand in the comments, have some bolded, underlined, and colored information!
- Brony Toys Potentially in Production!
- Season 1 Blu-ray/DVD'S are ON THE WAY!
131 comments:
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ReplyDeleteToys for us? As in bronies?
ReplyDeleteMy body is ready.
Exciting! Nice to know that there's new stuff in the works.
ReplyDeleteCrossing my fingers for more behind the scenes stuff.
it's andrew hussie riding a fish on the wall!
ReplyDeletei wish lauren was there, this was pretty boring...she would have pinkie pie-ed it up!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteHUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEY SETH
ReplyDeleteTHEY JUST CONFIRMED DVDS
WHY IS THIS NOT IN BOLDED, ITALICISED, UNDERLINED, COLORED, HUGE, FLASHING TEXT?
I was there, dressed as (G4) Scootaloo. I made it only at the last ten minutes though. :(
ReplyDeleteDVD AND BLU-RAY CONFIRMED
ReplyDeleteToys for us are being made? My wallet is at the ready!
ReplyDeleteSEREBII CONFIRMED
ReplyDeleteMY BODY IS READY!
ReplyDeleteWAAAAHOOOOOO DVDS!!!
ReplyDeleteHey bronies, I've found this on FJ and I really loled at it http://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/2343035/Equestria/ :)
ReplyDeleteDVDS? BLURAY?
ReplyDeleteomigoshomigoshomigoshomigosh
MY TV IS READY
but i want a scootaloo toy
ReplyDeleteWow...now i know why Celestia was Pink...god...who the fuck hires BLONDES? to do marketing? they're complete morons. It's like putting a granny to wrestle Johncena.
ReplyDeleteThank god we came in and replaced that granny with Chuck Norris
I loled at the end where those guys were yelling Derpy! XD
ReplyDelete"DVDs"
ReplyDeleteSHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
I look forward to the day when we can say, "Gee, remember those early toys? They really sucked."
ReplyDeletethat was so effing awkward to watch. do these people not know how to rehearse/do some public speaking?
ReplyDeletetrading off on questions? messing up questions/words multiple times? cmon now. they also cant get their info right.
I found it pretty funny that the woman in glasses seemed to have limited knowledge of the show, such as the fact that she didn't know about Gummy.
ReplyDeleteI also lol'd at the end when audience members were calling for a special edition Derpy, and the two women on stage looked completely befuddled.
But yay, DVDs!
I doubt the show really gets inspired by the toyline. even if that is the case, considering it IS the show that has given the toyine so much added publicity, you'd figure they would be much more likely to emulate the show into the toyline. You would think it also a good idea that they would do what the fanbase ask for (i.e. making the toys look more like the characters, replacing the hassling hair with hard plastic, doing the correct coloration on certain characters like CELESTIA). but, wrong. And "inspiration and deviation" is no excuse for such a dramatic change as to completely alter a character's color palette (once again, CELESTIA, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW). The second FiM became as popular as it did, they should've scratched the continuation of the old toys and started from scratch for what the people (AKA, mostly just bronies) asked for.
ReplyDeleteI'm ecstatic to hear that DVD's are coming, but then I start hearing the word multiple before she gets cut off and have this sinking feeling we're getting single disc's instead of a solid season set. I just pray they at least release them in episodic order instead of randomly or "themed" discs.
ReplyDeleteWHERE IS MY KUNG-FU GRIP RAINBOW DASH
ReplyDeleteDvd release? YES! Now all I need is a Luna toy, and I will be satisfied.
ReplyDelete"Season 1 Blu-ray/DVD'S are ON THE WAY! "
ReplyDeleteFuck yes! Finally!
Yay season DVDs.
ReplyDeleteNow for an excuse to hog the massive flat-screen in the living room. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
someone needed to snag that Twilight Sparkle standee and take pics of it in the back of a real truck
ReplyDeleteThey didn't look amused by the shouts of Celestia and Derpy at the end...
ReplyDeleteBut yay DVDs!
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteI CAN'T UNSEE THE HUSSIE
I know I definitely heard Purple Tinker in there.
ReplyDeleteThere's only so many people that can be recognized as easily.
I went to the event and just watched people in line. I didn't have a ticket, didn't want one, and I have to say that this was the weirdest thing to happen within walking distance of my home in a long time.
ReplyDeleteWow, Hasbro doens't know shit about teir TV show. I mean how can they NOT know gummy. No wonder these toys suck.
ReplyDeleteBlu-ray? Hot damn, I would be on that so fast people's heads would spin.
ReplyDeleteI just hope it's all the episodes in one case with documentaries and behind the scenes features. I don't want to see a "Hey, here's 4 episodes now by 7 more sets!" compilation.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteYes. Hell Yes. Hell. Fucking. Yes.
But is nopony excited that we'll be not only getting episodes focusing on male ponies, but male pony figures as well? Has Hasbro ever made male pony figures before we came around?
...Come to think of it, who are these two ladies? Are they involved with the show or what? What are their jobs at Hasbro?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteThey had the "Big Brother" ponies in G1, and there was a G1 episode centered around them. Watch if you dare.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8H04APl9s
@Calnos
ReplyDeleteDoing Q&A's at the con, because they suck. ;)
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteThey did a Big Brothers pony line way back in the day, but there were only a couple of them.
Can we get a TL;DR version?
ReplyDeleteBlu-Rays? I'm in. :)
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the day when bronies inherit the earth
ReplyDeleteSHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
ReplyDeleteWait, who's distributing?
ReplyDeleteWho are those dumb fake blondes? they clearly didn't heard of the internet neither the fandom by just looking at their expressions like that chick in pink at 6:45 in the second video
ReplyDeleteand damn they're soo freaking insecure when i see them...seriously...why are they laughing so much? What... are they actually sensing how much hatred is behind all those bronies? Why if they would know that MAYBE THEY COULD MAKE GOOD TOYS
then again they didn't even tell us who the crap they are
oh and seriously...Q&A at A CON!?...Typical Hasbro
She Doesn't know who's Gummy?! IS SHE EVEN WATCHING THE SHOW?
I'm somehow surprised there was no You Suck message put in that Q&A ;)
I'm better on a stage then they are, and I collapse because of stage fright :/
ReplyDeleteThey should have had someone from the toy designee team and the FiM team there answering the question.
Also @Anonymous
I don't need a dvd set to hog the families flat screen :D
I was eating a donut when I read this..
ReplyDeleteIt'll take awhile to clean up
Welp, Hasbro knows nothing about MLP, ironically.
ReplyDelete"Hurrrr Pinkie has an alligateerrr? Wut is dis?"
Also, Hasbro confirmed for greedy fucks.
Also announced: Santa Claus is real, world peace has been achieved, and the cure for both the common cold and cancer has been found.
ReplyDelete*sees big-sized cardboard stand-up of Twilight*
ReplyDelete*grabs it*
*runs away (faster than the Hasbro guards)*
*Profit*
@Mr Brony and Why Do We Always Tell Them...
ReplyDeleteThere really is no call at all for casual sexism based on hair-color and sub-par public speaking skills. Gummy is featured in one (1) episode as a main character and has a cameo in one (1) other episode. Not exactly a fixture of the show, and they can be excused for not being aware of his existence.
Love and tolerance, please?
I don't think they watch the show, which is disappointing. Shouldn't they?
ReplyDeleteI love how no one there seems to know what Tales is. FOR ONE THING, IT'S G2, NOT G1, AND FOR ANOTHER, IT'S TWO, NOT ONE, TWO, SHOWS PRIOR TO FIM.
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, this Q&A is undying proof that Hasbro is Studio B's bitch. With a writer-driven generation of MLP, in a time when the TV series is more popular than the toys, Hasbro has to follow Studio B's lead or risk losing potential sales.
"We try to keep (the toys) as close to the Friendship is Magic show ..."
ReplyDeleteCelestia, toy, pink
You have been proven wrong.
If I don't get body pillows with these adorable characters on them, I am going to be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteI laughed at the comment about a woman paying 100 dollars to have princess celestia painted white lol.
ReplyDeleteMY LIFE COMPLETE. I mean bluray? shit they haven't released any kids show on bluray like ever. Not even shows like Aquateen and metalocalypse get released on bluray. This just proves how much faith they have in us
ReplyDeleteCan we please have someone with competence please? These people have no clue what they are doing. It was like a social studies presentation in middle school. They just took turns reading off of a sheet. And how do they not know who gummy is? have they even watched the show? I am dissapoint.
ReplyDeleteCan the lazier bronys get a summary?
ReplyDelete*Sees all the security guards running after the Anon*
ReplyDelete*rubs his hands*
Excellent
*steals the Celestia cardboard*
G3-mold ....
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
I'd take a Blu-ray set no matter how many or few special features is on it.
ReplyDeleteOh jeez, that's totally my head in the lower left-hand corner of the video...awkwarrrrd...
ReplyDeleteYay.. Canterlot toy series coming in August.
ReplyDeleteAlso ... I've seen pictures of Applejack's truck but so far I've never seen it in stores. Which stores carry that?
And what better place to host such an event then the shrine of the mighty Hussgod, riding upon his mighty steed, the Trollfish.
ReplyDelete@HoboI wasn't.
ReplyDeleteIt'll take a while to clean up anyway =3
If these ladies are an accurate representation of the entire toy department at Hasbro, then they need to be all sent on a week-long training exercise which shall entail watching every episode in Season 1, studying the many comics and fan art, lurking pony boards, and familiarising themselves with at least the largest aspects of fanon such as Derpy.
ReplyDeleteAfter a week, they then should be sent back to work to design new G4 toys, and fix Celestia.
Besides that, I'm glad DVDs are coming, not sure if it'll be a box set or we'll have to hunt individual discs like with the Blind Bags, but at least a legitimate way of owning the episodes (and thus supporting the show and toyline) is showing up.
We talking DVDs as in a whole season, or as in that bullshit where they just put in a small smattering of episodes? I want my FiM videos to stand proud next to my M*A*S*H and Die Hard collections.
ReplyDelete@Stellar Wind
ReplyDeletePictures. Now. Complete with Rainbow Dash standee.
Or I'll personally send you to the moon for, I dunno, an hour.
Now why wouldn't little girls want a white pony with a unicorn horn AND a rainbow mane AND wings? And who's a freaking Princess for christ's sake???? Why would making her NOT pink cancel all that pony goodness out and affect her sales?
ReplyDeleteSchmucks.
HASBRO MUST BE COMPLETELY STUPID! 95% OF THE AUDIENCE ARE NOT LITTLE GIRLS. THIS IS WHY YOU DONT MAKE TEH MONEY!!!
ReplyDeleteYay for DVDs. I'll probably be buying them if they're not crippilingly expensive.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I *really* hope this doesn't catalyse a Hasbro clamp down on the stuff posted on Youtube, because that would be a huge shame.
I similarly hope they'll let people post season two on youtube when it airs, I don't want to wait 6-12 months for my ponies D:
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but they never said a thing about Blu-Rays. Only DVD's.
ReplyDeleteWell... that was a wholly unsatisfying twenty minutes. No solid information at all, it was all "maybe later" or "no". They didn't even specify if the DVDs would be an entire season set or some annoying multiple DVD thing. The feeling I got watching this Q&A makes me fear greatly that it will be the latter.
ReplyDeleteWas it just me or is this Q&A basically "not doing in 2011"?
ReplyDeleteOther than that I sure as hell am hoping that the Blu-Ray lands here EU too! I'm so willing to lay some money down even through I already have the HD rips in my pc. It's the damn FIM after all.
YES! My friend and I were hoping they would venture out into Brony aka bro-pony or big brother pony toys!!! I have been making my own. sculpting them is easy enough face wise to get the masculine shape, but when it comes to giving them clydesdale furry hooves like Big Macintosh has, its kind of a pain in the haunch. =_=
ReplyDeleteOH I am so giddy with anticipation!
Awesome, I was hoping this would show up at some point! I wish I could have made it... I live just an hour away but I had to work that day :(
ReplyDeleteWhatever way that the episodes are released on disc form (Blu-ray, boxset, individual dvd's with 4 episodes, etc...) I'll be getting these episodes on disc form.
ReplyDeleteYeah definitely Purple Tinker at the end of the first video talking about getting a Celestia painted white
ReplyDeleteI want an official Bic Mac toy.
ReplyDelete@Squishy Nah. 95% of the audience on the internet is not little girls, sure. 95% of the whole audience, including people who watch the show on TV? No way.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of us, but we don't make up 95% of their viewer base.
It sounded like they weren't even familiar with My Little Pony Tales. Do they watch the shows at all?
ReplyDeleteReading the comments to his post realy show how bronies know jack shit about toy making and sales. Keep thinkign you're important, little girls will still buy Celestia regardless of she being white or pink.
ReplyDeleteWhy would Mandark spend so much money to get a custom painted Celestia? Geeze.
ReplyDeleteUggh......Once again, Hasbro never ceases to amaze me with their idiocracy and stupidity when it comes to general knowledge of My Little Pony and its new age demographic. They seriously need to wake up and smell the money that they are letting slip right through their fingers by not focusing on the older demographic and not releasing new and improved merchandise that appeals to fans of all ages, and doesnt just appeal to little girls. Wake up Hasbro, stop being troglodytes, get out of your little corporate caves and get with the program.
ReplyDeleteAll of my Internets! all of it!
ReplyDeleteI WANT MY DURPY NO-
ReplyDelete*sees the bronies getting tasered by sercurity for trying to make off with the cutouts and falls over laughing*
Where can I get the Celestria cardboard cut out?
ReplyDelete@Giant fish thing on the wall:
ReplyDeleteMet a Giant Fish
LIKE A BOSS!
NO NIGHTMARE MOON MERCHANDISE, TOYS OR PLUSH!!!???? FUCK YOU TWO BLONDE HAIR BITCHES THAT COULDNT FIND THEIR WAY OUT OF PAPER BAG! GO BACK TO UNDER THE ROCK THAT YOU CAME FROM! HASBRO, IM REALLY PISSED AT YOU RIGHT NOW! YOU BETTER RELEASE SOME MERCHANDISE OF THE BEST PONY EVER! Unless you do, YOU HASBRO CAN BURN IN HELL! IM DONE WITH THE FANDOM UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING AWESOME FOR THE OLDER FANS, THE REAL FANS THAT MADE ALL THIS POSSIBLE, NOT FOR STUPID LIITLE INBRED GIRLS THAT DONT KNOW QUALITY FROM SHIT!
ReplyDeleteOn the one hand I like that they know of our existence and the growing size of it, but it's very disheartening to see firsthand the sheer level of disconnect between the entertainment division and the toy division. How can they be so out of touch as to not know about a character like Gummy, who shows up in multiple episodes as Pinkie's pet? The series should be REQUIRED viewing for every employee in the toy division. Hell if anything, the Toy division should be the first people apart from those who make it, to actually be able to WATCH the series before it goes to air, so they are a tleast fully aware of what the show is like and how the story and characters are portrayed.
ReplyDeleteThe main problem is that it is the Toy division that is the king and chief decision makers for the whole franchise, despite the fact that it's the SHOW which is what is truly growing and driving the fanbase and producing the future consumers of the product line. At this point the roles of the two divisions should be flipped with the Toy makers taking their marching orders based on what is trending as popular amongst viewers of the show.
Of course, that is not going to happen, but at the very least the toy division needs to step up their game and get more informed about the show if they really do care about us and want to get our money.
Listen again.. they didn't actually promise Blu-ray, just DVD.
ReplyDelete> Says they work closely with Show creators
ReplyDelete> Dont know Gummy even exists
> mfw
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteYeah they were lying their asses off weren't they? Nobody on the creative side knows anything about what toys are coming out etc.. they can't be working that closely.
quite honestly, the DVD answer scares me. The way she said commentary and collector's box scares me.
ReplyDeleteNot in 2011
ReplyDeletenot in 2011
not in 2011
not in 2011
not in 2011
not in 2011
stay tuned
stay tuned
stay tuned
stay tuned
stay tuned
stay tuned
stay tuned
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteMeet a giant fish! (Like a Boss)
Fuck his brains out! (Like a Boss)
This seemed like a fairly typical presentation. I'm sorry to all the folks who, for some reason, wanted super-charismatic showpeople to answer questions, rather than people who are actually involved with the process and KNOW the answers. I'll take the latter over the former any day.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it doesn't sound like the DVD announcement was much to get excited for -- at around 6 minutes on the second video, she answers the question at first thinking it was regarding FiM (from the sounds of it), and explicitly says "There's no plans to put it all on one DVD, but it's on iTunes."
That doesn't sound promising in regards to six-DVD-sets with deleted scenes and commentary by Lauren Faust, Jayson Theissen, Daniel Ingram and the voice actresses.
I was feeling better before I watched this. :/... Atleast those two who volunteered were horrible. Didn't know who Gummy or Derpy was :(. I wish the creators of the TV SERIES would be in charge of toys. I hope everything that she said wasn't going to happen in 2011 happens in 2012... MLP:FIM Has so much potential in sales, and they could be banking a lot of money a lot! They are blinded however. They said they are aware of us Bronies, well most of the Bronies want molded toys not this girly G1-G3.5 Hair brushing crap. I'm sure little girls would like larger molded figures also. ffs. Open your eyes Hasbro. I would love to have a Decent Sized Mold figures of the mane 6, Rarities cat, Spike, Gummy, Owlicious, Apple Jacks dog, Angel. I would throw money at them for that. Also some large large shirts i'm talking 3xl shirts and shoes. Keychains, I'm rambling on and on. I could go all day on what I would buy MLP:FIM Related, and I'm sure a lot of people are. one last note, I'm sure the person that mentioned they are paying an artist $100 to paint their Celestia white will open a few eyes in the company, and let them know what people are going to pay. I almost forgot Plushes, I want Plushes nao! Ok I'm done. :/.
ReplyDeleteface palm cutie crusaders..double face palm pony babies
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to finally have an answer as to why all the Celestia toys are pink, but that doesn't change the fact that her picture from the show (with the white coat) is right there on the box. And I really love the comment from the crowd after that. "I'm spending over $100 having an artist painstakingly repaint her white. I'd rather give that money to you guys." Seriously, if that doesn't make them pay attention, I don't know what will.
ReplyDeleteThough part of their answer had me really scared that they might order Studio B to make her pink on the show just to match the toy, which wouldn't feel right at all.
If they made celestia pink in the show I would probably cry IRL. Rip all the pictures off my wall, throw them in the dumpster, pain my walls black, and let friendship leave my life forever. I'm sorry but I think they'd be better off just making the damn toy white, is that too much to ask for. If anything Im sure girls are wondering why there isn't a Celestia toy and instead they are given an imposter.
ReplyDeletepatchy the pirate already did that
ReplyDeleteI was at the Pony Fair, but I couldn't get into this panel. Turns out you had to sign up online ahead of time to be put into a lottery to see if you could be one of the 50 people that would see this. 50 people? Honestly? I must have seen around 200 or so total if not more. I was there from 9am until about 2pm. I talked to a lot of people and not a single person I talked to wasn't a fan of FiM. They love it's depth and character driven storyline. They love that it's expanding the franchise. They love that it's breaking down gender and age barriers. There were certainly Bronies there. They were fairly easy to spot. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to throw my link up to the pics I took there. 95% of it was in one big conference room that I think is just the cafeteria during the work week. I'll have to ask a friend who works there. I got myself a sort of baby/chibi Fluttershy badge and two buttons in the same style: Fluttershy and Derpy. I showed my Newbie Artist stuff around to a few people and they loved that I not only did it but wanted to show it around.
Anyway, here's the link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Doombah/PonyFair11?authuser=0&feat=directlink
~Doombah
Even though I know this will be buried in the infinite Equestria Daily Comment Section Hell, I'd like to point out that from the very outset, the show was meant to be an advertisement for the toy line, not the other way around. Hasbro is in quite the interesting predicament- they have two different fanbases that have plenty of money at their disposal (If your young daughter wanted some MLP toys, would you outright deny her? I think not, at least the first few times).
ReplyDeleteConsider also that, even though little girls aren't stupid, they still don't have nearly as high of expectations as grown men, and are probably content with the current merchandise. I'd bet that it's far cheaper for Hasbro to just keep doing what their doing than to completely redesign all of their toy models. Hell, even with all the brony outrage, a lot of us buy the toys anyway! I think Hasbro will eventually come around to making merchandise that both fanbases can enjoy, but there's really no hurry for them.
However, I will admit that what the presenters said about the toy department and television department working closely together was an outright lie. There's no way that the toy department knows all that much about the show.
Toys for us? DVDs? I hope my body can take it.
ReplyDeleteGuys, stop being so hard on them! D:< Be grateful they took the time to let us know what the merchandise could possibly look like in the future.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry, but did they say that they had no intention of putting season 1 on one DVD set...
ReplyDeletefml.
I prepose a boycott of the toys until they get their shit together.
Not happy Hasbro…not happy.
Most of their answers were very vague, and they did say they were fans yet got things wrong, but I enjoyed the Q&A anyway.
ReplyDeleteCollectors have been asking for boy ponies for years now, they'd BETTER buckle down soon.
I'm so excited about the Bluray set! Even though I bought all the episodes on iTunes. I need all that extra footage, behind the scenes and audio commentary. Heading down to BestBuy soon as it's released, thinking about taking work off that day if it's not on the weekend lol.
ReplyDelete@ElectricZoNe
ReplyDeleteDid you see her face when someone in the audience said "extras and commentray. Don't get your hopes up. Also, it dosen't look like it is going to be a set as much as a whole bunch of indavidual releases with a few episodes on each. :(
Facepalm at the nasty comment section.
ReplyDeleteYes, ingenious way to get what you want.
Brony toys?
ReplyDeleteLike, a blue package instead of a pink one? XD
Geez, what's with all the hate in these comments?
ReplyDelete@Cheer Song
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I was the creepy guy behind you!
@Anonymous
ReplyDeletePeople are obviously dissatisfied.
Blu Rays?! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
ReplyDeletemale ponies? I squeed
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteYes, in fact. The G1 line produced a small series of "Big Brother Ponies" in Clydesdale-like molds that were slightly larger than the females. However, all the boys were earthponies, and compared to the thousands of female ponies released before them, there were only about 12 boys released in the US. The UK had a special run of their own six Big Brothers called "Mountain Boys," whom are vibrantly colored and adorn freckled cheeks. The Mountain boys are very sought after and can fetch a pretty penny when found in good condition.
tl;dr: Yes, boys were produced before FiM, but in a very small quantity.
Ugh... Why you don't want my money Hasbro?
ReplyDeleteI'd buy the Bluray so fast that their heads would spin, and note that I don't have a Bluray set on my living room yet!
@Double
ReplyDeleteAgree with everything you said.
I wish everyone will be more civil here on the internet. We're bronies, not fanboys. They're just reps (representatives), and they're just doing their job. Cut them some slack. I don't like some answers like the rest of you, but that's no reason to be rude about it.
- Enfid
DVDs yes! But they need to conform to their fans actuall desires, like merch that looks like the show. I know I want plushies that look like the show members.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous That prospect scares me more than anything else. Hasbro ordering to make the show more like the toys than other way round.
ReplyDeleteShe just say MOVIE?
ReplyDeletewhere's the link to this video?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they took the time to answer questions and they did so in a very professional manor. I am glad to know that the communication between the show production and toy production is not one way. I am excited about the prospect of DVD releases of the first season.
ReplyDeleteThere were two questions whose answers I had anticipated. The first was enlarging the molded figures to the size of the normal brush-able figures. The ability to brush the pony's hair has been a fundamental part of the MLP toy line since its inception in the 80s. Asking Hasbro to change that would be like asking them to make Transformers toys that don't transform so their robot modes better match the show or movie.
The second is Princess Celestia's toy being pink because little girls like the colour pink. Now begins my rant, but bear with me. Little girls' love of the colour pink and only the colour pink is not genetic but learnt. From infancy we teach our daughters to love one colour over all others. We surround them in pink. We do it because our parents did it, as did their parents.
Hasbro's first priority, like all companies, is to make profit. So they will make their products and product packaging in a way that will attract the highest number of their target demographic. I don't hate the colour pink. It is just a colour. Let us Friendship is Magic fans lead the way in teaching both our sons and daughters that all the colours of the rainbow are equally good, and that it is OK to love them all.
And to any Hasbro representatives that might be reading these comments, think about how well your product will stand out from the wall of pink in the girl's aisle if you put them in different coloured boxes.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteParts 1 & 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-7-UM04ZRg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq5eeDPgMTk
Well worthed watching it, thanks you for recording it.
ReplyDeleteLots of good news, I'm a happy brony :)
@SomeGuy
ReplyDeleteIt might also be interesting to note that the colour pink was originally meant for boy children because it was viewed, as an lightish red, to be a more masculine colour than the softer blue. It was not until the 1950's if I remember correctly that corporate capitalism really took hold of this fad and started segregating children's toys by gender with colour anyway, all in the name of profit.
The above is all from memory, so I apologise if my information is off. The overall message should still be accurate though.
"Stay tuned, Not in 2011, Not in 2011, Stay tuned, At the end of 2011"
ReplyDeleteSheesh, why do they hate giving us what we want when we want it?
@Rainbow Derp
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness, they did say at the beginning that "stay tuned" actually means "you'll probably see it in a couple of months, but we just don't have a solid release date yet, or want it to be a surprise." I do agree that it was disappointing to hear all of those "Not in 2011" responses, though.