??? (customanon)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jul-11 07:30:36 UTC
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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.
