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@abigpony I haven't gotten around to putting her on my DA yet but she's featured in several tutorials of mine. I can't seem to locate my camera right now, hope a webcam picture suffices :) http://ur1.ca/4oaj2

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@abigpony I already did Carrot Top. :)

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@leonkfox (I fell asleep, finally) I wasn't trying to say that it was a GOOD plan, I was just saying that I really think that G1 went for more of a pokemon-esque gotta catch them all v. a personal approach like Faust has done. However I would have to say that G1 does have a bit more personality to the toys than G4 does standard, because while they did recolors there were also a lot of gimmick lines (so softs, twinkle eyes, etc) and ponies were in different poses. We have rearing, sitting, etc- something hasbro has failed thusfar to deliver in the G4 line. Of course, G1 started the first year with six ponies and one pose- lets hope it comes in due time

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@leonkfox I don't know, previous to Best Wishes Pokemon didn't have tons of personality- aside from Meowth, Pikachu, and the handful of character pokemon like Pikachu, Charizard, Lapras- Comparatively, there are hundreds of other pokemon that barely got any spotlight. The ponies that got spotlight usually had some kind of minute personality (Gingerbread loves baking! Twilight loves books! Ember wants her cutie mark! essentially) and a backstory on their card when you bought them. I'm not saying that it was the best approach because it wasn't. but the toy line wasn't created alongside the cartoon, the cartoon started afterwards after some ponies had been made and the model of recolor + new pose = new pony. I just think it was a different marketing technique versus a failure to write personality into characters. Also if there are many bland characters instead of distinct ones, it's easier to replace them

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@leonkfox Me too. Which is sort of bad because I have to get up early for the next few days, and I did today, and I feel like total crap now.

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@leonkfox Yeah, I think there was a distinctively different approach to G1 than G4. They were sold as a group, not as a personality. The ponies were rather indistinct and there was a bigger focus on the people in ponyland vs. individual ponies which probably makes for a better business model. Instead of saying "I want those 6 ponies I know well" girls might say "I want a horde of ponies like Megan!"- it's almost pokemon-like, in that the show offers little details about each pokemon and focuses more on the interaction with a lot of pokemon, so you want them all. Not that it makes for a better cartoon, of course.

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@celestiaforequestria I've been waiting for some meds to kick in because I hurt everywhere for some dumb reason. but it's not working and I can't sleep..

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@leonkfox I see your quote and still assert the facts that most of the main characters have basis in characters in the G1 show. I think Faust's assertion was based mostly on more stereotypical cartoons, but I'm not her and I would have no definitive say in this, just that the similarities between the personalities in the G1 cartoon and G4 align.

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@celestiaforequestria Yep. 3:20 here and I've been up since ten. awesome right~

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@ahipsterpony It depends. There is a fine line between toleration and coddling as I've seen in some fandoms. Which is actually totally unrelated. I hate blatant trolling and rudeness as much as I hate having to tip-toe around hurt feelings. There was a guy on a MLP forum awhile ago who complained about how his mother wouldn't let him wear his hot pink pinkie pie miniskirt to high school because she thought it would get him picked/ called gay. People coddled him and said "No way, you won't be thought of as gay if you do that!" -- what I wanted to say was "You'll get your face beat in, shut up and man up." --this was the same guy that wore a wetsuit to a mlp meetup though...

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@leonkfox Lauren Faust based the main six ponies off the G1 characters and the personalities they had. Firefly (Dash) was a dare-devil, Surprise (Pinkie) was a little wacky, etc. Faust watched and played with ponies as a girl, but she didn't like the concept behind most modern-day girls shows. (let's get dressed up and have a tea party) type thing.

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@ahipsterpony A little bit, but it's very frustrating when I go to a MLP site and all I see is "Bronies suck/what are bronies/who are bronies/are you a brony?" and then I go to a pony site and see "G1 sucks! G2 sucks! G3 sucks! all of it sucks!"

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@leonkfox I really don't think the 80s cartoon was that bad Kinda bad? Yeah, terrible? nah. Anyway, we should stll tolerate the kiwi out of earlier gens, because they contributed to the ponies we love now. Lauren Faust herself was inspired by the cartoons of the G1 to make the characters we love.

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@celestiaforequestria There's no grudge to be forgiven. :) I just wish there was more tolerance in the brony community for older gens, the dislike of everything pre-G4 has created a rift in the pony and brony communities

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@celestiaforequestria It's really great that so many people like ponies now! I have collected since before G3 came out. But it's sad when people say "I love MLP! except all that crap that came before G4, it's stupid." -- we're talking about colorful plastic ponies, how can we discriminate? lol -- Well, except G3.5's cartoons can be really terrible.

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@celestiaforequestria All generations of pony should be loved :( I enjoy them all and it's sad to see bronies hating

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@ahipsterpony this is true.

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@ahipsterpony yeah, I think it's just a minor headache made worse by being sore everywhere. I didn't get much sleep last night either, so, I might sleep soon

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@ahipsterpony Everywhere. :( From my temples to behind my ears to down my back. I think it's a mild soreness from swimming exacerbating a slight headache, maybe

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@leonkfox Hasbro makes both MLP and Littlest Petshop so-- could be a reference or a coincidence :)

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@ahipsterpony Yeah, I'm having a lot of troubles tonight. Haha. Thanks :)