
| Anonymous #4856 1 year ago |
It isn´t called "Fashion Style" Applejack for fun =P.
Only problem is the lack of a "Normal Style" Applejack. But yeah, pink apples are ridiculous. |
| Anonymous #4865 1 year ago |
Lauren Faust has complained about this, saying they're at the mercy of toy buyers for retail chains (not people buying the toys in stores) and the wholesale toy buyers say things like "I'll buy 50 of these, but make it pink and I'll buy 500". Hasbro does what they ask. |
| Anonymous #4869 1 year ago |
Seriously, fuck Hasbro.
Commercialism and Capitalism at its finest. Also it's sexist. And it gets way worse than this one... I can't believe I actually bought some of the basic toys. So cheap. |
| Anonymous #4874 1 year ago |
^ If you buy the basic toys, people will see eventually that it's preferable to be on-model than ALL PINK ALL THE TIME. And thus we may eventually get better toys. |
| Anonymous #4889 1 year ago |
The McD's were closer to the show than most of hasbro's stuff. |
| Anonymous #4907 1 year ago |
Anon 3, read Anon 2's post again. It's not Hasbro so much as it's Toys R Us, Target, Walmart, etc., i.e. the people Hasbro needs to kiss up to in order to get their stuff on shelves. |
| Anonymous #4926 1 year ago |
"But yeah, pink apples are ridiculous."
They're not apples, they're more like angry cherries. (I think the biggest issue is less the color and more the weird fetal-ness of the head. That's just... creepy). |
| Anonymous #4988 1 year ago |
@anon6
I have read anon2's comment. It is Hasbro who is giving in to the demands of the retailers and therefor are raping Laurens original work. I blame them. |
| Anonymous #4989 1 year ago |
I have seen apples this color:
http://www.robotastic.com/images/pinkladyapple.jpg |
| Anonymous #5069 1 year ago |
This is a great example of why bronies watch the show, not the toys or the older shows...because these other things suck. |
| Anonymous #5095 1 year ago |
@Anon8
They're giving in because if they don't, they won't make enough revenue. Not enough revenue, no more FiM. They can't just strong-arm major corporations into buying things that they don't want. |
| Anonymous #5108 1 year ago |
I went to get my Twilight Sparkle plush at the store yesterday.
They only had Pinkie Pie because she is pink :( (bought her anyway) |
| Anonymous #5238 1 year ago |
And yet, Hasbro also makes Transformers, and knows that the fans of that series ALSO prefer on-model figures.. my niece even asked me why the Princess Celestia toy was pink instead of white.. |
| Anonymous #5767 1 year ago |
I think the solution to this is to write polite letters to the major retailers (Walmart, Target, Toys 'R' Us) and ask why the MLP toys they are selling are so drastically off-model. Whoever does the ordering for the stores apparently isn't familiar with the cartoon at all.
Maybe with enough polite letters retailers might start getting the hint and ask Hasbro to make on-model toys. |
| Anonymous #6068 1 year ago |
*inhaaaaaale*
The hat's the wrong color, the hair isn't a ponytail, the freckles are missing, the apples aren't the right shade, the saddle and boots are pink instead of earth tones or maybe red, and the eyes are reminiscent of the moe-style tareme and not the correct tsurime shape. But, uh... you know... um, whatever you want to do is fine. |
| Anonymous #6248 1 year ago |
LOL Anon15 |
| Anonymous #6258 1 year ago |
However, Transformer fans have been around for a long time.
They are a guaranteed factor, and that's how they're able to influence the toys. Not as much as GI Joe fans though, but GI Joe fans are basically the Fox News viewers of the toy world. |
| Anonymous #7481 1 year ago |
"If it's for girls, it has to be pink."
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-invasion-of-the-pink-board-games/ There's "Designer Edition Scrabble" (with "FASHION") spelled on the cover, "Tinkertoys for Girls" ( www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3107663 ), and just about any other classic toy or game. If "for Girls" is added to the title, it will be pinked out and made as fru-fru as possible. There's even a fucking "OUJIA BOARD FOR GIRLS" that is, yes, FUCKING PINK. And also from Hasbro. http://www.avclub.com/articles/girls-like-to-look-at-pink-while-contacting-the-de,28182/ |
| MuffinHunterX #29488 1 year ago |
Shit like this is why I'm glad these days I just collect fan art. |
| Laria_Shadowhoof #60229 1 year ago |
Well Ain't that cute, BUT IT'S WROONG! Sorry I had to add that in.. everyone else summed up the rest. |