Equestria Girls: It's official

Phekzhen

Phekzhen

Teeny Tiny Baby Pony
Joined
Jul 28, 2012
Messages
353
Hasbro has a piece in the New York Times today about it. It includes an image, which I'll let you go look at over at Derpy Hooves News in case you feel this is spoilers: First Official Equestria Girls Artwork Published | Derpy Hooves News

Interesting quote:

>But adult fans have also pushed to take more control of the brand, creating unauthorized digital games and plush toys that company executives eventually quashed.

>“They don’t mind having this fan base, but they can’t forget their core market,†said Jim Silver, editor in chief of timetoplaymag.com, which covers the toy industry. “These are waters you have to navigate very carefully.â€

This is in reference to Fighting is Magic and two plushie sellers (I believe one being White Dove). NYT makes it sound like we're trying to wretch control of what they make from them, and it's sort of true. White Dove made THOUSANDS a month on these custom plushies, and now Hasbro is making their own excellent plushies through licensers.

The comment on the core market is interesting, since I see a lot of people (both bronies and collectors) forget that little girls are still the major purchaser of the toys and watcher of the show.

So, thoughts on Equestria Girls? I think it's interesting that they keep wings, but not unicorn horns. Their hair is also long enough to look like their tails, too.
 
Not too sure what to think. I'm really not too crazy about the art. I think they look pretty out there. And I'm not sure I'm sold on the whole high school concept either. And as far as the unicorns not having horns, maybe they'll still be able to work some sort of magic, maybe with gestures (think Bewitched)?
We'll see.
 
Well, if this is it, then this is it for me. I'm done with G4 Ponies when this comes out.

I can't imagine Lauren Faust's reaction to this.

Btw, do you have a link to the NYT article?
 
...And for the worst thing Hasbro has ever put out under the My Little Pony name: Equestria Girls...! (Sorry Newborn Cuties, you're a close 2nd)

This disgusts me to no end. Well for starters, I hate anthro/furry art. The colors of the clothing don't work with the original color schemes, and also the high school thing is dumb. This was made to please bronies. Most of them hate this concept as well (I read EqD and DerpyHoovesNews). This is will probably degrade G4, which was off to a great start. Come into my arms G1.

Since I love drawing actual HUMANizations, I will continue to do so in protest. Since this spin-off has both negative views from both the regular fandom and the bronies, I don't think it'll last long.

Last of all, these humanization I found on Pixiv are much better:
tumblr_mexpbaeYAN1rylnzqo1_500.jpg

These cuties win. Equestria Girls can suck it up and go home.
 
I have to agree with SubmarineHallucination. I'm just worried Hasbro might actually animate something similar or start to bring humans into the mix like in the G1 series I'm not saying I dont like the original, but in the new one I dont think theres space for humans. I do like the pic SubmarineHallucination posted.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Well I notice in one picture Twilight and Rarity have horns but in the others they don't. I'll will watch from the sidelines on this one. I hope Hasbro gets what they want from this. :rollingeyes:
 
Furries.....? :blink:

I really don't want to judge a book by it's cover.... but this book is something I wouldn't offer a second look at in the store passing by.... I'll check it out for the sake of MLP, but I'm pretty much ready to retreat back into the realm of G1's now........ :unsure:
 
This is a false... Just a rumor thank god.

There is and will be no "Equestria Girls".
Whatever you heard or read is a lie.
Human ponies don't exist!
~Bronyism
 
Why humanize???? They're ponies, that's what makes them so great. I don't understand this at all.
Thank god it's just a rumor..
 
I wonder how many people complaining about this spinoff also hated Tales when it came out.

I honestly don't see how humanizing the pony cast and having a potential high school setting is any different from the Tales series. At least we won't having anyone complaining about how ponies shouldn't be able to write and do things with their hooves.
 
Um just eeeew I don't know why they decided to have such ugly designs.
I can tell this is to go against monster high and such, but really this is just gross looking.
 
:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: LOL @ Star Blaze's response!
 
I was travelling today, so I'll be able to clear things up for you all.

This ISNT fake: This is going to happen. If you don't believe me, read the NYT piece (which was linked in the DHN piece): http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/b...s-transformers-brand-into-new-media.html?_r=0

This isn't for bronies, it's for older girls. The NYT article is about Hasbro moving its properties into multiple generations. Transformers already has different toy lines for different ages of boys, including video games and comics for older boys. For the 30th year of MLP, Hasbro is bringing in Equestria Girls for older girls. When kids of all ages can enjoy a brand, Hasbro says, they're more likely to bring the toys to their kids/siblings/cousins/etc of different ages.

This is a spin off series featuring the ponies as people. This is "furry" as much as wearing cat ears is being furry. This is going to be animated, it is going to happen, and it's so Hasbro can sell toys to older girls, not so bronies can have material for perversions or to ruin anyone's childhoods.
 
I think a few things need to be cleared up.

Firstly, this is a spinoff, and will not effect the show or MLP toyline in general. As it exists in tandem with it's "mother series".

Secondly, this is NOT for the "brony" crowd. Time and time again have there been scraps of info and news about EG that it is primarily a toyline/show aimed at older girls, meant to compete with the likes of Barbie and Moster High. Bronies have little in the influence of this.

Now that that's wrapped up, over to the lady dogging.

It's pretty obvious that HASBRO wants to make a doll line. If so, why humanfied ponies? If anything, Fausts Milky Way & The Galaxy Girls should be the franchise in question. Heck, Faust approached Hasbro with the intention of making a Galaxy Girls toyline when they suggested that she should involve herself in MLP. It wouldv'e made more sense than slapping pony onto humans because it'll sell.

Another thig, these designs are virtual paper doll levels of bad dullness. Looks liked they ripped these designs straight from a character generator on dA.

Worst comes to worst, I'll ignore this and focus on MLP proper.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top