Woaw , that should be linked on every Brony side.

I thinl she allready was inyo MLPFIM production.

edited 2nd Sep '11 4:12:36 PM by DeathCloud

That is extremely cool.

Was Friendship is Magic Faust's idea, or was she just commisioned to do it by Hasbro?

I think what happened is that she went to Hasbro to pitch something completely different, and they thought she would be good for MLP. So they ask her to bring them some ideas, she does, and they like them enough to sign off on the series.

She show them some art (I think that what she posted recently) and they like it and hire her.

If I got better net conection here I would go to ponychan with this link.

Milky Way Galaxy Girl or what their name.

edited 2nd Sep '11 4:24:38 PM by DeathCloud

Well then we can't completely hate Hasbro. At least they recognised her talent enough to hire her over someone else

Also they haven't interferred with the creative process behind the show too much except for some very small details. And they've been mostly cool with all the fan made stuff.

Is ANY of the hatred towards Hasbro at all founded?

No, probably not.

Is there any hate at all? If so, what is it?

Hate Hasbro? We should love them!

I was going to post this before I got distracted by that poll: Octavia Imperial Concert.

BTW Why fans forget about Octavia friends? They show her doing solo stuff most time.

Anypony agree that Eddie Perkins should be honored with title of First Brony ?

i love the pianist who almost got buttraped by Pinkie.

edited 2nd Sep '11 4:36:29 PM by gingerninja666

Deffinately.

I like him to. I remember that fans named him after famous polish pianist.

edited 2nd Sep '11 4:38:34 PM by DeathCloud

Speaking of Pinkie's butt related exploits at that party, this comic amuses me greatly.

I think the main thrust behind people's dislike of Hasbro is the idea that while the creative team is focused on the quality of the show, Hasbro, as a corporate entity, is focused on the revenue it brings in (both in ratings and in toy sales). Granted, that's true; they're a commercial enterprise and need to make money, so it seems odd to hate them for doing what they have to by nature.

In my experience, a lot of the dislike for Hasbro is almost of joking quality, about things like the low quality of the official toys and Princess Celestipink. I don't mind the playset cameos, since I'm really uninterested in them and they serve a narrative purpose as characters' houses, and a lot of the usual Merchandise Driven stock tropes - like adding new characters to sell more toys - have been largely averted. In fact, a lot of the toy characters have never made appearances even as background ponies, as far as I know.

There has to be some element of executive control, though, both by nature and by the fact that 'Art of the Dress' exists. A panel I went to at CTCon 2011 pointed out that 'Art of the Dress' is directed at the creative team's superiors, especially the last verse - 'all we really like is what we know, gotta balance style with adherence', that sort of thing. If Hasbro wants to see true fan rage, though, all they have to do is start meddling for real with the creative team.

They also changed the appearances of some of the villains I think, to make em more evil. and their the reason the show can't have a real story arc. (due to the "Aired in any order" rule they seem to have)

but yeah, Hasbro coud be doing a lot worse

edited 2nd Sep '11 4:46:31 PM by gingerninja666

^That's actually a point to their credit, I think. Though Lauren Faust's original dragon designs are gorgeous, I must say, and would've been fun to see animated.

I think RS nailed the Hasbro thing on the head; most issues people have with them are that they're more focused on selling the toys themselves than making the toys match the show. Most viewers care about the show first, and think that the toys should be treated as offshoots of it. From Hasbro's perspective, the toys are the point, and the show is basically a high-quality ad for them. Which probably isn't the best attitude for the show-focused fans, but it only makes sense that they'd see things like that.

edited 2nd Sep '11 4:57:04 PM by JapaneseTeeth

I'd say it makes them less likely to interfere with the actual show that way. They're focusing on the toys, and they let Faust and the others deal with their "ads"

Oh, by the way, Fighting is Magic livestream

I don't care about crappy or not accurate toys. It better that way than Hasbro forcing show stuff to make MLPFIM more similar to toyline.

^Fair enough; low-quality toys and high-quality show are much preferable to mediocre toys and show. Still, if I could pick and choose, I'd like high-quality both, please. =D

The game looks AWESOME!!

Twilight is badass

Agreed. All I'm saying is that Hasbro is more focused on just selling the toys than making them accurate to the show, and the show's fans generally aren't happy about that. It's the main reason I haven't bothered to buy any of it, at least. Although I am considering picking up one of the shirts.

But look at in diffrend way: they don't care much about profit what show alone generate and prefer to that more people watch this "half hour ad".

And don't forget that Hasbro don't have that much fredom in toy making, Lauren poited this when she explained pink Celestria: toy companies must do toys what show owners will buy.