This particular pony was a baby alicorn, and fans of the series began to worry that this was Princess Cadence and Shining Armor’s baby. Pictures of a new toy began to surface in 2012, of a character not seen in the show called Princess Skyla. And although the finale was received well, fans were concerned that it could impact future storytelling. This finale served as a reminder to the fans that the cartoon was made to drive toy sales, a fact which was often forgotten about due to the show’s quality writing. Hasbro went hard for it, wanting to cash in on the concept of a royal wedding, riding on the coattails of the very real royal wedding the year prior. The marketing both for the show, and for the toys, for this particular two-part finale was everywhere. But, Princess Cadence was introduced as a third princess to the line up. In fact, Lauren Faust intended this to be the case. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were the only two alicorns shown previously, and the mythos of the world at that point in time made it seem as if they were the only alicorns. Though the plot itself was well received, many fans were upset about the introduction of a new alicorn (or winged unicorn) named Princess Cadence. The year is 2012, season 2 of MLP:FIM has finished airing, and with it the finale A Canterlot Wedding, a rather contentious two part finale within the fandom centering around the wedding of Princess Cadence to Shining Armor, Twilight’s big brother. They were still releasing versions of pink Princess Celestia at this time, and for a short while after, but the popularity of this release would prompt them to start making toys exclusively of show accurate Celestia from this point on. The talking Princess Celestia doll was the most expensive toy in the wave one release merchandise, and was meant to be the big ticket item for upcoming holiday sales (the release of wave one was in October 2010).Ĭelestia would continue to stay pink until 2012, when Hasbro would end up releasing a Toys r Us exclusive talking Princess Celestia doll available in show accurate white. Of course, this falls in line with what you would expect from marketing executives who are looking to make as much money off of girls toys as possible. Often they will say things like "I'll buy 50, but if you make it pink I'll buy 500" and since the toy company makes their profit from the buyer and not the consumer, it makes sense for them to compromise.” "I'm not sure why they went that way, but my experience with the toy industry is that you often have to bow to the will of the "buyers" - the guys who decide what they are going to put on the shelf in their store. To quote the most relevant part of her comment: She actually did respond to one of these inquiries on her Deviantart page, which I will link a screenshot to here. Celestia’s entire body was the wrong colour, even though the box art showed her as being white.įans actually went to series creator, Lauren Faust, to ask why Hasbro had made this decision. But those were easy fixes, after all, it was comparatively simple to straighten out Twilight Sparkle’s hair with hot water, or tie Applejack’s up in a ponytail. There were many tutorials posted for various characters, showing ways you could cut and style the hair to better match the appearance of the characters in the show. Across the internet, you could find many examples of fans of the show asking how to make the brushable pony hair more accurate to the show. Show accuracy was a very heated debate amongst bronies who collected MLP toys. These two Princess Celestia toys would end up drawing the ire of bronies across the globe for one reason. Or a talking Princess Celestia with brushable hair. You could buy single brushable toys of each of the main six characters from the show, a box set involving molded figures of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Spike, Applejack and Princess Celestia. When MLP:FIM first started airing on television, there were only a select few toys available for purchase at that time. Girls only like pink, no other colours allowed! I have another post today for everyone detailing how bronies changed the direction of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cartoon as well as its merchandising.īuckle up, everypony, and enjoy the ride. Thank you all so much for the wonderful response to my first post delving into the drama surrounding MLP toy collecting.
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