@Lurker: Ah, that makes sense. Focus on making merchandise we might actually want. Though to tell you the truth, I don't think I'd personally buy anything. I've never been the sort to by collectibles no matter how much I like something, and I wouldn't wear pony clothing either...

EDIT: My first Pony avatar: behold.

edited 6th Feb '12 11:28:08 PM by Bluespade

Make an affordable, good quality plushie and I will buy the shit out of it.

Hasbro's reaction strikes me as pretty funny. "Wait, you're telling me that most of the people watching the show are young adult men? ...What the hell can we make that they'll buy? Why are they watching this?"

Edit: By the way, why is there a Yackfest thread for this series as well?

edited 6th Feb '12 11:38:29 PM by Arha

Fixed that for you.

edited 6th Feb '12 11:39:15 PM by DemonSharkKisame

Good question...

There was a thing about that... way back when the threads were starting up. Basically there are yackfest people who like it, but don't want to spread into the media boards.

Also, I GOT FANART!

A Rainbow Plushie is where it's at.

They are extremely manly.

Rainbow is most awesome human.◊

Flim or Flam shipping◊

edited 7th Feb '12 1:04:51 AM by Badwolfwho

Dear Hasbro,

We love the show because it's a captivating setting with wonderful stories and lovable characters created and written by a talented staff.

We're glad that you want listen to us on matters of you taking our money in exchange for goods, so here's a list of recommendations:

- Please, please, please leave the show as it is. It's the reason we're here after all.

- High-quality, show accurate toys, (i.e. A Celestia that isn't pink, more hairstyles, etc.)

- A really good one: A Friendship Is Magic video game. Especially if you can get Tirek to be the final boss, because he is/was an awesome mofo.

- FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, DON'T GET RID OF DERPY!

Speaking of the little gray mare, We Love Fine gets a little cheeky.

You magnificent Bastards I bought your-!

...Okay, I'm going to buy your shirts.

The ol' switcheroo

edited 7th Feb '12 2:40:55 AM by edvedd

Show it to someone who haven't watched series before he watch.

Hiya everyone!

Did I miss anything?

I had a revelation about why Pinkie Pie was in another pony's house but I fell asleep whilst typing it, I hate when fridge logic strikes at late hours. Anyhow, I think her apartment on top of sugar cube corner is still being rebuilt after the Spike incident. And they're probably still trying to find her stuff after he effectly launched her room into the stratosphere.:

Kyle switched his avatar, now I get to use it! Oh yesssss.....

I'll never get tired of the people in the Headscratchers area complaining about the Apple family not having any business sense.

That message was incredibly vague, and it was hard to know what incident they were exactly talking about (Derpy?). But the gist is that they want to somehow market this show toward the older group too, and yeah, that's extremely tricky to get right and they're right to take a few weeks to brainstorm over this. I'm just curious as to why they only realized the demographic NOW, when the show's been going since 2010. Way to go, guys!

And I hope they don't change Derpy's voice actually. If anything, they should develop her into a more fleshed out characters so we can see that she's just as capable as the other mares.

God I would've loved to have seen Hasbro's reaction first hand.

They were probably going "...The Fuck?" when they found out about us

How the flying fish did it take this long for Hasbro to notice while the writers, artists, voice actors, and show creator have noticed and have been almost involved with the whole brony thing to even attend cons about it. It just seems so careless.

Speaking of the Flim or Flam shipping, I actually did find it somewhat hard to tell exactly who was who during the song, because they said he's Flim, he's Flam instead of I'm Flim, I'm Flam.

I think that Flim is the one without the mustache, though.

From The Other Wiki, about a year ago: Linda Steiner, senior vice president of Hasbro Studios, noted that while she hoped that the show would attract a "broader audience", she had "been in the business for 25 years and never seen anything like this".

I think they noticed. I just think the bigwigs who really run Hasbro didn't notice until now.

I mean, the commercials clearly aimed toward older audiences!

edited 7th Feb '12 5:43:22 AM by Shota

They probably realized.

I'm guessing they experienced a slight dip in the ratings of that area, and are wondering what they can do to keep it.

Do you really think bronies would be the sort of thing the creators would bring up during their meetings with Hasbro? I don't think so.

and Hasbro would be focusing on the demographic that's making them the most money (the little girls)

Yeah, Flam has a moustache. Flim doesn't

edited 7th Feb '12 5:44:11 AM by gingerninja666

That's what that message is about. They're confused as to how they can better market this show for people outside the demographic to gain in ratings and profit.

Simple! T-shirts and plushies!