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#7661 Sesambrot

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 04:22 PM

View Postjuxstapo, on 15 December 2012 - 03:33 PM, said:

Y'know... (yea, I walked away from the comp, helped my wife dress a kid for bed, did a sinkfull of dishes.. still pondering this)
Hasbro is a toy company. The purpose of the show wasn't to provide dream fuel for bronies or to keep the hub hopping, it's goal was to sell toys.
How many of us get our Ponies on without putting a red cent in Hasbro's pocket?

When I was a kid I think I singlehandedly financed an entire office building for hasbro with G.I.Joe merch. My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles spent more on me than I've ever spent as an adult fan of anything. Friendship is Magic has us legions of Bronies, but does it really seem to have legions of little girls clamoring for toys? (Anyone notice the shrinking pony section in department stores?).

[sigh].... Perhaps after this season we will never truely return to Equestria.. at least we'll always have the fanbase [slightly disheartened brohoof]

We all knew this was gonna come to an end eventually...
There's only so much you can do with a storyarch like that before everything starts to repeat itself.
The real question is, what's gonna happen to the community once the show's over?

#7662 Ruaken DiIlutar

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 05:50 PM

Kinda makes what they did to Derpy that much more annoying, since the chances of her having any real roles (outside the fandom) are now moving steadily from slim to none... :blush:

#7663 Demoned

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 08:57 PM

well just made my first pony video,
who'd thought i'd get a pony tattoo, before i made a pony video lol.

hope this goes down well :angry:
just give it a chance to warm up, or at least watch the last minute. :blush:



#7664 Damon Howe

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 09:43 PM

Ehhh....I don't think it's ending so to speak. 13 episodes is slightly disheartening, but I think they hinted at something else going on which is why they shortened the season.

Edit:

Because:

http://www.youtube.c...d&v=S0ly60b42ig

Edited by Damon Howe, 15 December 2012 - 10:11 PM.


#7665 Watchit

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 12:25 AM

Yeah who knows, maybe they're just getting ready for like a time skip and new characters or something. Who knows? And even if it does end, ah well, it's had a good run :blush:

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edit: you know what, that gif is actually pretty creepy looking...

Edited by Watchit, 16 December 2012 - 12:25 AM.


#7666 Velba

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 01:04 AM

lol 420.........

#7667 Ruaken DiIlutar

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 03:14 AM

View PostVelba, on 16 December 2012 - 01:04 AM, said:

lol 420.........

lol that reference stopped being funny... hmmm let's see, it was never funny... :ph34r:

#7668 MCWopper

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 12:07 PM

Here is a comic I made about the first thing I thought of when I saw that thing

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#7669 Mattiator

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 01:51 PM

For all those people scared the show will end due to how short this season is... Well, that's not why.

It is very common for children's cartoons to shoot for 65 episodes, because this allows them to be syndicated. Syndication allows them to sell the show as a 3-month block of programming (assuming they air a single episode every weekday). While often this does mean the end of the show, there are several prominent examples of shows that were extended due to just how popular they were. The Transformers. Batman: The Animated Series. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Animaniacs.

If the show remains as popular as it is now, and keeps selling the toys, Hasbro's gonna keep it running.

http://tvtropes.org/...eEpisodeCartoon

#7670 Majorfatboy

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 03:45 PM

Hmmmmm, that Dizzitron, it reminds Me of something.........
OH!

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Great, now I want to fire up My grossly over-priced copy of Gunlord..................

#7671 wanderer

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 07:42 PM

View PostHollister, on 15 December 2012 - 03:40 PM, said:


Sadly this is the last season if memory serves, and only a paltry 13 episodes this season... not the full 26.


Rumor factory pops out another one. No, we're gonna see next season as well.

Hasbro's only got so much of a budget for their animation dept., which is why we got a 13-episode season- basically, with as much popularity as MLP has, they don't need as much "advertisement" to get what they want impact-wise. So in one way, the show is a victim of it's own success! They're making money hand over fist from the franchise at this point- and even if smaller amounts of toys are showing up in toy shops, they're licensing like mad. Face it. The average brony isn't buying that pink Celestia case it doesn't look like the show, but they snapped up every Rainbow Dash and Derpy that Hot Topic put on the shelf because they did, and the T-shirts, and the posters, and the COMICS, and...well, you get the idea.

Don't worry. The show isn't going anywhere for at least a year after this one.

#7672 Ruaken DiIlutar

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Posted 17 December 2012 - 03:54 AM

Let's hope so. I think we're on to something here though- and the guys on the Military Bronies Facebook page hit a goldmine, imo- branded merchandise that would be more appropriate to the Brony community, such as a Monopoly board game spin off the likes of "Monopony". What Brony wouldn't also love to see a poseable Battletech figurine with included cutie-mar... I mean clan affiliation stickers...

Hasbro, meet Battletech. Battletech, meet Hasbro.

#7673 juxstapo

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Posted 17 December 2012 - 05:26 AM

Arright, You guys have mercifully backed me off the drama (just cold-turkey'd a fifteen year opiate habit, everything's been sad for abit).

I'm going to go with wanderer's world view.

#7674 SilverlightPony

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Posted 17 December 2012 - 11:29 AM

Those of you getting nervous about the fact that Season 3 is only 13 episodes long:

Perhaps you missed the news about the 66-minute (basically 3-episode-length) direct-to-DVD movie that's in the works?
http://www.mlponies....in-early-april/

#7675 Egomane

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Posted 17 December 2012 - 11:33 AM

Indeed, I missed that.

I still have a bad feeling. My feelings are not very reliable though, so I can still hope for a fourth, fifth, sixth, ..., nth season of My Little Pony.

#7676 Stahlseele

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Posted 17 December 2012 - 12:24 PM

Pinkie Pie Screen Saver
http://www.deviantart.com/#/d5oa4sk

#7677 Badgerpants

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Posted 17 December 2012 - 07:31 PM

I think MLP:FIM is going strong, didn't get to see it at the time but in October,in Australia (at least in Canberra) there was a MLP:FIM movie in cinemas. I soo regret not seeing it but, my work schedule didn't fit with the screening times. midday matinee's only :)

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 01:09 PM

This is what happens to people in Mechwarrior that hates me because l watch Mlp and use this name. *POW*

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#7679 Egomane

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 01:12 PM

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 05:50 PM

This is how I feel after piloting the Stalker for a few rounds.





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