Re: Offseason General Show Chat



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ROBOT B9
Round and round and round she goes, where she'll stop, nobody knows - Joined: Mar 27, 2012
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Sobana wrote:But how would Equestria Games resolve the "what happens next" feeling that tirek left? If it ended that way it would feel like we got cheated. Like "you are not going to acknowledge what happened are you?" feeling if life is just going on like normal in the next episode.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Besides, it would have made the entire key thing pretty pointless if it didn't actually come into play in the season. Sort of like the GP Ball in Pokémon, the arc would have been unresovled.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Besides, it would have made the entire key thing pretty pointless if it didn't actually come into play in the season. Sort of like the GP Ball in Pokémon, the arc would have been unresovled.
Sobana wrote:The 2012 one just has the standard season one vectors you find on everything. It gets a little better every year after that. More unique poses. I can't imagine they would use the same pictures for each one. 2015 one uses some of the older pictures but they try to pretend it's different by covering half of it with cheesy cartoon effects. The cartoon style somewhat reminds me of the cartoons they put on cheap generic school supplies back in the day.
Still, you would think that Hasbro would want to have companies stop using the particularly not-good ones. While FiM has not had much visual change since the beginning of the series, a few of the early vectors (the ones based off of Lauren Faust's initial pitch bible sketches and first character designs) look rather strange compared to official art today. Making the merchandise look bad isn't exactly a good thing, but I suppose that either they don't care about it or they don't care enough to justify the cost of piecing together some new ones from the show. And I think that would be a small cost, since Hasbro surely has access to the assets used by the show, but no one knows for sure.ShieldedDiamond wrote:It's actually just because the vectors are cheap to use, and it would cost too much to make more. Just like only having a cutie mark on one side.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Still, you would think that Hasbro would want to have companies stop using the particularly not-good ones. While FiM has not had much visual change since the beginning of the series, a few of the early vectors (the ones based off of Lauren Faust's initial pitch bible sketches and first character designs) look rather strange compared to official art today. Making the merchandise look bad isn't exactly a good thing, but I suppose that either they don't care about it or they don't care enough to justify the cost of piecing together some new ones from the show. And I think that would be a small cost, since Hasbro surely has access to the assets used by the show, but no one knows for sure.
ShieldedDiamond wrote:
The issue is, Hasbro doesn't want to spend money they don't have to as plastic prices are going up. And I would suppose the case is as they aren't directly involved in the profits of these companies using the vectors, it's their responsibility to sell them.
Sobana wrote:I get that but it will cost like what a couple hundred to pay an artist to make new designs for everything to boost profits across the board. It feels like they are pumping out the cheap stuff while demand is high and then switch to high gear stuff once people lose interest.
ShieldedDiamond wrote:
That's not true, there are lots of hidden costs beyond paying the artist. Nothing being "pumped out" as cheap stuff, and Hasbro toy quality is improving in dolls. All I was saying is they are trying to save money because plastic prices are going up. So no, it's not about being cheap.
Sobana wrote:Strike me if I'm wrong but refusing to pay to save money sounds like being cheap to me.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Maybe Hasbro has a deal with these companies to use those vectors.
Sobana wrote:Happy new years, everypony! =D
I have this tradition were each year I hang up a new pony calendar while leaving the old one still up where it is at. Now with four calendars on my wall I'm starting to lose space... part of me kinda hopes they stop making them so I can stop buying them to hang on my wall...
The Doctor wrote:
I do wonder if it's some legal thing. Like maybe they can't use art from the show directly in marketing, because then they'd have to pay the show artists or something. Kind of like how Hasbro owns the G1 ponies, but can't use many of them in the show.
ShieldedDiamond wrote:
No, because Hasbro owns everything about the show as it is their studios, and the artists work for them. Like I said, it's really that it just costs a lot of money that they would prefer to spend elsewhere.
Grilox wrote:"Yes Grilox would have an avatar of the worst scene in ponies of course" - Throbulator, 2012
The Doctor wrote:
I do wonder if it's some legal thing. Like maybe they can't use art from the show directly in marketing, because then they'd have to pay the show artists or something. Kind of like how Hasbro owns the G1 ponies, but can't use many of them in the show.
They really do need new vectors.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LS1 ... _i=desktopI kind of want this calendar.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Huh, surprised they'd switch over so soon.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Huh, surprised they'd switch over so soon.
Marioland1 wrote:Well, this may cure the "cutie marks on one side" issue, but now we've got cutie marks to cover up to look nice.
Hasbro is not good at balancing things like this.