{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"??? (customanon)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jul-11 07:30:36 UTC","author_name":"??? (customanon)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/customanon","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/262725","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2047\" class=\"url\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">leonkfox<\/span><\/a><\/span> 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 &quot;I want those 6 ponies I know well&quot; girls might say &quot;I want a horde of ponies like Megan!&quot;- 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."}